“It gives me pleasure to commend the work of this beneficent organization, and to urge our people to remember its splendid service to humanity.
“Very truly yours,
“ Albert E. Sleeper,
“Governor.”
Endorsement of January 25, 1918.
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey, of Georgia.
The Salvation Army has been a potent force for good everywhere, so far as I know. They are rendering to our soldiers “somewhere in France” the most invaluable aid, ministering not only to their spiritual needs, but caring for them in a material way. This they have done without the blare of trumpets.
Many commanding officers certify to the fact that the Salvation Army is not only rendering most effective work, but that this work is of a distinctive character and of a nature not covered by the activities of other organizations ministering to the needs of the soldier boys. In other words, they are filling that gap in the army life which they have always so well filled in the civil life of our people.
State of Utah Executive Office
Salt Lake City, January 21, 1918.
“I have learned with a great deal of interest of the splendid work being done by the Salvation Army for the moral uplift of the soldiers, both in the training camps and in the field. I am very glad to endorse this work and to express the hope that the Salvation Army may find a way to continue and extend its work among the soldiers.”
(Signed) Simon Bamberg,
Governor.
From a Proclamation by Governor Brumbaugh.