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=====Alfred Chandler=====
Colonel **Alfred Augustus Chandler** is buried in [[..:Kensico Cemetery]].

^Colonel Alfred Chandler||
^Rank|Colonel|
^Birth Date|January 4, 1866|
^Death Date|January 12, 1937|

====Appointments====
^Appointment^Rank^From^Until^
|Divisional Commander - Canada| | | |
|Principal - [[..:College for Officers Training - Eastern Territory]]|Lt. Colonel|March 1906|March 1910|
|Principal - [[..:College for Officers Training - Central Territory]]| | | |
|Field Secretary - [[..:Central Territory]]| | | |
|Chief Secretary - [[..:Southern Territory]]|Colonel|1927|1930|
|Chief Secretary - [[..:Eastern Territory]]|Colonel|1930|1931|
|Staff of [[..:Evangeline Booth|General Evangeline Booth]] - [[..:International Headquarters]]|Colonel|1931|1933|

====Colonel Alfred Chandler Will Lead the Services - Territorial Band Will Play====
The Vesper services to be held in Eliza Fowler Hall at 4:00 o'clock this afternoon, will be conducted by Colonel Alfred Chandler, of the Salvation Army of Chicago. Colonel Chandler is a famous leader in the Salvation Army and is a very convincing speaker. His subject will be of his own choosing and will probably be on some phase of Salvation Army Work.

The unique part of the Vesper program today will be the Salvation Army Territorial Band, of Chicago. The band consists of thirty-five pieces and is known throughout the country to be good. This is the only time this year that a band has appeared at the Vesper services.

The dedication of the Salvation Army's new citadel today is the primary purpose for the gathering of the Salvation Army people. At 5:30 o'clock this afternoon the new citadel, located at Fourth and South streets will be officially dedicated. [[..:William Peart|Commissioner William Peart]], famous Salvation Army leader of Chicago, will have charge of the dedication services.

The services in Eliza Fowler Hall this afternoon will be something different, and will be a treat for those who attend.

//The Purdue Exponent, April 3, 1921//

====Obituary====
Colonel Alfred A. Chandler, former chief secretary of the Eastern Territory of the Salvation Army, in which he served for half a century, died last night in the Booth Memorial Hospital, East Fifteenth Street, after an illness of three weeks, at the age of 71. His widow, Elizabeth, who joined the Army in Boston in 1899, and a married daughter, survive.

Born in the shadow of the Crystal Palace, London, Colonel Chandler joined the Army in England in 1887. Twelve years later he went to Canada as a divisional commander. Then, for some years, he was principal of the Army's training college in New York. In the World War he was military secretary for the Army in Canada.

Thereafter he was successively principal of the training college in Chicago, field secretary of the Central Territory, of the Southern Territory, and, in 1930-31, of the Eastern Territory. He was on the staff of General Evangeline Booth in this city, 1931-33. His home was in Mount Vernon.

//The New York Times, January 13, 1937//

====External====
  * [[https://www.nytimes.com/1937/01/13/archives/col-a-a-chandler-71-salvationist-dead-former-chief-secretary-of-the.html|Obituary]]
  * [[https://historicalnewspapers.lib.purdue.edu/?a=d&d=PE19210403-01.2.3&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN--------1|Colonel Alfred Chandler Will Lead the Services]]
  * [[https://www.nytimes.com/1932/11/14/archives/commander-booth-preaches-to-2000-says-handwriting-on-the-wall-that.html|COMMANDER BOOTH PREACHES TO 2,000]]
  * [[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111479470/alfred-augustus-chandler|Find a Grave]]