Evening star., 1920-03-11
SALVATION ARMY
BUYS NEW HOME
Old Civil Service Commission
Building Will Soon Be
RemodeIed.

| Purchase by the Salvation Army Of
| the old Civil Service Commission
| building at sth and L streets north
west was announced today. the state
| ment being made that it is the Army's
one of the largest Salvation Army
Headquarters in the United States.
| Details of the purchase were ham
! died for the Army by Col. +. l.. Holz
| of Philadelphia, commanding officer
of the Atlantic coast province of the
| salvation Army. The sellers end Of
| the transaction was in the hands of
II. Rozier Dulaney. Consideration is
! said to have been nearly 100000, all
of which was paid in cssh, the money
having been raised in tnsG al:y during
! the Army'S financial campaign last
May. Announcement of the purchase
| of the building, Salvation Army Of
| ficials declare, is ample fulfillment Of
the pledge that $50 per cent of the
/ money raised in Washington would
remain in this city,
Announced by Col. HoIz.
! Announcement of the purchase was
made by Col. Holz at the kiwanis
| Club luncheon at noon today on the
roof of the Hotel Washington.
! Col. Holz explained that the build
! ing would be entirely remodeled: that
4 INC pAfaHS ihtiuueu special ACCOUNTING
dations for woman government em-
| pioyes who are now having difficulty
finding proper living and recreational
| Ifaclllt1es. In addition there will be
club features for men. including
bowling alleys and living quarters.
The Army cannot. however. take pos
session for six months, as the govern
ment viii use it until about June /.
Host to Omcials.
| In addition to Col. Holz, the club
was host to Col. Barker and Col.
! Parker. Salvation Army officials from
national headquarters in New York.
and Commandant Elmer Johnson. the
officer in charge of the Washington
headquarters.
1T gives me great pleasure" Col.
Holz said. ito announce to the bust
ness men of Washington and all 9TH
ers who SO wonderfully supported the
Salvation Army in it's 1919 campaign
for funds. that we are using the bulk
of the money raised in Wa aS4ington
Sor the purchase of the civil service
building entirely for the benefits of
| Washington. The Salvation Army re-
alizes it should maintain a typical
and complete institution and organi-
cation in the nations. capital. We
know that aside from the warm per-
sonal support Washington has given
to the Army. the nations capital is a
spot from which radiate daily impress
sions which go to the uttermost cor
ners of the United States.
IF there were no other reason than
that, the Salvation Army should have
q splendid equipment here and we are
lall very glad that the wonderful re-
sponse to our 1919 campaign in Wash
ington made it possible to spend right
here in Washington the money which
was raised by Washington's business
men, aided by the splendid co-opera-
finn nf the
employees
Il shall not soon forget the stories
of the campaign coming to me from
Washington of the work of many OF
you gentlemen during the campaign
for ] know that the Kiwanis Club
was among the first to indorse the
Salvation Army. to subscribe liberal.
ly and to furnish solid business mer
who aided materially in that cam.
lpaign."