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Show LUND IS PROMOTED Is Elected Colonel of tho National Guard of Utah. I.lrut.-Col. Lund wan yentcruay olected Colonel Colo-nel of tho National Guard. Former AdjL-Gen. Sam C. Park and former Capt. Webb also were discussed as candidates, but tho long er-vlc er-vlc of Col. Lund mado him tho favorlto and ho was connequently elected. In Bpnklnr of tho election, Acting Adjt.-Gen. Gcoghcpin bald: "Col. Lund has been an untiring and devoted de-voted officer slnco ho first becamo connected with tho Guard. Hln records nnd accounts have always been correct, and. In addition, lio hos displayed unusual ability as a military of-tlcer. of-tlcer. His election will bring tho Infantry service ser-vice Into lino as a very crcdllablo orgunlra-tlon." orgunlra-tlon." Tho cjuoatlon an to whether tho old trouble has again broken out In tho Guard han como temporarily to the front because of tho ac-crptonco ac-crptonco of tho resignation of Capt. W. C Webb, ono of tho oldest officers of tho organization. organ-ization. Gen. Ocoghegnn emphatically dunlen It and says that tho Guard In growing and that ovrythlng Is In a nourlRhlnr condition. Discussing tho matter, ho nald: "Capt. Webb has resigned and his resignation was accepted ac-cepted without a moment's hesitation. Further Fur-ther I havo nothing to Bay, eavo that Capt. Webb goes out with th best of feeling ond that his olng In no way signifies now trouble." trou-ble." According to tho best Information that can bo obtatned, certain Guard officers In the pnst got Into careless habits with tholr accounts. For some tlmo thero has been a rumor that suit would be planted against them to compel com-pel the return of property- Issued them or Its valuo In cash. When asked concerning this matter. Gen. Geoghcgan replied that no such suits wore contemplated. |