The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-07-17
Captain Buyer Clad 10 Be
Back ID This City
INCIDENTS OF HIS TRIP
Great Gathering Of saIVationists
In London; Voyage Across
Broad Atlantic

tam r. -. Buyer OF the local corps
OF the Salvation Army today. al
have not seen a spot since left
that looks so good to me as old
Mankato. fed that ought to tell
you that right now. They can have
all the dear old England that they
want and the ocean thrown in, but
give me America every time.
Here Is the red hat that ] wore
while I was over there. Both the
men and the women Of the whole
American delegation Of seven hun.
.dred wore these hats. The English
would look at these hats as we
passed on the streets, greet us and
cry. oh you Americansi' II was
amusing to see them stare at us
through those eye glasses that many
OF them carry attached to a string.
People Were Very Courteous.
The English people extended to
us the utmost courtesy on every
hand. This was all the more notice.
able since the news came OF the
sinking Of the Empress of Ireland.
When that vessel went down a hun
dred and sixty Salvationists lost
their lives, and the knowledge OF
this seemed to have a visible effect
on the way the English people re.
garded us. There was not one Sal.
vatlonist, as far as has been dis
covered. who tied a life preserver
to himself. Every Salvationist was
busy helping the other fellow.
Here are some photographs
have brought with me. am loaded
with information, and l cannot be
gin to tell you ali I have. but
have brought home q complete diary
and have rood record of ali that
was done during the entire time OF
the congress Here is picture OF
the Embankment, opposite the
Thames river. Every Englishman
knows what Is meant by the En-.
bankment. Here is a Japanese party
Of delegates and here are some Chi.
nese. I tell you the Salvation Army is
a worldwide institution. Here is
Commander Lucy Booth Helberg,
daughter of the founder himself.
This is General Bramwell Booth OF
England and Colonel KitehIng, his
secretary. This shows the delegates
gathered in the cemetery at the
memorial service over the grave of
General William Booth. Here are
Korean Salvation Army officers.
You notice their huge hats. Here are
Zulus from far-of Zululand OF South
Africa, who came to attend the con-
gress. This picture was taken on
board the steamer Olympic, which
took our delegates over.
Colonel There Also.
You see Colonel Roosevelt right
In the middle OF the picture. The
colonel tipped his hat to our red
head-gear and declared that we were
the best-looking Americans he had
ever yet seen. The colonel was on
his way to Spain TO attend the wed.
ding Of his SON, Kermit. He got OF at
Cherbourg, France.
This big picture in two sections
shows our gathering at Hyde park.
The English papers declared that
there were all OF two hundred thous-
and people there. There were ten
thousand Salvation Army delegates
in the march. These represented
fifty-nine countries and spoke thirty
four different languages. There were
two hundred brass bands. This re-
markable gathering took place on Sat.
urday. June IS. At this gathering the
people could not possibly listen to
one speaker. There were platforms
here and there through the immense
crowd. and people OF different ma
tionailties clustered around different
platforms TO hear addresses in their
own respective languages.
Meeting In The Strand.
MANY of our meetings were held
at The Strand. This was fitted up
for the occasion as an immense
auditorium. Here we're delegates OF
many nations and many languages
They all wanted to hear General
Booth. and this was accomplished
in q unique way. On the platform
where the general spoke, were In
terpreters. each with a telephone
from which ran wires to many seats
each seat with a telephone In this
way the interpreter could talk to all
his people at once and each interpreter
kept translating the generals speech
and speaking II through the telephone
in the language Of his own delegation
Thus the people of many tongues
managed to hear General Booth and
understand him while he spoke. They
were indeed enthusiastic In theii
applause AlIeluias In many Ian
guages we're shouted forth from
time TO timeg An Of our delegates
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