The Portland daily press., 1886-10-01
THE SALVATION ARMY.
A Review of the Work Done in the
State of Maine.
Rockland Courier. Gazette.


Among the passengers on the steamer from
Boston Friday night were two quiet and
pleasant faced people in the uniform of the
Salvation Army. They were Major What
more and wife, English people, who are in
charge of the various corps in New England
and are now on a tour of inspection of the
Maine division of the army. Major What
more, who is an agreeable and intelligent
gentleman, engaged in conversation with a
reporter, and gave an interesting account of
the progress of work in this section of the
country.
SIT is now two years." he said, "Since the
Salvation Army opened up operations in
Maine We began in Saco, and now have
corps at work in Portland. Augusta, Skowhe-
gan, Waterville, Brunswick, Bath, Hallowell,
Gardiner, North Berwick, Cornish and Beth
Ell, and l am now bound to Calais, where we
shall begin work next month. Our success
thus far has been very satisfactory. AT first
we met with opposition and suffered some
abuse, but this sort of thing is dying out.
Uusually in opening work in town we have
to submit to more or less that is troublesome,
but when people see what we are doing they
try to help us. Christians of all denomina-
tions are growing to recognize the good we
do among class that regular church work
has never been able to reach, and they wish
us God speed and often lend us helping
hand.
1--WE have long ago abandoned apologizing
for or seeking to give reasons for our meth
DDS. We are seeking to save souls and we
believe we succeed. Ii we stopped to argue
and explain we should waste all our time and
energy and accomplish nothing of the end we
are laboring for. We use a drum and other
instruments to attract people, for it is de-
monstrated that nothing draws like the sound
N1..,,.1 &c kt&o
Salvation Army in the British Isles and its
spread to this country is evidence enough
that in the main it is right and good"
In reply to an inquiry as to how expenses
are met Major Whatmore said:
Each corps has to depend upon itself, and
subsists upon collections made at the meet
ings The officers are paid salaries. Upon them
deyolves the work and direction Of affairs.
The salaries are not excessive. A married
couple, both holding Office, get $40 q. week.
A captain if a single man gets 81 lieuten-
ant Sc. A woman captain gets So, lieutenant
S.. But these salaries are contingent upon
collections All other expenses of the corps
are met first, then if anything remains the
salaries are paid, otherwise the officers get
nothing"
The Major gave an interesting account of
the work in heathen India. There the Sal
vation Army sent its missionaries. who
worked for a time as other missionaries had
worked and with the same meager rosults.
among the natives and living as the heathen
lived. So they discarded the garb of Eu-
ropeans and went nearly naked, and travel
ed up and down the country as do the native
priests, sleeping under trees and subsistlng
on charity. The result was marvellous.
Thousands of the heather have been con-
verted to Christ and representatives of the
Salvation Army have preached His religion
in heather temples, a thing never before
known. A party of these converted Hindoos
have recently made tour of our state