Chaplain (Colonel) Julian Emmett Yates (October 23, 1871 – May 24, 1953) was an American Army officer who served as the 3rd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1929 to 1933.

[1] Together with John B. Frazier, the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy, he edited The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920).

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