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Show 'ELIGIBLE YOUTHS W1TEDJI PM Artillery and Cavalry Maneuvers Ma-neuvers Will Be Exhibited This Afternoon. MEETING ON TUESDAY Big Drive for Guard Recruits Re-cruits Will Be Inaugurated This Afternoon. "The duty of every able-bodied young man of eligible military age in Salt Lake and vicinity to himself, bis state and nation in this international crisis is clear. This duty will bo put squarely up to the youth of the city at the most stirring patriotic mass meeting ever held here Tuesday evening at the Salt Lake theater. Today every man elig-j elig-j Ji'nle is expected to be at the Liberty j ' park athletic held at 4 p. m., to watch i the maneuvers of a platoon of artillery ? in action, supported by a troop of cavalry." This" is the statement given out by the Salt Lake recruiting committee of the State Council of Defense, which today inaugurates the oig drive to fill the ranks of the Utah light artillery. Promptly at 3:45 o'clock this afternoon after-noon Held 's band will meet the military cortege at the north gate of Liberty park and will head the procession to the athletic field. Here a portion of A battery, commanded by Captain Fred T. Gundrv, will immediately get into action. There will be demonstrated the drive for position, sighting, signalling and actual firing of the field pieces, which are a trifle larger than ths destructive de-structive French To 's which have achieved siieh a reputation on the battle bat-tle front of Europe. Explain by Megaphone. The troop of cavalry will also be seen in dashing action. Competent officers of-ficers will explain by megaphone the movements of the units on the field, j '" A recruiting tent will be established on the athellic grounds with officers in charge nnd prepared to take actual enlistments. en-listments. Tho'se present will also be I permitted, at the conclusion of firing practice, to examine the mechanism ot the sharpnel and high explosive firing field pieces. . Complete explanation of the workings will be .made by the officers of-ficers in charge. Tuesday night's demonstration will ! commence at . 8 o'clock at the Salt Lake theater. Local No. 104 of the Musicians' union has donated the ser-' ser-' vices of n band to parade the princi-,' princi-,' pal streets of the business section of j the city from 7 until 8 o'clock, and also to plav in a concert at the theater. the-ater. Jack" Wright, known as tho sol-j sol-j dier baritone of Brigham City, will Bing patriotic songs. There have been invited to. sit on V V ihe spacious stage members of the city 'J- anil county administration, state or-i or-i officials and officials of all churches and 3 members of the Council of Defense. The j stage door will be opened at 7:30 to j admit those invited on the platform. j Expect Big Attendance. j Detailed efforts have been made, and 3 there is every assurance that practically .) cverv eligible young man in the city will 'be juesent in the theater. Speak- 2 ers will explain the significance and h working of the two drafts, nnniclv. by '? federal and state authorities in relation 1 to the voting men of military age. The K talks will be educational in nature and i will state, the advantages of going as 5 a volunteer with Utah's own forces as i against being conscripted. The speakers of tho evening will in- ' elude former Governor William Spry, i Moior K. W. Young, William II. Leary, t dea'n of the University of Utah law j school and a member of the Salt Lake i recruiting committee; Harden Bcnnion, secretary of state and acting governor; I Parson P. A. Simpkin. Lon Haddock, J Eight Rev. Joseph S. Glass, C. M., D. D. ; Major Brigham 11. Itobcrts, chap- t plain of the Utah regiment, i The big motor truck in service of the t guard recruiting station yesterday enr- ! ricd notico of today's Liberty park dem-Ij dem-Ij . onstration and today will be at the park f carrying information concerning Tues- J dnv' night 's mass meeting of eligibles. ; Cards have been mailed to individuals, ( pastors have made pulpit, and individ- 5 ual picas with members of their flocks, Fort Douglas soldiers were yesterday I handing cards to men of apparent cli- II gible age, and tho recruiting committee fj lias used other means, including tele-S tele-S phono calls nnd the like, to reach every j youth whoso services is desired. iiyiison n the Job- Captain J. D. Watson of the army re- 4 cruiting station arrived in Salt Lake 3 yesterdav after n week's trip to army 3 recruiting offices in Idaho. He also J helped launch the campaign to secure S( recruits to build the Idaho national jS guard in federal servico up to war !j strength. Musical circles in .Salt Lake will be f interested to know that yesterday How- A ard doscph McXultv. tenor soloist at I the Cathedral of the'Mr.dcloinc, enlisted as landsman in the aviation depart-! depart-! nient of the United States navy. The navy office yesterday sent more than seventy apprentice ' seaman recruits, who have been in reserve for some ': weeks at their respective homes, to San 5 Francisco for training. |