The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-05

when she becomes an. o6icer she must eo
wherever she = commanded, II her corps u 10
Gated near her fathers house, she can live there
The family usually does the renounclnF, not the
soldier. Many Of the officers attached 10 head
quarters live with their parents, and I've known
many Instances where officers received n leave
Of absencb for an Indefinite period, that they
might 10 home In tho event OF. sickness In their
r., tSS@ffl family Fl II 1 TRsy average wsTS n nHmSer y in hG s4si HSIRpOiT n
this city is ABOUT nifty; sometimes 1t is more,
Two interesting officers have recently been
assigned to the American field. Both are
American women. and. they arrived from Lon
Swift, who was graduated at vassar College
several years ago. and the other Is Capt: CLARK,
whose parents live IN one OF New YOrk's pref
TEST suburbs, and who was graduated at ,jryn
Mawr. Both are attached To, the Army head
guarters IN est r9nrdeHntn street. MaIor
the newspapers since she landed.
Why. one entcrprising Journal stated that |
with my family FOR eight years, she exclaimed.
That shows how ignorant people are OF the
duties OF an officer In the Army. on the contra
ry, I've made eight visits home In the eleven
Years OF my work in the Army, and never ialledi
to write two letters 70 my family each week and
capt. CLARK has been an officer in the Army
Two YEAR. After granmation from Bryn MANI.
and also NJ that OF Zurich. One summer while
doing work at the British Museum she became
Army, through the influence Of Major Swift.
Joined 1t as a soldier, and later decided to give
z llit " lIN NluNf. IltT NDTkf O TUT NUS
purely literary. In speaking OF the training
OF the women officers In England and In the
United States. she said:
II haven't been here long enough to know
very much Of the work done at the training gar.
r risO ns, here, but 2, w ! d. X knG Sro that Just as ssEidly
the same standard as that in the training
home for women in London: They experiment,
while 1t was satisfactory In many respects. Gen.
Booth, after examining the work In all It's details.
found 1t insuli aient to meet the needs Of that
field. That may not prove true of this country.
for the conditions here are not the same.
There all new candidates arrive ut the inter-
national Training Home on the same date. on
the first or second day they are interviewed by
the health officer. and each one Is questioned
closely as to her physical history and that OF her
parents. The educational officer cetechises each
cadet separately on the Bible. doctrine. and
dr,ll. singing, and other classes, and in the
evening the cadets are divided into groups of
about twelve. aud such details OF Army opera
ton as circle work, the, ward system,
census meetings and many other things are eX-
rIIs.neH and no .mSm; NC ss hriIis a menus alsS ha 5,he' az
noon each day the commissioners delivers n lee
ture on some subject likely to build up the
from the heads Of the various branches of Saliva
ton Army work. such as foreign. rescue. social.
Junior soldiers, trade, and literature. thus help
ing cadets to become familiar with every de-
partment of salvation Army service. or course,
. similar training home may some day be estab-
lished in America Already there are six hun
dred aud tfty.eisht unmarried women officers
ard 2t6 wives, of officers in this country.
AT the end of two years. |: n Lieutenant
shows special adnptability for the work and APP
plies for promotion to the division officers. she
may he made u Captain. Assignments OF off,
GERS are made by division officers. Captains are
promoted to staff officers in, the following order
and with the following salaries: Ensigns get
$3.50 a week: Adjutants, II single. get $3.50 a
week, and II married Sill q week: staff Captains
get Ss. 80 IL single and Sl2 II married: Majors
get 80 II single and Sl3 IL married Brigadier-
Generals get Sl4 II married: Colonies get S15 II
least they nre entitled such pay IL the money Is
there for them to get; IL NOT, they do without.
There are only two women commissioners in
the world. One is Commander Eva Booth and
the other is Commissioned Ouchtcrloney. Il
native Of Sweden. located nj present in Norway.
The only woman observation-disclosures in America
is Brigadier Bown OF the slum department. and
the only two Majors are Major Lewis of Eng
land, Secretary to Mrs. Booth-Tucker. and
Major Swift, who is also attached to headquar-