Chaplain making home with soldiers (5)
I believe the answer is:
padre
'chaplain' is the definition.
(padre is a kind of chaplain)
'home with soldiers' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'pad' (I've seen this before).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'soldiers' becomes 're' (Royal Engineers).
'pad'+'re'='PADRE'
'making' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for padre that I've seen before include "Man of god - drape (anag)" , "Minister" , "Father" , "non-combatant officer" , "Sky pilot (military slang)" .)