| Show in Disbanding Unit Of SA TC to Be Probed At Once by Army Officer u Release Ordered Ten Days Ago I l Men n Held in iii Dun Dan Dangerous Quarters i Investigation of the unnecessary un un- un- un O 0 OFFICIAL OFFICIAL- necessary dela delay In releasing more than SOO men from the tho collegiate and anti vocational sections of the S. S A A. A T T. C. C at the tho University of Utah will vill be bo made under Instructions from the tho war department at Washington t ton Plans for imm immediate demobilization of oC tho the men are aro now being worked out An 11 effort will b bp be mado made b by tho the war I department to fix the tho for failure to begin beg demobilizing demobilizing- here Hal tho the refusal to grant furloughs hs in large lImb J numbers rs to the men who had nt not be- be tome ome III Ill An th arm army officer from San Francisco has hns been ordered here to de determine c e- e termine why orders for demobilization issued ten days das ago as the result of t action by former Governor Spry and Senator need Heed Smoot wore not carried out ut Former Governor Spry wired Senator Son Sen cn- cn ator Smoot ten days das ago o telling of the serious conditions at time the university and Senator Smoot waa successful in 1 getting the war department o order the release of the thc teen men Someone is at fault for the confusing of these orders rs and the war departments department investigation in will determine where the blame is to lo lobe tobe tobe be placed had Ventilation Colds Cold out that two i V It ha has been pointed companies of men have be been n compelled to occupy quarters since Nov November 18 IS which were abandoned in October 1917 after sol soldiers of tho the regular arm army had refused to stay in them lon on er Tue weather then it l s 's said 1 was 38 not so severe Revere as has hns been during the last two or three weeks Poor ventilation In frame framo barracks barracks barracks bar bar- racks and lack of modern heating are arc responsible in a 1 measure for fot the large number o of men now affected with bud colds and influenza That no moro more c re rc In the time hospital results re from frn the fact that a majority of the men preferred in silence to reporting their sickness knowing they would be J-ent J to a hospital If they complained For several da days s 's their temperatures have havo been heen taken twice dally daily and und those thoo found to have fever have been sent to the host hospital i tal The war department at Washington Instructed physicians at t the Fort Doug Doug- Dougas Jas as general hospital to give all university such medical aid sit lt sity men sent there as ns the they needed But for this arrangement arrange arrange- m ment nl the mortality probably would have ha been greater to iCing Gon Governor Appeal Many Ian telegrams were ere sent to WashIngton Washington Wash Wash- ington In ton from Salt Lake city officials and parents rents after the revelation In The Herald Wednesday of or the tho alarming health situation at the tIme university Among Among- the mes messages ses was ono one from rom Gov Go Simon Bamberger who telegraphed teles-raphe to Senator William II 11 King In part a follows S Fathers and mothers of ot the arm army students are distracted With anxiety and I am deeply In sympathy with them It seems almost Impossible however to get action such as should bo ho taken In an emergency enc of or this char char- acter The people believe the war is over and are now anxious to turn to 1 peace pursuits What lu they would have borne borno without a murmur during the tho war period appears in the light of an imposition especially lack of or relief relict luring during such an arm emergency as ns exists at atthe atthe the tho University of or Hah Wont Won't you 1 please lease give gl this immediate attention 1 Colonel Wright tI Yesterday noon the governor received the following reply from Senator King under date of December 6 5 November 25 Oar ar department on stated that demobilization plans were being perfected and that Colonel I Wright would be bo immediately Instructed Instruct Instruct- ed cd b by telegraph to demobilize student training bod body December 2 also to discharge discharge dis dis- char charge e any student where necessary because of or ill health before that date On November 26 6 Colonel Wright was Instructed b by telegraph to furlough or discharge e any an student where necessary and md to demobilize beginning December Decem Decem- her ber 2 S On December Z I again visited the war department an and amid complained of dela dolay dolay do- do la lay and Colonel Wright was ordered or-dered b by telegraph to hasten demobilization S Think he Is at fault He has full power to furlou furlough h an any student Department De De- is sending an officer from San Han Francisco to investigate atc and is again wiring Colonel Wright rl to act promptly and furlough a all students where here necessary and to demobilize Im Im- im- im S med mediately lately Fort lort Douglas physicians have been Instructed to give o I Immediate medical al aid W W. II II KING O 5 Regents l U. U of or u. u The board boar c cf regents of or the tho University Uni of ot Utah held a l meeting at the tho Farmers and Stock growers growers' bank yes yes- cs President W W. W. W lItter Riter prel pre pre- l sided He lie said he deplored the fact that parents of ot the men in time the S A. A C. C unit are aro blaming blamIng- the tho university or dc r conditions existing existing- there It I Is declared the men are arc being fed by contract an and l that university officials have ve no further responsibility Testimony from mess sergeants was as Introduced to the effect that an abundance of or food of Joo good quality was served They ad admitted milled there was not enough h fruit to RO go o around some somo times and blamed the kitchen police for the I shortage c I 0 No mention was made of or the charge chan e reported to The Herald b by 13 a citizen of ot S Salt Lake Lak that there was sas not a sufficient dent clent quantity of or bread to feed all of the tho bo boys s 's at one of the time meals Wednes Wednes- day In i Freedom In Is X Near nr a General appearance around headquarters head head- quarters and on the campus of or the tho I 5 university yesterday Indicated that arrangements ar ar- ar- ar are aro rapidly being made to demobilize the odd men of or the S. S A A. r II ii- ii Masks Miss Missing Food Foul Says Army Student S I information from 11 FIRST HAND the he S S. A A. TT l C. C camp was as contained con con- tamed In a letter received last night b by The rhe Herald Tho The name of the writer Is withheld for obvIous rea reasons ons His IUs message message message mes mes- sage follows folIos We have iH quite a no bit of ot In Influenza Influenza Influenza In- In up here and if thc they l keep us here ver very long Jong It will wipe out the entire SOO men The Tho authorities put whole companies in ono one large Jarle room We e have no masks and they the arc are taking sick ones out er e every da day It If influenza doesn't get et the thc entire company there Is la no reason why We c are arc not hero here because ne J want vant to lo be but b because cause we cant can't get Ret out We e c have beon been wondering wonderIng wonder wonder- In ing if the grub Is 18 playing out everywhere else Its It's getting worse all the tho time and If I it It keeps on as it has been the thc last month the they will be bringing in us the slop We wo threw thre into tho the garba garbage gar gar- ba bage bago o can two weeks a ago o. o We c have cold coM boiled potatoes unpeeled for breakfast every even other morning and the rest of or orthe the time lime wo we ha have havo e Imitation fried spuds which are aro so sour we can camu smell them before entering tho mess hall ball rhe They rhey also alRo have a aS anice S nice variety varlet of or sour cabbage If It we had a real cook en oven this ml might ht b be CO GO per cent better bettel At that it wouldn't be much Shoes are also scarce here hero and some of the boys bos are arc limping Stay with them editor an and dont don't let them bluff you ou out of oC publishing these facts I didn't know linow the tho government o would stand for tor this sort of or thing T ur J C. late collegiate and vocational see see- lons All 11 guns buns and extra clothing clothing- were or- or ordered ordered dered cred turned In preparatory to discharging dis- dis charging the men Those who were Inthe in tn inho ho tho drill yesterday had no guns uns but were ere put through hiking exercises on the he field Office clerks were actively engaged in n making out final discharge papers for or the various students Griff Griffiths' Griffiths Arrival Awaited AT rl It is semi officially reported that tho the work of demobilization will be started before Friday ay night if J 3 1 Grif- Grif fifths returns from San Francisco today to- to day ay according to schedule Should he arrive arrhe this afternoon the work of mustering mustering mus- mus out the men will be started at once nee and will probably be continued night Ight and day clay in an effort to release b by v Monday all an men who are aro well enough nough to leave It is believed the work of oC demobilization can be completed completed com- com Quick quickly If Ir it ever gets started and nd there is no further hitch C C. A. A Emmett is reported to have lave said he could accomplish demobilization demobilization demo- demo within forty eight hours as soon oon as authority is 18 given him to go ahead head Parents are fondly hoping hoping- of- of Iclal Red fled Tape will be severed and andall andall all 11 men released before other lives are re sacrificed in the Influenza epidemiC epidemic epi- epi demiC JorJ Jorgensen With Emm Emmett tt MaJ Fred Jorgensen Jorgenson adjutant germ gon- en- en eral ral of Utah acting on the su suggestion or of f Governor Go Bamberger called on C C. A. A Emmett Emmell acting commanding command command- Ing ng officer of the S S. S A. A T. T 1 C C. at tho the university to see If he had bad received the tho orders mentioned in a telegram ram from Senator William H II King to Governor Jamberger Bamberger yesterday i After ter his con con- I terence ference with Lieutenant Emmett Emmell Major ajor Jorgensen Jorg-ensen said Bald Lieutenant Emmett Is la expecting Griffiths to return from San Francisco Friday noon Ho He says that hat If Lieutenant Griffiths comes he ha will begin at once to demobilize and andIn andin In n ten da days s 's the the- unit will vill be a matter of history The personnel offices havo have telegraphic orders not to discharge or furlou furlough h any men except in tn extreme cases of or sickness until Lieutenant I Griffiths arrives Lieutenant Emmett is s expediting matters as rapidly as pos pos- pos 1 sible sibie He lie saw th telegrams from Senator King but aid raid he had no authority authority au au- to act in accord therewith I understand that Lieutenant Emmetts Emmett's orders not to demobilize which are in mn seeming contradiction of ot those issued by b the war department are from Crom the military board of or education In Iii the Interest of ot discipline say Ray those who have heard Lieutenant Emmett Emmett Em Em- mett talk the tho men must all be held to together until Lieutenant Griffiths returns If It a a. score or 01 more of or th young students student die meantime it will willbo willbo bo ho unfortunate they ta say but orders orden ire are orders and must be carried carrle out o I I II I Parents Denounce Discipline pline Which Means l Death to lo Their Boys p f 8 CI G the officers of the stu- stu JL D. D dent army training corps at tho the I University of Utah for Cor their failure fail fail- ure nrc to lo demobilize or furlough the tho SOO- SOO odd men muon who were recalled needlessly November o IS 18 and who have havo since been held despite orders to dismiss them numerous anxious parents and wives of or ormen men now nou arbitrarily held there day called In person at the tho office of oe The Tho Herald or telephoned to commend The Herald for exposing tho the true conditions conditions conditions con con- prevailing pre at the tho university camp Ono Ormo of oC tho the first yesterday to express Ills his 1 oval of tho the czar liko methods moth meth of the military commanders at tho the university wax vas C. C B. B Reynolds 7 1 S S. S Main 1 street Mr 11 said First I must say a ay I 1 a admire the courage courage cour COUt age of Tho The Herald It was sas the limo only newspaper In Salt Sait alt Lake to tal take o up the cause of our boys boy in what wo we consider a crisis We Wc have two sons both of whom enlisted under age One of oC out our bo boys s 's C. C Leo Lee Reynolds enlisted at the university October IS but was released on oct furlough h when that institution was placed under quarantine more than a month a ago o. o Lee returned there thelo when whon recalled cm November bel 18 I 1 immediately tried to have him J ic- ic e- e leased on another furlough h because he lie he had a dreadful cold He lie was always delicate having been a sufferer from rom I asthma and a physicians physician's ns n's carl care I ur tip to tho timo time he lie was 8 or om 9 years eari old About November 20 I was led to l Ie- Ie c- c o ii 0 b by Is I's at the training camp campot of ot the tho that all 11 bo boys bos s would be bo out soon But lt Lee Lec is still held WOUld there though h he is pale an and has a ba bad cole cold Several of his intimate friends are also aiso on the sick list The anxiety l caused others besides ourselves cs Is horrifying Ono One of our neighbors a Mrs Irs Quinn whose whoso husband is sick an and said to be beIn beIn bein In the hospital c called m my only to today toda to- to da day says sas she Iho is a a. nervous wreck from worry over o her husbands husband's illness She bhe has so far been unable to get any definite information regarding his c condition condition con con- n- n and doesn't know whether ho is I convalescing or d dying ing Her mother is also sick In Ogden Mrs Quinn is a aI I bride of or a a. month Tills is one ono of or tho thoI I sadde saddest t cases of which I have hoard heard Wednesday wh when n I wits was w. s ask asked d t to ouy DUY war wal savings s stamps I j anu and told the tho solicitors I did so because I Iam Iam Iam am Indignant over conditions at the university I should have havo been willing willingto to assist if IC it were not for tor resentment I feel over tho the boys bos being held there tho-o needlessly I think those who are arc well l should be permitted to return to their homes and business pursuits Instead of ot being kept there to pilo pile up useless expenses at the rate of oC about 1000 a aday adl dl day S. S B. B Robbins 1 1240 40 McClelland ave av- avenue v nue flue called at The Tho Herald of office Ice anti and said Like LUte others we were ero read ready to give I e our boys to the country's cause when there was wan ono ono but now its it's different and we wo think our boys boya ought to be al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed to return home especially since Influenza Is raging at the tho university I 1 am ant glad blad one of our newspapers s 5 s strong stron enough to fight for their releases release as s the bo boys were afraid to make mak any complaints or else felt they should make mako the best o of it My h boy O refuses to talk about the tho situation but others other I have havo conversed with have told me the tle food was not up to the tho usual arm army standard There wasn't bread enough h for the noon meal Wednesday at nt tTe lne Emery house The boys bos haven't had their suits sult or shoes vcr very cry long and and at first had only one ono blanket when they needed at t let st three They had to drill In mud UD un to their shoo shoe tops tho the first few row days after their return to the university November November November Novem Novem- ber 18 IS Its a |
