New Testaments in World War One
Upon recognizing the importance of religion to many servicemembers, many churches, organizations, and even the Red Cross and YMCA issued pocket-sized New Testaments to troops. Personal information was often added by the servicemember in the front of the New Testament.
A Christmas Gift
This New Testament was given to Delos Rouse by his Sunday School teacher Katharyn Peters on Christmas Day, 1915 in Wellsboro, PA. When war broke out a few years later, the boy donated the book to the Red Cross, who issued it to a soldier with other hygiene items. The Testament is un-dated but has a patent date on the back of 1910. The note was found inside the Testament.
*Cover photo of soldiers in Bible class at Camp Meade, MD courtesy of National Archives
American Militaria Reference
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