SALVATION ARMY

Evening Star, Issue 23372, 15 September 1939, Page 5

SALVATION ARMY

WAR EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT ORGANISATION IN NEW ZEALAND To enable the Salvation Army in New' Zealand to best meet the needs of men on military service the Chief Secretary has created a War Emergency Department, which will be under the direction of Brigadier Greene, reports the ‘ War Cry.’ The Brigadier is well fitted for this position, having served in Egypt, Great Britain, and France during the last war. His knowledge of military affairs and procedure, coupled with his organising ability, ensures success for our operations among the troops in this land. The Brigadier has quickly got to work, and already Salvationists are operating in various , camps throughout the Dominion, in the three main North island camps—Papakura, Ngaruwahia, and Trentham—and at Burnham (Canterbury). In each place institutes, with facilities for lecreation, reading, and writing are being established. Each evening refreshments will be provided for the men. Arrangements for extending the work ami preparations for any further eventualities are well in hand, an instance of this being the fact that in the event of any Expeditionary Force being sent overseas the Army will provide facilities for parents and relatives to meet their men folk in absolute privacy. Pianos will be needed in each camp, and the Brigadier is believing that some kind friends will l>eln in this d’me+ion. Gramophones, with records, and battery in'r cl css sets for use in places where there is no electric power would also he welcomed. The Brigadier would appreciate it if anv readers would forward suitable books, magazines, games, nncl pastimes to the nearest 0""s Officer, who in turn will be only too pleased to communicate with the Brigadier. The Government and military authorities have been most helofnl. and they are anxious to see the Salvation Army repeat the work which it accomplished during 1914-1919.