The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-11-22
ARMY
Their First Continental Congress
Since the Work Started.
There will be Three Great Paradss, two of
them by Torchlight-Ths subj .et for
Observation-Disclosures Present.

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-The greatest as
sembly of the Salvation army ever held in
this country begins at Cransgie Music hall
today. 1t will continue until WEDNESDAY
night and will be known as the Great
Continental Congress of the United States
Forces" Under this title Commander
BalliDgton Booth issued the call. and fully
two thousand delegates are present from
ell parts OF this country and Canada, and
even from Europe. These, besides the local
members of the army. Ill the great hall to
overfiowing. Among the features of the
congress will be three great parades, two
of them by torchlight. In the other will
march all the field and staff officers, each
with the distinguishing sash of his rank.
n the course OF the meetings the Ger
man edition of the SalvatIonist organ, the
Var CRY, Will be cOnsecrated, and It's flag
will be noisLed; the fifteen hundredtn Of
ticer on the United States field, woman,
will receive her commission from Com
mander Booth; the auxiliary flag, celebrat-
ing the raising of 500 auxiliaries to the
army during the past year. will be pre-
sented; the inland daughter of Commander
and Mrs. Darlington Booth will be dedica-
ted. and tne message of General Booth, of
England, to the United States forces will
be read.
The object Of the assem- blage Will be- the
consideration OF the great problems OF the
day, the topics OF the TWO first meetings
being. 1.-The Army's Work in the States"
and Sacrifice for Humanity" Some Of
the subjects discussed viii be the over
crowdiDg Of tenement houses in Americas
great centres, the evil occasioned by the
national drink traffic. the best methods for
extending the army's work in the smaller
f1rr
and publications.
Of course of Commander Darlington
Booth is the directing spirit and his hand
some wife assists him. And there will be
Commissioner Qusnterlony, Colonel and
Mrs. Evans, Major and Mrs. Kyle, WHO
have been attracting a great deal of atten-
ton on the Pacific coast, Major and Mrs
Perry, Major and Mrs Evans. Major and
Mrs. Bryant, Major and Mrs. Cozens,
Major and Mrs. keppel, Major and Mrs.
Brewer, Major and Mrs. French, Major
and Mrs. Stilwel, Major and Mrs. Sully
and host OF others OF prominence in the
army. And Jhefe are others who are dis
tiuguished in other ways, like Joe, the
TURK. who wears his national costume; the
Texas cowboy, VINO wears the dress Of the
plains.
There will be something for the auxil-
aries, TOO. Those auxiliaries are organiza-
tons of people who are ia sympathy with
the army, but who don't think that they
would care to enter it. There has been a
remarkable growth in them, over i've hun
dred having been organized during the past
year. And to make the auXiliaries feel
pleasant and happy. very hue silk flag
will be presented to them. Mrs. Booth
ClibDorn will probably attend the congress,
and there will be no more interesting per-
son present. She is daughter of General
Booth, founder OF the Salvation Army, and
e sister of Baliington Booth of this city.
For several years she has had command Of
the Salvation Army il France and Swift
erland with Ter husband, Colonel ChDborn
Her visit to New YORK last spring was the
occasion of great rally of the local Saliva
tionisrs and meeting, attended by many
society people, was addressed by her in
Association hall. Afterwards she made a
tour of Canada ane part Of the United
States gathering funds for the Work in
France.
Tonight Mr.. and Mira. Ballington Booth
addressed the first meeting in connection
with the continental congress and war
councils OF the salvation army. There was
a banquet in Lenox Lyceum at O'Clock
for fifteen hundred officers at its concIu
sion q torch-liGht procession numbering
5000 mem, women and children escorted
Commander Booths carriage and marched
TO muse to the hall. The commander in his
address Of welcome read statistics to
show the work of the army and said the
day was coming when the American people
would recognize the WORK Of the Salvation
Army. Mrs. Bsllington Booth said she
would be on hand tomorrow night and dedi-
cate her threa- weeks-old baby 10 the cause
of salvation. Commander Booth read
number OF letters, among them one from
President Harrison, who expressed thanks
for sympathy rendered him in us sorrow,
and said he was very liberal in his iudg-
ment of the methods ana thought il we'll
that all those endesvoring to subdue vice
did moi annrnach in nna line