Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-11 | Page 22 | Chidester Plans to Relinquish Duties

; CHIDESTER PLANS TO I RELINQUISH DUTIES Major Walter C. tfhJdester, M. C, j V. S. A., who has been notified of his re-: re-: lease from the military service, expects j to relinquish his official duties as com-j com-j manding officer of the army general hos-jpiral hos-jpiral at Fort Douglas about Thursday i and to start for his home in San Mateo, i Cal.. about Saturday of this week or I Monday of next. I Tn case a successor to Major Chides-ter Chides-ter is not named by the surgeon - general or does not reach here before the major leaves. Capta.in W. B. Deas. senior medical medi-cal officer of the staff, now on duty at the general hospital here, will succeed i to ihe temporary command of the insti-j insti-j tution.