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Show MIMIC WAR AT ! FORTDOUGLAS Reserve Officers Enter Field Maneuvers for First Day Training SALT LAKE, July 11 The firing of machine guns, automatic rifles and a thirtr-seven millimeter howitzer marked the first day of field maneuvers maneu-vers nt Fort Douglas yesterday in the training camp of army reserve officers, offi-cers, a mimic battle was fought and numerous problen s worked out which might bo met in regular warfare A total of 4s, reserve officers had reported at the camp last night and St Is expected that at least 75 will be present for today's class. Lieutenant T. E. Conroy of Ogden registered yesterday for Instruction Those who came yesterday are representative rep-resentative of the state of this area, some coming from .Montana. Idaho. Wyoming Nevada and Utah All are men who saw real service m ttbe world war, and they are here to li im and to refresh their memories and not for a vacation. Colonel Frederick KnUdsen, commanding officer of tin camp. expressed keen' satisfaction With the outlook end with the Interest taken in the maneuvers by the reserve re-serve officers. The situation lo be solved yesterday was that of an enemy having i ..me down Red Butte canyon with the evident evi-dent intention of attacking Salt Lake Having noted the presence of troops the enemy had entrenched in a formidable for-midable position on Die Lake Bonneville Bonne-ville shelf, about two miles northeast of the fort as outlined, the enemy would have beer hard to approach! or to dislodge Other tactics w ere I .accordingly employed While a platoon pla-toon of four machine guns from M company bt the Thirty-eighth Infantry under Captain II A. Austin, and L company of the same regiment, under Captain Roy L Si Iniyler, put on a box barrage, the one-pound howitzer which was under t he d:recMnn of Cap-' tain Hurton L. Lucas and First Lieu-i tenant a P White", proceeded to an-' nlhllate tne enemy. |