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Show Utah's Own to Demobilize at Lop, Belief Secretary Baker Views Plan With Favor, ' Is Report. ON TO Logan The I' tah Agricultural college col-lege looms strongly as the demobilisation de-mobilisation camp of Utah's pwn. the One Hundred Forty-fifth field artillery, and If the men can be es- amined physically before rescuing I'tah, unless eerlous obstacles pre vein, the mustering out of the 1700 men. 1400 of whom are I'lahns, will he effected ef-fected at lAfgan, Thia Information Is con mined In a telegram to Oliver J (.rimes, secretary to the governor, from Governor Hlnion Bamberger, who la In Washington. Governor Bamberger called upon Hecretary of War Newton 1. Baker yesterday, requesting that the Ore-Hunored Ore-Hunored Forty-fifth be demobilised at Logan and presented a petition signed by fifteen representative Utah cltixens to that effect. Hecretary Baker gavs instructions In the presence of Governor Gover-nor Bamberger to his aides to have the possibility Investigated of examining exam-ining the men physically before reaching reach-ing Utah, and then taking them to the Utah Agricultural college for demobl-lixation. demobl-lixation. i "Answering President Grant and : others." Governor Bamberger wires, "Hecretary of War Baker gave Instructions Instruc-tions In my presence to Investigate the possibility of having the mediml department de-partment physically examine the One Hundred l-orty-ftfth ft. Id artillery before be-fore reaching I'tah and then bavins the men brought t the I'tah Agricultural Agricul-tural college at Logan for final oemob-iliution. oemob-iliution. I'nleas iioua oletaee pre-I pre-I vent. I am satisfied the comrhittee'a requeat will he granted." There are adequate aoeomiiio.tatlons at l-rftgan for accomplishing the demobilisation de-mobilisation of the one Hundred For-ly-fifth regiment to the entire satisfaction satis-faction of ttotli officers and men, sc cordtng to the college authorities. The public building at logan, Including the large auditorium and pavilion, have been placed at the disposal of the troops for storage purposes, according to Ir. K. G. Peterson, president of the I'tah Agricultural college. Hotel accommodations ac-commodations are good and private homes aill be available for the Iroope. Leading citizens of logun have given assurances that nothing will be leli undonerfor the comfort of the men and offkera if the One Hundred Korty-ftfth Korty-ftfth la mustered out at Logan, |