Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-11-22
GEN. BOOTHS RECRUITS.
All Sorts Of Men Who Join the Sal
walton Army.

the Salvation Army Temple, Black.
friars road, Sunday, is one of the
many picturesque characters In the
army"
There Is surely no other preaching
Organization with such a variety OF
men and women In its ranks. Gen
Booth has spread his net wide and
caught fish Of many kinds. One Of
the colonels at headquarters is a refn-
ed and aristocratic lady, near relative
of the only duke who married an Eng
lish princess.
Some years ago, Prebendary Webb
Peploe had a promising young curate
named Oliphant. Over in Germany
you will find him now, wearing the
scarlet cap Of Salvation Army COM
missioner.
One Of the directors Of the old East
India company had a grandson, Fritz
de Latour Tucker, who after being
educated at Cheltenham college, went
out to the East, and ultimately became
Judge in the Indian civil service,
He resigned his judgeship to become
Salvation Army officer. Having grad
uated" in Whitechapel. he took the nag
to India, married a daughter OF the
general and Is now Commander Booth
Tucker, chief of the Salvation Army In
the United States. 1t Is probable that
he will soon be appointed to an impor-
tant post in the army in England, for
he Is one of the ablest officers.
All are fish that come into the net
Of the old fisherman of Queen Victoria
street. He catches an Australian Tar
rikin" with hundred police convic-
tions against his name, turns him in
side out, puts red jersey on him and
sends him into the back blocks" to
preach to the sheep farmers and gold
prospectors with all the zeal Of con-
vert. After twenty years preaching,
all over Australasia, the ex-larrikin
came over and testified" at the Con-
crosses In Strand He was as clear
eyed and ardent IN Australian as you
as you would find between Sydney and
Perth.
A mathematician Of Cpsala Univer-
sity, in Sweden, Is joint commander OF
the forces In Switzerland; an Irishman
from Ligoniel is managing director OF
the Army Assurance Society in the
city; the daughter Of Chelsea solici-
tor is lieutenant colonel Of the Pun
juab, and the army In the West Indies
Is commanded by Cape Dutchman.
Next week a special mission will be
undertaken in Ireland by valiant lit
tie man who years ago ran" boxing
saloon at Rugby, in the intervals OF
carrying on the trade Of a chimney
sweep. Now he Is one Of the most
respected Of the old brigade Of Sal
vation officers, for Commissioners Elijah
Cadman lodged, sometimes unsuccess-
fully, a large share of the brickbats
which twenty years ago used to be
thrown at the heads Of the Salvation
lists.
Before he was six years Of age Com
missioner Cadman began earning his
living in his native town Of Coventry.
He was a little boy, just Of the size
useful to a chimney-sweep in those
days, and at 8 o'clock in the morning
the barefooted, six-year- urchin,
clad only in calico shirt and trousers,
used to trot around Coventry with his
master, and climb up the inside OF
sooty chimneys with his brush. Once
a week he was washed in salt and
water. .. ..
AS he grew and became a sweep on
his own account, he fought and drank,
and was a daredevil fellow. He went
to Rugby and started his boxing and
gymnastic saloon, sweeping" by day
and boxing by night. Then one day
he and his pals" made up a party for
the last public execution at Warwick,
when two men were hanged. That's
what you'll come to-" his pals" jocu-
larly told the little sweep.
But the sight Of the execution turned
the sweep into preacher. He smash
ed UP his single sticks, dismantled his
boxing saloon, and, uneducated as he
was, took to preaching in the streets.
Being unable to read, he engaged
boy to read the New Testament TO
him, and paid him half-penny for
every verse he learned by heart. In
that way he learned the greater part
of the New Testament.
One day after he had been read
ing the Gospel to meeting, an ac-
quaintance told him that he had been
holding the book upside down!
He Joined the Wesleyan church and
was told off to take children's class.
On the first Sunday he learned the al
phabet from his pupils. 1t was not
until he was married that his wife
found he could not write. She taught
him. One day, nearly forty years ago,
he was going through Whitechapel and
heard the Rev. william Booth" Of the
Christian Mission, preaching at a
street corner.
He Joined the mission and became
the first captain in the army. In the
mems social work Commissioner Cad
man has played great part. For nine
and a half years he had charge Of 1t,
including Hadley Farm colony, and one
Of his eases" was the present Adjt.
McGregory, whose story was told a
few days ago in the Express. In the
last few years the ere-while sweep has
travelled all over the world on army
missions. In the early days Of the
army he was nearly blinded with pep
per in the streets, and more than once
was reported killed. He Is said to
have been knocked down and jumped
upon oftener than any other Saliva
tionist.-London Express.