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Show GAINES TO THE FRONT; NEW RECRUITING MAN Sergeant E. L. Gaines, who has been in charge of the Price recruiting recruit-ing station of the U. S. army, left the 5th of July for France. Sergeant Gaines felt that he could do more at the front than in the recruiting service as he wras young and able to go to the front and the government had men in the service who are, by reason of age and physical defects unfit for overseas duty, but who are able to do recruiting duty. In view of this fact Sergeant Gaines could not see his way clear to stay away from France. In this he displayed a beautiful and patriotic spirit which speaks in no uncertain way of the true American. He leaves a host of friends behind who wish him every success and hope he will be able to give the Kaiser the compliments of Utah written on metal-your metal-your fist into your eyes, when you feel I (Continued on page 8) GAINES TO THE FRONT; NEW RECRUITING MAN (.Continued from page 1) ! lie paper with suitable punctuation marks. Sergeant Joseph C. Wilson, a Salt Lake man and a veteran of the Spanish Span-ish American war, who carries sears on his body as a result of the eopflict of ls'JS, and who is unfit for overseas service, has been ordered to Price to relieve Sargeant Gains. Sergeant Wilson is a man of very broad views and a wide experience in life and has traveled around the world and seen many foreign climes. He is a public ! speaker anil lecturer of no mean abil- ity, having been ued in Salt Lake ; City and other cities of Utah and the ! east in drives for the recruiting ser-: ser-: vice and Ked Cross work. also in sell- ing and boosting of bonds and thrift j stamps. He recently said that he hoped" the people of Carlton and sur-' sur-' rounding counties would use him in any way they could to help in the winning of the great war, or in any other way that would help mankind and make the world better generally, j The sergeant says further, that he hopes every man who is of voluntary age will see him or write to him and let him explain the army life and the many advantages offered in this war. Men IS to 2 1 and 31 toll can volunteer, volun-teer, and by so doing they have the advantage of ehoosing the branch of service in which they want to serve. I Men who are registered have to lie : hand-led entirely by their local draft board. Let's get busy and use Sergeant Wilson and make this territory the pride not only of Utah but of the whole United States. Any communication addressed to Sergeant Joseph C. Wilson. U. S. Army, Recruiting Station, Price, Utah, will be I received and given the sergeant's per- 1 sonal answer. j w. s. s. |