Thence he returned to the States, and held Meetings in Buffalo, Chicago, Minneapolis, and St.Paul, Des Moines, Kansas City, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Oakland, Omaha, St.Joseph, St.Louis, Birmingham, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Worcester, in three of which cities he conducted Councils of Officers, in addition to public Meetings.
The impression invariably made wherever he went, was thus ably summed up by the _Chicago Interocean_:-- "No other man _is_ General of an Army of people that circles the globe.

No emperor commands soldiers serving openly under him in almost every nation of the earth.

No other man is called 'commander' by men and women of a hundred nationalities.
"Aside from his power over the great Organisation of which he is the head, General Booth is one of the world's most remarkable figures.

His eloquence stirs and stings, soothes and wins; and this eloquence alone would make him famous, even if he had never undertaken the great work he has done with The Salvation Army.
"As he speaks, his face is radiant with the fervour that carries conviction.

His tall figure and long arms, used energetically in gestures that add force to what is said, his white hair and beard, and his speaking eyes, make him an orator whose speeches remain long in the minds of those who hear them.