Pueblo chieftain., 1921-03-28
A SALVATION ARMY IDEA

week summed up the aim of the resi-
dence and the policy Of the manage
| ment when he said There must be no
lack OF courtesy. nothing left undone
that win make for the comfort ami
happiness Of our guests"
Ever since plans FOR the home became
known, Major MCGEE has been kept
busy explaining the details to girls
who want rooms. The prices for room
and board average about the same
a. the government doTmltories. except
that there Is wider range Of prices
at the residence for young women. 4
few OF the more expensive rooms ar
! sttll vacant. but Il Is believed they will
soon be rented. The salvation Army
has established similar residences in
/ New York, Cleveland. Chicago, and Los
! Angeles and there arc always waiting
/ lists Of applicants In these cities
serve for the sake OF Service
The residence Is expected TO be self
supporting. but not profit-mak!nS n
IL IS found that any pronts remain aft
cr cNpsn nses are paid. tho surplus II
10 be put back into the project 20 paw
for improvements or else the rates
charged viii be lowered
The residence Is business project.
but on nhilanthropic basis. You can
understand that when you know that
tho salvation Army officer and his vile
who are 20 manage Il will draw a sal
ary ot ilS a wcek-not apiece, but both
together. StaN Captain w. II. Hcift
and his wife who saw service abroad
in the Salvation Army huts arc COM
ing TO take charge. 1t VII mean
says Major MeGtc. working all DAY
long, l. hours. "a hours a day doing
whatever ls necessary to meet tho
need. You cannot hlrc manager Who
would work that WAY. But tho Army
people do II because their one aim rs
service
Evon since the war, when the SALIVA
tion Army made d1uEhuuts famous.
people often associato tho organization
with nothing cls6 but religious service
and mon who are down. hut a.
tho Army says, never cut. There o.
good deal more TO the salvation
! Army than this, Now for Instance.
/ when many people have let their on
thusl1sm Tor war work grow luko
warm or colder, tho salvation Army 90
doing two important pieces Of work.
For two years and p half it has been
sending RELAYS Of wounded soldiers 90
spcnd two weeks In Atlantic city.
] Twenty-Five or thirty boys from Wal
I ter k""d hospital arr selected every
two weeks and soldiers in other hos-
pitHla % nearby states are also some
times Included In the parties. Thc boys
are provided for from tho time they
leave tho hospital until they return.
ANfF ANN INh W az AANAF QAAENtIH
maintained gor them. and Atlantic city
welcomes them thru It's citizens hy pas
srs Co tho movies, invitations 10 din
nHr. and automobile rides.
The salvation Army kept this work
I up for a year aud a half after the war
and then tho war fund ran out. Tho
I salvation Army said that it could not
| afford TO continue, but rather than
have the soldiers visits stop. Atlantic
/ city voted to put up {-6coo from the
/ city funds TO continue the work another
| year
Another piece OF war work tho Sal
/ vation Army has just started. This ~
I au offer of service to relatives OF dead
Z soldiers whose bodies are being brought
I to this country, to Arlington cemetery.
l often the relatives OF these soldiers
| ara unable TO come to Washington to
/ be present at the military interment
| ceremonies. and the salvation Army Of
| fcTs TO represent thcm at the services
| and tn write them about tt afterwards
| or, II relatives or friends come to
| Washington, for this purpose. the sal
I walton Army saws II will be glad to
| know beforehand. So that II can send
| some one to meet them and do any
/ thing possible to hclp them during their
stay tn Washington.