Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-10


that 1t is most unlikely that at the
generals advanced age he can ever
recover sufficiently again to take up
the burdens under which he collapsed,
takes the opportunity Of requesting him
to cooperate with the council in Sc
curing the future welfare of the Army
and to that end it resolves that, the
general being, as his doctors assure us,
capable of considering important ques-
lions and giving decisions thereon, the
president, vice presidents and flve mem
bers of the high council be deputed TO
see the genera! md suggest that he
should now retire from Office, retaining
his title of general and continuing to
enjoy the honor and dignities attached
thereto"
Gen. Booth became head of the Sal
Walton Army in 1912 upon the death OF
his father, Gen. William Booth, who
founded the Army. He was born at
Halifax, Yorkshire, in 1856 and became
an officer in the Army in 1874, being
appointed chief of staff in 1880.
Travelled Extensively.
AS general, he travelled extensively on
behalf of the Army in Europe. the
United States, Canada, India, Australia
and New Zealand. He organized
training system for officers in the Or
ganization and did much to develop Tor
eign missions.
Gen. Booth became i'll with influenza
In April of last year and was ordered to
take a rest. He appeared to improve,
but in November his condition became
worse and for long time his death was
feared.
On November Is, the high council,
which had been nominally in existence
for "a years, but had never been called,
was summoned to its present meeting.
The leader of the reform movement
which sought to amend the Army con-
stitution and was urging the generals
retirement was Comdr. Evangeline
Booth, the generals sister, and the head
Of the Army in the United States.
How Bramwen Booth was first led to
take an interest in the Salvation Army
shelters-which were the beginning of
the most typical institutions connected
with the Army'S social work, Is told in
his own writings.
Shamed by Father.
One morning back in the eighties he
was an early caller at his fathers house
in Clapton, East London.
"Bramwell," cried my father, did you
huOW lIldO IIlcIl olCpt Uut OLA uASH1 VA
the bridges In London?"
"Well, yes" young Booth replied, "a
lot of poor fellows, suppose, do that. .
"Then, you ought to be ashamed of
yourself to have known it and to have
done nothing for them" he went on We
hemently. GO and do something; we
must do something. Get them a shell
ter. Get hold Of a warehouse and warm
1t, and find something to cover them
But, mind, Bramwell, no coddling:"
The work of assisting the destitute
then begun, has been continued since or
an ever-increasing scale.
Bramwell Booths relations with thu
first general were unusual. He was mo-
only his eldest son, but one of his off,
GERS for nearly 40 years of the hurry
burly of strenuous campaign. and hi
chief of staff for more than 30 years
Their cooperation over so long perioe
and on so varied a field Of activity Wa:
somewhat remarkable, especially as i
was known that their temperament!
were different and their points of view
by no means always the same.
Father Was Unrivaled.
Bramwell Booth was q great traveller
and preacher in furtherance OF thu
army's mission. During the period o
Ills ScLSIdtotiIp lac pClooiAouy t.oAoO'
nearly every field of army activity
Twice he circled the world, conducting
extensive campaigns in Ceylon, Aus
tralia, New Zealand, Canada, the Unite'
States, India and the Far East.
But active, energetic and enthusiast
though he was, he was not able to riva
his father, who preached during his 6
years of evangelistic campaigning. Oh
an estimate, between fifty and Sixt
thousand sermons.
Bramwell Booth came into contac
with most of the leading personalitie
of his time. Both the great Lord Sails
bury and Lord oxford and Asquith ha
spoken to him about the progress Q
the army and each had expressed HI
well wishes for his success.
At the coronation of King Edwar
VII and again at the coronation
King George, he represented the Saliva
ton Army.
On March 4, 1926, a few days befor
his SEVENTEEN birthday. Gen. Booth re
ceived the freedom of Halifax, the tow
IN which he was born on March 3, l85