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Show GREAT PHOCflESS Iff Receptions Accorded Local Committeeman in Three Towns He Visited. 16 RECRUITS SIGNED - Headquarters Opened in Ogden, Where Interest Has Been Lagging. Hugh A. McMillin of the local committee commit-tee for tho citizens ' military training camp telephoned to the local headquarters headquar-ters last night advising them that very favorable receptions had been accorded him at Spanish Fork, iSpringvillo and American Fork, where he explained the need for recruits before meetings at these various towns yesterday. At Spanish Fork much enthusiasm was manifested before ths gathering in the Second ward chapel, and good results re-sults are promised, Jlr. McMillin found that the lack of interest in the movement move-ment among the outlying towns has been due to a lack oi knowledge concerning con-cerning its purpose and requirements. Dr. Hughes and Bishop McKall were appointed ap-pointed recruiting officers for Spring-ville. Spring-ville. At Springville a committee of five prominent citizens was named to take charge of the work there, and J. J. Robertson, Rob-ertson, city marshal, was appointed local lo-cal recruiting officer. Jn American Fork Mr. Meililliu was accorded a welcome wel-come bv the city officials, and Benjamin Benja-min Fulmer, city marshal, was appointed appoint-ed recruiting officer. Work in Ogden. Lieutenant Eugene Santsehi, Jr., will go to Ogden this morning to open headquarters head-quarters at the Weber club. With E. GT Thomas, secretary of the recruiting committee, he will conduct a campaign for more enrollments from the Junction citv. Ogden has, so far, manifested but lit tle interest in the movement, but with the assured co-operation of leading citizens, citi-zens, it is expected that the campaign of the next few days will result in the enlistment of two score or more. Idaho is maintaining its place as first among the states outside of Utah in " point of recruits sent in to the local camp. Six more from Idaho were enlisted en-listed yesterday. Two of them came from Pocatello, two from Preston, one from Boise and one from Shoshone. The two from Preston were sent in by E. G. Thomas, who reports hn seven sev-en more can be expected within the next few days. These are Charles Cutler, Carl H. Cutler, Orvid Howell, Vincent Larson, Charles Ken field, Dr. N. W. Taylor and Harold Hoare. Oliver Powders of Butte wired yesterday yester-day to the local headquarters asking if he could be enlisted. He was answered that enlistments will continue until August Au-gust 21, when the camp will officially begin operations. Sixteen Enlistments. Sixteen enlistments were recorded yesterday, the largest number for any day this week. The increase is taken as an indication of renewed interest, especially in the ont-of-town places. Following are the recruits: Archibald Oliver, student of Boulder, Colo.; Fred C. Rail and Elmer TS, Hnyhes, hotel clerks of Helena; Clifford Olseu, blacksmith black-smith helper, and Wallace V. nice, machinist ma-chinist helper, of Pocatello; Fred dinger, ding-er, giocery clerk, of .Shoshone; Charles H. Abbott, foreman of the Capital Water Wa-ter companv, Boise; L. M. Edison, clerk, and T. h. BovIq. druirtrist, of Preston; Ethan LaSalle" Allen, farmer and rancher, ranch-er, of Kingston, Utah; William E. Davis, law-ver of Brigham City; William E. Dickinson, civil engineer of Salt Lake; Harold Worsley, farmer, of Farmington; Nathan Niblev, student, of Logan; Edward Ed-ward T. Jenkins, machinist helper, of Salt. Lake, and John T. Low, student, of Pueblo. |