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Show INTEREST REViVED IN -FORT DOUGLAS CiP More Than One Hundred 1 Recruits for Training Are Received. ; COMMITTEES ASSURED Oregon Short Line Sends m Big List and Others Are to Come. One Iiundrpd and three men yesterday turned in their enlistments to the citizens' citi-zens' miliinrv training camp. Of this number ninety-three were employees ot tlie Oregon Short bine who had previously pre-viously indicated their intention of joining the camp. Among the others wero O. J. aliwbury, president of tho Alta club, and Albert V. McCornick, banker. Among the officials of tho Oregon Short, liine who turned in their nainea as training camp recruits wero J. A. Keeves, general freight agent; Georpe II. Smith, general attorney; ('arl Str; k ley, chief engineer, and !. K. HalbenVr fi chief dispatcher. In submitting the list f Georgo It. Smith, chairman of tlie Short Line recruiting committee, reported that further additions to the nunibor will .be made shortly. It is expected that the total of Short Line employees in attendance at tho camp wdll he more than one hundred. Mr. Smith's letter to the training camp concludes: In addition to the efforts wo have made to furnish this unit we have been and are continuing to cxe'k our best efforts t o encourage an.T enthuse others not connected with tho Short Line in the communities through which we operate and whore we are acquainted to participate partici-pate in this training camp movement. move-ment. Interest Is Revived. Two members of tho training camf committee met yesterday with Bevcn employeos of the General Electric company com-pany to explain the movement. Three of these men enlisted immediately, with a probability that more will follow. It was announced yesterday that a report on tho recruiting among the employees of tho Utah Power & Light company will be ready tomorrow. At that time it is also expected that a number of men from the Utah Gas & Coke company com-pany and the Mountain States Telephone Tele-phone & Telegraph company will present pre-sent their names. . In fact, Wednesday is expected fo be a big day for recruiting at the local office. Citizens of Salt Lake, aud out-, side points have been brought to realize real-ize the necessity of immediate action in the matter of enlistments if tht Tort Douglas camp is to be made ft reality, and after tbe holiday excitement excite-ment has subsided committee members expect a very large increase in the nuin- ber of enrollments. Add to Honor Roll. Tomorrow there will be a general meeting of all training camp committees commit-tees and all citizens interested in the movement at the Commercial club. The meeting will be held at noon and a number of the men prominent in the work will explain the present necessity for immediate action it the camp is to succeed. Reports from various subcommittees sub-committees will be heard at this time. It is probable that successors to retiring re-tiring general Chairman Wesley King and Vice Chairman Freeman Bassett will be named at tomorrow's meeting. One new firm was yesterday added to the honor roll. That is the Easter)?. & Western Lumber company. Yesterday's enlistments aside from the Oregon Short Line employees were 0. J. Salisbury, president of the Alta club and mining engineer: Albert V. I McCornick, banker; R. V. Matson, collector col-lector with tho Eastern & Western Lumber company; John T. Butler, ship- ! ping clerk with the Mine & Smelter Supply company; T. A. Livingston, packer with the Mine & Smelter Supply Sup-ply company; Frank Rank, engineer with the General Electric company; Heber T. Hall and Alex J. Hartman, engaged in clerical work with the General Gen-eral Electric company; John W. Gillespie Gilles-pie of the National Copper Bank. Roster of Recruits. The Orecon Short Line recruits vho turned in their blanks yesterday we:"- Charles P. Addison. C. L. Allen. H. F. Rangerc, Ivan X Barnard, K. M. Bauson, Herman Rauer, Joseph K. Bird, Walter M. niank, Frank .1. Bleek, J. R. Blocker. K. C. Bloom, John H. Bloomquist, Thomas Brandt, R. II. Brownson, H. W. Brown. Georfie M. Blsbee, H. J. Buflnk, Chester F. Bowers. Charles G. Blllmeyer, H. L. Chapman, S. II. Cheney, Glen D. Cook, W. W. Cook. William S. Cox, Marlow I Crahtree. F. A. Case, W. H. Day. B. H. VT Decker. John C Doyle, Dewey Dunham, r u Edward Farley. Albert M. Fellows. P. A. y Fitting. F. R. Fulton, Irwin W. Geiser, Zcnos F. George, Christian Graves, Har- 4 old A. (Justin. Carl A. Harm. L. K. Hal- hert, I. J. Harsh, J. It. Hilton, L. E. ( Hobart. C. J. Hooper, A. M. Hansen, I. I M. Iverson. A. W. Janobson, W. E. James. t Oeorge V. Jernberg, Fred JetLer, John H. Johnston. John Jorgenson, Albert K. Keliv, M. W. Kelley. Hvrum Krause, Charles P. Kahl-r, H. C. LaMar, M. II. 1. undy, James B. Maher. .1. C. Malm-berg, Malm-berg, II. C. Martin, l-Jrnest H. Martz, V. J. M- Klrov. i. H. Meroux. Bert Mer-ritt. Mer-ritt. E. E. Millgate, W. J. Mullen, Herbert Meyers. J. Nansen. J. P. Newton, A. V. Peterson. George Peplinski, John Peterson. Peter-son. James T. Prof-ser, Cliff Ragan, Archie M. Ramov, J. A. Reeves, C. L. Roberts. L. C. Ross. J. W. Siohonefleld, George If. Smith. Robert F. Spencer. Carl Ktradiey. W. S. Cre. Fred D. Flmer. A. C. Yal-mllne, C. H. Webb. F. Welherlng-ton, Welherlng-ton, H. A. Williams. Noian Woolsey. J. A. Ziebarth, I. II. Cole. M. K. Thayer. |