[1] In 1899, Baugh entered officer training for the Salvation Army and was appointed to the audit and accounts department at international headquarters 1900.
[1] In 1915, Baugh and his wife were appointed British India and later was promoted to the rank of colonel and served as the territorial commanders from 1927 to 1930.
[2] In 1930, Baugh was promoted to commissioner and returned to the Army's international headquarters in London to serve as the auditor-general until 1937 and the managing director from 1938 to 1943.
[3][1] Baugh was appointed as the Chief of the Staff of The Salvation Army from 1943 to 1946 under General George Carpenter.
There, Baugh instituted a commission in 1949 that examined the matter of Salvation Army broadcasting to integrate the organisation more with emerging technology of the time.