The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-08
SALVATION ARMY.

Military Autocracy on Plans of British
Amy-The Only Soldiers Who Receive
Regular Pay-why Children are Never
Seen in the Parades-How Candidates
for Ofhcal Positions are Examined.
The Salvation army is an acknowl-
edged military autocracy, To under
stand and appreciate its work it's inter
nal construction must be explained.
The army organization follows some
what that of the English army, says
the Chicago Inter The field of
the Salvation is the world, and it is di-
vided by countries into territorial divi-
sions, with territorial general or COM
mander at the head of each. Each
country is divided and subdivided ac-
cordlng to the size and needs of the
army. The United States is divided
into twelve field divisions and nine
chief divisions. Each field division
consists of territory in which are loca-
ted sixty army corps, each of which
may be of any size, and is under the
general charge of brigader, who re-
ports to the general territorial COM
mander Chief divisions are those
in which there are more than sixty
corps A brigadier has general charge
of chief the same as an ordinary di-
4 vision. These divisions are divided into
districts, each district generally being
composed of a single state. The dis
trict is presided over by an adjutant or
staff captain of the brigadier's staff.
\ Each corps has two officers who devote
all their time to the work of the army,
\ a captain and lieutenant. There is a
/ number of sergeant majors, but their
\ entire time is not devoted to the army.
I The ensign ranks Immediately above
1 the captain and his work is notcontined
\ to a single corps The division in
which Chicago is located consists of In
1 diana, Wisconsin, southern Michigan
and Chicago, together with all the ter
ritory within radius of thirty miles.
In Chicago there are twenty-five field
\ and two Stun corps, altogether COM
prising membership of about fifteen
hundred soldiers.
PAY OF THE SOLDIERS.
Each army corps has it's own hall Or
barracks. In or near the barracks live
z the captain and lieutenant of the corps.
They are the only officers of the corps
I who devote their entire time to the
army, and are the only ones who re-
ceive salary. Men and women are on
an exact equality and have the same
\ rights, powers and privileges, so a wo-
,,,ar, I'd ! ba an officer tho same as a.
ro.n man cantain receives seven
doI1.,s ,,-eo1, and woman cantain
~. daI,.rs mo differerca in comnen.
so+ion ,is fo,. the reason that If is sun
,,oso5 +l,,+ !. ,,,o,,,or oan do +hines for
l,o,,,o1e +to+ q ,,on cannot s,Ich as
aool,i,o .st;,c and ironing A hus
49, "a lie who ora cantain and
,,a,,tora,,+e rooeiva on1v Eve dollars
M hi,rt,o, of1ioa,.s e,.+ b,,t a Few dol
~, go ~ 81, ,,,onder RaI,ineton
rao+t - "a. ,,,;fa raceivad . combined
-n,o - - a;a.,,teo,, do,,ors nor
,TaaI, Tha s.lar w j. oftan nronortioned
| ~ tha size Of the officers family, buthe
never receives much more than abso-
luteIv necessary for the necessities of
| life The army owns or rents the off
cers, quarters as well as the meeting
barracks. and owns all the furniture
therein. The private soldiers, both
men and women, Join the movement the
same as others ioin church. They live
at home. engage in the ordinary pur-
suits. and give all their spare time to
the army. which is composed Of about
an equal number of men and women.
Children are never seen marching.
with the Salvation SQUADS in the
streets. Occasionally the question Is
asked. what are the Salvationists do
ing for children?'' The little ones are
not being neglected, by any means.
Two or three times a week meetings are
held for then. at all the barracks. The
meetings correspond more nearly to
Sunday schools than to anything else.
However. all rules and regulations are
thrown aside, no lesson leaves are used.
and the children are simply talked to.
They are told what is right and what is
wrong, ana tnelr coilsclelces are eA-
pectedto 40 tne rest
So far the work in Chicago has heen
confined to Swedish and English speak
ing portions of the population. There
are eight corps in the sections of the
city where the Swedes live and at the
barracks all the services are conducted
in Swedish. These foreigners, it is said,
are easily converted and make excel
lent recruits for the army 1t is said
that Swedes are either very good or
had md n nTllr