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Show C' APTAIN PARLEY D. i PARKINSON, formerly of Twentieth infantry at Fort Douglas, who has arrived ! "somewhere" in France. I f 77s$h CAPTAIN Pllfffi ' 1NE5IN FREE Former Twentieth Infantry Officer at Fort Doug-las at Front. Captain Parley D. Parkinson, formerly of the Twentieth infantry at Fort Douglas, Doug-las, has safely arrived"" somewhere " in France. A card announcing this fact was received re-ceived yesterday by a friend of the captain cap-tain in this city. The captain sent his regards to friends here. Captain Parkinson, as a lieutenant, came back from the Mexican border last May with the Twentieth infantry. After he had been here a short time he was sent to the special school of fire at Fort Sill, Okla., where he took special training train-ing in infantry work. He returned from the school to the local post in July, and had been here but a short time when he received orders transferring him to duty with the Thirty-eighth infantry, then at Camp Green, N. C. The captain remained on duty at Camp Green until he was ordered, to Franco. Captain Parkinson was one of the most popular younger officers of the Twentieth, and, being a Salt Lake man, he has many friends in this city and state who are watchiug his career with interest. His advance since graduation gradu-ation from West Point has been rapid, and his friends expect him to be heard from in France. Captain J. L. Parkinson, brother of the captain now in France, is stationed at Fort Douglas with the Twentieth. He only recently returned from the special spe-cial school of fire at Fort Sill. |