Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-13 | Page 3 | Show Speed in War Problem at Camp

iSHOW SPEED IN WAR PROBLEM AT CAMP SALT LAKE, Julj 13. Engineers attending the resere officers' training train-ing camp at Fort Douglas yesterday supervised the building of barbed wire entaglements and the demolition of objects l!kel to attract the attention at-tention of enemies The work was under the supervision of Captain Frank. W, Moore, of Sixth engineers. A party of regulars built a line of barbed wire entanglement of the double dou-ble apron fence type. In record time. Then, with a quantity of TNT tipped over one of the old chimneys that have been standing like gravestones north of the quartermastser department depart-ment for ndarly a year. I Despite the fact that the explosive 'used was old, having been left oer ! from the world war. It was efficient. The problem was simply to tip thej ! chimney over by igniting explosives I under three corners of it. it was: tipped over all tight but also blown Into individual bricks by the explo- erion and fall. All of the reserve officers, and I there are 80 of them registered now,' I watched the demonstrations with In-I In-I teres) Snnie of them have built the entanglements under fire. hut. the work was new to some and tl ill exhibited in the work whowed the benefits of lemons gained in the last j war A feature of the entanglement building is that the build, rs always I begin on the side toward the enem and work toward their own trenches, thus leaving a clear opening to safety In c.rae of firing while at work. The day s work was closed with a hanquot in the Hotel Utah last night attended by officers of the fort and also by many of the reserve officers Officers from all over the area as well as those In the regular arm had an opportunity to get bettor acquainted. oo