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Show ' - LIEUTENANT COLONEL MACK GARR, who is on furlough vts- iting his family in Ogclfin. HOHEH VISIT Ogden Man Is Youngest Lieutenant Colonel in Service. S 1 1 1 . . a : The- Trihuru . j uGbK.V, iec. -S. i-ieu:e;.un: Colonel Miiok Gurr of the regular army is in Og- I den on furiuug-h. visit iri?f his larniiy itt the- hnrne of William Staley, 1:03 Itobin- j s..m avuiiue, and his mother, Mr.s. Benja- liiin P. i!arr. SOI "VVshinKton avenue. Iurir.s the battle in the S;. Mihiel salient, sali-ent, Garr commanded a battalion which aided in the reduction uf the salient. Garr and his forces v,-ere engaged in one part of ihe offensive which was under un-der the observation of Secretary of War Newton 1 . Baker, General Pershing, General Gen-eral Heintzelman and Maj'"r-General Liggett. Lig-gett. It was in this battle while serving under General Heintzelman that Major Garr won promotion. He enlisted in ihe Fifteenth infantry at Salt Lake in lU'il. He served in China., the rhiiip;iines and Hawa'.i with the I'if-teenth. I'if-teenth. and upon returning to the states he took an t-rwimi r.a i' n aTid was corn-m:'s;oned corn-m:'s;oned a s-.cond 1 le'j r;:a:, t and assigned as-signed to -,i.vairy under Gnral Heint-z-.-nnan. He v.'-i.-i with 'h- f ' r ? h i ri ex-pedit ex-pedit ion i nto Me;-;'i:o. Me was promoted to iM;itain, He went to France in the ei'.rly part of I I -S -a a major cavalry with General Heintzeln.an's divis.xn. He , was in ado a lieutenant colon -jl uctobcr 1". l l S . He vas in charge uf the Kraves of th-A th-A rn r ri i a soldiers in Northern France find Helium, mi wi.ai wri.s known as tti liritMh and Belgian froiits. H - rfn.ained i:; '.-harLce of this work ui.Mi Ifcemner when he sailed for hor.ie. 1 m mcri :u 1 eiv r r.is arrival in New York he reported to th wa r depart rnent and .sured a b-ave of two tfi'Tiths. '.vhii'h vmiM enable en-able hirr. to visit his horr.e after four yc-M rs' a bse ric". Garr is the you:,K---t lieut-nnn. coio:f-l , in the service. H--: c-ifbrh t ed cis tvcnty nilith birthday on J J-c-nibf-r '.(. |