Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-11
ON A MARCH AGAINST SIN
The Salvation Army to Send Out Flying
Column.
A Wagon Tour Through Maryland
and the Eastern Shore
Peninsula.

bia, and who, for several months, has been
engaged In collecting The material for an
active summer campaign in the towns ana
villages in the states named, will start on
her proposed tour Saturday next. The
staff captain and the active officers Of the
army in Washington, Capt. Worthington
and Lieut.. Hopkins, have been very much
amused and at the same time thoroughly
cisgusted at most Of the accounts which
have appeared in the papers of New York
and other cities concerning the proposed
trip. and Capt. Worthington said last even
Ing to Star reporter that one Of the
Washington papers had also published an
article on the subject which was full Of
glaring inaccuracies and Measurements.
1T is not true" said Capt. Worthington,
that either the staff captain, her aid-de-
camp. Capt Hill, or the six lassies who are
to accompany them will be mounted on
horses or bicycles, or that they will play
banJos. The party will consist Of those
mentioned and a lieutenant OF the army,
travelling will be done in two vehicles.
wagonette. to which two horses will be at
tached, and q wagon something Ike
dayton. which will be drawn by one horse.
and although Capts. Cox and Hill are both
expert bicycle riders, their wheels will be
left in Washington s.-.....-.-
Horses Provided.
Through the kindness of friends among
whom the stan captain has labored in the
Gospel cause during her residence in Wash
ington, the horses and other supplies nee
essary for the trip have been provided
without any expense to the general treas
ury Of the army. The money to purchase
one Of the horses was contributed by per-
sons who attended the Summit Grove Pa,
camp meeting a couple Of weeks ago, and
to whom Capt. Cox endeared herself very
much by her hard work, and the funds for
another were given her by the members of
Waugh NJ. E. Church, Washington, where
she has also been Of great service as a vol
unteer missionary helper. The third horse
and one OF the wagons was loaned to the
stan captain by a friend in this city, who
Is very anxious that the tour of the party
should be great success.
According to the plan of campaign, the
stah captain and her aid, Capt. Hill, who
meanwhile will arrive here from England,
will go to Washington Grove, which has
corps. Saturday next, and there they will
meet the other members of the party.
Most OF the latter are already in Balti-
more, where some Of them have been sta
ton of the corps to have a camp meeting
at Washing ton Grove during the five days
beginning Sunday next, and on that day
and the following Commander and Mrs.
After the close Of the camp meeting at the
Grove the corps will proceed by easy
stages to Hagerstown, which, it is expect
ed, they will reach by the 25th instant.
No opportunity will be lost to hold public
meetings. and the staff captain has been
rendered the use Of so many churches and
other public buildings for the services to
be held by the members of the corps that
the idea Of having tent for this purpose,
as was at first intended. has been aban-
doned. Where the use Of buildings will be
impracticabie, the wagons will be utilized
as rostrWns.
The Route to Be Followed
From Hagerstown the corps may possibly
penetrate a short distance into Pennsyl-
vanta ard hold meetings there. En- route
east the corps will visit the jails. the aims
houses and all other places where suffer-
ing humanity Is likely to be found, and
words Of comfort will be spoken to the in
mates of all such Institutions. The cam
paign will last two months, and during
that period the corps expects to hold serv-
Ices and accomplish much permanent good
in the entire country lying between the
mountains of western Maryland and the
extreme southern part Of the eastern shore
Of Virginia, bordering on the Atlantic
ocean.
This is the second campaign Of this kind
of which Capt. Cox has had command
Last fall she headed q corps in the west
which made tour Of the state of Col
orado. with the result that a vast amount
of good was accomplished. In speaking OF
that trip to a Star reporter Capt. Cox said:
1t was most wonderful, and we had the
greatest success. In the evening we would
come to some place where we would decide
to camp. Then the tents would be hastily
erected and we would have a most pleas
ant meal. Sometimes a tramp would join
us and enjoy some food with us. Some
times the distance traversed before the
next night would be slight: we held SO
many wayside meetings. When We reach
ed a large village or town We would get
the use of some hall or church. and I as
sure you that We had tremendous crowds.
Sometimes the church would be so crowded
that people sat around In the adjoining
fields and took part In the meetings. Then
they would pass in their offerings through
the windows.
The Western Campaign.
ION our western trip we Travelled over a
thousand miles. and stopped at Leadville
and Cripple Creek for a few days each. We
had free transportation there, but we can
not get 1t here. We bought two horses out
there. and sold them for more than we paid
for them. after using them all summer
We visited the state prison at Canyon
City. where there were over 800 convicts
and they were greatly interested in our
work. People used to drive forty or fifty
miles to attend our meetings. 1 have no
doubt that our enterprise will be followed
up by similar movements in other parts
of the country. Much good can be accom-
pllSfltu IN tnlS way, 1 am sure. There are
many people who think that the work Of
the Salvation Army consists only of street
meetings. but. on the contrary, that is the
least Of our work. We visit the houses Of
the poor, and frequently do we go to work
to clean up the house and show the women
how TO care for their children. We care
for the sick and pray by their bedsides
We bury the dead and do much that helps
the suffering and the needy.
THE novelty Of the idea of the coming
campaign seems sure to appeal to just that
class of persons 1t is intended to reach
While the Salvation Army is in itself a
novelty. the great desire Of all people for
something new. even though 1t be change
from the familiar. Is sure to stamp with
popularity an effort of this nature. The
soldiers Of the corps will go into the high
ways and byways for converts and whether
attention is first drawn by the equipment
or the melodies to which the Salvation las
sizes will give voice. there seems small doubt
that the ultimate object Of this latest way
to save souls will be accomplished"
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