Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-15 | Page 27 | Four Companies Pledge Lives to Uncle Sam

FOUR COMPANIES COMP AMES PLEDGE LEDGE LIVES TO UNCLE SAM Six Hundred Men l Mustered l Into Service as Home Guards With the orchestra tra playing Over O There GOO men pledged themselves to protect tho the interests of or the tho state and nation last t night at the state armory Following the hc he assignment nt to their companies the home guard recruits were instructed re regarding the da day the they should r report port for practice The event ent was tho the most Important feature In the tho hIs history tor of or Utah state mil military Ita r organizations org The Tho war de department department department de- de has requested that Salt Lake furnish nine companies for or the tho home guards At A t the night nl ht four Cour companies were mustered into Into tho the thoI service Tho The campaign campal n will be pressed I by lIy MaJ H. H M M. Lund and his assistants until tho the entire city quota luota has been completed d. d 1 Appointment of or temporary captains of oC the four COUt companies s was made last tast nl night ht b by Capt Cant Fred Jor Jorgensen ensen who ho holas las been in direct charge c of or the organization organization organ org of the companies Those who were temporarily appointed captains were v Julian Julia company compan 1 n R. R W W. Powers company 2 D D. D E. E Blasdel company compan 3 G George orge R. R w W. W Richardson company company 4 Beginning tomorrow evening company company company com com- pany 1 will drill at it the armory ery e e eer er following ln Monday fonday evening e Tho The other three companies will viii drill on Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday en e evening n a ac according according ac- ac cording to their order All of the tho drills of or the national army will be carried out b by the tho state organization Young men who are arc expecting to be called Into the national arm army In the thc near fu future future fu- fu ture tore will find rind the state guard an ex excellent ox- ox preparatory course said Captain Captain Cap Cap- tain tam jon n last Jast night Until tho the state slate organization org Is completed completed com corn the local companies will be bo numbered ann and not lettered Several other towns over o the state have ha been asked to organize companies compan compan- ies lea of ot home guards A According to re reports reports reports re- re ports received at the adjutant generals general's office each e. will fill fm Its quota Salt Lake has been requested to or organize organize or- or a machine gun un company a supply supply supply sup sup- ply company compan a regimental band and a sanitary company compan Many tany volunteers have ha already been taken Into these companies and they will be bo organized an as rapid rapidly as possible When hen the city has recruited Its full quota 1400 men will have ha enlisted