English Translation

Subject: Salvation Army in the Protectorate. The Salvation Army of Prague is a territorial unit of the world organization of the same name. Its sphere of activity is currently limited to the territory of the Protectorates of Bohemia and Moravia. In Czech national history, the Salvation Army appears for the first time in 1918/19 in Russia. The Salvation Army, which was active there during the time mentioned above, was a gathering place of English-American espionage, was recently also strongly Bolshevikized and aft promoted the Czech deserters and defectors. Already in 1925, extremely informative documents on the activities of the Salvation Army during the World War have been stolen from the archives of Russian emigration in Prague. The theft has not been clarified to this day. The strong international interweaving of the Salvation Army in the Protectorate results from § 7 of its statutes, which - as well as the Prague Police Directorate in its report of 11.9. 194o to the Bureau of the National Authority of Prague - points out that the association is governed by the same provisions and guidelines and is governed according to the same principles as the "Heilsarmee" in London, which - laid down in 1865 in London by William Booth - is officially recognized as a corporation on 7 August 1878, later by addition of 27 August 1876. It is expressly stated in the Statutes that both these mentioned and officially preserved originals in London determine the aforementioned founder of the Salvation Army, William Booth, as the first president of this corporation, giving him and each of his successors the right to take his successor in this office. The President is entitled and authorized to appoint a Vice-President for each country of the earth in which the charitable work of the Salvation Army takes place. Until 9 August 194o, the Statutes of St. S. 1& 1a jú