The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-09-02
SALVATION ARMY
PLANS new WORK
Training School to Develop More
Officers for Tasks of
Reconstruction.
TO HAVE LARGER BUILDING
College Gives Men and Women Severe
Tests for Social Welfare Work
Students Trained With
Care and Patience.

New York.-The Salvation army,
now that the war Is over, is planning
and preparing for Its work Of recon
struction. The active part that the
army took In the war called many of
Its officers and men to France, many
are still there and may be for some
time, and since the army and its work
has been growing and expanding there
Is at present a real need for more
officers. A few days ago the army
graduated a class Of fi~fty-four officers.
thirty-three of whom were women.
When the next class Is sent out 1t
will be twice this number.
This institution trains Its students
with infinite al and patience. 1t
has Its training college at 1893 West
Twenty-second street, which is in
charge of Colonel Charles Miles, who
has been a member Of the army for
thirty-eight years. In the near future
the army will either purchase or erect
a larger and more commodious college
building at an expense, If necessary,
of between 100000 and 100000.
Many College Graduates.
Many officers today In the Salvation
army are college or university grad
yates, and others were just graduated
from the worlds school Of hard
knocks. They are all, however. men
and women of more than average in
telligence, and some have made really
great sacrifices for the privilege of
wearing the simple blue uniform of
the organization. OF the class just
graduated n young man won honors
and a degree at Cornell university,
and seventeen of them were in the
country's service during the war, one
of whom won the croix de guerre.
Since the war many soldiers and sail
ors have expressed a desire to join the
organization.
1t is not an easy matter to become
an officer In the Salvation army be-
cause the organization Is exceedingly
particular about getting the right kind
Of men and women to guide Its des-
tinies, and, although many r called
few are chosen, and a person before
becoming an officer is put through a
! rather severe acid test. Some a n
didates are quickly disillusioned at
the outset by the smallness of the pay,
for l~ieutenants and captains receive
but 50 and $12 q week, and must pay
for their board and lodging out Of
this sum, and they also pledge them
selves to remain with the army for
life. They must devote all their ener-
gies to the organization, and r not
permitted to labor outside of their
work for remuneration. A major-and
M must have worked long and faith
fully to attain such a high rank-re-
ceives a salary Of $21 a week and a
small allowance for house rent and
for each child. Most of the higher
and older officers in the army could
go out into the world and make a fat
living without any difficulty. and they
have been frequently offered lucrative
positions, which they have refused be-
cause they have preferred to be faith
full to their trust.
To become an officer in the organi-
cation a candidate must possess a
certain degree Of natural intelligence,
must love the Lord and his neighbor,
and must possess the fndefinable some