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Show FIVE RECRUITS SEE I TO JOIN THE IB (I Five new recruits for the navy left for Salt Lake yesterday, to be official- r ly examined, and from there they will be sent to the naval training station on tho Pacific coast. The recruits were: Arch L. MacFarland and Leslie Les-lie Albert Scott of Huntsville; Vernon Leon Seamons and Charles M. Choate of Lewiston, Utah, and Jack M. MacFarland Mac-Farland of Ogden, 629 Twenty-ninth i street , . , ; Each of the young men is a stalwart typo of manhood, of unusualy good ; educational qualifications. 1 Other recruits were "m sight to day and Lieutenant Thornton and Sergeant Ser-geant E. F. Stodmeister were kept busy today conferring with applicants regarding the naval service. Preliminary physical examinations are made here by tho recruiting officers offi-cers and their work is so thorough V that no applicant 1b rejected when the ft final and formal examination 1b made ft at Salt Lake. Writing to Sergeant Stodmeister ft from the naval training station at San ft Francisco. W. G. Wilton of Ogden, 21 ft years old. formerly in the hospital corps of the Utah National Guard and transferred to the navy, sent greetings P to all of his friends, urging them to enlist in the naval service. Mf "You certainly said a forkful," said ft Mr. Wilton, "when you assured me the ft navy life is great and enjoyable. I'm out of 'D' camp already. Wo had Some Dinner today, including chicken, icecream ice-cream and cake, etc. Tell all the boys to come ahead, that the navy is fine!" Mr. Wilton also told of the rare opportunities for education, travel and advancement and the prospect of glorious glor-ious service. He is in the naval medical medi-cal corps, learning pharmacy, first aid work, chemistry, hygiene, etc., and after aft-er six months' training ho will be assigned as-signed to a hospital ship in active service. ser-vice. The recruiting offices are upstairs over the Western Union. oo |