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Show HI5B1E0T0 draft mm Rush of Applicants at Re cruiting Station Is Halted by Order. ! About 225 young men who had "beoom . 21 years old since June 5, 1917, anxlou i to enlist, were advised that they couh not be accepted yesterday morning at th army recruiting office. They began to come early, and whe: the offices were opened at 8 o'clock, th-halls th-halls and reception room were well filled Some fifty of these were, of course, ex amined and accepted, being immediatel; sent to Fort Douglas. And the othr awaited their turn, with more coming. About 11 a, m., a messenger arrive with a telegram. Sergeant Frymire rea it, a grin passed over his countenance ant he conveyed the tidings to the youn;. men that the war department instructed Lieutenant G. W. Hall, P. S., U. &. A., re ' tired, In charge of the station, to accep j only those men who could be examine-- : and sent to Fort Douglas by noon. Everybody wanted to be examined. Thr army men selected those who had conm from out-of-town stations, accepted forty eight of them and promptly closed t . those who had waited until the last min ute. : i. In view of the order, no young men o i.. 21 will be accepted by the army, but mus register on "Wednesday. Two hundred and twenty young me: . from Utah and Idaho availed themselve ' ; of the opportunities the army offers oi Saturday, Sunday and Monday; ninety ,. two Saturday, twenty-nine Sunday anr. ' ; ninety-eight Monday. Those in chargt of the office had the ninetyr.eight met: examined, their papers made out and a!1 on their way to Fort Douglas at 12:1': : Monday; a record that speais well foi . their efficiency and speed. . |