Heartiest congratulations will extended to Colonel John C. Beaumont, commanding oticer of the 4th United States Marines, on the announcement that he has been r2- commended for promotion to the rank Of Brigadier-General and that Presi-Gent Roosevelt has approved of the Selection board's report. In the two years that Colonel Beaumont hay been in Shanghai he has endeared himself to the community in a manner rarely achieved by any man not only as the commander of a dis-Unguished unit, but as a gentlemen of admirable qualities revealed to the full in a place like Shanghai where the spirit of ce-operation among many" diverse peoples—a spirit so widely fostered by another [distinguished American official during his term of office here—has created tone of the most amazing international Froups in the world. The pleasure felt by the emeers and men of his [command will undoubtedly be shared other Cults of the garrison who yield to nobody in their admiration for Colonel Beaumount,
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