THE SOCIAL WORK OF THE SALVATION ARMY BY EDWIN GIFFORD LAMB, A.B. Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Political Science Columbia University New York 1909 COPYRIGHT, 1909 BY EDWIN GIFFORD LAMB PREFACE. I use the word "Social" in the title of this work to suggest that, save in an auxiliary way, I am not attempting to describe the religious features of the organization. Such a field of investigation would prove a very profitable and interesting one, but it is a field, which, for the sake of clearness and impartial study, should be kept separate. The organization itself recognizes the primary division. Commander Booth-Tucker, the leader of the Army in the United States from 1896 to 1904, says, "The Salvation Army is the evolution of two great ideas: first, that of reaching with the gospel of salvation the masses who are outside the pale of ordinary church influence, and second, that of caring for their temporal as well as spiritual interests."[1] I have secured very little data from books, as there is but little authentic literature on the subject. Primarily, the data for this treatise were taken from personal observation. In pursuing the subject I have visited Salvation Army social institutions of every description. In addition to visiting the larger cities of the United States and the three Army colonies, situated in Ohio, Colorado and California, respectively, I have investigated the work in London, where the Army had its origin, and at the farm colony in Hadleigh, on the river Thames, some thirty miles from London. I have slept in the hotels, worked in the industrial homes, wandered over the farm colonies, and mingled with the inmates of other types of Army institutions. Nov., 1909. E. G. L. FOOTNOTES: [1] Pamphlet "The Salvation Army in the United States." TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE. Preface 5 Introduction 7-15 CHAPTER I The Salvation Army Industrial Department 16-62 CHAPTER II The Salvation Army Hotels and Lodging Houses 63-98 CHAPTER III The Farm Colonies of the Salvation Army 99-116 CHAPTER IV The Salvation Army Slum Department 117-121 CHAPTER V The Salvation Army Rescue Department 122-126 CHAPTER VI Some Minor Features of the Salvation Army Social Work 127-131 CHAPTER VII Conclusion 132-139 CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.