New-York tribune., 1896-01-20
INCREASE IN NUMBERS.

Now there are . 100 officers and $500 local officers
meaning men and women who work In the day
time az their various modes OF livelihood and de-
vote their evenings and Sundays army work
There are ESQ corps and 10000 soldiers The army
has sixteen "slum' posts ard six homes
one OF these last ls In New-York one I'm Cleveland
In Boston. one In Chicago. one In Grand Rapids
Mich. and at Beulah, near San Francisco
There training garrisons when Commander
and Mrs Booth arrived. Now there are twenty
two. These are really training schools FOR cadets.
Cadets are admitted and instructed In various
ways They receive the elements OF an education.
They have instruction IN the Scriptures and
drilled daily. and at first their work Is to out
and sell the paper o. the army. known as THE War
cry" The army now has four food and shelter
depots-one In Buffalo one In Chicago. one In Seat
tie and one IN San Francisco. These are houses
where who cannot obtain employment are
taken In and cared for. dong work for the board
and lodging til they can ind permanent employ
mont.
out In California the army has wha, Ia known as
the ouirider circuit. There six OF these. Men
cover the circuit on horseback. visiting mountain
towns and mining camps The circuits keep be-
tween nrty and sixty horses constantly the go.
Then there ia another Pacific Slope Institution
known as the charioteers This is a band OF four
teen men who go about in band wagon and give
religious concerts each OF which ends In meeting.
and the crowds drawn To the meetings are enor-
nous The army conducts two employment bureaus
FREQ q, charge 10 the applicants FOR work one OF
these Is In Boston and the other I'm san Francisco
However. each army post - more or less In the
or,rers are constantly being sought after.
The work Was all among Eng sn-sp'aking people
Now there missions for Germans and Swedes
There IS a German edition OF alhr war ry,
which has q circulation of $3.50 There Is a Swed-
ish edition with a circulation OF 1900 The army
has a monthly known as The ConquerOr." which
r na- eH',,dn ~ rhe War cry With weekly
circulation u 1900. Al hrst this was semi
ali ih"rc is "Thc war cry itself With circulation
ali paid up OF socrJ When Commander and Mrs.
Booth arrived its circulation was lnvp lhrte -
deep significance in these figures. They are worth
whSib"r Amerlca VIII lightly consent to the with
drawnl Of two people who have been productive oi
so much good because OF an order which smacks of
mllitarism rathc, than OF desire Tor continuance
OF spiritual work , -,
in West Fourteenth-st. This building has been
nnder its DISTINGUISHED leadership II is not yet
fy paid for but 1t Will be speedily cleared Of debt
e-,v and whatevcr Use has been acquired in this
country stand in the name OF Bangton Booth. X
army only. but BUSINESS men win want 10 know
who IS be responsible before they VIII consent n to
BIG DETECTIVE AGENCY.
just another Item OF interest connected with the
work Of the army. Few people realize that II is one
OF the biggest detective agencies in the world not
for the detection and punishment OF criminals, II
you please but for the bringing together or separ-
ated friends and OF finding and restoring missing
persons to friends and family. Not so long ago the
army in Australia requested to see II some word
could not obtained OF man who was living some
where I'm this country. His sister. who was In
destitute circumstances said II he could only know
OF her condition he would aid her. Word was for
warded and tho notice was published IN The War
Cry" The man prosperous saoonkeeper ana
CHANGED 10 buy OF the small papers from cadet
lie FASTENED at TO the New York barracks and
was put In communication with his sister. from
whom he had not heard for twenty-five years. she
received the aid desired II is needless 10 remark
These are some Of the good things the army is
doing. Its time OF persecution has gone by. The
uniform has become familiar thing In the street,
OF all cities The clang Of cymbas. the beat OF the
drum. the penetrating clatter OF the tambourines
and the almost rollickng songs OF the srotesque
host have become familiar to all. Men no longer
stare impudcntly at pretty girls in the imposstb tbe
bonnets as they saloons and hotels TO sell their
papers. Hoodiums longer stone barrack WIN
dows while meetings are in progress, ana police no
more moest the strange soldiers of the religion Of
the slums: but there may be another revolution
The new soldiers Will then pass into history as the
minute men and women OF the Salvation Army.