Show coo 0 11 BOTHA IA Z 5 r U c F l e ps t S tJ S t LA a 1 I MAJOR GRANT ALLYN CAPRON ILLINOIS N NG G Recently Chief of Engineers in Dixon Illinois Military Institute MAJOR AJOR GRANT GRA ALLYN CA CAPRON CAlvi PRON formerly of Illinois has accepted the captaincy of com corn company company pany H Utah National Guard and the tIte members of the company have en entered entered entered enthusiastically upon a cam campaign campaIgn campaign of ot activity The company is ar arranging arranging arranging ranging to act favorably upon the ap applications of young men for member membership membership ship in the organization and ional opportunities will be available I Ifor for or men desiring to attain a high pro proficiency proficiency in tn military service The company will in addition to a highly seasoned regular reg lar routine incorporate a company school for pursuing courses cou es in military sciences musket musketry ry I scouting geld engineering and the like ike Captain Capron comes here at the solicItation of the guardsmen who for some ome time have been on the alert for i a leader experienced as a soldier and the guards express entire faith in their new leader who was three years in the First United States cavalry In Inthe inthe Inthe the Philippines with the Italian army in Abyssinia He served as a cadet and also as a guardsman He was captain of at the Dixon college cadets and commandant of the military de department department of the Northern Illinois nor normal normal normal mal school He was commandant and chief of engineers of the Dixon mili military military tary institute and school of war and andin andIn andIn in 1905 with other officers in the th United States was registered at Washington for r captain of cavalry under the Dick law He has had a great deal of experience as a civil and military engineer and well welt known at army headquarters throughout the regular service and in many of the states The new commander has fine executive ability and skill as a disciplinarian discIplinarian |