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Show KfcU 1 " COL. WALTER S. SCOTT TO I COMMAND AT MANEUVERS Wj Tho most gratifying news at Fort : : Douglas since the advent of the Fif-' Fif-' : toenth infantry was the announcement ."H We.Jccfd:iy by C-ol. Walter S. Scott jr th.it he would accompany the regiment I mi its long hi'M to the niaueuvcic a. ff' Fort D. A. Russell, Wyo. 'X 1 Jt had been feared for several a ' months that Colonel Scott would be tx. unable to attend the maneuvers because f , ! ' of weak health resulting from two Biff operations ior an aggravated attack of fel . r appendicitis. But Colonel Scott has kept Bjj t f ' i hts promise to regain his strength and B, ' l-o now pronounces bimsoif fit for all -wjl f conditions. The announcement has ji-. ' been accepted with an almost demon- '."xp f siretivc f-atisfaction. i'f f It has ever been characteristic of lS ' soldicis to "go through hell'' for their .j officers, but. it can be said of Colonel I a Scott that .ice ofln-crs vnd nien of tin 111' Fifteenth will go fuilhti than that i jjr vInch same is a considerable distance. Ill 1 As a foldicr and a rsMii, Colonel Scott tf L ' holds an enviable place in the heart of rlA the regiment. The standing of the Fif- i-jb jfenth is a testimonial to his type of ffl- w disuplin-i and the attituae of the offi- la 1 cers and inen toward him explains his yl eharactf;r of justice in dealing wiOh 1 J those under him. 7 i . Colonel Scott's decision will obviate - the proposed temporal changes in the If ' it enlisted personnel with the possible ex-Ik ex-Ik TU' ception that Licut.-Col. Williams will j'.f. bo attached to General Morton's staff. |