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Show ATTENDANCE OF 1200 IS PREDICTED Officers in Charge of Citizens' Training Train-ing Camp at Fort Douglas Sec Big Success Ahead. (Special to The Record.) Suit Lake City, July 20, 1910. War department officials are making preparations prepa-rations for an attendance of 1200 men at tho Citizen's Military Training Camp to be held at Fort Douglas, Utah, August 21 to September 16. Tho enrollment now is more than 580 and officials in charge believe thero will bo little troublo in extending it to the 1200 mark, as nearly a month's timo yet remains in which applications may bo made. When 580 hnd been enrolled, tho success of tho camp was assured, and General Bell and Captain John B. Murphy of Western Headquarters, War Department, started the department depart-ment machinory in action with a view of making tho Fort Douglas camp ono of tho best ever held in tho United States. Colonel Boll decided to send three companies of crack Coast Artillery from balexico, Cal., on the border, to Fort Douglas, and their arrival is expected within a week to ten days. These troops will work with the citizen citi-zen soldiers and will serve as models in manual of arms, marching nnd general gen-eral tactics. Citizens in the intermountnin region, re-gion, outside of Salt Lake, with tho exception of some of tho larger cities, cit-ies, such as Donvor and Butte, are responding re-sponding daily to tho call for recruits. Attendants at Camp will bo furnished furn-ished transportation, clothes, food and shelter. A deposit of $15 only is required re-quired upon entrance to tho camp, $5 of which is returned in caso there is no damage done to government property. prop-erty. Ton dollars goes toward extra rations and for the payment of kitchen kitch-en help. Enrollment blanks and information may bo obtained by addressing S. Abbott Maginnis, managing director, Felt Building, Salt Lake City, Utah. KnnnnmanuaKiaaaiBn |