The San Francisco call., 1896-07-24
BRINGS T|DINGS OF
SALVATION'S CAUSE
General Booth Tucker Has
Arrived From the
East.
WILL SPEAK ON MONDAY
Influence of the Organization
Very Steadily In
creasing.
CRIMINALS TO BE HELPED.
From the Time of Their Arrest They
Will Never be Without Saliva
tion Friends.

General Booth-Tucker, the commander
of the Salvation Army in the United
States, arrived in this City yesterday over
land from the East. This is General Booth
fuckers second visit to San Francisco.
He was here last October, when there was
no dissension IN the army's ranks.
As to how far the dissension has led, no
one is better qualified to judge than Gen
eral Booth Tucker, for he has studied the
subject very closely in various parts of
the United States, and his personal OBJ
servations have been seconded by reports
made by his trusted ieutenants. General
Booth-Tucker brings news of importance.
The social work of the Salvation Army
Will be widely extended and careful organ
ization will be perfected to insure care for
the criminal.
General Booth-Tucker grew very ami
mated and very earnest as he spoke of
this branch of the work. He raised his
hands with frequent gestures and dwelt
with emphasis on his words. 1--WE shall
track the criminal from the time of his
arrest to the gallows or to his passage out
through the prison doors. In every stage
he will find that he has friends in the
Salvation Army. The released criminal
will be rescued from his former associa-
tions as much as possible. He will be
aided to employment. He will be assisted
in every way.
"Do you know" continued the COM
mander with growing enthusiasm, why
1t is that the Salvation Army has such
vast power for good? No2 Well. that is
due to the fact that our large organization
is always ready to give free service for
good. The poor among our mem bers are
content to toll for the same fare that
comes to those to whom they lend succor.
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themselves and who are our members, do
what they can absolutely free, and the
army is extending in influence, is CROWN z
in the favor of all the nations and con-
t1nues 10 assimilRte in all lands, SO that in
Germany il is German army, in France
it is French army and so on This is
the more noteworthy because in Germany,
for instance, there is some feeling of ma
tional irritation against the English, but
that does not result in any anita onism to
the Salvation Army in England"
General Booth-Tucker was asked con-
cerning the schism IN the army in the
United States. There are only two posts
of importance in this country in which
those who withdrew from the Salvation
Army have anV considerable organized
strength, and those who left US must be
with US or they will accomplish nothing.
The two posts of which l spoke are near
to, but not in Chicago. They are held by
officers who were, l think, or at least one
IN particular, OF pad falth. w hereyer /
have been | noticed that those who have
withdrawn have found it necessary, or
have considered iC advisable, to establish
their headquarters very close to ours. But
it is a mistake to think that the other or
ganization is distinctively or peculiarly
American in respect to its leaders. There
are many more of foreign birth in its list
of officers than there are Americans.
I'VE have large projects. l cannot
speak more of them now. There will be a
large meeting next Monday evening, and
then l will make an address. 1t would
not be well for certain reasons to antici-
pate that too much. l have come 10 San
Francisco now because this is a peculiarly
favorable field for work. The authorities
are SO kind that we receive from them
very valuable assistance. | reckon that
nowhere in the United States Is the door
SO vide open TO US as it is in San Fran
cisco. The San Francisco police are kind
to US and we receive recognition and aid.
We have a great field before us in the
United States.
"All over the world our movement is
growing. General Booth has met with re-
markable receptions among the Scandina-
vians. Twenty thousand people thronged
into the square by the railway depot in
Stockholm 10 greet him. This was not be-
cause visit by him to that city is
novelty. On the contrary he has fire.
quently been in Stockholm. The infer
ence is clear that the demonstration was
an Endorsement of the work.
We pass through three stages every.