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Show REGULAR SERVICE ATTRACTS MANY TO COUNTRY'S COLORS; More Than Score of Enlistments in Army and: Navy; Recruiting for Utah Guard Goes j on More Slowly. I RECRUITING for the regular arm; and navy was on tho increasi at the stations in Salt Lake yes terday, but recruits for the na tional guard were few. In the twi branches of tho United States regula service there were more than a scor of enlistments, but in the guard theri were but two additions for tho day. Outsido of the city there were sevei enlistments, all at Ugden. According to the -officers in chargi of the recruiting stations, there seem! to be more interest in enlisting in thi regular army or the navy because tin men who are ready to enlist want ti see service and figure that they wil see it quicker through going directh into the regular army or the navy rather than in the guard, . It is pointed out that the guard i more largely made up of men and youn men engage! in civil pursuits, and re cruits to tlis organization for that rea son are difficult to get, beause thi men engaged in civil business hesitati to enlist lest they might be called awai from their work without being sent int( actual service for the country in fight iDg. In other words, it is declarec this class of men do not want to tak chances on being called away from busi ness for military police duty, and henc are awaiting an actual call to activ( war service before enlisting. Will Continue Efforts. Notwithstanding this, the nationa guard authorities are putting forth ev ery effort to arouse interest in th training which the guard offers and ti draw men into this organization tha they may be trained to defend them selves and their country in case there is an actual war call. Stress is being laid upon the importance of training for the citizen who expects to fight that he may kuow how to protect him self and others, and it is pointed oul that the national guard offers thi: method of training and preparedness without taking the enlisted man awaj from his business or other duties. Because of the scarcity of enlistment; in the guard the adjutant general 's de partment decided yesterday to close th recruiting stationed opened at 335 Soutl Main street and to consolidate all re cruiting work at the station located al 113 South Main street, under directior of Lieutenant Albert Meyers. Ever effort is to be put forth at this statior to enlist enough men to bring the guarc up to the required war footing. Here after the office will remain open unti 10 o'clock at night. In view of the fact that only aboul thirty men have enlisted in the guarc since" active recruiting began, and more than 500 are needed to oring the or ganization to a war footing, it is point ed out that unless mou voluntarily en list it may be necessary for the governor gover-nor to authorize the drafting of sufficient suffi-cient men to fill the guard to quota. Drafting May Be Forced. Under the law, there will be a call for voluntary enlistments for thirty days. If there are not enough voluntary volun-tary enlistments to bring the guard up to standard the governor is authorized to divide the state into military districts dis-tricts and authorize the guard officers to draft men into service. Failure ta respond to a draft call is classed as desertion de-sertion from the army and is punished accordingly. The manner in which the drafting is done ia to take the list of eligible men for guard duty, as prepared each year by the countv assessor, place the names in a box and drew them out, much as a jury is drawn. The names drawn are certified to the adjutant general and orders drafting these men into the service ser-vice are issued and served upon the person. He is required to report within forty-eight hours for service at the point directed or be classed as a deserter. de-serter. It is hoped by the governor and the officers of the National Guard of Utah that the patriotism of the men of Utah is such that tie use of conscription to bring Utah's national guard up to war strength will not be necessary, but assurance as-surance is given that in case there are not enough voluntary enlistments to fill the guard the authority given by the new military law of the state will be exercised. Appeal to Patriotism. Tho governor, the national guard officers of-ficers and those engaged in the recruiting recruit-ing work feel that the men of the state, if awakened to the gravity of the situation situa-tion and made to fully realize the importance im-portance of being trained in military servico not only for fighting, but for the protection of their own lives in case of war, will promptly rally to the colors and enlist. It is pointed out that enlistment will not interfere with the civil pursuits of those enlisting, and they will not be called out for active service unless needed. Under the direction of Captain XV. C Webb of the Utah field artillery, a nightly training school for recruits is being conducted at the national guard armory, so that the raw recruits are given the elementary instructions that they need before taking the training that; comes in company formation. In an effort to arouse added interest in recruiting work and bring more men into tho guard Governor Bamherger yesterday named Brigham H. Roberts, veteran Democrat of Utah and member mem-ber of the state board of equalization, a chaplain on the governor's staff with the rank of major and assigned him to dutv in the recruiting service. It is probable that Mr. Koherts, who has offered of-fered his services to the state and the country in any capacity he may serve, will make a tour of the state iri the interest in-terest of the recruiting campaign. May Aid in Campaign. It is understood that in the event of the formation of a regiment of cavalry in Utah Major Roberts will be assigned as regimental chaplain. The governor believes that Major Roberts will be of great assistanco in the work of gathering gather-ing recruits for the state's guaro. The United States army recruiting station presented a busy scene yesterday yester-day and Captain J. 1"). Watson, in charge, announced that many iugh-class iugh-class men are applying for enlistment in the army. Through the recruiting work of Postmaster Post-master G. C. Zabriken. at Springvilie, seven members of the Sprincville' band enlisted here yesterday in the regular army and it is expected that four more of the band members will enlist todav. The boys got their uniforms yesterdav and returned home to give a concert in their home town Friday night before being aent to the stations where they ' Yesterday s Enlistments NATIONAL GUAED. William W. Hobbs, Suit Lake, cav-3 cav-3 airy. f Boisen BonnlciBen, Salt Like, cav-e cav-e airy. U. 3. ARMY. i William H. Nitschske, The Dalles, Ore., aviation corps. 3 William D. Arnold, Paris, Texas, j Infantry. 5 Helmar C. Anderson, Salt Lake, ln-! ln-! fantry. 3 George B. Christensen, Salt Lake, 1 aviation corps. I Andrew B. 0. Snydergaard, Salt i Lake, infantry. Benjamin M. Kussell Salt Lake, 3 infantry. ; Millard M. Simmons, Eexbuig, Idaho, Ida-ho, infantry. Lawrence 0. Bird, Springville, mu-3 mu-3 sician. 3 Archls R. Weight, SpringviUe, rrra-' rrra-' sician. 3 William N. Grooms, Springville, musician. 1 Lou W. Gommell, Springville, mu-' mu-' sician. George H. Warner, Springville, mu-' mu-' sician. Marvin H. Strong, Springville, musician. mu-sician. , U. S. NAVY. 1 Miss Nelle Pearl Berlingame, su-. su-. perinteitdent nurses, St. Mark's hos- pital, female nurses' reserve corps, t United States navy. Lawrence B. Meyer, Salt Lake. . I Albert R. Lotz, Nevada City, Calif. . John W. Foster, Moscow, Idaho. ! Leonard B. Barnett, Spring Lake, Idaho. Charles H. Vlsser, Ogden, seaman, i Lynn E. Batchelor, Ogden, seaman. 5 H. R. Danney, Ogden, seaman. will take up the regular army work. 5 Captain Watson is hoping that other . postmasters of the state will emulate the example set by the Springville post-, post-, master. Two recruits for the army aviation ; corps were received at the local .station yesterday, and both men have had r some experience in this line of work, i The recruiting station is anxious to 1 secure this class of men, as this branch of the service is considered highly im-I im-I portant. At the navy recruiting station there ; was as much activity yesterday as the 1 dav before, almost. A feature of the ! enlistments there was the enrollment of Miss Nelle Pearl Berlingame, superin- tendeut of the training school for nurses at St. Mark's hospital, in the female nurses' reserve corps of the United States navy. She is the third Salt Lake nurse to enlist in the nurses' corps of the navy. No Effect in Utah. Orders issued by the war department for recall into the federal service of those units of national guard organizations organiza-tions that have ibeon partially mustered out of the service, do not a'ffect Utah, according to local officers of the guard. The order means, it is explained, that where one or more companies of a state's nationa guard unit had been mustered out of the federal service, but there are other units of it still in the federal service, those units mustered out shall be recalled into the service and thus the entire units be placed on a basis of federal service. , In Utah, it is cited, all the units of the guard have already been mustered out of the federal service, hence- there is no call for them to be called into the Berviee, as the order applies only to organizations partially mustered out. Word was received from San FTan-cisco FTan-cisco yesterday that, for convenience in administration and inspection of the nationa na-tiona guard in Pacific states called into the federal service, the western department depart-ment of the army has been divided into three districts, with headquarters respectively re-spectively at Portland, Ore., San Francisco Fran-cisco and Los Angeles. Details of the plan were announced in a general order issued from army headquarters at San Francisco. District No. 1 will embrace the states of Washington, Oregon, Tdaho and Montana. Mon-tana. Headquarters will be at Portland, Port-land, Ore., and the district will be in command of Colonel John L. Hayden, now m command of the coast defenses at Puget Sound. Utah in Second District. District No. 2 will include Utah and such portions of California and Nevada as lie north of the thirty-seventh degree de-gree of north latitude. Headquarters will be at San Francisco and Colonel Richmond P. Davis will be in command. Davis is now in command of the coast defenses of San Francisco. ; District No. 3 will include California and Nevada south of latitude thirty- seven. Headquarters will be' at Los Angeles and the district will be commanded com-manded bv Colonel E. Wilder of the fifth cavalry, who is now in command of the southern California border district. dis-trict. The genera order gives district com- j manders authority to select necessary assistants either from officers now nn- 1 der their command or from the national -uard. District commanders, the general gen-eral order declared, would have the same general relation toward their commands com-mands and toward higher authority as does a .brigade command, "with such obvious modifications as the special nature na-ture of their commands makes neces- . sarv. " i |