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Show INJURED FIGHTERS BEING MADE FIT Ofuclals of the Mountain division of the Amorlcan Bed Cross stated, officially, that there are 394 Utahn soldiers who have rpturncd more or less dlsublcd as a Jesuit ot their "adventure abroad." One county alone has 211 sick or disabled Yanks and other counties have largo numbers. num-bers. These Utah fighters have not come home bereft of ambition or spirit. They aro not content to sit Idly by and test on past honors. They want to 'go to work and many of them, un-able, un-able, because of injuries", to function func-tion in their old places, havo all ready begun training for now professions. pro-fessions. Many of these wounded Utahns are not fully owaie of the opportunities opportun-ities and advantages of the government govern-ment training service Tho Bed Cross through Its Homo Service sections sec-tions of which there Is one in ptne-itlcally ptne-itlcally every town In Utah, Ik endeavoring endeav-oring to fully Inform theso men of the fact that tho United Stntes wilt fit them for a place In life. At tho i ( request of the war department the ,Utnh Agricultural College Is offering offer-ing courses In agriculture, commorce, stenography, typewriting, mechanics, and other subjects to disabled sol- i dlors. Already several have received receiv-ed training at tho school and many moro aro expecting to tako advantage advan-tage of this opportunity. Disabled soldiers should take full advantage of tho government training. train-ing. Thoy will recolvo a minimum of $7G a month whllo taking tho training. train-ing. They nro entitled to a compensation com-pensation during tho porlod of tholr disability. This training will make oven tho most unfortunate wounded fighter Independent of tho community and therefor It should ho utlllzo to tho utmost. I |