The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-03-02

in the Army because my mother was and so it happened that they both joined the Army and as one by one the little family increased. each of us was
 dedicated to the Salvation Army
 "At first I was not definite about my own calling to the Army Captain Bouterse said 'because being the youngest I felt it my duty to stay at
 home and lend my help to things about
 the house; but later 1t came to me that
 my place was along with the rest in the. front ranks of the Salvation Army.
 and so I joined also.
 "I have served appointments in sev- eral southern cities" Captain Bouterse said Among them being Rome, Ga, Augusta, Charleston, s. C., and Jack sonvilIe, Fla; it was in Jacksonville that l received my promotion to the rank of captain. l graduated from the Salvation Army Training college in New York city in 1915, and went right into active service.
 'I am often asked if the work is diff
 ficult." Captain BouteEse continued
 "and I am forced always to say: Not to me- because, you see. l have never known anything else. Born and reared in a Salvation Army home, learned early the first great essential, 'Obe- dience and sacrifice Of course, I was used to sacrifice, that wasn't new to me so that my life fitted into the work from the moment was born
 My first work at 16 years of age, Captain Bourterse said, was among girls. It was rescue work. Not Tn rescue home but that sort of work
 In Birmingham my work is different I have charge of the religious work, the street meetings, the singing, and also of the financing of the work It is not a small task nor an easy one HI. 1, fo y,an 60 mi n Captain Bouterse continued, "because, as has often been said, the Salvation Army reaches class of people that no | other religious denomination reaches; I was brought up in cultured, godiy home and I realized that few girls | brought up under such circumstances l ever had the chance to pass on the great message as I had. No girl ever | had more saintly mother; her prayers and the beautiful example of her life | made me what I ann the home is the | foundation of life, and it is no credit to me that I am what I am, because l couldn't have been otherwise with the | mother and father I had
 "In the great s1O,000,000 drive which | the Salvati tion Army is to start in May" 1 Captain Bouterse said the money spent in Birmingham for new home will be of infinite value, both to the 1 Salvation Army and Birmingham. It will afford us a meeting place which is I comfortable, sanitary and adequate; the | officers quarters will be in the build- 1 ing and there will be much more at- l tractive surroundings to invite our | young people; we want to organize
 | the The Girls Guards" which is sim
 liar to the Girl Scouts organization
 | this is an innovation in the Salvation | Army and one which we believe will
 prove very beneficial and influential
 l The Girls Guard will dress like ou1
 | Salvationists in France-in uniform
 Sunday school work will be augmented
 too; the young people-the Sunday
 schoo1-these are the soldiers of the
 future in the Salvation Army-soldiers
 like my father and mother are grow
 ing old and soon must pass on to the
 l Great Beyond and it is to our young
 people we must look for our future sol