The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. MONDAY, JULY 3, 1911. THE SALVATION ARMY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 112, 3 July 1911, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE EGMONT SETTLER. MONDAY, JULY 3, 1911. THE SALVATION ARMY.

The annual report of the'social operations of that remarkable organisation, the Salvation Army, in Australia and blew Zealand, gives facts and figures which are a clear indication of the great work the Army is doing In those countries. Under the direction of Commissioner and ?.irs h!ay, as icpresentativos of General William Booth—who, less than fifty years ago, started alone to preach to the denizens of London’s slums, and now commands 21,390 officers and employees—the Army in Australasia has done goo i work, and its record is one to he proud of. It lias, in Australia and New Zealand, fifteen Rescue Homes, with accommodation for 373 girls, and during the past twelve months 530 women were admitted and 518 were passed out. Of this latter number, 153 wore restored to ‘friends, 172 wore placed in situations,’.3d wore transferred to other Homes or Hospitals, and four d.ed. This special rescue work is a leading feature of the Army’s operations, and in the report referred to—appropriately named “The Bridge of Sighs” -—one finds much of interest. Details are given of the Maternity Homes, Industrial Homes, Shelters, and Prison-gate Homes, and one discovers that the Army’s social work is a great and comprehensive scheme to aid the drifting, the homeless, and in fact, as the report puts it, “suffering, sinning and sinned-against humanity.’' Possibly some of the Army’s methods may not appeal to many, hut few can deny that the organisation does splendid service, in directions which seem to he outside the scope of other benevolent societies and institutions.