THE SALVATION ARMY

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2445, 26 April 1915, Page 3

THE SALVATION ARMY

INTERESTING FIGURES. The following figures made in connec--1 tion with the Salvation Army Congress, which concluded its sittings on Thursday, will be read with interest, as showing the progress which the organisation is making in its various _ departments. The figures deal with the twelve mouths ending December, 1914. In the seniors there was an increase of 13 officers and cadets over the corresponding period of the preceding year; soldiers, increase, 128; "War Crys." increase of 9022; "Young Soldiers, increase 33,189; soldiers' open-air attendance, increase, 13,940. The number of local officers in 1913 was 1251, and at the end of 1914 it was 1421, an increase of 170. Junior: Extra junior soldiers on roll, 943; attendances at company meetings, an increase of 35,957; number of corps-cadets 322, increase of G8; total (junior), income £2191 17s. 10d., increase of £1041 18s. lOd.; number of young people's workers 830, increase of 96. The following is the official list of papers read at the congress: Mrs. Colonel Powley, "The Common Bond of Officership"; Brigadier Gist, "The Power and Value of Personal Testimony"; Brigadier Carmichael, "Corps Organisation: Its Purpose and Outcome"; Major Toomer, "Dealing With the Penitents at the Mercy Seat"; Major Newby, "Methods to A.dopt in Order to Secure Effective Soldiers' Meetings"-; Major Colledgo, "The Why and Wherefore of Statistics" ; Brigadier Hoare, "The Making and Training of Junior Soldiers"; Brigadier Bray, "The Man Who Is Down, and How to Raise Him"; Major Page, "The Business Side of an Officer's Life"; Major Colvin, "How and What to Read"; Adjutant Rixon, "The 'War Cry' and Its Needs"; Adjutant Tweed, "The Value of Cheerfulness" ; Staff-Captain Gray, "The Cprps Cadet System and Its Influence on the Army of the Future"; Adjutant Haywood, "How to Influence and Restore • Backsliders" ; Adjutant Middlemiss, "The Field Officer and His Entry Into a New Command"; Adjutant Newton, ."Some Opportunities for Usefulness Possessed by Women Field Officers" ; Adjutant Wellington,. "The Organisation and Value of Y.P. Campaign"; Ensign Garner, "Tho Weekly. Preparation Class and How to Conduct It."