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Show REGIMENT OBSERVES j RETURN lIERlf Twentieth Infantry Has Gone Through Many Changes in Year. Today is the anniversary of the return to Fort Douglas of the Twentieth infantry infan-try from duty on the Mexican border. It was just one year ago this afternoon that the first detachment of the regiment arrived at the Denver & Rio Grando depot de-pot and marched through the city to the fort, returning to the home post after an absence of almost three years, during which time it was constantly engaged in border work at Fort Bliss. El Paso. Tex. So far as officers and men were concerned, con-cerned, the regiment which came home a year ago today was practically a new organization, or-ganization, for only three or four of the old officers of the Twentieth came back with the regiment and the enlisted personnel per-sonnel consisted largely of recruits, most of whom had Joined the regiment only a short time before the order was received for it to entrain for Fort Douglas. Since the return of the organization many changes have taken place In its personnel, both as to oftlcers and enlisted men. When the regiment reached the post there were orders there awaiting Colonel Alfred Hasbrouck. regimental commander, directing that the Twentieth be split up and that two new regiments be organized. These two regiments are the Forty-second and Forty-third, which were made up at first of officers and .men detached from the Twentieth and assigned as-signed to the new organization. Major V. C. Rogers, now Colonel Rogers, Rog-ers, was placed In command of the new Forty-second, and Major Lawrence B. Simonds, now Colonel Simonds. was placed in command of the new Forty-? third. Major VV. P. Jackson, also now Colonel Jackson, remained with the Twentietth for several months, but was finally transferred to command a new regiment. The three regiments were recruited up to peace strength, so that at one time there were more than 4000 men at the post. But, then, came orders sending the Fortv-second to Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, and the Forty-third to Camp Pike, Little Rock. Ark. Since that time the Twentieth has sent many of its enlisted men Into other organizations, or-ganizations, after they had been trained at the local post, hut now it is being recruited re-cruited up to full war strength and the general belief at the post is that before the summer has progressed far the regiment regi-ment will be on its way to the fighting front in France. The personnel of the officers of the Twentieth has changed materially since It returned from the border. Most of its old officers have been transferred to other organizations and a number of them are now In France. But it is still the Twentieth Twen-tieth infantry, and all those who are now or have been connected with it as officers and enlisted men are looked upon by the people of Salt Lake as Salt Lakers. |