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Show UTAH'S TnOOPEItU. Hill rnrnlali Two lltllerlot. 100 Cavalry, men anil HI Mounted llin.iii.ii. Salt I.akn City, Utah, April M -llovirnor Wells lias Issued a proclamation procla-mation calling for voluntcera for Utah's quota ot the l: 1,000 called fur by tha president. The number nf men In be furnished by this state Is all, clnssllled as follows: Two batteries, batter-ies, 3I(I cavalry, 100, mounted rlllo-incn, rlllo-incn, 8), Tho rlllcinen nre In addition addi-tion to tlio numlicr Utah Is entitled to under the president's call, and with oilier selected men will probably be merged Into a cowboy regiment to be commanded by Assistant Secretary of tho Navy, Theodora lloosevelt, who hss resigned for that purpose. Ihe national guard Is especially Invited In-vited to enlist, and will be given preference. pref-erence. Ilecrulllng officers will bo stationed at central points In tha state nnd troops will be rendetvoused at Salt l.aka where they will be mustered mus-tered Into the service of the United States on Jluy f. The reason Utah furnishes batteries to tha exclusion of Infantry la because her guns are of the latest patern and among the best In the United States, t'tali furnishes one seventh of the artillery ar-tillery under tha call. The government govern-ment will probably furnish four more guns, msklng two six-gun batteries. |