Show SALT LAKE LAIE ARMY OFFICER RETURNS HOME TO HEAD RECRUITING OFFIC Colonel Webb Who Began i Military Work Here As Assumes Assumes As- As Command Colonel William C. C Webb who vho began be be- gan his military career by in the Utah national guard 38 years here ago returned home ahome to duty Thursday y after alter an 10 official absence of ot 17 years car Last militar military commander of ot the famed tamed Alcatraz prison in San Francisco Franeisco Fran cisco bay Colonel Webb assumed p pI I t 7 4 frk k 4 44 t S S t it f. f I 5 C i t 5 7 r 5 5 ij Colonel William C C. Webb left checks the office property record with Staff Sergeant Sere Lloyd Llod F F. F De Dc DeWilt DeWitt Witt Wilt a he assumes command of or the tho U. U S. S army re cruit office here Thursday I charge of or the thc arm army recruiting office here Thurs Thursday a succeeding Colonel L. L R. R I. I Burgess who is retiring after 46 ears years army service Colonel Burgess was relieved of ot duty duly at the office July uly 28 and will le leave lee e for his home near Orange Orange- N. N J. J on Monday Monda Its good to be home again said Colonel Webb I 1 came to Utah firstIn firstIn first In n 1884 and remained here until the World war so 0 I 1 can rightfully call Salt SaIt Lake City home The colonel joined the Utah na na- na I 44 S sr lional guard in 1896 and served in the Philippine Islands during the war with Spain helping to organize the First battery of ot the gu guard rd field artillery ar are ar- ar tillery on his return As a member of ot this battery batter he organized organized or or- a cadet battalion at the old Salt Sail Lake City high school in 1901 and directed It Jt until 1914 when East high school opened For the next three years he was in charge of ot military mill mili I tary training at both East and West high schools He was captain of ot battery A when the World war broke out and with the organization of or the One Hundred and Forty fifth field artillery in 1917 he became Its lIeuten lieutenant nt colonel and nd later its colonel Following the thc war he remained in the army as lieutenant lieuten ant colonel winning his promotion to colonel in 1931 Mrs Webb and daughter Miss Grace Louise Webb will make their home here with Colonel Webb |