The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-08-10
IN BATTLE ARRAY
SALVATION ARMY TAKEN CAPTIVE
BY POLICE.
WITH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
CAPT. WOOD AND HER FOLLOW
ERs MARCHED INTO BARRACKS.

Refused to "Move on When Order
ed by PoIice-Permit to Rally mt
Broughton and barnard Streets
Revoked on Complaint of Mer-
! chants-Capt. Wood Ready to Go to
| Jail for Doing Her Duty-Chief
Reilly Assured Her There Was No
Such Intent-CIerk of Council Ex-
planned the Mayors Order TO PO-
lice.
| With bass drums, guitars and tam
! bourines, part of the Salvation Army
under the escort of Detectives
Wall and Stark, filed into police head
quarters last night. Two members of
the army, Miss Capt. Wood and the
beater of the big bass drum, expressed
| a preference for the patrol wagon, and
their wishes were respected.
The trouble grew out of the refusal
of the captain of the band to obey an
officer when told to leave the corner
of Broughton and Barnard streets. In
structions had been received at head
quarters not to allow the army to hold
its open-air services on that corner.
When the army assembled in the
sergeant's office, Capt. Wood acted as
| spokesman for the band.
Il don't question your right to ar
rest u.s." she said, but it is Gods
will that we hold our open-airs where
we can draw the largest crowds. 1
am willing to serve my time in Jail.
l don't want to do it, but had rather
do it than feel that 1 was not doing
my duty. What are you going to do
with me? Put me in Jail, or let me
go?"
We have no desire to docket you
ALL, said the sergeant, but you must
| obey an officer when you are told to
| move"
1T may be the law that we should
move" replied the captain, but we
can't decide in our hearts to do it. 1t
is easy enough to decide in our minds
what is the right thing to do, but we
cannot reconcile our hearts to it,
The Army Registered.
The sergeant was polite to his reIig-
ious captives and endeavored to show
them the error of their way. He told
| them that he had no intention of put
| ting them on the docket, but would like
| to get their names.
Capt. Wood" said the leader.
Miss, Mr.. or Mrs" queried the SER
geant.
Miss, please" came the reply.
| The names of the members of the
army and their officers were taken IN
| due time
| Cheer up, Captain" the lady lieu
| tenant said, assuringly, there will be
| no court"
I'm heaven there will be, but in
stead of being fined we will be reward
ed" the captain answered.
Capt. Wood said that she desired
to know what disposition was going
to be made of her. adding that if she
| were released she would feel it her
| duty to go back to the forbidden cor
ner. This erratic idea of duty was
undermined before the army left the
| barracks.
Waited on the Chief.
AS no understanding could be reach
| ed between the sergeant and the cap
tain of the army, the officers and COM
| rades were requested to be seated un-
| til Chief Reilly arrived. When the
chief reached the barracks the army
took recourse to his private office and
the status of the Salvationists was dis
cussed at length. Little by little Capt
| Wood began to see the wisdom of the
chiefs position until at length she de-
cided to keep her forces off of Brough-
ton street until an interview could be
had with the Mayor.
Chief Reilly suggested that the army
| hold forth hereafter on the corner of
State and Bull streets. The sugges-
ton did not, however, meet the ap-
| prevail of the captain.
| "Adler's Band will interfere with our
stringed instruments, and with the
second opening air." she explained.
Clerk Bailey Called In.
Clerk of Council Bailey was finally
sent for. He explained that permit
| from the Mayor, such as the army had,
was revocable or subject to modifica-
ton at any time, and did not give the
right to obstruct the streets. He said
that several complaints had been made
by merchants on Broughton street,
that the army injured their business
| For that reason the order had been is
sued.
Capt. Wood wanted her position I'M
| derstood again. She said it was far
from her wish to defy the law. Tues
day night, she said, the army had been
! asked to move, but when the officer
telephoned the barracks, he had been
instructed to let it stay where it was.
Capt. Woods Regrets.
II am not sorry that the affair has
| occurred on my own account 1 have
given my life to the army. l am sorry
that it occurred, because the army will
lose friends by it. We want to enter
the hearts of the people, but we can
not do it as long as there is prejudice
against us. The class of people that
we work to get is that class that the
church can't reach. If they can I'M
derstand our position we will not mind
having been arrested for doing our
duty as God showed it to u.s.
The captain informed the chief that
the members of the army would make
use of the remaining hours of the
evening in selling ''War-Crys," and
with promise not to hold any more
! open-airs on Broughton street Sat
urday nights, the Salvationists left the
barracks. 1t was not the first time
that the army has seen the interior of
the barracks. On the last occasion
when arrested for a similar offense. it
made its entree with every instrument
in commission, and a crowd in its
| wake