Salt Lake Tribune | 1900-09-11 | Page 3 | Recruits for Hospital Corps

Recruits for Hospital Corps Fivo jccrults who have leen enlisted for tile hospital corps of the regular army the at Fort Douglas left last night for Angel Island California The boys have expressed 1 desire to be sent to China and hOle they will be assigned The party comprised to service there lJrl cOlmlsed Peter Albertson of Salt Lake Carl Saxey of Payson George K ODonnell of Pennsylvania Calvin Scott of Denver Den-ver and Fred L Heath of New York city Vlr Mr Heath in tho only veteran In the party He was a member of the First Colorado regiment in the Philippines Philip-pines and stopped in Salt Lake when I the regiment passed through here last 1 fall He has been working In and about the city ever since but found the prospects pros-pects of trouble In China too alluring for him to resist and accordingly reenlisted re-enlisted He says he will have all kinds of fun with the new recruits teaching them the eighteen sacred mysteries of I army life Tho boys expect to remain r i at Angel Island about six weeks before I being sent abroad