Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-24
ARMY
TAG DAY SUCCESS
1O1 Cadets Collected Between
$1,000 and $1,000 Here
Band Concerts Are Given

The demonstration and tag day con-
Quoted by the cadets of the salvation
Army Training College on Saturday
was successful both from a financial
and moral standpoint The exact
amount of money collected viii not be
known for another day or two put II
is estimated to be anywhere between
$500 and $4,000. Less than one
third of the collection boxes had been
counted up to noon today. revealing
.S57S in the ones opened. Ihe Work
of counting is made SLOW because OF
the fact that each one OF the Iassles
and lads of the Salvation Army VINO
worked on the streets wishes TO know
the amount which each collected and
for that reason each box IS belng
counted separately, instead or having
the entire amount counted by ma
chine coin separator
The experience> OF having 101 sal
vation Army cadets in the city sat
urday was enjoyed equally by the gems
eral publ.> and by the cadets them
selves. 1t was the first time in thelr
experience that the cadets had gone
out on the highways and byways col
Iecting money and al We're greatly
elated because of the generous ana
courteous treatment tney received.
From noon until o'clock in the
afternoon the lads and lassies reaped
a harvest, stopping work at that iiIi9
for supper. They We're out on lhe
, streets again shortly before six O'Clock
and continued collecting until o'SV
O'Clock when they all assembled at
the Salvation Army headquarters TO
march in a body to the Staten Island
ferry to catch the nine o'clock train
for bone 1t was close to midnight
before the cadets reached their col
lege in Morris Heights.
The Cadets Band gave concert az
Hobart and Smith streets between
II and / o'clock and were then taken
TO New Brunswick in-. automobiles
where a concert was given between
and 3:15. On the return of the
band to this city a concert was start
| ed at Hobart street about 4:3O o'clock,
but was terminated shortly thereafter
because of the rain. Again at six
o'clock an open air meeting was start
ed, bu was halted because of shower.
| The meeting was resumed about
| seven o'clock with a huge crowd in
attendance. Colonel Miles addressed
the audience. as did "Joe" Taylor an
ex- service man from New York,
| Seventy three dollars was contributed
| by the audience at this meeting.
Cadet Miss St. John working on "A
| Staten Island ferry was the leading
| collector of those so far tabulated.
MISS 81. JOnn ana lilTec olHSI 'aSSi~'
worked in pairs aboard the two ferry
boats. Miss st. Johns collection box
contained $6633. The figures for the
other three workers have not been
ta bulated. Cadets Ceciele and Doro :
| thy Wager, Salvation Army twins. ran
n close race. the former collecting
s42.53 and the latter 1920. One OF
| the twins sold the first tag TO be dis
posed of to Traffic Officer Durham az
Madison avenue and Smith street.
When the Salvation Army cadets
| left the headquarters Saturday night
they started their marching by giving
a Salvation Army college cheer. All
the way down Smith street they were
given an ovation by the public who
made their farewell one which pleased
the cadets.
Although the ajority of the money
collected was in half dollars quarters
dimes, nickels and pennies. several of
the workers brought dollar bills
, The appeal for funds for the Saliva
| ton Army will continue all this week.
| A large number of substantial con-
| tributions are needed to make a sue
cess of the appeal. The purpose Of
( the campaign is to raise 10000 to-
ward paying off the mortgage on the
Salvation Army Hotel. This mortgage
is now $4,000.