Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 1901 — OLYMPIA’S CHAPLAIN. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

OLYMPIA’S CHAPLAIN.

The Sky Pilot of , Dewey's Plsphlp la Ocean Born.

Ocean born and bred is the Rev. William H. I. Reaney, the Olympia’s chaplain, who, during Admiral Dewey’s

stay In Rome, visited the pope and took back to the ship the papal benediction to the crew of the flagship. Ills father was the captain of an Eugllsn steamship, and the baby who was destined to become the spiritual adviser of m heroic crew of American tars was born during one stormy voyage across the Atlantic. In his youth Father Reaney made his home In Detroit, and his early training was at the Jesuit college Ju

that city. He afterward studied theology at St. Mary’s seminary, Baltimore, and in 1888 was ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Gibbons. During four years of parish work he ardently desired a chaplaincy In the navy, and then the combined influence of Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Ireland secured him the appointment. Before being assigned to Dewey’s flagship on July 3, last year, he served successively on the Portsmouth, Charleston, Baltimore and Vermont. Father Reaney has such a temperament as one might expect In a lover of the sea—brisk, manly, fearless, affectionate. He is a stout patriot and a. great favorite with the men and officers of Dewey’s ship. 1

REV. WILLIAM H. I. REANEY.