The position was created in 1917 to "provide a system of appointing qualified and professional chaplains that meet the needs of the Navy".

Its activities include running the Protestant chapel at Kennedy International Airport and providing chaplains for the city's hospitals, prisons and colleges.

But the church as a whole, although it did not support conscription, supported the overall war effort, both on the home front and by providing chaplains for the armed forces.

It provides chaplains to the Australian Defence Force, hospitals, schools, industry and prisons.

It noted that only the wealthiest religious sects could provide chaplains for their adherents, effectively denying to other military personnel the "free exercise" of their religion.

Funds were provided for church buildings, for schools, for theological training colleges, and to provide chaplains for the ships taking emigrants to their new homes.

In Moscow, there have been additional appeals for the church to teach religion in thousands of schools and provide chaplains for hospitals, prisons and army units.

Additionally, the Chaplain Corps provides chaplains to its sister sea service, the United States Coast Guard.

We can provide water, food, clothes, yard clean-up, home salvage, or chaplains.