Appendix.A Few Facts about the Salvation ArmyIt has been truly said that within four days after the German Army entered Belgium, another Army entered also—the Salvation Army! One came to destroy, the other to relieve distress and minister to the wounded and dying.The British Salvation Army furnished a number of Red Cross Ambulances, manned by Salvationists when the Red Cross was in great need of such. When these arrived in France and people first saw the big cars with the “Salvation Army” label it attracted a good deal of attention. The drivers wore the Red Cross uniform, and were under its military rules, but wore on their caps the red band with the words, “Salvation Army.”There is a story of a young officer in sportive mood who left a group of his companions and stepped out into the street to stop one of these ambulances:“Hello! Salvation Army!” he cried. “Are you taking those men to heaven?”Amid the derisive laughter of the officers on the sidewalk the Salvationist replied pleasantly:“I cannot say I am taking them to heaven, but I certainly am taking them away from the other place.”One of the good British Salvationists wrote of meeting our American boys in England. He said:“Oh, these American soldiers! One meets them in twos and threes, all over the city, everlastingly asking questions, by word of mouth and by wide-open trustful eyes, and they make a bee-line for the Salvation Army uniform on sight. I passed a company of them on the march across London, from one railroad station to another, the other, day. They were obviously interested in the sights of the city streets as they passed through at noon, but as they drew nearer one of the boys caught sight of the red band around my cap among the hate crowning the sidewalk crowd. My! but that one man’s interest swept over the hundred odd men! Like the flame of a prairie fire, it went with a zip! They all knew at once! They had no eyes for the crowd any more; they did not stare at the façade of the railway terminus which they were passing; they saw nothing of the famous ‘London Stone’ set in the wall behind its grid on their right hand. What they saw was a Salvation Army man in all his familiar war-paint, and it was a sight for sore eyes! Here was something they could understand! This was an American institution, a tried, proved and necessary part of the life of any community. All this and much more those wide-open eyes told me. It was as good to them as if I was stuck all over with stars and stripes. I belonged—that’s it—belonged to them, and so they took off the veil and showed their hearts and smiled their good glad greeting.“So I smiled and that first file of four beamed seraphic. Two at least were of Scandinavian stock, but how should that make any difference? Again and again I noticed their counterpart in the column which followed.... It was all the same; file upon file those faces spread out in eager particular greeting; those eyes, one and all, sought mine expecting the smile I so gladly gave. And then when the last was past and I gazed upon their swaying forms from the rear I wondered why my eyes were moist and something had gone wrong with my swallowing apparatus. Great boys! Bonny boys!”The Salvation Army was founded July 5, 1865, as a Christian Mission in East London by the Reverend William Booth, and its first Headquarters opened in Whitechapel Road, London. Three years later work was begun in Scotland.In 1877 the name of the Christian Mission was altered to the Salvation Army, and the Reverend William Booth assumed the title of General.December 29, 1879, the first number of the official organ, “The War Cry,” was issued and the first brass band formed at Consett.In 1880 the first Training School was opened at Hackney, London, and the first contingent of the Salvation Army officers landed in the United States. The next year the Salvation Army entered Australia, and was extended to France. 1882 saw Switzerland, Sweden, India and Canada receiving their first contingent of Salvation Army officers. A London Orphan Asylum was acquired and converted into Congress Hall, which, with its large Auditorium, with a seating capacity of five thousand, still remains the Mammoth International Training School for Salvation Army officers, for missionary and home fields all over the world. The first Prison-Gate Home was opened in London in this same year.The Army commenced in South Africa, New Zealand and Iceland in 1883.In 1886 work was begun in Germany and the late General visited France, the United States and Canada. The First International Congress was held in London in that year.The British Slum work was inaugurated in 1887, and Officers sent to Italy, Holland, Denmark, Zululand, and among the Kaffirs and Hottentots. The next year the Army extended to Norway, Argentine Republic, Finland and Belgium, and the next ten years saw work extended in succession to Uruguay, West Indies, Java, Japan, British Guiana, Panama and Korea, and work commenced among the Lepers.The growing confidence of the great of the earth was manifested by the honors that were conferred upon General Booth from time to time. In 1898 he opened the American Senate with prayer. In 1904 King Edward received him at Buckingham Palace, the freedom of the City of London and the City of Kirkcaldy were conferred upon him, as well as the degree of D. C. L. by Oxford, during 1905. The Kings of Denmark, Norway, the Queen of Sweden, and the Emperor of Japan were among those who received him in private audience.On August 20, 1912, General William Booth laid down his sword.He lay in state in Congress Hall, London, where the number of visitors who looked upon his remains ran into the hundreds of thousands.His son, William Bramwell Booth, the Chief of the Staff, by the appointment of the late General, succeeded to the office and came to the position with a wealth of affection and confidence on the part of the people of the nations such as few men know.Salvation Army War Activities.77 Motor ambulances manned by Salvationists.87 Hotels for use of Soldiers and Sailors.107 Buildings in United States placed at disposal of Government for war relief purposes.199 Huts at Soldiers’ Camps used for religious and social gatherings and for dispensing comfort to Soldiers and Sailors.300 Rest-rooms equipped with papers, magazines, books,etc., in charge of Salvation Army Officers.1507 Salvation Army officers devote their entire time to religious and social work among Soldiers and Sailors.15,000 Beds in hotels close to railway stations and landing points at seaport cities for protection of Soldiers and Sailors going to and from the Front.80,000 Salvation Army officers fighting with Allied Armies.100,000 Parcels of food and clothing distributed among Soldiers and Sailors.100,000 Wounded Soldiers taken from battlefields in Salvation Army ambulances.300,000 Soldiers and Sailors daily attend Salvation Army buildings.$2,000,000 Already spent in war activities.45 Chaplains serving under Government appointment.40 Camps, Forts and Navy Yards at which Salvation Army services are conducted or which are visited by Salvation Army officers.2184 War Widows assisted (legal and other aid, and visited).2404 Soldiers’ wives cared for (including medical help).442 War children under our care.3378 Soldiers’ remittances forwarded (without charge).$196,081.05 Amount remitted.600 Parcels supplied Prisoners of War.1300 Cables sent for Soldiers.275 Officers detailed to assist Soldiers’ wives and relatives; number assisted, 275.40 Military hospitals visited.360 Persons visiting hospitals.147 Boats met.324,052 Men on board,35,845 Telegrams sent.24 Salvationists detailed for this work.20 Salvationists detailed for this work outside of New York City.Salvation Army Work in United States of America.1218 Buildings in use at present.2953 Missing friends found.6125 Tons of ice distributed.12,000 Officers and non-commissioned officers actively employed.11,650 Accommodations in institutions.68,000 Children cared for in Rescue Homes and Slum Settlements.22,161 Women and girls cared for in Rescue Homes.30,401 Tons of coal distributed.175,764 Men cared for in Industrial Homes.342,639 Poor families visited.399,418 Outings given poor people.668,250 Converted to Christian life.984,426 Jobs found for unemployed poor.1,535,840 Hours spent in active service in slum districts.6,900,995 Poor people given temporary relief.40,522,990 Nights’ shelter and beds given to needy poor.52,674,308 Meals supplied to needy poor. Constituency reached with appeal for Christian citizenship.132,608,087 Out-door meeting attendance.134,412,564 In-door meeting attendance.National War Board.Commander Evangeline C. Booth, President.East.Peart, Col. William, Chairman.Reinhardsen, Col. Gustave S., Sec’y and Treas.Damon, Col. Alexander M.,Parker, Col. Edward J.,Jenkins, Lt.-Col. Walter F.,Stanyon, Lt.-Col. Thomas,Welte, Brigadier CharlesWestEstill, Commissioner Thos., ChairmanGauntlett, Col. Sidney,Brewer, Lt.-Col. Arthur T.,Eynn, Lt.-Col. John T.,Dart, Brigadier Wm. J., Sec’y.France.Barker, Lt.-Col. William S., Director of War Work.As indicated in the above list, the National War Board functions in two distinct territories—East and West—the duty of each being to administer all War Work in the respective territories. The closest supervision is given by each War Board over all expenditure of money and no scheme is sanctioned until the judgment of the Board is carried concerning the usefulness of the project and the sound financial proposals associated therewith. After any plan is initiated, the Board is still responsible for the supervision of the work, and for the Eastern department Colonel Edward J. Parker is the Board’s representative in all such matters and Lieut-Colonel Arthur T. Brewer fills a similar office in the Western department. Each section of the National Board takes responsibility in connection with the overseas work, under the presidency ofCommander Evangeline C. Boothfor the raising, equipping and sending of thoroughly suitable people in proper proportion. Joint councils are occasionally necessary, when it is customary for proper representatives of each section of the Board to meet together.The National Board is greatly strengthened through the adding to its special councils all of the Provincial Officers of the country.
It has been truly said that within four days after the German Army entered Belgium, another Army entered also—the Salvation Army! One came to destroy, the other to relieve distress and minister to the wounded and dying.
The British Salvation Army furnished a number of Red Cross Ambulances, manned by Salvationists when the Red Cross was in great need of such. When these arrived in France and people first saw the big cars with the “Salvation Army” label it attracted a good deal of attention. The drivers wore the Red Cross uniform, and were under its military rules, but wore on their caps the red band with the words, “Salvation Army.”
There is a story of a young officer in sportive mood who left a group of his companions and stepped out into the street to stop one of these ambulances:
“Hello! Salvation Army!” he cried. “Are you taking those men to heaven?”
Amid the derisive laughter of the officers on the sidewalk the Salvationist replied pleasantly:
“I cannot say I am taking them to heaven, but I certainly am taking them away from the other place.”
One of the good British Salvationists wrote of meeting our American boys in England. He said:
“Oh, these American soldiers! One meets them in twos and threes, all over the city, everlastingly asking questions, by word of mouth and by wide-open trustful eyes, and they make a bee-line for the Salvation Army uniform on sight. I passed a company of them on the march across London, from one railroad station to another, the other, day. They were obviously interested in the sights of the city streets as they passed through at noon, but as they drew nearer one of the boys caught sight of the red band around my cap among the hate crowning the sidewalk crowd. My! but that one man’s interest swept over the hundred odd men! Like the flame of a prairie fire, it went with a zip! They all knew at once! They had no eyes for the crowd any more; they did not stare at the façade of the railway terminus which they were passing; they saw nothing of the famous ‘London Stone’ set in the wall behind its grid on their right hand. What they saw was a Salvation Army man in all his familiar war-paint, and it was a sight for sore eyes! Here was something they could understand! This was an American institution, a tried, proved and necessary part of the life of any community. All this and much more those wide-open eyes told me. It was as good to them as if I was stuck all over with stars and stripes. I belonged—that’s it—belonged to them, and so they took off the veil and showed their hearts and smiled their good glad greeting.
“So I smiled and that first file of four beamed seraphic. Two at least were of Scandinavian stock, but how should that make any difference? Again and again I noticed their counterpart in the column which followed.... It was all the same; file upon file those faces spread out in eager particular greeting; those eyes, one and all, sought mine expecting the smile I so gladly gave. And then when the last was past and I gazed upon their swaying forms from the rear I wondered why my eyes were moist and something had gone wrong with my swallowing apparatus. Great boys! Bonny boys!”
The Salvation Army was founded July 5, 1865, as a Christian Mission in East London by the Reverend William Booth, and its first Headquarters opened in Whitechapel Road, London. Three years later work was begun in Scotland.
In 1877 the name of the Christian Mission was altered to the Salvation Army, and the Reverend William Booth assumed the title of General.
December 29, 1879, the first number of the official organ, “The War Cry,” was issued and the first brass band formed at Consett.
In 1880 the first Training School was opened at Hackney, London, and the first contingent of the Salvation Army officers landed in the United States. The next year the Salvation Army entered Australia, and was extended to France. 1882 saw Switzerland, Sweden, India and Canada receiving their first contingent of Salvation Army officers. A London Orphan Asylum was acquired and converted into Congress Hall, which, with its large Auditorium, with a seating capacity of five thousand, still remains the Mammoth International Training School for Salvation Army officers, for missionary and home fields all over the world. The first Prison-Gate Home was opened in London in this same year.
The Army commenced in South Africa, New Zealand and Iceland in 1883.
In 1886 work was begun in Germany and the late General visited France, the United States and Canada. The First International Congress was held in London in that year.
The British Slum work was inaugurated in 1887, and Officers sent to Italy, Holland, Denmark, Zululand, and among the Kaffirs and Hottentots. The next year the Army extended to Norway, Argentine Republic, Finland and Belgium, and the next ten years saw work extended in succession to Uruguay, West Indies, Java, Japan, British Guiana, Panama and Korea, and work commenced among the Lepers.
The growing confidence of the great of the earth was manifested by the honors that were conferred upon General Booth from time to time. In 1898 he opened the American Senate with prayer. In 1904 King Edward received him at Buckingham Palace, the freedom of the City of London and the City of Kirkcaldy were conferred upon him, as well as the degree of D. C. L. by Oxford, during 1905. The Kings of Denmark, Norway, the Queen of Sweden, and the Emperor of Japan were among those who received him in private audience.
On August 20, 1912, General William Booth laid down his sword.
He lay in state in Congress Hall, London, where the number of visitors who looked upon his remains ran into the hundreds of thousands.
His son, William Bramwell Booth, the Chief of the Staff, by the appointment of the late General, succeeded to the office and came to the position with a wealth of affection and confidence on the part of the people of the nations such as few men know.
77 Motor ambulances manned by Salvationists.
87 Hotels for use of Soldiers and Sailors.
107 Buildings in United States placed at disposal of Government for war relief purposes.
199 Huts at Soldiers’ Camps used for religious and social gatherings and for dispensing comfort to Soldiers and Sailors.
300 Rest-rooms equipped with papers, magazines, books,etc., in charge of Salvation Army Officers.
1507 Salvation Army officers devote their entire time to religious and social work among Soldiers and Sailors.
15,000 Beds in hotels close to railway stations and landing points at seaport cities for protection of Soldiers and Sailors going to and from the Front.
80,000 Salvation Army officers fighting with Allied Armies.
100,000 Parcels of food and clothing distributed among Soldiers and Sailors.
100,000 Wounded Soldiers taken from battlefields in Salvation Army ambulances.
300,000 Soldiers and Sailors daily attend Salvation Army buildings.
$2,000,000 Already spent in war activities.
45 Chaplains serving under Government appointment.
40 Camps, Forts and Navy Yards at which Salvation Army services are conducted or which are visited by Salvation Army officers.
2184 War Widows assisted (legal and other aid, and visited).
2404 Soldiers’ wives cared for (including medical help).
442 War children under our care.
3378 Soldiers’ remittances forwarded (without charge).
$196,081.05 Amount remitted.
600 Parcels supplied Prisoners of War.
1300 Cables sent for Soldiers.
275 Officers detailed to assist Soldiers’ wives and relatives; number assisted, 275.
40 Military hospitals visited.
360 Persons visiting hospitals.
147 Boats met.
324,052 Men on board,
35,845 Telegrams sent.
24 Salvationists detailed for this work.
20 Salvationists detailed for this work outside of New York City.
1218 Buildings in use at present.
2953 Missing friends found.
6125 Tons of ice distributed.
12,000 Officers and non-commissioned officers actively employed.
11,650 Accommodations in institutions.
68,000 Children cared for in Rescue Homes and Slum Settlements.
22,161 Women and girls cared for in Rescue Homes.
30,401 Tons of coal distributed.
175,764 Men cared for in Industrial Homes.
342,639 Poor families visited.
399,418 Outings given poor people.
668,250 Converted to Christian life.
984,426 Jobs found for unemployed poor.
1,535,840 Hours spent in active service in slum districts.
6,900,995 Poor people given temporary relief.
40,522,990 Nights’ shelter and beds given to needy poor.
52,674,308 Meals supplied to needy poor. Constituency reached with appeal for Christian citizenship.
132,608,087 Out-door meeting attendance.
134,412,564 In-door meeting attendance.
Commander Evangeline C. Booth, President.
East.Peart, Col. William, Chairman.Reinhardsen, Col. Gustave S., Sec’y and Treas.Damon, Col. Alexander M.,Parker, Col. Edward J.,Jenkins, Lt.-Col. Walter F.,Stanyon, Lt.-Col. Thomas,Welte, Brigadier Charles
WestEstill, Commissioner Thos., ChairmanGauntlett, Col. Sidney,Brewer, Lt.-Col. Arthur T.,Eynn, Lt.-Col. John T.,Dart, Brigadier Wm. J., Sec’y.
France.Barker, Lt.-Col. William S., Director of War Work.
As indicated in the above list, the National War Board functions in two distinct territories—East and West—the duty of each being to administer all War Work in the respective territories. The closest supervision is given by each War Board over all expenditure of money and no scheme is sanctioned until the judgment of the Board is carried concerning the usefulness of the project and the sound financial proposals associated therewith. After any plan is initiated, the Board is still responsible for the supervision of the work, and for the Eastern department Colonel Edward J. Parker is the Board’s representative in all such matters and Lieut-Colonel Arthur T. Brewer fills a similar office in the Western department. Each section of the National Board takes responsibility in connection with the overseas work, under the presidency ofCommander Evangeline C. Boothfor the raising, equipping and sending of thoroughly suitable people in proper proportion. Joint councils are occasionally necessary, when it is customary for proper representatives of each section of the Board to meet together.
The National Board is greatly strengthened through the adding to its special councils all of the Provincial Officers of the country.