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REGULATIONS

The duties to be performed by a chaplain include the Sunday services, baptisms, churchings, funerals, attending the sick in hospital and reading prayers with the convalescents, visiting soldiers under sentence in military prisons or detention barracks at least once a week … besides attending generally to the religious instruction and welfare of the officers and soldiers and of their families.

Chaplains will be treated with the respect due to their rank and profession, and COs will render them every assistance in carrying out their duties.

King's Regulations for the Army

Chaplains will serve as friends and counsellors to all members of the command to which they are assigned. They will strive to promote religion, morals, and morale, and will co-operate fully with commanding officers in the accomplishment of this purpose.

General Provisions for Chaplains in the American Army