New Britain herald., 1918-01-15
EVANGELINE BOOTH
 ON WAR PLATFORM
Head of Salvation Army in Amer ica in S1,0Oo,Ooo Campaign


 of Commerce at Providence, R. l., Commander Miss Evangeline Booth, head of the forces of the Salvation Army in the United States. will ap- near at a great mass meeting on Sunday afternoon, January 27, and will be introduced to the citizens of that city and state. by Governor R. Livingston Beekman. With delega- tions from the Grand Army of the Republic and the Boy Scouts as spe- cial escorts and guards of honor, Miss Booth will enter the Majestic theater at 3 o'clock that afternoon and de- liver an address upon 'The Stars and Stripes" It is believed that this will be one of the most important and rousing patriotic meetings Rhode Island has ever experienced, for Miss Booth, whose abilities as an orator have made her world famous has a special message to convey, and will discuss the part that women, the world over. are playing in the great war.
 On Sunday, February 3rd, Com mander Miss Booth will appear at the Fremont Temple, Boston, under sim liar auspices, and again a great pa triotic meeting will be held. Each of the auditoriums engaged for the oc- casion seat about 5000 people.
 These appearances of Commander Booth are the unofficial opening of a campaign to follow in February--a quick campaign of educating the pub lie to what the Salvation Army is really doing in the war emergency, and raising a fund of one million dol lars throughout the United States to sustain the work long since estab- lished wherever the troops of the Allies are to be found.
 Why She Will Speak.
 The special message which Com mander Miss Booth will convey, has to do with these general facts; that when Germany struck at Belgium, the Salvation Army, which in Europe is a mighty organization and far-reach- ing in it's influences, at once mobi- lized when the nations opposed to Germany made ready to defend the cause of a world democracy. From that day to the present moment the Sa1vationists have been afield, work ing in perfect unison with the other recognized organizations for mercy, and serving as an important cog in the gigantic machine for war.
 Miss Booth will tell how 45,000 members of the Salvation Army are under arms and in the trenches of the Allies in Europe today. and how they have bled and died in proportion to their mum Der, while just back of the line and in many cases right up to the fighting zones, are 153 Saliva ton hutm ents, most of them double deckers, and all teeming with fighters h0 fnI pSt tion and help both material and spir- itual, within easy distance of the ac- tual front. The commander will tell New England women how 700 uni formed officers of the Salvation Army, mostly women, handle this great work, and especially what a benign effect the presence of good women has upon the men who respect them, and who treat them with great defer ence. Miss Booth will explain much | of the war that has not been made l clear before, and will particularly l show what the work of the Salvation l Army has been. At this moment there are AS ambulances, all given to the Allies and manned by Salvationists, | actually at work in the service in l France. It will be shown what clean | thinking and upright habits. and 1 well sustained hope in a future, have 1 to do with enabling men to go over the top to victory or to death, with out a regret or a murmur-and what l it all does for the 'Emorale'' which, above every other thing, wins wars. l Seven Huts in Europe.
 l When the United States entered the war, the American Salvationists at | once reported for duty with the troops 1 sailors, soldiers and prisoners of | war alike. There are now seven American hutments over there, besides a spacious establishment at the gate | of every cantonment or military camp in the United States.
 Just as we have a, special work to
 do in times of peace," says Col. Adam | Clifford, commanding the New Eng 1 land forces of the Salvation Army ! we have that same work to do in l times of war. The khaki does not change the man. We are striving to , handle that great element that comes to us anyway, and our task is doubly l difficult and serious since we have to | contend with the camp followers, and I reclaim them wherever possible, while
 still battling to stand between the men
 and the pitfalls that destroy not only
 themselves, but the high efficiency of
 any, army. We have, up to date, spent
 a million dollars in this work, every
 cent of it obtained from the small
 giVer. The money we now ask for is
 not much, and not one cent of it goes
 for local work. It is for the benefit
 of the men in France and this coun-
 try, and to buy yarn in order that our
 thousands of women may redouble
 their work in knitting for the Rec
 Cross. We have been honored with
 the written endorsements of President
 Wilson, Secretary Baker, and military officers of all ranks even privates anC
 invaHds; and we enjoy the confidence of the Red Cross and Y- M. c. A. botf
 of whom write us in glowing terms
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