The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-02-09
FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF SALVATION ARNY'S s WORK HERE IS TO BE CELEBRATED
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

| 1A AT AJOR WILLIAM QU1RK or the ! lIWlI Salvation Army and his co-work- SVS CTS in Birmingham are busy ar ranging for the big anniversary meeting here from February 15 to IS, in celeora-
 ton of the 15 years of active service
 which the Salvation Army has enjoyed in
 Birmingham.
 1 By the way it is just as well to say
 just here that it's Major" Quirk now
 and not captain" as we've been calling l him for the past few years, his promo
 tion having taken place during the early part of the new year. his friends warmly
 cor graduating him upon the honor. | Major Quirk richly deserves any com pliment or distinction that may be given l to him, for he is one of the most ear
 nest and deserving and capable officers of the Salvation Army, and his work Ill Birmingham is a living example ot ms steadfastness and loyalty to the cause. | Maj. and Mrs. William $. Quirk, the dl- visional officers for the gulf division or the Salvation Army, with headquarters in Birmingham, have been connected with the Salvation Army for 30 years having both joined the organization Ill the British Isles, Mrs. Quirk in Ireland and Major Quirk in the Isle of Man.
 Major Quirk has risen to the command of the gulf division from the ranks. Over 20 years ago he commanded several corps in the south, his first command being Chattanooga, Tenn, then Tampa Fla, Nashville, Tenn, and Atlanta, Ga;
 it was in Atlanta that he married Cap- tain Annie Harrison December 1, 1896
 For many years, Major Quirk has la bored successfully in the southern states, for a number of years in the capacity of secretary to Major Edwin White, and afterwards to Brigadier A. W. Crawford of Atlanta In July, 1913, Major Quirk, then staff captain, was placed in com mand of the gulf division.
 Major Qurk tells me some interesting thing concerning the anniversary meet ins here which will bring some of the most distinguished officers of the army to our midst, from Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi and Louis jana, Col. R. E. Holz of Philadelphia presiding
 n. many. and was there educated for the German civil service" said Major Quirk. He came to America about B years ago to visit an uncle, the pastor of a large Lutheran church. He liked the country and it's institutions so well that he re- mained, and as soon as possible became citizen of the United States While en- gagged in business in the city of Buffalo, l.. ..-.A IL C The earnestness of army workers and the practical methods they employ in reaching the people with the gospel at tracted him to the army. He soon be- came imbued with the same spirit and on May 1, 1884, he became an active worker in their ranks. He began at the bottom, being sent out to assist at station. Showing more than average ability, he was quickly promoted and placed in charge of a post. His superior officers, discovering that he possessed consider able administrative talent, called him to headquarters in New York where he oc- cupied various positions. In 1889, he was promoted to the rank of major and placed in charge of the New York state division of the Salvation Army. After seven years of successful labor in that field, he received promotion to the rank of lieutenant colonel. and was appointed
 
 work of the army in America. This ap. pointment was followed by that of na- tional secretary of the social and relief work and later Colonel Holz became pro- vincial officer of Ohio and the south ern states. Colonel Holz now has his headquarters in Philadelphia; from this , center he directs all the army's opera tions in the Atlantic coast province com prising 10 states, reaching from New Tarc in fIn nrt1 To 1icio iy, tba south"
 Among other distinguished men will be Lieutenant Colonel Walter Jenkins of New York city" said Major Quirk, ''who is the editor-in-chief of the Salvation Army's publications in the United States. A bit of history about Lieutenant Colonel Jenkins connection with the army will no doubt be of interest to our friends here: Lieutenant Colonel Jenkins has been connected with the Salvation Army in various capacities for 35 years. He entered the army in London in the days when violent persecution was exceedingly common, and went through a good many campaigns in the British Isles when sol diership in the Salvation Army required a great deal of moral courage which not large number of people possessed. In 1883 he was promoted to his captaincy, | and then followed a succession of corps commands until he was transferred to the United States in 1894. As field and district officer provincial general secre- tary and provincial commander, the col onel spent many years directly on the field. About six years ago he was trans ferred from the command of the northern Pacific chief division to the headship of the national trade department at Saliva ton Army headquarters in New York city. Two years ago he assumed com Yl1and of the editorial depa rtment and is now editor-in-chief of the various publi- cations of the Salvation Army in the