Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-19 | Page 20 | Canteen Workers Greet Fighters

CANTEEN WORKERS GREET FIGHTERS Local Committee Serves Refreshments to Men Reaching City. More than 200 soldiers and sailors, either coming to Salt Lake to remain permanently, perma-nently, or passing through on trains east or west, were supplied with refreshments yesterday by the Red Cross canteen workers work-ers at the Oregon Short Line station. The canteen committees, operating in squadrons, met every train during the day, concluding their labors at 8 o'clock last night. The men were provided with lunches consisting of hot coffee and cocoa, sandwiches, doughnuts, apples, pinenuts and chocolate bar. About twenty mustered mus-tered out men were registered by the committee at the station. Among the men dismissed from service arriving in Salt Lake yesterday was the Rev. C. A. Snyder, pastor of the First Christian church of Salt Lake. The Rev. I Mr. Snyder, who in army circles is greet-i greet-i f d by the title of lieutenant, was recent- ly discharged from active service at Camp ; Zaehary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., where he i spent six weeks training. He is now listed as a isdre. Touaj, Red Cros3 officers expect, a canteen booth will be erected at the Denver Den-ver fc Rio Grande station to take care of soldiers coming here and passing through. Tiie booth will be placed in one of the lobbies lob-bies near the tracks. Space is to be set aside at bothi stations for the accommodation accommo-dation of service men who desire to write letters or address cards. At the O. S. L. station arches' have been erected to the depot, with fingers pointing the way to the canteen booth.