Commissioner and Mrs MoKle

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10568, 14 February 1902, Page 2

Commissioner and Mrs MoKle

Opera House To-night.

Commissioner McEie, the new leader, s one of the best-known and most exterienced officers in the Salvation Army, laving spent twenty yean in its ranks s an officer. His appointment to the ireaent command was hailed with enthusiasm by the officers, as he is an deal Salvation Army officer himself, taring risen from the ranks and passed .hrough every grade of officership to vhat ia undoubtedly one of the high■st and most honourable positions a nan can occupy, and which he himself ■•ays he would not exchange for that of Ace-Principal of the London Training lomes, and what will be of interest to nany New Zealanders' of Scotch descent, the oversight of the Army's -york n Bonnie Scotland, the position of International Travelling Commissioner, '^presenting General Booth m five c:ninenta, among which ho travelled 10,000 miles and conducted great revivil missions in each of the world's great sentres. Lastly, he had the oversight A the Army's work in the German umpire. Here he spent seven successful years, raising the work from a position of insignificance and weakness to me of strength and power, until there ire now in Benin alone, twenty Societies and five Social Institutions, rhile the German officers number near* y 400. It was while in Germany that 'te met the lady who is now his wife. ilrs McEie, nee Miss Mary Meidinger, 3 a native of Frankfort-on-the-Maine md an officer of large' and varied experience in the Army's work, having icted in the dual capacity of Editress if Der Kriegsruf," the German edition of the "War Cry," and Social Sec•etary for the Women's Rescue Work, 'or which work she had been, previously fitted b- being trained as a nurse .n one of the public hospitals, her father being a doctor.