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Show SiX1 FOOTERS WS LL I II MI GUNS National Army to Be Copiously Copi-ously Equipped With Rapid Firers. According to word received from Camp Lewis, American Lake, Wash., last night by several of the drafted men from various city districts, the tall, rangy members of the contingent of national na-tional army recruits which leaves Salt-Lake Salt-Lake October 5 are more than likely to be selected for the machine gun battalions, battal-ions, which aro being rapidly formed and intensively trained at- the northern cantonment at the present time. Among the Utah six-footers already chosen are Carl Xyman, whose name was first to be drawn in district No. 4 in Salt Lake City; If. T. Hales of Spanish Span-ish Fork, who played center on the 11. Y. V. championship basketball team last year, and Lorenzo Heaps of Wayne county. These huskies are typical of the men chosen for what in army circles cir-cles is known as the "suicide squad." . According to the information received, re-ceived, the national army is to outdo all foreign, as well as other United States, troops in machine gun equipment. Instead In-stead of having but one company of machine gun men with each regiment, the national army is to have whole bat-, talions of machine guns separate from both artillery and infantry units. The heaviest typo of water cooled machine guns are to be used most extensively ex-tensively in equipping these battalions. These guns aro mounted on small carts. Some of the lighter air cooled guns will also be furnished. The personnel of these companies is being especially watched by the officers offi-cers 'in charge. The 2ti2nd regiment of infantry at (.'amp Lewis, of which Captain Cap-tain Worsham is the leader, has been especially "hand picked" to secure the ruggedest type of men in camp. The officers are from the training camp, the noncommissioned officers from the regular army and the privates are chosen from the increment of the selective se-lective draft. |