fill situations of various kinds.

A great difference is found between one girl and another, due to the
different status of life and surroundings from which they originally
fell; hence, some girls are reformed with greater ease and in a shorter
time than are others. The average time that a girl is retained in the
Home is about four months. The Army aims at keeping in touch with them
afterwards.

"Personally," says one of the leading Rescue officers writing on
this point, "I attach by far the greatest importance to the work
done with our girls after they leave the Home. If we ceased our care
for them when they went out to service, we should have, I fear, many
failures. I have by my elbow, as I write to you, a current record of
120 girls, not picked out but taken just as they come, which tells
just where each one is, what she is doing, what was her spiritual
condition when last seen or heard from, what day visited, etc. That
list is taken from a record kept of every girl who passes through
our hands. On one page is her previous life story; on the other, her
career after leaving the Home. It is the most important record we
keep."[90]

Along with other departments of social service in the Army, this
department has been considerably extended during the past few years.
Figures are at hand for the United States only. In 1896 there were five
Rescue Homes with a total accommodation for 100 girls, and there were,
in the Rescue Work, 24 officers. In 1904 we found twenty-two homes, with
a total accommodation for 500 girls, and there were 110 specialized
officers engaged in the Rescue Work. During the eight years prior to
1907 15,000 girls were helped.[91] Speaking of the year 1903-4,
Commander Booth-Tucker says: "More than 1,800 girls passed through the
homes during the year, and of these 93% were satisfactory cases, being
restored to lives of virtue, while some 500 babies were cared for."[92]
During the past few years, also, some valuable properties have been
acquired for the purposes of Rescue Homes. Among these are two Homes in
Philadelphia worth $20,000.00; the Home in Manhattan, New York City,
valued at $35,000.00; the Home in Buffalo, costing nearly $40,000.00;
the Home in Los Angeles, worth more than $15,000.00, and others.

In conclusion it may be said that although this great social question
presents almost overwhelming problems for solution, yet there is no
agency that