The Archive · 1934

Chaplain to Marines

Chaplain Joseph H. Brooks is shortly leaving for his own country where he will be posted to Washington (D.C.) Good wishes will go with him for his labours here have been widely appreciated. His Chaplain Maurice Marlowe Wither-spoon, who, with Mrs. Wither-spoon, their two children and his sister-in-law Miss Harriet Workman has already arrived, is a distinguished graduate of Washington and Jeffer: son Colleges, the McCormick Theolo-_ gical Seminary and the—Chicago University. He is more than the he is a former All America football. for and a direct descendant of John Witherspoon of New Jersey, signa tory of the Declaration of Independence. Chaplain Witherspoon has! covered 00,000 miles with the three! American feets—Asiatic, Pacific and Atlantic. He has performed three tours of duty with the Marines and he has spent twelve years on the larger battleships. He was decorated three ago by the President of Nicaragua with the Medal of Merit for his research in archaeology. The Fourth U.S. Marines are to be con. gratulated on their new Chaplain.

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