Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-22 | Page 13 | Wood Compliments Twentieth Infantry

WOOD COMPLIMENTS liilTIETHJilFITRy Tenth Division Commander Praises Troops in Letter Let-ter to Colonel Jordan.. Jlip-h nompJimpnt to the work and ct'fi- of t'no 20lh infantry Is p:ikj by Uy.lor f lorK-r.iil lyonard "Wood; oomm;inU-i.i' oomm;inU-i.i' thfi 10th division at Camp I'un&Lon, n.. in a lot tor which he lia? s-nt to '"(VoirI YV. II. Jordan, commanding the iPO I'fimmnnicalion whs prut br (ho con mum nd Mm fjriR-rni to ihn regimental -.Ol n uia ndiM- t'i 'CP 1 1 1 ly when 1 1 if1 2" I h wms tr.'iii'onn-ily d.-tai-lvd fron- thf: 1 t h division divi-sion and ordft-rd ir duty :i t another c-Hnip in tlu 1 n M ; St. 'i l t'P. Tr. hi.s loticr to I'uionH Jordan, which js datrd fp-nm division divi-sion hoa'i'iuai-tcr DRComl er 16, last, Gcnfriil Wood "ny?: "I'pon the detail of the 1201 li infantry for duty wi( h ti e cent ral department, J wNh to cpr?'5s to you as colonel of :lm recinient. find through you, to the officers and men, my Hppreei;.tion of the excellent iTYjce whir-h has hern ron-1 ron-1 dr.red by tho tv'iinriit as an oraniza-tion: oraniza-tion: .service characterized by hurrl find h isrhly f ft ii-ini t work f ram the, d;j to of its a rri at ;i I (.'amp 1mm us Km. "Your reirnnent h:i:-t lived up to i i 5 ccll'iH r-pulMtirm, pained in ninny fields of duly: it luin shown r fine spirit. ;ind under yviit i injnedia te dirnetiou ha.s h"COi no a h ieh'iy efficient and woll i r.mif'd orp:niii;ai ion, r?ady for all the ' .f3'.:ncies of modern war. I regret very much tho icmiioriiry delRehment of the regiment I'tom tho 10th division and trust il will soon re l urn." The 20 th lias been at Camp Funs ton pince last July. It was sent to tho Kansas camp from Fort Douglas, -which was its homo poat prior to ami .lust after tho entrance of tho t'niled Stales into the world war. Tho officers of the regiment are all well Known fn Salt Iako and there are a. larirc number of men from Utah ar.d surround I npr .states in tho regiment.