Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-05-26 | Page 4 | General Lauds 'Games of War '

GENERAL LAUDS 'GAMESOF WAR' Th "fighting" spirit ol th Third division of the U. & army, a potent factor In tha World war, was revived re-vived by more than 7600 officer nd enlisted msn at th Fort Lewis Wash, peacetime maneuver laat month, aald Brigadier General Walter Wal-ter C Sweeney Wednesday. . Brigadier Oeneral Bwaaney, commandant com-mandant at Fort Douglas, waa chief Inspecting officer at the Ninth corps area war game. Accompanied by hla aide, Vint Lieutenant A. W. Tyson, he returned to the local garrison gar-rison lata Tuesday. Eight Braaehea Inlted "Every branch of the division waa represented," the commandant aald. "In my opinion. It was a highly gratifying month of cooperative training He explained that It was the first time alnc th "grant struggle thai tha eight outstanding division branchsa were united as one powerful power-ful unit. "branches represented he added, add-ed, "Included infantry, field artillery, artil-lery, engineer, signal corps, medical medi-cal corps, air corps, erdnance and quartermaslsr attache. "Fort Douglas officers and sol-diera sol-diera won tha respect of all the participant In the maneuver, be said. Soldiers Ea Bout Major E. E. Brown, executive officer of-ficer ef the Sixth brigade, also sis-tlonsd sis-tlonsd at tha post aald a M-truck: convoy, under command of Captain Raxiord Bhoree, left Fort Lewli early Wednesday with ISO Infantrymen. Infantry-men. They ara expected to arrtvi early Friday. A aecond contingent, numberln about TOO officer and men travel Ing la truck, will arrive bare lati Friday. Two rifle companies and thi Thirty-eighth Infantry band ar ex pected to arrive late Wodneeday 01 early Thursday. Thla provisions regiment will leave Friday noon foi Zton national park ta particlpati in a Memorial day ebeervanc than e May w,