Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-21
NEW CITADEL OF
THE SALVATION ARMY
Building at Fourth and Shipley
Streets Dedicated Yesterday
Afternoon.

In,pressive ceremonies marked the
a,.dt.,tion of the new Salvation Army
citadel. at the northwest corner OF
rcurth and Shipley streets. yesterday.
standing baicheadcd in the wind-blown
ssoyv officers and members watched the
stars and Stripes futter and snap in
thc air over the building that was once
"a saloon. The exercises We're attended
hv Mayor William q. Taylor. Henry Il.
lsaacs. 4. NJ Dillon, Col. Richard +.
l3slz Major William II. Barrett. and
many members and friends Of the Army.
IN open-air flag raising was held Mt
sA5 O'Clock. ON behalf Of the Patriotic
order sons oi America. W. w knowles.
a mcmbcr of that order. presented the
salvation Army with a beautiful flag.
Following the hag raising service. the
dedication exercises were held in the
auditorium OF the citadel. Lieutenant
colonel Arthur I. Brewer acted as
chairman and led il the singing. Prayer
was offered hv Rev. T. L. icauchanp,
pastor Of EpVorth NJ. +. Church.
Mayor Wi'liam c. Taylor spoke brief
y al the dedication exercises. There
are q great many people in the city of
wilmington hv said who do not
realgc their Indebtedness 10 the SAL
Walton ARMY. Their old slogan was a
man riaya be down but he is never out
That slogan was trur. because the SAL
vatiou Arml was there to help many
u. q who were down. and who were al
most out u#tfl thcv received aid The
new SalN.tt.u Army headquarters are
m good locality Th,z arc whore
tecnly can fnd them ana 90 there for
a4d The army Is ready to give tempo
r5lN help to those Who are down and al
most out aud 70 start them on the right
road 70 clean living and self-respect.
The people of this city are proud TO
have such an organization existing
here"
Henry r Isaacs said The people Of
Whining gton must be indebted to
Eternal God for putting into their hearts
Tho vision OF a new citadel like this
ThouEh u Is not in keeping with the
popular idea 81 the word citadel" he
said. "it is n place whore people may go
FOR aid and salvation
There has not been a time in the
past century said c. VI. Dillon. as
.sistant secretary Of the Chamber of
Commerce" when there was a greater
need for such an organization as the
salvation Army The people should
,.lr rtort IL No organization has more
iisht 10 have over IL the American flag
than the Salvation Army"
following the addresses Of Mayor
Tav.or. Mr. Issacs and Mr. Dillon. se1
I41 announcements regarding future
,er.rcs were made by Adjutant Ar
.nm cook. after which the dedication
address was made by Colonel Richard
i Holz. Co! Holz gave some idea OF
thr number Of new headquarters the
salvation Army was erecting in the
! uitcd States. and stated that in the
asst year there have hccn three new
buildings dedicated for every week OF
the year. There We're six former saloons
which had been renodeled into head
quarters IN which he had attended the
dedication exercises in the past year.
The prayer Of dedication was made by
Lieutenant Colonel Brewer. The young
peoples meeting was held in the citadel
a. sI5 O'Clock. followed by the Saliva
tion meeting az o'clock
IL was announced at the dedication
service that the regular S O'Clock week
day services would be as follows:
Monday. soldiers meeting tprivate).
Wednesday ard Thursday. Salvation
meeting. Friday. holiness meeting sat
urday. Free and Easy" The sunday
meetings were announced as follows.
1890. company meeting Sunday
SCHOOL,. $50. Christians praise meet
ing 5. salvation meeting.