The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-22
SAL NATION ARMY
 |. ID BE PROGRAMMED
Plans Made to Meet En- larged Deamnds Being
 Made on Organization
By AssocIated Pre.s


 New York. August a1-A far-reacbine seorganiSation of the Salvation Army. oesisned to put it in a position the better fo meet the enlarged demands that sra everywhere being made up it since tbe war mas just been announced by the ex- ecutiVe officials of the body here The ne" era upon which the Salvationists are entering involve snot only complete reoispositson of personnel, but also re- uis.rlcting Of the entire country for the army Administrative purpose
 Remaining as head of all the Salvation army forces in the United States is Corr mander Evangelne Booth, who has ren oeren nfteen years of service here She continues as commanding officer of all the armys forces n the United s,a,es ana Hawaii, but with enlarged authority oeiegated to her in recognition of her successful direction of the wartime ef forts of the organization both at home and abroad
 For administrative purposes the country Eas been divided .nto three territories. an eastern, central and western. with neadquarters respectively in New York. Chicago and San Francisco Col. WNlia n, feart, who has long been chief secretary Tn the United States, will leave New York "uh promition to Commissioner, and assume charge of the army's work in the central territory. To New York as ranking officer comes Commissioner Thomas Estill, who heretofore has di- rected the Sa1vatio1ist activities for the entire western half of the country from Chicago. The comm anding officer for the new western territory will be Col Aoam Clifford, formerly in charge of the work in New England, whose promotion to the rank of Lieutenant commissioner will take effect with his assumption of his new post.
 Among other important transfers of higher officers are the following:
 Col. William A. Mcintyre from New York to Boston in command of the New England province.
 Col stephen Marshall from Minneapo 10 New York in command of the metro politan province, including eastern New York and northern New Jersey
 Col William s. Barker from national property secretary at New York to com mand Of the Minneapolis division.
 Lieut.. Col. Thomas Stanyon from mid western social secretary with headquar. ters at New York, to command of the Pittsburg division
 Lieut.. Col Joseph Atkinson from Bos- ton to command of the Atlanta division
 Lieut.. Col. John w. Cousins from Dem yer to command of the Seattle division
 Lieut.. Col. George Davis. formerly head of Chicago Training College, to com mand of the Denver division
 Brigadier Wesley Baillie from New York to command of the Cleveland division
 Brig. Herbert Roberts from Kansas City to command Of the Cincinnati division
 Brig. William Andrews from Hartford to command of the Des Mones division.
 Brig. Andrew Crawford from Atlanta to command of the Western Training Col lege and San Francisco division.
 Brig. William q. Anderson from AL bany to command of the Chicago division.
 Brig. Edwy White from Buffalo to com- mand of the Milwaukee division.
 Brig. George Casier from Newark. N. J.. to command of the Indianapolis division.
 Brig. David Durham from Cincinnati to command of the St. Louis division.
 Brig. Samuel Withers from Cleveland to command of the Detroit division.
 Brig. William Escott from Baltimore to command of the Albany division.
 Maj. Henry D. Bale from Minneapolis to command of the Baltimore division.
 Maj. William Halpin from Philadelphia to command of the Buffalo division.
 The list of new appointments was sub mitted to Gen. Bramwell Booth during his recent visit to this country and re- ceived his approval.