Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-06
QUARTER CENTURY
OF SALVATION
ARMY WORK
COL. HENRY C, LEE is
VETERAN OF SERVICE
Worked for Years Among the
Scandinayians; Now in
Charge of Army Training
Schools in Chicago.


Twenty-seven years Of nnbroken
service in the Salvation Army IN ev-
cry country of the old world bu Fin
land is thc remarkable record OF col.
Henry G.. Lee. now in charge Of the
Two salvation Army training schools
in Chicago. who has been IN the city
several DAYS comforting with members
or the local branch.
Gel. Lees wife and child viii spend
some time in this city Tor the benefit
OF Mrs. Lees health. They are maxi
ing their home ~ 624 East Santa Fe
avenue.
Closely identified with the world
work OF the great organization for
| over a quarter Of Il century, Col. Lee
~ an authority on what the Salvation
Army is doing. He has been four
years in this country and for the past
two years at the head of the two coli
lcges, one for men and one for WOO
men in Chicago where the recruits or
cadets are trained for service by
actual relief and spiritual work among
the denizens of the Chicago slums and
who are also given study in Biblical
subjects. doctrine and church history.
These cadets. as q part of their
training visit the prisons and the
dives. are taught first aid to the IN
idred and given d thorough practical
knowledge of the best methods OF ef-
ficient work among the poverty
stricken and the outcast.
These Chicago institutions train
men and women for work In the west
ern states. Nearly n hundred men
and women are in attendance all the
time an the graduates are sen out
all over the west.
II am quite familiar with the work
of the salvation Army in Europe
said Colonel Lee yesterday afternoon.
Il have been chiefly identified with
the work in the scandinavian coun-
tries. my last post being Christiana,
| Norway. Twenty-four years ago | was
one OF the pioneers in the work in
| Denmark where the army has a pow
| erfal hold. where II has done "a ire
| pudou work and where 1t stands
very high in the estimation of the
people. have seen the work of the
salvation Army start and gather in
/ NAllitlit AilI AlN'N - ~ 49,
of Europe. Nowhere has il been more
successful than in the northern eoun-
tries. Norway. Denmark and sweden.
Then IL has come to America with the
ScandinaVinns My first appointment
In America was in charge of the oper-
atoms among the ScandinaNtans IN
the western states. The immigration
OF these northern people especially
| Of the Swedes to the northern part
OF the United S~tateS-has been ire
mcndous. and there are seven Scandi-
navian Army posts in Chicago alone
There are strong colonies of them
in Minneapolis and the other northern
cities. From that work | stepped IN
"a the larger work OF the training Of
tho recruits for the work of the army
an over the west.
The operations Of the salvation
| Army in the west are growing IN scope
and success. The prospects are most
promising. The results are every
where most encouraging and inspir-
ing. In the big cities especially this
organization is reaching millions OF
the poor ana the deni1ens OF the un-
derworld.'
sNefNN mere We are t''NiNN "NN.
the bodily ms we'll as the spiritual
, needs. II a mun Is starving Tor bread
We give him the bread first n a
his soul atterward The emergency
| treatment given by members 81 the
, army in many cases saves lives
nThe work OF the salvation Army
il one OF the most tremendous prac-
tical movements for the uplift or me
| lower classes in the history OF the
world