European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday november 17,1986 chaplaincy focuses on Battlefield role by Charlie Bowden Mumich Boron Berchtesgaden Germany the Amy s chaplain corps faced with a critical shortage of Cath Olic priests also faces a renewed emphasis on the chaplain s Battlefield role. If the army it going to Lake the chaplaincy seriously then we have to take the army seriously chaplain maj. Gen Morris Einerson said thurs Day during an interview at a Usa eur chaplains meeting in Berchtesgaden. Einerson who became chief of army chaplains in july said he believes the army expects chaplains to be with soldiers in the Field and that will get top Billing during his ensure. That s what makes the chaplaincy such a great ministry he said. The army expects that the Chap lain will be with the Soldier where he works and lives. Thai s what commanders want from us More than anything  hand in hand with that is a revision of the Regula Tion that governs the program that will include re naming Chapel assistants and rewriting their Job descriptions to fit an expanded role. Officially chaplain s assistants have been called Chapel activities specialists. The revised regulation will change their official title to coincide with what they Are generally known As and better define their role. I want to ensure that chaplain s assistants and the army recognize that the chief function of the assist ant and of the chaplain is in the Field Einertson said. Having Chapel in Here kind of denotes that we re edifice oriented and that s not True. We re really  the regulation will More fully reflect what Einert son Calls the Forward thrust  that doctrine is the assignment of the chaplains and assistants to the most Forward exposed areas of the  he said. It is not a recent change i policy he said but something that the chaplaincy has been moving toward for about three years. The doctrine also is being reflected in training that assistants receive during school at fort Monmouth no. We need Good qualified assistants because of the role they re expected to play in dealing with Battle Field stress and fatigue,1 Einertson said. We walkabout the chaplain but the assistant is a part of the unit ministry team and on the Battlefield that Urcla wish to become priests and later return to the Mili tary As  re also bringing Catholic chaplains on older than other denominations he Laid. Protestant ministers cannot enter the army chaplaincy after they turn 40, but the age was raised to 50 for priest. We re also extending Catholic chaplain selectively up to age 65."but us shortage of priests is not a uniquely Mili tary problem Einerson said. The big problem it that there just Aren t Erwin Catholic clergy period about 2i yers up roughly 48,000 seminarians were preparing for the Priesthood in the United states be said. Last year that number was Down to about 10,000, the recruiting Pool has become very Small he Aid. That s the  the army also hat a shortage of rabbis although in has not reached the critical stage be said. Currently there Are 22 jewish chaplains on Active duty he said and the army could use twice that number. Rabbis have other special problems he said Pri Marily because the percentage of jewish soldiers i relatively Small when compared to Christian Faith group. That leave the rabbi chaplain spread  the people they serve Are so spread out he said. The army in Europe for example a four rabbi chaplain to serve the entire command Einertson also wants to increase the number of pm photo chaplain maj. Gen Morris eur Raton Tio ship becomes very  another pressing Issue is the shortage of priests something Einerson said has become critical the army currently has about 1,500 chaplains on Active duty and 219 of them Are Catholic priests. However that is less than half of the army goal of 548 pests needed to minister to Catholic soldiers. We have a critical shortage Einertson said. We re very much concerned about that particularly when you think in terms of ministering to soldiers on the  two Catholic chaplains have been assigned full time to recruit priests he said. In addition another five were brought onto Active duty from the reserves. Their sole responsibility is to recruit Catholic Chap Lains he said. The military archdiocese also is introducing a Long term program designed to attract soldiers who current Lynn said there Are 22, and he feels they have been very Well accepted since the first women chaplain entered the army in 1973. As the new chief of army chaplains Einerson said he wants to develop what he Call Quality min  it is a multifaceted program designed to bring in top notch ministers use them when they Tor strengths and have them train others in those tune area he said. We need to assign our chaplains where they hive strengths Einerson said. Some work Well with soldiers and we want to get those Chapura with soldiers a Good Deal of the time Good preacher will go to the pulpit Counselor to counselling centers Hospital ministers into military Hospital and those with administrative or manage ment skills into administration. At the same time 1 want to me them to train those who Arent guile As a fled in that particular area so that the Overall chaplaincy becomes upgraded in term of in  Shock anger among reactions of allies to . Deals with Iran Istanbul Turkey not nato legislators reacted with Shock sorrow and anger on saturday to disclosures that the United states bad secretly sent arms to Iran and they urged the allies to take a Tough stand against terrorism. We feel horror and disgust Kevin Mcnamara a British labor party member said in an interview. 1 am in the opposition but most of our delegation Here feels that Reagan has really let Margaret Thatcher Down Earl de la Warr a British conservative echoing his colleague s sentiment said it has really Hurt Ameri can credibility in the Light against  equally harsh words were voiced by French delegates to a session of the North allanic Assembly Here. The Assembly meets once or twice a year to pro vide a forum in which legislators from the 16 member countries of the North Atlantic treaty organization can discuss mailers of common concern. Francois Heusbourg a French defense analyst voiced disappointment in what he called the hypo critical naivete of president Reagan s decision to Send arms to Iran. You the strongest nation in the world have permitted your foreign policy to be significantly manipulated by the iranians Heusbourg said. He said the american action would serve id increase hostage taking and would reinforce extremist Tenden cies in Iran and other Radical Middle East nations when these people see what they can get by threat ening the lives of a Lew innocent people Why should t cynical nates use this ploy he said. The United Stales had been critical of France i policy of negotiating with Syria and Iran to improve relations to halt a wave of bombings in Paris last septem Ber and to help gain the release of French hostages in Lebanon. Partly because of american and British pres sure France announced that in would make no new arms sales to Syria. The american criticism of France led to a halt last August in cooperation Between French and american Security officials according to a Western terrorism expert Here. The cooperation had begun in july and was viewed Ai important Progress in efforts to limit terrorist attacks. The discomfort with the american Supply of Arras to Iran seems to transcend ideological lines. For example Manfred Abelein a German Christian Democrat said he was a Little concerned about and a Tot confused by Reagan s actions. Several delegates noted that Reagan s actions contradicted a ban on weapon sales agreed to at a Tokyo economic Summit meeting last Spring. Cd names first director of aids related research Atlanta a the Federal centers for disease control has named its first director of aids reused work. Or. Walter Dowdle director of the cd Center for infectious diseases will direct aids research at the Atlanta facility where much of the nation s research into the deadly disease is conducted the Agency announced. Dowdle who has been with the cd since 1960,was aids coordinator for the . Public health serv ice from Jan. 1 to oct. I. Jamaican Leader says no to gambling casinos Kingston Jamaica a prime min ister Edward sea a has announced that gambling casinos will not be established in Jamaica end ing a two year debate on the  made the announcement during � meet ing with Church Leaden at Jamaica House the prime minister s  proposal to open casinos was opposed by the religious Community of Jamaica but was sup ported by business and botel owners on the carib bean Island which has a population of i million. Aquino pardons teachers who falsified records Manila Philippines a president co rain Aquino has pardoned More that 400 pub Lic school teachers who altered their Scholastic records to obtain salary increases the philippine news Agency reported , quoting Justice minister Neptali goo Zales said Aquino required the teachers to re turn the extra Money they fraudulently obtained Between 1975 and 1977. It did not by How much was  Agency said that fraud charges against the teachers who work in the Southern province of Zamboanga Del sur were filed Yean ago but that proceedings were suspended after local Poh Cums citing the teachers Low salaries asked then pm Dent Ferdinand Marcos to Grant them clemency. Marcos was considering pardoning the teach ers before he was ousted in the february revolution that swept Aquino to Power pan Aid