The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-02

II - derbilt and Sloan
families, have be-
COMMANDER BOOTH. come auxiliares,
and the dollars flow in with encouraging
regularity. The great building of the
army, of which the corner stone was re-
Gently laid, is TO be an architectural tri-
umph. The banners and uniforms of the
troops have begun to assume genuine
military luXuriance, and the various sta
tons are no longer cherries ana bare,
but snug and comfortable. In the case of
the officers of rank. the improved condi-
tons are quite noticeable, for they live
well and are by no means pincned where
money is concerned.
9ut as prosperity came so did dissen-
sion. The rank and file began to com
plain that they were being ground down
under the weight of despotism. Now, it
is true that the government of the army
is military in every sense of the word
and, as staff captain marshall recently
put II, when you're in the Salvation
Army you do as you're told" But, &C
COrding to the complaints preferred by
various barracks, the rank and file have
no show at all. Favorites, like Capt.
Patty Watkins, are promoted over the
heads of the veterans. Another griev-
ance is the importation of recruits from
England to fill soft berths. 1t may not be
known that the Salvation Army is very
foreign organization. Ballington Booth
is an Engllshman, and very naturally he
prefers his copntrymen when promotions
are in order. But so great was the griev-
ance when several new men recently came
over from England to fill commands that
appeals to the alien contract labor law
were threatened However the matter
was smoothedsoVer by Comm ander Booth,
and promises are alleged to have been
made that remuneration would be raised
TO decent living scale. The women of
the army are particularly incensed be-
cause they are forced to enter saloons to
sell copies of the War Cry, the literary
medium through which saliva ton news is
disseminated in this country from the
official standpoint. 1t is to this practice
that recent lntemperance among the army
women is attributed. Not a few have
been seen Intoxicated on the streets of
New York lately, as the police records
show 1t would seem that when a female
salvationist has nothing in particular to
do, she is Obliged to sell War Crys if she
wants any money.
All these grievances eliminated in
series of visits by SalvatioHists to the
army headquarters on Reade street. and
Commander Booth is alleged to have
promised some amelioration. He also
agreed, it is stated, that the price of
army insignia and uniforms, which are
sold from New York should be reduced,
to be imported, but that Americans
should have some chance for promotion.
For time matters appeared to be
smoothed out but tle commander is said
TO have feared the results of his compli-
ance on the Salvation regiments through
out the country, and to have "slumped,"
to use the term applied to his action by
his disgusted troops. The great revenue
OF the army is pretty well drawn upon as
1t IS, and general increase of pay would
prove embarrassing.
The New York barracks determined
upon revenge. Owing to the pecuniary
influences which have been brought to
bear upon the Army the cruder forms of
It's war upon the devil have been abaDd-
oned. New Workers no longer see the
Salvationist transparency: "Why pay
sixteen cents pound for mutton when
you can get the Lamb of God for nOthing2"
while the hymn, "Hooray for the Lord"
has even given way to Lead, Kindly
Light But the soldiers made a sudden
return to primitive forms of combat In
three different barracks things became so
noisy that whole neighborhoods were
Kept awake night after night.
lam bourines were thummed, drums
were pounded, shouts rent the
midnight air, and in a general way
pandemonium reigned. The very result
longed for by the sly salvationists ensued
CAC All tLCSS VI VIC l1OEu was TdlQeu, anu
whole regiment was paraded 10 the po-
lice court. Naturally the commander
was embarrassed, and it cost him more to
rescue his troops from the clutches of the
law than it would have done to increase
thelr pay all around.
And all over the city the same COM
plants arose. Salvationists are as noisy
as salvationists can be. The holy war is
making sleep lost art in many parts of
New York. Neighborhoods are circulat-
ing petitions and general distraction
reIgns.
But the commander will not give in. He
Is asserting his authority in NapOleonic
fashion, and the battle grows active with
OUT the least suspicion having yet been
aroused in the minds of the chief suffer
eFs as to the real source of the difficulty.
DIR. BURTsELL's COMING.
>, DR.. Richard l.. Burtsell should be in
New York by this time. He was expected
last month, and his arrival is awaited
WIN infinite eagerness, in view of the
Hquor problem now attracting national
attention TO the
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