Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-11-21 | Page 12 | Ft. Douglas to be Home of Recruits

fT DOUGLAS TO BE HOME OF RECRUITS RECRUITS' Newly Enlisted Soldiers Will WillBe K f Be Sent There Instead of f li Fort Logan j WAR OFFICE ACION ACTION N New r Nc w Order leals Means Added Importance to Local P Post and Economy to U. U S S. S f HE iii Importance of or Fort Dog T THY from the standpoint o of Dougla business and activities and its soldier population are Is expected au to 10 g be increased as the result of or an br Order received yesterday esterd by Sergt erl p. p E. E c E Chenoweth In charge of the local arra army recruiting station directing t that at her here after all al recruits from Crom the wide I e tr tory under tinder the jurisdiction of oC th tho alt ait Lake I of office ice bo be sent sont to Fort Dough Dougi I instead of or to Fort Logan lan Cob Colo The rhe new order Issued by tho the war ward war th to an answer r the purposes L of oC g th shipment i of t s soldiers JI- JI JIba ba back t I ward and forward over 01 0 the tame same states suits t r whore recruits were assigned to i p f Pa- Pa due elCe con const Coast t stations or to service in the Philippines It I however or is expected K to magnify th he Importance of v Fort Douglas and prove a ben benefit l to s Silt Lake The recruiting business it has gone one a lively clip for tor months past Pt and h ad the bringing of oC all an new r recruits cruls from tl adjoining territory to Salt Sai Lle Lake win wi mean a not inconsiderable addition additon to the volume of oC monc money In circulation to lo b. calY cally DUler Difference Difference- nC Rolled Out Ont The rhe sha shade e of or unpleasantness t A ITh tween tho the regular arm army represents lives tives here and the authorities of r sent the I Utah national guard a R week ago over A the difficulty experienced b by guards men in enlisting in the re regular army amy has been removed by red tape and there Is no longer any barrier barier between the guardsmen and their ambition to become soldiers for tor or Uncle Sam Sergt t C C. E E. Chenoweth of oC the arm army recruiting office here Is 15 In receipt of ofa a letter leter from om Gen Geta E. E A A. Weg wood of oC the Utah state guards In Informing in forming him that hereafter any a auard guardsman guards man wishing to join the United State regular regular arm army will wil he be discharged from hi his obligation to the state tate or tion timi ton upon request of arm army recruiting officers Quite a number of ot a enlistments will wi result from Crom General Wedgwood's ruling p