Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-26 | Page 16 | S. A. T. C. may Get Furloughs from U.

FURLOUGHS FROM U. Recommendation Forward-; Forward-; ed to War Department by ! Governor Bamberger. Executive Takes Action in 1 Response to Numerous j Appeals. t I Furloughs for members of the student army training; corps at the IniverMty of ! I" tah do-dr in;; lo be relea.-id may be Ipranted within the next few days, if the i recommendi! I ions made vest en la y by CJovernor Simon Bamberger i,M'--t with the approval of the war department. The r-oci.'mmenda lions of the jmvernor wer 1 to the effect lhat ali members of the I university student army dosirms r-!oa-e j be scan ted rurlouuhs immeiliately pend-i pend-i iny,' demobilization, and were telegraphed to WasliiiiR-ton following a conference ; with Colonel K. S.V AVriiiht, commandant j al the university; 1 r. .J. A , 'W'idtsoo. president of the university; Lr. T. tb iteatty, secretary of thu slate bjard of (health: Dr. l-;-ry J. Snow and I'm: V. U. rfyndale,' medical officers of ihe student army, and Governor Uambei set-. Called by Governor. The C'-nference was called by the governor gov-ernor following iniui--i-ous appeals froni various sections of the state that certain members of Hie st udenl army be releaser re-leaser I on the ground lhat they were u n -necessarily exposed lo influenza and that facilities at the university were inadequate inade-quate 10 meet the situal imi. In out lining lin-ing his position ;it the meeting ihe governor gov-ernor e. m-ossed the o.iin ion thai the j members of the student army probably i had lost interest lo a certain extent in j the work because of the terminal inn of ; the war-, and supsested 1 that if such ac-j ac-j tion would not he contrary to the rep;u-I rep;u-I lations of the health department thai I many of the students in iraininp. mipht j he released to fill the depleted ranks of : workers n t home. ' ' In: AVidisue concurred in' the supsos-I supsos-I tion .and pave as his reason that the I work t'oi- the first Quarter of the univer-j univer-j sity term had been sadly disorganized l by the influenza epidemic and lhat the j morale of the men had heen impaired I because of the termi im t ion of the war. I Me look exception, however, lo rumors j that the men were not properly cared I for and that health conditions were bad. i Supported by Wright.' ! l:i this he was supported by '"'olonet i "Wright and the armv surgeons. Colonel "Wriiijit asserted that the supply of bod-! bod-! dim:, food and clothing, with the exe:p-1 exe:p-1 tion that there was a shortage of cer- tain sixes of army shoes, was ample to meet, all requirements. 1 The report, that health conditions were bad was disputed by Colonel "Wright, : who presented a report from the post ! hospital showing that there were hut j eighteen cases of influenza out of a total ! of S;i0 members of the camp, and lhat I none of the cases was of a serious chin-- aider. Dr. Realty, speakinff for the ' state I hoard of health, expressed himself as ! favorable to the release of the student I army, providing that the health rotru-lulions rotru-lulions in effect were strictly observed and thai no man be sent out who was afflicted with influenza unless taken home and isolated to prevent the spread of the disease. The conference was harmonious : throughout and both President "Widt soe land Colonel Wright expressed a wii-i wii-i lingncss to join Ihe governor in every I wav possible to adjust matters so as to ! meet with the approval of the war de-, de-, iai tment, members of the student army . and their families.