The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1919-05-08
SAL VAT|ON ARMY
PLANS CAMPAIGN
FOR END Of MAY
r C NSTR TioN PERIOD
BRINGS WORK OF FRONT
LINE TRENCHES TO STATE
OF MISSOURI.
GREAT WORK IN THE WAR
"shock Troops Of christendom" Face
Hardest Year in America With
Confidence.

Facing an enlargement of its work,
and with a treasury which has been
depleted through the demands Of
world at war; the Salvation Army in
America and particularly in Missouri,
is about to launch a campaign for
funds which will help to meet the
situation.
The returning soldier out of a job,
the girl who listened when tempta-
tons call was strongest the tiny
waif to whom society owes home, an
education and future, all are grist
to the great mercy mill Of the Saliva
ton Army.
The state is being called upon to
furnish S39 200 to finance the work
within it's borders and the Army has
pledged itself to see that the entire
sum goes to the men and women Of
the state, who because Of misfortune,
lose their foothold on the road of self
support.
1t has been necessary in the past
for corps officers to devote a large
part of their time to begging for
money to finance their work. The
Lassie with her tambourine had be-
come national figure long before
her khakiclad- sister of the battlefield
attained fame for herself and the
doughnut The drum offerings at the
open air meetings, house-to.house
canvass and the Christmas kettles
have been the medium through which
the Army has financed itself.
Under the budget system, which is
being used by the Salvation Army for
the first time in the state. no solicitors
will be employed in Missouri and all
of the financial work will be done in
each community by a local organiza
ton Of men and women who are in
terested in the work Of the Army and
have volunteered for the work.
Located at strategic points in the
state Of Missouri, in the hearts Of the
great cities where the boys and girls
Of the rural districts and the smaller
towns come to seek their fortunes.
are the rescue homes, maternity hos.
pitals, industrial homes, workingmen's
hotels, children's homes, young wom-
ems boarding homes, free employment
bureaus, missing friends bureaus,
training colleges and, since America
went to war, great hostels for the re-
turning fighters.
Never in the history of the Saliva
tion Army in the United States has
the call for Just this kind Of work
been so loud as it is right now and
the hard driven organization has
| oh fpll hn TO
ice.
The Salvation Army campaign has
the approval of the national govern
ment and Governor Gardner of Mis-
souri, has interested himself person
ally in the drive. In recent letter
to Lieut.. Col. John D. Sharp of ST.
Louis. the governor says in part: "It
is my sincere hope and belief that
you will accomplish great good in
the enlarged field of usefulness which
you are planning" Every govern
mental aid which is permissible wall
, be given to the Army according to ma
tional, state and county officials and
failure to secure the allotted quotas
in the counties would be regarded as
serious hindrance to the reconstruc-
tion work in America.
The expenditure of the funds raised
in the drive will in addition to financ-
, ing the corps work for the year. pro-
vide needed improvement and enlarge
ment of several institutions now in
operation.
Defenders of Old Glory learned OF
J the unselhsh spirit Of the Army work
er in an ordeal which tried their souls
| and brought them very close to the
men and women Of the Red Shield.
1t has been a spiritual influence as well
as physical that has been operating
through the coffee pot and the dough-
nut as shells were bursting and men
met death cheered by the smile of the
Christian Amazon.
Business men have called that serV-
ice which has been rendered by the
/ Salvationists in the war Service
| Plus" and have marvelled that hui
mans could Sc fer forget their own
a personal safety as to brave death con-
! tinuously in order to be of service to
others.
. Labor leaders, long friends Of the
S the trust which workers in America
g have placed in the organization and
S stand ready to aid in any and all
e work of the Salvationists.
"The true Salvationist recognizes
9 no other goal than complete success,
;, said Lieut.. Col. Sharp in recent in
tervlew. 1--WE have been forced in the
, past to make up for lack of financial
strength by the gruelling self-sacrifice
of our officers and volunteers II
. there is no other way. we will still &c
onward with this heart and nerve
:. breaking method, but We believe that
u an aroused public, spurred to action
d by knowledge Of the work which We
:. have been doing for the past half cen
e tury In America, will give freely
IS thereby becoming partners with Us y
q extending to the unfortunates on nfe'i