New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-09
TO RESCUE DRUNKARDS.
InebriateS To Be Taken on Stretch
ers to Salvation Army Stations.

In the past there has been only one haven for
the helplessly intoxicated person who sinks 20
slumber with his head piIlowed on a paving
stone-the cell OF the police station nearest to
the patrolman who fails to awaken any re-
Spouse to the tattoo beaten on the inebriated
ones feet. Now, thanks to the tireless efforts
OF the Salvation Army to uplft the fallen. there
will be another and more promising harbor.
General Booths followers in this country have
decided to establish a Drunkards Rescue
Brigade.
We have not reached the perfection that they
have in Germany" said one OF the brigade the
other day. but in time we shall get there. At
present We are instructing our men how to TN
Irovise stretchers by the method employed In
first aid TO injured lectures The other para
phernalia shall add later. The first lesson
We teach our rescuers is that the drunkard must
be treated very much man who has met
with an accident in the street and Is as helpless
to help himself as a baby. They must seek him
cut. lift him up and carry him in as a wounded
is carried in from the field OF battle
when the inert body is brought in the man
Will be cared for until he RECEIVERS consciousness
Then our chance will have come Then will be
the time to talk OF reclamation and the better
way Of sobriety. Sober, headachy' and penitent
the rescued one viii be in fitting mood for the
better frame Of mind to be told that Christ died
to save drunkards than 10 hear the ultimatum:
Ten dollars or ten days Now I viii show you
how our Drunkards' Rescue Brigade will work"
The object lesson was given on the roof OF the
Salvation Army headquarters. Under the direC-
ton of Lieutenant Colonel Miles, a squad OF
Salvationists who in training for the work
shown how to approach a recumbent in
ebriate, the latter impersonated by one Of the
band. how to judge Of his condition by his pulse
and his appearance. and how 10 administer an
emetic In the case Of a drunk who has ap-
parently succumbed to knockout drops who
is in the last stage of collapse from the effect
of bad whiskey.
Now take off your coats said Colonel Miles
to two of the men. and l viii show you how to
make a stretcEer to carry the man in"
With the coats and couple of poles produced
from somewhere (broom handles would do. il
explained if nothing else was available)
passable stretcher made. Poles
passed through the sleeves of the coats
and the tails were pinned in the middle
with strong safety pins. on this stretcher the
supposed drunk tenderly laid and. with
four of the rescuers at the pole handles and
Colonel Miles the head with a lantern. the
procession made for the reception room for
drunkards
Now" continued the lecturer I'VE do not
allow the efforts at curing the drunkard of his
unwholesome appetite to rest with mere talk
when he is sober We believers in the gold
cure, and have clinic in operation at our
Chatham. Square establishment Here daily
rescued drunkards may be taking the little
jab that helps them to overcome the thirst for
rum
We have had some very touching letters from
relatives and wives of men whom we have res
cued in this practical way. Such letters are
the best possible Endorsement Of our new plan
to the whiskey sOdden ones