charge an entrance fee in connection with their meetings' and so a collection basket was placed at the back of the hall where people were able to place their cartridges and collections.  Around the same time the publication of Der Kriegsruf (The War Cry) was forbidden on the grounds of a paper shortage but this was replaced with a weekly newsletter that was sent to all Salvationists, friends and those at the front.
From 1935 onwards it became a regular occurrence for officers to be asked to appear before the State Ministry or Gestapo and be asked to answer for the Army's work in Germany.  As a result of one such meeting the Army stopped its use of military ranks and so Colonel Büsing became the 'Leader of The Salvation Army in Germany', soldiers were referred to as 'members', and officers as 'fellow workers'.
In August 1939 General Carpenter took measures to prevent the isolation of continental territories in the event of outbreak of war and gave the Territorial Commander for Sweden the authority to act on the General's behalf, enabling him to remain in contact with Germany.  After 1941, entrance into German-occupied territory was forbidden and the Nazis hoped that under the strain the Army would surrender and thus an outright ban would ensue.  This did not happen as German Salvationists recognised what was happening and sent donations to Territorial Headquarters in Berlin.  In 1941, it was also decided that the Army in Sweden would have no communication with London, in order to continue its work freely amongst the occupied countries of Europe.
The Army's internationalism came to the fore particularly at this time as it was believed that rather than internationalism being destroyed it was being tested, and the Army would emerge stronger from this ordeal.  "In no country, probably, has the internationalism of The Salvation Army been as severely tested as Germany.  Through two wars - together just on ten years - to belong to a uniformed Movement organised on a military pattern, whose Head and Headquarters belong to an 'enemy' nation, can hardly have made for popularity.  But loyalty has marked the service of the Salutisen as well as aggression against evil.  As they emerge from the tragic happenings of recent years - their heads and hearts 'bloody but unbowed' - fellow Salvationists everywhere proudly and gratefully greet their German comrades."  (Gauntlett, The Salvation Army Year Book 1946)