=====Southern Territory===== The territory was created in 1926 from the southern parts of the [[Eastern Territory|Eastern]] and [[Central Territory|Central]] territories. ====Territorial Commanders==== ^Commander^From^Until^ |Lt. Commissioner [[officers:William McIntyre]]|1927|1930| |Lt. Commissioner [[officers:Alexander Damon]]|1930|1935| |Lt. Colonel [[Ernest Pugmire]]|1935|1939| |Lt. Commissioner [[officers:William Arnold]]|1939|1946| |Lt. Commissioner [[officers:Alfred Chesham]]|1946|1952| |Lt. Commissioner [[William Dray]]|1952|1956| |Lt. Commissioner [[William Davidson]]|1956|1962| |Lt. Commissioner [[officers:Paul Carlson]]|1962|1966| |Lt. Commissioner [[officers:Glenn Ryan]]|1966|1969| |Lt. Commissioner [[officers:William Chamberlain]]|1969|1974| |Commissioner [[Ernest W Holz]]|1974|1978| |Commissioner [[Arthur Pitcher]]|1978|1982| |Commissioner [[Andrew Miller]]|1982|1986| |Commissioner [[James Osborne]]|October 1986|November 1989| |Commissioner [[Kenneth L Hodder]]|November 1989|1993| |Commissioner [[officers:Kelly Igleheart]]| | | |Commissioner [[Philip Needham]]| | | |Commissioner [[Max Feener]]|July 2006| | ====Chief Secretaries==== ^Secretary^From^Until^ |Colonel [[officers:Alfred Chandler]]|1927|1930| |Lt. Colonel [[officers:A.E. Marpurg]]|1930|1931| |Colonel [[officers:Arthur Smeeton]]|1931|1935| |Colonel [[officers:Albert Norris]]|1935|1936| |Colonel [[officers:Richard Stretton]]|1936|1942| |Colonel [[officers:Edmund Hoffman]]|1942|1948| |Colonel [[officers:P.L. DeBevoise]]|1948|1952| |Colonel [[officers:Alfred Gilliard]]|1952|1954| |Colonel [[officers:A.E. Ramsdale]]|1954|1957| |Colonel [[William Davidson]]|1957|1957| |Colonel [[officers:George Marshall]]|1957|1961| |Colonel [[officers:James Longino]]|1961|1972| |Colonel [[officers:William Goodier]]|1972|1974| |Colonel [[officers:Orval Taylor]]|1974|1978| |Colonel [[officers:John Paton]]|1978|1982| |Colonel [[officers:Stanley Ditmer]]|1982|1985| |Colonel [[Bramwell Tillsley]]|1985|1989| |Colonel [[Kenneth L Hodder]]|1989|November 1989| |Colonel [[officers:Harold Hinson]]|November 1989| | |[[Max Feener]]|February 2005|July 2006| |[[Brad Bailey]]|September 2012|July 1, 2017| |Colonel [[Ralph Bukiewicz]]|July 1, 2017|January 1, 2023| ====Secretaries for Women's Ministries==== ^Secretary^From^Until^ |Colonel [[Susan Bukiewicz]]|July 1, 2017|January 1, 2023| ====Secretaries for Young People==== ^Secretary^From^Until^ |Brigadier [[Ernest R Holz]]|1938|December 22, 1938| ====Territorial Education Secretaries==== ^Secretary^From^Until^ |[[Philip Needham]]| | | ====Divisions in the Territory==== * [[Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi Division]] * [[Arkansas and Oklahoma Division]] * [[Florida Division]] * [[Georgia Division]] * [[Kentucky and Tennessee Division]] * [[North and South Carolina Division]] * [[Potomac Division]] * [[Texas Division]] {{southern_territory.jpg}}