A Clergyman's Downfall

Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 December 1915, Page 3

A Clergyman's Downfall

At Dundee James Vivian Rogerson. ti clergyman by profession, was lined £u with the option ot thirty days' impris on men l for having worn the uniform o; tjho Gordon Highlanders without permission. The circumstances, as'explained to the Sheriff, were that Rogerson was trained for the Ministry at Aberdeen University, and held two charges in England—one of which 'if was compelled to leave on account ol nis indulgence) in druiK. For nine years lie made a living by writing, antl falling to got placed on the strength <us in army ,;hapla i no jo'.ioi :"i Gordon Highlanders as a private. Later he obtained a commission in the Northumberland Kegiment, out his -pla.v was not comfortable, and he attempt 0 to get a transfer, and was apparency under the belief that he was to be given a commission in the Gordons. Due to indulgence in drink he had to leave the north of England regiment, and was discovered to be wearing • a uniform partly composed of that or the Gordons by officers whose headquarters are in Dundee.