Major Thomas E. Moore (c.1839[1] - January 7, 1898) was the National Commander of The Salvation Army in the United States.
Moore joined the Salvation Army in London, England, in 1879 after living in the United States for eleven years following the American Civil War.
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.
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.
[11] 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.
In 1890, Light left the organization after the international Salvation Army opened a corps in Atlanta, Georgia.