Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1920 — REV. BARBRE GIVEN MEDAL [ARTICLE]

REV. BARBRE GIVEN MEDAL

As Recognition of Services as # ChapI lain in World War. * r Rev. William T. Barbre, pastor of the Christian church of this city, who returned Sunday morning from the International convention of the churches of Christ, held in St. Louis, brought back with him a bronze medal which is very highly prized by him. At the Friday evening session all chaplains in attendance at 1 the convention were called to the platform and Rev. E. B. Bagby, 1 Washington, D. C., who was chairman of the committee on chaplains for the Disciples of Christ, presented each one with a beautiful * bronze medal about three inches in diameter. ; One side of the medal represents a chaplain ministering to a dying soldier. On the other side is a battleship, and In front stands out boldly the cross. The folloWing wording is about the-cross: '“Awarded to the chaplains of the American Army and Navy, the General War-Time Commission of the Churches, Federal Council of the Church of Christ in America.” t On behalf of the chaplains, Rev. Cohee, a former Indiana pastor and a regular army chaplain, expressed the appreciation of the chaplains in a brief address. Rev. Cohee was cited for bravery by both the American and French governments. The first of these medals was presented to President. Woodrow Wilson.