Arizona republican., 1899-05-22
SALVATION MARRIAGES
LaSSie" Officers Mast Not Wed
 Below Their Rank.

When . young woman becomes ar
 officer in the Salvation Army she sur
 renders, to all extent, her free choice i in the matter of a husband to the gOOC
 Of the cause she has pledged herself
 to serve. It takes some time and trouble and expense to become an ofii-
 Ger in the army, and they must not be
 less than r years old, and they should
 not be over 8, but this is modified ire quently. z
 The cadet must serve four months
 in the training school, and may not
 after all, pass the requisite examina-
 ton. These four mCntts are not
 spent in an easy, loiling away in the
 barracks with a makeshift of study.
 There are not alone lectures to be at
 tended. but the '-lassie" is supposed to
 earn her living. that is, earn the actual
 cost of her focd by selling War Crys.
 The life is hard, and requires great de-
 votion to the cause, industry and per | severance. If at the end, or before the end of her probation she Tetiras or is retired by her superiOrs. all the time spent in the school has been wasted. When she graduates and is made a l lieutenant, she premises to give her services to the army for at least three years, to be zealCUs in the cauze and obedient to her superiors.
 IL is against the rules of the army fer an officer to wed her inferior in rank. There are said to be occasional disagreements in the best regulated families A wife wnI is a lieutenant might receive commands from her cap tain husband and not rebel, fer women have been schooled for So many gener- ations to tte idea Of obedience to the husband. But if the case were re- verscd, and the captain-wife should be obliged to reprimand her lieutenant husband in public, CT worse yet, put her scldiar-husband in the guard house, family trouble, separation and possibly divorce might folloiw.
 General Booth is a great believer in matrimony. For the proipcsed farm colony which he explained in his t'Thrcugh Darkest England, and the Way Out of It. the general even ad- VOcated matrimonial bureau. Nev- ertheless, it is conceded that the value to the army of a woman is lessened when she becomes a wife. She then adds to her duties, already hard. these Of wifehcod and possibly motherhood
 Should a handsome young colonel Qassie) fall in love with a mere soldier in the ranks, and the two of them make up their minds that existence isn't worth while unless they exist to- gether, they carry their troubles ta the officer in command of their divis- ion, who investigates the case Even if there can be nothing found against the young man except the difference in rank between him and his sweetheart. the young woman. has to wait CT re- sign In any case, even when their ranks are equal, the two young lovers must wait year after their engage ment has been publicly announced.
 If the young woman is fully deter mined to marry her soldier and not to resign her position in the army she makes her decision known, and no doubt goes up a peg or two in the es- timation of her supeTiors, who at once set themselves about helping her in any way in their pcwer. This can be | done in only one way, and that is by taking her young soldier lever in hand, l giving him plenty to do, which, if he | does well, is made the basis for his | rapid promotion. But even with the 1 best of good luck some years Of wait | ing must be passed before the two can | marry. Every care is taken in the | Salvation Army that it's officers do not | make unWise marriages. The ordinary | so.dier enjoys the privileges that are lsually accorded to mediCcrity by mar rying whCmsCever he pIeases.-New York Sun.