Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-06-09 | Page 9 | War Spirit Strong in Southern Utah

MIT STRONG ' IN SOUTHERN UTAH J. C. Wilson Secures Many Army Recruits While on Tour There. That the entire southern end of Utah teems with enthusiastic patriotism and willingness to engage in any scheme evolved by the government for the furtherance fur-therance of America's war policies is the report brought home by Private J. C Wilson, a member of the Salt Lake army recruiting staff. Private Wilson returned to Salt Lake yesterday from a tour of the south end of the state in the interest of the army. He was on the junket twenty-five days, and during that time visited St. George, Washington, Santa Clara, Leeds, To-querville To-querville and Hurricane, besides some of the country communities. He made more than fifteen addresses on recruiting and general army topics, and in all obtained the signatures of twenty-eight men of draft age. Of this number, twenty-one were accepted for immediate induction. Trie soldier left Salt Lake May 13, going go-ing by train to Lund, from which automobiles automo-biles were used on the trip. It so happened hap-pened that during the excursion many Mormon community assemblies were being be-ing conducted, and at these the 'church authorities accorded the recruiting agent every courtesy, helping his work in an almost immeasurable degree. Several of the towns where calls were made have been stripped of most of their young men by the draft, and have set up splendid records in general war work. Santa Clara and Toquerville, after giving generously in recruits to the army, have more than subscribed their quotas on every call for war funds and in all war aims.