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CONTAINING A FULL ACCOUNT

OF THE RECENT

SALVATION ARMY TROUBLES

IN CANADA.

P. W. PHILPOTT, ex-Brigadier;
A. W. ROFFE, ex-Adjutant.

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Wb can quite understand that the publication of the
following facts will prove more or less detrimental to the
organization in which we have labored during the past
seven and nine years, respectively. Perhaps no person
ieels this more than ourselves, especially when we con-
sider the many hard-working Field Officers who, if they
continue in their present position, will be compelled to
undergo greater hardships and privations than any
hithe]*to endured. However, with our duty before us,
unpleasant as it is, we feel it would be grossly unjust on
our part, were we to withhold from enquiring minds the
following informatidn regarding that which ^ we cannot
reeog3u?e to be any other than the ^result of the one-man
power, nQw existing in the Salvation Army.

We cannot but feel that, in pursuing the course we
have taken) we expose ourselves to more or less misun-
dewttoding; tiiis is only natural, nevertheless^ if we may
but live to flee these grievances remedied; if the leaders
of ^s gjn&t concern, wUl only bow before the ptjesty of
Him who rufeth over all and acknowledge the evils that
have crept in amiong them, and Beseech that God to
have mercy ; if the present system of gOyernifi^t in the
Aimy is done away with, and a new administration
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CHAPTER L

MR. PHILPOTT S OASB.

MY LOVE FOR THE ABBft— AUtOCBATIC POWBB-

WHERE I AM.

-WHY I AM

CANNOi? express my sorrow at having to send
this little work abroad, charged as it is with
truths uDgainsayable against an organization
upon whidi I have looked for nine years as the
grandest under Heaven. It l)ecomes painful in
the extreme when I consider the e^ect that this will
J*"* have upon the many devoted fifeld 0]flicers who toil
day and nieht in a work so difficult as theirs: However,
having had my eyes unmist^ably opened to nfany
things which, a short timie ago, 1 could not have believed
to exist, l;>ut which have recently stared me in the face as
facts, I feel it .is my duty as a mr-^ of Gbd to reveal and
dr lotmce that which, in the mildest light, can only be
looked upon as inconsistencies on the part of many of
the Army leaders.

The A»my, as an organization, is as d4ar tome as ever,
while my love for a number of the officei:s was never
deeper. It is for this reason that I now put forth an
humble Qfl^rt to make manifest that which is wrong, for
I have a faint hope that if the men at Uie h^, of this
movement can be made to acknowledge and 46pk»« tlie
sad state of affairs and t6 turn to Qod for grace and(
wisdom to al^r the present mode of govcinun^t^ thai

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new hope will spring up in the heart of many a warrior,
now almost discouraged, and that the glorious work
which broke out in the earlier days of the Army, may
rise again and bless our country. I will not say that
this is altogether impossible, but that one-man 'power
now in existence, is such a sweet morsel to those who
possess it, that it can hardly be expected they will for-
feit the same.

The story relating to my present position is a long and
sad one ; I can therefore deal with it only in part.
Sometimes it seems impossible to believe that so much
has transpired during the past few weeks. The fact that
in such a cruel and unexpected manner I have been
thrust from my people, from those with whom I have
toiled and prayed so many years, starts oft-times up
before me as an unwelcome dream. Yet I am compelled
to believe this is actually the case.

Up to a very short time ago, all my prospects and
hopes were centred in the Salvation Army. I informed
Mr. Herbert Booth, on the day he forced me to resign,
that I would rather he had carried my wife and me up
Yonge-street to the cemetery, than to have placed us in
such a position, for it did seem that our hopes in life
were blasted forever; but we have found a refuge in
God, and He has lifted us up.

When first I found myself severed from the Army, I
decided to refrain, as far as possible, from giving any
explanation to the general public, but when I saw every
effort being put forth by Mr. Booth and his aids to
damage my character and destroy my influence, I felt it,
under these circumstances, to be the will of God, that 1
should proceed to vindicate myself, not for the sake of
my character only, for I am persuaded that neither men
nor devils can demolish that as long as I live to the glory
of God, but for the sake of the men and women up and
down this country who have placed in me their con-
fidence, and who would naturally look for an explanation.

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I do not think that Mr. Booth ever anticipated such an
outbreak on the part of his people, nor did he expect
that the whole matter would reach such a serious climax
as it actually has. Officers have risen up in all quarters
demanding from Mr. Booth p full explanation in the
presence of the accused, but this, as will be seen later on,
has been emphatically refused. Not only did the officers
in and around Toronto rise up, but the city soldiery
became indignant at such high-handed work, and in the
form of a deputation waited upon the Array's leader at
midnight to see if they could not prevail upon him to
grant their reasonable "equest. The soldiers, however,
were treated in the same manner as the officers and were
given to understand that it was very wrong of them to
come to their leader, " the General's son," to ask for
explanations, for he declared that to give any explanations
to inferiors would be lowering the dignity of his position.

Mr. Booth expressed his determination to avoid meet-
ing me and giving me the benefit of a Christian Church
trial or an Army court-martial. It will appear reason-
able to all that however guilty I may have been, I had
at least a right to hear the charges brought against me,
and, like any ordinary criminal, to have the privilege of
clearing myself, if possible. Moreover the Bible is not
silent on such matters ; it contains directions so specific
that they must appeal at once to the consciousness of
every Christian man. I refer the reader m Matt, xviii.
15-17 : " Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against
thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him
alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy
brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with
thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three
witnesses every word may be established. And if he
shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the Church : but
if he neglect to hear the Church, let him be unto thee
as an heathen man and a publican."

And do we not read in the Acts of the Apostles the

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story of the accused Paul, on whose behalf Festus, the
Roman judge, thus delivered himself before the king :
" King Agrippa and all men which are here present with
us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the
Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem and also
here, crying that he ought not to live any longer. But
when I found he had committed nothing worthy of
death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus,
I have determined to send him, of whom I have no cer-
tain thing to write, unto ray lord. Wherefore I have
brought him forth before you, and specially before thee,
O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might
have somewhat to write, for it seemeth to me unreason-
able to send a 'prisoner; and not withal to signify the
crimes laid against him.'' (Acts xxv. 24-27.) Then in
the first verse of the following chapter we observe that
Agrippa although making no profession whatever of
religion is ready to grant unto Paul the privilege which
Commandant Booth has denied me : ** Then Agrippa
said unto Paul : Thou art permitted to speak for thyself.
Then Paul stretched forth the hand and answered for
himself."

Now, had Mr. Booth in the first place brought my case
before the Church according to our Lord's directions in
Matthew's Gospel, or granted me the same privilege ten-
dered to Paul, I cannot but feel that all this trouble and
difliculty might have been saved.

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THOSE PRIVATE MEETINGS — MR. BOOTH WILL NOT EXPLAIN
— THE LONDON PROPERTY.

AM anxious that you should know how Mr.
Booth dealt with this case from the first.
After calling his Toronto staff together, he
made plain to them his version of the affair,
after which they were asked to sign a declara-
tion of confidence in his actions. Some, however,
were not satisfied, and one individual who wrote
him to that effect was censured as a double-minded

person.

Mr. Booth next called together his field oflScers, and
proceeded to deal with them in his own convenient man-
ner. A number in this meeting were far from satisfied,
although they signed a paper declaring their perfect satis-
faction. Two, however, in this meeting refused to hold
up their hands to endorse Mr. Booth's actions, and it was
at once insinuated by him that they were wrong in their
souls, and they were invited " to the front," or in other
words to the penitent form. One of these officers, soon
after, left the meeting, yet next morning his name ap-
peared in the city papers as being perfectly satisfied,
when, be it known, ne had signed no declaration to that
effect. One or two officers and two or three cadets were
told to resign, simply because they persisted in demand-
ing an explanation in my presence.

Not stopping here, Mr. Booth convened a fourth meet-
ing on Saturday, August 20th, in which the officers, sol-
diers, and a few Army friends had the opportunity of lis-
tening to Mr. Booth's story. This meeting was held in

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the Lippincott-street barracks, at the door of which, I
understand, about 50 handbills were distributed, reading
as follows : " Remember you have not heard Bro. Phil-
pott's explanation." This little bill was handled very rough-
ly by my accuser, who went on to state that it proved how
unprincipled Mr. Philpott was to allow such action to be
taken, or words to that effect. Now, this is one of his
many charges, based on pure supposition, for I was not
aware that any such bills had been distributed until after
the meeting was held, and up to the time of writing I am
not in possession of the name of the individual who had
this matter in hand.

In this meeting, Mr. D , ex-treasurer of the L

street corps, asked permission to put a question, but he
was refused the privilege of making any audible remarks,
and was instructed to whisper into the CoinTYiandanfs
ear anything he had to say. This he did, and the ques-
tions were as follows : — (1) " Having heard all of your
explanations, and part of Brother Philpott's, may I ask
if you are willing to face him ? " Answer — " No." (2)
" The letters y«)u have read to us Mr. Philpott admits
writing, but will you explain under what circumstances
they were written? " Answer — " No."

Now, it is well to remember that not at one of these
meetings was I permitted to be present to say yea or nay
to Mr. Booth's charges. In addition to these private
meetings, the printing press was set to work, and in a
short time circular letters, which, to say the least, con-
tained verj^ misleading statements, were mailed to the
S. A. officers and friends, and to many of the clergy
throughout the Dominion. Mr. Booth also sent a letter
to his commanding officers, a copy of which I hold in my
possession, coupling my name with charges never heard of
by me, until this very letter acquainted me of them nine
days after my dismissal.

I desire to deal with these charges separately, in a
liberal and truthful manner ; by righteousness and truth

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I shall stand or fall. Before proceeding, however, I wish
it to be fully understood, that while I shall be pleased to
have each S. A. officer peruse these pages, yet I am too
well acquainted with the tactics of the Army " powers
that be " to expect any great amount of just reasoning
from that quarter. I know too well that cunning doc-
trine which stigmatises all who sever themselves from the
Army as veritable backsliders. In writing these pages,
therefore, I appeal rather to the unprejudiced public, and
leave all to arrive at their own conclusions.

Mr. Booth states that my conduct for twelve months
past has been very unsatisfactory. 1 feel like giving
Mr. Booth credit for the truth of this statement for, be it
remembered, when an officer in the Army persists in tak-
ing a stand for right and by so doing conflicts with the
higher powers, he naturally becomes obnoxious in the
sight of his superiors. ,^ Now, in reviewing the past, I
cannot but feel that my conduct became " unsatisfactory "
when I first took my stand in opposition to the general
headquarters. This was over twelve months ago. I then
ranked as Brigadier and was the Army's representative
for Western Ontario, with my headquarters at London.
Some time previous to my appointment to this position,
the Army had lost their London barracks by fire and ap-
peals were made through the War Cry and otherwise to
raise money for its restoration. The soldiers and friends
were naturally anxious to see a new building erected, and
upon my arrival in their midst I found everyone on the
tip-toe of expectation for the same. I was in communi-
cation with headquarters, having written one or two
letters to the then Commissioner about the matter, and
just when I was expecting to receive encouragement to

fo ahead with my plans to rebuild, to my great surprise
received orders from headquarters to have the land
valued as they had decided to sell it. Now, as will be
readily understood, this placed me in a very awkward
position. I knew the Army property was one of the best

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sites in the city and to sell it would cause universal dis-
appointment. I wrote to the Commissioner accordingly,
when a few days after, to my still further astonishment,

while I was absent from the city, one Captain W ,

from Toronto, arrived in London as headquarters' repre-
sentative, and disposed of the property for $3,280.00, and
as this wws $760.00 less than a former offer we had re-
ceived for it, I could not but feel that a great injustice
had been done to the London people, and it shook my
confidence in the management of S.A. property, as the
following letter to Commissioner Rees will show. I had
received a letter from the Commissioner asking if I knew
of any suitable lots in London. This was while I was
resting : my reply will speak for itself : —

RoTUSAY, N.B., Nov. 5th, 1891.

Commissioner D. M. Rees, Toronto.

My Dear Commissioner,

Re London. — I must confess that I gave over all in-
terest in Army property when the London lot was sold
in the manner it was, and I had almost made up my
mind not to interest myself in that line again. If pro-
perty can be sold without any explanation as to the rea-
son, and for what purpose the money is to be used, etc.,
especially to the Army representative in that part of the
country where the sale takes place, I think I am justified
in so doing.

Faithfully Yours,

P. W. Philpott.

This, I think, must have been the time that my con-
duct proved so displeasing to Commissioner Rees. While
I was in London, I received orders to try and sell the
Lucan, Moorefield and Alvinston properties. These
towns had, in the early days, been strongholds of the
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the corps were closed, and, headquarters needing money,
the properties were put up for sale. Other Divisional
Officers in different parts of the Dominion have informed
me that the same course was pursued by headquarters in
dealing with certain towns in their divisions. I wish
here to make it plain that in many of these places a
great amount of money for the purchase of property was
raised locally, and I know something of the sadness and
disappointment that have filled the hearts of the soldiers
and Army friends, when they have found themselves
robbed of their place of worship in such a manner.
Moreover, I awoke to the fact that there was nothing
whatever to hinder the Army representative in Canada
from selling any property in the country, or placing a
mortgage thereon at any time, for the purpose of realiz-
ing money for headquarters to be used by them in any
way they might choose, and this, whether I b') regarded
disloyal or not, I could not conscientiously endorse.

CHAPTER III.

THOSE AWFUL CHARGES — BLOOD SALVATIONISTS — THE
LUXURIES OF A PULLMAN CAR VeVSUS BREAD AND
BUTTER — THE ARMY CASTES — ^TO THE CHURCHES FOR
MONEY.

'N Mr. Booth's^ circular letter referred to in the
previous chapter, I am charged with having
said that there was " no God in the concern."
Now, although I do not remember using these
words, yet many times I really did feel that
God was separating Himself from us. Nor was I
the only officer who realised this awful truth. I
had intended to publish extracts from letters received

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from different divisional and staff officers, representing
this country from the Atlantic to the Pacific, in corrobor-
ation of this fact, but for the sake of the writers I have
concluded to withhold them.

Nevertheless, these letters contain most emphatic
statements of bitter dissatisfaction and regret ; they
were written not in the heat of the battle but in the
quiet hours of reflection, when truth comes up to the
soul in its purest light. They contain the language of a
hope almost forlorn, of a hidden sorrow better felt than
told.

This state of dissatisfaction was universally felt all
over the field, and the work was falling into spiritual
decline.

The next charge against me is that of bringing cruel
accusations against some of the leading officers. I sup-
pose Mr. Booth refers to the trouble I had with Com-
missioner Kees in reference to the extravagance in con-
nection with La Mardchale Booth-Clibborn's tour through
Canada. I shall explain the case as it is : Mrs. Clibborn
visited Canada in the interests of the Army work in
France, and as I accompanied her in her travels through
the Dominion, I therefore know whereof I speak. We
visited London, Hamilton, Toronto, Kingston, and Mon-
'treal. Mrs. Clibborn's story of the great sacrifice on the
part of the French officers touched many hearts, and
brought forth from her hearers that practical sympathy
which was so much desired, one gentleman giving as
much as $500.

Everything went fairly well on this tour until our
leaving Toronto for Kingston on the morning before
Christmas. On boarding the train at North Toronto we
found the cars packed, and I suggested to Commissioner
Rees that Mrs. Clibborn should take the parlor car, but
finding this also filled, the conductor, out of kindness,
allowed the party, consisting of La Mar^qjiale Booth-
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Cox, to have the use of the section. The train had just
started off, when, to my surprise, refreshments were or-
dered for the whole party occupying the section, and
although the distance from Toronto to Kingston is not
very great, the refreshment order was repeated before we

reached the latter city, wliile Captain McM and I,

as we sat in the first-class car, satisfied our hunger with,
some buns kindly given us by a friend.

We spent Christmas in Kingston, and the next day at
12.45 we left for Montreal. On changing cars at Sharbot
Lake, I said to Commissioner Rees : " Praise God for lots
of room to-day ! " for I noticed that the first-class car
a most comfortably furnished one, was nearly empty.
But the Commissioner ordered me to convey the baggage
to the Pullman car, which I found to be occupied by only
one lady ; nevertheless, the Commissioner, at the wish of
La Marechale, ordered me to engage the section again.
The conductor, the same who was on our train two days
before, informed us that if we wanted the section on that
day we should have to pay extra for it, as on the previous
occasion he had granted it on account of the crowd. Mrs.
Clibborn, however, insisted upon having it, and Commis-
sioner Rees in turn instructed me to pay the money out
and secure it, which I did. After we were all seated,
another order for refreshments was sent in. This I
thought was a great shame, and altogether out of place,
for only about two and a half hours before, we had all
partaken of a good dinner at Kingston. After seeing
the order filled, I made my way to the first-class car, and
while passing through the sleeper I overheard one of the
train-men remark : " I tell you we have blood-Salvation-
ists on board to-day ; they want the best of everything."
This went to my heart like a knife. Nor did it end here.
Before our arrival in Montreal refreshments were again
served out to the whole party, this being the second time
between Kingston and Montreal. Now I was announced
to lead the meeting in Montreal, while Mrs. Clibborn and

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the others went to their billets, and as I had to go direct
from the train to the meeting, the Commissioner came in
from the section and told me to get some bread and but-
ter for Capt McM and myself. I ordered the bread

and butter, and Commissioner Kees remained and watched
us eat it. I want to say that while partaking of that
evening meal I almost choked ; my heart was full of
weeping, for I could not banish from my mind the ex-
travagance which I had been compelled to witness that
day.

On taking our departure from Montreal I was in-
structed to order a section for the three ladies and an or-
dinary Pullman sleeper for Commissioner Rees, Capt. Mc-

M and myself. I again ventured to say to the

Commissioner that the section would cost considerably
more than the ordinary sleeper, but he, replying very
sharply, ordered me to secure the section. I now felt that
I had either to keep quiet or suffer the consequences ; I
therefore acted in accordance with the instructions and
engaged the section, and sleeper for the other officers,
taking a seat myself in a first-class car. I was just about
asleep when the Commissioner put in an appearance and
questioned me as to why I was not in my berth. I de-
clared to him that my conscience would not permit me to
take a berth. This seemed to annoy him very much,
and I could but feel ever afterwards that he treated me
very coolly, which, I am now aware, was his only policy.

While journeying homeward on that memorable night,
I was informed by the brakesman that an officer had
boarded the train at Sharbot Lake and was riding in a
8€cond-c/a88 car. On hearing this I pr needed to the
second-class car, and to my astonishment I found Ensign

D , a Canadian officer, on his way to Toronto to attend

the funeral of his wife's brother. Now, sad as it is for
me to relate, and strange as it may appear to the public,

the following was the order of travel : Ensign D ,

2nd class ; Philpott, 1st class ; Commissioner Bees and

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Capt. McM , in the Pullman sleeper, with La Mar^-

chale and her aides in the section. Never before that
night did I think there were so many castes in the Army,
as we have always preached so much self-sacrifice and
professed to the world to have all things in common.
What hurt me even worse, if possible, was the thought
that the money expended on these luxuries was solicited
from the public on the plea of so much Array self-denial.
More concerning this tour will appear later on.

I am also charged with negotiating for employment
with some mission society, on the plea that I could not
waste my time in the Army. This charge is deduced from
a conversation 1 once had with Brigadier Holland on the
following subject : An aunt of mine had extended to me
an invitation to conduct services in the little village
where she now resides, and where I was born. Taking
into consideration that the Army had no corps in this
vicinity, and that the holding of a few meetings would
possibly mean a number of conversions among my old
schoolmates, I placed the matter before Brigadier Holland,
informing him at the same time that my position at head-
quarters did not afford me sufficient work, and that I was,
practically speaking, wasting my time, and asking him if
I could not go for a few days and conduct meetings at this
village ; but he thought it would not be proper for an
Army officer to take up such work in connection with a
church. I then referred to Staff Captains Bolton and Cox
who were going through the country holding meetings in
the churches, not because the churches were in every case
more suitable for Army meetings, but because they were
after money. "You allow these people to go to the
churches for money," I continued, "but you will not per-
mit me to arrange for a few meetings in a church, in
which to get sinners to Jesus ! " This opened my eyes
unmistakably to the true position of the Army towards
the Churches.

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CHAPTER IV.

MORE INCONSISTENCIES — SICK OFFICERS UNCARED FOR —
SENT TO ROTHSAY AT A GREAT COST.

'R. BOOTH states that during all this time
referred to, Commissioner Rees bore with me
with the greatest of patience, and did his ut-
most to bring me into a better state of mind.
I have no doubt that the Commissioner felt
it a difficult task, for I could not easily be paci-
fied, realizing as I did, that I was surrounded on
all sides by inconsistencies and double-dealing that
would have stung the inner consciousness of any Christian
man. And as these inconsistencies were continually re-
peating themselves, and even my faintest hopes for better
things began to die away, I louiid myself, as a natural
consequence, repeatedly taking a stand in opposition
to the " higher powers that be."

I do not wish to deny that I had several interviews
with Commissioner Rees, but I desire it to be plainly
understood that he never dealt with me on the subject of
being either disloyal or dishonorable.

Brigadier M — is responsible for saying, that on two
diflferent occasions. Commissioner Rees dealt and prayed
with me seventeen hours. This is not only entirely mis-
leading but absolutely false, as Commissioner Rees never
talked to me at any one time longer than two hours, and
never prayed with me seventeen minutes. I had thi privi-
lege of meeting Brigadier M — a few days ago from time of
writing, and confronted him with this and other matters.
In endeavoring to clear himself, to my utter astonish-
ment, he referred me to an occasion when Commissioner

Sick Officers Uncared For.

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Rees visited Hamilton to see me on p rsonal and divi-
sional matters. When I told the misinformed Brigadier
that the Commissioner's boat arrived in Hamilton at
2.00 p.m. and left again at 5.00, thus leaving the Com-
missioner only three hours in my presence, and when I
further stated that much of this time was taken up in
visiting a resting officer and inspecting the Prison Gate
Home, Brigadier M — went on to say he supposed that
the Commissioner had calculated the time going and re-
turning between Hamilton and Toronto, on the boat, and
also the time spent in writing letters ! The absurdity
of this calculation is too evident to need comment. Even
supposing Brigadier M's statement were true, it would
show the public what persausive methods the Army
leaders will adopt to smooth over such cases as mine.

Again, Mr. Booth states in his letter to the Field Offi-
cers that I nearly left the Army "on two occasions."
He is a little astray here, for, be it known, I was three
or four times on the eve of severing myself from the
Army, and I felt that my reasons justified me in so
doing. While in London I had some difficulty with a
Stafl Officer ; I could not approve of his manner of deal-
ing with the people, and as in more than one instance his
conduct had been anything but commendable, I con-
fronted him with the matterfi in question. It was very
evident to me that we could not get on together, and as
I was the Army representative for the Western Ontario
Brigade, I requested Commissioner Reas to remove this
officer. As he showed no willingness to do so, I again
wrote saying he must take either him or me from that
part of the country. This, no doubt, is one of the occas-
sious referred to when I was on the point of leaving the
Armv.

The next time was during my charge in Hamilton.
My health having broken down, I must confess I could
not see how any provision would be made for me in the
Army, should 1 become further incapacitated. In nearly

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every town I visited I could find sick officers living at
the expense of their parents, or on the charity of tneir
friends, and I felt, as I looked at my wife and two chil-
dren, that 1 was duty bound to protect them. At this
time, near Hamilton, was a married couple of officers
living on a poor widow ; I was told by these officers,
that for a long time Headquarters had been promising
them help, but up to that time no help had come. Con-
sidering all these things, and facing again the fact that
my health was gone, 1 felt that, before I became prac-
tically helpless, 1 had better look after some kind of
employment, in order to protect my family against want
and also to recuperate my health. I wrote to the Com-
missioner to this efiect but he would not hear of such a
thing and wished me to go for a rest. I expressed a

desire to go to D and stay a while with Brother

S ,and assist him on his farm, for J hoped that one

or two months of this kind of work would build me up.
Commissioner Rees, however, thought it would lower
my prestige as a Staff Officer to go to work, and insisted
that i should go to the Army Home of Rest at Rothsay,
N. B. According to report, Mr. Booth states that I was
sent to Rothsay at great expense, and infers that I was
sent at my own request. I desire my readers to under-
stand: (I) That I went to Rothsay at the entreaty of
the Commissioner, as already stated ; (2) That this was
the first rest that I had taken during a period of nearly
eight years hard work ; (3) That I paid my own travel-
ling to Montreal and there held special meetings as
announced, out of the proceeds of which I was allowed
sufficient money to pay our fares, second class, to Roth-
say. Although the journey lasted a day and night, we
did not mind this, as we were anxious to cut down ex-
penses; (4) Finally, that during my stay at Rothsay,
(although I will say to the credit of headquarters, I re-
ceived a little financial assistance on two occasions while
resting), I paid my board and that of my wife at the rate
of $4.00 per week. After these facts, the public may

My Arrival at Ileathptaiirrs.

judge of the truth of Mr. Booth's statement. We had
not been in the Home of Rest many days before Mrs.
Philpott began to feel that our cliildren were an annoy-
ance to the otlier sick officers, and as the house was des-
titute of the conveniences necessary to remedy this, we
naturally felt uncomfortable and out of place.

After a sojourn of seven weeks in the East, the
doctor assured me that I should not be able to use my
throat for a year at least, and perhaps, two years, and ad-
vised me to undertake a ditferent kind of occupation.
Having acquainted the Commissioner with these facts, I
received a reply to go on resting ; I wrote again stating
that I could not possibly remain inactive for a longer
time, asking him in the same letter if he could not find
something for me to do, in which I could save my voice,
telling him plainly that if he could not arrange this, I
should be compelled to do something of my own accord.
The foregoing is a simple statement of my reason for
entertaing thoughts on different occasions of leaving the
Army, referred to in such a misleading way by Mr. Booth

CHAPTER V.

MY ARRIVAL AT HEADQUARTERS — WHAT COMMISSIONER
REES TERMED A RESPONSIBLE POSITION — A PLAN TO
HELP THE FIELD OFFICERS FRUSTRATED BY THli ARMY
LEADERS — MY ALLEGED DISHONORABLE ACTIONS,

S a result of my last communication, I was
ordered to head-quarters and received an office
appointment. The Commissioner made me
, ' what he called " Secretary for special ettorts, "
impressing upon me that it was a most " re-
sponsible position." This I must state was an

untruth, for almost any cadet in the field could

have filled my duties as efficiently as myself. For days to-

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gether, I did not know what it was to have any responsible
work whatever, and I could not help feeling then, that I
was under the " freezing-out " process ; now I am certain
that such was the case ; for while many inferior officers
such as Lieutanants anvl Captains, besides being vested
with important duties, were so busily occupied that they
often extended their labors far beyond the usual hours,
I, though holding a higher rank, was often tempted to
remain absent from my office because of the small amount
of work offered me by my so-called responsible position.
Moreover, in giving me this appointment the Army
placed me in a position that .was destined to wound my
feelings deeper than ever, for I was now forced to admit
as facts, many unpleasant things of which 1 had heard
and had been reluctant to believe; at headquarters I
came in contact with them continually, and from the
very day of my induction to this " responsible position "
I began to lose confidence in the S. A. government.

Th<^ first difficulty at headquarters which caused me to
be lof'iied upon as dishonorable was in reference to the
salaries of the headquarters' staff, for be it remembered
that no man or woman at the S. A. headquarters goes with-
out salary. There would be no objection to this if all the
officers enjoyed the same privilege, but when we consider
that many Field Officers cannot remember the time when
they drew their full salary ; that many others for a num-
ber of months have received as little as ten, fifteen or
twenty cents per week, going destitute of necessary food
and clothing, we are confronted with the fact that not-
withstanding all the talk about equality in the Army
ranks, there is really very little of it. Although the
Army professes to adhere to Bible principles, it will be
evident from the above that the exhortation as given in
Galatians vi., 2. " Bear ye one another's burdens, and so
fulfil the law of Christ," was utterly, unheeded.

Knowing of many officers who were in the most indi-
gent circumstance, with the dead cold of winter staring

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them in the face, with nought to shield thorn but their
summer clothing and cotton underwear, and no prospect
of getting any winter garments, I felt that, if we Stafl
Officers were really the men and women of principle and
christian character, which we professed to be, it was high
time something was done to alleviate such dire distress.
Accordingly, on a certain Friday afternoon, when the
members of the headquarters' staff were assembled in one
of their meetings, I brought a few of these cases to light,
and in the course of my remarks suggested that we should
devote a tenth of our salaries to a fund to help poor
officers. I told them that when I remembered the suffer-
ings of so many of my comrades, the salary I was draw-
ing did actually seem like " blood money. " These state-
ments awakened quite an interest, and, as a result, some
$25 or $30 worth of clothing was despatched to the field.
This system of givingj was kept up for the few following
weeks, and was participated in by all the members of the
staff, with the exception of three or four of the leaders
who seemed to think I had gone too far. In an inter-
view with Brigadier H , I endeavored to obtain his

sanction to the appointing of a secretary and treasurer,
to become responsible for the collecting of these weekly
donations of the headquarters' staff, and also to see that
the moneys were properly despatched, and stated my con-
viction that, if this were allowed, it would cause such a
current of love to flow into headquarters from the field,
as had never before been known. At the time I refer to, the
tenth of the headquarters' salaries, would amount to about

$30 per week. Brigadier H thought that the scheme

was unadvisable, as it would cause the Field Officers to
think that the headquarters people received a great deal
of money. " Well, " I replied, " it is immaterial what they
think, we get the money at any rate." However, my further
efforts to help the Field Officers were quashed, and all I
had said on the subject was subsequently misconstrued
and turned directly against me.

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My next difficulty was over a little card, published by
headquarters for distribution among the Army friends
throughout the Dominion, as an appeal for contributions
to the work When I saw this card I must confess I was
horrified, for on it were printed statements which I knew
to be palpably false; these statements were given out as
reasons ivhy the friends should help the Army. In the
first place, the card showed a greater number of officers
in Canada than really existed ; it also stated how suc-
cessfully the Army was evangelising the French-Cana-
dians ! Nov/, as much as we all admire the devotion of
the officers engaged in this difficult work, I could not feel
that a false statement of results was the proper way to
appeal for further financial help. Then, again, it stated
that the Army was preaching Christ to the Red Indians
on every Indian reserve in Canada. This I knew was so
absolutely false that it could admit of no possible excuse.
Although occasional services have been conducted among
the Indians in the vicinity of Sutton West, no regular
preaching has been done by the Army on any Indian re-
serve in the whole Dominion for some considerable length
of time. On the contrary, the Army has withdrawn from
every Indian reserve where it was formerly in operation.

I told those who were about to mail the cards that they
must not be sent out bearing such false statements. The
Financial Secretary was informed of it, but seeing that he
treated the matter as of little consequence, and that he
made no effort to stop the despatch of the cards, I went

and laid the matter before Brigadier H . The latter

informed me that he was not aware that these cards were
going out. I was surprised at this, and felt that a man
like himself, filling the position of Chief Secretary, should
be responsible for, or at the very least should be aware
of, matters of such grave importance. I told him if he
allowed the cards to go out, the officers seeing them
would know that the statements were untrue, and would
lose all confidence in headquarters. The result was that

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the thousands of these cards, instead of going to the post,
were at once destroyed. Covers of a certain book, just
being published for the same purpose as the cards, were
likewise torn off, on account of the untruths they bore.
The fact that I objected to the circulation of these false
statements, constituted, in the eyes of my superiors, one
of my dishonorable actions.

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CHAPTER VI.

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WHAT BECAME OF THE SELF-DENIAL MONEY — MORE UN-
TRUE STATEMENTS — THE ALLEGED " BLACK DIARY."

tt. ^f^>A QQ^ after my arrival at headquarters I
learned from the cashier that last year's
(1891) Self-Denial Fund had been placed in
the bank, tind was being used for the express
purpose of paying the salaries of the Head-
quarters' Staff, and when I remembered that this
fund had been raised on the strength of an appeal
to clear off the debt existing on the Canadian
corps ; when I further remembered that the Army officers,
soldiers, and friends had denied themselves and in man;'
cases suffered from privations in order to make the scheme
a success, I felt there was room and reason to complain.
As this matter will be treated more fully in a succeeding
chapter, it is quite unnecessary at this juncture to make
further references ; nevertheless I can but feel that this
system of raising money on false pretences is not only a
cruel injustice to the poor field officers but a violation of
the highest moral principle. I would fain dwell here on
the question of headquarters' salaries, but as this is dealt
with further on, in my correspondence to the press, I
will refrain.

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It has been stated by my accusers that Commissioner
Rees was reluctantly compelled to ask me either to
" withdraw " or mend my ways, and that I expressed re-
pentance and made some very serious confessions, and on
this ground I was allowed to retain my position as an
officer. This is untrue in the extreme. Neither before
nor since the time of his leaving this country did Com-
missioner Rees ever ask me to leave the Army. Mr.
Booth states that, not only was I twice on the eve of
resigning during the past twelve months, but that on
two different occasions I was on the point of being dis-
missed. The public will easily see the inconsistency of
these conflicting statements, and will wonder, as I do
myself, why they did not rid themselves of me when I
wanted to resign, especially if I was such a dishonorable
and abandoned character as Mr. Booth tries to make out.
To be brief, I will say (1) That no one ever asked me to
leave the Army ; and (2) that I never cried to any one
for mercy except Jesus Christ, when I knelt before Him
a broken-hearted sinner.

Mr. Booth has made great capital of two letters written
by me to Commissioner Rees: one of the said letters
which he has read to so many people misconstruing its
meaning into a confession, or a plea for pardon, was
written after a conversation I had with Commissioner

Rees on the train coming from G . He mentioned

my unsettled state on account of my health, and said he
was greatly troubled to think that I should consider
myself a burden to the S. A. ; even though my health
was gone, he assured me it would afford, him pleasure
to see that T was provided for. In this conversation
I ventured to refer to many of the grievances I could
not well overlook. About fifteen days previous to this,
I had jotted down in a book a few of these troubles for
the purpose of bringing them before the Commissioner.
During the conversation I produced my note-book and
began to ventilate matters as my notes suggested. The

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The Alleged "Black Diary."

Commissioner acknowledged that the evils I mentioned
did exist, but he thought that for us to worry over them
would not ameliorate them, and intimated that I had
better destroy my few notes and go in to help him put
matters right. This appeared very reasonable, and as I
had found the Commissioner already aware of the exist-
ing grievances, and relying on his warm assurances that
they would be remedied, I was cheered by a new hope,
and accordingly I destroyed my notes and wrote the
Commissioner next day to the effect that I was more
settled and felt we were now on the right lines; I also
expressed my regret that I had caused him any trouble
and said that 1 wished him to feel that I was in the
Army for life. Let my readers plainly understand that
I wrote this upon Commissioner Rees' straightforward
confession of the true state of affairs, with his fervent
promise of a speedy change. I certainly felt that these
were the " right lines." They were the " lines " I had
been seeking for a long time. Now, out of this conver-
sation springs the charge of the " black diary." How
Commissioner Rees could have distorted this simple
event into a charge against me of having kept a " black
diary," for two years, with the intention of publishing a
book, is beyond my comprehension. If I had done so, I
might have made the present work somewhat more
" spicy " than it is. I emphatically deny either having
kept a black diary, or having any such intention of
publishing a book. The only possible grounds upon
which this infamous accusation could be based is the
conversation referred to.

My last difference with Commissioner Rees is described
by Mr. Booth as a disgraceful affair. I take it for granted
he is now referring to what took place in the Staff"
Council held in Toronto last May. Before I touch on
this let me say that either by letter or by word of
mouth, nearly all the staff" officers had expressed them-
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general, feeling that the Army was on a spiritual
decline. We were all looking forward to this Staff
Council as a time when we could speak out our
minds and do something to bring about a better state of
affairs. In this council the Commissioner had been
speaking about charges brought against officers. I
wanted to know if I brought a charge against a captain
in my division, and headquarters undertook to deal with
him, if I had a right to know whether or not head-
quarters substantiated my charge. The Commissioner
replied that I had a right to know. " Well," I said,
" why is this information not given ? " He replied, " It
is given." I told him it was not, and gave two instances
in which I had laid charges of the very worst type
against officers and without receiving that information
which I felt was due me, as to how my charges were
applied, I had found to my unwelcome astonishment
that these two officers were appointed to two of the best
corps in the divisions to which they were sent. On this
evidence I was forced to one of two conclusions :
either that the charges which I had laid against
these officers were utterly ignored, or that headquarters
were certainly not scrupulous as to the inner life
of officers sent out to be the spiritual leaders of the
people. My special reason for bringing this up in
council was this : In my command was a number of
officers and soldiers who were well acquainted with the
actions of the officers referred to above, and seeing that
headquarters had given them such responsible appoint-
ments, they were not slow to say that if a man wanted
to get a good corps in the S. A. he must simply act the
part of a hypocrite !

I also questioned the Commissioner as to whether an
inferior officer, in bringing ^ serious charge against his
superior, had a right to know how his charge was treated.
The Commissioner said he did not think so, and con-
tended that the inferior officer should be content to leave

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the case in headquarters' hands. In this manner of pro-
cedure I could see neither Christian principle nor human
justice, and expressed myself to that effect.

CHAPTER VII.

fft

NEW DISCLOSURES IN THE STAFF COUNCIL — A. SECOND
PROPOSAL TO HELP POOR FEELD OFFICERS KNOCKED
IN THE HEAD — A MAJOR SPEAKS OUT HIS CONVIC-
TIONS AND IS CENSURED— COL. MCKIE'S STATEMENTS,

HE next question brought up in the Staff
Council was that of providing for the poor
field officers. Commissioner Rees wished to
know why so many officers were taking pro-
longed rests and accepting situations outside
the Army work ; a number of the divisional officers
said it was on account of their being discouraged at
not receiving sufficient salary to provide them-
selves with clothing and other bare necessities. The
Commissioner then called for suggestions as to the best
plan of helping these poor officers. Col. McKic tLonorht
that the rich corps should send in so much cash each week
to help the needy. " Well," I said, " the officers in the very
best corps do not get enough salary to meet their own
demands ; I cannot see, therefore, how they could be ex-
pected to pay their rents, sustain headquarters by remit-
ting to the Sick and Wounded Fund, and to the Quarter-
ly Collection, according to regulations, and, at the same
time, be in a position to render financial assistance to the
poorer corps." As a matter of fact, I knew at that very
time that the officers in charge of the Temple, Lippincott
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bankruptcy, some of them actually going without neces-
sary food in order to meet their current expenses. It
will be opportune to state here that in a council held

about the same time by Brigadier M , the Toronto

oJficers, at least those who had charge of Garrison corps,
refused to co-operate with him in a special effort to
clear off a debt for rent of barracks, some of the said officers
opposing on the ground that there was so much extrava-
gance a'fnong the staff.

Taking all these things into consideration, I renewed
my former suggestion that the staff officers should give a
tenth of their salary towards a Poor Officers' Fund, for I
felt that this would not only prove a financial blessing to
the field officers, but would create among them a feeling
of love and sympathy for their superiors, which, at that
time, was very desirable indeed. Commissioner Rees ob-
jected, however, by saying that the staff had all they
could do to live as things were. " Then," said I, " if
those who receive $11.50 or $12 per week, with house
furnished and rent paid, have a hard time to live, how do
the poor field officers manage, who get next to nothing ? "
The Commissioner answered my question by saying that
he would not be talked to in that manner, and moreover
that the General would not allow them to create a fund
among the staff. I maintained that, as it was a personal
matter, the General had nothing to do with it, that we
had a right to donate a tenth of our income as we thought
proper. At this point the Commissioner became highly
indignant, and showed a spirit of vindictive authority,
which was entirelj' foreign to our Army leaders in the
" good old days of yore." I was more than ever alive to
the fact that both the old-time freedom and sweet humil-
ity were at a discount, and that a pharisaical selfishness
was gnawing out the very vitals of the Army's fountain-
head ! It is a sad day for any religious body when even
the chief trees of the garden bring forth other fruit than
that of the Spirit.

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This session of the Council adjourned, entirely ignor-
ing any suggestions I had made.

Just when the evening session was closing, a major,
whom we all looked upon as a deeply spiritual man and
a decidedly loyal Salvationist, stood up and used words
to this effect : " Well, Commissioner, my officers are all
discouraged, and will be anxious to know what is going
to be done to warrant a better state of affairs, and I
want to know what I am to tell them when I return to
my division ? " The Commissioner, in a very unbecoming
manner, exclaimed : " God help you ! I have spent hours
with you on these matters." " Yes," replied the major,
" but not to my satisfaction. I tell you, Commissioner,
there are many others in this room who, if they were to
give a candid opinion, would bear me out in what I say,
and I think they should do so." Notwithstanding the
fact that there were in that council staff-officers who, a
few hours before, had expressed themselves as being
altogether dissatisfied, not one was heard to speak, but
all kept their seats. On seeing this, I arose and said I
hoped the Commissioner would not take what had been
said as a personal reflection, for I did not intend as such
any statement 1 had made, but I did feel that we were
rapidly losing ground, and that there was an atmosphere
of dissatisfaction resting upon the entire Canadian field,
such as we had never before experienced, and which if
not faced, acknowledged, and efficiently dealt with,
would bring forth far more serious and disastrous con-
sequences than were already realized. The Commis-
sioner met this statement by declaring very emphatic-
ally that he would not stay in the country, but would
have the General remove him ! This was certainly a
very bad example of that principle of submission and
obedience which the Army government endeavors to
inculcate into the ranks. The Commissioner further
declared that he would not listen to such talk, and was
going to close the meeting. But Col. McKie said, " No,

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let's have this matter out." The Commissioner then des-
ireG to know where we were going down. I said, " We
have not as many soldiers as we once had, and not near
as many officers." The Commissioner endeavored to
show that this was owing to the great number of officers
transferred to the United States, but when I disclosed
the fact that we had then nearly one hundred officers
less than the previous year, although only about fifteen
had been sent to the States, the insufficiency of the
Commissioner's explanation was at once evident. I could
have dropped some stubborn facts on this subject, but
was not permitted to do so. The candidates' roll at
headquarters showed that during the length of time the
Army has been in Canada, two thousand two hundred
and fifty candidates have been accepted in addition to a
great number of officers who have been sent out from
England, yet at the time referred to, the disposition of
Army forces in Canada showed about nine hundred and
eighty officers. After we compare the number of officers
Canada has sent to India and the United States with
those imported from England, the fact stares us in the
face that over one thousand two hm^dred officers have
severed theriselves from the Army in Canada. This
tremendous leakage is appalling, and confirms my state-
ment to the efi'ect that something is radically astray in
the Army government.

Moreover, I could not close my eyes to the fact that
scores of towns and villages, once held by the Army as
strongholds, in which they declared they would remain
until the Judgment Day, are now long since closed and
the Army work discontinued. Four and a half years
ago I had charge of what was then the Palmerston Div-
ision, consisting of twenty-two corps ; to-day thirteen of
these places are no longer known as Army stations.
Many other places have been closed in the various div-
isions during the last two years, and it seems to me that
a great number of the remaining small places will be
similarly dealt with*

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Being then aware of these facts, I could not see how
Commissioner Rees could maintain that the Army was
not on a rapid decline.

Col. McKie thought we must be blind or we would
readily see that the Army work in Canada was " suftering
from a rotten foundation put in by the first man!* This
statement was difficult to digest, for all the staff had a
very warm love for Commissioner Coombs, and felt that
the work he accomplished in Canada was, on the whole,
worthy of praise. Col. McKie also stated that if those
having any grievances would come to the proper source
for an explanation it would prove more satisfactory than
introducing the same in such a council as was then as-
sembled. I then made the Colonel admit that I had told
him two weeks before, many of the existing evils, and had
requested him, for the Kingdom's sake, to deal with them.
I was therefore at a loss to understand how Col. McKie
could talk in such a manner in the said council, after the
personal interviews which several of the Staff Officers, in-
cluding myself, had had with him, in which he deplored
the state of affairs, going so far on one occasion to say to

Staff Captain S that Commissioner Rees was not

the man for Canada. Thus the council ended in a manner
most unsatisfactory to all.

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CHAPTER VIII.

A MAJOR ASKED TO RESIGN — MR. BOOTH FURNISH KS HIS
HOME AT THE EXPENSE OF OTHER OFFICERS — MORE
ABOUT THE ALLEGED BLACK DIARY — WHAT ABOUT
ENGLAND ? — MRS. PHILPOTT SPEAKS.

N the day following the Staff Council, when
Commissioner Rees interviewed the Staff Offi-
cers individually, the Major referred to in the
preceding chapter was told that he had better
resign, but the Major refused, saying that he
was in the Army according to the will of God. On
hearing this I talked the matter over with my wife,
and as I felt that I had expressed my views quite as "
emphatically as the Major, I expected that I also would
be asked to resign, and I resolved to comply with the re-
quest should it be made. When the Commissioner sent
for me and I again stood in his presence, I said : " Sir, I

understand you have asked Major to resign and

that you are going to ask me to do likewise. Now, if
this is your intention, I wish to assure you that you have
only to express it and we shall part to-day." But to my
utter surprise the Commissioner took a stand in the op-
posite direction and would not hear of such a thing. Our
interview was concluded by the Commissioner assuring
me that there should be more equality in the administra-
tion and more consideration for the Field Officers. I at
once expressed my satisfaction at this proposal and de-
clared my hearty willingness to co-operate with him in
iiicasures of this kind. No sooner had I expressed my
good-will than the Commissioner wanted to know if I
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the same time, suggesting points to which he would like
me to allude. Under the sudden intluence of such an
unexpected reaction 1 wrote the letter, not, however, un-
aware of the possibility of its meaning being construed
and brought to bear against me. The letter had been
written only a few moments when he wanted to know
if he might not send a copy of it to the Staff Officers.
Mark you, after he had induced me to lurite it as a con-
fidential letter to himself. However, as his promises for
the amelioration of affairs were so warm and reassuring,
and feeling that if these promises were fulfilled, I was
ready to stand by all I had written, I assente*! to this
proposal that a copy should be sent to the Staff Officers.
Within a few hours the confidential letter asked for by
the Commissioner was transformed into a circular and
dispatched to all parts of the country. This letter has
been the ground-text of all Mr. Bojth's defence. Ho has
paraded it before the public at every opportunity and
sent it broadcast to his own [)eople as an evidence of my
duplicity, but any weight that the said letter may have
had on his side, is due to the fact that he has withheld
all the circumstances that surround the writing of it and
is himself entirely ignorant of its real significance.

Mr. Booth, I understand, lays at my feet the blame of
circulating reports regarding the furnishing of his house.
I desire to state that up to the present, I have been silent
on this question and would not introduce a matter so triv-"
ial, had not Mr. Booth already taken the trouble to explain
it away as one of my " false statements." I am afraid,
however, that even in connection with his home, a great
deal could be said that would show the true spirit of
Canada's present Army Leader. Mr. Booth complains
that fault should be found, l)ecause he has three or tour
rooms carpeted with the very cheapest carpets, yet I
was informed by an individual who handled the invoices
that they called for no less than $141.00. The house,
be it known, is one of the finest on Close-avenue, and

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one of his Toronto officers is responsible for saying that
it is most beautifully furnished. As to the s dtishness of
Mr. Booth (for I cannot give it any milder name), I leave
my readers to judge from the following : Shortly after
his arrival in Canada, Mr. Booth, with his wife, called at
my house and after talking to my wife about our expect-
ed transfer to England, he began to take an inventory of
various articles of furniture upon which he had set his
eyes ; at this time I was not at home and when my wife
informed me of the Commandant's vi i j and of the man-
ner in which he had inspected the furniture I said: "Ohl
I suppose they will break up this home when we go to
England and utilize the furniture to the best advantage."
This, however, was not the case, as will be seen. A few
days afterwards when I was away attending camp meet-
ings at Corbett's Point, Mr. Booth sent to our house for
a load of furniture. Among other things he had decided
upon taking were two of our beds, and as our little girl
was taken ill nigh unto death, which illness necessitated
her having a bed all to herself, my dear wife with a little
infant five weeks old were obliged to sleep on the floor.
When I returned and became acquainted of the case, I
could but feel that this action on the part of Mr. Booth
was not only decidedly unjust, but altogether void of
Christian love and sympathy. The neighbors on Ottawa-
street, North Toronto, can vouch for the truth of the
above occurrence and, mark you, many of those who
were loudest in their condemnation of Mr. Booth's sel-
fishness, some going so far as to say it was anything but
human for Mr. Booth thus to deprive others for his own
benefit, are Staff Officers in the Army to-day. He not
only took from our home the best and most needed fur-
niture, but other Staff Officers suffered in a like manner ;
one family being deprived of their cooking-stove, were
left for some time without any means .of cooking or
washing.

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speak of, I shall refrain from saying any more than neces-
sity demands.

Mr. Booth had not been lonji^ in Toronto whtm, in an
interview, he charged me with keeping a " black diary."
At first I could not understand what he meant, but as he
went on to inform me that Commissioner Rees had re-
ported to the International Headquarters in London,
England, that I had been keeping this diary for over two
years, with the intention of publishing a book, then
dawned upon me the conversation I had had with Rees

on the train coming from G to Toronto. After I had

explained the matter fully to the Commandant, he as-
sured me of his satisfaction and confidence, and then ask-
ed me if I was willing to go to England. I said, " Yes,
but not if you think me unfit to remain in Canada ! "
But again assuring me of his confidence, he stated that
he only wished me to go because he knew my oppor-
tunities would be so much greater ; in fact, he wished me
to go as " Canada's man." Sotne days afterwards, in a
conversation with Colonel Mackenzie, I was told again
by him that I was to be transferred to England as an old
and faithful officer, yet in a circular letter recently sent
out from headquarters to the officers, it is stated that I
was to be transferred to England on account of my bad
conduct !

My wife and I, being now fully prepared to say fare-
well to Canada, were making the necessar}'^ arrangements
for our departure to a new field of labor when, upon my
return from three days' special meetings at Simcoe, I
found that the programme so recently laid before me had
suddenly been changed. We had been summoned to
headquarters, and as my wife was present at my inter-
views with Commandant Booth and Colonel Mackenzie,
I shall leave her to relate this painful part of the story.

MRS. PHILPOTT SPEAKS.

According to orders, I visited headquarters on the Tues-

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day previous to the breaking up of the Wells' Hill Camp
Meeting, and after waiting three hours I was afforded the
opportunity of speaking to Colonel Mackenzie, who iii-
fornied nie that very important news had arrived from
England, but tliat he could not acquaint me of the par-
ticulars until the following morning, when it was hoped
my iiusband would return from Simcoe. On the Wed-
nesday morning my husband and I called at the Army
Temple, and were met by Colonel Mackenzie, who gave
us to understand that, owing to a communication just to
hand from England, he was afraid our way was ** blocked,"
for the communication referred to was to the effect that
the International Headquarters had not confidence in my
husband, and could not, therefore, accept us for the work
in England. I sfdd, " Well, then, Colonel, if you have
no confidence in us for the English field, you have no
confidence in us for the Canadian field, therefore 1 wish
to see the Commandant as early as possible." Next after-
noon we received a telephone message to come at once to
headquarters, and accordingly I left my little baby with
friends, and mac'e my way to the Temple, wondering what
all this was goiug to mean. Upon my arrival my husband
and I were ushered into the presence of the Commandant,
who received us very kindly indeed, and after placing
chairs and inviting us to sit down, he began, " Well, Phi-
pott, you have no doubt heard from Colonel the contents
of the English mail ?" My husband replied, " Yes, sir."
" Well," continued the Commandant, " my hopes for you
were that you would be transferred to England and that
there you would be of greater use to God than ever, but
when the statement arrived in England declaring your
innocence respecting the black diary, Commissioner
Rees said, " It's a lie ! " and as Commissioner Rees has
been a faithful and loyal officer, and is higher in rank
than you, and as this matter lies only between you and
him, we must therefore take his word in preference to
yours." My husband replied, " Well, Commandant, I

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cannot blame you for doing that ; you know him and
you don't know me, and you have not waited to know
me ; his (Com. Rees') word may be better in England
than mine, but perhaps mine may be as good as his in
Canada. Why not allow me to go on under your com-
mand and prove my loyalty to the S. A., and satisfy you
that I have not kept a black-diary with the intention of
writing a book against the Army."

The Commandant said, " No ! I feel that the confi-
dence that ought to exist between us could not exist
under the circumstances, and such a course would be out
of the question." My husband replied, " It seems very
hard, Commandant, that after my wife and I have toiled
nearly nine years in the service, until my health has
given way, that we should not have a chance to prove
our loyalty." Commandant said, " Don't minimise your
sin, Philpott, rather exaggerate it. Think of the poor
souls that have been wrecked through your influence ! I
cannot understand how people can take their bread and
butter from the S. A. and profess from its platform to
love it and yet go around undermining the officers. I
feel, Philpott, that you are not only handicapped for the
work of God in the Army in Canada, but you are handi-
capped for God's work a lywhere. You must feel, as
you walk across the street, that your influence is gone
through your being too free with the officers." One
Staff Officer has said that my husband's only influence
lay in his handshaking and freedom with the people.
The Commandant continued, "You see Philpott, this
is a very painful position for you to be placed in ; your
transfer to England is blocked and I cannot, under the
circumstances, allow you to go on in your present posi-
tion. What am I to "do ? "

Well," I said, " Commandant, do you not think that if
Commissioner Rees had any charges against us it would
have been the proper thing for him to have dealt with
them while he was in the country and not to have left
them for you to deal with ? "

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Commandant said, " He told me he had dealt with
them."

I then replied : " Before God this afternoon, Command-
ant, I tell you that until your arrived in this country I
never heard a black diary mentioned."

Commandant then asked, "Well, Philpott, what am I
to do ? "

I said, *' What do you want my husband to do ? Do
you want him to get out of the Salvation Army ? "

Col. Mackenzie, who was present, interposed, " I
think Mrs. Philpott misunderstands you. Commandant.
I shall make a suggestion and if I go too far you will
please check me sir." Commandant Booth bowed his
head. Then said the Colonel, " If I were you, Philpott,
I should say, " Seeing that I have done wrong, I am
willing to take.j my<place as a captain in the S. A."

My husband was silent and the silence was indeed very
painful to me, but again 1 took upon myself to speak and
said, " Colonel, we are perfectly willing to take a corps.
We came into the S. A. to work for God and not for pos-
ition, but when we go to a corps, will you tell me what
we are to say to the people ? "

Colonel replied, " We will not send you where you are
known, we will send you away off where you are not
known, but it must be voluntary : you must volunteer to
go."

Commandant added, "You had better do this than go
on showing the spirit you have of late. You have not
only received letters of a disloyal character, but you have
also written them."

My husband replied, " I deny, it, sir." Again address-
ing the Commandant I said, "Our idea of disloyalty
may be different from yours. What is your idea of dis-
loyalty, Commandant ? "

His reply was, " Sitting down and talking over the
grievances in the Army with the officers." " Well," I
s^id, " if you call that disloyalty, you had better deal

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with every one of your Staff Officers, as they are every
one guilty of it."

I felt I was getting quite nervous, and as I had left my
baby behind on Wells' Hill, 1 said, " Commandant, it is
useless for us to stay here any longer, and as we cannot
decide on anything to-night, please pray with us and let
us go. He arose to his feet while we knelt down, and in
his prayer he prayed God to forgive Philpott's awful sin,
and that He would direct us aright in the matter. We
shook hands and parted. When we came out of the
building, I said to my husband, " let us look into the
matter. I cannot feel they have lost confidence in us,
although you spoke out your mind very plainly in the
staff- council, but as we feel we have not done anything
wrong, we cannot go to a corps to acknowledge that we
have done wrong." On the following morning I sat
down and wrote the Commandant to this effect, saying
that we could not agree to his proposals, and that, as the
only alternative, we resigned our position in the Army,
and would vacate his house as soon as possible.

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N the morning that Mrs. Philpott wrote our
last letter to the Commandant I proceeded
to the Temple and gathered my few personal
belongings into two or three parcels and left
them in my old office intending to call for
them at a future date. While I was thus employed,
Mackenzie sent for me. By this time Brigadiers
H. and M. had arrived at headquarters and in-
formed the Colonel of the feeling among the officers,

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soldiers and friends on Wells' Hill. On my arrival at
the Colonel's otHce I was questioned as to whether I did
not think I had taken the wrong course and misconstrued
what had been said to me on the previous day. I
replied, ** No sir, there was no possibility of that, you
wished me to take the rank of Captain and apply for a
corps, by so doing to acknowledge how very wrong and
sinfully 1 had been acting in the past and as 1 do not
consider myself guilty of being either * disloyal ' or
' dishonorable ' I found it altogether out of the question
to act according to your proposal. How could I go on
working under you wherever I might be sent under the
feeling that I was being looked upon as a liar and a man
unworthy of your confidence ? " " Oh," said the Colonel,
" I want you to understand that both the Commandant
and myself believe your statement about the diary, and
we feel there must be some misunderstanding in connec-
tion with this matter."

" Well," I answered, " if you do not believe this charge
brought against me by Commissioner Rees, why did you
not say so in our interview yesterday, instead of treating
me in the manner you did ?"

The Colonel then manifested a desire that I should see
the Commandant, but I said I had nothing to see him
about, that another interview therefore was unnecessary.
As he pressed me, however, I did wait for fifteen minutes
and as the Commandant failed to appear I took my
departure.

On the evening of the same day Mr. Booth sent for
me. On reaching his office, I found him, his wife and
Col. Mackenzie awaiting me. Mr. Booth at once set to
work to try to make me believe that it was not necessary
for me to resign, and that he had not expected me to take
such a step but had hoped upon his next arrival at the
Temple to find me at his office door with my eyes full of
scalding tears and my heart full of humiliation. I
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such a state. Mr. Booth also hinted that if I had only
complied with his i*eii[i iCst and had submitted my ivill to
him, wlijch was what he was after, that I should aot
have been sent to a corps after all, but would have gone
on with the same position. I could but feel, however,
that he was only talking in this way, owing to the great
and entirely unexpected disturbance among the otficers
and soldiers, caused by his dealings with me on the
previous day, for although I did not make it a point to
voice abroad what had occurred, yet, many anxious in-
quiries were made and it was not long before the reports
spread in all directions, arousing high indignation all
through the Toronto Camp.

In this my last interview with him, Mr. Booth inquired
very anxiously if I intended to publish anything of
what had happened but I informed him that, as I was
no longer an officer under him and therefore under no
obligation to him, it was not necessary for me to answer
any such question. Then in a very threatening manner
he remarked, " Don't you force me to publish anything !"
I assured him that he was at liberty to do as he pleased
in that respect and declared that if he would publish all,
giving the public both sides of the case I would remain
silent. Here let me say, that when I took my departure
from Mr. Booth's office I did not intend to publish the
particulars of this very sad and unlooked-for difficulty,
but when Mr. Booth proceeded to hold his private meet-
ings and send abroad his circular letters, I felt dnty-bound
to present to the public the truth which my accuser has
omitted to reveal.

. Now comes the grand finale. With ex- Cap tain. P ,

as witness, I went to the Temple to collect the parcels
containing my personal property. I was confronted by
the Property Secretary who informed me that all the
property on the premises belonged to the S. A. " But I
said, these parcels are mine. I left them in my old office,
but Major S informs me that they have been re-

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moved to Col. MacKenzie's room ; I demand them." Col.
MacKenzie then appeared and questioned in a haughty
tone, " How do I know that these parcels are yours." I
said, " My name is written upon them." " What of that ?"
said he. " You might have written your name on any-
thing in the building. You cannot have these parcels un-
less you submit to an investigation of their contents."
" All right," I said. " I will submit the parcels for inves-
tigation by yourself and me, provided we go through the
note-book that belongs to one of the parcels." Whatever
may have been his reason, Col. MacKenzie refused to do
this, and also refused to give up the parcels. On leaving,
I simply I said, " You will not give me my parcels !
Good day ! " Next morning I received a card, saying,
that if I would come down and give a receipt for the
parcels I might have them. My note-book has never
been returned, but lies safe within the vaulted chambers
of the Army Temple.

Now, dear readers, you will see that I have made no
attempt at a literary production, but have simply endea-
vored to touch upon the most salient points which bear
on the great subject at issue. Much more could be added
which I have left unsaid, yet I trust I have given suffi-
cent facts to enable the public to judge of the manner in
which I have been treated by Mr. Booth.

Mr. Rofies Explanation.

CHAPTER X.

MR. ROPPE'S EXPLANATION

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SEVEN YEARS IN THE ARMY — WHERE ARE THE CONVERTS ?
— BRANDED AS DISLOYAL.

O take my stand as I now am compelled to do,
does not tend to place me in an enviable
position ; but the fact that one is stepping
out on the line of truth and justice affords
that confidence and assurance which other-
wise could not be possessed. The fact that I have
spent seven years in service for God under the flag
of the Salvation Army, and that my wife has toiled
in its ranks for the past eight years, will enable the
reader to realize to some extent the effort it has cost me
to even think of lifting the veil from the inner workings
of the organization to explain the why and wherefore of
my severance from it. Giving explanations of this kind
is entirely opposite to my nature. Were I to consult my
own feelings in the matter, I should prefer remaining
silent, even though it would mean a heavy cloud of mis-
understanding resting over me. But, realizing, as I
decidedly do, that the Army has of late, by the introduc-
tion of a system of works on the part of man, forfeited
the old-time fervor, power, influence, and simple, unadul-
terated child-like faith in God ; because this system of
human works has tended to rob the leaders of dependence
on Divine guidance, I cannot withhold a word of warning.
Moreover, the leaders of the Army have so permitted
their own notions, their own judgments and decisions, to
take the place of the wisdom that cometh from above,
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sweep the earth with power and blessing, to-day on a
rapid spiritual decline. Not that it will not continue to
exist; there will' always be an Army; the nature of its
present government assures this ; the fact that the Army
has accumulated such an immense amount of property in
Canada, insures that there will always be an Army in
our country. In the face of all this, however, sad as it is
to reflect upon, there can be no doubt as to the lamented
departure of that deeply spiritual life and power which
once characterized its operations.

Look at the extraordinary number of souls reported
weekly through the War Cry as being saved ! What
becomes of them ? Why do not the marches increase ?
Why do we not see a greater number on the platform ?
Why do the finances not increase instead of many of the
poor Field Officers finding themselves practically bank-
rupt ? And what about the *' big goes " ? May we not
reasonably inquire why it is that the old-time power
that used to make these united assemblies so notable is no
longer manifested to the same extent? Even though I do
no longer fight side by side with many a comrade who
through the fellowship of the past has become endeared
to my heart, yet I cannot refrain from offering up a
prayer to God that all concerned may be led sooner or
later to acknowledge the inconsistencies that have crept
into this organization; inconsistencies which are fast
sapping from the Army all that was formerly deemed
worth possessing.

My trouble with the Army is unlike that of Mr. Phil-
pott, insomuch that while, according to these recent de-
velopments, he has been branded by his superiors for some
time as a disloyal officer, I up to two or three months
prior to my resignation was looked upon as a loyal and
devoted comrade. Not that my eyes were not opened to
the existing evils, for, having held several different ap-
pointments at headquarters, I had an opportunity of
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tend to help me either in my own spiritual life or in the
work set before me to accomplish. However, when one's
whole life is wrapt up in an organization it takes a great
deal to convince him that his confidence has been mis-
placed and his trust betrayed, and even when he is con-
vinced, it takes him in many cases some time to really
acknowledge his convictions. So intense was my love
for the Army that 1 felt I was actually part and parcel
of it. For many years this organization has proved more
than a home to me and latterly it had become dearer
than my very life. After being placed in several rather
responsible positions, however, I was forced to admit to
my own mind that a number of things which I had pre-
viously heard of but which I could not be made to believe,
were now actually staring me in the face as truths. For
a long time I tried to believe that the questionable ac-
tions of many of the superior officers in their dealings in
certain cases, were of an exceptional character and might
be excused on the law of expediency, but eventually /
was forced to a private opinion that such actions were the
general rule of conduct and not exceptions. Notwith-
standing all this, I endeavored to keep my own counsel,
and cherished in my heart fond hopes that in the near
future a remedy would be introduced that would banish
forever the many surrounding evils that weighed upon
me, a burden which, but for the grace of God, I certainly
could not have borne. Though i refrained from giving
general expression to my thoughts, yet it was evident to
me that my superiors had already discerned them and
therefore I felt that I was being looked upon with a cer-
tain amount of suspicion and that the stand I had taken*
from the point of principle and right, was proving dis-
astrous to me as an Army officer ; for in the Asmy, be it
known, when an officer raises his voice and takes action
in such a manner as to cause reflection to rest upon his
superiors, no matter how pure that man's motives may
be, he is at once branded as ** disloyal." Thus, you see, that

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a man has but one alternative, either to speak out the
whole truth and suffer the consequences, or strifle his
convictions, murder his conscience, sacrifice his freedom,,
renounce his free-will, forfeit his principle and become to
all intents and purposes, a machine, for an inferior in
the Army is, under all circumstances, expected to yield
unhesitating and unquestioning obedience to his su-
periors.

Instance after instance of exceedingly strange dealing
has come under ray notice. Time after time have I
wended my way home from the Army headquarters with
deep questionings in my mind and sorrow tilling my
heart, and independent of what has come under my per-
sonal observation, I have had officers, both of the Staff*
and of lower ranks, approach me repeatedly with their
sad grievances, who, with their hearts nigh unto breaking,
have informed me of deeds unjust and transactions unfair,
and in some instances they have put the question, " How
can we go on and expect God's blessing ? " Yet these
people remain to this hour officers in the Army. A few
discomfiting facts could be introduced at this point, but
not desiring to implicate those who are to-day recognized
as loyal and devoted Salvationists, I refrain.

N o doubt many of my readers will wonder at my con-
tinuing to be an officer so long when I knew of the evils
existing in the Army, and yet, when you consider that it
was in an Army meeting that the Holy Spirit wrought
mightily upon me, eventually leading me to take my
place as a sinner at Jesus' feet crying for mercy, and that
in my younger days the Armj'- provided for me a spirit-
ual home ; when you think of the many officers at whose
side I have fought and with whom I have held sweet com-
munion for the past seven years, and when you consider
the unenviable prospects of an officer leaving the Army
and facing the cold world alone, it will not be so much
wondered at after all, that I endeavored to remain with
the Army as long as possible.

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CHAPTER XI.

NEW HOPES SUDDENLY BLASTED — BOUND DOWN BY THE
HIGHER POWERS — A BREACH OF CONFIDENCE — MRS.
ROFFE'S STATEMENTS.

EVERAL very grievous charges have been
brought against me by Col. Mackenzie, charges
which came upon me in a most unexpected
manner. The first personal interview I ever
had with the Colonel was on the 15th of July.
Prior to this, I had been loooking forward with
great expectancy to the induction of Commandant
and Mrs. Booth to the charge of the Canadian field,
and was full of hope that I should have the joy of con-
tinuing the fight under their administration. To show
how suddenly my hopes were blasted, I quote the follow-
ing from my diary, dated July 15th, 1892 : " This has
been a memorable day in my experience. Still being
very weak, I called on Brigadier Holland to see if it
could not be arranged for me to spend a month at Roth-
say, N.B. After a talk with the Brigadier, I was usher-
ed into the presence of Col. Mackenzie, who in a few
moments informed me that the Commandant had decid-
ed to ask me to resign or withdraw. This to me proved
one of the most severe blows I have yet received ! Though
I had ears and could hear, eyes and could see, I had a
hard job to believe what was really the case. I at once
refused to tender my resignation, and informed the
Colonel that if they undertook to dismiss me, they would
have to bear the responsibility. I then went to my closet
and poured out my sorrow to a compassionate Saviour, to
a God who says, * All things work together for good to
them that love God.' "

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I left the Temple that day a broken-hearted man, only
to meet at my home a grief-stricken wife. Not only did
I feel overcome at the idea of resigning, but I felt it was
unjust on the part of my accuser to place me under such
restraint as T shall now describe. I was sent from the
Colonel's office with all my prospects for the future ap-
parently blighted, and was commanded by the Colonel to
retrain from mentioning anything that had been said.
This, as will readily be seen, was next to an impossibility.
Although I was anxious to ,write the particulars of the
case to a dear friend and comrade officer, and seek his ad-
vice, I found myself practically bound. I did, however,
venture to open my heart somewhat to two or three per-
sons, my parents and Mr. Philpott, and for this offence I
soon found myself again in Col. Mackenzie's office, and
was sharply questioned by him as to whether I had men-
tioned the matter to Mr. Philpott. Answering in the
affirmative, I was severely censured, and charged with a
breach of confidence. The Colonel, moreover, gave me to
understand that if I continued to repeat what had tran-
spired, I could not be looked upon as worthy of his confi-
dence. This kind of dealing was doubtless policy for my
accuser, but injustice to me, and I found myself enslaved
and bound by the " higher powers " of this abominable
one man government. My freedom as a human being
and as a child of God was trammelled and down-trodden
in the cunning devices of my aeicuser. Notwithstanding
my desire to acquaint my comrades and friends of what
had just taken place, I was expected by the present Army
government to let this hidden sorrow fester within my
own bosom, and to go ahead as if nothing had happened !
Now if Col. Mackenzie's dealings with me were so straight-
forward as to cause no oiFence to my comrades, and to the
public m general, why should he put forth such strenu-
ous efforts to silence me in the matter ? I must say that
when Col Mackenzie sought to take away my liberty, by
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picions of the Jesuitical principles in vogue were at once
aroused, and in my own mind I formed conclusions,
which afterwards proved only too true.

As in Mr. Philpott's case, so in mine, have the Army
authorities left no stone unturned to cast detrimental
reflections upon ray character. I understand that Col.
MacKenzie has made a number of insidious and most
unwarrantable statements about me, and that these state-
ments have been made in the presence of the Staff and
Field Officers and soldiers of Toronto and although a
number of meetings were called for the purpose of giving
"explanations," not in one instance was I invited to be
present, that I might have at least the privilege of any
common prisoner — to hear the charge preferred against
me. As no such opportunity was granted me I must de-
fend myself by the present means.

I have been informed by one of the deputation of
officers who waited upon the Colonel and Commandant
Booth when the trouble first broke out, that my accusers
stated that I was given a two months' holiday at Rothsay,
N. B., and that after returning to headquarters and
working for three months, I wanted to be sent down to
Rothsay again on the ground of ill-health at a cost of
$60,00. I meet this statement by saying that never in
my life have I been to this place, Rothsay ! Now, I do
not forget that Col. MacKenzie is only human, and am
willing to look upon what he has said in as charitable a
light as possible, and say perhaps it was purely a mistake
on his part, but I certainly think that when an individual
filling the position that this man does, stands before an
audience of anxious hearers to lay before them charges
against me which I had no opportunity of confuting,
should, by the grace of God, be extremely careful of his
statements.

I did go for a much needed rest last December, but not
until I could no longer sit at my desk, and after an
absence of eight weeks returned to my work, though

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little improved in health, and continued at my post, not
as my accusers say, for three months only, but for nearly
double that length of time. Here again you see the
necessity for a man like Col. MacKenzie knowing fully
what he is talking about. I am again willing to give
him credit for thinking he was advancing the truth, but
unfortunately people at the present day do not form con-
clusions from what may be meant, but from what is
actually said.

With regard to my physical condition and desire to
visit the Eastern Provinces for my health, I would prefer
my wife to speak.

MRS. ROFFE SPEAKS.

" With regard to my husband's health failing as it has
done, I may say that this was largely due to over- work.
One of the accusations against him is that he was selfish
and unwilling to work over time. Those who may have
said this must have forgotten that two or three years ago
for months together he was working till 12, 1 and
2 o'clock, night after night, and on two occasions he
worked the whole night through ; consequently his health
became so broken down that he could work no more,
and told them that unless it was really necessary he
objected to work overtime.

" I could see him failing every day, tilthough some of
the headquarters' officers insinuated that he was not so
bad as he made out ; but when I saw him come home day
after day and drop into a chair, scarcely able to speak
from weakness, I became much alarmed. I think you
will agree with me that his life was as precious to me
and to our little one as any other woman's husband
whether in the S. A. or not.

" Another charge is that he wan+^^ed to go down to
Roth say at a cost of $60.00. It was I who urged upon
him to apply for a rest at this place, for I felt that a

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month down there, where he could have the benefit of
the salt-water breezes, would do him more good than
anything else, and bring him back the sooner to his work.
Col. Mackenzie gave us to understand that, as such a rest
would cost headquarters $60.00, they could not see their
way clear to grant it ; adding, that even if they had it,
we should get no money for such a purpose. However
great the sum may have appeared in Col. Mackenzie's
eyes, I could not feel it should be placed against the
value of my husband's life, seeing that he had spent his
strength in the Army work."

CHAPTER XII.

"evidences" of my disloyalty — MY ALLEGED SELFISH-
NESS — TROUBLE OVER A BICYCLE — WHY I RESIGNED.

HAVE been charged by Col. Mackenzie with
being a decidedly selfish man, and a disloyal
Salvationist ; that I have lived in the S. A.
for some time simply for what I could get out
of it. To substantiate this it is stated that I in-
sisted upon occupying all by myself a house which
should have held two families. This charge is so
trivial that I am induced to think it was brought
up because they could find nothing more serious to bring
against me ; yet, perhaps it will be wise to mention that
in my interview with Col. Mackenzie, when I was first
charged with selfishness and disloyalty, I explained this
house aflfair in a manner which, according to his own
words, was perfectly satisfactory. Now my readers will
see how unjust it was on the Colonel's part repeatedly to
introduce this matter in accusing me behind my back

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after the interview just referred to. The Colonel, I un-
derstand, brought the matter up before the first deputa-
tion of officers that waited upon him for an explanation,
and he was then informed by two members of the said
deputation that another family had occupied the house

with us, and one officer present, Captain C , stated

that he himself had visited the house when the second
family occupied part of it ; yet, in the face of this direct
evidence, my accuser went on dealing with the matter as
if no light whatever had been thrown upon it. The cir-
cumstances relating to this house will be best explained
in the words of Mrs. Roffe : —

" The house referred to was rented during Commis-
sioner Adams' time for a boarding house for the single
officers employed at headquarters. Finding that they
were unable to maintain it as such, it was decided that
the married Staff Officers should occupy it. My husband
and I with two or three others volunteered to vacate the
houses we then occupied and move into this double one
and pay rent to headquarters. When the time came for
moving, we were the only ones who kept our word, the
other tenants failing to put in an appearance. As we
were anxious to help headquarters, we moved into the
house according to previous arrangements and received
Ensign and Mrs. W-^ — as co-tenants. These leaving
the city some months after, we heard that another family
were to be sent to occupy part of the house, although we
had not been consulted. My husband informed the
Commissioner that although we had nothing against the
family personally, we would like some other arrange-
ments to be made, and if this were impossible, we would
prefer to rent a little house of our own and left with the
Commissioner's warm assurances that all was entirely

satisfactory. Brigadier H then desired to know if

we retained the whole house would we take Ensign

W and Captian S to board. After consideration

we decided to do so, and Ensign W boarded with us

up to the time of this sad difficulty."

My Alleged SelHshness.

Now, I am at a loss to know how Col. Mackenzie
can repeatedly declare that we occupied the house alone !
Whether he knew what he was talking about or not is
no longer a point for me to consider, I must be candid
and inform the public that this statement is absolutely
false.

It is also said of me that while other officers were ac-
cepting short pay I had asked for my allowance in full,
because I had my mother to keep, at the same time using
the money to purchase a bicycle on the instalment plan.
Were I to consult my feelings I should treat this charge
with silent contempt, but the nature of the case demands the
whole truth. Col. Mackenzie's knowledge or ignorance
of the facts loses all significance in the importance of the
questions at issue. In regard to his statements, taken as
a whole, they bear the stamp of recklessness and untruth
seldom excelled.

When I again remind the reader that, notwithstanding
the fact that in an interview with Colonel Mackenzie I
cleared myself of all the charges brought against me he
continues to repeat his statements, they must be taken
either as wilful and distorted falsehoods or mistakes
founded upon a hopeless ignorance as criminally wilful as
the falsehoods themselves.

jR* the salaries — At the time to which Col. Mackenzie
refers, Commissioner Rees had requested the headquarters'
Staff {i.e. all ranking as high as Staff Captains and
above), to reduce their salaries, which they did by the
amount of $1.50 or $2.00 per week. I holding the rank
of Adjutant tvas not asked to reduce mine, and in this
fact lies the answer to Col. Mackenzie's charge. It will
be wise to remind the reader that these Staff Captains
and Superior Officers who reduced their salaries, in addi-
tion to receiving their weekly allowances, had' their
house rent paid out of the Army funds, and could there-
fore stand a little reduction, while Adjutants and officers
below that rank had to pay their rents out of their sal-

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aries. Nevertheless, being anxious to cut down head-
quarters' expenses I volunteered for a. reduction oi $1.50
a week from my salary. This was not generally known ;
I did not even acquaint the Commissioner of my proposal
but quietly instructed the cashier to deduct the amount
from my allowance. I was perfectly satisfied, though
really denying myself, until I found that certain of my
superiors at headquarters while professing to deny them-
selves in one way, did not fail to make up for it in another.
For instance, if an article for their house was required,
though amounting, sometimes, to only a few cents, and at
other times demanding a greater outlay, instead of paying
for the same out of their own income, they invariably
passed in a requisition to the financial secretary, who was
responsible for seeing that the same was paid out of the
headquarters' funds.

At the time when I was more or less responsible for
property matters at headquarters, well do I remember

Brigadier H instructing me to see that a certain

Staff Officer was supplied with a shoe brush, etc., out of
the headquarters' funds. I objected very strongly to this
and informed the Brigadier that I personally could not
think of drawing my salary and expect to be supplied
with such little incidentals. In the course of my conver-
sation I pointed out to the Brigadier the utter unreason-
ableness of any business firm paying a man a salary and
becoming responsible for the supplying of his personal
wants. It was not the cost of the shoe brush that
troubled me but the principle involved, for these double
practices are carried on under the guise of self-sacrifice.
Taking into consideration all these things, I could but
feel that after all there was not that self-sacrifice that we
hear so much about; hence I concluded to draw my full
allowance and thus place myself in a better position to
afford a little financial assistance to a few deserving Field
Officers. Putting a, tenth of my income by each week
for this pprpose, I found it a greater Joy to give than to
withhold.

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There is one thing in connection with Colonel Mac-
kenzie's dealing with me about which I cannot help
feeling hurt. That is the introducing of my dear
mother's name, placing her before the public gaze in no
enviable light. When I remember that my mother has
never in any way been connected with the Army, except
as a friend and helper, I cannot refrain from stating that
it was very unprincipled of Col. Mackenzie to refer to
her as he did. He has said that I asked for a full salary
because I had my mother to keep. The Colonel here
again betraps his gross ignorance of facts, and I de?ire it
to be understood that thus far he has refrained from
making it known that my mother kindly took upon her-
self the responsibility of our home and the care of our
little child while my wife assisted me day after day for a
number of weeks in my office at headquarters. Now
when the details are known an entirely different light
is thrown upon the case.

The last charge, a very paltry one, is that of buying a
bicycle on the instalment plan while other officers were
going short of pay. I was not the only officer at head-
quarters who was guilty of the seemingly unpardonable
crime of purchasing a bicycle, and at the same time
receiving full allowance ; it seems to me therefore that
this charge was brought up not because of its criminality,
but simply because they could find nothing graver to
bring against me. When this charge was first made, I
explained to Col. Mackenzie that the bicycle was not
procured from any selfish motive, but seeing that my
health demanded attention, I concluded that, if I could
by some means save myself from an utter collapse it was
my duty first to God and then to my wife and child to do
so, and thinking it would be beneficial to indulge in some
outdoor exercise in the evenings, after being shut up in
the office all day, and thus relieve my mind from the
effects of work, I decided to get a bicycle by which I
could make my way into the suburbs of the city to enioy

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the fresh air. When I spoke of this to the Colonel he
assured me of his entire satisfaction, and moreover, volun-
teered the information that he himself had used a bicycle
ill London, Eng., for the same purpose. I leave the
reader to see what puerile efforts were made to damage
my Christian character.

One point more and I shall have done. The question
in many minds now is : Why I resigned. It was not, as
Mr. Booth is reported to have said, entirely the result of
sympathy ivith Mr. PhiVpott. I, practically speaking,
was requested to resign by Col. Mackenzie before Mr.
Philpott's trouble broke out ! When first asked to do so
I blankly refused, and had agreed on his second sugges-
tion to accept a field appointment, but as time went on,
and we saw iu justice being dealt out to many others, my
wife and I concluded than wherever we might labor we
would be continually under a cloud of suspicion, and as
we felt that we could not conscientiously work for God
under such government and administration, I therefore
tendered my resignation as the only alternative.

CHAPTER XIII.

PRESS COMMUNICATIONS.

^ HE following resolutions, passed in the mass
U^ meeting in the Auditorium, Toronto, in which
Mr. Philpott made his defence and to which
Mr. Booth was invited, appeared in the News
of August 26th.
" These resolutions were then carried amid ap-
plause and with unanimity : —

Having listened this evening to the defence
of Mr. Philpott against the charges and insinuations

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preferred by Commandant Booth, this assembly wishes
to place on record the expression of its entire approval
of the action taken by Mr. Philpott and his col-
leapfues in resigning their position in the Salvation Army,
and its admiration of their Christian conduct through-
out the whole proceedings.

It is the unanimous conclusion of this assembly that
the action of Commandant Booth in refusing to grant to
Mr. Philpott any opportunity for defence ; in branding
him before the public as dishonest and disloyal ; in mak-
ing wholesale accusations without producing evidence or
giving satisfactory explanations, is worthy of the sever-
est condemnation, being contrary to the spirit of Christ-
tiauity and to that of human justice.

Some one in the audience presented this resolution,
and it, too, was earned unanimously : —

In view of the recent developments as to the interior
working of the Salvation Army it is the voice of this
vast assembly that the Salvation Army has forfeited that
sympathy and support so long bestowed upon it by the
deluded public, and that the Christian people of Toronto
extend a helpinT^ hand to Mr. Philpott and his colleagues
who have taken such a noble stand for conscience and
truth."

Before inserting copies of letters received by the press
we reproduce a report of Mr. Booth's reception of the
deputation, which appeared in the Globe of August 19 :

" The trouble among the Salvationists is becoming, if
possible, more aggravated, and it is still an open question
which party will finally get the upper hand. One thing
seems certain, and that is that whatever may be the ter-
mination of the struggle the Army will have suffered to
such an extent that it will be some years before it fully
recovers. The fight until the present has been confined
to the officers. The rank and file has contented itself

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with expressions of sympathy with one side or the other.
Now, however, the privates and non-commissioned offi-
cers have decided to take a hand in the game. With
this purpose a deputation was appointed yesterday by
the soldiers, one delegate being sent from each corps, all
save two, and those outlying corps, being represented.

" The deputation met at headquarters at midnight and
asked for a consultation with Commandant Booth. Some
demur was made in granting this request, on the plea
that the Commandant had been working very hard all
day and was fagged out. It was finally arranged, how-
ever, in order that the interview might be got through
with expeditiously, that the deputation should submit a
spokesman, and that the consultation should be carried
on between this representative and the Commandant.

" Sergeant M. Fletcher was appointed to do the talking
for the men, and the deputation was then ushered into
the presence of the Commandant. Sergeant Fletcher
represented the injury that was being done to the Army
by the present trouble, and urged that the Commandant
should take a less decided stand than he had already
done and make the explanations necessary to bring the
affair to an amicable conclusion.

"The Commandant refused to be moved from the posi-
tion he had already taken, and censured the soldiers for
asking him to yield to demands that he considered
would be detrimental to good government and discipline
in the ranks.

"The deputation came away very much dissatisfied, and
pretty well convinced, according to the statements made
by several of the members, that Commandant Booth
was taking an altogether too determined, not to say
arbitrary, stand in the matter. The members of the
deputation gave a report last night to the corps which
they represented.

" Yesterday afternoon. Brigadier Philpott, speaking of
the declaration of confidence in Commandant Booth's

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administration which was signed by a r umber of Field
Officers, said, * In both his Field and StatF Officers' coun-
cils, in which he gave the explanation, he used personal
letters written by me to Commissioner Rees, and he so
construed their meaning as to make it detrimental to my
character. The Commandant has also let it be under- •
stood that he holds some very important documents con-
cerning me, which, if published, would condemn me at
once. I invite him to publish any letters or documents
he may have in all the Toronto papers. I wish him to
do this because as 1 have not had the opportunity of
defending my character before the councils he called, the
members of which I have laboured with during the past
five years, I feel that this would be the only way in
which I could obtain fair play. I wish, too, to state
that I understand from officers who were present at the
councils spoken of that Commandant Booth declared that
after I had been forced to my present position Brigadier
Marge tts begged me and my wife for the sake of Christ
and His kingdom to leave the camp grounds in order that
I might not cause trouble. This statement is a direct
falsehood, without the slightest foundation. Brigadier
Margetts came to my wife and said he supposed she
would be staying on the grounds, to which she replied,
* Yes, as our little one is sick, and this place is doing him
good.' He said, * By all means stay.' Col. Mackenzie,
too, asked me if I were going to stay on the grounds,
and said, * Be sure and come in and help me in our
meeting on Sunday.* I might say, too, that at my first
interview with Commandant Booth I asked him to pub-
lish the letters referred to.'

"The officers who have resigned have leased the church
on the corner of Denison-avenue and Queen-street, and
will hold services there every Sunday at 11 a.m., 3 and
7 p.m. It is evident from this that these officers consider
their separation from the Army final and complete."

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LETTERS TO THE PRESS.

FROM A SOLDIER.

Editor News — The present troubles in our Army will
give food for thought to the members of our organiza-
tion.

Two general axioms have always been admitted in our
ranks — first, that the army is of God ; second, that its
leaders are of God. Although some of the more sceptical
have been rather loath to attribute all the acts of our
leaders to divine inspiration, the doctrine has been given
general credence. However, even the most faithful will
have to look at the matter now in a different light.
Admitting that the charges against Brigadier Philpott are
true, what kind of a place must headquarters be if its
head considers a man who keeps a record of events that
transpire there is worthy of expulsion and disgrace ? One
would certainly imagine that if God rules as supremely
as is generally supposed around the corner of Albert and
James-streets, ever}' act that transpires therein would
stand the light of day. Commandant Booth seems to
think otherwise. t

If these charges are not true, how great a wrong has
been perpetrated on a man who finds it impossible to even
defend himself.

The facts are these : We know Philpott, and in the
years he has lived and walked in our midst we have
proved him to be in every respect a man. Booth we do
not know except by reputation, and we are prepared to
give the word of the man we know the preference, and,
more than that, we are prepared to see that he receives
the fullest justice.

I notice in the World that Commissioner Booth states
there is no dissatisfaction in our ranks. Really, why
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the rank and file, and to a great extent the otHcers, are
prepared to see that right is done to a man whom we
have every reason to believe has been wronged ? In
making such a statement Commissioner Booth either told
what he knew to be untrue or he was not ac(^uainted with
the facts, a thing that seems rather improbable consider-
ing the position he occupies.

And as for the Staff OfHcers being satisfied, let the
World publish a list of those who are contented with the
present state of affairs and it will be found that ahnost
without exception they are imported officers, who, to all
appearance, are prepared to accept Booth as theii* God,
but right will triumph, and then it will be discovered
how far the Canadian representative of Pope William
Booth has used his power to injure a defenceless man.

Toronto Neus, Aug. 17th. A Soldier.

Editor News — In view of the troubles that are at
present causing such turmoil in our ranks, it is not sur-
prising that we look to Commissioner Booth for a satis-
factory explanation of the causes that have led to this
difficulty, and from present appearances we may continue
to look till doomsday without being any wiser.

If, as Commissioner Booth asserts, he has satisfactory
reasons for forcing Brigadier Philpott to resign, why does
he so absolutely refuse to state these causes in the pre-
sence of the man who has been accused ? He dare not do
so, for he tiioroughly understands that under such circum-
stances the rottenness of his reasons would be brought to
light. As far as the declaration of the Staff' Officers and
the Field Officers who have not seceded goes, it is known
that some are not satisfied, and others do not understand
the true inwardness of the affair.

What the city soldiers demand is that justice shall be
dealt out to all concerned, and in order that the merits of
the case may be understood, it is only right that the

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accused shall stand before the accuser to speak for himself.
With a unanimous voice we demand this privilege for
Brigadier Philpott, and will Commissioner Booth refuse
it?

If so, he may prepare to paste on the doors of all the
city barracks the following notice :

For Sale or To Let.
Apply to William Booth & Sons,
Cor. James and Albert-streets.
Head Office,

101 Queen Victoria-street,

London, E.G. ^

The above firm holds valuable property all over the

World.

The passing soldier will sigh when he thinks of his
years of confidence in the " God-sent leader," but he will
probably try to comfort himself with the thought that
while Booth & Sons have been smart enough to grab all
the property, the Lord got all the glory.

Toronto News, Aug. l^th. Soldier.

CHALLENGE TO BOOTH.

Editor News — Having seen in ihis morning's issue of
the Globe that as Mr. Philpott has not had any opportun-
ity of vindicating his character before the public in gen-
eral, and those who comprised the recent councils held by
Mr. Booth, where he undertook to render a,n explanation
of his actions, he (Mr. Philpott) now invites Mr. Booth to
publish in all the Toronto papers those important docu-
ments which he has hinted at as being in his possession,
and which he maintains would, if published, immediately
condemn Mr. Philpott and justify Mr. Booth in his seem-
ingly rash actions. Now, may I ask why does not Mr.

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Booth produce those statements, and as a man of principle
(apart from the question of religion altogether), give Mr.
Philpott a chance of defending his character, which is a very
important matter, in(lee<l. 1 think that the very least
Mr. Booth may do is to stop making insinuations as to
its being in his power to expose Mr. Philpott. which are,
of course, damaging to him, and now that the challenge
has been publicly given come, like a man shouhl do, and
give Mr.Philpott an op[)ortunity of clearing himself bo-
toie the woild, and proving to all tliat he is a man of
God, and determines in the future, as he always has in
the past, to denounce all wrongdoing, and uphold truth
and righteousness, showing to all

Toronto News, Aug. I9th. Fairplay.

AN OPEN LETTER.

To the OJicers and Soldiers of the Salvation Army :

Comrades — Brigadier Philpott, a man of unblemished
reputation, and for years a trusted leader in our midst,
has recently had charges of disloyalty laid against him in
such a manner that as an honorable man he was forced to
resign. Deprived of the opportunity of standing before
his accusers to defend himself, he is branded as a guilty
man. What is our course in this matter, for it deeply
concerns us all ? Are we to believe charges which have
not yet been proven ? Never. Are we to consent to the
condemnation of a man who has not received one chance
to defend himself ? Certainly not. To-night Commis-
sioner Booth will meet the local officers of Torouio, and
explain to them his side of the question. He will read a
let ter wh^ch Brigadier Philpott wr ote some time ago, off'er-
ii^g to resign, but will he tell the circumstances under
which it was written ? They are these: Brigadier Phil-
pott at the time the letter was written was broken down
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burden on the Army, he offered to step down and out.
Recovering to a great extent from his sickness, he wrote
another letter to headquarters, saying that under his
altered circumstances he was prepared to stay in the
Army for life. This letter will not be read.

Commissioner Booth will also tell of the disloyal spirit
that Brigadier Philpott has shown on different occasions,
but he will not explain that this disloyalty consisted in
denouncing the rottenness with which, God knows, our
Army is filled. What is your course ? Simply this :
Demand of Commissioner Booth that he state his charges
in the presence of Brigadier Philpott, that he may have a
British citizen's right of defence, and until this right is
given refuse point blank to accept or ratify anything
that Commissioner Booth may say.

Remember you have not yet heard Brigadier Philpott's
defence, and this being the case, how can you form an
opinion ? Simple justice demands this course. A thief
or murderer is not condemned till he has an opportunity
of presenting evidence on his own behalf, no matter how
clear the case may be, and surely Brigadier Philpott is
entitled to equal treatment. It is our duty to see that
this right is accorded, and I call on every Salvationist
who values truth and justice to leave the Army until
Commissioner Booth yi ill state his case in the presence of
the accused. This is the only course for any man of
principle to take, for by remaining within the ranks we
only add our sanction to the injustice that is being done.

Some doubt, I believe, exists as to my being a soldier
in the S.A. In order to convince all that such is the case,
I will on Monday write another letter over my own

signature.

Toronto News, Aug. 20.

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Editor News — Mr. Herbert Booth w as recently re-
ported as having said in reference to his appointment by

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his father to this country : " Here I am, comparatively
unknown and with a rauch smaller command ; and in
Great Britain I had the advantage of an influence that I
cannot possess here."

A yuore truthful statement could not have been mad*'!,
he being personally unknowji here, except by those im-
ported trom the College of Servitude, over which young
Herbert presided for a number of years, and, although a
young man, he has proved himself to be a genuine pro-
phet, for, like Shakespeare's " Othello," his occupation is
gone. Canadians are evidently more sensitive on relifji-
ous matters than they are on politics, and are already
asking what has become of the thousands of dollars col-
lected, and who owns, or under what conditions is the
accumulated property held, they having no voice in the
selection of either the general, his representative or their
officers. In short, the bleedir^g to death system will not
do, for Canadians evidentl}'^ refuse to be dispatched to the
ends of the earth according to precedent.

Now, Mr. Herbert, success has not followed your efforts
to conceal the truth. We have read your outcoming
circular. The inuendos and half-truths therein contained
will receive just the notice they deserve from the parties
themselves at the proper time.

The sympathies of the public are, after all, with those
who are prepared to sacrifice profit to principle, and face
the cold and heartless persecution which has invariably
followed those who have chosen to serve God rather than
follow the Booths into complete self-abnegation. A well-
known writer, who has been on the headquarters* staff,
has said : " Indeed the persecution that has been brought
to bear in many instances upon officers who have left the
work has amounted to the very refinement of cruelty. In
fact, they are never lost sight of, and means of the most
despicable description have been resorted to in order to
starve them back to the service."

The public need not be surprised to read of recanta-

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tions, humble apologies, etc., which will abound. Docu-
ments of this description are arranged and written out at
headquarters, and distracted officers, with threats on the
one hand, starvation on the other, have no other alterna-
tive but to affix their signatures. We could write columns
of our own bitter experience purchased at the expense of
years of faithful service.

We understand that the ex-officers and others intend
hoKling a mass meeting for a thorough discussion of
questions connected with the Army next week, to which
Mr. Booth will be invited. I enclose my card and sub-
scribe myself.

Toronto News, August 20th.

Sine Imvidia.

Editor News — Being greatly interested in the present
agitation of the Salvation Army, we beg leave for a small
space in your valuable paper, thanking you for the inter-
est you have taken in informing the public of the pro-
ceedings from day to day. We fail to see Commandant
Booth's reason for refusing to explain himself in the
presence of Brigadier Philpott, unless John iii., 20-21
touches a sore spot.

We, and the many who are so well personally acquainted
with the genuineness of Brigadier Philpott, and have
every connuence in him, know that if he chose to do so
he could exjiose something which the Booths would much
regret to have the public know.

As to the matter of sending hard-earned and much
needed money to England, it has always struck us as
being extremely unfair to Canadian officers, many of
whom have suffered much from lack of fire, food and
clothing, and after working hard to get up a jubilee to
raise money to pay their debts, some of the Boothites
would swoop down and pocket every cent of it, saying :
" We need this money badly ; God bless you, beg for
more." While Commissioner Adams was here there was

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peace and encouragement, but before and since there has
been more or less discontent, and if the present state of
affairs continues the chances are that some of the money
which the Booths have grabbed from Canada will have
to be refunded to carry on the remains of the work.

On Behalf of the Yorkville Soldiers.
Toronto News, August 20th.

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COMMANDANT BOOTH'S REPLY.

TO THE CHARGES MADE BY MR. PHILPOTT AT THE MASS
MEETING IN THE AUDITORIUM.

(The substance of Mr. Philpott's address will be found
embodied in the first nine chapters.)

(From the Toronto Glohe of August Slst.)

A CATEGORICAL DENIAL

OF THE MORE SERIOUS OF THE ACCUSATIONS.

Two more Important Letters from the Seceding Officer —
The alleged Testimonial of Loyalty.

The following letter has been received for publication
from Commandant Booth : —

Territorial Headquarters :

James and Albert- Streets,

Toronto, Aug. 29, 1892.
Editor Globe :

Sir, — With reference to the resignation of Mr. Philpott
and the circumstances which have since arisen, I feel it
due to the public that I should lay before your readera
the more important facts as briefly as possible. T do this
reluctantly, but the nature of some of the allegations
made by Mr. Philpott, which would appear to reflect upon
the public credit of the Army, leaves me no alternative.

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THE QUESTION OF SALARIES.

Mr. Philpotfc speaks of the extravagant salaries paid to
the headquarters' staft* and refers to his own salary,
when he handed it to his wife, as being " blood money."

This statement is absolutely unfounded ; the salaries
of the staff are not extravagant. The best proof of this
is the fact that there are working at headquarters 22
persons, 11 of whom are married. The total amount
drawn for salary, divided among these 22 persons, gives
an average of only $8.81 per head. Among the most
expensive men on headquarters' staff was Mr. Philpott
himself, who, when he left, was costing the Army, includ-
ing his house rent, as much as myself, my house rent not
being chargeable to the funds.

The staff' at headquarters have manifested a true spirit
of self-denial, many of them having very often worked
early and late. During three months of the past year
they have cheerfully gone short in their scanty allow-
ances in order that the work might not suffer ; and
although such a course entails great self-sacrifice on* their
part, they will be prepared to do so again should occasion
arise.

If Mr. Philpott felt his salary was " blood money," it
was a pity he consented to draw it so long. While, on
the one hand, Mr. Philpott wishes to make it understood
that he has protested against the payment of unneces-
sary officers at headquarters, yet he now takes the part
of men whose chief grievance against us is that we gave
them an opportunity to withdraw honorably instead of
burdening the Army's funds.

It is well known to the whole Army that since my
arrival the leading members of headquarters' staff have
cheerfully consented to work overtime, and thus to absorb
the work of a number of officers who have been trans-
ferred to the States and elsewhere where suitable positions
could be found for them, saving by this means a con-

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siderable sum. Even this has been given out by |Mr.
Philpott's followers as an evidence of my " tyranny," and
made to appear as if I were conniving at the removal of
" dangerous characters."

THE SELF-DENIAL FUND.

Mr. Philpott states that last year's self-denial fund
amounted to $12,000, and the bulk of this was placed in
the bank with the express purpose of meeting the salaries
of headquarters' staff. This statement is contrary to the
facts, which are as follows : — The amount realized after
the expenses were paid was not $12,000 but under $8,700.
This is shown in the printed balance sheet, which was
published in The War Cry, and Mr. Philpott should surely
have stated the fact ; $G,200 of the amount raised went
to pay debts which had been incurred by the general
spiritual work of the Army. The balance, which will be
seen was not by any means the " bulk " of the fund, was
banked and "drawn out in weekly instalments for the
general expenses of the work. But it is entirely false to
assert that it was placed there for the express purpose of
paying staff salaries.

It is understood throughout the whole world that the
salaries of the headquarters' staff are covered by the
profits of the Army's trading operations. Now, the actual
profits paid by the trade into the Toronto headquarters
were more than sufficient to meet the salaries for the
whole of the time of which Mr. Philpott speaks.

Quite apart from the self-denial grant, we have received
more than sufficient to pay the salaries of the staff twice
over. While, on the other hand, we have paid out as
grants to poor and sick and wounded officers since the
self-denial money was banked, $2,400 more than we have
received on that account. Why did Mr. Philpott conceal
this fact and wish to make his audience believe that we
have no means of meeting staff salaries but by appro-
priating the self-denial fund ?

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If, as he asserts, the self-denial fund was held as a
guaiantee for staff salaries, how does he account for the
fact that the staff have consented to go on short allowance
for a period of three months since the money in question
was raised ?

Lastly, if Mr. Philpott believed that the money was
being used for the purpose wliich gave him such oif.^nce,
why did he consent to take 1^875 of it for his own salary
and house rent ? The public will know that a large
organization cannot be carried on without a staff, and it
follows that the staff must be maintained. The fact that
Mr. Philpott raises this question, withholding, as he does,
the whole truth upon the subject, would seem to show
that, after all his professions of love to the Army, he
intends to do it harm.

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THE CHARGE OF SELLING PROPERTIES.

Mr. Philpott alleges that the transactions of head-
quarters as regards property matters are not straightfor-
ward, and gives it out that the Commissioner has power
to sell properties and use the money for salaries or any-
thing else he sees lit. He states this has been done in
twenty or thirty places during the last year, and he gives
as instances three places which came directly under his
notice, viz. , London, Lucan and Alvinston.

Now, as to the twenty or thirty places during the past
year, we dismiss this at once with an absolute and
positive denial. It is false to the worst degree, as can be
verified by the Army's solicitors and books. The total
number of properties sold during the eight years of the
Army's existence in the Dominion is considerably under
twenty. As to selling properties and using the money
for other purposes, that is conti^ary to an underlying
principle of the Army's administration, and is a breach of
the strictest regulation. No one knows better than Mr.
Philpott that where this has been done in the past it has

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been in opposition to the General's instructions, and that
such a breach of regulations has been dealt with by the
General in the most emphatic manner possible. The
system of bookkeeping at the Toronto headquarters is
similar to that upon which Mr. Arnold White has just
pronounced his judgment, when he described it as an
*' ironclad system " of accounts, and which he endorsed to
be equal to that in force t the " London Joint Stock
Bank." Property matters, books and payments are kept
entirely separate from the ordinary accounts of the Army,
and the moneys are deposited in a separate bank.

As to London, Mr. Philpott is entirely wrong in his
facts here. He is, to begin wuth, out in his figures by
nearly $1,000. This property was sold for reasons which
were fully stated to Mr. Philpott by the Commissioner
for the time being. He denies this ; yet a copy of the
letter addressed to him upon the subject is before us. The
price paid for the land was $3,280 ; $2,065 of this went
to pay off the mortgage and interest. There were other
liabilities on the properties which were also Tiet, and the
balance is still ref».ognized to the credit of ilie property
fund as being available to assist in purchasing property
in London, should such a course be decided upon. Since
my arrival in Canada I have had under consideration a
proposal to purchase property in this city.

As to Lucan, it is correct that this property has been
sold. The Army is not the only religious institution in
the Dominion which has found it impossible to support a
society in a village, and has in consequence withdrawn
and sold its property ; churches have been sold as well as
barracks. The Army withdrew from Lucan on the ex-
press wish of Mr. Philpott, as is shown by his own papers
now at headquarters. The property here was sold with
Mr. Philpott's concurrence, as the following extract from
one of his letters, written to headquarters at the time,
will show :

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" I have had several offers for the property at Lucan.

The best offer is from Mr. . I think this is the

best you can do, and would advise you to let it go for
that amount.

"P. W. Philpott."

As to Alvinston, the building is not yet sold, but the
Army's withdrawal from that village was the result of
Mr. Philpot's express wishes, as is conclusively proved
by the following extract from another letter written by
him at the time to headquarters :

" I will not take the responsibility of supporting officers
there. The railroad will, no doubt, run through the bar-
racks, and this will do away with our property, which is
a God-send.

"P. W. Philpott."

These are not the only two places in which Mr. Phil-
pott suggested that the Army property should be sold,
and urged headquarters to adopt that course. Here is
another extract from one of his letters received by head-
quarters :

" What about H property; can I sell it ? It is

no good to us.

" P. W. Philpott."

THE CHARGES AGAINST THE MAllECHALB.

Mr. Philpott alleges that the Mar^chale, when in Can-
ada, travelled in a section of the palace car, and that dur-
ing one day's journey, between Kingston and Montreal,
S10or$l2 were spent in refreshments.

Now, the facts are, the Mar^chale came to Canada after
a most exhaustive tour through the United States. As
Mr. Philpott knows perfectly well, she was in an ex-
tremely delicate state of health. Every one who saw her

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will bear witness that she was really too ill to conduct
meetings at all. Any extra conveniences that were ob-
tained for her were absolutely necessary in order to enable
her to fulfil her engagements. After the very journey in
question, Mr. Philpott knows that she was carried from
the meeting at Montreal in a prostrate condition. At that
time he was loud in his professions of sympathy, although
it would now appear he was taking a note of tlie fact for
the yjurpose which he now discloses. The sacrifices of the
Mardchale in the cause of the work are too universally
known to need defence. As to the refreshments, Mr.
Philpott cannot, fortunately, contradict his own writing.
The total amount spent for refreshments on the journey
was not $10 or $12, but for the whole party of four per-
sons amounted to $3.75. These figures are taken from
Mr. Philpott's own statements, who was acting as treas-
urer ; were made at the time in his own handwriting,
and it is from these statements we find that the total
amount expended on refreshments, chargeable to the
funds, for the whole party during these journeys through-
out Canada was $6.65. The net proceeds to the work of
the Mardchale's meetings in Canada and the United
States amounted to over $11,000.

TWO SIGNIFICANT LETTERS.

It is not my intention to depart from the rule of the
Army and reply through the press to the many other
false accusations made in this meeting by Mr. Philpott
and his associates. I feel it, however, incumbent upon
me to introduce to the public two letters which he ad-
dressed to my predecessor. In doing so I wish to say : —

(1) That I am astounded that Mr. Philpott should
have allowed a resolution to be put to a meeting, ex-
pressing confidence in him and condemning me, without
having read those documents, which he knew were in
my possession, and which were the best possible answer

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to the charges brought against my prodecessor. This is
exactly what he did with the officers.

(2) These letters were written quite voluntarily on his
part.

(3) They are conclusive evidence, not only of Mr.
Philpott's dissatisfaction and disloyalty, but of my pre-
decessor's patience in dealing with him.

(4) They are emphatic in their expression of confidence
in Commissioner Rees, whom he now seeks to brand as a
dishonorable and untruthful man. They repeatedly al-
lege his confidence in his administration, and one of them
goes so far as to say, that he (Mr. Philpott) was never m( re
satisfied in his own mind that we were on the right lines,
and his belief was never more firm in the Army and its
principles. How this can be made to square with his
present denunciations of the Army is difiicult to conceive.

(5) I have seen a verbatim report of the attempt Mr.
Philpott made to explain away the last of these two
letters. But he must surely have forgotten that, in a
shorthand note book, which is the property of the Army,
and which was used by him for official purposes, he has
left, in his own handwriting, no less than five different
drafts of this letter. Some of the things he has written
in these drafts are stronger in condemning himself and
higher in the praises of Commissioner Rees than the
text now published. They leave no possible doubt that
in writing this letter he meant to say precisely what he
did say.

" S. A. Temple, Toronto, March 14th, 1892. Com-
missioner Rees : — My Dear Commisssoner, — I feel it my
duty to let you know in writing that I am fully settled
as to my future, have promised God that in the Salvation
Army I should fight to the end. My prospects, though
small, are sunk in the concern. If she sinks, then I
must go under with her ; if she shakes, then I am here
to do my best to steady her, but to desert her — Never !
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feel since I came to this decision. The only sadness I
feel is when looking back to see how foolish tor me to
harbor these feelings so long when a small act on my
part could have ended it long ago. 1 trace the beginning
of the dissatisfaction back to the break -down in my
health, when I found myself failing so rapidly in strength.
I could not get away from the idea that I was or would
be a burden on the Armv, and the more I looked at it
the more I resolved I never should be. Hence this
trouble. I cannot express my thankfulness for your
kindness and help, and I shall strive to prove this by
taking hold with all my might and being one with you
in every conflict. I feel I do not deserve your confidence,
but I know I shall enjoy it. I am entirely in your hands,
to go or to stay, or to be anything you see fit to make
me or keep me. The devil did not want me to put this
on paper, but I am prepared to stand by it, therefore I
am not afraid. Faithfully yours, P. W. Philpott."

THE SECOND LETTER.

" S. A. Temj)le, Toronto, May 10, 1892. Commissioner
Rees: — My Dear Commissioner, — Since seeing you yester-
day I feel it my duty to write you in reference to the
trouble that took place in the Staff Council last Thursday.
Had I seen things before this council, as I have seen
them since our interview, I should never have taken any
part whatever in the matter ; under the circumstances I
feel I must take to myself much blame. I beg also to
say that I am extremely sorry for being so foolish as to
express my views so very freely to those about me ; and
also for allowing them to do the same with me. This
lesson is a most bitter but profitable one, and shall follow
me through life. I must also state that I am sorry for
the way the affair hurt you as it was far from my in-
tentions to cast any reflections on you or your admin-
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Staff Officers that I was never so settled in my own mind
that we are on the right lines. My belief was never
more Hrm in the Army and its principles, and I am one
with you for Canada's salvation. God bless you. I am,
yours, a sadder but wiser man. P. W. Phii.pott."

A TESTIMONIAL OF LOYALTY.

Mr. Philpott states that after all these troubles Com-
missioner Rees gave him a testimonial as to his loyalty.
It is astounding how Mr. Philpott could have stated
this. It is most misleading, and is a perverse wresting
of the facts.

Mr. Philpott was licensed to marry under the S. A.
Marriage Act, and the official legal document giving him
this license was commenced in the customary way with
the words which he quotes. This is very different from a
personal testimonial. To have read it out to an audience
as such is conduct of which we leave every honorable
person to be the judge.

No one could regret more than I the whole of this
unfortunate incident. It has been forced upon me by
Mr. Philpott's action. His assertion that he was com-
pelled to resign is absolutely unfounded, and is proved by
his own written resignation, in which he admits that I
was expecting another interview with him.

As to the cruel statements which have been circulated
concerning my wife and myself, and those associated with
me, I can only say that nothing would have been more
easy than to have avoided them if we had been prepared
to sacrifice the first principles of righteousness and truth.
They have come upon us as the result of our endeavoring
to stand by the right. We can afford to wait without
fear, knowing that God will vindicate our characters and
honor our integrity.

Apart altogether from the statements which Mr. Phil-
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to a certain shorf period in the Army's history in Canada,
during? which time there were incidents which weie
deplored, but which are liable to happen on occasion in
every large organization. These incidents were dealt with
by Gen. Booth immediately they came to his knowledge
in the most prompt and effective manner.

I may say, in conclusion, that one of the Army's chief
sources of strength lies in its wonderful unity. God can-
not bless it as He would while there are in our ranks
those who foster feelings of disloyalty and spread dis-
contentment. I believe this difficulty will leave the Army
more united and in a better position than it has ever been
since its early days.

Herbert H. Booth.

Commandant,

Note. — It is to l)e regretted that Mr. Booth did not attend the meet-
ing in which I delivei-ed my aihlrcss. He was invited by legistercd
letter and was called upon by one of the members of the committee.
His reply is a subtle distortion of facts based upon an utter misunder-
standing and misconstruing of some of my leading statements.

PHILPOTT ANSWERS BOOTH.

HE- PRODUCES EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT HIS CHARGES.

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MORE INFORMATION ON THE REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

La Marechale's Tour ; Ginger Ale at 15c. a Glass — Why
Those Letters Were Written.

(Toronto Globe, Sept. 5).

The following letter of reply to Commandant Booth's
recent statement with regard to the Salvation Army
secession controversy has been written by ex-Brigadier
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To the Editor of the Globe :

Sir, — With reference to Commandant Booth's letter in
\ your issue of the 31st ult.

Mr. Booth states that he " reluctantly " makes his
reply through the press. His reluctance might have
been saved had he in the first place afforded rae a
Christian church trial or a Salvation Army court-martial
instead of dealing with my case in the manner he did,
for be it remembered from the very first I have been
anxious; to meet Mr. Booth with his own people and
settle this sad difficulty in a quiet and satisfactory man-
ner, and many interested parties put forth every effort
possible to persuade him to meet me, but from the first
he emphatically refused to do so. When the mass meet-
ing was arranged for in the Auditorium Mr. Booth was
tendered the same invitation to be present as myself; he
failed, however, to put in an appearance. However, I
shall deal with the reply as it is.

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THE QUESTION OF SALARIES.

Mr. Booth declares that my statements on this point
are " absolutely unfounded," and as a proof states that
" there are only twenty-two (22) persons employed at
headquarters, eleven (11; of whom are married, and the
total salaries divided among them will give an average
of $8.81 each per week." This is horribly misleading,
for many of those employed at headquarters at the time
I refer to received from $2 to $5 per week, and nearly,
if not all. the married officers have iheir houses furnished
gratis, while all Staff Officers ranking above adjutant
have their house rent paid out of the headquarters funds.
Then over and above all this the salaries of the married
Staff Officers amounted to $11.50, $12, and in one or two
cases $13 each per week. Now, when Mr. Booth in
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beside his $13 man, you will see how anxious he is to
keep this salary business in the dark.

Further, I wish to say that Mr. Booth is well aware
that my statements do not refer to the staff as it now is,
for we can easily understand how everything could be
changed to meet the present occasion. In dealing with
this salary question I refer to a few months ago, at which
time there were 41 persons working at headquarters, and
not 22. According to the information furnished by the
officer who was then the Salvation Army cashier, and
by the accountant, the salaries ranged as follows : — The
Commissioner received $15 per week, his house furnished
and rent paid, amounting to $22 per month. Next came
seven or eight Staff Officers who had their houses furnished,
their rent paid and received salaries ranging from $11.50
to $13 per week. The remainder of the 41 received from
$11.50 down to $2 per week and paid their own expenses.

HOW THE STAFF WENT SHORT.

Mr. Booth also adds that for three months during the
past year t he staff went short of their scanty allowance.
Now let it be plain that only those few referred to
above as receiving the large salaries were the individuals
affected by a reduction, and not one of them wont below
$10 per week, with their house rent still paid. I, being
included in the number, was asked by Commissioner
Rees if I was willing to reduce my salary. I replied,
" Yes, sir ; Mrs. Philpott and I are quite willing to be
reduced to $7 per week, as we can manage on that." But
he said, *' No, you must not go below $10, as none of the
others are." While this is quite true, I desire to state
that in one or two cases after the reductions were made,
the salary still remained $12. As to it entailing great
sacrifice, as Mr. Booth states, for a man to live en $10
per week, with his house furnished and rent paid, I will
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Field Officers up and down the country who do not know
what it is to receive $1 per week, while the weekly al-
lowance of many more only amounts to lOc, 16c., and
25c. It is not my desire to refer to matters of this kind,
but I certainly think it a shame for Mr. Booth to speak
of the sacrifices of the headquarters' staff in face of these
facts. He also states that I was among the most expen-
sive men on the staff, and at the time of leaving was
costing the Army, including my house rent, as much as
himself, his house rent "not being chargeable to the
fund." After the facts I have given, this needs no ex-
planation.

He then desired to know, if I considered my salary
" blood money," why I continued to draw it so long. My
reason is simply this : I could not but feel it would be
better to draw my salary and send clothing and help up
and down the country to those oppressed souls week by
week, than to have the money remain in the bank for
some one else to draw who would not expend it in such
a manner. Several others on the statt" recognized the
needs of the poor Field Officers, and looking at it in the
same light, acted on the same principle, and there are
many to-day in the Salvation Army ranks who will, no
doubt, testify to the help received in this manner. I feel
in touching on this point that I should also give an il-
lustration of the staff's extravagance. Upon Commis-
sioner Rees' arrival in this country, he took up his abode
in Parkdale in a house which had been leased by his
predecessor. Not liking the locality, he expressed him-
self to me and several others that he would be glad to
vacate the house were it not that the same was leased.
However, his desire was intensified, until it ran away
with any thoughts of economy, and about January last
he moved to another part of the city, leaving his vacated
house untenanted, with a rent of $22 to be paid each
month, the lease not expiring until about October. With-
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public to judge as to whether my remarks about the ex-
travagance of the staff are, as Mr. Booth declares, " ab-
solutely unfounded."

THE SELF-DENIAL FUND.

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Mr. Booth states that the amount raised was not
$12,000, but I \»ioli to say again that last year's self-
denial exceeded that of any previous year, and that over
$11,000 was realized. It may be quite true that only
$8,700 was left after expenses were paid. This I do not
deny. Mr. Booth also states that $G,200 went to pay
debts incurred by the general spiritual work of the Army.
Now it was a well-known fact that for some time towards
the close of Commissioner Adams' administration (though
I myself was not then attached to headquarters staff)
funds were somewhat low at headquarters, and in conse-
quence of this many of the headquarters' staff had for
weeks been without salary, and a dark, threatening
cloud overshadowed all concerned. Shortly after the
arrival of Commissioner Rees a loan was made, and, ac-
cording to Commissioner Rees' statements, the back
salaries of the headquarters* staff were at once forthcom-
ing. Now, when self-denial proved such a success, and
the money was all gathered in, I will not commit ray-
self by making a positive declaration, but I will say it
is quite possible that the amount just referred to, taken
from the loan, was refunded from the proceeds of the
self-denial scheme. However, be that as it may, I would
like to say that (with the grant from the trade each
week) sufficient of that self-denial money was banked to
insure the staff salaries, as was thought, for the remainder
of the year, and it did so up to eight or nine weeks ago.
Mr. Booth declares the money was not placed in the
bank for the express purpose of paying salaries. Well,
if these statements are not true he must lay the blam^
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to others than myself volunteered information that brings
forth these facts to-day. To be as charitable as possible,
I think it is entirely wrong that poor officers should be
expected to push a scheme of this description, and in so
doing deny themselves in order to, as they thcaght, pay
off Canada's debt, while in reality, as I have just stated,
a great amount of the money was banked to pay the
salaries of the headquarters' staff. There are many offi-
cers in the Army to-day, as well as a number who have
had to step out, who could, if they were not fearful of
the consequences, substantiate all I have stated. I^o
later than one day last week a prominent Staff Officer
admitted that these evils did exist in the Salvation Army,
but he did not think it was wise to make it known.

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Mr. Booth states that his sister " was in an extremely
delicate state of health," and that I, during her tour in
Canada, was " loud in my professions of sympathy." It
is quite true that she was not at all strong at that time,
but it would be well for Mr. Booth to consider that
others have sisters in the Salvation Army who are also
very delicate, who know nothing whatever of such luxur-
ies as were indulged in by La Mar^chale and company.
But I did not so much object to Mis. Clibborn having the
parlor car herself, but when the Commissioner insisted
on having the parlor section for the whole party travelling
from Toronto to Montreal, I must confess it destroyed
my confidence and robbed me of my sympathy. Mr.
Booth also states that S3.75 was the full amount spent
for refreshments on the journey in question, but I have
no doubt that this $3.75 is merely incidental outjay, not
referred to in my remarks. The only possible way for
Mr. Booth to afford satisfaction to the public in this
matter will be to publish in full my statement of the
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into consideration (1) the exorbitant price of each article
ordered, one of the lady officers insistinfr upon having
" imported ginger ale " at the rate of fifteen cents a glass ;
(2) the fulness of these orders, not omitting the Uiost ex-
pensive meats, such as mutton chops, etc. ; (3) the number
of times these orders were repeated, it will be easily seen
that $3.75 is but a small factor of the real sum, and the
only way to get at the exact amount is to deduct the bare
travelling from the bill of expenditure.

THE PROPERTY QUESTION.

Mr. Booth does not attempt to deny that he has the
power to dispose of property as he sees fit, and no other
man in Canada has any voice in the matter, for he is the
sole owner of all Salvation Army properties in the Dom-
inion, and it is undeniable that Mr. Booth could to-morrow
sell every Canadian property, and although he might,
in accordances with what he terms his " iron-clad system
of accounts," place the amount realized to the property
account, yet I wish it to be particularly understood that
he could, if he so desired, transfer the whole amount to
another account, such as the " general spiritual fund." I
have now in my possession a private balance sheet that
was supplied to two or three leading officers in the Army
(at a time when it was deemed unwise to issue a public
one), which plainly shows that $29,221.03 was carried
from the property account to the general Salvation Army
fund. To prove that properties have been sold I quote
from the above-mentioned balance sheet the folio wins:
item : — " By amount of contributions and donations for
the purchase of buildings, for erection of such, and pro-
ceeds of properties sold, $9,698.97." It is very difficult
from such an item to say exactly the amount realized from
sale of property, but there can be no doubt that money is
realized in this way.

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states that they received $3,200 instead of S4,000, as I
said in the Auditorium. Now, if this is so, it only makes
the matter worse, for I was informed by one of the oldest
soldiers that the Army had been offered $4,400 for it.
He also says that $2,000 went to pay off a mortgage that
was on the land. Now, the question is, Why was this
property mortgaged ? As to my getting a full explana-
tion respecting the sale of this London property, the fol-
lowing extract from one of my letters will speak for it-
self. The sale took place about six months before this
letter was written, and while I was resting. The Com-
missioner wrote inquiring if I knew of any suitable build-
ing lots in London. I cannot help believing that this
letter was only an attempt to heal my feelings, as that is
over a year ago, and there is no purchase made yet : —

RoTHSAY, N.B., Nov. 5, 1891.

Commissioner D. M. Rees, Toronto :

Dear Com., — Re London, I must confess that I gave
over all interest in property matters when the London lot
was sold in the manner it was, and I had almost made up
my mind never to interest myself in that line again. If
property can be sold without any explanation v/hatever
as to the reason, and for what purpose the money is to be
used, etc., especially to the Army's representative in that
part of the country where the sale takes place, I think I
am justified in so doing.

Faithfully your.s,

P. W. Philpott.

Moreover, Mr. Booth cannot deny the fact that many
properties in tins country, which had been paid for locally,
are at this moment mortgaged to the utmost amount.

OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE MARKET.

He furtlier states that the " total number of properties
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Dominion is considerably under twenty." If they have
not sold them, it is not because they have made no efforts
to do so. I append here a list of properties that have
actually been sold ; also a list of properties that have been
offered for sale : —

(1) Properties sold — Wellington, building only ; Lon-
don, land only ; Moorefisid, land and barracks ; Yorkville,
portion of land ; Lucan, land and barracks ; Wheatley,
land and barracks ; Harriston, land and barracks ; also
the New Glasgow, P.E.I., property.

(2) Properties offered for sale — Alvinston, Oshweken,
Burlington, Bradford, Orangeville, Newcastle, Glencoe,
Pickering, Sarnia, Waterdown, barracks, house and land ;
Barrie, portion of land ; Arthur-street, city, portion of
land ; Enniskillen, land.

If Mr. Booth will refer to his property books, he will
find that these lists might be considerably augmented.

Mr. Booth also quotes letters in which I advise the
Commissioner to accept certain offers for the Lucan and
Alvinston properties. This is correct, and I was only act-
ing as any other divisional officer would do upon receiv-
ing instructions from headquarters to sell the properties.
If I had refused to obey those instructions, it would have
been considered an act of insubordination. But the fact
that I negotiated for the sale of the properties according
to the said instructions does in no way prove that I was
satisfied with the manner in which properties are dealt
with, for I could but feel that all the smaller towns would
sooner or later be without corps and property.

THOSE TWO LETTERS.

In reference to my letters to Commissioner Rees, pub-
lished in Mr. Booth's statement, I have admitted these
from the first. I simply wish to say that they were
written, the one at the request of and the other at the
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pression, when every influence was brought to bear on
me to innke me believe that I had looked at things in the
wrong light. The last one was written on May 10, after
an interview with the Commissioner, in which he assur-
ed me that he saw the evils existing, and promised to do
all in his power to remedy them. In this I was prepared
to stand by him, and at his request put a declaration to
that effect in the form of a letter, and felt a new hope
that all would be well, until shortly after the arrival of
Commandant Booth I found that this letter was to be
used as a sword in future to hang over my head, to fall
should I ever again express myself in opposition to the
powers that be.

TESTIMONY OF LOYALTY.

Mr. Booth declares that it is " astounding " for me to
give out to the public that Commissioner Rees gave me a
personal testimony as +o my loyalty, as it was only an
" ofticial legal document empowering me to perform the
marriage ceremony." Now, in the flrst place, I made it
plain to the public that it was just exactly what Mr.
Booth states. I did not say it was a personal testimony.
Nevertheless the document declares that " P. W. Philpott
is a faithful and trusted staff ofiicer," which Mr. Booth
must certainly know implies that before I have a right
to hold it I must be a faithful and trusted Staff Officer,
and if I was not such, the public may judge what sort of
men D. M. Rees and Thos. Holland must be to have fixed
their signatures thereto.

Now, during the period of my alleged disloyalty, I was
promoted to the rank of brigadier, and have in my pos-
session two letters from William Bramwell Booth, chief of
staff, within these last fifteen months expressing the con-
fidence of the General in me, and commending the true
salvation spirit of my wife and myself. Yet Command-
ant Booth tries to make out that I have been both dis-
loyal and dishonorable for two years. Now, if he believes

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his to be the case, how could he send me as a captain to
a corps, and why should he now try to make out that he
did not desire me to resign ? Surely a man guilty of
charges as grave and blasting as those brought against me
is not fit to be the spiritual leader of any people.

Toronto, Sept. 3, 1892.

P. W. Philpott.

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THE COMMANDANT KEPLIES TO THE EX-BRIGADIER.

LA MARECHALE'S LUNCHES.

MR. BOOTH SATS HE WOULD HAVE DISMISSED MR. PHILPOTT.

The Self-Denial Fund was Well Administered — The
Law of Averages was Mr. Philpott' s Resort.

The following letter has been sent to the Globe by
Commandant Booth as a reply to ex-Brigadier Philpott
in the Salvation Army controversy : —

Sir, — I have read Mr. Philpott's letter which appeared
in your issue of yesterday, but do not propose to tryapass
upon your space to any great length.

My letter which appeared in the Globe a week ago will
be the best answer to the many suppositions which Mr.
Philpott on his own admission is now indulging in.

There are, however, one or two points to which a
reply may be looked for : —

Re Properties — It is satisfactory to find that Mr.
Philpott is coming a little nearer to the truth. The
twenty or thirty properties which he states had been sold
" during the past year " have now been reduced by him
to eight, and extended over a period of nine years ! As
to the thirteen alleged to be " on offer," I presume even
Mr, Philpott will not now repeat what he stated to hi^

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audience that they have been sold and the proceeds used
to pay salaries, etc.

The list of sales which Mr. Philpott produces in sup-
port of his assertions that properties are sold in a recK-
less manner, does not, as will be seen by examination,
turn out to be a very formidable piece of evidence. Th*
following are the facts : —

(a) Wellin^jton ; this was a small \vrooden building on
a piece of land leased for five years.

(b) Moorefield ; the total cost of this property, includ-
ing land, was $105.

(c) Yorkville ; this was a small piece of spare land
attached to the barracks, but which was not required for
the building.

(d) Wheatley ; the building of this barracks was
undertaken, unknown to headquarters, by three local
soldiers. They were not able to complete it, and as the
soldiers were renting a suitable hall, Mr. Philpott urged
headquarters to hand the building over to the contractor
as compensation for the work already done. We have
this in Mr. Philpott's own handwriting.

(e) New Glasgow, P.E.I.; the total cost of the land
and building was $65. It was impossible for the Army
to support ofiicers in this village, the population being
under 200.

(f) Lucan, Alvinston and Harriston were offered for
sale, as already shown, the result of Mr. Philpott's own
proposal in writing. It is not true, as he now wishes to
infer, that he was in the first instance instructed to sell
them.

As to the list of properties alleged by Mr. Philpott to
be in the market, some of these have never been offered
for sale, and some are still in use as Army barracks.

It is rather late for Mr. Philpott to suggest, as he does,
that I should refer to the property rolls at headquarters
in support of his conjectures. He should have known
the facts before committing himself to the charges.

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Referring to London ; no such offer as S4,400 was ever
made to headquarters for this property. Mr. Philpott
asks how it came to be mort(jaL,'ed. We will tell him.
The property cost $5,000 ; S2,000 was paid in cash and a
mortgage was given for the balance. That was in 1882.
After the fire the mortgage was reduced by $ 1 ,00(\ The
remainder, with other liabilities, was paid out of the pro-
ceeds of the sale of the land as already stated. The
balance is still recognized as being available for a build-
ing scheme in London should it be thought advisable to
undertake one.

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As to the self-denial fund, I have nothing to add to my
former statement. From Mr. Philpott's letter it is clear,
beyond question, that when he brought his accusations
against me in this matter, he did so on the strength of
what others had told him, and not what he knew him-
self. He now asks me to lay the blame on them. This
I must decline to do. I repeat that his insinuations about
the self-denial funds are absolutely false. The money
was not banked to pay salaries. We have received suffi-
cient from other sources to meet these twice over, while
we have paid out on behalf of the poor officers of whom
Mr. Philpott speaks, after the money in question was
banked, no less than $2,400 more than we have received
on that account. 1 note that the array of facts is begin-
ning to make Mr. Philpott more guarded in his asser-
tions. " I will not commit myself to making a positive
declaration," he says, " but I will make it quite possible,
etc., etc." This surely is hardly the kind of evidence
which Mr. Philpott might be expected to produce in order
to make good his own words.

I note that Mr. Philpott's charges of extravagance do
not apply to headquarters " as it now is," but when he
goes on to say, " we can easily understand how every-
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is guilty of bringing against us an accusation which he
must know to be fiuse. The policy of reducing the staff
at headquarters on lines already explained, was in no
way associated with Mr. Fhilpott ; it was decided upon
by me before I had ever made his acquaintance. The
anomaly is that, so far as the ex-officers are concerned,
whose statements he quotes in his letter, the " occasion "
he refers to was the very outcome of the policy pursued ;
their chief grievance being that they were asked to take
a lower place, as under the new arrangement their ser-
vices were not required at headquarters.

THE STAFF SALARIES.

It is not difficult to understand that as the headquarters,
staff salaries comes out at so low a figure, li^r. rhilpott
should have to resort to an attack upon the law of aver-
agin^. Seeing, however, that there are only two persons
who draw less than $5 per week, and only five who draw
more than $11.50, the principle of averaging holds in this
CBiSe, notwithstanding Mr. Philpott objecting to it.

With reference to the grievances which existed, accord-
ing to Mr. Philpott, " a few months back," they are most
effectively dealt with by a quotation from his own letter,
dated May 10th, and which was written immediately after
a full discussion of this v^y subject, " and I would desire
you to inform my comrade Staff Officers that I was never
more settled in my own mind that we are on the right
lines. My belief Wt^ never more firm in the Army and
its principles," etc.

Keferrinff to his letters, Mr, Philpott says/i — " I have
admitted uiese from the first." It is well known that
these letters have never once been used in any of the
meetings held by him. Mr. Philpott states that the let-
terd were written one at the request and the other at the
suggestion of Commissioner Biees. It will be noticed,
howeyer, that both lettera commence by the assertion
tih«t he **tei% it his duty" to writa As to '' physical dQ-

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pression " and undue ** influence/' I can only repeat that
1 have in my possession abundant evidence that the more
important of the two confessions was written after mature
thought and careful examination. Has Mr. Philpott for-
gotten the^five drafts of the letter of May 10th, and the
statements they contain ?

LA MARECHALE S LUNCHES.

I note that Mr. Philpott abandons his charge of $12
lunches against the Marechale. He cannot, however,
deny that he has made that charge, and that publicly
before 2,000 witnesses. The method he adopts to get out
of the difiiculty is most ingenious. "I have no doubt/'
he says, " that this $3.75 is merely incidental outlay not
referred to in my remarks." Unfortunately for Mr. Phil-
pott his own writing is emphatic upon the subject. There
IS no mention in all his statements of incidental outlay ;
every item is marked down with the greatest precision.
The one in question stands " refreshments, $3.75." There
is no other expenditiire which could possibly include
sundries.

What can be thought of a man, who, after allowing
himself to be so unmanly as to make such unseemly re-
marks about a lady on a public platform, now admits his
ignorance of the facts and falls back upon the merest
conjecture by suggesting " that the onlj way to get at
the exact amount is to deduct the bare travelling from the
bill of expenditure ? "

Why does Mr. Philpott wish to make it appear that
we are not interested in the well-being of our Field Offi-
cers, when he knows that we have expended from the
funds of the Arm^ no less than $12,000 during the past
two years on their behalf, over and above what has been
granted by divisional officers ?

Mr. Philpott expresses surprise that if he was so dis-
loyal we should, nevertheless, have offered him a corps.

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I regret to say that had I then been in possession of the
&€ts and information which have reached me since he
resigned, it would have left me no alternative but the
painful duty of asking Mr. Philpott to retire from the
service of the Army altogether.

I beg to remain^ sir,

Yours faithfully,

Herbert H. Booth.
Toronto, Sept. 6.

THE accountant's DENIAL.

To the Editor of the Qlohe :

Sir, — I feel it incumbent upon me to write you with
reference to a letter which appeared in your paper on the
4th inst., in connection with the Salvation Army and
signed P. W. Philpott. I do this voluntarily, although I
have no wish whatever to be drawn into the controversy.
Mr. Philpott alleges that the accountant furnished him
with the information regarding the salaries about which
he writes, and as I hold that position, I wrifce to protest,
las I have no knowledge of giving him this information,
and besides, the figures which he quotes, compared with
the actual ones, prove clearly that he is writing more
from supposition than from what he knows to be fact,
both with reference to the past and present.

Mr. Philpott further states that some self-denial money
was banked for the express purpose of paying salaries,
and if his statement is true m this respect, the blame
must lay on the officers who handled the books and cash.
I wish it to be clearly understood that I know the facts
^ are different from what he states, and if this information
has been volunteered to others than himself, it has been
volunteered by a person or persons who were not ac*
quainted with the lieicts.

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I have loved and respected Mr. Philpott during tbe
term of my acquaintanceship, but being fully acquainted
with the facts in connection with his resignation, also
the stand taken by him since leaving the Army, I cannot
coincide with him in his views, or endorse what he
says.

I am, dear sir, yours respectfully,

Toronto, Sept. 6.

K N. WrsE.

MR. PHILPOTT'S FINAL STATEMENT iO THE

PRESS.

To the Editor of the Globe ; *

Sib, — In reference to Commandant Booth's letter in
your issue of to-day, I simply wish to make the following
statements : —

(1) I am prepared to stand by every word of my letter
published in the Olobe last Monday. A comparison of my
letter with Mr. Booth's reply will show the public with
what futile attempts he has sought to evade the main
points at issue.

(2) It will be specially noticed that he says nothing of
the misappropriation of $29,221.03 This is surely a
serious charge against the " iron-clad system of accounts."
I state again that the above amount was transferred from
the property account to the general Salvation Army fuud.
Mr. Booth dare not deny this, with the minutest regard
for truth.

(3) In reference to La Mar^chale's tour, I have chal-
lenged him to publish the whole statement just as I gWe
it. This he has failed to do. The public will draw their
own conclusions.

(4) He speaks of $12,000 spent on behalf of the Field
Officers during the last two years, but it will be well for

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the public to know that by far the greater portion of this
sum was disbursed by Commissioner Adams during his
charge in Canada, and that the said Commissioner, after
years of faithful service, was most systematically " frozen
out" of the ranks for his liberality.

(5) It is again evident that Mr. Booth makes no at-
tempt to deny that properties have been sold. He tries
to minimise the matter by quoting the small sums realized
on some of the properties. He is very careful to with-
hold the amount received for such properties as Yorkville
land, which was somewhere in the neighborhood of $2,000.
His denial of my statements re Alvinston, London and
Lucan does not in the least alter their truth.

(6) He does not deny my charges of extravagance on
the part of the staff, but tries to evade the point by re-
ferring again to the sta^ as it is now. Mr. Booth knows
well that my remarks referred to the staff before his
arrival. He cannot gainsay my statement on this
point.

(7) The great trouble with Mr. Booth is that he is
writing at a great disadvantage. He was not in the
country when events transpired of which I have spoken.
He simply puts his own construction on what he hears
and on the papers put before him.

(8) In reference to Mr. Wyse's letter of denial in to-
day's Olohe, I can only say that this man's memory must
have failed him lately to a remarkable degree, and I fear
his conscience also. No one lamented tha state of affairs
at headquarters more than this same Mr. Wyde. ,1 can
produce absolute proof that he did voluntarily offer the
information that the self-denial fund was being used to
pay salaries.

(9) The n^anner in which Mr. Booth refers to my letters
is amusing. I assert again that I have admitted them
from the first and have explained them fully. Why does
he persist in quoting them ?

(10) In conclusion, I call upon Herbert Booth, in the

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name of justice, to produce through the press the condem-
natory information he claims to hold against me. Why
does he lower the " dignity of his position " by indulging
in base insinuations ? He has never made one specific
charge against me yet. I am branded with the general
terms " dishonest " and " disloyal" No entreaties have
yet wrested from Herbert Booth the " dark secrets of the
case." I have no desire to continue this controversy, but
in the interests of truth I demand from Herbert Booth an
explanation of my dismissal.

W. P. Philpott.
Toronto, Sept 8th.

NoTB. — (1) Up to the time of writing, Mr. Booth has o£fered no re-
ply to this statement and still remains silent as to the " condemnatory
mformation " he claims to hold against the writer.

(2) A few days after the appearance of his letter of denial, Mr. Wyse
removed from headquarters to the Maritime Provinces. It is to be re-

f retted that he did not remain and face the conclusive evidence we
old as to the falsehood of this letter.

PHILPOTT VERSUS BOOTH.

(Olohe, September 10th, 1892.)
To ^ Editor of the Globe:

Sir, — Mr. Herbert Booth in his letter, which appears
in this morning's Olobe, refers to the sale of properties
as mere trivial and unimportant matters, and says of the
sale of property at Yorkville : — " This was a small piece
of spare land attached to the barracks, but which was
not required for the building." Of some of the proper-
ties Mr. Booth gives the amount of the proceeds of the
sales. Why is the Yorkville property an exception to
this rule ?

The writer was a member of the army in Yorkville at
the time this property was sold, and asserts that the
amount realized on this property was about two thousand
dollars. I believe it was more. And, although this

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" small pf ece" was not needed then, the legal axrents of
Booth have since purchased property near by for pur-
poses for which this property was admirably adapted.

There are now ten houses built on this " small piece of
spare land," the aggregate rent of the same amounting
to nearly $100 per month.

If readers of the Olohe are to judee of the contents of
his entire letter from the policy of suppression in this
instance, they will have a very bad opinion of his whole
defence.

Mr. Philpott's contention is more than proved, that
those who originally subscribed the money to buy the
property have no voice in its disposal. He has also
proven that the Army's work is now a failure. In addi-
tion to the facts he has given, he might have instanced
the closing up of the Prison Gate Brigade in Eglinton,
Kingston, Hamilton, etc.; the closing up of nearly a
hundred corps within two or three years ; the empty and
forlorn barracks, with their deplorable appearance, the
country over. Indeed, what else can we expect when
they are mortgaged for more than their value. The
Apostle Paul says, " Owe no man anything," and these
people consider they are fulfilling the condition of the
Gospel by burying themselves in debt.

In reference to the London property, Mr. Booth says :
— " The balance is still recognised as being available for
a building in London, should it be thought advisable to
undertake one." I am delighted to hear this, as if money
subscribed by the London people for a building which
has not been erected is available, surely money subscribed
by Toronto people for a building which has not been
erected should also be available, and I would thank Mr.
Booth for his check for $65, the amount the writer sub-
scribed towards a building to be erected on their pro-
perty on Richmond- street some years ago, and which has
not yet been done. I could make good use of this money
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this city. It is not for me ii dictate to the subscribers,
who have ^ven about S5,000 towards the erection of the
same buildmg, but for my part I should be glad to have
returned my own contribution. Otherwise I shall con-
clude that the money was obtained under false pretences.

Albert Bbitnbll.
Toronto, Sept. 8th.

AN EDITORIAL FROM THE "MAIL."

SALVATION ARMT TROUBLES.

In adopting some of the methods of military organiza-
tion, the originators of the Salvation Army showed that
they were men of the world, and had reckoned up with
tolerable acuteness the sort of action which would be most
effective in dealing vrith the material on which they pro-
posed to work. If any society or association is to deal
successfully with the mass of humanity and to enforce its
tenets upon them it must have su^rior and inferior
officers, and obedience to orders must be the rule and not
the exception. Whatever work the Salvation Army has
done is owing to the completeness with which this
method has been enforced. Qeneral Booth might take
the description the Roman centurion gave of himself as
an accurate setting forth of his own plan : '' I am a man
under authority having soldiers under me. I say to this
man go and *he ^oeth and to another come and he
cometn." The giving up of independence and the right
of private judgment is more or less enforced on all who
join the blood red banner. The implicit obedience ot
self-negation which Ignatius Loyola demanded of his
followers, and which has been demanded in turn by every
superior of the Jesuit ordej:, was scarcely more complete
than that demanded by the species of evangelical papacy
which exists in our midst as the Salvation Army. The/re
can be no question as to the amount of work, in many
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despotic method has enabled the Salvation Anny to do.
The flag has been carried into all lands, and a very large
number of people have been brought under the influence
of the doctrines that the Salvation Army teaches.
Appealing to ignorant and sinful men with similar
doctrines to those taught by Bunyan in his " Pilgrim's
l^ogress/' they have exhorted them to " flee from the
wrath to come " in accents of terrible earnestness, and
they have painted salvation as a thing to be won in a
moment by a belief in certain fundamental truths.
Drunkards nave by these means been made sober, vicious
men and women have been reclaimed, and a large amount
of missionary work has been done that could probably
have been done in no other way. The work of the Army
in London is well known. Its special mission has been
prosecuted most successfully where people are down-
trodden and degraded. Where there are very large
populations and numbers of people living in dens of
misery this organization has no doubt done much good
work. Its comparative failure in Canada is perhaps due
to the fact that the conditions of life for the laboring
classes are on the whole better than elsewhere, and there
is a greater tendency on the part of the people to attend
the " regular " means of grace than to ally themselves
with an organization given somewhat to eccentric usages,
and the mission of which seems to be rather to rescue
" brands from the burning" than to edify. and build up in
the faith. The Army has, as a matter of course, not been
without its critics, soifnid of whom have ventured to cast
doubts on the way in which the finances of the institution
are administei^ed. But in a recent number of the Fort-
nightly Beview Mr. Arnold White, an English gentleman
who is held to 1m? a competent judge ot such matters,
declares that after making dn exhaustive examination of
the accounts and financial afiairs of the Army he finds
nothing amiss or that can reasonably be called in question
even by the people who have a high ideal of the admin-
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Whether the methods of the Salvation Army are in
accordance with Scriptural doctrine and orthodox Chris-
tian teaching is of course quite another question. There
are no doubt, too, those who think, and think truly, that
it is out of harmony with those principles whereby the
freedom and liberty of society are secured. The idea of
despotism in a professedly Christian organization seems
a strange one, and one that is destined only for a tem-
porary sway. Troubles similar to those which are
reported to be agitating the contingent in this city are
sure to occur from time to time in almost any religious
organization in a free country. They are only the hoalthy
working of the forces of society that make for liberty.
At the same time it must be remembered that the Salva-
tion Army, has got hold of a number of people who can
scarcely be regarded as fit for liberty.

A MINISTER'S OPINION.
(Toronto Globe, Sept. l^th.)

DIVINE OR HUMAN AUTHOKITY ?

To the Editor of the Globe :

Sir, — I have no disposition to enter into the quarrel
between the Brigadier and the Commandant of the Salva-
tion Army in this city, and the different sections which
they severally represent in the fight. Indeed, I refer to
this matter in the Army simply because it affects a great
Christian principle which has more or less to do with
every denomination and Church in Christendom. To a
certain extent, what has recently occurred in the Army in
Toronto is a family matter, yet not one in which the
Christian public are altogether uninterested ; for the body
of Christ is one, and when one member suffers all the mem-
bers suffer with it. The question of the misappropriation
of funds is by no means an unimportant one, considering

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the wide constituency to which the Army is aooastomed to
appeal to say nothing of the nature or moral aspect of the
tmng itself. But there is another question involvedjin
whicn every one who owns allegiance to the Saviour and
Sovereign of mankind, must be deeply interested. I refer
to the relationship which Christians seem to bear to one
another in the Army, or to the power that one class has
over another. It has been said by a not unfriendly critic
that "the one secret of the Salvation Army is the re-
assertion of the principle of authority." If this means
anything, it means that those in authority must command
and those under authority must obey ; that the proper
correlative to authority is obedience, and vice versa. Those
belonging to the Salvation Army, be it observed, do not
call themselves '' Christians," " disciples," or even " believ-
ers," but soldiers ; which designation carries with it every-
where and always the idea of obedience to command.
There is nothing of the idea of the family, or of citizenship,
or of society in general. It is the one ?dea of yielding up
a man's own will to that of another. " A good soldier of
Jesus Christ" is an expression applied to Timothy by t^aul,
in which connection "enduring hardness" and "pleasing
Him who hath chosen him to be a soldier" are the prin-
ciple characteristics. And his warfare even is to please him
who hath chosen him. To say that Qeneral Booth or any
one man or number of men can sufficiently represent
Jesus Christ on earth, so that the will of that man or num-
ber of men shall be the veritable will of Christ, is to repeat
the Papacy, yea, even the very worst feature of it in the
Society of Ignatius Loyola. Paul said to the Corinthians,
"Ye are bought with a price, be ye not therefore the servants
of men." Apostles commended themselves " to every man's
conscience in the sight of God." And they exhorted el-
ders not to exercise oversight of the flock of Qod by con-
straint, neither by overruling them, but by being examples
to them (1 Peter, v. 1-3). This is quite in harmony with
what the Master taught when asked by His disciples, "Who

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ui greater in the kingdom of heaven ?" And the answer
was a little child placed in the midst of them, with the
simple comment upon that ohiect : " Except ye be con-
verted and become as little children, ye cannot enter into
the kingdom of heavea Whosoever, therefore, shall
humble himself as this little child, the same shall be
greater/' The disciples had already doubtless concluded
that He, the Christ, would ever be greatest, the one and
only Master, as He afterward declared himself, or claimed,
to be. Without, then, attempting to determine what kind
or what degree, of authority the officers of the Salvation
Army and General Booth in particular claim, I think I
may safely say that the teachings of the Master and His
apostles, as shown above, are a unit (1) that, in things
spiritual. Christians are to act and live solely under the
one Master or King in His kingdom, the one Head of His
church. " Qo, teach all things whatsoever I have com-
manded you." Then, He says, "Lo, I am with you."
Christ's mind, will, law, commandments, are of supreme
authority here. (2) In view of the claims of Christ and
the commandment of Paul, " Be ye not therefore the ser-
vants of men," two things follow. First, that the man or
woman who has given himself or herself unreservedly to
the Lord Jesus has not only no right or authority from
Christ to cive himself up to the service or advantage of
men over him, but that he violates Christ's express will
or law in doing so. Second, no man, or cla^s of men have
any authority from Christ to assume, or take a position
in relation to believers wherein they have a controlling
(or "over-ruling," as Peter calls it) advantage over them.
This, moreover, is a violation of the law of CSirist, and the
more so as the party or parties inay be gifted and power-
ful in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. The Bev. H.
Price Hughes says in his book on Christian Ethics, page
176 : — " It is time that human society should be recon-
structed on a Christian basis, that brotherliness should
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Jesus Christ should be established in eveiy land and in
e^ery heart Let us lay aside all forms of Satanic selfish-
ness. Let us put on the armour of God. Let us light
against the world with the utmost energy of our nature.
To cheer us in the conflict, the Son of God reminds us
that He, too, has fought and won upon the same glorious
field of strife."

Charles Duff.

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CHAPTER XIV.

OTHER OFFICERS IN TROUBLE — FURTHER DISMISSALS AND
RESIGNATIONS — MR. BOOTH'S DISLOYALTY.

HE result of the maladministration of the
Army authorities described in thesa pages
has been one continual line of dismissals and
resignations of officers holding both staff
and field appointments. This, certainly, is
not without its aignificance, especially as some of
these were among the oldest officers in the ser-
vice, and have established irreproachable reputa-
tions for godliness and devotion.

Ex-Captain Pink, who acted as spokesman for the
deputation which waited upon the Army leaders when
the insurrection broke out in the Toronto camp, saw
from the very first the absurdity of Mr. Booth's actions,
and desiring that a court-martial should be held for us,
according to Army regulations, wherein we might ofier
our defence, he put forth every possible efibrt to this end.
Seeing, however, that these efforts were utterly unheeded
and ignored, and that Mr. Booth emphatically declared
to the deputation that he would not grant their most

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reasonable request, Mr. Pink felt at once that a crisis had
been reached in his Army experience. One member of
the deputation asked Mr. Booth if the Army regulations
did not teach that matters of this description should be
settled by court-martial. " Quite so," replied the Com-
mandant, " but not in this case." Mr. Pink saw at once
the despotic power of the Commandant's "No," as it
evidently superseded all Army regulations and discipline.
He saw, moreover, the utter inconsistency of a man like
Herbert Booth, the Qeneral's son, openly disobeying the
General's explicit directions for granting court-martials to
accused officers. The Commandant had, to Mr. Pink's
mind, forfeited his respect as a leader, and as he, looking
forward, saw the possibility of the same injustice being
dealt out to him should he remain in the Army, he felt
he could no longer work for God under such a govern-
ment, and consequently he resigned.

The two following cases will confirm our statements
about the autocratic government in the Army :

Ex-Captain P had been an officer for a number of

years, and having placed his confidence in the authors of
these pages, he felt very sad to see us severed from the
Army in such a manner. When Mr. Booth convened his
private meetings in which he was to give his version of

the story, Capt. P decided not to attend as he felt

that Mr. Booth should make his explanations in the pre-
sence of the accused, and as he had not heard Mr.
Philpott's defence, he felt that to attend Mr. Booth's
meetings he would lay himself open to prejudice. He
preferred to retain neutral ground and go on as an officer
as if nothing had happened. But, strange to say, no such
freedom was allowed the Captain, for he was forthwith
summoned before Col. Mackenzie and questioned why he
did not attend the Commandant s explanatory meetings.
He gave his reasons, as above stated, and, without any
alternative, was immediately instructed to write out his
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time to consider the matter, but was told if he desired
to stay any longer in the Army he must write a humble

apology to Mr. Booth. As Mr. P had nothing to

apologize for, he tendered his resignation on the foUo^ing
day.

The public will note the cunning device the Army
leaders resort to in getting rid of an officer. They do not
diamiaa him hni force him to resign. This is the final
act in the " freezing-out process.''

The next case before us is that pf ex-Captain Blight.
This was the officer who was invited to " seek mercy "
because he could not endorse Mr. Booth's actions, atW
hearing his explanations in an officers' meeting. It will
be remembered by those who watched this controversy in
the papers that ex-Captain Blight's name appeared in the
list of those who expressed themselves satisfied with Mr.
Booth's explanation, and yet this gentleman informs us
that he neither signed a declaration nor made any
statement to that effect. Wo submit this as an example
of the dishonorable machinations to which the Army
authorities will stoop in order to justify themselves. Ex-
Captain Blight decided to attend the mass-meeting in the
Auditorium to hear the other side of the question, and
found the defence so complete and convincing that on
the following day he sent to Col. Mackenzie his
resignation.

Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Blight's resigna-
tion was accepted, he was asked by the Army authorities
to remain another week. The reader will understand
that at the time of his resignation Mr. Blight was
acting as the Army's cashier and while it was conveni-
ent for them to insist on immediate action on the part of
other dismissed or " frozen-out " officers, in this case they
were totally unprepared ; the resignation came so unex-
pectedly. Mr. Blight agreed to help them through
the following week. Only two or three days had elapsed
when he was, in the Army phraseology, " on the carpet,"

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i, B,, ordered to appear before the Commandant, and
every officer who has been in this interesting position,
knows the feeling of awe that comes over one when he
stands alone in the stem presence of his superior, closed
in by the double doors of that " inner chamber " ! Mr»
Booth questioned him as to whether he had told Philpott
tha the had been invited to the front in the officers' meet>
ing already referred to. Mr. Blight answered, " Yes sir,
that point did come up in our conversation." ** Well,'^
replied the Commandant, " I deny it ! " But determined
to stand by his principles, Mr. Blight answered, " Ex-
cuse me, sir, you did say so ! " "I did not ! " was the
reply. Mr. Blight was so astounded at these denials
that he could scarcely believe his own ears, but not yield-
ing his point responded, "Sir, this is not hearsay, Twos in
the rrveeting and heard you say it ! " Again the Com-
mandant replied, " I emphatically deny it I " When the
Commandant saw that he could not prevail upon his
recent young officer to sacrifice the truth, he exclaimed,
" Well then, we have made up our minds have we ? " Mr^
Blight answered, "I have made up mine." "Then,"
said the Commandant, " you shall leave this building at
once ! " Mr. Blight informed the Commandant that he
had j.ust returned from the bank and that the money
was lying on the desk, asking if he had better attend to
the same before leaving ; but the now almost exasperated
Commandant ejaculated, " No ! you go at once, we can
attend to our own business !" The young ex-officer waa
compelled to put on his hat and coat and make a speedy
exit. We will not attempt to portray the feelings of this
young man as he went forth to face the world, but leave
our readers to imagine what it means to dare to oppose
these incorrigible despots who have lately created such
havoc in our country.

Mr. Booth evidently far overstepped the mark in deal-
ing with us as he did. We shall not trouble the reader
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with the following list of officers who have withdrawn
from the service on account of these recent troubles : —

Oeo. E. Fisher, ex-

■Adjutant.

Mrs. Fisher.

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:-Ensign.

Mrs. Carpenter.

Roderick Murray,
David Richmond,

ex-Captain.

Billiard Wismer,

M. Bliffht,
Nellie Mclntyre,

R. S. Bingham,

Bessie Woods,

Jas. Desson,

Mrs. Desson.

Benjamin Bromley,

Wm. Pepiper,

Rufus Brown,

Mary Smith, ex-Captain.

John Brokenshire, "

Wm. Evoy, "

Emma Boneard, "

Wm. Pink, "

Mrs. Pink.

Ada Young, ex-Lieutenant.

John C. Campbell, "

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Susannah Tonus, ex-Cadet.

Mrs. McCuUough, "

Herbeit Lucas, "

Hattie Smith, "

David Wands* "

CHAPTER XV.

CONCLUSION.

HE perusal of the preceding pages cannol but
stir the souls of all who hold in sweet me-
mory the early days of the Salvation Army in
Canada. Our country was fast being lulled
to sleep in ttie cradle of religious convention-
ality, when, some ten years ago, the first Army
representatives set foot in the land. Though at
first looked upon with a certain amount of sus-
picion and reserve, it soon became evident that they were
the heralds of the good tidings of God. They proclaimed
the Gospel as they found it, relying on the Holy Spirit
to give the increase. The result was that they aroused
the children of God ; wherever their services were held,

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souls were abundantly brought to Christ, and throughout
the Dominion there arose such an awakening to the
claims of Christianity as never had been known before.
The work spread from town to town and from province
to province, until, from the misty shores of Newfoundland
and Nova Scotia to the far West, where the calm waters
of the Pacific lave the feet of the Rockies, might be heard
the sound of the Army drum and the clarion- voice of the
grand old Gospel message. Soon these uniformed war-
riors with their conspicuous red and blue jerseys were
to be seen everywhere amid the busy throngs on the city
streets, and even the little hamlet in the backwoods was
not without its *' corps," its " officers," and its "barracks."
The churches were imbued with new energy, and revivals
broke out all over the country. The very air seemed
freighted with holy influences ; salvation songs resounded
through the streets ; even the little children caught up
the Army tunes and sang the praises of God. What
Christian or Salvation soldier can look back to those
halcyon days without emotion ? . They stole upon us, as
the rising sun steals over the gray hills in the dewy
mom, bringing his light and warmth. How we felt the
^w of that Divine power which was behind it all!
What a glorious harvest of souls was garnered for the
Kingdom of God ! Though years have passed away, the
fervent prayers and the penitent confessions of that
host of sinners that sought the Lord, echo still in the
hearts of the humble toilers who taught them salvation's
way. Can the memory of those sublime old meetings
ever be obliterated ? The spirit of God hovered over
them as a dove, and we could say with the poet —

** Closer He is than breathing,
Nearer than hands and feet."

Among the officers existed that apostolic fellowship,
equality and unity which are the basis of all Christian
power and enterprise. The councils were times of

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refreshing, where the officers met singing and exhorting
one another in psalms and spiritual songs. Let those
happy days forever live on in memory, as a proof that
€k)d does manifest His power through all who humbly and
sincerely seek His glory !

But it is the painful duty of the writers to show the
other side of the mcture, and declare that those old Army
days are gone ! Those officers of grateful memory, who
laid the foundation of the work in Canada, have nearly
all withdrawn from the service. Many towns and vil-
lages, which once lay literally at the Army's feet» are long
since deserted. The zeal for souls, which once cJiaracter-
ized the leaders, has departed in a most lamentable de-
gree. While many honest and sincere souls still remain,
toiling in the ranks, yet the Army as an or^^ization is
undeniably robbed of its spiritual power. Witness the
fact that real conversions are comparatively few and far
between, and those who do get converted in the meetings
fail to find sufficient spiritual impulsion to draw them
into the ranks. Consider, moreover, the fact that thous-
ands of soldiers have severed themselves from the differ-
ent corps and gone to the churches, and that in the neigh-
- borhood of twelve hundred officers have resided during
the short period of the Army's operations in Canada. In
a word, the Army is like a desolate and forsaken home,
now destitute of all that once made it attractive and
beautiful.

The natural question arises : What is the cause of this
sad state of affairs ? The answer is found in two self-
evident facts : (1) The introduction and exercise of a sys-
tem of government more despotic than the Papacy itself.
(2) The converting of the Army as a meoma of saving
souls into an end, and seeking to attain this end by prin-
ciples which find their parallel in Jesuitism.

With the progress of civilization has grown the free-
dom of man's conscience. In these modem days, religious
opinion is no longer under the full domain of ecclesiasti-

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cism ; as was truly remarked in a recent editorial in one of
Canada's leading religious organs, the time has passed
for despotic rule in the church. The Army has sought to
stem this strong modem tide, by instituting a system in
which the superior officers demand from their inferiors a
blind obedience, which savours of the dark ages. This
principle of obedience has been the one theme drilled in-
to the cadets in the Training Homes, until hundreds of
them have so far renounced their own thinking powers as
to believe that all the actions of headquarters comes from
divine inspiration, and that the will of the General is the
will of GTod. These recent troubles in the Canadian
branch of the work are the direct outcome of this abom-
inable autocratic power which the Army leaders have
tried to exercise over those under their command.

That the Army has been converted by its leaders from
a means to an end is evident from the fact that all the
administration for some yeai*s past has been enacted for
the building up of a separate organization. The Army no
longer professes to be the friend and auxiliary of the
churches, but has declared its open antiagonism to them
by forbidding its soldiers to attend church services with-
out special permission, while its officers are strictly pro-
hibited from taking part in church revivals. To give an
idea of what now constitutes a Salvationist, we quote the
following from a little work published by S. H. Hodges,
LL.B., late Major and Private Secretary to General
Booth : —

'* By making the Army a distinct and separate people,
the General hopes, by and by that the world will be div-
ided into two distinct classes, viz : Those who wear Sal-
vation Army uniform and those who do not All wear-
ing it belonging to the army and God, and all not wearing
it belonging to the world and the devil. To hold this
view goes a long way to make a man or woman a 'true
Salvationist.' And if you add to this a blind and unques-
tioning adherence to, and respect and love for, 'the family/

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and a determination to back up the Army and headquar-
ters in everything right or wrong, and to obey every order
given, in the same unquestioning temper, you nave a pretty
good idea of what is meant by l^ing a 'true Salvationist.' "

Military discipline has now taken the place of Christ-
ian fellowship and brotherhood. The Qeneral's orders
and regulations fill a prodigious volume of some 750
pages, which every officer is supposed to read and carry
out to the minutest detail. The grace of humility has
given way to the dignity of position and a rampant big-
otry has gradually driven out all Christian liberality.

No doubt the unprecedented success that accompanied
the Army's first operations, has in one sense, been a bane
to them and has tended, indirectly, to produce the sad
state of afiairs that now exists ; for the moment that the
leaders began to attribute the result to the Army methods,
that moment the spirit of God began to withdraw His
power. It will be admitted by all that the success
achieved through the Army was not due to its methods, for
many of these are obnoxious to modem taste, but it was
due to the fact that they preached the pure and simple
gospel and sou^iht to glorify God, who declares in His
word that He will not give His glory unto another. The
whole point may be summed up in one sentence : The
glorification of the Army has produced a spvritual de-
cline in the work.

We hear a great deal of talk about the " Army spirit"
Our readers will get a conception of what this means
from reading the preceding chapters. It is synonymous
with " Army machine." It is this spirit which Mr. Her-
bert Booth and his stafi have tried to inculcate into the
Canadian officers with such poor success. The " Army
spirit " is the Army's test to godliness, whereas the Bible
declares that " if any man have not the spirit of Christ
he is none of His."

We can make great allowance for Mr. Booth. Accus-

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tomed to almost anlir ited authority in the old coumtry
since early boyhood, and Aaturaliy possessed of a deter-
mined will and desire to rule, it is not to bo wondered at
that these human weaknesses have come out in his ad-
ministration in Canada. Col. Mackenzie, his chief secre-
tary, in a cii'oular sent out to the Field Officers, justifies (?)
Mr. Booth's actions in the cases discussed in this pamphlet
on the grounds that he, (Mr. Booth), was hound to up-
hold the authority of his jyredeoesaor. He does not even
give us reason to infer that Mr. Booth regarded it as
a matter of right or wrong. When the deputation waited
upon Mr. Booth for an explanation he refused their re-
quest on the ground that it would be lowering the dignity
ofhia position to give an explanation to inferiors, and
severely censured the deputation for their unwarrantable
presumption in making any such request from him, the
Ueneral's son ! We are at a loss to know how Mr. Booth
can reconcile this principle to the Bible teaching: "He
that exalteth himself shall be abased." " Let brotherly
love continue/' etc., etc

Wlien asked why he would not give an explanation in
the presence of the accused, Mr. Booth replied that it
was unmilitary4ike. This evidently shows that Mr.
Booth* s rule of conduct is found in military regulations
and not in, the Scri2mtres, and he is the first man who
has ever y»t ventured to pretend that milita/ry rule is
Christian rule. All history goes to show that as men
have become christianized and enlightened, military rule
has lost its prestige. The only place where it is tolerated
in this age, as far as we are aware, is in the Salvation
Army and in some portions of the wild Soudan. Did
not Christ come as the messenger of peace to the world,
promising that after Him should come a time when all
wars should cease and all His children be free ? To
show that in the S. A., exists some of the worst features
of this military rule, wd make two extracts from an
article by Rev. Cunningham Qeikie D. D. : —

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** So unmitigftted an autooraoy doM not, aotu tml know, exist.
The Pope U a constitutional monarch compared with Mr. Booth.
He and hie family jointly are immeasurably more despotic than
Leo XIII and his cardinals. As to the Queen's Arm^. . . . ' deceit
Hod hypocrisy ' oani^t get up a report against any soldier or officer,
and cause his dismissal ; but woe be to the underling in Mr. Booth's
host who dares whisper a word not permitted or tell inconvenient
truth!"

'*I never saw such abject terror of superiors as seems to be
a characteristic of the officers of the Salvation Army. They are in
dread of dismissal, without any but the vaguest cause being assign-
ed. Even in the Queen's Army, no soldier or officer can be turned
out without fair and open trial on specific charges. Why should
not Mr. Booth or his son give their men at least as much justice ? "

Mr. Herbert Booth's cruel and unjust treatment of
Canadian officers is but a fresh outbreak of his estab-
lished reputation in England. He is famous there for
, his overbearing conduct, and many a man, once a useful
officer in the Army, now finds himself out of the work
through having come into collision with this youn? scion
of the house of Booth. We learn from Mr. Hodges, a
man of unimpeachable authority, that this " firing out "
business seems to have been one of Mr. Herbert's special
delights.

«* When a man is to be ' sacked,' says Mr. Hodges, " or in other
words, as it is more commonly expressed, * hung,' jokes are often
made about * the gallows ' being erected for him, and this kind
of language is indulged in by the Ohief>of-Staff and Herbert, as
well as other chief officers."

We cannot understand such conduct as this unless we
refer it to the time when Mr. Herbert was a backslider,
for he isb reported to have admitted in one of the meetings
he held on his tour through Canada dome four years ago
that he had been a backslider, and was nearly on the
point of leaving the Army, but had got the victory in an
all-night of prayer. He gught therefore to know
through what trying times his officers are obliged to pass,
and should show a little sympathy towards them, instead

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of mercilessly pushing them out into the world as he has
done. God who sees and knows all, on the last great day
of reckoning shall require from us with usury all that lie
has committed to our charge. If He has placed us in
positions of authority and trust how disastrous it will
eternally be, if we abuse our privileges and act unkindly
to our fellow men.

The Army leaders are men of passions, like unto
others : Qod remembereth their frames that they are dust
and is ready to grant unto them that wisdom which they
now require, to set the Army on a new spiritual basis
and usher in a new era of power and blessing, the bright-
ness of which may eclipse the outburst of her pristine
glory. Canada stands ready to welcome back the sweet
old days. In the words of the' poet :

" Come ; not in the watches of the night,
But where the sunbeam broodeth warm,
Come beatUetums in thine after form,
And like a finer light in light."

The arm of flesh is weak and can neither support, man
nor organization in the struggle against error aud the
search for truth. How truly experience has taught us
that:

" Our little systems have their day.
They have their day and cease to be ; .
They are but broken lights of Thee,
And Thou, Lord, art more than they ! "