The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1919-09-24
fighting with the Allied army

fighting with the Allied army ir
France?
One night when Col. Forbes was
moving his soldiers from the trenches
where they had been for fifteen days
and in their hike back toward the S
0. S. one of his leiutenants saw hut
in the distance, so he thought that
would Re good place for his men to
rest. He went to the hut and knocked
and was answered by a Salvation
Lassie. When he asked if they had
anything to eat in the hut, she told
him they had only thirty cases of
oranges but his men were welcome
to them. The Captain called his men
and told them there were thirty cases
of oranges in the hut and they could
have them free of charge. I'll tell
| you it wasn't many minutes until the
thirty cases of, oranges were reduced
to the paper they were wrapped in
and the boxes they were packed in
They ate peeling and all
When the troops were being moved
into the Lemons section the General
noticed a motor truck ahead of the
troops On the road. He detailed top
sergeant to make an investigation and
see what right this truck had to be
ahead of the troops. The top sergeant
reported, "Sir, Salvation Army
Lassie with three barrels of dough
and two barrels of grease, two adjust
able stoves for doughnuts for the
troops Is ahead" During this en-
gagement this Lassie was shot
through the thigh and limb, though
not mortally, yet quite seriously
wounded The general commanded
that she be brought into the hospital
in one of the ambulances but her
reply was 'There are soldiers more
seriously wounded than I, that need
the ambulances and | can go on in
the ammunition wagon"
Our object was not to make money,
for we actually sold things at loss,
but to serve others. Now, the ques-
ton may arise, where did we get the
money for these things The Salvation
Army served the doughnuts and the
Elks lodge served the dough-. When
our commander in New York had a
call for supplies she gathered all of
the money in all of the larger cities
treasures and bought her supplies,
got them loaded on a boat and then
found that by making cash pay
ment On the space occupied in the !
boat. she could save five or six
thousand dollars. She went to the
Grand Exalted Ruler of the B. P. O. /
E. lodge in New York and told him
the facts in the case. He invited her
to be seated He went into consulta-
ton with his staff, appeared upon the
scene few minutes later presenting
her with check for 100000 as a gift
from the B. P. O. E.'lodge, No. l, of
New York City; also advising her
that the B. P. O. Els were putting
over drive in New York city and
also in New York state, and that he
was writing to the eighteen hundred
lodges throughout the country, ask
ng them to get behind the Salvation
army drives, assuring the lodges that
when they picked the Salvation Army,
hey picked a winner
Now as to the work we are doing
here IN your midst, in Spokane there
we're 22O girls taken care of in the
rescue home in one year. 1t costs US
FAC per girl for one year. Can you
i've ON SAG dollars a year? No, neither
.an !, but these girls were we'll taken
care cf en- this amount.
While | was at Pomeroy, Wash,
heard of young girl who was in the
county Jail, SO | decided to take her
back to Spokane with me. I went
o the Jail and had a talk with her
n the presence of the jailor. She
consented to go with me. got the
sheriff, the prosecuting attorney and
he Judge together. They had the !
rial, she pleaded guilty and was
given 80 days with the promise she 7
would go to the Salvation Army
escue home in Spokane. I took her 7
With me and when her time was up
asked her what she was going to do. {
he said, Stay right here in Spokane
nd work. 1t was the Salvation Army n
7no gave me help when / most needed
:, so | am going to stay here under q
heir protection" There are thous-
nds of girls being helped in this way v
very year, and when the unfortunate
III has been taken care of, her baby T
) not taken from her, but she is
aught the love of motherhood and is F
'und good job where she can sup
ort herself and baby just as soon as S
ne is able to do So