Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-06-08 | Page 13 | 'Rookies' Fall for Snipe Hunt Game

Rookies Fall for Hunt Game I Snipe Efforts to Bag Nocturnal Birds Birds' Bro Brought to Light by Kangaroo Court Salt Lake e might be a a- good town in which to sell gold bricks rIcks or stock in the United States capitol At At- any rate it con contains ins three young oung men old enough to be members of the state national guard who fell for the old game of snipe hunting This fact was brought to light a athe at atthe atthe the encampment of the field eld artillery at Camp W. W G. G Williams when the three youths were were tried tried before before before be be- fore a kangaroo court martial on charges of hunting game game birds on a military militar reservation without without- a license and out of season The three convicted con con- of of the charge are Len F. F Tolotti ti Ii Brigham Clegg and Clyde Hatch all fr from m Salt Lake and andall all privates in the field artillery The snipe hunt was part port of ot the unofficial initiation of ot rookies that goes on constantly at the camp when the official business of ot learning military mil mIl- Ibry tactics is not in progress Armed with the regulation snipe hunting equipment of gunnysacks sticks sticks' and flashlights the three youths stationed themselves behind bushes pointed the flashlights into the sacks and beat lustily on the ground with the the- sticks to attract the birds Caught red handed at th this s nocturnal noc sport they were brought before before before be be- fore a n court martial a at which Lieu Lieu- tenant Clifford Nelson was judge ad ad- ic vacate It was not until they had been forced to demonstrate the hunting methods used methods used and told of the results they hoped to to obtain that they realized the whole thing was a apart apart apart part of ot their initiation Initiation- It isn't very often according according- to the older men at the camp that rookies can be found who will fall for the theold theold old ld snipe game game- but there are plenty of other tricks that provide equal amusement The favorite and one that traps most ef elt the rookies is to send a recruit to one of f the officers with n a request that he lie be given the cannon reports The answer if ff the officer happens to be in a playful mood Is boom boom Grabbing a rookie and tossing himIn himin him himin in a blanket is another favorite part of these initiations None of this monkey business was in evidence at the camp Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day however when veterans of all American w wars rs were guests for tor the day nor on Wednesday when city officials of of ot Ogden were visitors at the camp