Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-09-05 | Page 12 | Woman Holds Army Colonelcy Toronto Regiment Confers Honor

Woman Holds Army Colonelcy 3 3 Toronto Regiment Confers Honor HONORARY COLONEL KATHLEEN CLIFFORD of the 180th Overseas Regiment of Toronto, Canada, in her official uniform and her dog, "Tige," presented to her by the men of the regiment in grateful remembrance of her services to the command, which is now at the front "somewhere in France." sf-;, . .. ft . ; - .i r, V 'A V n t r ;' ' f A v si f Miss Kathleen Clifford Wins Honors From Dominion Do-minion Soldiers, TO be the only civilian woman in the world, outside of royalty, who is the honorary colonel of a regiment regi-ment now in the thick of the European conflict is the distinction dis-tinction enjoyed by Mies Kathleen Clifford, Clif-ford, who is at the Hotel Utah. Miss Clifford's command is the ISOth overseas regiment of Toronto. Canada. She was named cclonel in recognition of actual service soon after the outbreak of the war. It was at the time of the regiment's formation. Funds were needed need-ed for equipment and for the "mess" fund, the regiment being a volunteer organization. organiza-tion. Miss Clifford was in Toronto at the time and volunteered to organize a benefit. Single-handed she arranged, managed and put on the entertainment, whibh netted 55000. It was given on a ! Sunday night and is said to have been the first and only time in the history -f Canada that a theater was opened on the Sabbath. The ISOth is popularly known as the Sportsmen's regiment, because it is recruited re-cruited entirely from among the ranks ol" athletes who have distinguished themselves them-selves in the field, on the track and in the water. It includes the holders of a number of "world's championships. Many European military units have women wo-men for honorary officers, but they are invariably of the nobility, titled women. Miss Clifford is American-born, being a native of Charlottesville, Va. She was taken to England, however, as a child and was reared there. Her honorary title also was given her as something in the nature of reward fdV her services as a' Red Cross nurse on the battlefields of France in November and December of 1914, shortly after the beginning of the war. Colonel R. H. Greer, a leading citizen of Toronto, is the active commander of Miss Clifford's regtment. Needless to say, Honorary Colonel Clifford treasures her commission as one of the most valuable val-uable of the many tokens she possesses: its only equal in her regard, in fact, Is "Tige." a full-blooded bull dog given her by the men of the regimen I. "Tige"' is her constant companion on her travels and shares her dressing room at the Or-pheum. Or-pheum. where she is to be a head liner this week. v