SALVATION ARMY'S WAR WORK.

North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 12 September 1917, Page 3

SALVATION ARMY'S WAR WORK.

ADMIRAL AND GENERAL'S TRIBUTE. Widespread and whole-hearted is the feeling of sympathy for the work of the Salvation Army in general, and that among service men in particular.! ..Men of all positions of life and shades of opinion, who differ,in polities, religion, ami education, unite in paying tribute to the high value of the services rendered by the Salvation Army, Perhaps one of the finest tributes paid of late is that by Field-Marshal Viscount French,' who in the presence of ,r , ,„.,. ...., .. . 1; , i: ..„..u\..;.l

Jllin Ul/lll'lul iJUVUI awl " iii.Jiiiigui.jin.il company of friends, including New Zealand's Prime Minister, upon the occasion of opening one of the Army's many hostels for service men, said: "Of all the-great associations and organisations which have sprung into existence in the last fifty years for the temporal and spiritual' welfare of the community, none linvo offered iinor work, or attained more splendid results throughout the British Empire llinn the Salvation Army, Indeed, I think it may be said with justice that the followers of that wonderful leader of men, the late General Booth, have succeeded in reaching classes and conditions all over tho world which iliey alone have been able to touch with their benign and wholesome influence, The nctvities of tho Salvation Army throughout the nresent war have been of great

benefit to the soldier. Hutments have been erected at. all large military centres, both at Home and abroad. Hostels exist for men on leave. Motor ambulances are abundant in the war zone. Large numbers of men and women are given up for the visitation of the sick and wounded, Comforts in large quanj titics have been distributed among the troops and prisoners 'of war, and help given to the widows and families of the men serving abroad lias been of the greatest value, It will" thus be. Been that the Salvation Army has nobly maintained throughout the 'war the splendid record which they previously possessed as a great living force, of help and strength to the human race."' Admiral Jellicoc, writing to the editor of Under the Colours, the niaga-' zinc of the Salvation • Army for the, men of HisvMnjesfy's Forces, 'says: i "The Salvation Army has done an immense amount, of good,in our .country and-in tho world generally,'mid I wish every success tothc magazine which:it publishes in the interests of ■•the: men 'of His' Majesty's services who owe to L :'much tb'''fl& Mvatiqn.Arrny.V