Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-11-24
RALLY OF THE HOSTS.
Great Meeting of Salvation Army Lead
ers-Campaiaging for the Lord.

Great Meeting of Salvation Army Lead.
ers-Camp ainging tor the Lord.
New YORK, Nov. 2l.-There will be
several thousand Salvation Army men
and women ia line tonight and to-mor-
row night to give evidence to the public
of the increasing strength o. the army,
whose delegates are to meet In Its first
continental congress since the work was
started in this country. Commissioners
from many states, at the head of the
line being Gen. Darlington Booth aud
Mrs. Booth, will ride la carriages over
the route of the parade.
During the celebration there will be
given it's commanding officers an oppor-
tunity of commissioning the l,5oOth
field officer of the army In
this country. So many of its recruits
are of German nativity or descent, a md
understand little or nothing OF the En-
glish language, that it has been deter
mined hereafter to publish German
edition of the War Cry, the official organ
of the army, of which there are now
issued $4,000 copies. This edition is to
be launched during the sessions Of the
congress. What will doubtless, how
ever, prove of greater interest to the
delegates and guests than any other
feature of the meeting is the formal
dedication to future work in the move
ment of the three-weeks- child of
Gen. and Mrs. Ballington Booth, which
is to take place with a great deal of
ceremony in the presence of the con-
gress.
The first rendezvous of the accredited
delegates occurred in Lenox Lyceum,
Madison Avenue and Fifty ninth Street,
this afternoon, where they sat down to
banquet, at which George Booth, the
central figure Of the congress, presided.
The delegates will join the procession
to be formed at this point, and
about z o'clock it will move,
with the music of brass bands,
the tinkling of tambourines and
the shouts of Salvation choruses, thence
to the Carnegie Music Hall, where the
two formal sessions of the congress are
The parade will move in six divisions.
At it's head, with the American flag,
will be carried the original stand of
colors brought to this country as the
gift of Mrs. Gen. William Booth, when
the pioneers of the army landed here
fourteen years ago. Maj. Smith will
carry them.
In the Carnegie Hall Mrs. Ballington
Booth will deliver an address to the
congress, followed by Miss Carry Smith.
The 1,50Oth officer of the army
will be commissioned a lieutenant.
She has been a Salvation Army worker
for the last six years. Ensign Edith
Marshall is to receive banner to COM
TO l,o
listed an auxiliary corps of 500 troops
during the year. Then the German
edition of the War Cry will be launched,
this ceremony consisting of the
elevation of white flag, with the
name of the paper in German char
acters, to the top Of 8 flag in the CEN
ter of the stage. The parade will be
repeated on Tuesday evening, and at
the night session of the congress three
weeks-old Myrtle Theora will be carried
upon the stage by her mother and
placed in the arms of Gen. Booth, who,
surrounded by Col. Evans and others
of his general staff, in a few words will
consecrate the infant to the service OF
God. The child is to be attired in the
clothes worn by Gen. Booth himself
when child, by his father, William
Booth, in England. A spiritual meet
ing of the delegates in Association Hall,
at Fourth Avenue and Twenty third
Street, on Wednesday evening, will end
the proceedings.
During the celebration the staff and
field officers will meet mornings and
afternoons to transact army business.
Some of the problems with which the
delegates will be occupied are those re-
lating to work in small towns, the less
ening of drunkenness, amelioration of
the condition of the poor in tenement
districts, and the enlistment of compe-
tent officers to further the work of
the army. The sessions of the congress
will be marked by the appearance in
native costume of workers in foreign
lands, who always adopt the dress of
the countries to which thew are sent.
Many of the general officers have
reached the city. Among the principal
ones were: Maj. and Mrs. Brewer, of
Chicago; Maj. and Mrs. French,
of Des Moines, Ia; Maj. and
Mrs. Sully, of Topeka, Kas. Maj. and
Mrs. Cozzens, of Michigan; Staff Capt.
and Mrs. Halpin, OF Seattle, WASH;
staff Cart. and Mrs. Simmons, of Har-
risburg, Pa. Staff Capt. and Mrs. Addie,
of Springfield, ILL.,; Capt. Cousins, of
Denver; Adjt. and Mrs. McAbee, of
Milwaukee; Adjt. Smith, of Atlanta,
Ga; staff Capt. Milsoper, of San Fran
cisco, and Adjt. Mrs. Thomas, of Austin,