Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-17
SALVATION ARMY.
THE WORKINGS OF AGIGANTIo
MISSIONARY SYSTEM.
A Visit to the Headquarters of tho
Army In Now York-Brass
Bands and Posters as
Aids to Religion.

wl'hout visit to tho headquarters,
five-story building, covering $4,000
square feet on tho southeast corner of
Reade street and West Broadway. The
building was originally erected for bust
ness purposes and is we'll built and hand
some. Tho interior is divided into de.
partments. In the basement there are
five small and two large presses upon
which arc printed every week several
hundred thousand copies of tho Var Cru.
which may be called the organ of the
army, rs well rs numerous other publica-
tions. The publishing department is on
the ground floor, nearly the whole of
which it occupies. The publications are
printed in seven different languages for
the use OF branches of the army in differ
emit parts of the world. At the rear of
the publishing department there is a
large council-room.
Tho finance department is on the
second floor. Here are the auditor, nc
countant and bookkeepers. The books
arc open to inspection by anybody and
everybody sufficiently interested TO on
anime them. Statements are rendered
monthly and clean balance sheet is
published annually. On the same floor
there is an inquiry room for tho accom-.
mediation of visitors, having adj iacont to
!" 'i0 n"iiaS u"N uioP"toH ucPurtmchl,
where n really Immense amount of bust
ness is transacted every day. The army
has its ownnagons and eXprcssmcn aud
they are mover idle.
The oIicc of Marshal Ballington Booth
is Mt tho front of the third floor, and is
u model of neatncss and convenience,
furnished in good taste and supplied
with every requisite. 1t is not rs lux.
urious as the Office of merchant prince
or Wall street broker, neither is 1t ut all
bare, cherries or meagcr in its fittings.
Marshall Booth is q son OF the comman.
dcr-in' chief of the army, and head OF
the American contingent. In appear.
ance and manner he fails signally to full.
fill the commonly accepted idea of n
soldier in this unique organization. Ho
is till and rather slender, with pleas.
ant face and full beard. lilo is gentle
manly in address and master of afTa.
bility. Once he opens his mouth, how
ever, you realize that lie is IN cnthusi-
ast-full to the brm of the work to
which his life is devoted His enthusi-
assn falls n little short of fanaticism,
perhaps, but you cannot for moment
doubt his entire sincerity.
Mrs. Booth has cosy little sanctum
adjoining The office of her husband.
II.
accomplished rs well. The daughter of
n Clergyman of the Church of England.
she speaks ana writes three languages
with rather remarkable ilucncy, and in
addition to her other duties she attends
to the correspondence of the entire
female department. The Office of the
field secretary is also on the floor with
that of the marshal.
On the fourth floor is the department
for specials and candidates. where the
credentials OF volunteers arc examined
and pronounced upon. Adjoining is
large, cheerful and airy room fully &C.
cuped by busy correspondents, stono.
graphers and typewriters.
On the top floor there are tho compoa-
ing room, with forty-six cases of type;
the proofreador's Office. the art depart
ment and the editorial depart nent.
The ranks of the workers here. includ-
ing the compositors, are always kept
full, and no newspaper or publishing
Office is conducted with moro precision,
purpose and well-dircctod energy.
A squad Of Salvation Army soldiers
struggling along dirty street is to the
correct eye synonym for disorder,
travesty and responsiveness, but none
the less must it be admitted that at
religiously respected and enforced. Curl
GUS creatures rs these soldiers are on
the average, their base of operations
compels admiration and elicits wonder.
When you consider our methods, Mar
shall Booth says, you must bear in mind
that VIC are after n specific class. If VIC
wanted the educated and cultured classes
we should most certainly not seek to
reach them by measures that could not
fail to repulse them, nor use ignorant
and rough instruments, but those who
could place the truth before their minds
in the most convincing and unanswer
able manner. The rough and drunken
crowd plainly enough cannot be so mr.
rested and held. The rude grip alone
will suffice. After they are secured gem
tlcness may be substituted ut discretion,
but, rs n rule, tho utmost practicable
lenicncy of method must still seem
somewhat discordant and irrtat-
ing to polite society. To arrest
the eye of those who hate re-
ligion we post bills or distribute dodgers
calculated to arouse their curiosity,
though they be couchcd in terms re
garded rs ccnsurable by superior class.
So brass bands have proved a great at
traction and aid, especially in getting
crowds together out of doors. We do
not stop here. In orr very dress we
adapt ourselves to the people to whom
we go. AS an example, l may mention
our devoted soldiers in India, who have
laid aside the conventional European
dress and adopted that of the most de-
graded class of natives, walking bare.
footed, women as we'll as mon. They
literally obey the Masters command,
taking neither scrip, nor bread, nor
money in their purses.
There are two corps of the army in
New York and three successful stations
in Brooklyn. A hall with seating ac-
commodations for 5000 people, is to be
built here for its exclusive use in the
near future. The army hus 1000 sala-
ried officers in the United States, who
devote their whole time and attention
to its work, and multitudes of privates
besides give their evenings to the cause
after hard daily toll at their ordinary
occupations. The labor of these latter