The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-05-27

that the Salvation army post here is
their own and not a foreign organiza-
ton, Envoy League, sent out of the
indianapolis headquarters to start
financial campaign has written
paper explaining the financing and
work Of the army.
Mr.. League Is an advocate of the
Charity federation which has been
started here and believes charity will
be lifted to a higher lever than former
ly through its influence. His chief in
terest is to see that the Salvation
army posts are being properly receiv-
ed.
I'm Richmond the captains have to
spend three-fourths of their time in
collecting money for the bare ex
penses of the post" Mr.. League said
Many people think the captains here
are salaried men but they receive
nothing at all until all other necessary
expenses including the charity work,
have been provided for"
Writes of Work.
His paper follows;
"A Salvation post in every city
should be supported without any
SOLICITING for financial aid on the part
OF the workers Of the army because
every post is an organization for and
Of the city in which it is located just
as every church organization is and
shold be supported in such a substan-
tial manner that it's workers are able
tN devote all their time to the work in
which they are engaged; that is miss
ionary and charity work
This work is carried on by the
salvation army post among the poor
and lowly classes existing in every
community, which because of social
conditions are beyond the reach of Or
binary Christian influence. The corps
tas to numbers) of each post, is built
up from and composed of the poor
people Of each city in which the post
is located just as a church organiza-
ton is composed of the local resi-
dents of a city.
THE army becomes a permanent
working force for the good of city
and is dependent upon the support Of
the residents for its existence. 1t car
ries out the purpose Of doing the vel
fare work of the whole city among
the poor and unfortunates, acting as
the agent of the citizenship.
Soldiers Not Paid.
"A great many people think that
every Salvation army soldier they see
is drawing a salary. Such is not the
case. Local members wear the uni
form but receive no more pay for
their services than the members Of a
church congregation, The regular
army officers in charge are the only
| ones who receive salary.
But before he receives a salary, he
| must pay all the expenses Of the local
post, rent. fuel, light and bills incurred
in careing for the needy poor. If there
iC h,llC ylf of hn Il Of hn
he receives no pay and closes the
books for the month to start on an
other month";
THE Salvation army post here is
strictly a Richmond institution and is
here for the purpose of carrying on
the home missionary and charity
work. The whole purpose OF the work
is to make better citizens of the
people we reach, spiritually and
morally. thereby beneiting the whole
community for anything done to bring
about a better moral and social con-
dition is beneficial to every citizen liv-
ing in Richmond
In this work, the Salvation army
virtually becomes your employe and
agent and is subject to the call of
every citizen to perform this duty just
as the fire department is subject to
the call or every citizen. In order to
do good work and accomplish the re-
suits, the financial support Of the
, citizens is absolutely essential. You
would not expect your fire department
to render efficient service for you if
the members were required to devote
part of their time to collecting money
for their support.
Dayton Gives Help.
I'm Dayton, according to Dr. Gar
land, the Salvation army post will re-
ceive this year $500 towards its sup
port as part Of the Federated charities
In Richmond. under the present man.
ner of support given by the citizens,
more than hreefourths Of the time of
the workers is required in soliciting
from individual to individual in
daily canvass to exc out a bare exist
ance for the post
The result is that the workers are
able to give only a small portion of
their time to the real work of the
organization. This is poor business
and you are not getting efficient SER
vice from your workers. The blame