Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-25 | Page 7 | Ensign Teasdel Here on Furlough

ENSIGN TEASDEL HERE ON FURLOUGH Ensign Harold C. Teasdel of the United States navy,son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Teasdel of this city, is at home on a short furlough. When the United States entered the war Ensign. Teasdel was a student at Harvard.' He was sent to Plattsburg, N. Y.. P. O. T. C. After training for about two months he met with an accident which gave -him an honorable discharge from the army, but is soon as he recovered recov-ered he went to Washington and entered en-tered the service of the government in the gun division of the ordnance department. depart-ment. Later he passed an examination as cost inspector of shipbuilding, with the naval rank cf chief petty officer, later securing his commission as ensign and assistant paymaster in the navy. After I completing his soa training at Annapolis he was transferred to the Pacific coast and is now waiting the completion of the ship to which he was assigned.