| Show ciencural governor west veat erday appointed richard W young brigadier general the national guard of utah general youngs commission was at once made out and forwarded to him richard W young ia the eon of tho late joseph A young the eon of president brigham and marearet J young in ane sprine of 1878 he was appointed aa cadet from utah to the united states military academy at west point from which institution he graduated four veara later into the fifth artillery his first station was governors island where ha served as post adjutant and be remained for four and a half years graduating in the meantime ab the law school of columbia college general young served as captain and acting judge advocate of the depart mont of abo east on the staff of general hancock in 1885 6 and was transferred to the battery at fort douglaas Dougl aaa in tha fall of tha latter year where he served for two years he ra signed faoro the army in oct 1888 |
