Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-06-20 | Page 11 | Ft. Douglas Not to be Abandoned

FT DOUGLAS DOUGLAS' NOT TO BE ABANDONED S Senator Smoot Is Bringing Influence to Bear Beir That May fay Make lake Salt Lake Post Regimental Headquarters By John WASHINGTON J June unc 10 Fort lt-Fort Fort V J V Douglas will not be abandoned This his is Already assured as the result of f conferences Senator Smoot has bas hastad tad had with the war department to protest pro pro- test Cot against its abandonment Senator Sentor Sen Sen- ator tor Smoot however cr has urged the war var department to c Fort Douglas DougI Doug Doug- I las as and make it a regimental pot post and md there is a fair chance for till enlargement nl argement Senator Smoot said definitely toda today Fort Eort Douglas would not be abandoned It ought to be enlarged he said I 1 am going to work to that end Are Arc Acl c This afternoon Senator Smoot and a delegation of ot from Salt SnIt Lake headed by Wesley Vesley King called on the war Wr department nt fn to meat ment and favor enlargement S 'S Some years ears ago there thero was another move In Congress to force abandonment of oC Fort Douglas The movement was headed off by Senator Smoot at that time Toda To To- da day by reason reon of ot his influential position position post post- tion on tho the appropriations committee and In In the Senate generally Senator Senator- Smoot 1 is In a a. I position wherein it so J ld Would cas easy to get an order allowing Allowing al Al- Al lowing the fort tort to be abandoned es especially es- es ly 33 as It its usefulness ha has been boon made so apparent Tho The RotarIans put forth a number of ot reasons why the famous old fort tort should be retained at Salt Lake Accessibility In 11 Ij Argument It was pointed out that Salt Lake L. Is geographically the tho center of the tho Intermountain Intermountain Inter- Inter intermountain mountain region and easy access Is obtainable obtainable ob ob- ob- ob to practically all of oC the nearby states m ta t OS Tho The Rotarians pointed out also that the fort should not on only 1 be retained but enlarged to a regimental post The Thc fort rort reserve covers ors a large largo and valuable valuable able ble area and It Ita Is a becoming more valuable val val- Fort Douglas also enjo enjoys s 's a fine tine climate and allows training to bo be carried carried car car- ried on oa throughout tho the year ear the Rotarians Ro Ro- tariana assured officials in their con con- ference r I