=====Western Territory===== The territory was created in 1920 alongside the [[Eastern Territory|Eastern]] and [[Central Territory|Central]] territories. ====Territorial Commanders==== ^Commander^From^Until^ |Lt. Commissioner [[Adam Gifford]]|1920|1932| |Lt. Commissioner [[Benjamin Orames]]|1932|October 20, 1939| |Commissioner [[Donald McMillan]]|1940|1944| |Lt. Commissioner [[William Barrett]]|1944|1948| |Commissioner [[Claude Ellsworth Bates|Claude Bates]]|1948|1953| |Commissioner [[Holland French]]|1953|1957| |Commissioner [[Samuel Hepburn]]|1957|1962| |Lt. Commissioner [[Glen Ryan]]|1962|1966| |Lt. Commissioner [[William J Parkins|William Parkins]]|1966|1971| |Commissioner [[Paul Kaiser II|Paul Kaiser]]|1971|1974| |Commissioner [[Richard E Holz II|Richard E Holz]]|1974|1980| |Commissioner [[Lawrence R Smith|Lawrence Smith]]|1980|1982| |Commissioner [[William Pratt]]|1982|1984| |Commissioner [[Willard S Evans]]|1984|1989| |Commissioner [[Paul Rader]]|October 1989|July 23, 1994| |Commissioner [[Peter H Chang|Peter Chang]]|1994|1997| |Commissioner [[David Edwards]]|1997|2002| |Commissioner [[Linda Bond]]|July 2002|August 2004| |Commissioner [[Bill Luttrell]]|2004|2005| |Commissioner [[Philip Swyers]]|2005|2010| |Commissioner [[James Knaggs]]|2010|2017| |Commissioner [[Kenneth G Hodder]]|2017|2020| |Commissioner [[Douglas Riley]]|2020| | ====Chief Secretaries==== ^Officer^From^Until^ |Commissioner [[Claude Ellsworth Bates]]|1948|1953| |[[Lawrence R Smith|Lawrence Smith]]| |January 1978| |[[William Pratt]]|January 1978|(1980)| |[[James Osborne]]|1980|January 1984| |[[Philip Needham]]| | | ====Divisions in the Territory==== * [[Alaska Division]] * [[Southern California Division]] * [[Cascade Division]] * [[Del Oro Division]] * [[Golden State Division]] * [[Hawaiian and Pacific Islands Division]] * [[Intermountain Division]] * [[Northwest Division]] * [[Southwest Division]] ====External==== * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Salvation_Army_U.S.A._Western_Territory|Wikipedia]]