| Show STUDENT LIFE 92 pines at least is much less dangerous than a Pacific coast trip ' For some years after the civil war the veterans" of that struggle who entered the regular army at its close were not generally in favor of manoeuvres Many of them believed that no valuable lessons could be e war or as learned in one series of manoeuvres was called These ofby them “monkey-war- ” ficers apparently forgot that their lessons had been learned at great cost of lives and treasure while fighting an enemy as undisciplined and untrained as they were ( )f late it is generally conceded that the dispositions required by the various problems of minor tactics cannot be successfully made in the excitement of battle unless one has become familiar with them under less trying conditions Among the first summer rendezvous for Utah garrisons was Strawberry Valley on the Uintah Indian reservation Here about twenty years ago the troops from Forts Bridger Douglas and Duchesne met in many a fierce but bloodless engagement The artillery belched forth its blank defiance against infantry intrenched securely and the cavalry made its impetuous charges across the valXo more serious casualties ley were reported than the occasional unhorsing of a colored trooper of the Ninth Cavalry who generally was fortunate enough to light on make-believ- the least vulnerable part of his anatomy — his head Since the Spanish-America- n war summer manoeuvres have been held on a much larger scale than formerly Last summer these exercises 0 were held at Manassas where troops were engaged at Camp Atascadero California where 5000 troops participated and also at American Lake Washington and in Ohio where smaller encampments were established Even at this date many of our regular army officers can feel the cold chills creep up and down their spinal columns at the thought of what would probably have happened to us before we caught our second wind if our raw volunteers and recruit regulars had been sent against Japs in 1898 instead of Spaniards and Filipinos 26-00- ''fi :!- - Among former officers of the cadet battalian the following have been traced by our reporter : Jenson C formerly commandant is in the government service having a responsible position in the department of soils Davis A J after graduating at West Point was assigned to the Ninth Cavalry and is now stationed at Fort Leavenworth Kansas Mark Cannon is at Stanford Broberg is in the American National Bank of San Francisco Irvine R L is a cadet at the Naval Academy Annapolis Judah is mining in Anaconda Barrack owns up to having shov- - |
