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Show Yanks Have Honored -And Served Uset Us Honor and Serve Them J AM back of the movement which The Telegram h;is inaugurated I ronccrnlng the erection of a memorial building; for the loyal Lttthn 4 who entered the world war and who have brought honora salora to the atate, and will offer my aid in an attempt to Justify the boy a in the hoe that the ntnrt which haa been accomplished will Ih carried out with flying colors" Thla statement was made by County Coinniiaitlnner J. 8. Lindsay. "Our boys have fought with the true American spirit and victory was their reward, and in Just appreciation of the daring which they showed in their battles our thought of them could not be shown in a better way than that which has been outlined by The Telegram. It ia Indeed a wonderfu plan and one which I have every reason to believe will be carried out, and which will result in Joy and happiness when the boys return. "The Yanks are unbeatable, and the Vtahna who were wearing the colors of Old Glory in this great battle surely deserve all the honor that the people of the state-canplve them, and I am back of he movement 100 per cent.Here'e hoping: that the plana mature and that action of the first caliber Is started at once." March would not hazard an estimate as to what the final total would be. 5738 U. S. PRISONERS. Replying to a question aa to t he number of American prisoners in (er-many. (er-many. he said, official records up to October IS gave the total as 6738. YANKS HELD 52 MILES. (Jenerul March sketched the official i line held by the allied armies and the I Americans along the west front when j the fighting; stopped. The front held t by the First and Kecond American ! armies at thru ,hour measured fifty-I fifty-I two miles.- Of the American force jtieneral March said: I "It had reached its highest point of I military .excellence on the day the fighting stopped and had endeared it ; self to the hearts of the American peo- , pie." USE ALL PORTS. j Ports of the Atlantic coast from Ronton 1 3 Charleston. S. C, Ueneral : March said, are leing organized to i handle returning troops and it is possible that ports south of Charleston i will be used. I The question of final disposition of the great cantonments Is being studied, Onerul March said, and no decision has been reached. New construction already largely has been stopped. I practical than the erection of a monument, monu-ment, said Ir. Samuel ii. Paul today. I "I am heartily In favor of the erection ! of 'such a building. I think It will meet with universal approval. "I think that there will be no difficulty diffi-culty in raising a larger sum than any one anticipates to build the structure. Popular subscription Is a good way to raise the money and 1 believe that the state, county and city will generously respond to the Idea." J. PARLEY WHITE. "The erection of a memorial building would be very fitting." said Chief of Polite J. Parley White today. "The coming legislature could make an appropriation ap-propriation to build the memorial. The passage of the new Toine tax will Increase the taxes to a great extent and I can conceive of no more fitting use that the money could he put than the erection of a memorial to the Utah heroes. ( "The method of building the memorial memo-rial from the tax fund would give levervone, a feeling tf having particl-1 ' pa ted in the work. Of course, the opportunity op-portunity for private subscription i could also be left open. Rait Lakecer-I Lakecer-I talnlv does need a public hall and the erection of such a building would ful- fill this need." CHARLES M. MECKER. : ", splendid Idea that should be car- i rled out immediately and receive the j I unqualified support of I'tah," la the j ; wav Charles M. Hecker termed The Tejfgram' suggestion of a memorial building for I'tah soldiers '"We must build something ' useful. The triumphal arch is (no European and the monument is a thing of yesterday,. yes-terday,. I jet's he mcKiem and construct a building which will be the history of this generation." IN THREE CLASSES. The return of commissioned personnel person-nel of the army" to civilised life. General Gener-al Marsh said, would te effected by dividing di-viding the present list of officers Into three classes, those who desire commissions com-missions in the regulsr army, those i who are willfng to hold themselves, available for future service as reserve officer and those who denire honorable honor-able discbarge from the service. Instructions have been issued to the army Staff corps to carry otit reduction reduc-tion in their commissioned and enlisted Personnel lists, keeping pace, with the! reduction of the line forces.' j hasten casualty reports. " j General Pershing has been directed expedite complete casualty list of hl forces, showing the names of every man killed or wounded or missing up to u a, m November 11 general |