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dozen straIEht-bscted chairs. When a Sun re.
porter visited the garrison SONS OF the .Rirlt
were busy sweeping down the walls, though moi
n speck OF duet or n oobweb was to be seen any.
where; some we're doing the laundry work, md
others preparing the very simple, but savory
dinp pSr ara r,.,,v ,r.v ,o.a.v /, .0,d tho rn.,un.
regular cleaning day. We have a great deal OF
system about our work, and, of course, tho
The morning, and az 40 We. have prayers.
breakfast comes at 2 SHARP. and IL takes from
$3.50 until D!B0 to do up the Homework, The
girls then put on their uniforms. and at 10 les.
sons begin. First comes n lesson from the field
officers book, which takes IN every branch Of
ways OF doing il. After that they have a
lesson on the doctrines and, discipline Of the
Army and are also taught to keep reports or all
work. Different officers come up from head
quarters to lecture to them on these subjects, or
TO headquarters to n lecture. II q cadet Is def
cient In any one thing teach her separately
ever eaS branch i i. Il is ia"sffonishins how quickly
even the most ignorant learn. God seems To
help them in their eagernesst to make something
OF themselves and to do something.
I'VE have dinner at | o'clock. and In. the af-
ternoon the cadets visit .he tenement houses,
In their housework and with their children, or
go Var OrU selling. In the evenings they at
tend open-air meetings, whore, they learn from
observation how to conduct this form of ser
vice, or Indoor meetings. ana sometimes they
his way they learn to know the people that
they have to deal with in the meetings that
they conduct after becoming, officers. We have
supper at q o'clock and go to bed at 10. 1t takes
four months TO complete the course here, though
sometimes we send u cadet into the field before
that time expires II there is a demand for her;
and again x. Mt tho end of n course. n cadet Ia
not ready for field work. she is kept in training
a while longer. Sometimes, after n woman gets
her candidates. certificate and becomes u cadet,
for some time we find her 30 deficient In leader
ship and executive ability that she has to DO
Cadets are supposed to bring enough cloth
ing with them when they enter a garrison to
They receive no salary while here, for only COM
nlisstoned officers are entitled to a salary. Teo-
pie often ask how we I've. The proceeds Of Ucr
Cru sales made by the cadets, supplemented
from headquarters. ray our rent and gas bills
and nr Sny s Tome g. "mr f1od' I'M T 4 sna P ? w sfnu ,e III
the people that the potatoes are ont or the flour,
and that the cadets must have something TO cat
TO keep up their bodily strength II they are
going out to fight for souls, and the next day in
comes n bag OF potatoes or a barrel of flour.
SO OF the whole salvation Army, IL to keep
things in such perfect order-our home and
our SUCCESSORS would take up just where we left
off and know everything Tint we had boon doing
When ~ cadet finishes her training here she
becomes n Lieutenant and is appointed, assistant
TO tie Captain OF some corps. While she is q
commissioned officer from that time ON. still
There are ten English-spenkIng corps. one
German. and two Swedish in the city. nnd per-
haps the best known Of these is the Bowery
corps. stationed near Cooper Institute. rule
two officers, n Captain and Lieutenant, command
a corps. but the work here is so heavy that three
are absolutely necessary. Ensign March. who
mas been in the Army fourteen years. is at the
head of this east side CORDS and is assisted by
out of Ensign Halls garrison about ten months
ago. Men and women officers never work
together In a corps unless in the case of man and
wife. Whenever n corps Is established. officers
quarters are set up in some convenient location.
iiTiSs sT purp 5%"mS a %s " ren nSe"t anil the he'r rsnt is ' "s
low ms possible. Then the captain and her
Lieutentan, bsgtn 70 make a home. As they
to make them comfortable and cheerful, but
when they are ordered t"nnother field they take
for their Successors. The quarters occupied by
the officers of the Bowery corps are Mt 20 East
sented to tell something OF the daily work of an
officer In the Salvation Army.
III two officers have charge OF q corps" she
began, the Captain IL responsible for that
corps. spiritually and financially: and Il, there
are three this responsibility rests on Tho highest.
the Bowery corps. and they are all working
people, so can give only their evenings to Army |
: o'clock. and after morning devotions get
breakfast and eat 1t nj &. We then divide up
spend three hours in visiting every day. Some
TIMES we go together. sometimes In different d.
One hour we are nursing the sick.
another praying with the bereaved, and, the
ne3t tnds us pleading With the girls in dives
province OF the slum corps TO alleviate human
suffering ana elevate the masses by teaching
them the proper rules for living, it IS the duty
OF every woman officer in the Army. Threcdays |
are spent each week In Var CTp selling. and |
every day finds rs in tho saloons trying to re-
Right here on this Bowcry we have found beau
tifully dressed, young ladies'. the daughters OF
OF doctors. and of lawyers, drinking |
with men in saloons. Some time we reach them
In lime to save them from further degradation, |
bring about u reconciliation. The correspond
ence OF a Captain Of n corps IA enormous, and
the night meetings. We women are nurse. doc |
tor. kitchenmaid, and minister, all In one: and |
often when we starr out in the morning we
time for the open-air meeting. This begins at
half past 7 every evening and lasts twenty-five
AT \ we hold our regular indoor meet
ing. and never get away from there until IL, as
there are always many people to plead with or
to encourage or comfort. Often we hardly get
homo before one of US is called out to sit up
with the sick and another to attend scme one
Of distress comes to us from the upper end Of
or from the Battery we 60; ii the In
mate of a mansion on Fifth avenue or one living
to go TO the latter. Then we have perfect |
system in our domestic work. a certain day is
is devoted to the Band Of Love, which
II 'e eSer D00N week the Ae oP2icers at tine he s%H
IN at each corps. every cent spent, tho hours
that the officers have spent In visiting and
every family visited. tina number converted. tho |
number prayed with. the number Of Var CTlS |
sold in fact, everything concerning the corps.
have to give an account of every hour OF our
time. |
We visit all classes. The greater part Of our
time Is given to those who cannot get out to the
because they are sick or have To stay
to mind their children or on account OF
not having clothes to wear in the streets. We
them clothes often and fix them up SO they
can get out, and often carry the sick nourishing
|
When II was suggested to Ensign March that
her present quarters were rather luxurious
from q Salvation Army officers viewpoint, she
replied with Il taught;
We'll, | should say so. We feel that we are
living in very great luxury now, but you must
bear in mind that the Bowery corps Is quite
financially, and the officers who
have lived here from time to time have been
able 10 make the rooms quite comfortable. |
Every field officer who goes into n home OF this
ind is supposed to leave 1t n little more com
Portable than she found II. To begin at the
beginning when a girl leaves the training garri-
son she usually needs clothes. II she hasn't the
money to buy them her Captain divides up with
and II the Captain hasn't the money her
she secs that she Is cared Tor: Tor II ia necrs-
sary that tho officers shall present n neat APP
a woman Captain Is entitled To ST. n
week and her Lieutenant 70 So, but the Captain
must see that the rent OF the hall and Cf the
liiicers' quarters and the gas bills are paid be-