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Show LECTURES ARE GIVEN II M1LJTAHY COURSE Cavalry Is Declared Highly Important by Lieutenant V. R. Bell, U. S. A. 1 An interesting and attractive picture of the cavalry In action and In maneuvers, both of the regular service and the national na-tional guard, was presented to a good-s;z?A good-s;z?A audience last night at Ha mitt hall by Lieutenant V. K. Bell. First cavalry, United .States army, whu is in chargo oi the army recruiting oflice in Suit L-ake I Citv. Following Lieutenant Bell, Captain John F. Sharp ot" the medical corps, L tan national guard, gave a talk on the medical medi-cal and hospital department's work in military organizations. These lectures were given under the ausph-es of tiie citizens' training camp committee, as part of the "prepare. '.ness" for the instruction camp to be conducted at Fort Douglas this summer. Lieutenant Bell described the movements move-ments of a detachment of cavalry he command com-mand iid In a "war game" conducted In the Grays Harbor country, Washington state, a few years ago. "Cavalry," said the lieutenant, "should form a large proportion of tiie army of the United States." He referred to Colonel Dodd's wonderful cavalry ride in Mexico recently. He also averred that the horse was often more useful than tiie motor, despite the ascendancy of the latter. lat-ter. He told how twice last winter it would have been impossible for him to get down from Fort Douglas by street car, motor car or cycle, so deep was the snow. Horses brought him down all right. S. A. Maglnnis of the citizens' training train-ing camp committee opened the meeting with a brief talk, explaining the purposes of the instruction camp. |