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Show Fort Douglas. Wifl Hold Public Memorial Services for Harding . Sunday Morning at Nine o'CIccl New of th death of Prealdent; Harding reached Fort Douglas last evening la the midst of the open air daac given for th enlisted men of th post. Th dance waa Immediately Immediate-ly ended and the officers' dance for this evening has been postponed. All social activities at the post will ba la abeyance until after the period pe-riod of mourning prescribed by th war department, for thirty daya the officer of th poet will wear crepe on their sword hilt. "The regulstlons prescribe that on the receipt of any post or camp of official notice of the death of the presldeat of th I'nlted tttaie." said Captain W. L. Morrison, post adjutant, ad-jutant, thla morn 1 n K. "th commanding command-ing officer will, on the following day, cause a gun to be fired every half hour, beginning at sunns snd ending st sunset and thla- will b dons at Fort Douglae tomorrow." Memorial aarvlcee at the post will he held la the open air on Sunday morning at ft o'clock under the sup- posse sod. Although h has eon from us In th body, h will llv In th good h haa done to mankind." LOSE STAUNCH SUPPORTER. Lieutenant Colonel Copley Knoa. I executive eHlcsr, cltlssns" military I training camp: "Our national defense de-fense plana hava loot a staunch Bup-porter Bup-porter by the death of President Harding. He was a firm believer In our attempt to build up a t.wlned force for our nation's defense, and hla addreaeea and official acta showed that ha keenly a predated the aacrlflce our young men ar making tn attending tha various training camp throughout th country." About two hundred at th student stu-dent in th training camp were! Innoculated against disease by th camp surgeons yesterday afternoon and aaa result quite a number were not able to report for duty thla morning. No student is seriouely III and ail will be back on duty to-morrow." James Ia Blsseney. Both the rejru. I lsr garrlaon aad t ha rltlsens mill- I tary training camp will aartlclpata In thla service which la open te the TJUblle. GLOOM PERVADES POST. An air ef gloom pervaded the ooet thla morning aad toe death of President Presi-dent Harding was the sols topic of conversation. Many espreeslona of sorrow and regret were made toy the officers of the poet and training camp, flam Qf them follow. Brigadier Oeneral U. O. MeAlex-ander, MeAlex-ander, poatcemmander: "Personallv I (eel that I have loat a very dear friend for whom I had a great affection affec-tion " Colonel P. K Knudsen. commanding command-ing llth Infantry: "The sudden passing away of our president haa deprived the army of a good ar.g true friend, whs was aver solicitous for Its we'.fars. As commander-In-rhlef of the army he endeared hlmaalf hlm-aalf te every Bfianoer thereof by hie friendliness. . sympathy and concern for tha welfare ef ail Ua i members. -Our loss I greet, and especially a as It rome at a lime whea existing exist-ing conditions require that the hesd of the natleej be a etreng anJ wlae mil eh. must posse ss the und-r- I standing ef human nature and ae! full of eympathr for hamanU-r. Tbas guaiHlee our. lata nreatdent , |