The Monmouth inquirer., 1920-06-03
BOY SCOUTS HELP
TAME Wild TRIBE


Kavali, Madras Presidency, India,
Jan. 10.-Under the direction Of the
British Indian Government American
Baptist missionaries are adapting oc-
cidental methods in educating and 9TH
crwise making good citizens Of one Of
tie so called criminal tribes of India.
This tribe, known as the Erukalas, is
made up of what in another country
could be called gypsies or brigands and
has been rounded up by the govern
ment into this region.
The wild men and women of the
tribe are being taught to work, and the
boys and girls of the tribe are put in
school with other children of this place.
The Criminals" as they are called,
number two-thirds of the enrolment in
the school. Exhibitions from time to
time of the work of the pupils brought
out a procession Of the Erukalas, and
the sight of one of their children recit
ing in a class was a source of intense
pleasure.
So responsive have the Erukala boys
proven that a pageant was given re,
Gently dealing with the Great War
Several government officials who were
present at the pageant were surprised
at the discipline
Discipline has been aided by the in
PRODUCTION of the Boy Scout movement
The Head Master Of the Kavali School
first took the training in Madras. and
then he put some twenty of the boyi
the confidence of the common people
like this Salvation Army has won them
in recent years. | am going to pull
off my coat and do some real work
that will show where l stand when 1t
comes to weighing the homely, unos-
tentatious and highly practical relief
methods of this amazing band of work
! ers. heard the call The problems of
the poor are there to be solved, and
they can use my poor efforts perhaps,
so have answered the call.
81 won't do much talking in the com
ing drive. / will do real work, and
when l do talk l don't want to talk to
anyone but actual workers. There will
be no speech making by me to those
who might be curious to hear a former
cabinet officer In action. but who are
not interested in the work of the Sal
walton Army. l shall talk to workers
and only to workers. The day for ora
tory in such matters has gone. We are
down to brass tacks
~ think l owe it as a citizen of
America to show my understanding
and appreciation of the helpful work
the Salvation Army is doing in It's res
cue homes, maternity hospitals. free
clinics, Industrial homes, fresh air
farms and tenement house relief work.
my testimony is not needed, how
ever, In this matter. There are 2,000,-
600 or 100000 of young Americans
who went into the recent war either
unaware that the Salvation Army ex-
listed or having no use for its methods
if they did know of it. So far as / can
Learn these men came out OF that war
unanimous on one subjeet-and that
was that the Salvation Army under
stood the average man, knew how to
deal with him and simply delivered
the goods on the 100 per cent basis.
'There is NO division of opinion on
that one subject There could haye
been no greater test for the Salvation
Army than the test it received In the
war. So after all 1 am merely adding
my voice to the mighty chorus have
referred to when I say that the Saliva
ton Army has long since won the right
to make an appeal to the rest of us
~ 4
will not make that appeal in vain.
"The Salvation Army one year ago
abandoned its old custom of begging
in the streets the year around so that
its workers could devote all of their
time and attention to the poor II
makes an annual appeal each May.
Personally I know of no greater bui-
wark that could be raised against the
rising tide of human unrest than to
strengthen the hands of this band Of
self sacrificing Christian toilers who
have the confidence of all men and wo-
men, regardless of race, creed, color or
position in life. / think it is impor-
tant for the interests of our advancing
civilization that such a practical and
WDOieSOIu6 NtIh u6 SllAHuldlcA anu
maintained to the utmost
'They say there are no down and
cutters any more. Personally do not
believe it, or If did believe>it would
know that the abnormal times have
swung the pendulum back too far on
one side-and that it viii swing far
to the other side directly. There will
always be a bottom to society. The
poor will always be. with us. We owe,
it to our fellow men to know our Neigh,
Dor and share his troubles and prob
lens, and only by that method can we,
In all fairness and righteousness, keep
the scales even in this life.
II am proud to face the problems of
the poor with the Salvation Army in
such a trying hour, and | hope that
American men and women will stand
with me in the work ahead of US. But
they must be workers. shall have no
time to entertain mere observers"