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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 764, 12 March 1910, Page 14

Intimation has \ been.:-,received of the death".in; London of Sergeant-Major John Rodgers, who for over va'-iquarter of a century wag r.well. volunteer circles' on the Bordors/ ; ---Sergeant-Major Rodgers .joined the 37th,'ICoith Hampshire Regiment in 184G, andyafter ten- years' service in Ceylon was,-"on' : -the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny, transferred'to Calcutta, and formod one of General Havelock's escort in the march from Calcutta to Benares. Ho also took part in' other stirring events of the campaign, . including ~the.; Relief of Azamgah. Later he became,; at Coldstream, drill instructor 131 thb'detachment of the Berwickshire Volunteers. His connection: with that battalion extended over twonty ; ..years. On retiring from the volunteers, SergeantMajor Rodgers took up residenoe in Galashiels, where he was highly esteemed. A bright young Kafiir, just for fun, Sneezed down the barrel of a gun; And just to see how things would go, He pressed the trigger with his toe. A basketful ,of his ■ remains . ; Was gathered •from '/adjacent plains; And his tribe.' ybu may'be sure, . ■ '.When' thoy,havel colds'.usa'.'Woods' Pep. permint Cure.—Advt. 13