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Show , IIETJTENANT OLrVZK, H. ! J RITCHIE, United States navy, j who 13 passing furlough 'vrUh Mb : pr. rants In Salt Lake. : : jj". S. O - :-l-? S'W'WWr'JT'WWWJtlfrafc ' Iff Tx ". - ' I - - ? f jH 1 I a i? i ' ' "M SIS M IDLE: asm Salt Lake Officer Says Personnel Per-sonnel Depleted by Demobilization. Lieutenant Oliver II. Ritchie, U. S. navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Ij. Ritchie of 1171 First avenue, arrived in Salt Lake yesterday to pass his first furlough in three years with his parents. Lieutenant Ritchie spent most of the war period in the transatlantic service, partly with the cruiser Pueblo, which served with the escort fleet which protected transports going to and coming com-ing from France, and the remainder on various transports. Altogether, Lieutenant Ritchie made ten round trips on the superdreadnought Mississippi which, until the recent launching of the Now Mexico, was the largest war vessel in the navy. Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Ritchie entered tho United States Naval academy at Annapolis in 1918, after attending the Salt Lake High school. He is at present detailed to the Rochester, which, as the New York, was once the flagship of Admiral Sampson. Samp-son. 'the navy stands in urgent need of recruits, Lieutenant Ritchie said yesterday, yes-terday, for many of the vessels are now idle for lack of sufficient men to man them after the demobilization of practically prac-tically all the temporary personnel. Recruits, Re-cruits, he said, are beginning to enlist rapidly, but many more are needed. He will be in Salt Lake for about three weeks before returning to his ship. |