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Show 'SOLDIERS CAMPED IN ! COTTONWOOD Clffl General Bell Talks to Men and Praises Work Done J at Fort Douglas. DAY'S WORK IS HARD Will March Back This Morning; Band Will Give j Concert Tonight. j Encamped at. Knudsou 's ranch in Big Cottonwood canyon last niyht, the citizens citi-zens military training campers were highly complimented for their devotion to duty by Major General James Franklin Frank-lin Bell, U. S. A., who was accompanied by Captain John B. Murphy. General Bell is chief of the western division of the army. General Bell expressed himself as highly pleased with the work accomplished accom-plished at the Fort Douglas camp the past few weeks, and stated that the training camp might lead to a system of universal military training, and perhaps to universal military service. He also said that perhaps a series of lectures on military subjects may be arranged ar-ranged in Salt Lake during the winter months. ' The commanding officer of the western west-ern division said that never before had he seen more admirable discipline carried car-ried out than that evidenced at Fort Douglas. He then took issue with advocates ad-vocates of unprepared ncss. General Bell pointed out the value of the training train-ing received, both in its physical and disciplinary aspects, lie dwelt especially upon the well-ordered life the men led at Fort Douglas. Permanent Association. John A. lieeves of the Oregon Short (Line was elected by the men as chairman chair-man of the citizens ' committee on training camps for the future. KImer G. Thomas was named as secretary. Both belong to Company F. According to present expectations, it is probable that a large permanent committee of citizen soldiers may be appointed at a later date. Each of the eleven states represented at the present encampment will be represented on such proposed com mittee. Jn response to the call by General Bell for expressions of opinion from those present concerning the value of the camp, those answering and highly praising the inst itutiou were J . A. Heeves, Carl A. Badger and Hugh McMillan. Mc-Millan. All were loud in their praise of the work given and the be ncu t derived. de-rived. Tribute was also paid to the excellent character of the work of the ; instructors. j The highest of praise was given to Lieutenant Colonel Johnson Ilagood, the commanding officer, and also to the conscientious work of the non-commissioned officers. The mention of the name of Lieutenant Colonel Hagood was met with prolonged cheering, so firm n place has the regular army officer in command taken in the hearts of the citizen soldiers. At this meeting announcement was made that Karl A. Scheid and Sherman Armstrong will be representatives of the Fort Douglas training camp to attend at-tend the meeting of tho Citizens ' Training Camp association later. This association includes all camps held in the United States this year. Men Put to Test. Public than its were extended to S. Abbott McGinnis, managing director in ! charge of the recruiting campaign, ! whose efforts made federal co-operation j possible. The citizen troops were encamped last J night after a stiff practice march to the Knudson ranch from Fort Douglas. They wore the heavy marching equipment equip-ment of the U. H. infantry. There were no mishaps along the way, and the men were in the best of spirits at the end of their journey. Each man carried fiftv ponmls of equipment, in addition to ihe heavy army uniform. This proved somewhat hard on some of the citizens who previously had been accustomed to consider an overcoat a burden. But the men marched through the dust without a murmur. They also pitched their shelter tents in perfect order without a mistake of any kind. On their way back to Fort Douglas this morning the men will be divided into battalions for a sham battle. This will be the last military .maneuver of the 1910 Fort Douglas training camp. I Tonight the. Third Coast Artillery jband will make its last formal appearance appear-ance at the post. A specinl feature will ; be the rcn flit ion of the ' 1 ( Company H march," composed by George Theodore iBnrraclough of Company H, a provisioned provision-ed member of the band. Bis home is in : Lcwiston, Utah. |