The herald., 1897-03-13
THE COMMANDERS WELCO NE
The Salvation Army Prepared to Greet
Booth.Tucker
A Number Of Special Services to Be Held
Tomorrow and Monday-An Inter-
estlng Biographical Sketch

Great preparations are being made by
the Salvation Army to meet their dis
tinguished guest, Commander" Booth
Tucker, who is expected to arrive here
on the 500 train this evening. The va
rious companies of the division from
Los Angeles and surrounding districts
Will turn out In a body and march to
the Arcade depot to welcome him. There
will be over 200 men in line, headed by
Lieut.. Col. Keppel of San Francisco.
Owing to the late hour at which the
commander arrives, the program which
has been arranged will not be started
until Sunday morning, when the first
meeting will take place at Peniel hall.
for the purpose of knee drill, prayer and
singing.
At II o'clock the regular morning SER
vices will be held in the same hal, to
which all are invited
Commander Booth Tucker will not
preside over this meeting, but will ad-
dress the audience.
Tomorrow afternoon at 3 and o'clock
the commander will again address the
army and visitors at the Congregational
church, corner Sixth and Hill streets.
Previous to each of the meetings there
will be psrades round the city.
On Monday at 1890 o'clock there will
be an officers council at the First M. f.
church, which will be for the purpose
of discussing the present and future
prospects of the salvation war.
At 2:30 pm. Monday the commander
will again address the officers and SOL
diers at their hall on Spring street. AT
the Monday evening meeting, which
will take place at the Baptist church,
" a M dar
Tucker will explain plan by which he
believes the labor problem can be
solved. He promises to show a way OF
placing all the unemployed at work; of
feeding and giving them lodging and
making the scheme self-supporting
one. On this occasion the mayor and
city councilmen have been invited and
have promised to attend, the mayor
occupying the chair.
On Monday afternoon the commander
will visit the Soldiers Home at Santa
Monica and address the veterans in that
institution.
A STRIKING CHARACTER
Commissioner Frederick st. George
De Latour Booth-Tucker is one of the
most remarkable. as well as one of the
most talented. officers in the Salvation
Army. He was educated for the law.
and at an early age was an assistant
| commissioner in the Punjaub, his posi-
tion being that of Judge.
In the year 1881 a copy of London
Christmas War Cry fell into his hands,
containing an article from Genera,
Booth, appealing for officers for the Sal
walton Army. This article and the other
contents of the paper made such deep
impression on him that he applied for
furlough for the special purpose of
visiting England to see the Salvation
Army and inquire into It's methods of
working. After careful investigation
the commissioner felt that this was the
sphere in which God wanted him to
work. and he resigned his position, in
volving large salary and the assurance
OF good pension at the end of a cer-
tain term of years. to become Salvation
Army officer.
He spent some little time at the Lon
don headquarters assisting in legal and
property matters, but in the fall of 1882
he went to India as the pioneer of the
Salvation army in that great empire.
After q few months of work on what
might perhaps be called semi mission
ary lines, the commissioner being dis
satisfied with results, determined upon a
bold and apparently hazardous policy.
He cast off European clothing and not
only adopted the native dress, but also
went in for living In Ill respects as the
natives of the country, in this way plac-
Ing the TeliBlOu OI Jesus OHrist pclOre
the Asiatic mind in a distinctly Asiatic
manner. AS might be expected. this
was extremely hard for flesh and blood.
and involving no inconsiderable amount
OF physical hardship in travelling, sleep
ing, eating and drinking, and perhaps
harder than all else, the fierce opposi-
ton of the Christians, more or less NOM
inal, of the country. But the success
that has attended the Salvation Army
operations in India has been phenomenal
and has been achieved along these very
lines, and there are now in India and
Ceylon 1875 corps and 434 officers, of whom
a very small percentage have been
brought from other lands.
The commissioner has the reputation
of speaking about fifteen languages and
has seen long penitent forms lined with
seekers for salvation in Stockholm,
Christiania, Copenhagen, Berlin. Am
sterdam and Paris.
Commissioner Booth fuckers plat
form style is said to be combination
of red-hot feeling intellectual clearness
and the most powerful, logical and con-
vincing argument. His administrative
ability, his untiring energy, his long ex-
perience and his practical cosmopolitan.
mind have made his command of the
American field most brilliant and sue