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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
AD. COGHLAN DEAD
OFFICER WHO ALMOST CAUSED
INTERNATIONAL CLASH.
He Fought IN MANILA BATTLE
Some Of His Relatives Live in ST.
Louis-He Began With the
Navy in 1860.

New York, N. Y.-Rear Admiral
Joseph Bullock Coghlan OF "Hoch der
Kaiser fame, who has been one of
h most distinguished officers in the
American navy. died suddenly Satur.
day at the home of Charles Chamber.
lain, Sutton Manor, New Rochelle. Ad-
miral Coghlan walked about the
streets of New Rochelle Friday even
ing and greeetd a number of friends.
He seemed to be i'll excellent health
at that time. Heart disease is sup
posed TO have caused his death.
Since June l, 1907, when he retired
from the navy, Admiral Coghlan had
been engaged in business. He had a
host of friends in New York, men who
admired him for his bravery, and also
because of the determined stand he
took at Manila during the Spanish
American war.
Admiral Coghlan was married in
1865 to Julia Barbour of Terre Haute,
Ind. He leaves one son, Graham
Coghlan.
Admiral Coghlan was a h~alf-brother
of Philip e. Coghlan OF ST. Louis and
a cousin of former Lieut.. Charles P,
John D, and Col. Dick Johnson, and
has relatives in Belleville. He was
born in Frankfort, Ky, in 1874. His
father was of Irish parentage. He
was appointed to the navy from Hi
nois in 1860. He was graduated from
the naval academy in 1868. May %
OF that year he became an ensign
and two years later was made a mas
ter. The following year he became
lieutenant, and in 1868 lieutenant
commander. In 1882 he was made a
commander. He became a capt.in in
1896.
Coghlan was given command of the
Raleigh in Asiatic waters and took
part in the battle of Manila bay, May
l, 1898. The next day he led expedi-
tions to reduce all Spanish batteries
at the mouth of the bay. In July of
that year he commanded an expedition
at the capture of Isla Grande, Subig
bay, Luzon. In 1902 he became COM
mander of the North Atlantic station.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
GETS A 45-YEAR TERM.
Luther Bagsett. Sentenced for Killing
Noah Stifford, a Farmer.

Poplar Bluff.-Forty-five years in
the penitentiary is the penalty award
ed Luther Baggett, 20 years old, CON
victed here of killing Noah Stifford,
a farmer, with an ak, last December.
II is the longest term of punish
ment ever imposed in Butler county,
The victim lived thirteen days with a
cloven brain. A jury in July could not
agree. The second jury was out fifty
eight minutes.
Mrs. Stifford, accused as accessory,
will be tried this week. Baggett was
captured by Deputy Sheriff Smith
after a three days chase Of 100 miles
in the swamps on foot, horseback,
handcar, and boat, walking and
swimming.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
PORTFOLIO FOR BURTON.
Congressman May Be Treasury Seore-
tary If He Fails to Win Senatorshlr.

-
Washington, D. G. Vigorous denials
are made in administration circles
Of the umo that President
elect Taft is to APPOINT representative
Burton of Ohio secretary of the treas
ury in order to make the way clear
for his brother, Charles P. Taft, who
wants to be United States senator
from Ohio.
Friends of Taft and Burton an
nounce the p~resident-elect approves
the congressman's candidacy for the
senatorship, and that the pledge is
hands off. However. it is thought
here that Burton will land in the
cabinet, should he fail to attain his
ambition of reaching the senate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Expert Pocket

An old lady was accosted in a Lon.
don street by a well-dressed and re-
f~ined-looking stranger, who effusively
claimed her as a friend. Il really
don't believe you remember mel" she
exclaimed, reproachfully, and the old
lady, never doubling that her memory
was at fault, confessed that she could
not quite recall the name. "Ah, but I.
have changed it since you knew me-"
said her ~interlocutor, gayly, and after
a few more lively speeches she passed
on, having possessed herself e
while of the old lady's purse.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
HERO" SENTENCED TO PRISON
Removed Rail, But Did Not Flag
Train in Time.

Boonville.-Walter Cox, a young
wood-chopper from Franklin Junction
who removed a rail from the tracks
of the main line of the Missouri
Pacific near Otterville the night of
February 81 last, and caused a serious
freight wreck, pleaded guilty in
circuit court here and got a sentence
of ten years in the ~penitentiary.
Cox was chopping wood near the
scene of the wreck, and conceived the
idea, according to his confession, to
remove a rail from the track and ap-
pear to discover its absence just in
time to flag a train, and thereby be
substantially rewarded by the railroad
company. He failed to flag the train
in time to prevent the wreck.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Fire Takes Second Start.

Portland, Maine.-After the fire.
men believed they had brought
under control the fire which destroy
ed the eight docks Of the Grand Trunk
railroad here, early Friday the flames
which had communicated I'd the
Dominion line steamer C~ornishman
broke out with renewed vigor and be-
fore tLcy were subdueG caused a
damage at about 5000, 900 to the vessel
and her cargo. Friday night the fire
was still s~mouldering, but was thought
to be under control.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
rom J~ohnson's Daughter divorced.

Cleveland, Ohio.-Mrs. Elizabeth
johnson Mariani. daughter Of
Mayor Tom l.. Johnson, Friday was
granted a divorce from FREDERICK
Mariani, Of New York. She testified
that her husband had never supported
her. Miss Johnson and Mariani were
married In March, 10, 1907 at the
home Of Mayor johnson. Shortly after
ward the couple went to New York
to live. In a few months they separat-
ed. Mariani Is on Italian play
Erjter. "A
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Work with a viii.

We are not sent into this world to
do anything into which we cannot put
our hearts. We have certain work to
do for u bread and that is to be
done strenuously; other work to do
for u delight and that is to be done
heartily; neither is to be done by
halves or shifts, but with a will; and
what is not worth this effort is not
to be done at all.-John Ruskin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
TAFTs VIEWS ON NEGRO.
Fresident-EIect Expected to Outline
Them at Banquet.

New York, N. Y.-President-elect
Taft win be the guest of bonol and
principal speaker at the amman dinner
of the North Carolina Society Monday
night at the Hotel Aston. 1t is expect
ed Taft will use this occasion to de-
fine the southern policy and attitude
on the negro problem.
Other speakers will b w. w. Finley,
president Of the Southern railway;
J.. Y. Joyner, superintendent of public
instruction in North Carolina: Hugh
McRae, founder of Italian and Scandi-
navian colonies in the south, and DR..
j. Fl. billiard of New Orleans.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
organs to Build in Texas.

Brownville, Texas. - Mrs. James
B. Wells of this city has pre-
sented Mrs. William j.. Bryan with a
building lot at Point Isabel, a seaside
resort 20 miles from here. Mrs. Bryan
said she would build a winter home.
The 160-acre ranch recently bought by
Mr.. Bryan is 60 miles from here. He
will have it planted with orange, fig
and pecan trees.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Wabash Sheds Are Fired.

st. Louis-Two hundred freight
cars, more than half OF which were
loaded, were threatened by fire that
guttered the middle section Of the
Fourth street freight sheds of the
Wabash railroad. Several cars were
partially destroyed. The fires started
in the office from a small heating
stove. Chief Swingley SEN in a
second alarm when the yards we've
threatened. The loss is less than $1,000
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Woman Dead, Boarder Dying.

Greenville, Mississippi. - When
neighbors attracted to the scene by
pistol shots, reached the home of Mrs.
GArge Gilmore, Tuesday night, they
found the woman dead and a man
named Sharley, a boarder at the Gill
more home, dying. According to the
statement of Sharley the woman's
husband did the killing. Gilmore has
not been found.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Husband Kills wife's Boarder.

st. Louis-The domestic situation
everywhere understood when describ-
ed in the two words star b%oarder"-
a Common subject of mirth-set the
scene for a tragedy in front of 1920
Belle avenue st. Louis, when James
Clark mercilessly killed Jack Flood,
kneeling and praying for his life while
Mortified children looked on.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
No Detention.

II bought som boom lots in a coast
town. Teller wrote me the land might
all be gone in a week If ! didn't buy
quick"
That's an old dodge"
But he told the exact truth. The
ocean is carrying it off in chunks
s. Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
chauffeurs Guilty Of Manslauehter

hartford, Conn,-W. e. Kibbe,
and w, H. Phair, chauffeurs,
whose reckless driving Of automobiles
it was charged caused two deaths,
pleaded guilty in the superior court
Wednesday to manslaughter. Phair
vas sentenced to not less than three
nor more than four years in state
prison. Kibbe will be sentenced
Thursday.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Bones in Burnino stump.

Laporte, Indiana.-In the burn
ing stump of o maple tree on the prop
erty of Henry Wolford, a prominent
farmer living neal Otis, human bones
cooked into an almost in~distinguish-
able mass, were found Thursday. The
discovery was Immediately reported
to Prosecutor Smith OF Laporte and
further investigation is being made.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Rewards Constantly Paid.

The rewards of great living are not
external things, withheld until the
browning hour of success arrives;
they come by the way--in the con
seriousness Of growing power and
worth, of duties nobly met, and work
thoroughly done. Joy and peace are
by the way.-Mabie.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Oldest Illinois Dam AbolIshed

Carmi, Illinois.-The last piece
of timber has been removed from the
old mill dam across the Little Wabash
river in this city. The dam was the
Oldest in the state and was built by
an itinerant miller in 1912. 1t has
been used as a power generator for
more than seventy years.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
NOT Anxious at AZ.

"One word Of Jul language that is
almost always misused," said the par
ticular man, SIS anxious You will
hear people exclaim how anxious they
are to see a certain play, or anxious
to get a new hat, or anxious to take a
trip to Europe, when they are not anx-
ious at all, but eager or d~esirous. If
anxious were used only in the right
place we wouldn't hear 1t half SO
often"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Everything comes ia fashion il

Everything comes IN fashion II you
only wait long enough. The latest
news from New York is that it is no
longer stylish to have ones letter.
paper adorned with a monogram. 1t
mast be marked with a thumb print.
The new style differs from the
pa emily In that the thumb print must
be engraved and printed In gold or
silver about half an inch from the
top Of The page. II would be much
more distinctive and Individual tidnks
Youths Companion, II each person
marked his own paper by the actual
Print 0f his thumb.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Two Amendments Now Effective.

Jefferson City.-The two amend
ments to the constitution adopted at
the recent election, the one providing
for the 25-cent road tax and the other
for the initiative and referendum, are
now laws and part of the state con.
stitution.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

-ldnaes WSahf im
down to a e
skeleton. My back
was so bad 1 could
hardly walk and
the kidney secre-
tons much disor-
dered. A week after
I began using
Doan's Kidney Pills
/ could walk with
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
IAN Gould 10 Re Aviator.

New York, N. Y.-Jay Gould
grandson of Jay Gould, who knew all
about financial ballooning, has an
nounced himself as an enthusiastic
student of aeronautics, and within a
few days will purchase an aeroplane
of the most practical kind that can be
obtained. Young Gould, 'after gaining.
a worlds championship al court ten
mis-, is seeking other worlds to con
nuer.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Wrecked Steamer siahted.

Halifax, N. S.-The steamship
Glencoe, from Port au Basque to
North Sidney, Friday passed the
wreckage of a steamer. On the cabin
and lifeboats was the name 800
City," A steamer of that name is
overdue in Montreal, and it is feared
she has met with disaster.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

Prof. Goodwin of New York, who
thinks that the organization of the
public schools Of the largest cities
must be revolutionized, says that he
would form the pupils into groups, one
for learning trades, another for prepa-
ton for commercial! life, and a third
for the college and university. 1t is
so easy for a ten-year-old boy to de-
eide whether he is going to be a
~haberdasher or a minister!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
plslnherits Husband For Son.

Milwaukee, Wis.-Leaving S. to
the husband against whom her
house had been barred IA years, and
bequeathing practically $4,000 to the
convict son, now in prison, was the
strange will made three weeks ago by
Mrs. w. Stein, who fell downstairs
and broke her neck a couple of days
ago. The husband subsists by selling
brooms; his wife accumulated a COM
petence by conducting a school of mid
Wifery.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
SedaIia Publisher 70 Wed.

Sedalia.-The announcement Of the
engagement of ]. s. Brenneman, owner
of the Sedalia Daily Capital, and Miss
Gertrude G. Smith, oldest daughter of
D. H. Smith, a pioneer resident, is an
nounced here. The wedding will take
place Christmas Day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

Hereafter men will think twice be-
fore they spend a ~half-dime, for the
other day a half-dime of the issue of
1902 sold for $715. But after they
nave thought twice they will spend it,
for there are not any more coins like
that in circulation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
New Mine Company Incorporated.

Jefferson City-Three Kansas City
ans, Irwin Jordan, Clinton D. French
and George F. McFall, have made APP
plication to Secretary of State
Swanger for articles Of Incorporation
for the Jordan Mines company Of that
city. It is capitalized at ST. 0 900,
one-half paid, and the fee the state
receives, when the charter is issued,
is $527.50. The company is formed for
the purpose Of dealing in mineral
lands and minerals and the building
Of mills and the treatment of ores.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

A Japanese lady of rank, who has
been travelling in this country, says
American women are unhappy and dis
contented, and she ascribes this to the
fact that they are so we'll taken care
of that they miss in their lives the
stimulating influence of a little neg
lect. The inference is that If their
husbands beat them now and then
they would be more in a position to
appreciate their happiness.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

A British medical investigator adj
vances the theory that high speeding
checks the tuberculosis germ in chauf-
teurs. 1t is, however. also conducive
to sudden deaths for the intersecting
part of the population.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
ON as KlndIIna Rurna Her Home.

Paducah, Ky.-An explosion and
fire, resulting from pouring oil
on kindling in a cook stove, destroyed
the home Of w, H. Gregory, and Mrs.
Gregory, who was standing over the
stove starting the fire, was painfully
burned on the face, arms and body.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

Some young Chinese women are re-
ported en- route to this country to
study housekeeping. Can we teach
them anything on that subject, or are
they probably better capable of teach
ing ns2
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

Why should the merits of the pro-
posed model husband contest in Chi
cago be based solely ON their com
parative speed in buttoning up the
backs of the embroidered shirt waists
of their respective wives? Has the
good temper displayed by them while
performing the task and their ready
compliance in undertaking it as often
as requested nothing to do with it?
Yea, rather!
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
AeronIane Race Next GUNNER

Paris.-It Is announced that the pro-
posed aeroplane race between Paris
and Bordeaux will be held next sum
mer, probably in July. Five halts to
renew supplies Of gasoline, etc, will
be narmjtted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Honaoarate sued Eor All

Baltimore.-Charles j.. Bonaparte,
attorney general Of the United States,
personal and political friend OF Presi-
dent Roosevelt and political reformer,
was sued for an electric lighting Bill
in the court OF common pleas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Fifty Nlaht Riders Indio,.d

Union City, Tenn.-Fifty indictments
were returned by the grand jury in
vestigating the recent night rider raids
in the Reelfoot Lake region, which
reached q elimination a month ago III
the lynching Of Captain Quentin Ran
kin, Of Trenton. Tenn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Three Bows Frozen to Death.

Ventura, Cal.-Frozen to death in
the snow that covered the high peaks
north of the Santa Clara Valley the
bodies Of three Santa Paula boys,
sons Of well-known r~anchers, were
found after a search Of two days.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

In the presence Of IN ordinary crop
failure one may remain unmoved. but
It y grievous indeed to learn that the
recent forest fires will cause a short
age of Christmas trees. The least that
Santa Claus can do in such circum-
stances is to permit good children to
hang up more than one stocking.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Arm cut on 10 Get Cancer.

Wichita, Kan.-Ray Seger var cper-
ated on for cancer of the shoulder at
the Wichita Hospital. The left arm
and shoulder had to be taken off and
a section of the flesh and the collar
bone we're also cut out.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Reducing WEIGHT.

Racehorse Cwner-"William, you
are too heavy. Can't you take some
thing off," Jockey-"Tm wearing my
lightest suit, and haven't tasted food
all day" Owner-"Then, for good
ness sake, go and get shaved.s-Tit-
Pits
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Woman Hurt Jumping In Hotel FIre

Woman Hurt Jumping in Hotel Fire.
Houston, Tex.-Gasoline exploding in
a room in the Boyle Hotel set fire to
the building and resulted in the seri-
u injury of several guests. Mrs. r.
D. Burke jumped from a second-story
window to the ground, sustaining in
juries believed to be fatal.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
REBELS ARE VICTORIOUS

papers. Knowing the fate in store for
him if he is returned, Guerra will re-
sist e%xtradition to the bitter end.
Mexican revolutionists throughout
this country are rallying tc his sup
port, and a bitter struggle in the
courts is predicted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Sixty.Eiue Houses Burn

Ashland, PA fire started in
a moving-picture show on the main
street of Centralia, a village near
here, but there is no water supply at
Centralia. The fire burned itself out.
No fatalities.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Man Found pead In Field.

Vienna.-Samuel Campbell, who
found dead in a corn field, five miles
southeast Of this place, was buried at
B~loomgarden cemetery. "A boy found
the body. Investigation proved that
death was the result Of heart disease.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

A distinguished Methodist preacher,
Rev. Charles Goodell, expresses a
somewhat prevalent notion when he
rises to remark that If the supertluous
money of Mr.. Carnegie and of Mr..
Rockefeller is really tainted it is in
cumbent on the churches to take it
and relieve it of its faint.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
Arkansas River RISING

Tulsa, Okla,-As the result Of a
heavy rain which has fallen t~hirty-six
hours, the Arkansas r 7er, for the
thirG time this year, is or the rise.
Railroads are guarding against wash
outs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
conaressman,s Father pies.

Valparaiso, Ind.-Theophilus Crum-
packer, father of Congressman Edgar
L. Crumpacker, died suddenly at his
home here. He was sc years old. He
served in the state Legislature three
terms. from 1872 to 1878.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

An election board chairman in New
York made trouble for a woman suf-
fragist when she tried to register late
ly. She camped on his trail, found out
he had a home in New Jersey, lay in
wait for him to vote, and had him ar
rested and deprived of his vote and his
job on the ground that he was a nom
resident. So much for what a woman
a do, even in politics, when she
makes up her mind to get even
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

Every American girl is a queen, ac-
cording to the old song, but they can.
not all have warships to accompany
them on their journeys back to the
homes of their husbands, like some
that might be mentioned.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
oIdest peIaware 4 bead.

Muskogee. Okla.-Mrs. Maat:ac
Wahoney, the oldest Of the Welaware
Indians, is dead and her remains have
been laid to rest in Coon creek ceme-
terry, near Dewey She was 100 years
old.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

Of the 1.125,000 persons in Berlin
who support themselves or themselves
and families only 1851, or less than
IA per cent. have incomes of STA or
more a year. About 100000 have
less than that amount and more than
half of these even less than $214 a
unar
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10

out a cane, and as I continued my
health gradually returned. / was SO
grateful I made a public statement of
my case. and now seven years have
passed, I am still perfectly we'll"
Sold by all dealers. SOC a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
sIIps to Death on Pauement

Tulsa, okla.-slipping on the wet
pavement, }. H. Tipllng, a painter. fell
down the steps leading to the base.
ment Of the First National Bank build
ing and was killed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1908-12-10
MlssourI National Guard orders,

Jefferson City.-At the request Of
Adjt. Gen. De Almond, Gov. Folk is.
sued a commission to Fred B. Martens
to be second lieutenant OF Company
F. Sixth Regiment, with rank from
August 5.