Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-08-22 | Page 3 | Soldiers Repel S. L. 'Invasion'

SOLDIERS REPEL S. S L. L INVASION Salt Lake City h has b been en saved from rom invasion Soldiers of the the infantry U. U S. S army and the field artillery Utah national guard repulsed an an enemy force in in a spectacular night bat battle e at Fort Douglas Friday Fifteen n thousand spectators lined the fort reservation boundary to watch the sham warfare staged as a feature of the annual department department depart depart- ment mont convention of ot the American legion A battle batUc of ot an hour and a half saw saw the invading force routed after it had hurled reinforcements against the defensive positions positions' of ot the tho U. U S. S artillery and infantry The sight was unforgettable spectators spectators spectators spec spec- voted Tracer bullets whining Into the foothills leaving smoky trails behind behind behind be be- hind them bursting charges harges of dynamite exploding flares over the battlefield the roar of field pieces and rattle of ot machine guns all showed to the watchers what real war is like Work of ot the artillery and infantry was pronounced tactically perfect officers officers' firing tiring silenced two enemy batteries and checked the invaders' invaders advance The voice of Captain S. S W. W Ackerman Ackerman Ackerman Ack- Ack erman carried by a public address system over the roar of the c battle tUe explained ph phases es of the attack attack- and defense Some Sonie occurrences were not on othe the program Tracer bullets from macHine machine ma- ma chine clime guns guns guns' started several brush fires along along- the hills When the battle ended K and I comp companies of the tho infantry were ordered to fire duty and the rest of the regi JegI regiment ment meat returned to barracks In the reviewing stand were Governor Gov Gov- Henry H. H Blood Mayor E. E B. B Erwin Mayor Harman W. W Peery of Ogden Colonel John Monroe Johnson assistant secretary of ot commerce commerce com corn merce and Kingsley E. E Clawson Claws n commander command r of Salt Lake post No 2 American legion