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Show JACK GRIDLEY "Safe in Englnnu; let-ung rinc-; don't worry," reads the cablegram received re-ceived from an Ogden boy, Jack Grid-ley, Grid-ley, by his parents, Mr. ami Mrs. F. P. Gridley, 432 Twenty-first street-Jack street-Jack is a fine specimen of Utah's product and a short description of him will exemplify the type of men with which the Huns -will be .required to deal when they face the men of brawn anu Drain irom tnc KocKy mountains. This boy of 17 summers has right-, fully earned his title to be termed as ; man. He was born and reared in Salt Lake City, but for the past four years has resided with his parents in Ogden where he enjoy.' the good wishes and respect of numerous school friends and business associates. associ-ates. Promptly and on the day following tho declaration of war, young Gridley resigned his position -with the American Ameri-can Can company of Utah, and answered an-swered tho call of his country by cn-. listing in Battery B, 145th field artillery- At tho time of enlistment, on account of his age, it was necessary for Jack to secure the consent o his parents jind this ia itself was no small undertaking to an only son. but Jack went after his job in a masterly way to the end that a loving mother and sister joined a justly proud father in undivided approval of their boy's determination de-termination to champion the cause of democracy. Shortly following this victory. Jack found himself as to age "tho boy of Batten' B," but blessed with an enviable en-viable physique and coming from soldier sol-dier stock he soon won the admiration and confidence of his battery officers. We know that his cablegram will bo wclcomo news to his friends In Ogden Og-den and Salt Lake. Before leaving Camp Kearny Jack was delegated to drill "rookies." and showing proficiency along those lines and duo to his youth, was bulletined to remain in this country and drill new men, but ho demurred. Said he enlisted to go to the front, and he was . taken along as an officer told a friend of the family who -was visiting Camp Kearny, that .i;c had the "fighting . stufl" in him. - |