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Show VICTORY MEDALS READY FOR UTAHNS Weber county veterans of the world war. who have not received their 1 -tory medals are invited to call at the j office of the adjutant general of rtah .in the state capltol In Salt Lake, where application blanks may he obtained and th ex-soldlers will receive assistance assist-ance in filling them In properly. I a letter" received by Lieutenant "oi- jonel W. Q, Williams Itah adjutant 'general, from the war department 1 . plains the purpose of i hese blanks "It has come to the attention of i ins office that many ex-soldiers who are entitled to the Victory meda) have not applied for J.he same, and this is believed to hf due to a great extent to !he ralher eompl.x form of application appli-cation blank now in use The compll I Ity referred to Is. however, unax-old-able when the aervice Of tho applicant is such as to entitle him to any of the clasps Issued for service overseas since a careful check of the service BBBBP1 ' -'"!. claimed is required to prevent fraud which would cheapen these clasps ''There has, bowever, been devised In this office a nuirh simplified form ol application blank which answers all requirements In cases where the applicant did not serw overseas In brief this form provides that applications applica-tions in such cases may he received and forwarded direct to" the Philadelphia Philadel-phia depot for Issue whenever the proof of service is adequate to support the application |