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Show TAKE UP OGDEN GUJWT1 State Officers Confer on Troop Commander With Commissioner Commis-sioner J. R. Ward Major W AV Gordon national guard Inspector-Instructor for 1'tah, Major R. R Binary and others of Salt Lake were in conference Wednesday night with CommlB.iloner J. R. Ward discussing dis-cussing the probable Bucossor to Captain Cap-tain V. E Llndqulst as commander of Ogden's B Troop. Captain Llnd-qulst Llnd-qulst recently sent in his resignation to Governor Bamberger. Among others discussed the most prominent were Captain A E Wllfong and Commissioner Ward, former captain cap-tain of artillery. Commissioner Ward told tho guard officers that Captain Wllfong was, In his mind, the logical man for tho position. As he Is out of town, no decision was made. 'ommlsjloner Ward hr ld to his original belief Hi it tho services of Wllfong should be procured pro-cured If he will accept Tho officers also discussed the formation for-mation of a unit of field artillery. The hope was expressed that a battery bat-tery be formed here to perpetuate th- record of Ogden s famous li buti- , tery. Commissioner Ward suggested that anyone Interested In the organization of an urtlllery unit, should call either on him at the city hall, or get In; touch with Captain Roscoo Glasrnann. 1 |