San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-11-21
Salvation Army Muster.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2l.-The greatest
assem- bly, of the Salvation Army ever
held In this country begins at Carne-
gle Music hall today. 1t will continue
until Wednesday night and will be
known as the "Great Continents
Congress of the Uuited States Forces"
Under this title Commander Balling-
ton Booth issued the call and fully
two Thousand delegates are present
from all parts of this country and
Canada, and even from Europe.
These. besides the local members of
the army, will fill the great hall to
OVERLOOKING. Among the features
of the congress will be three great par
AIDES, two of them by torchlight. In the
other to-day will march all the field
and staff officers, each with the dis
tinguishing sash of his rank. In the
course of the meetings, the German
edition of the Salvationist organ, the
War Cry, will be oonseorated, and its
flag will be hoisted; the fifteen hun
dredth officer on the United States
field. q woman, will receive her COM
mission from Commander Booth; the
auxiliary flag, celebrating the raising
OF 500 auxiliaries to the army during
the past year, will be presented; an
infant daughter of Commander and
Mrs. Ballington Booth will be ded
Gated, and the message of Gen. Booth
of England to the United States
forces will be read. The object OF
the embIsge will be the con.
sideration of the great problems OF
the day, the topics of the
two first meetings being, The Ar
my's Work in the States" and Sac
Tifice for Humanity" Some OF the
su biects discussed will be the over
crowding of tenement houses In
Americas great centers, the evil occa-
sion ed by the national drink traffic,
the best methods for extending the
army's work in the smaller towns and
the increase of its literature and pub
LEGATIONS. OF course Commander Bel
lington Booth is the directing spirit,
and his handsome wife assists him
And there will be Commissioner
Ouchterlony, Colonel and Mrs. Evans,
MOTOR and Mrs. Kyle, who have been
attracting q great deal of attention on
the Pacific Coast; Mayor and Mrs.
Perry, Major and Mrs. Evans, Major
and Mrs Bryant, Major and Mrs.
Cozons, Major and Mrs. Keppel, Ma
jor and Mrs. French, Major and Mrs.
Brewer, Major and Mrs. Stillwell, Ma
jor and Mrs. SuIly, and host OF 9TH
ers of prominence in the army. And
there are others who are distinguish
ed in other WAYS, like Joe, the Turk,
who wears his national costume; the
Texas cowboy, who wears the dress OF
the plains. There will be something
for the auxiliaries, too. These auxll-
iaries are organizations of people who
are In sympathy with the army, but
who don't think that they would care
ID enter 1t. There has been retnark'
able growth in them, over five hum
bred having been organized during
the past year. And 10 make the
auxiliaries feel pleasant and happy
very fine silk flag will be presented to
them. Mrs. Booth ClibbOrn will pro-
badly attend the congress, and there
will be no more interesting person
present. She is daughter of Gene al
Booth, founder of the Salvation Army
and q sister of BallingtOn Booth OF
this city. For several years she hss
had command of the Salvation Army
in France and Switzerland with her
husband, Col. Clibborn. Her visit to
New York last spring was the coca
sion of a great rally of the local sal
vationists and meeting, attended by
many society people, was addressed
by her in Association hall. After
wards she made tour of Canada and
part of the United States gathering
funds for the work in France.