Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-12-02 | Page 2 | Salvation Army's New Chief Arrives

SALVATION ARMY'S NEW CHIEF ARRIVES NEW YORK. Dec. 4. Commissioner Commission-er David C. Lamb, second In command in the International Salvation Army, who has been designated to take over the command of the army in America from Commander Evangeline Booth, arrived on the steamship Aqultanio. Friday night. Plans of the supreme commander oi the Salvation Army, General Ura.ni -"11 Booth, for reorganization of th--army in America, which aroused a storm of protest from citizens and organizations, or-ganizations, calls for a commissioner-ship commissioner-ship which will bo dependent upon the British branch of tho army. The commissioner's first Statement when h- set foot ashore was an assurance as-surance to his associates that his mission mis-sion had nothing to do with the i ro-posed ro-posed reorganization of tho American division. "I must deny emphatically that I have come for the purpose Of dealing In any v. ay with any qutsllon regarding regard-ing Commander Evangeline Booth," said he. "1 am here for the purpose of making mak-ing a study of the needs In Canada of English immigrants The British government gov-ernment ha created a fund of $lo,-Onu.lOO $lo,-Onu.lOO to be expended on the basis of $1,000,000 a year to bring deserving men and women from England and colonize them in Canada. "The Salvation Army has been chosen as ono of the media In working work-ing out this national program for handling the unemployment situation in England."