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Show BOYS AT THE U. A. 0. BEING MUSTERED OUT As fait as their pay canfp JiQUnJ&j led -outTludthelr discharge paplrir Elgnod, the men ot the Students' Army Ar-my Training Corps at the Utah Agricultural Ag-ricultural College aro today being mustered out of the service ot Uncle I Sam. Tho final step in demoblllza-'tlon demoblllza-'tlon began this- morning at seven o'clock and before night overy one 'of the six hundred and forty-three men in the corps will be again a civilian. ci-vilian. Military work has been carried on jin tho .organization intensively and continuously every day sice the installation in-stallation of 'the corps on September 30, ad with the exception ot an enforced en-forced stoppage of two weeks, due to Influenza, academic work has also al-so continued. Physical examinations conducted Thursday end Friday showed not a trace of Influenza in the battalion, no (Continued on Page Four) BOYS AT U. A. C. 1IEIXG MUS-.MUSTF.rtKI) MUS-.MUSTF.rtKI) OUT (Contnued from Page One) , ' veneral diseases and but eight men In any way lncaplcltated. In practically prac-tically every case the men are belnr returned to civil life in Improved physical condition, with gains In weight running from thro to twentV pounds. ', . - ' i The Students' Army Training Corps was established at the Uta'.: Agricultural College on September 30, when similar organizations were installed In several hundred Institutions. Institu-tions. At that time tho mour hun-dredaad hun-dredaad fifty-three members of the National Army Training Detachment who were f being trained at the col. lege became the vocational section "of ths S( A. T. .C. DurlagWe tlltoc the S. A. T. C. was'JaoitlolJI't;-the was'JaoitlolJI't;-the Institution two hundred" anlj ty-lhree men were inducted Into the collegiate section; four hundred fajd) sixty-seven lato the telephone feiec-trklan feiec-trklan work, and three 'hundred aacV slxty-oae l,ato the vocational section making thetotal number Inducted, six hundred and eighty one; of this " number fifty-nlno were sent to offl. cers training camps to proparo for commissions. Teh colleglato men received, re-ceived, aside from military training, academic Instruction In War Times, Military Law, Personnel wprlf, Military Mili-tary Hygleno, Military French, Bacteriology, Bac-teriology, Mapping and for those In tho quartermaster's course, training in cnunerco and business. Tho vocational vo-cational men yoro trained as machinists, ma-chinists, blacksmiths, .wagoners, auto mechanics, radio oporators or topographical draughtsmen. All re eelved a courso In War Alms. The college was able, through tho most complete cooperation of military mili-tary and schqol authorities, to pro-vldo pro-vldo odequato barracks and mess accommodations ac-commodations for tho men. Tho new livestock building was turned over to tho battalion to servo for barracks, the other companies were placed In tho Thomas Smart gymnasium gymna-sium and In tho college chapcl( The 'south wing ot tho main building, which was to havo been used for barracks was used as a hospital during dur-ing the Influenza epidemic. The influenza made Its appearance at .the College, about October 16. A large and completely equipped hospital hos-pital was, organized at, once and was In operation by'October 18' under the 'direction of Dr. D. C. Budge. Tho hospital was In uso for four weeks, by which time tho Influenza rwas completely stamped .out of Ofic Institution. Insti-tution. During tho four weeks, 244 cases ot Influenza or suspected Influenza In-fluenza were cared for. Of this number six died, making a"'death rate of oiw fourth of ono per cent. Five physicians were) In constant attendance, attend-ance, with two graduate nurses and ten attendants Three physicians were employed to care for. .the men In the barracks outside of the hospital. hos-pital. " , ' ' ' Cooking for the ailing men was done under the direction of the School ot Home Economics by former form-er students of the Institution. Of the six hundred and forty-three men at the colege at the time or?de-moblltsatlon, or?de-moblltsatlon, all but sevaatee. had takea eat government lasaraaejaad all had been urged to IttsurettTXasar! -ance was written To the amour of $5,890,560, for the men,- and of :f 310,000 for theoBcars. f I V ' At kV timer o deraobliiation,r'tJie ,.S; A.- T.'C. was organized &nd officered offi-cered as follows: i I i CapUIn" Stephen Abbot, U, S. A., retired, commandant; Captain Henry Moyle, 21st Infantry, U. S A, executive execu-tive officer; First Lieut. H. C. Force, 'adjutant; First Lieut. W. E. Pinch,1 , chief tactical officer; -First Lieut. T. ;H("HelcHibe,'ln connmand of Com, paa'y A; and Second Lieutenants T. E. Leavey, In eomrnaa dot Company B; Oeorge B. Waring In command ot Company B; Olea L. Miller, pest ex ehaage officer; Clyde Rraaey, attach ed-to Compaay D; Fred A. Hack, la eommaad of Company O; James M. CarieteesoB, morale officer; Oathia T. Fwler, attached to Compaay O; Oeerge B. Headrkka, aerseaaell officer; offi-cer; M( L. Harris, asstataat aersoaart officer; L. M. Chtpman, attached to Compaay A; James E. Watklas, as 'aitsaat adjutant; Oeorge C. Blggar, attached to Compaay D; and James' N. Pulllam, attached to Compaay O. |
