New-York tribune., 1903-03-04
FAREWELL TO BOOTH.
General Tells Tremendous audience
That He Vii Return.
LETTERS FROM PRESIDENT AND OTHERS

General William Booths farewell to America
was one Of the most enthusiastic rallies that the
Salvation Army haS ever held here. It opened
last night with q celebration at the Metropolitan
Opera House. and at midnight there was a
torchlight procession. General Booth limped be-
cause Of sprained knee when he first made his
appearance on the opera house stage, but as the
speechmaking and excitement increased he
seemed to forget his infrmity and swung his
cane in the air as he shouted that In the near
future the President and ViCe-President OF the
United States would be preaching with the halle
luiah bands. Then the immense audience gave
cheer after cheer for President Roosevelt and
General &. tn. There were also cheers for
Senator Hanna, Admiral Dewey. Senator Hoar'
Governor Odeu and other prominent persons
when the letters which they sent were read
It was expected that Senator Hanna would
preside at the farewell rally, but he was de-
tanned by Official duties in Washington. JUSTICE
MacLean was chairman. The founder OF tne
Salvation Army sat between his son-in-la"'
Commander Booth Tucker. and his daughter
Mrs. Booth Tucker, during the exercises
Among the letters and kilograms received and
read were the following:
My Dear General Booth: In wishing you, faTe- re-
future. let me say how glad I was to have the the
bread in the White House With al ge1dv TsHes
ESOOSEHEL1.
Governor odeI1 wrote:
know of the great and good work that is being
sympathy with 1t. Nothing would give me gEea.sSF
Feeet m their Work # it we're possible for
dc'Sao do so 'H'' -'7''''7' --
Justice MacLean, after bidding General Booth
farewell and expressing the hope that he would
be able to return to the United States soon.
said in part:
here tonight TO honor and cheer. With morning
prisons and vesper hymns the movement ne started @
by love and feeling for his Masters children In
this rGqnd 9a peo6 ne IN mas wTeehR
misery and has oRered them a helping hand
General Booth, in reply, said that since COM
ing here, FIVE months ago, he had been enthusi-
astically received wherever he went, and found
expressions OF sympathy on every hand He de-
clared that he found his daughter and sOn-in-
law busy night and day inventing schemes to
fight 'the surging sea Of misery" He said
further, that the other officers as well as the
rank and file were doing all in their power to
advance the movement which he started for the
people, He continued:
go away confident that the American branch Of
the movement is going to advance to the front
and rescue the submerged should be understood so
that it will have practical sympathy. D.. 80
than telling about salvation. The Salvation Army
ser1 sad Vice 20 Ts be dealt With or dark and
dreary will be the future. When OOOOOO is spent
in Ksad Ior al fuaF around % there is drgng
criminals There are etghty-thres th9Isa9d en
shut up behind bars, and If there are that many IN
What disgrace this is to our civilization.
Looking at the work Of the Salvation Army, you
reaches the churchIesgg-the goddess crowds The The
a notion
that I make great hullabaloo to Try to get into
1 was not happy as clergyman and felt that
had not reached my destiny: Il then seemed e-tp to
World, with sacred books and ceremonials. all Of
"fiEn R6a seeoed world found worldly one
this side Of he'll. and that was the world that I
Gaai1g de9ti1y az and F1S WORK adsC for T lifetime
It's twelve years since n nag a. n9iqay: Ia dnq ot the
Fe taSee 'r9 months G fErioush and then win be ready
theory but result on If I could make it pass
before you in procession with its fourteen thousand
of soldiers. we have fifty thousand drunkards a1
volley Glory be to God!
General Booth said he hoped to return to
America soon.
The generals address was punctuated by
cheers and applause from the great audience.
When his patriarchial figure moved into the
body of the house after the address lettered
design, Come Back Again, General" was
flashed above the stage.
In bidding her father farewell Mrs. Booth
Tucker said that his coming to the United
States had brought about good results. He had
placed the standards on q higher ground and
had directed the movement toward greater
In What was called the "trooping of coIors''
representative groups of different natioualities
among which the Salvation Army Is at work in
this country passed in review before General
Booth. There were twenty-tour OF these detacn-
ments-
At the end of this performance an address
was presented to General Booth in behalf OF
the army.
Some Of the vice-presidents Of the rally were
Controller Grout. Nathan Straus General Ben
iamin F. Tracy and Cornelius N Bliss