Show NEWS OF FORT DOUGLAS DOUGLAS- js S. S L L. Post Acquires Fresh With Arrival of Air Personnel By BETTY W WAUGH I Fort Douglas has devel developed ped a n certain charm and dignity with the passing of the years and the new Salt Lake air base reems seems to have brought it all to light The fort is no longer just an army post It has all the and sophistication of of the Presidio at San Francisco Francisco and and with the I hundreds of licensed California-licensed au automobiles au- au I au-I parked up there you'd al almost almost almost al- al I most believe you were In Cali Call fornia I Its It's good to see army uniforms around the post again and the wings of th the air corps men make it doubly nice Folks are still in inthe inthe I Ithe the throes of getting settled and big moving vans pull up daily dally I before officers' officers quarters and deposit deposit de de- de- de I posit loads of furniture including lots of wicker ch chairs Irs and tables which seem to be among the furnIshings furnishings furnishings fur fur- of all army people The Officers' Officers club is being re reorganized reorganized reorganized re- re organized and will have its headquarters head head- quart quarters rs in what the post folk are calling town hall Lieutenant Lieuten Lieuten- ant Dave Walker seems to be keeping keeping keep keel ing busy directing the activities of the club establishment A lounge game room and officers' officers mess will willbe willbe willbe be among the attractions Bachelors Bachelors Bachelors Bache Bache- lors are bidding for a bachelors' bachelors mess so it seems seems but just what will develop has not been decided Two members of the in infantry infantry infantry in- in fantry remain at Fort Fart Douglas awaiting a move to the Philippine islands They are Lieutenants H. H Thompson and Jack Richardson and they plan to leave the post about September 19 for San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco where they will sail for the islands P Post st headquarters are no more by the way According to Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieu Lieu- tenant J. J Erwin public relations officer it will now be known as air base headquarters and administration administration administration ad ad- ministration of all three groups of the Salt Lake air base will be located there The three groups at the post are the bombardment group reconnaissance squadron and the air base comprising about 1436 enlisted men and officers The enlisted men are the mechanics ground radio operators and pho pho- A photography section of the aIrbase air airbase airbase base will soon be functioning as part of the reconnaissance squadron The aerial cameras make mosaic strip maps of the land Operations are due to begin about October 1 l. Two hundred and seventy four more enlisted men arrived at Fort Douglas Thursday afternoon to be part of the air base group Of course children of the officers I now stationed at the post haven't been forgotten and transportation arrangements are being made to take them to and from schools In Inthe xi ri the city |