Salvation Army, bade farewell to 1,000 representatives of that organization on Sunday in connection with her retirement from command at the end of the month. She will have reached the age limit, and her retirement becomes automatic under the new rules which were devised some years ago. With her departure there comes an end, at any rate for the time being, of the Booth dynasty, which no matter how it may have been criticized in some respects undoubtedly served this wide-flung organization in a remarkably able manner. The plans of the founder with regard to the succession under which the General should nominate his successor, came to an end with the retirement of General Bramwell Booth, and the Salvation Army is now upon a more democratic basis than was originally conceived by its founder. In the seventy years which have passed since the Salvation Army was founded by General William Booth it has grown enormously, and a movement. which was in its early days regarded with very considerable scorn, has now earned for itself the respect of peoples in all countries. Of the great work which it is doing there is ample evidence in all parts of the world, and the uniform has come to be respected as an emblem of spiritual devotion and material hard work. The further democratization of the Army under General Evangeline Booth's successor is now a foregone conclusion, and the new General Will be assisted by what will to all intents and purposes be a sort of Cabinet. The retiring General has given a whole life of service to ihe movement, and has thoroughly vindicated those who elected a woman to so high a position. It is unlikely, though her official rule over the Salvation Army has come to an end, that she will wholly rest from her labours, for she is not that type of woman, but those who know her and admire the excellent work she has done, will unite in wishing her many happy years of retirement, knowing full well that they Will most probably also be years of continued work fcr the case she has served so well.
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