The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-26
SALT LAKE Is TO BE THE
SCENE OF A MIMIC WAR
National Guard and Regular Troops to Be Modified
at Fort Douglas During Next September.
Expected That Between 600 and 600 Soldiers Will Pac
pate in the Maneuvers.

Upon the heights about Fort Doug
las this fall, Salt Lake city will
see the largest and most brilliant
massing of troops in the history of
the west. In this mobilization will be
represented the military and army
strength of the entire west. If the
states are represented as they should
be- not less than $4,000 men will enter
the field at that time and the number
may reach 100000. The national guard
and regular army OF nine states is TO
be represented, and the movement will
continue about ten days or more. Or
ders to this effect have been issued
from the war department at Washing
ton. The troops viii go into amp in
September and will undertake all the
maneuvers of actual engagement in a
hostile country The field of opera
tions may extend as far south as Provo
and as far north as Ogden.
Captain Charles Barth, adjutant at
Fort Douglas, said yesterday that the
encampment will be held here, al
though no detailed instructions have
yet been received from Washington
The necessary appropriation will first
be made by congress. As soon as this
is done the war department. Will issue
the necessary Instructions The men
plains about the fort the same as in an
actual campaign. The camping grounds
VIII be laid out in regular streets and
the tents viii occupy the spaces be-
tween these avenues. The men will be
under the same discipline and restric-
tons as in time of war
The exercises Will be about the same
as those held annually at Peekslill, N
Y. One Of the events will be a sham
battle, but the details regarding this
4eature are not yet outlined. This will
pe practically the first important dis
play held in the west. The local mill
tary reservation is one of the greatest
IN the country and embraces thou
sands of acres of land which are ad-
InlraDly adapted for such display.
Will Be Big Affair.
Last year an encampment of troops
was planned at Fort Riley, but for sew
eral reasons the exhibition was not
large one. Only five states were rep
resented. as the necessary appropria-
tons were not made The states rep
resented were Kansas. Nebraska, Mis-
souri,, Colorado and Utah. This year
II is expected the operations viii be
much larger. States which Captain
Rdrth says viii be represented in the
movement are Utah, Wyoming. Idaho.
Montana, Colorado, OREGON. Nevada.
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lar army Will be represented by five
regiments of infantry. one regiment of
cavalry and four light batteries.
The army troops said Captain
Barth, will probably include the Sew
enth. Twelfth and Nineteenth regi-
ments. There are also two regiments
on the islands which will be here ar
that time. and which will relieve some
o. the regiments of the states. The
Fifth cavalry is also expected from the
Islands and win relieve the Fourteenth
Ihese troops are scattered at Fort
Grant, Fort Duchesne and Fort Logan.
The artillery representation will in
clude the two batteries here and prob
ably two light batteries from Fort
Russell. Wye
Brigadier General TO Command.
1T is probable that a brigadier gen.