Evening star., 1896-04-14
SALVATION ARMY.
How the Branch in India Wan q,
arn MI

How the Branch in India Was Or
ganixed.
fine audie9ce. composed mostly of la
dies, assembled last evening at Foundry NJ.
f. Church, corner of 14th and G streets
northwest. TO listen to addresses by Staff
Capt. Edith Marshall who has charge of
the work of the Auxiliary League Of the
Salvation Army in the United States, and
Adjutant Pease. private secretary to Com
missioner Eva Booth. who is about to re-
turn to England with that officer.
Miss Pease's speech was listened to with
marked attention. but the only information
for her hearers that 1t contained WAS that
the Salvation Army, quite notably the
Washington branch, is badly in need of
money to pay its necessary expenses She
assured her audience that not penny
tnat they might contribute would be taken
out OF Washington. and after the tambou-
rines were emptied. 1t was found that the
responses to the appeal were quite libe ral
Staff Capt. Marshalrs speech was full of
interest, dealing as it did with general re-
view of the operations of the Salvation
Army in various countries. principally Eng
land. France, Sweden, India and the United
States. The speaker told how the work of
the army spread from the Whitechapel dis
trfct in London, where it was organized by
Gen. Booth in 1866 to other countries, and
claimed that in no single instance had mis-
sionaries from the army gone into any
country from England until after the most
urgent appeals from that country were re-
ceived at the headquarters in London.
Staff Capt. Marshalrs account of the man.
ner N which Commissioner Tucker became
connected with the Salvation Army was
listened to with the most marked attention.
She said: Some years ago Commissioner
Tucker was governor by royal appoint
ment in India. In that position he became
aware that there were thousands Of per-
sons. natives of that country. who did not
attend any church nor would they do So
He was anxious that something should be
done to enlighten them on the subject of
religion, but for long time could think Of
TO way to solve the problem.
Zone day a copy Of the War Cry. the
organ of the Salvation Army, fell into his
hands, and there he read words which he
believed would. if applied to the people Of
1ncia, suit the latter precisely nHe secured
leave of absence for aix months and
went to England, where heaconferred with
Gen. Booth on the subjectsnThe latter had
no one whom he could sensi tuiIndi1, and
Governor Tucker told him fhatfif he would
commission him to organizea bRanch Of the
queen and enter the Salvation Army.
AFTER some delay Gen. Booth granted
Governor fuckers request and the latter
promptly l sent mt to the home goysrnment his
Returning to India. he assumed the garb
Of a native in order to exercise greater
influence over those whom he addressed,
t1uu tidFSlcu udIclOOl6Q over the not SduQS,
telling about the work 81 tie Salvation
Army and what 1t propose9te do for them.
''The result was that thousands Of per-
sons enlisted In the army, and an immense
amount of good has been accomplished"
Sta1 Captain Marshall also gave an in
teresting account of the Introduction Of the
army into France, and stated that when she
sold the War Cry on the streets of Paris
she was frequently greeted by Frenchmen
with expressions of Shocking! Shockingl
Shocking! which was the only word in
English they could speak, and which refer
red to the fact that a girl was selling news
papers,
staff Captain Marshall URGED her hearers
to unite with the Auxiliary League. and
several persons did So. Others Who took
part in the exercises were, STAFF Captain
Cox, who announced that Commissioner
Booth would soon visit Washington, and DR..
Frederick Nice. editor Of the derman War
Cry Of New York, and gifted yiolinist who
sang several solos.
Pease also held q meeting In the same
church during the afternoon.