with much acceptance and remarkable results. It soon became
difficult, and at length impossible, for me to express my wishes
and give my instructions to my helpers by word of mouth, and
consequently I had to issue them in the form of correspondence.
This I also soon found to be a task beyond my ability. And yet, if
unity and harmony were to be preserved among the people God had
given me, and if the work were to be carried on successfully, it
was evident that they must know my wishes. I was, therefore,
compelled to _print_ such Directions and Rules as I deemed to be
necessary.

"This practice has continued to the present day, and been increased
by reason of the advance of the Work to an extent I never could
have anticipated. Some seventeen years ago I issued a volume of
_Orders and Regulations for Field Officers_. More than once since
then this book has been enlarged, and revised to date, and,
although some further developments have been made since that time,
that volume may be taken as the expression, in general terms, of my
present convictions of what a Field Officer of The Salvation Army
should be and do, and as such I commend it to the attention of
Officers and Soldiers of every rank in The Army throughout the
world.

"Soon after the publication of the _Orders and Regulations for
Field Officers_, a volume describing the duties of Divisional
Officers was issued. This volume has also been outgrown, by reason
of continued developments in the organisation of the Army rendering
further enlargements necessary.

"Meanwhile, the ablest and most devoted Officers throughout the
world have been contriving, and, with the authority of
Headquarters, executing what have seemed the wisest and best
methods for attaining the objects we have in view. It now appears
to me not only desirable, but absolutely necessary, that these
usages should be again examined and classified, and, if found to be
in harmony with our principles, corrected, reduced to writing, and
then, endorsed by my authority, published for the benefit of The
Army throughout the world, and for the advantage also of those who
will hereafter be our successors in the responsibility for carrying
forward the War. The _Orders and Regulations_ contained in this
volume are the result.

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