Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-12
1000 DELEGATES TO OPEN
SALVATION ARMY RALLY
25O Meetings Scheduled During
Six Days of Convention
in Philadelphia

The thirty-seventh annual congress OF
the Salvation Army opened in Philadei-
phia this afternoon with parade begin
ming the sixday session. This is the
first Salvation Army convention ever held
here, and the first ever held anywhere OUT
side of New York city During the SIN
days Of the conycnton more than 25O meet
ings, business and social, Will be held az
the various corps headquarters throughout
the city.
The convention Centers about the new
Memorial Hall of the army at Broad street
and Fairmount avenue, the cornerstone OF
which was dedicated by Commander Evan
geline Booth at 3 o'clock this afternoon
The convention will be divided into special
sections, which will meet throughout the
city at the local corps rooms.
MORE THAN 1000 DELEGATES
More than 1000 persons, members Of the
Salvation Army. of all ranks are attending
the convention. There are delegates from
all States east of the Mississippi. including
a number from Chicago, which is head
quarters for States west of the Mississippi.
The Chicago delegation represents the
Western States at the convention, though
taking no active part in the proceedings.
The convention began at 23O this
afternoon with a parade of all members of
the army in Philadelphia and visiting dele
gates from the Memorial Building. Broad
street and Fairmount avenue The route
was from the building to Fourth and OK
ford street, to the site of the army's first
open-air meeting, and back to the building.
At 8 o'clock Miss Both dedicated the
building. Delegates then went to their
headquarters and at Z o'clock will take
part in open-ar rallies throughout the city,
under the directions of ten of the Philadel'
phia corps.
One of the big days of the convention will
be tomorrow. when officers oS the army will
speak at special services In 'seventy-f1ve OF
the city churches. Miss Booth will be the
speaker at Bethany Presbyterian Church to-
morrow morning in the main congregation
room, Twenty-seconC and Bainbridge
streets.
CHURCH SERVICES
Three of the afternoon church services
will be given over to leadership by the army
officers and in the evening thrty-five other
churches will entertain other officials of
the organization.
The dedication of the memorial building
by Miss Booth will be held tomorrow after
| noon at $3.50 at Broad street and Fairmonut
avenue. This will be followed two hours
later by flag raising at the building and
In the evening there will be open-air meet
ngs
A second big parade will be held on Mon
day from the headquarters of the Eighth
and Vine street corps to the memorial build
ing, by way of Vine and Broad streets
Tuesday will be given over to executive ses-
sions of the officers council in the memorial
building.
There will be other parades on Wednes.
day and on Wednesday night a great ami
versary demonstration at the Baptist Tenn
pie Broad and Berks streets, with Miss
Booth presiding. on Thursday and Friday
the last day of the convention, there will be
staff councils in the memorial building
One of the features of the convention
will be the placing OF tablet. by special
permission of Councils. at Fourth and OK
ford streets, where the first open.air meet
ing of the Salvation Army was held in
Philadelphia. This will be part of the cele-
bration Saturday.