SALVATION ARMY SOCIAL SCHEME.

Thames Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 8079, 26 June 1895, Page 2

SALVATION ARMY SOCIAL SCHEME.

Speaking o f the SaUatinu Army sicial ' scheme at the annual M sy meetiag recen ly General B.oth remarked that thoughS difficulties there was no more likelihood of EL fi Va lOmSt T UI Mhen* "topping than there was of the Bink of EntTand stopping its operation,. He cl*in7ettb.t hi, scheme had already pr(m d the mat gigantic success of any rolunfary fonefieaut 5. Brl ?! 3d KeVer bee" Pr°PO«nded to the British pub i. (Apphme.) TU scheme had ex'eoded to other Uod<, ard had been welcomed and endorsed by 'he leaders of public opinion wherever it had 51 tesene homes through which 3,009 fiX females passed annually, of whom 75 m? cent were permanently saved ;i2 homesKr ex- c rimina S accommodating 250 person.' c' ."£5 ri l 9r Plf ng *&%& iebi toik , 19 labour bureaux; 6 farm colonies etnploymc over 1,030; 33 food i Ph° 8 W lng.: 26'°°° Pe"on» dail > l» niKht she'ters for men and women r«IT* 1, 1'°5? PerßOn» °igbtl,7"nd'th7y had now 11,000 offioers employed i D carrying out the scheme. As an iist.nce of the economy and efficifney with which the work was conducted he mentioned that during the past year the "Cotony BookP in London alone had entailed ao exDenJi■Srinm h h'k 00 ' °f which no lew^» kl 0,000 had been returned in the Yalneof the labour of those whom the colony benefited. (Cheers.) The fundamental principle of his social scheme was that 1 fiF. e°P u .7 horn H WM Signed to benefit should earn the larger part of the cost of their own regeneration. (Applause.) All that wa« needed to complete the sum necessary for the continued sueasshil prosecution of the wort during the next twelve months was £5000. He spoke I V£ 8t ,iocrease in vagrancy in many parts of England, and said that he had been appealed to for suggestions as to how best to deal with these submerged beings. The cost of tramps in this country was estimated at £3000 per arm.m, and he calculated that (including private charity) no less than £40,000,000 or £50,000,000 was expended yeaily in trying to cope with the vast amount of poverty and misery that prevailed. This, be maintained, could alone be effectively dealt with on the lines of the scheme he had propounded, ani practically tried, and which, so far as its means allowed, had been demenstrably a great success. ("Cheers.)