Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1915 — Ordnance Expert Retires. [ARTICLE]

Ordnance Expert Retires.

Col. Rogers Birnie, senior colonel of the army ordnance department, who retired Wednesday, was one of the foremost ordnance experts in the country. He was appointed to the military academy in 1868, and has been connected continuously with the army for 47 years.