Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-28 | Page 2 | S. L. Recruiter to be Retired

I ARMY VETERAN I r s 4 f L' L I I Col Louis R. R Burgess Buress S. S L. L RECRUITER TO BE RETIRED Former Salt Laker Succeeds Veteran Army Officer in Utah Post Colonel Louis R R. R Burgess 63 veteran vetran vet vet- eran ran army officer who has spent pent virtually vir- vir a lifetime in the service has received re- re word from the war department department depart depart- ment at Washington D. D C. C that he may return to his home near Orange N N. t J. J and await retirement September Septem Septem- ber 30 Colonel Burgess Burges district recruiting recruit recruit- ing ng officer of the Salt Lake City district dis dis- for a number pf years graduated at d from West Point military academy acad- acad emy my emy in the class of 1892 He has been In iii n army 48 46 ye years rE Re Recruiting ling duties in the Salt Lake City district will be taken over by Colonel William C. C Webb formerly of Salt Lake City who has been commanding com corn manding officer of the military prison on n Alcatraz island in San Francisco Iba- Iba bay He will assume assume his new post August 2 Colonel Webb has been away from Salt Lake City for 17 years ears