Salt Lake Telegram | 1913-10-24 | Page 20 | Men Recruited in Salt Lake for Army Are of High Class

MEN MN RECRUITED IN SALT lAKE fOR ARMY A ARE oi Of filCH CLASS The Salt Lake office of the United St States tes army recruiting service held heil the record for the entire country in August August Au Au- gust st and September for having none of ot the mon men enlisted turned down at the recruiting depot at nt Fort Logan Colo Cob Almost without exception among the themen themen themen men men- enlisted by the recruiting offices many are re found to be suffering froth from heart trouble or otherwise unfit when given stiven a final examination at the recruiting re reo re- re crafting depot Salt Lake City's recruits re reo re- re emits go eo to Fort Port Logan near Denver Den Colo Cob There Thero they thoy are arc given ven a tryout J Jin in the way of a physical examination that locates s any defect in the themen themen themen men which would possibly debar them from entering Uncle Sams Sam's service ice as soldiers The total number of applicants who asked to enlist at the tho local office during dur duro inK ing Au August st and September was waB while of those these only four forty men were enlisted The Tho officers in charge of at the tho local office are especially pleased at the fact that none of those men enlisted hero were rejected when sent sont on to Fort Logan Colo Cob and they say that it indicates the care taken in examining the tho candidates Heart Hoart disease is one ono of the things of which they must bo ho careful Particularly particularly lary trouble in the heart a special series of exercises testing the heart boin being boing given for this purpose As a result the man with frith a weak heart is ruled out of the service But not one ono of those whom the tho men Capt Edward N. N V V. Coffey examined failed to pass when hen further furth r tested in Colorado