Evening star., 1923-09-09
SALVATION ARMY
GETS new LEADER
Brig. Crawford Comes to
D. C.-virginia Put Un-
der His Command.

+ The Salvation Army has reorgan-
) fzed it's work in the District of CO.
! lumbia. enlarged the local headquar-
!, ters from what is known as district
command to a divisional command. to
include both the District and the
state of Virginia and shifted the OFF,
), GERS in charge. The new division is
TO be known as the Potomac division.
Brig. William C. Crawford has been
sent to take charge of the new divi-
slonal command and has assumed
charge, succeeding Brig. Stitt, who
mas been transferred to the soclal
; center of the Salvation Army In Bos-
ton. Brig Crawford came from Bos-
ton, where he was general secretary
for the New England states and
:. where he had accomplished a great
work for the army" in a building
campaign. which obtained for all of
: the eighty-one stations but five prop
erty and homes of their own. He was
in Boston for the past three years.
but for the twelve years preceding
had been general secretary under Col
r. L. Holz at Philadelphia.
Adjt. HOlz Named.
Second in command of the newly
formed Potomac Division will be
Adjt. Ernest r. Holz. son of Col. Holz,
: graduate of Swarthmore College, In
1912. with the degree of A. b..
chaplain with the SD Division over
seas and a record of service with
the Salvation Army all his life. With
the SD Division overseas. Chaplain
HolZ went into Toul and the Argonne,
and is now in the Chaplains Reserve
Corps He recently had been located
in Cincinnati, where he was the
, Young Peopers secretary.
IS The forma tion of the Potomac Divf-
sion as announced yesterday by the
new brigadier is in line with policy
of expansion of the Salvation Army.
service. The local Salvation Army
headquarters which had served the
= District now will serve also Virginia,
comprising stations in twenty-four
cities, of which the principal ones are
Washington. Richmond, Norfolk,
Lynchburg and Roanoke.
Use Same Headquarters.
The Salvation Army division will
operate from the same headquarters
at 607 Z street. Other places in the
city. where work is carried on. in
.clude the auditorium across the street
religious and entertainment features
OF the work are conferred; the
Evangeline Home for Girls. on L
street; the hostel for colored men. on
at l03 street. which. however. is
operated from the New York office
of the army. There is also a fresh :
air farm for poor children at
Patuxent, near Camp Meade.
During the coming year Brigadier
Crawford expects to improve the
work at the fresh air farm, estab-
lish boys club and enlarge the
army work here in other directions,
perhaps opening a station IN George
town and another elsewhere In the
city.
In Army Twenty-Six Years.
Brigadier Crawford. who has been
in the work of the Salvation Army
, for twenty-six years, has held posi-
tions of various kinds through the
service. and at one time was young
peoples secretary. with headquarters
at Philadelphia, for all territory east
Of the Mississippi He comes from
Boston with fine record. it having
been said of him there that among
all creedS he was recognized as "a
good tue Christian gentleman, who
worked on constructive lines and
enjoyed the confidence AMI respect
OF ALL
The state of Virginia was - for
merly under supervision of the Baitf-
more office and was in the Chesa-
peake division.