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Show UTAH TROOPS GIVEN PRAISE BY OODEN BOY WHO RETURNS FROM A TRIP TO THE COAST ! I'ntll Utah residents visit Callfor nia they have no idea as to the high reputation the One Hundred Fori', fifth (Utah) field artillery pos.-esses. uccording to Dan-ell J. Greenwell, an Ogden newspaper man, who has re turned from California after having been rejected as a recruit at Camp Kearny. "I was Inclined to think the fine things said hy Utah newspaper writers about the l'tah regiment were 'press agent' stories, bu I learned my mistake mis-take upon reaching the camp," Green-well Green-well said. "The high standard of the officer and men is recognized hv everybody with knowledge of military affairs. Officers Of-ficers of the regiment are studious and industrious while the men are enthusi .isdr and well trained. "Utah's regiment was the first to perfect the barrage fire, to obtain the huge four point seven' French guns and ihe first to complete the school of artillery fire. Their efficient training train-ing is deciared to be due to the ability Of -ueh officers as Col. R W. Young. Lieut, Col Webb, Majors Kneass and Bourne. "Ml the Ogden men who have obtained ob-tained commissions are more than making good. These include Major Km ass. Captain J Ray Ward, Lieut IL C. Glasmann. Lieut. Jesse Farley, Lieut a B. Wiifong, Lieut Owen Sherwood and Lieut. David Scott. A Girl Shortage. "Pan Diego is one of the few cities in the country where there is a girl shortage. There are not enough girls for the soldiers on liberty days and the enlisted man who has a young woman friend to take out to supper and to a theater considers himself lucky. "All the young women of l'tah who have friends at t amp Kearny are hereby here-by advised to spend their vacation at Camp Kearny, this summer, provider the boys have not gone by then They Will be 'rushed' as they never were before. be-fore. The girls will have a good time and so will the soldier boys. "San Diego wants a good slogan. The city should adopt this one: 'San Diego, the city without wall-flowers.' " After having been rejected at Camp Kearny, Greeuwell went to Corcoran. Cal., to visit a former school mate. Blwood B, Strlngham. Mr Stringham learned the drug business In the old Cciilmgs drug siore In Ogden Now te- own i tore ! his own at Conor an, a town of about 1500 persons. i James Pingree of Ogden owns the j big ' D I" et ugar mill at ( or- i oran Orei trwell met o n. t.ilson j at this plant Mr cdson hail just received re-ceived a h-ner to Ihe effect that his -on. Lieut. Willard Oilson, had departed depart-ed with a regimen! of coast artlllerj from San Francisco Id b transport j hound loi France y way of the Tana - ma canal. Imong the Ogden men Greenwell mel al the naval training station at San Diego were Charles Noble, a for nor reporter ol Phe standard; Fred Reberj:. Edward Morrlssey, Howard I ihalmers, I !laire Rii t r also a son of Patrolman John Ilutchens, and several others Vincent Sevton. another former reporter re-porter ol The Standard now an enlisted enlist-ed man in the One Fifty-ninth field hospital al ( amp Kearny, expects to he sent to Ihe aviation ground school ai Bei h i It ) , Cal . Ithln thirty daj "When Cm' Utah' men al Camp Kear. n will be sen! overseas is a question thai QObody seems able to answer but everybody In the regiment Is eager to leave the training grounds behind and get the opportunity to Iry their skill upon llun targets," Greenwell de-i de-i lared, "There are a few vacancies in the I ranks of the Utah regiment and it maj be ad -able for I tah men in ih draft to write their friends in the i tah batteries aa to their chances of enlisl ing in the crack regiment of the Beehive Bee-hive state " Greenwell visited J 0 Cross at Fresno, I al. Mr rose former prin-, prin-, ip;, ,.! ih. ( c-,en high school, is superintendent su-perintendent of schools at Fresno. He II well thought ot in that city, some of his friends calling him the village! Poo Bah He lo ads half a dozen civic J committee-; and is busy four or five j night each week giving addresses on, one subject or another, Greenwell I sa s. ! R II Talmer, a former high school teacher, is at the Fresno high school,, commandant of the battalion of cadets, according to Greenwell. |