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Show FIFTY MEN NEEDED J By ii Beehive State Eligibles to Be Given Chance to Fill , Up Ranks. MEN WILL BE PICKED Soldiers Will Invite Their Friends to Join the 145th Artillery. (By STAFF CORRESPONDENT.) CAMP KEARNY, Jan. M. According Accord-ing to announcement rottd at retreat lato this afternoon to all members of the regiment, tho I'tali artillery is now ,. short Jfil'tv men to complete its full war strength. In tho order it. WAdjni.i ed that under the provisions ol'-fiffl cent bulletin, men registered for tlic J-S draft desiring voluntarily to identity themselves with the regiment, and their I assignment also being desired by tlu I military authorities, may bo furuislio.t I with written ren,nost, to be presented to their local draft boards for such us-tignmcnt us-tignmcnt with t ho reaiment. The soldiers at Camp Kearny were given their second airplane thrill, when a mechanic, from the. North Island avia-tion avia-tion school flew to the cainp to attaint iu the disposal of tho piano whiek yesterday crashed into the tent of Ma-jor Ma-jor W. G. Dcvereaux of tbn "Cirij. zlios," injuring Cadet Harry fc. Alciricb when ho crashed into the rough ground near the gun emplacements and turned a complete somersault. The mechanic, whose name could uoi be determined, today eudcavored ti. alight at the usual .ianding, near the gun emplacements. However, lie vol planed earthward too soou, and Etrttck the heavy brush which borders the lauding. The -wheels underneath' tht plane became entangled iu tho deuse brush, according to witnesses of the accident, ac-cident, and the plane, after balaucroc. upou its nose for au instant, turned over with a crash. The mechanic was not injured, however, how-ever, as he crawled from his seat, and, wiping the blood from his nose, limped away and boarded a passing machine, which took him back, to the training school. The plane was badly daraajed and is boing repaired this afternoon. Cadet Aldrich is still in the base hospital hos-pital here. His injuries are not considered con-sidered serious by attending physicians, Five Men lo Tent. Today marked the begiuniup of f moving of every tent in tho rejjSfct in order that thirteen new tents to eac", organization might bo installed. The ' latest order front beadrtuartGrs calls for the. distribution of five men to each tent instead of nine, as has beery" tho number of occupants heretofore- ( detail of scores of men and ;?ra! ' electricians aro at, work linking tht tents with the lighting system. Tbe regimental payrolls were completed com-pleted this afternoon and sent into the divisional paymaster's office, assiniu; the men that pay dav will arrivo doe-ly doe-ly after the first of the month. A final drive in the soliciting of insurance insur-ance throughout tbe regiment is non being made" by tho cdmmatidirtg officers offi-cers of each organization, who arc explaining ex-plaining to each man the neccssih' of taking out policies. A report from regimental headquarters today contained con-tained the information that the re;i ment is now So per cent insured. Before Be-fore tho insurance period expires February Feb-ruary 12, it will be necessary for the commanding officers of each batten to interview personally the men wh'n have not taken out policies and report their reasons for not signing up. Special Details Given. Private Arthur E. (Street and Private Wendell W. Whitney were todav retailed re-tailed for special ditty at regimental headquarters. Private 'Boise Bonnichet and Lewis Whiteside of the sanitary detachment, have been appointed a; assistants to the regimental dentist?, who are now completing the denial work of the command. Private Robert Worthcn of D bal-tery, bal-tery, Private R. II. Wbisler of A hat tery, Private lirwin Carey of headquarters headquar-ters and Private K. V. Christenecn of the supply company have been pasted furloughs and are now on their war to visit their parents in Utah. Private Albert B. Glcndc of bead- Otiarters comnanv and Private F.nce&e Nelson of B battery have reported to C their commanding officers after ! days' leate, during which time the'-l visited Utah. Private Stanley TJj., of )'. battery , wa? today orderta discharged dis-charged on certificate of physical .iiir ability from medical officers. 'of reached camp todav that Lieutenant Arthur F. Doran of' headquarters, mm-panv mm-panv has been permanently asfiff":1 for duty with the Forty-first army division. di-vision. The condition of Sergeant James H-Mc.Kee H-Mc.Kee of headquarters company M; not improve.!, according to rcpor,: early tonight,' and physicians say 1,12 he lias little chance i'or recovery. . Lieutenant .1. L". Tyroe of the Infield In-field hospital norps is plston'riS a fj tractcd slay iu France at tho cc'"':-. sion of hostilities. He believes tkp will bo much work for American fir sieiaus in. helping to rehabilitate jured Frenchmen, while others arc r-habilitating r-habilitating the country itself. |