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Show I SM BATTLE I OF STAIE'HILITM til f 3jT HEBER, Utah, Aug 1 Today is td $ one of spectacular interest in the e vicinity of Heber City, and the whole "Til section is clothed with military ap- !ei 1 pearance. It "Is governor's day at the TfW; encampment, and although Gov. Wm. otJt Sprj' with his staff did not arrive at jjgj v tho camp until after noon, it has been xi?1 a day of bustle at the camp from the Tj sounding of the reveille With the y- finish of breakfast the men were at (i : work cleaning camp and preparing ?& j r tne coming of the governor rfSj v This afternoon the troops were in "SjKV spected and mustered for payment Jfcitt This afternoon all the troops In camp g"tt are engaged In a spectacular sham 5j"JB buttlo at which the governor is an (jjft interested spectator. With his staff jiJX he is stationed on an overlooking hill ffjf where he can view the entire maneuv fjtfjg ers Under tho problem of superior t Xcrco of Red infantry has defeated a ffij detachment of Blue infantry and ar- tfgj tillery, and the latter in its withdraw rrdifi al, is attempting to cover the removal gw of a large store of rations and am- jsinv- munition from Heber City by rail In gnjMK WIG illllU Ul UiiUllU rtUl LllC IXCU UIU1J pm is endeavoring to capture theBe sup-jjWi sup-jjWi plies. Following the maneuvers the guf entire bodies of troops will be revlew-JJH; revlew-JJH; ed by the gov.ernor and staff at the & ' camP parade grounds Under the pro (ag&" gram tomorrow will also furnish a '$m, day of spectacular enow for the cltl jfmL ?ens of Heber City. .ij2fff The troops will parade through the Jl L city and later, at the ball park, exhibitions ex-hibitions will be given by the soldiers. Signal Corps Work. ! There will be infantry drills, evolutions evolu-tions by the field battery and the Blg-nal Blg-nal corps will Bhow the different methods meth-ods of signaling, Including the wireless wire-less apparatus, the laying of field lines and the use of the buzzer, which combines com-bines both telegraphic and telephone, wigwagging" and heliograph. Camp will be broken Wednesday. The Infantry companies will return to their roBpoctivo stations by rail, while the signal corpb and the battery bat-tery will march to their homes The signal will reach Salt Lake sometime fo1 oary Thursday forenoon while the UH battery will stop en route at Brighton l for tarGet Practice. The deciding jAj-t game for the baseball champiorfshlp Jjlj challenge cup of the national guard, !2j will be played to day between com- AiSf pany H" of SalL Lakc and the slsnal SjjSgj corps. Compony H. becomes the com- iifSi pctitor this year for the cup which M has been held by the signal corps Jktff Tor two years Should the corps win, ejsw the cup becomes its property. |