The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-25
THE SALVATION ARMY
ORGANIZED on THOROUGHLY
JESUIrICAL PRINCIPLES.
Brother Booth the Financial as Well
as Religious Head, and Commands
Under IrOnclad RRles.

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The Tunes It It's tnst Gen. VIM. BOolf
OF Loudrn, the head aud founder o
the Salvs ton Army, who mas heeI
trying TO stir mp eathnsiasm 10 the in
terest Of his giniE ition aud no doub
to fatten his exchfqufr in this city
has left for he East When Gen. Boot
stood before the audience assembled
at Music Hall last Wednesday nigh
to hear his lecture on 1.-The Rise snc
Progress of the Salvation Army" ht
was attired in his customary red ian
mel jacket and well worn black SAITH
cloak, and there were probably very
few thtrs who knew that he was worth
almost G5 COO 900 and had an annual
income from the harvests of the Sal.
walton Army OF about 81, 900, 900. The
history of Gen. Booth is one OF the
most remarkable in the history OF re-
lipious movements. He has been sue.
eessful as a fnau cier, too, for he has
combined business with religion.
Ter years ago he was scarcely worth
a guinea; now his wealth is esti-
mated, including the property be
holds in trust, at almost G5,000,000,
and he controls half million peo-
pie as completely as the Gear of Rus
STA rules his subjects. He has been
called the Napoleon of the religious
world, and people who know him say
that he is entitled to the name.
Twenty years ago he was a Methodist
minister without means. He re-
nounced that church and conceived a
new religious project, which has
given him following of almost $780,
600 people and nelted him an i'm
mense income annually. 1t is an
easy matter to account for the money
that is annually poured into the
Golfers of the army ia London. Gen.
Booth controls twenty-five religious
papers, which have an aggregate cir
Culation of 100000 copies. These are
called War Cries, aud are published in
seven different languages. Offices Of
publication are located in London,
Paris, Berlin, New York, Montreal
and South Africa. In India War
Cries are published in four different
languages. There publications bring
in annually $50O,0U0 and give profit
OF almost 100000.
In the large counting rooms of his
pala,ial headquarters in London, Gen.
Booth has as many men employed as
there are in the recorders office Of
Jackson county. A gentleman living
in this city, who was once chief clerk
under Gen. Booth and controlled the
entire business of the Salvation Army,
says that he employs over 100 men at
headquart rs. 1htse are distributed
as follows: In the general offices, 10;
cashiers office, 10; accoun' ants' de-
partment, 8; editorial mansgere, 8;
outfit department, %; managers Of
printing, 10; book department, II;
and about fifteen in the smaller offices.
The ex.clerk has q very interesting
story to tell. He was in London
without employment, and unable to
do physical work on account of
broken leg. He was passing, so he
said, near No. 272 While Chapel road,
when be.saw card posted above the
door which announced that q rapid
shorthand writer was needed upstairs.
He went up and applied for the situs-
ton. He secured it and in short
time became chief c,erk, He has sew
eral secret documents in his posses
sion which Booth Issued, and as he be-
came disguised with the methods at
headquarters he does not hesitate to
divnlge them. Some of these papers
are very significant and speak for
themselves. The source of Informs
ton is gu heptic and the gentleman is
engaged in bus nefs in this city. Hs
says that the Salvation Army is the
elimination OF fAnaticism in religion,
and he has been in position where
he was able to learn lis methods,
SLAVES TO THE GENBRAL.
The documents which he has in his
possession show that member OF the
Salvation Army is nothing more than
a subject OF religious government of
which Booth is king. The candidates
form, which is rarely allowed out of
the commanding officer's hands, and
which every ofTic r is compelled to e |,
runs something like this:
"Do you eolsmnlg promise to enter
the service OF Gen. William Booth and
promise to foIf it ESQ on disobtying
any OF his oTders2 Are you courtlng2
Will you agree to quit counting for a
year, Have you ever been n jail?
Do you bslong to any church ?"
A cand d to is never admitted who
continues memb r of the church.
The commando g officer is paid about
81 week, The public circulars say
that all the surplus is used to est b. |
lish new stations. The secret collec-
ton cards, which none are allowed to
hold but officers, say that all money
used to support station must be |
raised in the town itself. All money,
requests and deeds to property must |
be turned into the hands of Gen.
William Booth. Every piece OF prop
erty which tie Salvation Army owns |
is decided to B 10Th, and the prescribed |
form which is issued for such pur-
poses from headquarters reads as fol-
lows:
81 give and bequeath unto the Rev.
William Booth, the General of the
Salvation Army, No. l0l Green Vic
toria street, London, the following,
etc.
Some time egg the following mani
leeto was issued by Gen. Booth, and
It was no wonder the members OF the
Salvation Army in Baltimore and other
parts of the United States rebelled:
Gin future no sanction will be given
% counting by either sex or TO any en-
gagement Of any male lieutenant. He
must get promoted to the rank of cap
ain before anything Of the kind eau
be recognized. No captain is to ex-
oect headquarters consent to his mar
'iage, either sf.er two years service or
more, unless he has proven himself
IN efficient and successful officer, and
hen he must be backed by his divis-
onal officer who, in consenting to his
marriage, must agree to give him
hree stations. In future no marriaVe
will be agreed to by headquarters I'M
ees we have consented to the engage
nent at least twelve months before"
Booth has o deed enrolled in chan
cry which places all the Salvation
Army's property in bis hands, and &C
'ording to which the property de-
cends to his successor. As Gen. i
,ooth has the power to appoint his
uccessor he will doubtless appoint
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