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Port Tobacco Times, And Charles County Advertiser
Port Tobacco, Charles County, Maryland
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Officer L. Monroe on the U.S. ship Vincennes at Hong Kong was suspended for refusing to force crew members to attend chapel services due to their conscientious objections. A crew member from the Dutch Reformed church was put in irons for similar reasons. A full report was sent to the Secretary of the Navy.
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We see it stated that L. Monroe, one of the officers on board the ship of war Vincennes, Commodore Ringgold's flag ship, at Hong Kong, has been suspended, because he refused to give orders compelling the men under his command to attend the chapel service—knowing that many of them had conscientious objections to attending such exercises. It is also stated that one of the men on board, who belonged to the Dutch Reformed church, was put in irons for objecting, on grounds of conscience to attend a worship in which he did not believe. A full report of this affair it is added, has been forwarded to the Secretary of the Navy.
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Hong Kong
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l. monroe suspended; one crew member put in irons; full report forwarded to the secretary of the navy.
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L. Monroe, an officer on the U.S. ship of war Vincennes at Hong Kong, was suspended for refusing to compel his men to attend chapel services despite their conscientious objections. A crew member from the Dutch Reformed church was put in irons for objecting on grounds of conscience to the worship.