The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-25


atioh' even more than a national or
sanlzation. They are now extending
uhelr work into other countries. am
not at liberty to speak about this mat
Ter, as the details have not vet been
completely settled. but there is rea-
son TO believe that in the future our
acter"
HOW Volunteers Differ from Saliva
tiOnists.
zen. Ballington Booth was asked to
state what were the marked differ
| ehces between the Volunteers and the
oalVatlon Army in regard to princi-
pies methods, policy and organiza-
ton. He declined to do so.
/ am my fathers son." he said
and my father as you know. is the
mead OF the Salvation Army. I would
rather not speak on that subject"
Another officer holding high rank in
the Volunteers, however, was willing
TO expound the differences.
The main difference" he said, 'is
that the Salvation Army is run on an
autocratlc, not to say despotic, basis.
Whlle our organization is entirely DEM
ocratlc, and therefore more in har-
mony with American ideas. All the
off1cers in the Salvation Army are an
/ pointed by autocratic power, while
our principal and local officers are
elected. The general is also elected by
the rank and file.
Gen. William Booth of the Saliva
| ton Army, in his Field Officers Reg
ulations, lays down this law: The
affairs Of the corps must be directed
| by the commanding officer, and not by
! the voice of the soldiers. Nothing in
the nature of voting or taking sides
! must be tolerated at any soldiers
meeting Our regula lions, on the con-
trary, say: The government of the
Volunteers being democratic, all mem
bers shall have the right of voice and
| vote in their respective councils and
| sessions
"All our financial affairs are in the
| hands of elected directors, while in the
Salvation Army the general, as ap-
| pointer, has full control over all funds
and property. Gen. William Booth
has the power to appoint his success
sor. Gen. Ballington Booth has not.
Like all our officers. he is elected by
| popular vote. He will come up for re-
election two years hence, if he
| chooses to do so.
DO Not Believe in Big Drum.
so much for organization. AS to
methods, the main difference is that
| we do not believe in the big drum,
| and we conduct our meetings with
less noise than our friends of the Saliva
ton Army. Here and there some of
our members may use the big drum,
but they do so without authority
They are mostly persons who used to
be in the ranks of the Salvation Army,
| and have not yet got rid of the idea
| that the big drum has an immense
amount of saving grace.
| by the way, there is popular
misconception that most of our MEM
bers formerly belonged to the Saliva
| ton Army. AS a matter of fact, less
| than one-fifth of them have been Sal
vationists. Neither is it correct to
suppose, as most people do, that we
have split off from the Salvation Army
Mr.. Ballington Booth was out of the
army and had made up his mind to
retire into private life when a num-
Der of friends who appreciated his work
prevailed upon him to start the Vol
| unteers as a new and distinct organ
| ization.
1--WE observe the sacraments of bap-
| tism and the Lords Supper, and have
made provision for their observance
at our stations. The Salvation Army
does not. Gen. William Booth has
| frequently been urged to make an ex-
| plicit declaration on this subject, but
he has always avoided doing So The
Salvation Army strongly discoura ges
its adherents from attending other
churches. We urge our members tc
attend some place of worship and take
the sacrament at an open table, il
| there is not a regularly ordained Off
Ger of our denomination within easy
reach.
''These are the main differences be-
tween the two bodies. There are mi
nor matters in which we give discre-
ton to our local posts, whereas the
Salvation Army has hard and fast
rules. For example, no Salvationist
must touch alcohol or tobacco. We
are equally rigid against strong drink
but we leave the question of tobacco
for the local post to decide. So it is
with some other indulgences as to the
harmfulness of which all Christians
are not agreed"
Mrs. Booths Prison Work.
Of all the good work of the Vol
unteers, that which has attracted most
! public notice and admiration is Mrs
Her lately-published book. after Pris-
! on-What?" is wonderful revelation
| but Mrs Booth was too modest tC
| give herself the credit which is heI
| due. You can only find out what mar
vellous things she has done by speak
| ing with her fellOW-WorkerS and hear
ing her praise sung by the men whom
she has rescued from a life of shame
| and crime.
Mr.. W. M. F. Round, for many
years the president of the Prison AS
ISOLATION of New York. is ASSOCIATED
with a line Of prison work quite diff
ferent in idea from that of Mrs
| Booth. His association works on the
lines of a charity organization society
Its energies are mainly devoted tc
questioning men and Investigate
| ing their statements. when they are
perhaps, almost starving and sorely in
need of a job. 1t is decidedly Official
and bureaucratic. Mr.. Round said the
other day.
81 have for a quarter of a century
been protesting against the insuffer.
able, sentimental, patronizing twaddlt
| of those who, for want of a better
place to hear their own voices, have
chosen for listeners, without any feel.
! ing of pity, the forced audiences OF
prison chapels."
Yet Mr.. Round has felt constrained
| to make some exceptions, and the
greatest exception he makes is in the
| "a GO Of Mrs Root h