The Archive · 1933

COL. JOHN C, BEAUMONT TAKES OVER COMMAND

Col, John C. Beaumont, the new commanding officer of" the 4th Marines, arrived on July "11 in' the Dollar an. President etter onthe ship "by It-Coll, Coll son. Col. greeted Beaumont was. greeted on the ship by Lt.-Col, P, Moses, while a guard of honour, consisting of the ist Battalion of the ath Marines, together with the 4th Marines Band, will render military honours, on the Bund foreshore, Maj. John Doxey, commanding officer" of the ist Battalion, will be in charge, Col, Beaumont will assume command of the 4th Marines immediately. on hig arrival, relieving It-Col. Moses who took "wer on' the death of Col. F.'D. Kilgore,

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