The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-12-16
REPORT OF CHURCH ARMY
4 SPLENDID YEARS WORK DONE
 ON GREGSON STREET.

Interesting Anniversary Exercises Held Last Night-Mnjor stansiield Takes the Reins of Management for the State, With Headquarters Here.
 One year ago last night the United States Church Army, of which Rev. p. Walpole Warren, D. D., and Rev. Will liam M. Hughes, D. D., are clerical di- rectors and General Henry H. Hadley is lay director, took possession of the building SS-37 Gregson street, near Chapel, and held it's first meeting.
 The building is leased to the army for general mission purposes for three years, with privilege of renewal for three more years. It has been com p,etely transformed and furnished un- der the personal supervision of General Hadley, who found the work more eX- pensive than at first appeared probable. But at last it is a cosy, useful building, occupied day and night as hotel and coffee bar, with a beautiful meeting room on the first floor, where nightly services are held, with meeting also every Sunday afternoon. General Hadley has received liberal commendation for his faithful efforts from the press and pulpit of New Ha- ven, and study of the following fig ures will doubtless cause the public to add it's endorsement.
 But he gives the credit to his CO., workers and the public who have so lib- orally co-operated. and whom he said he desired to thank on behalf of the clerical directors of the United States Church Army.
 During the year just closed the at tendance at the nightly services has been sixty-seven thousand.
 Nearly. a thousand have signed the pledge and over seventy-five thousand lunches have been sold at the popular coffee bar. It is estimated that this practical temperance agency has won over eleven thousand persons away from lunch-rooms where liquor is sold
 Over one hundred persons have pro- fessed conversion and fifteen hundred blue button badges have been worn as an emblem of total abstinence from a Christian standpoint"
 The report. which will be printed in pamphlet form, gives the history of the Church Army here from the date of it's first meeting in Trinity church.
 AS has previously been published in the Journal and Courier the United States Church Army has been fortunate in securing the services of Major J. A. Stansfeld from the English Church Army. He is a man of large experience fine address and good education. AL ready the clerical directors have con cluded to turn over to him the sole management of the army in the state of Connecticut. Of cours the Clerical Directors and General Hadey will CO., operate. also fine staff of workers.
 The blue button brigade is the tenn perance feature of the army line and holds it's weekly meetings every Wednesday night, led by Captain Hough and Lieutenants Bray, Daniels and Raws.
 The anniversary meeting last night was led by General Hadley, assisted by Major Stansfield and Captain Porter, who leaves soon for work under Bishop Brooks in Oklahoma. Many friends bid him Godspeed.
 The meeting was full of interest and the testimonies of redeemed men and women, who thanked God that the Church Army ever came to New Haven, were especially interesting. In assum- ing the new work here with its many responsibilities Major Stansfield in we'll chosen words asked the prayers and kind cooperation of the public, whose efforts have heretofore been so helpful to the work
 Among those who have subscribed to the Church Army work in New Haven are the following: