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Show ' C' ATTAIN VICTOR L. "TILLIE" OLESON of Salt Lake, advanced to a captaincy with the Twenty sixth division, which lias been cited for i its exceptional work in action. ' . t t . e ' " 1 f 1 i ' . ' i ? K , ' ( ' . I mjmw Well Known Salt Lake ! Athlete Promoted in 26th Division, A. E. F. i The pr, ' i io I ion lo a enptai 1 1, y in t h Tu eiily-jn'-ah Ynulice eh isiou of tiio thb t ed St;i tcri e. pedi I ion;, vy un-cs in l''r:i:i,-e ul" Victor 1- ("Tillic") Oichnn, well-known :iii l.nUo aliiicte. is ;m-nounced ;m-nounced in a cablegram coccived yesterday yester-day by his brother, L. i... ulcaon of this city. t, '.ipi.iin (.tie. -on v;t.-- a rnenine' of tin? n;i:ion;l Lrmird of Llnli Uv about lour ye:irs a i id- w b.irrlc-r ;je;-vice wilh the forces :ro;n ibis spite. Me went ;o tiie oiTicer.s' ; r:iinin camii at the Presidio, San Francisco, ;..ud was commissioned a tlrst lieuteniint. lb- was ordered lo France early this yr:ir. Me was n.siyned to the T-,-en!y-sixih N'cw Knulnnd division. This division re.-eh.ed spocial mention for Jts fihlin. ;iialities early in the war. In a letter .luiu- 17, CaphLin Olosun wrotu his brother, savins: " T know now 1 1 a t real w a r is. 11 a v e Leon in .some actual finlin;--. Muo, seen men or, all tides uf tne pay .'ti".e .usi full measure of devotion.' We left our captain cap-tain mi the field. Poor eld captain! The T'nited States lost a .soldier and Luc buys lost a friend. " At tiie lime the armistice 'was signed 1 "a plain ' desun was cm the divisional staff, as he puts it, "back on the side lines, fi.htiiiL: ihe war on a map.'' The date of his nromntton was about November t 'ontii'Mt ii la Linns upon his nd va n cement have boon cu hied to him at Par's by his family and friends. |