The San Francisco call., 1896-03-15
War Cry Office, for instance, is a captain,
appointed for long and faithful service.
although he is not adapted for field work.

War Cry office, for instance, is a captain,
appointed for long and faithful service,
although he is not adapted for field work.
Now about the finances
/ How how the army is sustained
the Army and the amount of money
Is there is in it for those who
Financed. devote their entire time to
the work. In the first place
every post is expected to be self-supporting
When new post is to be opened a captain
and lieutenant are sent to the field with
enough money to rent suitable room
! and furnish It with benches and few
lamps and some printed text for the walls.
/ This money they are expected to return
it is only loan. They can adopt any hon.
orable means for raising the necessary
funds to carry on the work-they are
| Ia thrown upon Their own resources. Many
/ OF the captains develop genius in this
line and quickly put their post on paying
basis, while others are lacking in business
tact. Captain Wood, in charge of the
/ Llfeboat on Oregon street, is a good in
stance of the former. Under heavy ex-
pense, conducting a big establishment
/ where oed--that is a cot-and a breakfast
OF coffee and crackers is supplied to the
needy at 5 cents for the entire entertain
M ent, he has kept his balances on the ris hit
! side of the ledger always The revenues of
! the ordinary post are the voluntary contri-
| buttons of the soldiers made in envelopes
which are called "cartrdges'' profits
from sale of the War Cry-four-tenths
oI cent per copy-peercentages on
donations of friends. Out of these
they must pay their rent lights,
heat and the personal expenses of
the officers for living and a 10 per cent tax
for the support of divisional headquarters
for prosecution of the work and the sup
port of the officers Home of Rest at Beu-
lah. If there is anything above this the
officers are allowed salary, If unmarried
OF 81 a week for male captain and $6 for
male lieutenant; $6 for a woman captain
and IS for a woman lieutenant. The diff
ference in the pay of men and women here
is explained on the basis of the rule of
necessity that runs through the whole
of the army. AS Brigadier Keppel said ::
''The pay is not less to the woman because
she is less efficient, for we have found it
quite The other way in the army. But a
woman needs less than man. She can
do many things that cost money that a
man cannot-such as washing, ironing and
mending. A man will have to hire these
things done. Therefore she is paid less
only because she needs less"
On this same principle the married Off
Ger gets more money as his family in
creases. With the coming of each success
sive baby he is allowed 81 more per week
for it's sustenance. Married men and
women of large families are not encour-
aged to become officers, as the chances of
success are SO much less; they find it more
difficult TO move about and adapt them
selves to the orders and regulations. A
mans wife in the service is always of the
same rank as the man.
From each post minute report OF pro-
ceedings is expected every week, for which
blanks are furnished. The report calls for
the nun Der of soldiers enrolled, number of
recruits, mum Der of copies of the War Cry
ordered and sold, number in attendance
at open-air meetings, at the Sunday meet
ings, at indoor meetings, amount of
cartridge" money, general trade profits,
corps liabilities, etc. Ten per cent of the
income must be sent to headquarters as
stated. The soldiers at headquarters are
much the same as those in the field, and
if the resources in the field are small then
the remittances are small and the staff
officers are thus subject to the same pre-
carlous chances as those in the field, being
dependent upon them. The field officers
are subject to orders to change quarters at
any time. the successful ones being sent
to fields that are not successful in order to
bring them up to a self-sustainlng and
otherwise successful basis. Every corps
when enjoying success has secretary and
treasurer, who look after the funds and
accounts under the supervision of the cap
tain. The corps reports are carefully in
spected at division headquarters and trans
mitted in condensed form to New York
and New York in turn reports to London.
At division headquarters an elaborate set
OF books are kept on special forms that
prevail everywhere throughout the army.
So that it is claimed no license is given to
any Individual such as would enable him
to misappropriate funds without being
quickly found out. Vouchers are given
and taken for every money transaction,
no matter how tritling, and altogether it
is claimed for the system of bookkeeping
tn at it is most eXacting.
OF the 10 per cent paid into divisional
headquarters one-third only is retained
here, the balance being sent to National
headquarters, as required by the regu-
lations, whence it is distributed where
needed for the care of the ''sick
and wounded" = that is, officers dis
abled in any way in the service. AS
this division supports its own Home of
Rest for this purpose their money is re-
turned here, so that "all money sub
scribed to the cause in this division"
said Brigadier Keppel, 'is spent in prose
cutting the work here"
So that with all this prac-
Headqrarters tical work to do the head
is quarters on. Market street
Busy Place. is not so much like a pas
tors study as it is like the
office of big business enterprise. Every
body is busy, messengers come and go,
police officers come in with reports of
people In distress to be looked after. Of
fcers are bringing their reports, clerks
are adding up accounts, the editor of
the War Cry and his assistants are
grinding out copy for the printers, who.
in another department, are setting up
the type and running off an edition,
while a couple of very good cooks are pre-
pairing meal for all hands, The briga-
dier has his hands full, and the man who
wants to see him must first explain his
business to the private secretary in an
outer office, who will probably commune
cate the business through a speaking
tube.
There are gathered under this roof. be-
sides the Brigadier and Mrs. Keppel,
Major William Halpin editor of the War