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y REPRESENTING nearly every
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guage and robed in costumes
characteristic OF the various lands OF
their nativity. seven hundred delegates
TO the Salvation Army Congress to be
held in London next June will leave New
York for that city May 80. 1t will be
Americas complete delegation. but II
no other country sends representatives,
1t will nevertheless be proper to say
that all the civilized world will be
represented.
But all other countries will send dele
cations. From far away Australia
seventy men and women will carry the
Salvation Armys flag. 1t is safe to
say. however that no country other
than the land in which the organization
was born will have as large, as repre-
sentative or as enthusiastic a delega-
ton as Uncle Sam will send to the city
which sprawls along both banks Of
Old Father Thames.
The singing brigade. each member Of
which will wear a cowboy hat. is de-
pended upon to keep the delegation
constantly in the limelight. This Or
ganization will be strongly seconded by
the Kentucky Mountaineer contingent
This contingent operates under the d.
rection Of Col. Richard Holz Of Phila-
delphia. 1t goes into the mountain fast
nesses Of the Blue Grass State and
works among the inhabitants who are
said to be engaged in the Illicit manu-
facture Of whiskey.
At first 1t was a risky business. for
the mountaineers were quite willing to
believe that a Secret Service agent
would don the garb Of a Salvation Army
preacher IL he thought by that method
he could lure his intended prey into a
trap. Now, however, mutual confidence
prevails and nowhere is a Salvation
Army man made more welcome than
>in the mountains Of Kentucky.
Commander Evangeline Booth of
course will lead the American contin-
gent. Il Is probable that she can be
induced to head the procession mounted
on an American steed. II she does she
will demonstrate to the satisfaction Of
LOndoners that her equestrian educa-
ton has not been neglected since she
was assigned to the command Of the
forces in this country.
This delegation typfies what an Eng
lish pastor recently said to an Ameri-
can minister Of the gospel.
I'VE" said the Britisher, shave gone
to all the world. But you have brought
all the world to you"
Perhaps the only country that will
not be represented in the American
delegation is China. And even the
Celestial Republic will have a native in
the company II Washington will give
assurance that he will be permitted to
return.
As is well known, Chinaman canno,
acquire citizenship, and when he leaves
the country he does so at his own risk
The absent Celestial occupies the same
status as the Asiatic allen who has
never entered the country.
I'VE took a Chinaman with us ten
years ago" said Col. William II. Cox
editor in chief Of the Salvation Army.
American publications, but We were
not permitted to bring him back w,
tried to obtain some assurance from
Washington that he would be permitted
to land again, but we were Informed
that il he left the country he would dc
so entirely at his own risk. We in
formed him OF the risk that he was tax
Ing, but he accepted the hazard ant
went along.
II shall never forget the look OF pail
that distorted the features Of the poo
fellow when We told him he couldn'
come back lie had conceived the ide,
that the Army was practically ON
nlpotent and that IA little thing like a,
exclusion law could be set aside at hi
behest, We did all We could for hin
ana finally Commissioner Booth Tucke