Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-11-06 | Page 2 | Are 300 Miles Far? What is Distance? Guthrie in Quandary

Are re I Miles liles Far What Is s Dis Distance tance Guthrie in Quandary Mondak l Mont is miles from a navy station Harry Hapke lives lIve at Mondak Mondal and and has asked the postmaster to enli enlist t him When his enlistment papers paper are signed the postmaster will get a 5 draft from the government The regulation providing l r enlistment enlistment enlist enlist- ment of recruits by postmasters says that when recruits are at a distance from recruiting stations a sufficient number must be assembled to make a journey by recruiting officers to that point practical But the regulations do not define a distance nor specify what constituted sufficient number For these reasons Edwin Guth rie navy recruiting officer for tor the Salt Lake Lako district which Includes Montana is In a quandary He has telegraphed to Washington for advice He will leave for Butte Great Falls and Billings s tonight and may b by way wax of a side trip run over to Mondak l to look at Hapke and perhaps send him to sea sear