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Show FORT DOUGLAS NEWS AliMY SEKVICK FORCES i Possessor of the Ninth Service Command softball championship trophy is the Camp Ross, Wil. mington, California, team which successfully defeated competition competi-tion entered from military installations in-stallations in the comma ' representing rep-resenting eight Westeren states, it was announced at NSC head-quaters, head-quaters, Fort Douglas, Utah. Major General David McCoach, Jr., Commanding General of the Ninth Service Command, at Fort Douglas, Utah, paid . tribute to State Guard units for their "excellent "ex-cellent work in lealing with dis-cellent dis-cellent work in leading with dis-try dis-try during the past weeks." The Army Service Forces Gen-eral, Gen-eral, in urging all eligible men, especially discharged servicemen, to join such organizations. The "local communities are looking more and more to the State Guard for assistance in time of emergency." Five states, Washington, Oregon, Ore-gon, Idaho, California and Utah, within the geographic limits of the Ninth Service Command have State Guard organizations. Army losses from December 7, 1941, through May 31, 1944 from all causes including honorable discharges, aggregate 1.234,000. Failure of emergency addresses address-es to inform the War Department of address changes cause unnecessary unnec-essary delay in delivery of ap-poximately ap-poximately 10 per cent of all casualty cas-ualty notifications to next of kin, it was reported at Ninth Service Command Headquarters, Fort Douglas. The geographic limits of the Ninth Service Command, the largest in area of Army SeryiT Forces Commands in the Uiricd ' States, embraces-eight Western, states, Washington, Oregon, Cal- ifornia, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada and TErtzona. A foldings bazooka, more compact com-pact than the original, is now being be-ing issued to all invasion forces. The new weapon was originally issued to troops in the tropics. The Bronze Star for heroic service ser-vice in Italy has been awarded to twelve Army Nurse Corps officers, offic-ers, the Ninth Service Command Surgeon, at Sort Douglas, has j been informed. A |