Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-18 | Page 14 | Local Recruiting Breaking Record

'LOCAL RECRUITING BREAKING RECORD Miners and Railroad Men in All Branches Are Wanted Immediately by the Army. For the period In larch from the first to the iii" tee nth, the loval recruiting' station sta-tion accepted for Uncle Sam's colors xZ.i men, a total which Lieutenant G. V. Hall Is proud of, for, iV in l-Hieved. that not another recruiting dintri't with an equ.il population 1ms exceeded that number. num-ber. Of the 2::;t men enlist-M and -ent to Fort Douglas, Utah contributed 151, Idaho tin and. other western states 17. Miners, r-al "underground men," are urgently m-eded for immediate service in Fra nee with Genera I Pershing, and all men who ran q uali fy physically will be sent directly over at once. "Dugouts" must be built and "cave protections" furnished for the men who are battling for Uncle Sam, and miners tiiuj-t be secured for tha t kind of work, as 1 1 lev a lone can .supply the need by reason of their peculiar qualification.. The age.H are IS to 21 and :;l to 4u. RallroaJ men also are In demand, real "shark p." "hog- heads," "tallow pots." "snakeV and general "ralln," a nd they will also be sent direct to France for immediate im-mediate svrvlre on the roads of that nail na-il on. lieu who take the "grea t ;td ven-1 ven-1 ure." will learn much about t he work . and come back better and broader than ever with experience thai will tie worth thousands of dollarn to them. The 143th field artillery is demanding men. and the- young Mood of I'tah should crapp this last opportunity to get in with their own biotherH and relatives.