SALVATION ARMY CHIEF.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 249, 20 October 1922, Page 5

SALVATION ARMY CHIEF.

1 CIVIC WELCOME TO TRS CITY. » OMMHaSiOKER HOGGAKI) s ARRIVAL. I "The Army'" of Auckland today ! welcomed it* new Wder, Commissioner Kobert lloggard, who follows Commissioner Ilodder as firet in command \>i the Salvation Army .>r#ani«at ion throughout Xnv Zealand. Already lli« new chief lia« been welcomed »:> VVpltiiietnn. arid his tisic welroroe at AuckIrtiid today in tli# Town Hall will he I followed by an Army reception *t the I t-nosf placw on Sunday afternoon and evening. The new Commissioner comes I of a s.»«fiirin<f etwk. and he was a sailor ! when lie joined the ranks of tue Salvation Army some 40 years ago. It waa at Beverly. Yorkshire. (Hal he joined u]i. ami si:> great!}" <ii>i liis aeal impress the late General' Booth that the new ro'.riiii was comuiseioned as an officer almost right away. H» line gone j through thr hard days of the organiseI t.ion. hut his energy and ability carried him fpiickly to promotion, and he held | a number of posts of trust throughout j the United Kingdom, and then spent pijfhf years in Korea. A brief period .spent at international headquarters in I ! London preceded hie appointment to South Afri'-n. from which part he has now comfi to these shores. He ha» been cceompanied in all hie overseas work by Mrs. lioppaml, and his eldent son in following in bie father's footsteps, while j I 9 widowvl daughter, who lost h>? r hue- i 1 band in th« late war, accompanies her j i parent*. Frank, good humour, and a ! sift for clear-cut speech arc <jharactor- ■ i»'ii:s of tlie new Commissioner which have already made him so many friends among New sJe*lan(3ere h< , has met, j that be seema aesurrd a happy and suej cessful term of office. Tn extending a welcome on behalf of I the citirvns at a weli-attended reception j I«l (lif Town Hall at noon, the Mayor ; (Mr. •). H. liunson) referred to the fact | tb?( the Salvation Army stood for service to humanity, which was the best kin.'! of service. Unfortunately, in its fast growth during SO years from a waterfront village to a modern city, i Auckland had experienced social evils. ; , and (he. social work done by the Army j ■ had asanrerl the new Commissioner of a I wnrni welcome to Auckland territory.' jAi cifiKens th»y paid tribute to ihc! ' officer* and rank and file of the oreani- j 1 saUon which had accomplished sol ! much pood in New Zealand. The work ! iof tho Army amonar the lioys alone, in] I ill- estabiishment of their I'arm! I ft■Umies. apart from the social work in i j fiHuistinfj the fallen and aged, was: something of great value to the country, j ! that earned the practical support of all t!»- community. But. when there was' I added tn tlmt (V regular social work I without regard to class or (-recti, and' j tlir magnificent war work (hat had won > ; thr- sinonre regard and admiration of i j cv"i vlioiiv. t!te recf>gnis«d Tht , i fori-p the Air.iy was in the community I for good. a:ui were unft-ignedly glad :o i weienme ifs lesilers to the cilv. Alter j a tribute In the war work «f CommisI sioner Hoddor, the Mayor :h? : hope thai the new Commissioner and | Mrs. Hoggard would have a happy and I proiHab'e toi-m of office in Sew TCeal land, and nobody who hari lifani of ! Cuiumiesioner Hoggsrds reputation for j flriVlnißiftsm could douM thai the wp\ i fay. , i-.f tho Array w»s safe in his i charg>\ ; After Major Giinn. divisional <omi mandpr ot' the Auckland district, had welcomed his new chief on behalf of the Army members of the district, Mrs. Hoggurd and the (ommiseioner expressed their thanks for tho welcome tiie latter contrasting the welcome with , the reception given to Army officers i forty years ago, and uttering thenks • that the work of the organisation had ,'won recognition by citizens throughout, , the world. I '