Show I I MAJOR l FRED FIRED I J Adjutant 5 5 General of TJ h I I 5 S. 5 S.- S. r S 5 S S f S 4 p e 5 S c S 5 5 5 S 7 r Sc 4 1 S S S S AS' AS S Sc c 5 1 S 5 S 5 4 S SI I p Sc L 3 1 r I f Conduct of ot a bureau of ot general military mill mili tar tary information for Cor inquisitive relatives relative rela rela- tives tive of ot Utah service men mon to calm cain i 1 the disturbed d spirits of ot anxious war warr ta mothers and to offer oCler in ll behalf of ot tho the state and nation their solemn thanks for tOJ the tho costly sacrifices these heroic women have made that liberty and Justice shall not perish from front tho tha earth are some of at the duties of or MaJ Fred Jorgensen adjutant general of ot o f Utah Nowhere might the war department t have havo found a man nina with BU such suph h un bounded sympathy such a a. flawless un-I un I method of ot mill military ry ary administration and withal possessing such a genuine e democratic nature as ns Utah's adjutant t general Commanding such innate tl tal- ent in hi his hb chosen field of 0 endeavor r progress for Major Jorgensen was as in in- in evitable The story of ot the advancement o othe of 0 f the adjutant general reads read like liko a book boole Having been attached t to th the e military personnel of ot the state only since March tarch 1909 at which time he enlisted as lS a n private ato Major Jorgensen has surmounted obstacle after ater obstacle until It is difficult to find a national l guardsman who has been associated with him who has hns not the most profound profound profound pro pro- found respect and enthusiastic admiration admiration admiration admira admira- tion for Cor this successful army official In 1909 when it was thou thought ht that tha t expeditions into Irto Mexico might be necessary to 0 quell civil disturbances s resulting in the loss toS of ot American lives and property Major Jorgensen en de decided decided do- do to become a n participant in the anticipated military activities His name was attached to tho the muster rolof roll rol rollof l of or the Utah national guard as Private Only two months thereafter thereafter there there- after ho was appointed captain in company G C. C Na National lIonal Guard of ot Ut Utah and on May Ma 1 1 ho entered the service of ot the United States with tho same rank De Beginning in June 1916 I I ho served on the Mexican border as as I commanding o officer of or troop G s second cond squad quad of ot Utah cavalry olry Ills unit did I police dut duty on the he border bordor for or almost a n year oar In the vicinity of ot the Nogales dis dis- dis S P I i 1 i I j I c I I T 1 a t hOU When hon It became apparent that tho the United States was to en engage in tho the titanic struggle lo for tor tho the safety of ot Individual Indi vidual liberties ho he took tool up his hll task tl of preparing his unit for tor the tho emergency At tho the officers officers' camp at Jordan Narrows arroita he was appointed captain of ot headquarters company 1 45 tl field artillery but on August URt 7 i 1917 he ho was transferred to tho the National Guard Reserve corps On September 23 3 1913 1918 he hp was vas appointed adjutant adjutant- general of the state of or Utah succeeding MaJ taj W. W G. G Williams t to that position As tho the adjutant general Major Jor- Jor Jorgensen gensen has had hal the tho very er difficult ta ta-k ta k of administering administering- the tho affairs of ot tho the Utah guard Stuard through the most severe se epoch It has hns c eer Cor or encountered During most of ot the term torm of ot h bin hla 19 office tho very existence of the tl organization has beep 5 5 SS n He nf n 9 I 1 S I i I s m n o f f n t f y E n a o 0 t to e I I I I I I fairs has boon beon no simple matter malter I n Notwithstanding ln the immensity o otho ot of otI t tho he task as adjutant general Major Majo J onson Jorg-onson has found time to lend Imd of- of of oC- f assistance to er c every war activity p promoted Besides s assisting In a p pecuniary wn Wa way ho has worked In ly for tor the Red fled Cross the Soldiers Soldiers' committee as chairman tho the I secretary of oC tho the war savings committee committee com corn m and In n all Libert Liberty loan drives drive launched With characteristic Uc willingness willing ness ess tho the major majr has hns answered the calof call cal of or f relatives es and friends to attend tho the funerals of or service men who havo o offered of of- 0 ermi ered their all to their country Ills addresses at these services have ha been hoen tho ho subject of or much favorable ta comment from roni all who havo heard hear him The Tho Tho adjutant general halls hails from Crom In tho the southern town he owns considerable le property both roaland real roal and nd port personal onal In Ift 1904 ho he was waR married marriel o Josic Frost of ot that eft city whoso whose parents parents par par- were members of or tho ho famous amOUR handcart company that trudged Its Ill weary wean weana wn a way to the valleys lIcy of tho the mountains moun moun- talus from tho the Missouri river It In tho sou southern thorn count county that Major ajor Jorgensen rc le received his education from tho tue put He lie schools and tho the Snow Sno Normal ormal college e. e From 1907 to 1909 ho lie hodill lid dill ecclesiastical ll work for Cor tho the Latter Latter- day n Saints Saint's church in Sn Scandinavia itt ht lu Ho Ito was as postmaster at Ephraim from Crom 1910 J I I I I I t r 1 13 i 1 t to o 1914 and gam game warden for tor c count county from rom 1915 1916 Major Jor Jorgensen Jorgenson enson is a member of or the Salt Lake Comm Commercial club |