=====Thomas Moore=====
Major Thomas Edwin Moore Sr. was the National Commander of The Salvation Army in the United States before succeeding and founding what would become the [[American Rescue Workers]].

^Major Thomas Moore||
^Rank|Major|
^Birth Date|April 16, 1840|
^Death Date|January 9, 1898|

====Appointments====
^Appointment^Rank^From^Until^
|Divisional Commander - London, England|Major| |June 1880|
|National Commander - [[National Command]]|Major|1881|1884|

====The Salvation Army====
Moore joined the Salvation Army in London, England, in 1879 after living in the United States for eleven years following the American Civil War. He was accepted as an officer and rose through the ranks becoming a divisional commander for London with the rank of Major.((Swain 27-28))(([[https://sahpa.blogspot.com/2011/07/lost-tribe-thomas-moore-secession-and.html|Lost Tribe? The Thomas Moore Secession]])) General [[William Booth]] sent Moore to the USA in June 1880, due to his knowledge of the country.((McKinley 25)) In 1881, he arrived in Philadelphia and replaced [[George Scott Railton]] as National Commander.((Swain 28))
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Moore's first action was to consolidate the twelve corps. on paper into five, leaving three in the Philadelphia area.((Swain 28)) He also withdrew any corps that were created from the Midwest.(([[https://web.archive.org/web/20220626200348/http://tsammcentral.org/tsamm/salvationarmyhistory|Salvation Army History]]))

====Split From The Salvation Army====
General Booth believed everything owned by the Salvation Army to be owned by himself under British law. American law in the 1880s required a "person" to hold legal title to everything of value but would not recognize that Booth, a foreigner, could own property across the USA. ((McKinley 25)) Moore sought to become a US citizen and incorporate The Salvation Army in the United States so that he personally was not responsible for personal injury. This process began in July 1883, in New York. ((McKinley 25-26))((Swain 33)) A corps in New Brunswick, New Jersey, had incorporated before Moore had which led to Moore's arrest in New Jersey.
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Booth, not understanding American law, issued a statement in //The War Cry// that the legal foundation of the Army vested "control and direction" of the organization solely in the person of William Booth, that all properties of the Army were to be "conveyed to, and held by, the General". Ultimately, Booth did not want Moore to incorporate. Following his arrest and convinced that incorporation was essential, Moore held a secret meeting with many officers away from Booth and Major [[Thomas Coombs]], who was sent by Booth to relieve Moore. Here he declared he was willing to take a new command, even South Africa which he viewed as a demotion but where Booth intended to transfer him if Booth were willing to accept the necessity of incorporation.(([[https://sahpa.blogspot.com/2011/07/lost-tribe-thomas-moore-secession-and.html|Lost Tribe? The Thomas Moore Secession]])) The vote was 121 to 4 for incorporation and the Salvation Army was incorporated on October 24, 1884. Moore also registered all Salvation Army insignia and copyrighted //The War Cry//.((McKinley 26-28))
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Outraged by Moore's "treason", Booth sent Major [[Frank Smith]] to replace Moore as National Commander. Smith set up a rival "loyal" headquarters in New York, issued a "loyal" //War Cry//, and dismissed the large majority of officers as rebels who still believed Moore to be the National Commander. Many of the corps outside of New York were unaware of the controversy and continued to be loyal to Booth and the international Salvation Army. Moore's army was "The American Salvation Army" and Moore styled himself as General.((McKinley 28-30)) The international Salvation Army then sued in U.S. courts resulting in Moore's Army being renamed to [[American Rescue Workers]].(([[https://www.conversationsonphilanthropy.org/book-review/christianity-in-action-the-international-history-of-the-salvation-army/|Christianity in Action: The International History of the Salvation Army]]))
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Moore's Organization suffered from his lack of administrative skills and could not afford to pay rent on its headquarters. This resulted in the board of trustees asking Moore to resign from his position as General in December 1888, and deposing him in January 1889 after he refused. The generalship was then offered to Lieutenant General Milton K Light who remained loyal to Moore before being offered to Colonel [[Richard E Holz]], who remained a colonel but took the position. Holz later rejoined the international Salvation Army along with twenty nine other officers on October 16, 1889.(([[https://sahpa.blogspot.com/2011/07/lost-tribe-thomas-moore-secession-and.html|Lost Tribe? The Thomas Moore Secession]]))

====The Christian Crusaders====
After Moore left the American Rescue Workers (still called the American Salvation Army until 1913), he and Milton Light started The Christian Crusaders out of twenty corps taht were still loyal to Moore in the South and New England. These corps closed one by one. In 1890, Light left the organization after the international Salvation Army opened a corps in Atlanta, Georgia. Moore resigned from his post in 1891 and became a Baptist minister. He died at the pulpit on January 9, 1898, in Harper, Kansas.(([[https://sahpa.blogspot.com/2011/07/lost-tribe-thomas-moore-secession-and.html|Lost Tribe? The Thomas Moore Secession]]))

====Obituary====
The Rev. Thomas E. Moore fell dead from an apoplectic stroke in the midst of his sermon at the Baptist church Sunday night.
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Mr. Moore was one of the five young men who, in 1865, originated the Salvation army in London, and was one of the first to start the crusade in this country. For many years he was closely associated with William Booth, and during his evangelical work he returned to England six times. He was educated in Spurgeon's Pastors' college in London. Until within five years his home had been in Brooklyn, and his labors had been mostly in the Eastern and Southern states and Canada.
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Mr. Moore was called as pastor of the Baptist church here while conducting revival meetings in this vicinity a year ago. He had been active in the temperance campaign which resulted in closing the saloons and joints, and at the time of his death he was engaged in a successful union revival. He was 58 years old. He leaves a wife and four children.

====External====
  * [[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14147083/thomas-edwin-moore|Find a Grave]]
  * [[https://www.conversationsonphilanthropy.org/book-review/christianity-in-action-the-international-history-of-the-salvation-army/|Christianity in Action: The International History of the Salvation Army]]
  * [[https://web.archive.org/web/20220626200348/http://tsammcentral.org/tsamm/salvationarmyhistory|Salvation Army History]]
  * [[https://sahpa.blogspot.com/2011/07/lost-tribe-thomas-moore-secession-and.html|Lost Tribe? The Thomas Moore Secession and Beyond]] archived [[https://web.archive.org/web/20230107072944/http://sahpa.blogspot.com/2011/07/lost-tribe-thomas-moore-secession-and.html|here]] on January 7, 2023
  * //Under Two Flags The Rise, Rebellion, and Rebuilding Of The Salvation Army in America 1870-1913// by Jason Swain (2021)
  * //Marching To Glory The History of The Salvation Army in the United States// by Edward McKinley (1980)