Omaha daily bee., 1885-04-03
PANDENIoNIUM.
The Salvation Army's Congress of
war.

throw lne devil IN America, ended yes
terday In a jubilee meeting, which cele-
brated the resolution OF the army to
smash all the wicked things in the country
to pieces, and plant the variegated colors
Of the army firmly In every city in the
union. Captains of the army came In by
rail, from all over the country to join in
the jubilee, $50 of them were packed In
the barracks over q dry goods store at
Eighth avenue and Eighteenth street
yesterday morning, when the police came
running around the corner to find o ut
what the disturbance was. Most of the
captains were women in red jerseys and
black bloomer hats, and they banged
tambourines and shouted hallelujsh salu-
tations to each newcomer.
The camp followers finally got hold of
all the spare drums and trumpets they
could find In the barracks, and blew the
thumped with all their might till Major
Frank Smith, who Is commissioner of the
whole army In America, eaid it was time
to go up town and get some army provis-
ions. A great crowd of people who
didn't belong to the Army followed the
captain to the Grand Union hall at Sew
enth avenue and Thirty fourth street,
and through the open doors of the hall
way watched them eat up sandwiches and
drink coffee from china cups.
One of the Army's brass bands from
Massachusetts, aud another from Penn
sy~lvania, marched out into the snow at
two o'clock, and the Army formed in
battle line and marched to the Academy
of Music. The New York Salvation
1aaaoo y,ornhoH OF tho haoI IN lnnh1a
ranks. Their captain marched back.
ward all the way, tlourishing her tam
BOURNE in front of the band like a drum.
major In the militia. The women hsd
blood-red ribbons wound round their
bloomer bonnet', and sang while they
beat their tambou1ines with both hands.
Behind the salvation lasses marched
the soldiers. They all had red shirts let
tered Salvation Army" in black, and
trousers of blue with red stripes. Their
caps were half red and half black, and In
the middle of their ranks rolled the war
chariot with the Michigan captains. The
war chariot was a big open barouche, and
the Michigan captains carried banners.
Male officers with spurs rode astride cab
horses on either side of the chariot.
There were nearly 400 of the paraders,
and they burst into the academy like a
tornado painted red. The army marsed
itself tier on tier on the platform until it
filled up the whole stage.
Major Smith threw the full volume of
his lungs into a FURNISHED car conductors
whistle for sixty seconds, and knocked all
the rest of the noise in the building end
wise with the u~nexampled metallic shrek.
Then the major smiled, and announced
that the jubilee would open with a holl-
ness convention. 1t opened two seconds
later, and Superintendent Murphy of the
academy clapped his bands to his ears
and shouted to Janitor Gillame that he
never again, in all his life, expected to
look upon such a marvellous and unexam-
| pied spectacle.
The Msjor said the Salvation Army
wanted the whole community to be blest.
The Army said "Amen' all together with
a roar. The Major was a trapeze per-
former before he became Army com.
mander. His bushy hair stood out in all
directions, and his spectacles danced en-
his nose while he spoke. When he heard
the cyclonic "Amen" he pulled out a big
red handkerchief, waved it in the afr u
called out Captain Waleh. The Captain
used to he a drunkark. He seized a
banjo, and sang, shutting up his long
body. and opening 1t out straight again
while he sang, and the whole of the
Army stood up and Joined in the chorus.
1t was modelled sitter the Introductory
song of the King of the P%enzance Pr
rates, and set to the same tune. No pi-
rates on earth aver heard anything like
the rendering of this extract:
I'm a salvation soldier
One of the noisy crew;
/ shout when l am happy,
And that | mean to do.
Some say / am too noisy,
| know the reason why;
And if they felt the glory,
They'd shout as well as /.
/ am a child of a King, 1 am,
| I'm a child of a King;
1t iR, it is a glorious thing
To be a child of a King.
The male soldi ers whirled around and
around and shouted. The women
banged their tambourlnes and waved
from side to side. Staff officers stood up in
| the aisles and waved the army flags, and
everybody howled.
In ten minutes the $50 captains, who
get $40 a week each from the army
treasury, sat down together with a thud,
and gave Staff Captain Shirley and Mrs.
Captain Evans a chance to pray. Cap
tain Shirley prayed on his hands and
knees, with his head bent down till his
nose touched the stage carpet, and Mrs.
Captain Evans rocked like a trse top
caught in a Virgins gale.
Captain Blandly, who says he used to
be a loafer In London. held up while the
prayer went on the first war banner ever
presented to the army. The banner is a
field of red with a blue border. There is
a star of golden fire In the center, and az
edition of the stars and stripes In a
corner.
Mrs. Captain Jeffreys, q little woman
In a blue bloomer, who said 1t took the
entire police force of Keysport, with
drawn revolvers to take her to Jail, made
a speech. Major Smiths little girl baby
ctowed happily at intervals. The baby
wore a white dress and had a tiny red
Salvation bonnet tied over her curls. She
sat In her mothers lap.
sash Barrel Jimmy" the first convert
in America, said that Police Captain Will
liams knew all about him, because he
had often picked him up drunk out of the
ash barrels of the Fourth precinct years
ago.
.IIat's fire n yollev for Cantain Will.