administrator, Bureaucrats, bureaucrats, editor, emailconfirmed, Administrators
11,540
edits
Changes
Image now outside of Infobox - can't do anything with Infobox on sand box page
[[File:Articles of War.jpg|200px|thumb|Articles of War c. 1920]]
{| class="infobox" style="width: 30em; float:right; clear:right; font-size:95%" cellspacing="4" border="1"
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | <big>'''''{{{topic_name|{{PAGENAME}}}}}'''''</big>
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| '''''RELATED TOPICS''''' ||
* {{{subtopics|[[Text:Articles of War]]}}}
*[[William Booth]]
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
| '''''CONTENTS''''' || __TOC__
|- style="vertical-align: top;"
|}
The [[Text:Articles of War|Articles of War]] were introduced in early 1882, by [[William Booth]] for new recruits to sign before enrolling as a [[Soldier of The Salvation Army|soldier]]. Some recruits did not fully share the spirit of the Army and were reluctant to commit themselves. Eventually however, the signing of the articles was generally accepted as a reasonable and helpful provision and in 1890 it was stated as a regulation that 'every salvation soldier must consider, accept and then sign this document'. This requirement is still in force today, as are its reasons, which are reproduced here: