The Authoritative Life of General William Booth eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 443 pages of information about The Authoritative Life of General William Booth.

The Authoritative Life of General William Booth eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 443 pages of information about The Authoritative Life of General William Booth.
be acted upon throughout our borders until some better method is made known.  We want certain things done in The Army for the Salvation of souls, for the deliverance of the world from sin and misery, and for the glory of our God; and the Regulations herein set forth represent the best methods at present known either to me, or to those around me, for the accomplishment of these things.  Therefore praying for God’s blessing upon them I send them forth with the expectation that the Staff Officers whom they concern will render a faithful, conscientious, and believing obedience to all that they enjoin.”

All this was only written in 1904, and there has been nothing since materially to change the system set forth in the 350 odd pages which follow, and which explain as fully as was necessary how the plans which are so fully explained in the volume of Orders and Regulations for Field Officers, above referred to, were to be carried into effect throughout the whole country.

The opening chapter of these Regulations explains the Organisation as follows:—­

     “THE GENERAL DIVISIONS OF THE ARMY

     “The divisions of The Army in the Field are at present as follow:—­

     “Ward, under the charge of a Sergeant.

     “Corps, under the charge and command of a Field Officer.

     “Section, under the charge and command of a Sectional Officer.

     “Division, under the charge and command of a Divisional Commander.

     “Province, under the charge and command of a Provincial Commander.

     “Territory, under the charge and command of a Territorial
     Commissioner.

“A Ward is a part of a town or neighbourhood in which a Corps is operating, placed under the charge of Local Officers, whose duty it is to watch over the welfare of the Soldiers and Recruits belonging to it.
“A Corps is that portion of a country in which a separate work is carried on, and for which it is responsible.  It may consist of a city, a town, or a particular district of either, and it may include one or more Societies in adjoining places, or it may consist of a number of such Societies grouped together, in which case it is called a Circle Corps.

     “A Section is a group of Corps placed under the command of one or
     more Officers.

     “A Division consists of a number of Corps grouped together with
     that part of a country in which these Corps are situated.

     “A Province comprises a number of Divisions.

     “A Territory consists of a Country, or part of a Country, or
     several Countries combined together, as The General may decide.”

In Orders and Regulations for his Territorial Commissioners, that is, those who hold the highest command over whole countries, he writes:—­

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