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Show .SOLDIERS AT ''UNIVERSITY TO BE SENT HOME lEIRIUZF -fflKIIT ISSUED Illness of Commanding! Officer and Hitch at Headquarters Blamed for the Delay, Report! i J M.MKDIATK in vos;t it ion to 1 liv 1 1n- tvspcmsihility fur srri- oiis conditions prevailing at the Vnivrrsity of ltah find to determine deter-mine -why demobilization and discharge of men In the Mudents iirmy training corps whs not begun last Monday, nn hnd been ordered, mjUI bo begun by he war dfjoHtHmswrt "iipon request ot Governor Simon Knm-larger. Knm-larger. Kven now an officer la speeding from depart men t headquarters headquar-ters at Pan Francisco to rondtirj the probe, and Colonel E. M. Wright, commandant nt the university, has Veen ordered to net promptly and to furlough nil student where necessary wild to dcmohilizn Immediately. This jfi formal ion is ronta 'ncd in a telegram tele-gram to Governor I'.amticreer from Senator William It. Kinir. im,mediatrly upon receipt of Senator Sena-tor K mas telccram, Governor Pam-Iierter Pam-Iierter d i una t died Major Kred Jor-peiieii, Jor-peiieii, iidintant ereneral ft 1 'tah, to t he university. o!one V right la nt in-rm nt In tho hospital and th command com-mand (Involves upon Lieutenant Km- mett. ;mcrnnr Bamberger anked the wnr department' to investigate condi- , tioi at tho university Tuesday upon j finding wnen he returned from Logan , that demobilization had been delayed.' DISCHARGE HALTED. 1 cm"l.i fixation of the men can he j c empU toJ within forty-eight hours j i.fi. ! tho return from Han Kraiw-incii ! 'f Lieutenant iriff it ht the personnel' off'eer. who had been sent there to j t(enr tint school of discharge papers. looking towards the demobilization and j hsehargo of tho men. according to information in-formation received bv Governor Bamberger Bam-berger from Lieutenant Kmmett. The jiehool of discharge papers was KcliT.l-uled KcliT.l-uled to open last Friday, hut did not open unt il Monday, occasioning delay-In delay-In the return of Lieutenant Griffiths. PITIFUL APPEALS. " WVy don't you nd mv lv home?' represents, in brief, many appeals made to nie lm mothers T voiims men in the i Fiudents' army t rainln-r cm p at the University f' l"i;ih," -Govern or Itam- j beruer d" tares "lierause ttie corps Is J located at a wMte institution, the peo- pl entertain a 'mistaken idea that I could remedy present condition at one if I would The corps is under dire, t control of the war department j at Washington and the executive of this state ran do i.o more than ir.akel Buecevi jons and ur-e cxpedit ion in ! t,r,.f-it!Tir -h r-MiotolialH'U wider, i This has been done repeatedly. ACTION TAKEN. "When reports of conditions in the corps, especially as to food, housing tccommodat tons and bedd lig. were received t ths office, we at once detailed de-tailed Majors Fred .bugeiisen and .1. S. Karly to make inx'esiiations and report. re-port. Several davs sabsequent to re-eelpt re-eelpt of their report and after interviews inter-views with u ni vm sit v officials and there, the war department was asked tn issue an, order for immediate demobilization de-mobilization of the men if possible, stating that the anxiety of the parents of bo s brought incessant and vo-omi-nous pressure io bear upon this office. "As 1m now well known, the order for demohiliKation came- to begin lat M outlay. Lieutenant Griffith in the meantime r-einr FTt to San Kraiicisco headquarters to .attend the school of discharge papers, which was tn have Opened there last Friday. For some ra s n the ehool wa not opened until un-til last "Monday, three days, after the announced time, creating more delay, because lieutenant Griffiths could not "return here until his miss. on had been 'completed according; to orders". FLU SITUATION. 'I-k:tten.tnt Km met t. who called upon me Wednesday, informed me ' that everv effort is being' made "and precaution temg taken by officers of the coi p to con'ro! the preseut influ- : J eriz.i :t;isrin. sti I that arrangements i had been perfected ho t ha t - demotoi li ta'- j tContinued on page 3 ) J UTAH UNIVERSITY REGENTS PROBE CONDITIONS Vlealth of Student Army Corps Is Subject of Inquiry. ( CfMitiruic., from pnpre I.) tion and diachanre of the young men 5 an be accomplished within firty-etirht firty-etirht hnurt after the return of Lieutenant Lieu-tenant Uriffltha Lieutenant Kmmett "I"" Mated that he had tcleptruphed Sn Krnncinco for an advance order that mmht expedite the release of ih on nj; men. "After my return from Log-an Tnes-d.iy, Tnes-d.iy, learning (hit demohlUxHtlnn had not heffiin, I wrote to Senator William H. Kinr at Washington, statin plainly that the tdtuntinn of the K. A. T. C. im sertoiia In the extreme, and aklns- him to iire the immediate rcleaxe of the men. SEN. KING NOTIFIED. "I telegraphed t Senator Kin on Wednenday, Matin that the order for tit niohihK t-t Ion la not hetiii; executed or t not lu-inp put Into force an ex lM'dittnujiv a tlfsiralilr. and not as quickly 11a Vould .ei'm to he practical practi-cal ev n iindi-r prcaent clrcnm- I 1 ""' ' iti.il the inf lit-ti7.it pitu.ilion with the S. A T. n thf untveraity la really .'nrnunir. anl ut aed him to nxiufst t he imn:eJiaie release i tne oung men cerned In this question than I have been In any other that has arisen since my tenure of office beiran." REGENTS INVESTIGATE. The hoard of regents of the Unlver- ally nf Ctah held a meetins; at the Farmers and Htoekurowera bank this mornlns; to InveatlKte conlltionaex-ntfni( conlltionaex-ntfni( at the student army training camp at the university and to remedy them If poimihle. Immediate dmohllixnt1on of the S00 men at the tr-iintoa camp has been demanded by citizens of the st:tte. ln-aMiiui ln-aMiiui h as Influt njta 1m riup;tnt in i the camp. Out of H caaea aent lo ' the hospital at Ft. loue;las, nine have j provel futiil. The wr department htta j orderetl the demohtliaation, but It charge of the student army In the absence of Colonel K. 8. Wright, said he had no complaint to offer against the way the University of I'tah hau fulfilled its contract In supplylns; quarters 'and food. The food waa all that could be dealred, he aald, and he has eaten several times at the Kmery house. CLOTHING TOO THIN. lieutenant Grace declared the in-fluenaa in-fluenaa epidemic had been caused by the sudden transfer of the hoys from civil Iq mlHUiry Ilia txl Uiculdcsi weather of the fall, many drilling In thin soled shoes and thin clothing. In fact, the boys are now wearing summer khaki lnatead of the regular winter suits. nj,i V... , H.- I...- I. - ' fff J I h.ive rniHe in beh'lf of the boys and Ihur Htixloun (wrenta. OROER INADVISABLE. "It e-m to me that the order for th return of ihe younn nien to the university N(trwilier ! S, Iwfore the In-; flucnta epidemic in the aiate wan under un-der control, v. ik liM.tvia;ile. If that w ere not a wlc thinn to do. It ap-para ap-para to me thut eoinpellinff the young mn to remain there in utill lee ad-vi'hle, ad-vi'hle, under existing ctrcumxtMnea. "I have received everv tirtelMtante fr'm the at;ife hoard of health and university officiiila in my etiorta to have the bo a rH';ird and mnt home. I shall cntitme my. work In thin respect re-spect without relaxation in tne aliKht-ent aliKht-ent particular. eeaue I nm more con ns miu m i y wrrv rimiiinmi iwir m showed the allghteat degree above normal nor-mal they were aent to the hospital St Ft. Iouglaa. He said the quarters were as warm aa could be expected In his own home, with a good furnace fire and plenty of blankets, fie suffered suf-fered from cold on the nights when the hoys complained of Insufficient bedding. FOOL THE DOCTOR. , According to Dr. Hnow. a great deal of the sickness la caused by the dls-honeety dls-honeety of the boys. They believe It is a ding race to be sick and to go to the hoapltal. and so will practice all kinds of tricks to fool th doctor about their temperature. lieutenant Ciraoe said he had been on a furlough and only knew of con-' ditlona since laat Saturday, when he returned to .the camp. While he was away Dr. Tyndale and Dr. Snow were in ( barge. ir. Tyndale said the officer were entirely solicitous of the men. under l hem, and he anmetlmes thought more than was necessary. -axy rggulMllnna. Lu Lbs meantime, I hoys at the camp are suffering and dyinp. with no immediate help in sight, i aa the demobilisation cannnf take place until lieutenant (triffitha, mua-terlng mua-terlng out officer, la graduated from a training school at Han Kranclse and returns to the city. MUSTERED OUT SOON. Accord I n g to lieu t ena n t f ra ee, I n charge of the medical corps at the post, the men will probably be mus-tpred mus-tpred out within a few days In any event, next week. No furloughs may ! he granted to allow the boya to go to their home during the epidemic, by orders of the w:r department, accord- I Wig to information given out at thai meetins;. According to J'realdent W. W. Illter. who prenidcd at the meeting, j the univernity hiM been held reHn-slhls reHn-slhls for condltlona at the camp, when In reality they have nothing to do with cmdltinn except that they are under contract to furnish quarters and tncttN, and theae huve leen up to the atandiw d of army regulations. n not better. Mess Sergeant Meath and Kim-mo Kim-mo n si from the Kmery house mens and Ihe Rymnaalum meaa told the Imard end off .cei ore went thu t t he food had lieen plentiful, well cooked end of good quality. They aald sometimes some-times there was not enough to go round, but this was usually the case l with such things as bananas or 1 orange when kltchCn police appro-pj appro-pj lated more than thefr share. NO COMPLAINT MADE. They had no complaint to offer against the management of K. bude-tier, bude-tier, who la hired by the university to provide meaa for the camps and of whom a great deal of criticism has leen reported. f ..leu tenant f'hwrles A Kmmett. In |