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Show URGES SUPPORT OF UNIVERSITY R. 0. T. C. SALT LAKE. May 2 Major General Gen-eral C. G. Morton, commander of the ninth arnn corps .ir- of rhe 1'nlted tates army has written Governor Ma-bey, Ma-bey, urging the furtherance of the reserve re-serve officers' training corps movement move-ment in the 1'nlvcrslty of Utah and the schools of the state. His Tetter says in part : ' Our new military policy provides, as .you know, for a small regular, army, a hug.- national guard and the organized r-s rvrs The annual officer offi-cer increment for the national guard and the organized reserves must In a great measure be secured From the reserve re-serve officers' training corps graduates. gradu-ates. The war department's plans for maintaining this source of officer per-sonnell. per-sonnell. In your state would be seriously seri-ously affected should the authorities of th- university adopt a policy which would make the retention of a reserve officer training corps unit unsatisfactory unsatisfac-tory or Impossible. I understand that there Is a possibility of the university authorities adopting such a policy "Any assistance you may render In the matter will be greatly appreciated." appreciat-ed." oo |