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Show GUNS AT FORT : TO ROAR FOR U. S.J1RTHDAY National Salute to Be Fired at Military Post; Soldiers Will Take Part in Parade . July Fourth will be officially ushered ush-ered In tomorrow morning at Ft-Dougals Ft-Dougals with tho rung of tho national na-tional aalut (twenty-one (una). All duties and details, exdept such a are ascaasary for th welfare of the post, wilt be suspended In honor of the Nation's birthday anniversary, anniver-sary, but. except for th firing of the salutvjher Ul pa a apodal! exercises at tha poet tomorrow. May j S (Decoration day) and July 4 (In-dependence (In-dependence day), and Thanksgiving day, whsa such a day is designated by the president try proclamation, ere tha only real military holidays. However, It Is tho euetom of the eervloa to observe Chrletmaa, New Yeafe and Washington's birthday aa military holidays. In addition. It la customary to observe such holiday hol-iday as are eetabllshad In tho stats la which tha troops may be ata-tloned ata-tloned for the time being and those that are especially obeerved by the order of the poet commander. While there will be comparative qelet at Ft. Douglas, many of the j organisation stationed there will be fairly busy. Both tha Thirty-eighth Infantry and tha Saventy-eixth field artillery bands will participate In tho downtown parade - tomorrow morning, aa will aleo a battalion of Infantry from tho Thirty-eighth Infantry, troop O of tho Thirteenth cavalry, and battary C of th Sev-enty-alxth field artillery. The announcement waa made this morning of tho list of officers who will set ss executive officers during dur-ing the reeerve officers' camp and tha cltlsens military training camp. The llet Includes the following: Commandant, IJeutenant Colonel T D. Knudeen: executive officer, Ueutenant Copley Enoa; surgeon. Major Samuel Gurney; range officer. offi-cer. Captain Bdward Orlmmerj eup-ply eup-ply and finance officer, Captain Otto j. Langtryj aaslstant aupply of fleer, fl-eer, Captain Marvm U Ksllyimees of floor, IJeutenant T. M. Barren; ordnance officer. IJeutenant James A Durnford: chaplain. Captain Jamee U Blakeney; athletle officer. offi-cer. Captain O. C. Clough. |