Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 128, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1903 — SALVATION ARMY CAVALRY. [ARTICLE]

SALVATION ARMY CAVALRY.

Unique Method of Reaching the Mountain Feudists of Kentucky. Unique in the history of religious warfare is the soul-eaving campaign which the Salvation army has inaugurated in the mountain region of Kentucky, Armed with no other weapons than 6ong and prflTrer and religious zeal, these pioneers of Are church militant have confidently gone into the feud-ridden districts, where a man’s life is held*cheaper than that of a dog’s and red-handed assassination stalks abroad. This daring scheme of the evangelization originated with Col. Richard E. Holz of Cleveland, and provincial officer in charge of the army work in Ohio and Kentucky. He conceived it to be the duty of the army to send a special expedition to the wild mountaineers. Imbued with the spirit of the army organization, which aims ; to reach the needy, neglected and Indifferent through unusual channels, Col. Holz formed a picked brigade of'six members, and himself has gone as S leader. lected primarily as able speakers, members of the brigade have also chosen with a view to their physical endurance, because they will ride many miles a day, hold .meetings every night and rough it generally. They are provided with full camping-out equipment and all the accessories of the soidiicr, minus weapons. i This tour of the Salvation cavalry is planned to last only for a few weeks and is in reality only a preliminary skirmish, covering seven counties. When the brigade has introduced Salvation work along this route, it Is proposed to establish permanent posts at all ths points touched upon. 001. Holz is said to he deligtfted with the w-ay his party has been received by the feudists at Jackson, and is now pushing deeper into the mountains, Inspired with fresh ardor by the altogether auspicious beginning of a crusade that Is expected to lift the fierce mountaineers a long way up toward the level of twentieth century civilization.