The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-05-26

the clubs. Indeed. I may say that ths
CLUBS hre an absolute ,Aecessity to
emciens labor on the canal They
have aided in making the employees
contented and have also done much
Tor the hish moral standing Of the
American community.
The Boy Scouts of Panama.
Connected with these clubs are up,
lift movements of various kinds and
among others that OF the Boy Scouts,
we have now seven companies of theps
scouts on the zone. Each company
mas piece of land for clubhouse
which has been given by the canal COM
mission and the boys have erected
their own cluohouses. the lumber be-
Ing given by tho canal authorities. +
me most of them have eight by ten
foot shacks, very roughly finished. The
scouts are to have charter from tho
national headquarters of New York
and they are to be known as tho 18th
milan scout Commission. Not long ago ,
General Baden Powell. the commanders
in-chief of the Boy Scouts. visited tho
1sthmus. y number of the boys went
to Colon to meet him. and the general
went over the work with the scout
master and expressed himself pleased.
The Churches of the Isthmus.
y good light with the devil Is being
waged by the Christian churches which
nave been organized since we began
, our work here. There are now forty
on the Canal Zone. The first building
authorized was the Roman Catholic
chapel In the hospital grounds at An
con. That was begun in 1906, and in
the year following church and lodge
buildings were constructed at Cor
gona and Cristobal. Since then land.
| has been granted for churches OF many
denominations. and the government has,
sold building material at cost to those.
who wish to put up such structures.
The commission requires that there
| shall he resident chaplains for the AM.
con and Colon hospitals, and tho par
sons or priests have to visit the wards
| OF the hospital daily and also to hold,
services over such of the patients as
Ole. have BEFORE me list of thu ,.
churches OF the zone, They arc of all
most every denomination, but there
| seem to be more Episcopal and Cath1
Ollie than of any of the others There
are fifteen chapiains In the commission
service. OF whom four are Episcopal
ians. four Baptists. three Roman Cath.
olics. two Methodists, one Wesleyan
I and one Presbyterian. There Is a.
Methodist Episcopal church In the city
| OF Panama. to which the communicates
from Anoon are carried in government
Carriages every Sunday.
Mission Work
| In addition to the regular churches,
considerable mission work and church
extension work is being done. There
is one West Indian mission at Empire.
which has $50 COMMITMENTS, and there
/ are other missions patronized by tina
/ west Indian negroes. There is col
ored mission at Cuiebra and a Young
Mems Colored Institute there
I There are also number OF Sunday
! schools on the zone. some for negroes
and some for whites. The negro Sum
day schools are the oldest, those for
white children dating back only to
| 1905. The white Sunday schools are
fourteen in number. and their enroll
! ment is something like 700.
The Salvation Army.
Tho salvation Army began its work
here eight years ago, when one OF the
soldiers from Jamaica came and sub
mittcd a plan OF salvation to the gov
ernor OF the zone. He was given
! house In Cristobal and later on the
commission appropriated several thou
sand dollars for a building there. This
| contains restaurant. kitchen, a.
reading room and a dormtory. includ-
ing bath and toilet rooms. 1t has also
living apartments for tho commander
and his son.
| The Salvation Army work Is confined
almost entirely to the negroes, all
though at its quarters some whites
are occasionally registered. During
| one week the guests included Ameri-
cans. English. Scotch, Scandinavians.
Russians. Bohemians. Jamaicans. Chill
cans. Peruvians and Barbadlans. More
than so per cent. of the men who come
to these quarters pay back what they
receive beforo leaving the isthmus, and
| the institution is self-supporting.
Lodging costs IS cents a night to those
who can pay. and the others have their
! beds free.
| In addition to the quarters at Cris-
tobal. another salvation building is to-
| bo erected at Panama, and outpost
work is carried on also at Gorgona and
| Empire.
Copyright 1912. by Frank g. Cara,
penter.)