Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-26

in thousands Of instances. has, temporarily
at least had an unfortunate effect, which
has been aggravated by their subsequent
course, especially the manner Of their Ieav-
ing the army while still holding on to its
property, and the conflicting statements
which have been made in their behalf It
shows the wonderful strength Of the Saliva
ton Army, that, in spite Of what has oc-
CURED, and all the confused and sensational
statements which have been made about 1T,
especially in the New York newspapers.
the army work outside of the New York
headquarters has gone steadily forward.
The admirable discipline of the army, which
Is one of the secrets of it's great sue
cess. must suffer somewhat through the de-
morafzing example set by the late COM
manders of the American field, but the ma
1or1ty OF the officers and soldiers of the
army are intensely loyal to it's principles,
and. therefore, whatever temporary loss
may have occurred will doubtless be soon
recovered. am proceeding Of course, upon
the theory that Commander and Mrs Bal
lngton Booth will not make the further
mistake of endeavoring to set up an oppo-
sa.lon, or so-called American Salvation
Army l cannot believe that they will do
such thing in the face of all their past ex-
perience and professions.
Mini. MoOre's Secession,
you must remember that Commander
and Mrs. Booth were sent to this country
by Gen. Booth expressly because Mai
Moore who was then the commanding off,
Ger In America, had seeded, with the no.
ton that he would make himself an Amer
lean salvation Army general, and had
drawn off a large portion Of the army off,
GERS and corps after him. for he was pop-
ular and plausible. Maj. Moore and his
american army, once numerous and in
f1uential, gradually dwindled away, while
the real Salvation Army, the International
Salvation Army in this country, under the
leadership of Commander and Mrs. Booth,
gradually grew to It's present powerful Do
sition. For years, however Moore's army
was an obstacle in the way of Commander
and Mrs. Booth, and 1t is only within the
last two years that its adverse influence
has been overcome in portions of New
England. where it was once strong. 1t can
not be that Commander and Mrs. Booth
who know better than any others what the
unfaithfulness of Maj. Moore cost the
army, can follow In his footsteps, even
under the fatterng advice of well-meaning
persons and newspapers, who do not know
the history or understand the worldwide
scope and purpose of the Salvation Army.
If, however, they should yield to this
temptation, it would, of course. be dam
aging both to them and to the Salvation
Army. 1 do not believe that the best Off
GERS, spiritually and intellectually, would
follow them, or that they would draw
away the best of the corps. Brigadier
Brewer, one Of the best native American
officers, who is at the head of all the work
in New England, announces, for example,
that NewSEngland will remain loyal to the
army, and 1t is noticeable that most of the
native American officers Of prominence
take the same stand, together with the
most valuable of the English-born officers,
while the officers who are quoted in the
New York papers as favoring a secession
are mostly English-born, and of less weight
and value All the best officers, like all
well-informed' auxiliaries and members and
friends of the Salvation Army, would
deeply deplore such a lamentable break in
the Salvation Army ranks, which now
stretches unbroken around the world. The
army Is a religious organiZa ton, which has
absolutely nothing to do with politics, and
Is no more English in its purposes and re-
suits than Christianity is. II it were once
split up into an English army, q French
army, German army, an American army,
and so on around the world. it would cease
to be what it is-a worldwide movement
of marvellous diversity and unity.
"If Commander and Mrs. Ballingtor
Booth, now that they have left the army,
will let it alone. I have no doubt that its
work in America will prosper more than
ever under either Commissioner and Mrs.
Booth-Tucker, who did such successful
work in India and England, or Commission
er and Mrs. Booth-Clibborn, who are doing
such wonderful work in France. Either
set of commanders would be at least quite
equal to Commander and Mrs. Darlington
Booth. Mrs. Catherine Booth-Crbborn is,
perhaps, the most remarkable of all the
Booth children. La MARKETABLE as they
call her in France is like second Joan of
Arc, except that her conquests are all
spiritual, and she would make profound
impression in this country"
What is the extent of the army in the
United States?"
According to The Evening Star Almanac
for 1886, the United States has SIS corps out
of the 3, 400 corps now established in over
twenty different countries and 2,059 out of
the grand total Of II .629 officers. But l
think all these figures would have to be
considerably increased to represent the
growth of the army since they were pre-
pared. The proportion Of the United States
in the totals would, however, be approx
mately the same, and shows that our part
of the work Is about one-sixth of the whole,
although the circulation of the War Cry,
which Is the name of the official organ of
the army in every country, is less than q
hundred thousand in the United States, out
Of over million in the whole world It is
soldiers actually enrolled in the army, but
it is very large, taking all countries to-
gether."
How the Army is Governed.
How Is the army in the United States
governed?'
''The commander in New York, like all
other territorial representatives Of the
army, Is under the direction Of the inter-
national headquarters at London. Under
the commander the United States is divided
first into grand divisions, comprising sew
eral states. For example, the south Allan
tic division, comprising all the states on the
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