Salt Lake T r i b u n e photograph, February 22,1918, identifies the men. left to right, as Jim Straight, Alex Steele, Lou Murphy, Marshal Aquila Nebeker, Tweedy Baker, Jack Tomoke, and Annie's Tommy, thus leaving one unnamed, possibly man at left rear who appears to be a uniformed soldier.
Gosiute-Shoshone Draft Resistance, 1917-18 BY DAVID L. WOOD
1 H E DESERT OF WEST-CENTRAL U T A H is a long way from the Meuse River and the Argonne Forest, yet, improbable as it may seem, it briefly became a theater of action during World W a r I. In this instance, however, there were no trenches or gas attacks, and American doughboys did not face the steel-helmeted troops of Kaiser Wilhelm. Instead, in a unique wartime operation, khaki-clad soldiers marched against a Dr. Wood is coordinator of American Indian Studies at California State University, Northridge.
