Religion: Commissioner's Half-Century

Fifty years a Salvationist this week was Alexander Martin Damon, the only U. S.-born officer ever to become a territorial commander with the rank of commissioner, second highest rank in the Salvation Army. Commissioner Damon commands the Army's biggest single province, the Eastern Territory (New England, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio). He and his wife, who heads the district's Home League, are one of the few Army couples to be paid as much as $30 a week for their joint work. Many an archbishop supervises a smaller domain than Commissioner Damon's, with its 700 Army posts, 8,000 bandsmen...