The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-05
Five Hundred Highscl,
Pour Hot Shot Inta
Other. 4
JUDGES AWARD HONQ|
TO CAPT. MORET0l
The Hillsides Dotted "
Hundreds Of SpectaI
Spite of Suns r,

A mimic war ragged on
north of Salt Lake Monds'l
There were, all told, Close \
engaged in the fray, and
was n great deal of shoot;
one was reported killed or 4
The fight was between two a
of the Highschool cadet In "
the proceedings, which CO..
over an hour, were intereI y
large crowd of spectators 1
the hills about the scene. y
The first detail. consist
armed cadets and captaine
Moreton, left the Hiphscb
at l;30 and marched TO the
up a position. A half-hour
ond squad, captuined by :,
Cott and consisting Of ovtlN|
left the school building Y.
in quest of Moreton andl(
Moreton took his followers "
directly south Of Ensign d
toned squads in three plac
situated so that he could I
vance directly up the hilh
center his forces and move y
Twenty Rounds Of AmNp
The boys on both sides " :
with twenty rounds Of bIan /
each. AS a starter, Van c
three of his detail as scot :
Moreton 5 position, After
was discovered Van Cott seai
line fully a quarter of a IN "
tried to advance up a smalIh
repulse was too strong,
the line was forced to ref |,
some maneuveriug squad
d hollow where the start WI a
Van Cott and four-fifths
started to march cast with \
reaching the top of n hill
east of where Moreton ~
Moreton Immediately set
line along q ridge across a,b,
the rid ge up which Van
1t was rs Van Cott startej,u
that the fighting began. !
blazed away at each other ~
1t was claimed by the nm y
fight that had it been real u r
would have been but few y
either side when the atl \
reached the top of the h
Cott advanced up the hill NJ A
poured shot into each othf y
style. Just as Van Cott (
top of the hill and had ~
tered ready for a Charger
called time and both sid "
gether and lay down exh| nj
scene at the top of the bill ""
striking one. Two lines ibu
their heads Just above the -
were blazing away at eat,L,
GERS were running about y~f
Mt the top of their voice "A,
filling the air with livel VI
looked and sounded like WA
Capt. Moreton WI
When all the bloody i'Il
over the two sides came
heard the decision of tb-
to which side mad the b
fight, The Judging was dol-
TO military tactics. The 4
Lieuts. Thomas, Barnes a.
Capt, Bassett, all of ~
Guard. After hearing The
Just how they carried on
Judges decided that the de !
Capt. Morton, got the b
fight, and awarded that =
tory. One fault with Mon
ing to the judges, was tha =
outposts exposed too long. =;
actual fighting, there wou y
been a survivor i'll Moreto
Van Colt, on the other be
the attack in too short us
up the hill he brought ~
times in close quarters VIII lar
They were in single 1le, kr
fight beer real the slaugh
Cott s side would have beg
ally heavy, The defense =
lost very heavily, but IL =
been able TO hold its 20: ,,,,
nitelv. Moreton, accoFu
Judges, chose a fine place
tioning of his men. and ne
his movement with great q 81
The battle was the hrsf
ever held by the cadets
first to be seen about Sate y
long time. The hills were y
spectators of both sexes.
the hot sun which beat aofF
drv hills, None OF the PCS
in the least. IS