Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30
THE SALVATION ARMY.
Its Strength In the Northwest and
in the WONid.

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In the WoNtd.
Major Whatmore, the new command
err of the Salvation ARM, is planning
many campaigns. which probably cover
the religious soldiers with glory from
"A Salvation Army point of view. The
Majors division, says the Minneapolis
Tribune, includes Minnesota, Wisco.-
sin and the city OF Chicago. AM in
cludes twenty-eieht corps, six OF which
are in Chicago. The Minneapolis.
corps ia nearly three years old, com
manded by Captain McAber, and is
said TO be one of the best in the United
States. Concerning the army and the
prospects of his division, the Ma or said
us follows:
The army is eight years old i'm
America, and is male up of 25O corps.
There are thousands. Cf people reached
By the army who are not reached by
other methods of Christian endeavor.
/ The principal object of wearing ,Gni-
forms is not to, signify organization,
but many more opportunities are pre-
sented to talk to- people concerning re-
ligious matters, as cvory one knows d
soldier by the uniform and expects to.
be approached upon questions OF re-
| ligiOn. Numerous cases cln be cited
where people, have joined in the pco-
cesssion, attracted by the drum and
| fife, and when the barracks were
reached were converted. We desire to
reach the people who do not attend
any kind OF worship, and we have to
adopt methods accordingly and the rea-
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pie look too much at our methods,
rather than the end we have in view.
/ Thousands of people attend our meet
| ings who never entered Il church, and
| hundreds Of them have been converted.
From 20.000 to 5000 War Crys are is
sued weekly, and opportunities are
given in selling these for tho soldiers
to invite people to our meetings Oar
methods are the result OF years of eX-
perience, ana they have been changed
rs the best interests Of religion de-
manded. We not only convert people,
but make it point to see they remain
good soldiers for life.
| find it a general belief that mem
bers Of the army receive Il salary, but
they do not; instead, they are eX-
pectel to give all they can toward de.
fraying expenses. The officers consist
Of lieutanant5, captains and cadets. A
number Of corps constitute a district
command by an adjutant, and mum
Der OF districts constitute u division
commanded by major. As you know,
our system is military. All American
divisions are controlled by the National
head masters in New York. At pres
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American forces. He receives rs a
salary simply the necessities. A major,
married, gets 50 per week; captain, &
lieutenant, So cadet, board. Eaci
officer, on receiving his commission.
agrees not to accept anyth.ny except
his specified salary. Eac:. crops i
sclf-suppOrting, surviving entirely up
on the money received by collections
at the meetings. The headquarters in
New York are kept up by the sale Of
publications and donations from inde
pendent sources.
There are 1000 officers in command
in the world. The War Cry is printed
il % different languages and our FLAG
floats in % different countries. The
international headquarters are in Lon
don, Eng. The army has houses fOi
fallen women, prison gate brigades and
food and shelter for the destitute. and
the Australian Government gives So,
90 year to aid in keeping up these
institutions. The army has been under
its present name for ! years; il wa:
previously known as the Christian
mission. 1t is the strong est and olde5t
in Great Britain, and Is very strong il
all Europe except Russia.
Everywhere in the Northwest | have
found the WORK progre' sing finely. A
st. Peter and Ano,la the opera-housc:
were crowded when | was there, as wa,
the case in many Of the other cities and
towns. While on the trip through the
state the membership o. the army wa
greatly increased. We have specia
work for Scanlinavilns in the twin
cites. My headquarters are q. -,
Ac,l,ta%e av?a1e, Ch!caCS. 1900.
In personlla1p5arn Go -: Wat
more is of slight build, nearly six feet
tall, with large dark eyes ana black
hair. His features are bold indicating
one who is leader OF men. As {
speaker he is very good, possessing {
good voice and Il wide range OF know
ledge and g5cat amount OF eaMest
ness. He has great contidencc Sin Q
great increase in the army o; all Horth
ern states. !.
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