The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-10-12

From there they were sent to take
charge of the metropolitan division,
with headquarters in New York city.
Their next charge was the eastern
New York division.
Next Move
No itinerant Methodist preacher
could ever have a more varied career
than an officer in the Salvation
Army, and so we find the Evans fam
lily removing next to take charge of
the New York division of the Saliva
ton Army, with headquarters in Al
bany. When they left Albany they
were sent to Chicago, to open the
work of the Army in the entire vest
ern part of the United States, their
territory extending from Chicago to
Denver and a thousand miles north
and south as Well-approximately a
million square miles of territory was
embraced in the zone in which new
corps were opened during the next
three years. Seventy-six new corps
were opened in as many different
cities, including Chicago, Denver, st.
Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis. st.
Paul and as far south as Mobile in
our own state.
Opening a Corps
And Opening a corps" was no easy
job in those days, either, for they
could not just send to the Training
college for trained workers o put in
charge, but they had to train the
workers right ION the job converts
who were willing to give their lives
to work for others. In this work II
was Mrs. Evans part to train these
young workers and equip them with
faith and such experience as was
possible, so that they might the bet
ter carry on"
From Chicago these workers went
to New York. where the colonel was
made chief of staff, the second high
est place in the entire Salvation
Army organization. There they re-
NAMED for five years. Then they
were sent to Philadelphia as provin-
cial officers. then to the Pacific
coast province, with headquarters at
San Francisco. After three years on
the coast they were sent to Boston
as provincial officers of the New
England province. 1t was while here
that the wonderful half million-d OIL
lar Peoples Palace of Boston was
built to house the social and religious
activities of the Salvation Army in
that city. During the entire seven
and a half years that Colonel and
Mrs. Evans were in charge of New
England she had entire charge of
the relief work for the city of Bos-
ton and vicinity.
During the sHard Years.
Mrs. Evans was in charge of this
work during the hard years" of
1903-4-5, and thousands and tens of
thousands of the poor of Boston
learned to know and to bless her.
Her staff of Investigators and visi-
tors were loyal and hard working
Salvation Army officers. and the re-
lief work OF the Army was well con-
Quoted during those trying times
The last year of her work the Saliva
ton Army literally took care OF hun
dreds. perhaps thousands. OF families
through the hard cold winter, when
there was no work and no food. So
hard did Mrs. Evans labor In this
work that her health failed and for
the last few years she has taken life
easier, although never losing her
close touch and vital interest in
everything that her wonderful hus-
band has accomplished.
Before Axis Club
During the visit here OF Mrs.
Evans and Colonel Evans to their
daughter, Mrs. william p. Gearing.
Mrs. Evans appeared before the as
sembled members of the Axis club
and the Junior league last Tuesday