The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-22

lected to accompany him while touring in
America, Canada and England, and was so
pleased with him that he has now been
appointed as National musical special
subject to marching orders to any place in
the United States.
Editor John Milsaps, now of the New
York War Cry, who occupied the position
OF managing editor OF the Pacific Coast
War Cry since it's publication, was one of
the first of the original nine soldiers and
officers who composed the Oakland corps
when it was first started and held its meet
ings on Ninth street, near Broadway. in
the rear of the old Morning Times office.
1t was the Oakland corps that a little
less than two years ago lnaugurated the
Salvation Army work among the male
prisoners of San Quentin, work that for
the first time was inspected by Mrs Booth
on this visit to the coast, and, next to the
reserve work among women, has taken a
place in her interest of California work.
The Salvationists of Oakland consider it
a happy inspiration that led Adjutant
Egner, now in Honolulu, when in charge
OF the corps in this city, to approach Mrs
A 3. Cove, the only lady outside of the
Sisters of Mercy who was permitted bv the
Governor to labor among the male prison.
ers in the State prisons of California.
To this lady went the adiutant to get
her to use her influence in getting per-
mission for the introduction of army work
in San Quentin. Her efforts, given freely,
met with signal success in gaining per-
mission from the prison authorities for the
army to prosecute open -air work among
the convicts.
Both the Commissioners and Warden
Hale saw the ACCESSIBILITY of such work
and Endorsed it forthwith, and the work
has since been in charge of Sergeant Major
Brown, a well-known contractor in this
city and a Salvation Army veteran of
many spiritual victories.
The San Quentin corps is known as an
outpost of the Oakland corps and services
are held every alternate Sunday The
prison corps has now nearly fifty soldiers
and recruits, many of them being long
termers, four being under life sentence,
and saddest of all, one under sentence of
death.
These hallelujah lads are, of course. un-
able to wear the uniform of the Salvation
Army, any deviation from the regulation
convicts' garb not being legally permis-
slble. Most of them, however, have a bit
OF the army tri-colored ribbon fastened to
the lapel of their coats, and all of them
possess goodly portion of the army spirit
that shines through their lives and chal-
lenges contradiction.
In speaking of this work Mrs. Booth was
very enthusiastic, and said NV heart
and sympathy goes out to those dear ones
within the prison walls who are standing
firmly and fighting stanchly in the ranks
OF the Salvation Army, wearing stripes in
his name, 'by whose stripes we are
healed"
She expresses herself as very hopeful for
the future of this branch of work upon the
lives of those who may pass outward into
the world from the prison doors better
men than when the gates of the prison
first closed upOn them.
is broad and deep as the scope of the sal
walton it teaches, making ample provision
and offering Unreasonable opportunities
the very work that is now going so rapidly
forward within the walls of San Quentin, :"
is Mrs. Booths opinion of the prison work,
with which she is greatly pleased, and
gives due credit to the progressive officers
OF the Oakland corps for its Inauguration.