Evening star., 1923-11-05
SALVATION ARMY
| GREETS PRESIDENT
400 Delegates to Anniversary
j Congress. Make Call. at
~ White House.

President Coolidge today received
the entire delegation Of 400 Salvation
Army officers attending the Salvation
Army thirty-eighth anniversary con-
-gress here, at the White House. The
President shook hands and felicitated
each of the visitors. The congress is
meeting here in celebration OF the
. beginning of the work of the organ
3zation in Washington thirty eight
Sears agv. an,s will discuss at a meet
ing of the officers couneis tomorrow
plans for the enlargement and benefit
Of the work for the coming year.
Headquarters of the congress are at
6o6 L street northwest, the Salvation
Army Auditorium.
Presidents Welcome.
In welcoming the delegates to the
f1fty eighth anniversary of the Saliva
tIon Army meeting In Washington,
President Coolidge told the assem-
blage how sincerely interested he is
in their work and how proud he is
Of Of all they have accomplished in the
In commencing the order. he said
you represent a hope and an ideal" !"
and said that he had always looked
upon the SalNatlon army as prOnlOlln e
the better things in life and aiding
humanity in general. Because of this,
he said, the organization should have
every support and encouragement.
Presidents Address.
The Presidents remarks Follow in
full
Coming out here to greet some one
is becoming TO be almost a daily oc-
turrence with me. Some of the 9TH
'ers that have come here have, per-
haps. felt that it was a little awk-
ward. But l am sure that you, who
are SO accustomed to holding your
own meetings out of doors and the
affairs in which you are engaged
under the open sky, shall feel no en-
barrassment in coming here, despite
the threatening clouds and perhaps
the impending rain.
Il am glad to greet you, because
am deeply and sincerely interested in
the work that you are doing, in what
you represent, and in the hope that
you hold out to humanity. 1t is very
easy to be discouraged. 1t is very
easy to think that men and women
are all wrong; that there is no
disposition on their part to pursue
the right course and do the right
thing. Your success demonstrates
beyond anything else that such is
not the case.
II think 1t is a leading principle of
that which you represent that none
has become so degraded, SO lost to the
better things of life and to the in
Spiration that comes from implantIng &
in their hearts the knowledge of the
better things, as to suppose that they
are beyond redemption. You are
bringing the world to better things.
You are holding out a great hope;
demonstrating that there is in all OF
us, from the highest to the lowest, a
hope that is never crushed out, a
spirit that abides forever"
Prior to their visit to the White
House this morning the New York
concert at the Post Office Department.
Lauded by Gen. iLejeune.
Soldiers of the Salvation Army go
to. many places where other persons
would fear to go and wherever they
go their uniform is their protection"
declared Maj. Gen. John A. Lejeune,
L. $. M. c., in an address yesterday
afternoon at the opening of the con-
gress at the President Theater. Be
fore a large audience Gen. Lejeune
declared that the Salvation Army
commanded the respect Of all VINO
came in contact with it.
I'm France" declared Gen. Lejeune
their uniform penetrated as far to the
front as the military authorities would
cheering the fighters" He declared
the United States Army is just as
necessary ir the Salvation Army, and
added: Where the United States
Army fights other armies with cannon
ball and rifle bullet, the Salvation
Army fights suffering, not sufferers; it