The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-11-21
INVADES THE SOUTH.

salvation Army OUdclal IcllS OF Ills EX~
petition Work Among Negroes.
Washington, Nov. 20.-With a reckless
less born of enthusiastic energy, the Sal
Hation Army warriors are ever striving
fOr new worlds to conquer. Having car
bed their blue and red banner with its
aaming star of gold into almost every
@Drnor Of the Union, the officers Of the
great Church Militant find that one race
has not received the attention which it's
Importance justifes. The immense col
ored population of the South offers a
field for labor that makes the eyes Of the
Salvationists glisten at the thought of
the possible Conquests in that direction.
One man in particular, high in authority
in Salvation circles, for years past in his
dreams by night and his thoughts by
day, has had always before him this great
field for the peculiar work OF the army.
This man is Col. Holland, who for years
occupied the responsible position Of sec
ond in command OF the Salvation army
work in Canada. When he left Canada
to take high position on the staff Of
Commander BOoth-Tucker in America,
the colonel brought with him his ambi-
tions to carry the flag OF the Salvation
army into the South.
Col. Holland returned from England
recently, jubilant in spirit, and at once
issued call for volunteers. The res
ponse bewiIdered him Salvationists an
swered the call with the heartiest enthu-
siasm
I'VE shall strike for Atlanta, Ga,
first" said Col Holland, in talking OF
his plans. "We have already a white corps
there, but this will not be in any way
connected with out colored work. We
shall establish separate headquarters
there, and from that center expect to
branch out in every direction.
when the work is thoroughly estab-
lished in Atlanta we propose to open a
training college in that city, where of
ficers will be trained especially for the
colored work.
There are many ways in which VIC
shall profit by the failure of a previous
expedition to the South The leader OF
this former expedition was a colored man,
and under him were white officers. This
was mistake No. l. The Southerners
rcbelled against the idea OF a white man
being subseryient to a colored leader
We shall not repeat that mistake. The
officers of the former expedition adopted
in India and elsewhere. They lived with
the colored people, and sought to become
identified with them. The only result Of
this was that they lost caste all around.
This was mistake No. 2. We shall not
repeat that, either. TheMthey made an
other and very bad break. They sent
South a colored officer named johnson,
who was married to a white woman. He
narrowly escaped with his life The in
censod citizens Of Richmond, Va, fred
at the man in his own hall. Needless to
say there will be no such danger to the
present expedition.
"All is in readiness for an expedition
that will win the Southern negro to
Christ. They are a beautiful race to
work among; enthusiastic, pliable and
pious, when they are so, with a piety
which surpasses that OF any race on
earth. / am delighted with the prospect
of leading such an expedition South My
dream of years is at last about to be
realized, and both and my wife are CON
secrating our lives to the work"
Col. Holland is a dark-featured man.
with "A rather sallow complexion. The
family consists OF himself, his wife and
four children. The colonel has mounted
the ladder of Salvation fame from the
lowest rung, having been converted and
brought into the army when he was n
rather wild youngster in his native Ire
land. Hemet his wife while engaged in
the work Of the Salvation army. She was
herself an officer with a record second to
none for successful work. They are both,
therefore, sSalYationists OF tried expert
ence and fun of the peculiar zeal and en-
thusiasm that enables the army people
TO surmount every obstacle.