The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-14

is one thing, however. he might aspire
| to. That is rank. II he Is captain he
! hopes to become an ensign, and then by
| Sow and laborous degrees an adjutant.
After that he seeks the honors of a
staff captain. and when he becomes a
major he feels that he has a greater
reward than all the banks in the coun-
! try can give him for his labors.
The average Salvation Army officer
| takes himself very seriously The
colonel on $40 week less his allowances
is probably more self-conscious than
any man of equal rank In the Federal
| army. To some persons this striving
\ after rank by half educated men is one
| OF the flaws In an organization that has
been built up with such infinite labor
| and held together by the wonderful
skill of its leaders.
II must be admitted that while the
| cost Of administering affairs in the Sal
walton Army Is probably less than in
| any other church or uplift orga nizatlon
in the world opportunities for graft
are not wanting. Whether these OPP
portunities have ever been awaited OF
| only those who are members Of the
cabinet and the guilty parties know.
| Trials of officers are never conducted
in public. and II there is any dirty
\
| behind closed doors.
The salaries quoted do not include
allowances. For instance. a major who
receives SIS Is allowed another Sc for
| house rent. II child enters his home
his allowance increases another dollar
"A week. and each baby adds that amount
| To his income When the child reaches
| the age Of the allowance is increased
| to 50 week and remains at that sum
until II is ;6 years old, when the special
income ceases This applies to all off,
GERS Of the Salvation Army.
1t amounts to the subsldization OF
| mothers and is discrimination against
bachelors. Whether this policy has en-
| couraged reproduction IT IL difficult to
say. but the fact remains that a Saliva
| ton Army officers home without child
| Is about as rare as the proverbial hens
teeth. Moreover, those who are most
intimate with the officers OF this remark
bale organization declare that the chill
dren are usually well dressed. well fed,
plump and healthy.
When the Salvation Army was new
II depended upon voluntary offerings to
sustain it. But as it grew older and
branched into other Work than the
purely spiritual 1t saw the need of put
would never do merely to depend upon
the lasse with her tambourine on the
street corner for the means necessary
| to carry on the war. Commissioner
, Booth-Tucker Instituted the plan Of col
lectlng waste material largely by more
or less wasted men. He said people
would willingly give an old chair where
they would begrudge a nickel. But the
old chair would he worth number OF
nickels to-the salvation Army.
Seventeen years ago this formidable
institution was threatened with COM
plete and instant dissolution because it
was unable To- raise the small sum of
five thousand dollars. 1t was without
standing, without credit and really
lacked legal existence. The employees
not officially associated with the move
ment clamored for their pay and there
was none to give them. The banks re-
fused absolutely TO carry the organiZa-
ton over the rocks.
At the critical moment former Tam
many captain came to the rescue. He
was a lawyer named Madison Ferris He
il now n brigadier In the Salvation
Army and head of its legal department.
THAT was a blue day for the Sal
walton Army" said Brigadler Ferris.
The late Mrs. Booth-Tucker was agi-
tatedly pacing the floor Of the executive
office as | entered. She turned to me
and asked IL | knew of any way to ex-
trlcate ourselves from the dilemma.
darlington Booth had disrupted the
army by retiring from It and taking
with him a number OF efficient officers.
II told the Consul. as she was called
in those days, to prepare note. have
her husband and herself attach their
signatures and give 1t to me. On this
frail security | said ! would obtain the
needed money. She declared that IL
would do it she would kiss me on both
cheeks. ! laughed and departed on my
errand. | went To a certain bank but
was coldly received by the cashier He
Informed me In emphatic terms that
there was nothing doing
I'm desperation | appealed To the
president Of the bank.
: "'What security have you to oner?"
he asked me-
| Il told him I considered the Saliva
ton Army's note ample security for so
small an amount"
; But my dear fellow, can you not
see that It is absolutely no security at
p alp he said. The organization has no
legal existence. II Is not incorporated
and in the event Of default whom could
: VIZ sue II Wbulu DE dDSufu IN view OF
, the recent trouble TO accept any such
paper
/, 81 was desperate. told him that
/ l would indorse the note. He asked
, me what security l would give. in
formed him that j was Il member OF
the State Bar Association. Of the Ma
tional Bar Association and OF the County
: Bar Association ! told him | pledged
. my honor, my reputation and my char
a acter. In the course OF our CONVEX
. sation the fact developed that we with
out knowing II had some very valuable
n associations In common. The result
Il was that | got the money. Since then
: have often joked with the banker
about his unwillngness to trust the
A Salvation Army"
n 1t Is difficult to compute the cost OF
a administering the affairs of the Sal
. walton Army in general because OF the
fact that much Of the money collected
= is used exclusively in the spiritual do
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