SALVATION ARMY.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 18, 26 February 1914, Page 5

SALVATION ARMY.

Commissioner Richards, oiheer commanding the Salvation Army in New Zealand, has fixed on April 2 as the date for the opening of the General Booth Officers' Training College •in ■ Street, Wellington, now r&pidly approaching completion. The new college, which will accommodate fifty cadets, will be in charge of Briga- ■ dier Gist, who had command of the - Canterbury Division of the Army, and he will have as his assistant Adjutant.. Carter, who had considerable experie.nce in the work in an Army Training College in India. The cadet course extends over twelve months, which is followed by a probationary course extending over another year, during which, time the training is continued by postal correspondence with the head officials of the College in Wellington. "At the / present moment," said Commissioner. Richards, "we are only.£2ooo short of . » the payment in full of the college and . the ground it stands on, which altogether, cost £13,000, and it is our urgent desire that this fine memorial to the late General Booth, who did so much practical /" good in the world, should be opened free of debt. "We owe that to his memory, and I feel confident that we will be able to do it.", Asked how it was- that the Army was able to mag- _ netise such large sums of money for its work, Commissioner Richards Teplied: "We pray t<T&od, and put forward our best endeavours!"