Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-10-07 | Page 3 | Ambulance Boys Win Recognition

AMBULAMCE BOYS WIIjECOGIlTIOI Special to The Tribune. CAMP GRANT. Rockford. III.. Oct. 6. Even though they n imber but 100 In a camp of more than 60.000 soldiers, the Sprasue's Salt I.ake ambulance corps, now known as ambulance company No 4. 311 Sanitary train. U. S. A., is fast becoming one of the most popular organizations organ-izations in the entire encampment and have been complimented several times for their military neatness and their strict attention to courtesy. Each man a typical specimen of the modern westerner, the corps has been named the "Small hundred from Utah," and is, rapidly setting an example for the conduct of the other troops here, according accord-ing to officers in command of the camp. The members of the corps arrived In camp September 18, after rather a tedious te-dious trip across the Mississippi valley. Howevt rr enough materia,! was on hand, according to the members, to furnish a delightful vaudevihe show to break the monotony of the ride. All the men are In good health and their spirits do not lag. While no official information has yet been given out here, it is rumored that the sanitary detachment will be one of the next to be sent "Somewhere In France." The rumor has existed for several sev-eral da-ys and fails to disappear from day to day. Fifteen drafted men from Chicago, ma-iy of them university graduates, have been added to the organization. Hun- I dreds of applications have been received from drafted men for a place v.-Jth the corps and if these were accepted the organization or-ganization could easily be doubled. Athletics Ath-letics are fast becoming popular at the camp. The local T. M. C. A. has done much for the men in the matter of athletic ath-letic training. The Snlt Iake boys can be reached by mall as follows: "Ambulance Company 4. 311th Sanitary j Train, Camp Grant, Rockford. 111."