The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1919-03-20
Army
HOME SERVICE


religious and designed to save men
from sin, sorrow, disease, and death
in this world and the next. This is
the Army's objective and that is
why it is a Salvation Army. AS
means to that end it is necessary to
help men and women in material
wav. Men are 80 constituted that
body needs are much more apparent
and insistent than soul needs, and
by long experience the Army knows
that a hungry man asking for bread
is apt to consider sermon on the
condition of his soul as the proven
bal stone The Army recognizes
Christ as it's Commander-in-Ch Chief
and accepts as HIS commands for
every day duty the 35th and 36th
verses Of Chapter 25 of the Gospel
of st. Matthew.
For | was an hungred, and We
gave me meat; l was thirsty, and We
gave me drink; l was stranger,
and We took me in:
Naked, and We clothed me, was
sick, and we visited me; l was in
prison and We came unto me-
When the hungry are fed, tho
naked clothed, the sick and imprls-
oned are ministered unto they are
very willing to listen to the friend
who has helped them explain why
the help was given and in whose
name the service was rendered.
Army Activities
The Army activities are as varied
as the problems OF poverty. They
include shelter for homeless men
and women, homes for working girls.
children's homes, rescue homes for
unfortunate girls, maternity hospi-
tails. Stun work, day nurseries. cheap
food depots, cheap clothing and Sec
ond-hand stores, employment bureau,
work among the prisoners. medical
relief and sitting nurse work, sum-
mer outing for the poor, Christmas
and Thanks giving dinner baskets,
missing friends and inquiry depart.
ment, farm colonies etc.
Work in the Southwest
| The Army's work in the Southwest
is con- Daratively new and is not Oil
the same scale of Army activities i'll
the other parts of the country
where is has been in service for a
lorger period of time. Until recen,
years the Army has confined its &c
tivities to the larger cities of tht
J | 4 yx,I,o
but it is now extending its work I,
the smaller places. There are TWEEN
ty four Corps in this Division ant
the Army plans to double this worl
in the next few years.
The Army now maintains mater
nifty hospitals and rescue homes II
San Antonio and Ell Paso and it i
planned to establish similar institu
tions in Oklahoma and Louisiana a
soon as funds for the necessar
, buildings can be secured.
The Army now operates hotels fc
transient working men, and home
less men in Dallas, Galveston, Beat
mont and FIT. Worth and will extern
= this work according to its ability i
other cities. The Army plans to e:
!, tablish in this territory institution
similar to those in other large cite
of the United States, such as 0,
phanages, hospitals, homes for tn
aged. etc.
/, Community Centers
It Few of the Army Corps in th
L territory own the buildings they o.
!. able buildings for Army work in e
cry city and town where a Corps
II now established and is later esta
IS lished. 1t is planned to make thes
d buildings community centers whic
will be memorials for the soldier
who have fallen in France. In thes
but dirgs there will be auditorium
H. for services and meetings. The
viii be rooms for recreation ar
games, correspondence, readin
study and meetings of small group
W. There will be rest rooms for woms
and nursery for children. Eve
facility for comfort and convenient
,s will be provided and the buildir
will serve the purpose of a fami
club house.
Such a building will be of gre
". convenience to the country Peep
who visit the town in which it is
Gated and they can make it the
headquarters during the time tn
II are in town free of all charge. Su
al a building viii be a stinct ass
to the community in which it is
n. Gated and it will bring the count
" people to town, giving the city
We town which has an Army build!
a distinct trading advantage over t
III towns which have not. The bui
of ing will be open all day and in t
evenings and VIII be in charge of
= Salvation Army officer, the Arr
being responsible for its operati
and maintenance. The boys W
have been in France and who ella
club house and home while abro
viii! naturally turn to the Salvati
Army building in their town and
viii! serve as their club house he
Any town or city des ring to
cure such building with the ia,
tiles which it viii! furnish the co
munity may do so by ding the !
my to raise the necessary funds
its construction
Christian people, and all who
lieve in the Salvation Army code
practical service are asked to
IN the effort to raise funds for