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Show CACHE COUNTY WELL REPRESENTED WITH SOLDIERS AT FORT . ( Cache county citizens aro mighty proud of their representation In Uncle Sam's army, and well they might be, for wo have representation In nearly overy division of tho army. At Fort Douglas we find our greatest great-est representation, where perhaps thero aro 150 of our young mon training dally to becomo soldiers. visit to tho fort this week by tho local editor revealed tho fact that our boys rank high among the enlisted en-listed men. We claim three captains cap-tains at tho fort. They are Captain It. J. Blnford, Captain Eugono Sant-schl, Sant-schl, both with the Infantry, and Captain Cap-tain E. O. Woolloy with tho artillery. With tho 42nd Infantry, Guy B. Alexander is loader of the band, a very fine musical organization, In which there are five other musicians from Logan. Besides our boys In tho Infantry, thero aro ovor ono hundred young men In the Utah light field artillery, most of whom aro found with Battery "C." I Tho llfo of a soldier la not to bo dreaded altogether. Thero aro many things about soldier llfo that mnko it attractive. A visit to tho fort Sunday morning, during tho time tho 20th Infantry band was giving a concert, con-cert, lead ono to feel that It was good to be a soldier. Thero were upwards of 2000 civilians present to listen to tho music, which was among tho best band music It has over boon our pleasure to listen to. This little diversion breaks tho monotony of the dally drill to which all soldiers are required to undergo. Thero Is tlmo enough off to allow tho boys to participate In a baseball game, to play football, and In fact they have ample tlmo off duty to participate In the social llfo of tho city. Evening theatrical performances perform-ances can be visited, and many of a religious turn of mind attend church on Sunday. Although tho soldiers aro yet a long way from the actual seat of war, thero Is enough going on at tho fort to bring to ono tho realities of It all. Tho war prison camp at Fort Douglas Doug-las Is now housing over 400 German Ger-man prisoners. The prisoners aro men of fine physical physlquo, Including In-cluding a number of German officers. offi-cers. They aro constantly guarded and given Inspection every fow hour?. Occassional!)- a fow of the prisoners aro taken out of tho prison camp to do work about the fort, and they certainly cer-tainly create a lot of interest. Oustldo of tho soldiers in tho infantry in-fantry and In tho guard, there Is the camp where now enlisted men aro sent until they get assigned to a post. In this camp Is a Logan boy, John Henry Brady, who has been at tho fort about two months. He Is getting get-ting pretty tired of the llfo of hanging hang-ing around with nothing to do. Others In tho camp aro of tho same mind. 1 Sanitary conditions about the barracks bar-racks aro of tho highest order. Shower baths havo been Installed. The bunks consist of tables, chairs and couches. Tho Y. M. C. A. building, build-ing, erected at tho fort, contains hooks of good reading matter, besides ' papers from "homo" aro received ' from all ovor tho United States. Tho ! enlistments at the fort Include mon from Colorado, Kansas, Idaho and jutah. A high standard of morals Is ad-'vocated ad-'vocated among tho soldiers. How-jevor, How-jevor, nearly all tho boys Indulge In I cigarette smoking as a pastlmo. A trip to tho fort Is highly onducatlon-jal onducatlon-jal and every citizen who Is Interested Interest-ed In our soldiers should mnko It a point to visit tho camp whoro a good Idea Is had of tho soldlor llfo. Many who feel that to bo a soldlor Is a life to bo dreaded, would find that thoro aro few Idlers about tho camp. All havo somothllng to do from early morning to lato at night. , .. |