Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-10-27 | Page 3 | Sheppard Named Athletic Director of Army Camp

Hl 1 I f SHEPPARD NAMED ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF ARMY CAMP I ' ' ,1 I' ! "j Melvin W. Sheppard regarded as the I ' world's most consistent half-mile run- I ! ' Tier, has been appointed athletic direc- . - Jor of Camp Shelby, at, Hnttlesburg, )' (J Miss., by Raymond D. Fosdick, chair- ,( V man of the army athletic recreation I commission. The appointment is the X. irst to be conferred on a member of q the Amateur Athletic union of the f - United States, j The southern training camp is the rendezvous of the na..umil guard units from "West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana, In-diana, forming the Thirty-eighth division divi-sion of the army. The new athletic Instructor will be able to take up his new duties within a few days after he has secured the uniform. While the position is not a commissioned one as yet, Sheppard hopes to be given the rank of captain with the new announcement an-nouncement of directors.