"BLOOD AND FIRE."

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1956, 13 January 1914, Page 8

"BLOOD AND FIRE."

SALVATION ARMY FUNCTION. OFFICERS COMMISSIONED. ... Th<» Salvation • Arm.v citadol . .SvKslin<'!;i.d last •ni;;in lylitnr' .C'.Mnip.iEKKim'r' preseiitiiig'coinmissidiis. cadets who .hay'o.'just, completed a.year's preparation iii the training (.'onnnisskiiier Iticlinnis V. anno'ir.ced ,tha t: during j. thoi'eveinng ho" would pre-" jscnt;.rommfssidns' 'and■' wo : uld* haii'd. out.'eight 1 iflags,'! repve-' 'fienting:; eight'different places-at ■which; corps.; won Id. be, establisned;iVOorpsr';li6' remi\r!;ed, wonisl " bo' established:"' at Kdiiirnio' snd-i'Brnol:Jyii, faiid ; 'th6y Jiad iheir/eycs on three"-other/ districts "in. this iieighbotirh(xid: : :;fTliey?-were : going ■to make .this ' distriet ! a* hotbed "'of ' salva-;. t'«n.' alulthe peoplt)' nho disliked tlio ■Arniy:-wouid'have'. to, inort 'on to wliero the Amy - was ; . 110-"'"^The"organisation did not intend to ''stand still and stagnate. ;>Tlie thirty-eight cadets who 'were to receiyei tlseiricoinmissions.'.'Wero .the first ■■ batchy tra incd 5 in? tlieirf ownX tra i ing homo, under a system','.;.; In days igone" by tliey,- had : heien; compelled to .8211(1 their 'cadets across "tho' water to Alelbounio .to be'; trained, ■ but now he was pleased to - soy ;,.they,:f were', able: to' stand 011 their'own feet;-.'-.'-Tho 'e'adeW now being . pronioted had boon ■■ ..twelvo months ■. in;; tho and'would havo -twelvo months ?in the" field.,, As time went on these periods;would b© : exiended to .two years each. . '. 1 V.. The Promoted Oftioers. The commissions s:were., then': presented as follow — Cadet. Charles Abbott, to probationary lieutenant, and appointed:',to ' Cadet Andteir,. to ..probationary -lieutemuit at Motuoka. > ? ' Cadet Bracogirdle,' to. ~ probationary lieutenant' at KiibirJtie'. ?; ' : ''... Cadet Cairns, to probationai-j^.lieuten-ant at Brunnerton. - ,' : ■ .. Cadet ■ Isabella,,Cwmingliam,'..' to pro ; bationary lieutenant at Bhiif. • '■ Cadet Forsyth, to probationary'liou'tenant at :.the Girls' Home, ■.. Middlemarch. ■ .■■•' : Cadet Hill,' to probationary lieutenant at Douniston. _ Edith: Lomas, to .probationary lieutciiant at " tho' Trade':!'..Department National Headquarters.-' Cadet Matthew, to probationary lieutenant at Rakaia. Cadet Mattingly, to probationary lieutenant at Waipawa.. . Cadet M'Culloch,- to probationary lieutenant at Botorua. Cadet-M'llroy, to probationary lieutenant at tlio Girls' Home, Wellington. Cadet Rickby, to. probationary lieutenant at. the Rescue Home, Auckland. Cadet Thaokwell, , to probationary limttsnanl at Thames. ' ■ Cadet Tongs, to probationary lieu* tenant, at Eden.. Cadet Trott, ta' probationary lieutenant', at Tauraiiga. ■■ .■ i', . Cadet Watson, to probationary lieutenant, attached to ..Training. ' College staff, Wellington.. ; Cadet Shearer, to probationary captain, at Oxford. Cadet and Mrs. Hughson, to captain and Mrs. Hughson, at Kaiapoi. . ■ Cadet and Airs. Ingles, to probationary captain, at Eden... . . Cadet and ,Mrs. Whitley, to eaptein and Mrs, Whitley, at Pahiatua. Cadet and Mrs. Watkina, te captain 'and Mrs. Watkins, at Waipawa. Cadet Ryle, .to probationary captain and Cadet Hill to probationary lieutenant, at- Blackball. ■ Cadet Allen, to probationary captain, and Cadet Heale, to probationary lieutontnt, at Winton. ■ Cadet Cloitgh, to probationary captain, and . Cadet Lee, to probationary lieutenant, at Reefton. '■■ ' Cadet Cunningham, to probationary captain, and Cadot Jackson,'to probaternary lieutenant at Napier. Cadet Radcliffe, te probationary captain, and Cadot Puttingham, to probatian'iiry .lieuteiiant, at . .JPalmerston SsutJi. Cadet M'Birnie, to probationary cai>tain, and Cadet Hayward, to probationary lieutenant, at Morrinsvilfe, ... , Flags Presented. ' Two flags were tlieu presented by tho Commissioners-one to tho Kilbirnie representative and one to the Brooklyn representative—who siii-d that 'the other six ilags must be considered as having been formally handed over. Tho Commissioner ■ explaiiwd the ■ colour of the flags. The main colour, red, represented the blood of Christ, by which men were cleansed from sin. The borders of tho flag were blue, and that colour represented the in-dwelling of the Spirit, keeping tho heart clean and pure. Tho yellow represented the fire of the Holy Ghost. " 'Blood and Fire' is our motto, and always has. been," he said. Ho went 011 to state that in tho Auckland division tho Army was opening corps at Morrinsville, 5 Tauranga, atid_ Mount lidcn; in the Wellington"' division at Lower' Hatt; awl in the Christehurch division it* was reopening Blackball and Denniston. -i Before the conclusion of the proceedings. Commissioner Richards delivered a i'ew remarks which ho hoped would ho helpful to the new officers 011 the occasion of their going out |.o their stations. Ho said that the people' who succeeded in this life were those with one particular purpose; tlioso who failed and accomplished nothing were those with many irons in the'firc. Purpose mado and "directed energy. Energy run wild did damage: well-directed it worked miracles. The officer's purpose was to go out and save souls. The strength of the officer was in the thoroughness of his equipment. It was essential thatthe oificef should know his business, Integrity must be their motto. The secret of Booth's success was his mtense conviction. <