Evening star., 1897-01-21
THE RICH AR M Y
An Organization to Storm the Ramparts Of
Sin.
Officers and Privates-Tho General
Plan Of tho Organization
and It's Work.

commanding the Unlted states Churcn
Army, who. as stated in The Star, was in
Washington yesterday. left for his home
last evening. In referring to the work
upon which he is engaged, Col. Hadley in
reply to questions from a Star reporter,
said:
This great organization is founded on
somewhat similar lines to those pursued
by the Salvation Army. and preparations
are being made by the United States
Church Army commission, which has un-
dertaken. by request, the general direction
of the movement, to start a post in Wash
ington.
Great care and caution as to methods
and along church lines are being observed,
and TO that end the District of Columbia
has been added to the department of the
AHeghenies, the headquarters of which are
at Pittsburg, and which is under the COM
mand Of Col. James K. Bakewell, a promi-
several posts there. His law practice,
however, brings him frequently to Wash
ington, and this was one of the reasons
why he has been requested by Col. Hadley
to add the District to his command.
1T is stated that Mrs. Barrett widow of
Dean Barrett Of Atlanta, Ga, who
Is one of the incorporators of the Florence
Crittenton Mission Home here. has re-
quested that post of the army be estab-
nshed IN Washington, and in this it is ex-
pected many churchmen and church wo-
men Will cooperate.
1T Is hoped by those having the matter
In charge that definite steps to found the
post will soon be taken, but no further
movement will be made until the sanction
OF Blshop Satterlee and the consent of the
rector in whose parish 1t Is proposed to To-
cate the post shall have been obtained. No
dif1culty on that point is however, antici-
pated.
without the consent Of the bishop of
the diocese and the rector interested the
work could not be begun, as it is one of the
pecui1ar safeguards Of the Church Army
that while the military department ia m
ger tne care Of military director, yet the
church is represented by its rector who of
course, receives his authority from his
bishop. -' i'i'
The Church Army commission. which
controls the United States Church ARMY for
the entire country, is itself a depa rtment of
the parochial missions Of the United States
which Is composed of the bishops of the
Protestant Episcopal Church and Its evan
gelical clergymen.
Although the diocesan convention ,,h;oh
met last September in New York, by reso-
luton, offered comfort and advice to the
Church Army movement, and encouraged its
progress as branch of the Parochial
Missions Society, yet the movement is not
confined to New York, but already has
branches organized in various parts Of the
United states, with three great depart
nents' to wit., the department Of the At
iantlc and the gulf, with Headquarters at
NO; 42S Lexington avenue, New York,
winch Is Under the military direction of
Colonel Hadley, who has been commissioned
the general of the United States Church
army; the department Of the west with
headquarters In Chicago. and the depart
ment OF the Pacific, with headquarters in
San Francisco.
General Movement
The general movement which is being
started very cautiously has the sanction of
Bishops Satterlee of Washington. Potter Of
New York, Whitehead of Pittsburg. Whit
aker of Philadelphia, Clark of Connecticut
Lawrence of Massachusetts and Hall Of
Vermont, each CT whom has expressed bis
Wnilnsness to give the promoters of the
movement an opportunity to give 1t a fair
trial one of the most successful posts vet
established is near st. Stephens Church in
New York city. which has connected with
II an industry by which it has become self
supporting, and which enables men to helm
themselves. Recently meetings in aid of
the movement were held there, and also
at other churches in the same city, also at
81. Jonns, Jamaica Plain, and at Lynn, all
OF which were highly successful.
Next Sunday the military director and
his staff will go to Boston and conduct
meetings In the New England department.
Wnich mas It's headquarters In that CITY, A
series OF meetings to last three weeks will
be held in Grace Church, Newton, Mass.
and In other towns in the vicinity in the
near future, and the colonel and some of
hiS StdiL Will duUreSS the students at Har-
ward a week from next Sunday afternoon.
"Archdeacon Brooks of Springfield. Mass
brother Of the late Bishop Brooks. has in,
vited the military director and staff to con-
uuct meetings In twenty-five parishes in
his archdeaconry. Meetings have also been
arranged for February q, % and % in
CHRIST Church, Germantown, Pa, and a
post, which was authorized to be started
there. 1s nearly ready for commencing
operations.
THE object of the Church Army ts to
reach the Christless and churchless who
are not reached. by other methods Its
plans OF work may at first appear to be
somewhat like those Of the Salvation Army
but they are really quite different, as NAV
be inferred by the readiness with which
the orncers are admitted into the churches
above named. 1t Is true, that in some in
stances they use brass bands orchestras.
etc, and their uniform is resplendent and
excites admiration, yet these are to be
used with all prudence, and only good can
be done by their use, the expediency of
which Is left to the decision of the rec tor
In whose parish the post is established. as
is also the ques tion of the extent to which
these musical instruments can be availed
Of
The rules and regulations provide a sys-
tenn somewhat after the plans of the
United States army. The shoulder strap or
insignia OF rank Is a beautiful affair made
IN the form OF a cross and the national
headquarters flag is Old Glory with the
stars so arranged in the blue field as to
compose white cross.
THE training school at headquarters Is
carefully educating men who wish to be
officers, since there are many more appli-
cations for the services of officers than the
commission is now able to supply 1t is
intended to make efforts to reach all class
es, including young men and young wo-
men who, though churchless, have not
fallen low in sin. yet its carefully guarded
attempts to reach the lowest down may be
said to be the iong-needed organization
for rescue work.
The motto Of the army is Christ and
church loyalty and the recruits, after
showing by life or probation of at least
six months that they are sincere, are led
into the church and its regular life, which
is so much needed. not only by the rescued,
but by rescue workers who in the Church
Army teach that the Rescue Mission Is not
side attraction. but a recruiting agency
for the church"
Col. Hadley, In giving some information
relating to himself to the reporter, said:
Il was once a practicing lawyer in the city
of Washington, and am now a member of
the New York bar. I entered the United
States army in 1861 as a private in the
Goth Ohio Regiment, and during the war
was promoted through various grades to
a lieutenant colonelcy. I learned to drink
during the war and became slave to
the habit.
II wss, however. converted about eleven
years ago at the old Jerry McAuley mis-
sion In New York Some time Ia fer T uyoo