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Show jU. S. Will Pay Fare From j Salt Lake to Fort Douglas Tl HE United States government will see to it that Sergeant Ren P. Banks wins his discharge dis-charge from the army and re-1 re-1 enlists for another year with out expense to himself. He will be able to make the trip from Salt Tke City. Utah, to Fqrt Douglas, Utah, without any strain on his private purse, for the whole United States treasury stands ready to pay tlie cost of the trip. The following excerpt from an order received yesterday by : he adjutant general of Utah from headquarters of the western department depart-ment of th United States army, bv command of Lieutenant General J. H't t'T Liggett. iei:s why : "The (uartt-rmasier corp will fur-n'sh fur-n'sh the necessary transportation. This jnurnev is necessary for the public pub-lic srvire." 1 Sergeant Bank:, coast artillery corps, is serpen nt-instrr.ctor in tho quartermaster corps. Utah national .truard, and his three-year term of enlistment en-listment bein:; about up, he is to receive re-ceive his discharge after r:jportint,' at Fort Doutrias for proper preliminaries. After which he is to return, st ill a t the public expense, to his station at tfalt Iake City, and assume his duties as sertceant -instructor. Just what storm of government red tape would occur should the sergeant receive 2 cents for his car fare to Fort Docsl.is ;i nd return, and then, j instead of dropping tlie money in the. j fare box. were to us'1 street car tickets at cents each, t is impossible impossi-ble to predh-l. . At that the order will bo easier to ! carry out than o '.-'Ived some time ; a.U'O. which wa:" to t:;e ei"Vrt thai certain military supplies wr-re t' b.: transported from port I touhis. l't;:h, to Sait I-ike City. Utah, by way u ' the Western I-'acific. |