Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-05-19 | Page 12 | Unite in Effort for Enlarged Post

f HE IN EFFORT . FOB ENLARGED POSI Committees From Different Organizations Are Consolidated. Con-solidated. KING IS CHAIRMAN Movement for Western Man on Government Munitions Board Indorsed. ! To secure greater co-operative effort toward the enlargement of Fori Pouglas. a meeting of representatives of various civic organizations was hold yesterday lit the Commercial club and officers of the general Fort Pouslas committee were selected. se-lected. Weslcv King was elected chairman chair-man of the committee and Fred O. Richmond, Rich-mond, president of the Commercial club, was elected vice chairman. A. N. McKhv was elected treasurer and W. C. Si ark seeretarv. Captain King, the chairman, left later In the day for Washington, hero he will begin "a campaign to secure the asy, sign men i of one of t he new regiments X created bv tlie army reorganization bill to Fort Louglus. This was decided upon as the first step to be taken by tho committee com-mittee toward having Fort DoiiRlas enlarged en-larged and m:ide one of the Important army centers of the west. Hanchett Proposed. The Joint committee will also get behind be-hind l he movement to ha e a western man appointed to the hoard of five men authorized nv nie government io mucmi-gate mucmi-gate the problem of locating munitions plants. In the opinion of the commlttea it Is vital that tho west should have rep- resentatlon on this board, and while in' Washington Mr. King will present tho views of the committee to the proper authorities. I.nfnvette Hanchett of Sail Iake and M. S. Browning of Ogden aro the two men who have been most pufmi-nently pufmi-nently mentioned as being especially fitted fit-ted for membership on tlie board. Mr. Tlanehett was present mt the meeting meet-ing yesterday and heartily indorsed the movement to sceuro the appointment of a westerner to t he board. He sn Id that while he would be perfectly willing to .serve the west on the board should his name be proposed, he wanted It understood under-stood that he considered the appointment of a T'tah man, no matter who he was, the most important matter. Me said he believed the committee should urge, first, of all, the appointment of a. westerner, rather than to seek the selection of any particular man. Central Body Proposed. ! With the organization of the general committee and the selection of permanent officers, there now exists a central organization or-ganization for the promotion of Fort Douglas plans which has the co-operation of almost every body of importance in the city. The new committee is an en- : largement, really, of a joint committee, -heretofore appointed by the Commercial club and the Kotary club. By the addition addi-tion of representatives from other organizations, organ-izations, tlie movement has the united influence of the entire community, and thus the campaign in Washington can be made much stronger. , .