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Show UTAH MEN MAY GET COMMISSIONS COMMIS-SIONS IN RECREATION DIVISION i Word from soldiers on furlough and letters from the war department 'state that many may secure commissions Ir the recreation division of the army Such men must be qualified to fi) physical directors' positions and t train men in the recreation camps o the government. These camps are be ing established in the cantonment, here at home and also abroad. This work is all done by commissioned of-firecs of-firecs who have had abundant training train-ing in civil life before applying for a commission in this branch of the army service. , The work la very similar to that outlined out-lined by the Y. M. C. A. and a good many feel that in time this branch of the service will supplant the association associa-tion work. That is to say these army directors will handle ihe physical work of the enlisted men and the Y M. C. A. and the Knights of Columbus will take care of the social activities, concerts, vaudevilles and all religious activi-tiese. activi-tiese. ( . One great advantage in the army supervision is the fact that it is absolutely abso-lutely non-partisan and hon sectarian. Any reliable physical director or athlete ath-lete who can assure the government that he has the ability to do this kind of work stands a chance for a commission. com-mission. fWhen it become!! generally known that Mormon boys will have an equal chance in this work with the others it ts expected that many of them will apply. Two members of the faculty of the B. Y. U. are coasiderlng this branch of the service and may make application for a commission. |