SALVATION ARMY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 13 July 1917, Page 4

SALVATION ARMY.

WAR WORK APPEAL

Adjutant Hosking, who is connected with the Salvation Army war work department, and Ensign Brown, of tne local corps, met Messrs E. Dixon, L. A. Bone and J. Campbell (secretary), members of tha Patriotic Society, yesterday afternoon with reference to the Commissioner's recent appeal for £10,000 for the Army's military work in New Zealand and abroad.

Adjutant Hosking said that the Commissioner wanted approximately £36,000 by the end of the Army's financial year in September to further carry on its military work, and of this amount £10,000 was required immediately. Hawerafs quota had been fixed at £500. The adjutant, while admitting the splendid work which was carried on by the V.M.C.A. and other institutions, stressed the work of the Salvation Army, and mentioned that ;no fewer than 1500 of its officers and ; soldiers were employed in relief work ! among the soldiers at Home, while it ! had something like 500 hutments and I hostels, the accommodation of some of these running into four figures. The Army had lifted 100,000 men from the j battlefield through its ambulance corps, and its work among the various hospitals was very extensive. In addition to the ordinary war work the Army

was feeding daily 20,000 of London's poor, and was also housing thousands of ammunition workers. He also referred to the Army's operations in the New Zealand camps, and said their efforts in providing extras for the men were greatly appreciated. As far as he knew there had been no systematic effort in Taranaki to assist the Army to supply oversea comforts for the men at the various fronts and in England, and the Salvation Army thought it was advisable to enlist the sympathies of the public bodies and the public in the present appeal. The Mayor pointed out that the

local Patriotic Society had no funds to draw upon, but said he would make a. personal appeal to the public for subscriptions, and he would also convene another meeting of the Patriotic Society to consider the question of having a special day set apart for the purpose of collecting for the Army's work. He was sure that once the objects of the appeal were thoroughly known there would be a ready response throughout the district. If the Salvation Army and the V.M.C.A., with other institutions, were prepared to look after the needs of their soldiers it was the duty of those who remained at home to come to the assistance of these institutions.

The Mayor moved: That this committee' appeals to the people of Hawera and district to subscribe liberally to the Salvation Army's war work fund in order that the district might raise £500 to enable the Army to orovide additional comforts for the soMiers in the trenches and those in England— a very deserving fund. Mr Bone seconded. Carried.