THE NEW CHIEF

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 36, 14 February 1929, Page 11

THE NEW CHIEF

A STRIKING PERSONALITY

Commissioner Edward John Higgins, C.8.E., chief of staff of the Salvation Army, lias filled many appointments, including divisional work in Great Britain, second in command of the International Training Garrison, London, the chief secretaryship of the U.S.A., the assistant foreign secretaryship ai international headquarters, and command of the United Kingdom. He was appointed chief of staff in 1919. He ia a forceful and convincing speaker, and revels in a salvation fight; his public work being invariably rendered notable in the large number of persons seeking "salvation and holiness." . He was responsible to the General for th« varied works carried through by the Salvation Army for the welfare of ttoe troops during the Great War, and for his splendid labours during those event-' ful years received the C.B.E. He i« widely travelled, and has intimate knowledge of the Salvation Army's operations in many lands. In 1007 he accompanied the founder on his campaigns in Canada and Japan. Two yean later, as special representative of international headquarters, he visited the Far East. In 1887 he married CapUm Price. Pour of their family are oSeers in the Salvation Army.