SALVATION ARMY

Evening Star, Issue 20309, 18 October 1929, Page 9

SALVATION ARMY

TRANSFER OF APPOINTMENTS COMMISSIONER LUCY HELLBERG IK TEARS Praes Auocixiitn—By T*l<Mjmph—Copyright. LONDON, October 16. Commissioner Lucy Bootli Hellberg wept in front of 2.000 members of the Salvation Army when she related how General Higgins cancelled the last command of General Bramwell Booth. She stated that General Booth’s last act was to appoint her travelling commissioner in Europe, but General Higgins inexplicably ordered her to South America, the smallest appointment in the Army She accepted rather than create an act of rebellion.'—Australian Press Association. [A message received from’ Loudon on September 7 read as follows: — Mystery surrounds Commander Mary Booth’s return from Germany. _ The official explanation is that she is one of several officials who are moving from- one territorial command to another. Tho ‘Daily Chronicle’ explains that when the late general was deposed a number of officers approached the sick general, and his advice was: “Stick to your post and trust in God.” - Since then Commissioner Catherine Booth has carried on loyally as head of the women’s work, but several prominent supporters of tho late general were transferred to distant appointments. Thus tho late General Bramwell Booth’s sister, Commissioner Booth Hellberg, who is sixtythree, was told to go to South America.]