Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-10 | Page 2 | Sergeant at Fort Douglas to Retire as Lieutenant

Sergeant at Fort rt Douglas D uglas To Retire as Lieutenant h rr r kif a rs tr t Z s sw w t t r fa Y 3 S t f a rat rb Therell There'll Ther be b no more bugle calls for Master faster Sergeant Bernard F. F Kuhn 51 who vIto retires retires' from the thc regular army September 30 He is on duty with the thc infantry r regiment regi- regi gim gi- gi m ment nt at Fort Douglas The reward all enlisted sold soldiers e s 1 look ok forward to but few re receive receive re- re will be attai attained ed by y Master Sergeant Bernard F. F Kuhn when h he ae retires as a first lieutenant ih the U. U S. S army 30 1 Sergeant Kuhn at present is on furlough but has been on with th the at Fort duty duty during durin the last d 31 year 11 wim nj u e c Thirty-eighth Thirty AU U infantry A aw Go JL vi v. w duty during durin d 31 year 11 wim nj u Douglas A soldier for 30 of his 51 years he has served in Cuba Panama Hawaii Ha Ha- France and the United States yet ret he has never been called into action Curly gra gray grayhair hair a a. a ruddy complexion complex complex- ion on and a trim rim story stocy figure bear out his belief that the army ke keeps ps a man fit Its the finest training In the world for a a young man he saIdA said A Aside from front strict physical requirements require require- requirements ments merits it teaches a a fellow the meaning meaning mean mean- mean mean- ing ng and necessity for d discipline dt Sergeant Kuhn plans to leave in October for Portland Ore where he le and his wife will make their home lome J of travel pond and nd in search o of adventure adventure b ted in March Barracks NewYork New NewYork 1905 at Plattsburg York with the Fifth infantry regi regi- ment merit He served successively uc In Cubar uba Panama anama and at Camp Gordon Ga He was made a sergeant in 1912 Commissioned a a. first lieutenant in n 1918 he was comman commander ter of the Thirteenth September automatic replacement company which went to o France shortly after the signing Ig ing of the armistice Honorably discharged dis- dis discharged discharged dis dis- charged with the entire Twenty- Twenty sixth infantry division April 30 1919 he 10 reenlisted as a a private te a year i later and served in Panama whore he 10 was was' made a a. first sergeant In 1931 he went to Schefield Barracks Hawaii and signed up with the Thirty-eighth Thirty infantry at Fort Douglas as a a. top sergeant in 1934 He e was made a master sergeant in July of this year