Show Colonel Thomas Leaves Us CALT SALT LAKE CITY is sorry to lose Colonel u Elmer G. G Thomas who has been for the past year and nd a half district engineer for the army here and in charge of the extensive construction activities of the war department in this area during that period Colonel Thomas has been transferred to San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco where he will be district engineer During his tour of duty in Salt Lake a c t Colonel Thomas Thomas Thomas' has not only done an excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent job on supervising the construction of approximately worth of military establishments but he has won the high regard regard regard re re- re- re gard of this community for his friendly and cooperative spirit in handling many matters requiring joint action by local officials and organizations and the army Colonel Thomas' Thomas successor Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Harold Messer has been inthis inthis in inthis this city as chief of operation for the Pacific division headquartered here for only six months but he has already won the reputation reputation reputation tion of being an engineer of real ability We congratulate him on his new appointment and assure him of the same friendship and cooperation cooperation cooperation co co- co- co operation which was extended to Colonel Thomas by this community The cordial relationship relationship re re- re- re which has existed between the district district district dis dis- dis- dis engineers engineer's office and Utah will we are confident be maintained |