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Show !us join to HAVE QUARTERS JOB SOLDIERS. DOl'IOi Use of Home Telephone Building on State Is Sought ' for Men Enlisted En-listed at Fort Douglas i WITH the Commercial club behind it, the movement to pHtablish downtown headquarters for enliated men stationed at Fort Douglas took definite form yesterday yes-terday and already ths Eagles' club. Fourth South and West Temple, except the bar, tins been thrown open to the soldiers. Business men who are back-Ina back-Ina the movement plan, however, to secure se-cure a larger and more centrally lo cated place and are trylna to secure the use of the Home Telephone build- Ina. on Ktste street. . Kev. Kather E. H. Klrsarsld. chaplain chap-lain in the Twentieth Infantry, is fostering fos-tering the idea, which hss been indorsed in-dorsed by the Right Rev. Jnsrpti 8. Glass. C. M D. D.. bluhop of the Catholic Cath-olic diocese of Salt lake. I'rotestant clersymen are also In line, as Is the At the request of PUhop ;iasa snd r. A. Qulgley. A. H. Denlke. division general manager, haa commenced a campaign within the Mountain Htates Telephone company orgsnlxatlon to secure se-cure the use of the Home. company building as a clu broom for the soldiers. Officials at Denver informed him that the building ta not available because, it Is soon to be used for the Mountain States company a business, but the request re-quest for the loan of the property is to be forwarded to the. New York offices of-fices of the company by Fred C. Richmond, Rich-mond, president of the Commercial elub. "It la vitally Important that some loafing place downtown be provided for the sold tern," ouiid Mr. Qulgley yea-terday. yea-terday. "Already there are several thousand enlisted men here snd there will toon he more. Salt Lake should do something for them. The officers have access to ths clubs of the city, but they are not open to the men and there is nothing for them In the way; of amusement when they come down j town. "Nothing could he more desirable as i a clu broom for them than ths old Home Telephone building. Adjoining It la the police station, with a splendid swimming pool. I liave assurance from rhle, of Police J. Parley White that if the uae of the telephone building build-ing ia secured the men will be given entree to the swimming pool. Nothing would be more to their tsste. If the i telephone building Is secured as a club-room club-room it ran be fitted up at comparatively compara-tively pmal) expenae. It Is commodious commo-dious and will provide the men with the room they need a clubhouse rf their own. Halt Lake owes something to these defenders of tbe flag and thla mould be s splendid way to let them know that the city is trying to pay its debt and make I hem feel, at home." Major Fltxsgerald as id the plan la approved by all the officers at ths fort with whom he has discussed. It. He fcls thst It should be put Into effect Immediately. "The people of 8a It like will earn the lasting gratitude rf the troops if they provide such a club-room." club-room." said the major. "These are K'onttniicd on page 31 ) CLUBS JOIN (Continued from pegs 1 ' good men; they ar far from home; In , t a Strang city they art lonesome. Headquarters Head-quarters for them downtown would give them the -at home' feeling th crave. feel sure th people of Halt Lak will raalis the need that islets.' Mr. Richmond gav th plan his sup- . port and will carry to lh Kaat the fight for th us of the telephon building. In tb meantime, Judge E. A. Rogers, heed of th Eagles club, threw the aeiia open to the men. Only the bar Is closed to thm and strict orders were Issued under which no liquor will I served to the enlisted men In the club. Bishop Glass, father Kltsgerald snd Mr. Qulgley intend to -secure ths support sup-port of other clvle orgsnlsstlons ond will lay plans for obtaining other quarters quar-ters In eaa It I found that th telephon tele-phon building cannot be used. Th T. U. C. A. la also Interesting Itself In th welfare of th men, but will devote Its attention to maintenance mainte-nance of a room for them at Fort Don rlaa. aBaBSBaBBaBSSBBBBBBBBBBBSaBBBBBBBaBHHSI |