New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20
SALV1TION SOLDIERS GATHERING.
PLANS FOR THEIR THREE DAYS CONVENTION
" THrS CITY NrXT WErK

- N THIS CITY NEXT WEEK
The headquarters a. thc salvation Army. q; No.
III Rcadest. flied m day yesterday With n
busy hrong OF soldiers who arriving from MI
parts OF the United States and Canada. Commander
Ballington Booth was on hand during the day and
was kept busy marshaling his forces md snahng
the Anal preparations FOR the great convention which
Is 20 bc h-h In this city Monday Tuesday and
Wednesday About 5000 delegates. besides several
thousand lay members. expected 20 be present.
The object % tho convention Is 90 discuss pans and
methods Of carrying tle work o. the salvation Army
and 70 bring together tie different member Of tho
organization 80 TINT they may become acqunin- cd
with each other. There Will he three grent public
meetings ard two pliii- dinners. The first pubic
meeting viii 20 held 20 morrow evening at -
O'Clock nj Music Hall when Commander and Mrs.
Darlington Booth VIII speak on the progress which
,le salvation Army has made IA ne United States.
To second pubic meeting viii hc hi1 Tuesday even
!ug AZ The same time and placs. when the divisional
and staff Offices VIII make address, On the work done
by them.
On thiS evening the three weeks Old daughter Of
Commander ard Mrs Eoo,l VII lie dodlcoted the
work Of the army Tie Infants name Is Myruc
Theodore. which, according 70 the Interpretation Of
Commander Eooih, means :" gwen q God The core-
nolv VIII he In tho form Of tahlcau. Mr.. Booth
VII bring thc g ID The stage and the Officers, With
their fags nnI banners viii form background. Then
Commander BCHth VIII take inc IHltlN III MS WH'S
and make the d'd."a;iOn.
The third pghlic m,"lrS Will be held Wednesday
evening n. ABSORPTION Hall. At Twenty thIdst. ard
Torrthavc tbs Will H. tlc "Con>ccration Ccnv"'I-
tom The doors for admission 20 thos" public meet
Incs will be opened az Z OCOch over 1000 tickets
have been ISSUED for lem. ard one can enter With
ont a ticket Tickets can be secured from tie Ma
nonal headquarters, IN Reade-st, and from the h'h
officers and as there VIII be large demand Tor F"'n'
hey should be applied for NJ once.
The tTO public dinners VIII b" heId MONDAY anu
Tuesday evenings nj the LcnoX Lyccrn, ut Fifty
nntl-st and Madls0n-ave. They viii begin nt o 80
O'Clock sharp, and to avoid confusion the tickets VIII
be issued I'm different cOlors, red tickets for M0nnay
night and blue tickets for Tuesday night. IArse
ucrcs viii be % cents each.
There will also DE two paradcs, on" on h0hui'
and ono on Tuesday evening. The lin" oil mafch
hitch will be the Oh both thS" DAYS VIII "'
from Lcnox Lyceum along Iny ninth 81 70 s.v any,
ave 10 Forty nnh-st.. 20 Eighth ave-. 10 filty-hf,
a.. 10 Music Han. The parade VIII b"giE ~
7:i5 D. m. All the s'af. field and local olicers
soldiers and recruits will take part In the parade
commander Booth will lead the parade There
viii also be a day parade which VIII form az
noon Tuesday I'm Union square, ana VIII naich ny
broadway TO Thriy-ihrdst.. where II VII DC , ui1
handed In this parade only the stan, hrd ana ioCal
officers some 1000 strong, VIII participate On the
" Grand United Council" Of the san, field and local
Officer viii held In the LcnoX Lyceum bcginhlns
a, 10 a. m. and ending al p m. on encn o. ms"
Gavs pIf waite dinner VIII be held from 40 70 - ~
I'm the dining rooms OF the Iyceum, for the Officers
only, who Win dine with The commander.