Wichita eagle., 1889-04-19
THE SALVATION ARMY.
Its Strength in the Northwest and
in the World
Major Whatmore, Division Commander,
TALKS Interestingly About the Methods
md Increase in the Number of the
Army-Facts Not Well Known.

Major Whatmore, the new commander Of
the Salvation Army, IS planning many cam
palgns, which will probably cover the relig-
iouS soldiers with glory from a Salvation
Army point of view. The Majors division,
says the Minneapolis Tribune, includes Min
nesota, Wisconsin and the city of Chicago,
and includes twenty-eight corps, six of
which are in Chicago. The Minneapolis
corps is nearly three years old, commanded
by Captain McAber. an d Is said to be one of
the best in the United States. Concerning
the army and the prospects of his division,
the Major said as follows:
The army is eight years old in America,
and is made up of $50 corps. There are
thousands Of people reached by the army
who are not reached by other methods of
Christian endeavor. The principal object
ofwearing uniforms is not to signify organ
ization, but many more opportunities are
presented TO talk to people concerning re
hgious matters, as every one knows SOL
der by the uniform and expects to be APP
preached upon questions of religion. NJ
merous cases can be cited where people
have joined in the procession, 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 meth
DDS accordingly, and the reason we are
misunderstood is that people look too
much at our methods, rather than the
end we have in view. Thousands of people
attend our meetings VINO never entered
church, and hundreds of them have been
converted. From 10000 to 30, 900 War Cry's
are issued weekly, and opportunities are
given in selling these for the soldiers to in
yite people to our meetings. Our methods
are the result of years of experience, and
they have been changed as the best inter-
ests of religion demanded. We not only
convert people, but make it a point to see
they remain good soldiers for life.
find it is a general belief that members
Of the army receive a salary but they do
not; instead, they are expected TO give all
they can toward defrayIng expenses. The
officers consist of ieutenants, captains and
cadets. A number of corps constitute a
district commando d by an adjutaut, and a
number of districts constitute a 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 present Marshal Booth
commands the American forces. He receives
IS salary simply the necessities A major,
married, gets So per week; captain, s.;
lieutenant. Sc; cadet, board. Each officer,
on receiving his commission, agrees not to
accept any thing except his specified salary.
Each corps is selfsupporting. surviving
entirely upon the money received by col
lections at the meetings. The headquarters
in New York are kept up by the sale of publ
cations and donations from independent
sources.
There are 1000 officers in command in the
10
ent languages and our flag floats in SO diff
ferent countries. The international head
quarters are in London, Eng The army
has houses for fallen women, prison gate
brigades and food and shelter for the desti-
tute. and the Australian Government gives
5000 year TO aid in keeping up these in
situations. The army has been under its
present name for II years; 1t was previous
" known as the Christian mission II is
the strongest and oldest in Great Britain,
and is very strong in all Europe except
Russia
EVERYWHERE In the Northwest / have
found the work progressing finely. At ST.
Peter and Anoka the opera-houses were
crowded when was there, as was the case
In many of the other cities and towns.
While on the trip through the State the
membership of the army was greatly in
creased We have special work for Scandi-
navlans in the twin cities. My headquar-
tiers are at 452 Armitage avenue, Chicago
In personal appearance Major Whatmore
Is of slight build, nearly six feet tall, with
large dark eyes and black hair. His feat
ures are bold. indicating one who is lead
er OF men. AS a speaker ne is very good,
possessing good voice and a wide range Of
knowledge and a great amount of earnest
ness. BE has great confidence in a great
increase IN the army in all Northern States.
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