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Show MORE CEDAR PATRIOTS DESPOND TO COUNTRY'S CALL I five have already SIGNED UP, and others are EXPECTING TO ENLIST NEXT MONDAY. WHEN OFFERER RETURNS. Rousing Celebration is Btfal Arranged for the Roys Refore Their Departure, to be Held Saturday Night, When Following Program Will be (Jiven. i That Cedar City is not lacking in patriotism, notwithstanding tho fact that enlistments from this place were slow at the outset, is proven alike by the ready response on Registration Day and the recent volunteer patriots who have come forward to defend their country. Cedar City enjoys the reputation of being able to arise to the exegencies of almost any condition that confronts her, and we will vouch for her ultimate responce with a full quota of volunteer vol-unteer soldiers in this emergency. One reason for the apparent appar-ent lack of enthusiasm here is the fact that until a few days ago there has been no one here to make an appeal to the young men in this matter. The following program will bo given in the Tabernacle Saturday night in honor of our volunteers, who leave Monday for Salt Lake City: 1. Opening Selection, Gills' Chorus. 2. Vocal Solo, Moroni Uric. o. Reading, Mrs. J. U. Webster 4. Trombone Solo, Virgil Tollestrup. 5, 16 Minutes Talk, Mr. E. H. Ryan. Piano Selection Mrs Lillian Macfarlane. 7. Selection, Girls' Chorus. This program will be followed by a dance at the Ward Hall, the proceeds pro-ceeds of which will be given as a present to the boys leaving for patriotic serice. Admission will be af) cents. Ladies free. Monday at 2 o'clock there wilt be a big automobile parade. Vvnrvnnp turn out and do honor to our soldier bovs. Corporal Frank Ashby of the Salt Lake Marine recruiting station, has been in Cedar City since last Wednesday, Wednes-day, enlisting recruits for the Marine corps of the U. S. Army. The following follow-ing of Cedar City's sons have formally signed up and passed their preliminary' prelimi-nary' physical examination: Grant Waiker, Charles Pratt, Brayner Wood and Ray Renshaw; also Lorin Higbee of Toquerville. The boys will go to Salt Lake City and after passing their final examinations will be sent to the training camp at San Francisco. Mr. Ashby will be in Cedar atrain next Monday, on his return from St. George, when it is probable there will be additional enlistments and the boys will be given a rousing fare-well by the Commercial club and citipens. We have no doubt that before the time GOmta for the selective draft to go into effect Cedar City will have furnished her full quoto of the re-nuired re-nuired recruits in the form of volunteers. volun-teers. Of the boys who left for Salt Lake to enlist, the following were success ful in passing the physical examination examina-tion and getting places in the U. S. service: Austin Merry weather, entered en-tered the Prove troop F; Lawrence Haslam, navy; Pratt Tolelstrup, infantry. |
