Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-19 | Page 16 | Lieutenant Spry Advanced in Rank

L1 IEUTENANT B. P. SPKT, former for-mer Salt Laker, who has been advanced to acting adjutant in j Washington. 4 i LIEUTENANT M Wmt RANK Named Acting Adjutant to Chief of Central Disbursing Dis-bursing Division. Lieutenant H. P. Spry, quartermaster corps, who is a Salt Lake man ar.d vas formerly chief clfrk of the finance division divi-sion of the post quartermaster's department depart-ment at Fort Dougl&s. is now acting; adjutant ad-jutant to the chief or the central disbursing dis-bursing divi ion of the quartermaster gener..i's office in Washington, D. C, nceordins vo a letter received by a friend here. Lieutenant Spry is adjutant to Co'one? L. P. Smith, who is in charge oi the central cen-tral di.'-turing division, and, according to the information that comes to his friends, he is "makinfi goo-L" He has already nen recommended for promotion iroin fx-onrj to firt lieutenant. Lieutenant Sfr:." ws a pereajit in the Q,iuu-tprrruLSter corps hre t n:s summer, hut was pnt to 'Jie officers' training seiio.i at J a ek son vi lie, Kla, and after a brief courpo of tr;ii:ii r1. was coinmiFsiored a sf'-ond lieutenant in the nu.rt(rrpa5ter xi n '-s . He s st-n t to W ?. sh i n trt on and w;t.n iminHi!t-ly ass.pned in th finar.ee I dj.;u"tinent under ."'.'.lc!tcl f mtth and j i'.ae lii a eni!-xerutive posit ton. This ' d:v;iion disburses about J2'V.f0j,uC'0 a ' month, it is staittl. handles pym.-nis on I a;lo:m r.ts. Lib-riy honos and couniless ; other dishur-ni-nis. In Lieutenant pry's i part ni; ni ! hre are tw er.iy-r o cJtrkj; I who do i uthii-5 else bu; ot-en mail a!i j d; lo:i. I The In innr.nt is a iifphn" of farmer I Governor Wfillaiu Spry of I'tah.