The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-08-09
SIGNAL CORPS IN
ARMY MANEUVERS
Only Utah Command Used
Night Problems Are
Called OF.
FIGHT PICTURES IN CAMP
FUND OF ELEVENTH INFANTRY
MAKES THIS POSSIBLE.
lFrom So correspondentD

(FrOm staff CORES pOudent-)
Camp Otis. Via Dale Greek, Wyo,
Aug. S.-Maneuvers were held ali
morning and part OF the afternoon be-
tween the blues and the reds. The
reds were stationed in a defensive po-
sitiOn on a high rock. and the problem
was for the blues 10 discover. Troop
after troop OF cavalry and column art
sr column OF infantry deplOyed. and
the few attacks OF the Infantry were
made bitter No decision was made
BY the umpires. Plenty Of blanks were
shot off.
The Utah signal corps. the only part
OF the Utah militia utilized, worked
both wireless constantly ana Win sue
cess, furnishing information 10 the
chief umpire. The battery and IN
fantFy OF Utah were not in There VIII
be one more problem on wednesday,
the last for Utah.
out today and proved able assistance.
In Wednesdays battle the battery
and Utah infantry VIII also De USED;
The battle was 10 have been night
problem today, but was changed, oW-
ing 10 the injury 10 many horses IN the
Ninth cavalry during last nights ma
neuVer.
that seven were killed in a mule bat
terry when the gun exploded being OF
defective breach. There was no truth
All Utah outfits are feeling fine and
will break camp Friday morning The
battery Will get into active service
Wednesday and target practice. for
which they drew l5O rounds or ammu-
milton today. Infantry officers were
-cOmbative today and were look
ing at the fight The Utah corps used
both wireless and one fire line, ali
giving good service.
No Han on Films.
WHf1a gemarhfnar Of crusade is be-
ing Waged throughout the country
against the appearance or the Johnson
Jeffries fight pictures, there IS no suoh
restriction IN Camp Otis, and the sol
diers now in camp will have an OppOr-
tunlty OF seeing them within rev
days. And IL all happens because the
fund OF the Eleventh United States IN
1antry is rather flush Just now. Inc
regiment is one Of the richest IN the
army. owing chiefly TO the fact that
the OFFICERS encourage the hablI ana
the men have seen the wisdom OF put
ting their money into lump Tor the
general good OF the Outrit-Whlch dis
plays itself at various times during
the year in banquets and other IeasIs
of food and other things
Arrangements have been made by
the regiment FOR the appearance or the
fight pictures in camp Tor two weeks
and ii is believed that II viii receive
as much patronage during that time
as IL would in any city OF about $4,000
For here IN Camp Otis there are about
1000 soldiers, and that means there are
1000 men who want 10 see them, and
who viii come pretty near doing IL.
There is no telling how many times
those 1000 men win witness the silent
fight. but there VIII be no small
crowds The fight picures viii be
shown only at night.
a Cheyenne picture house man put
the proposition before the company
there was a caucus Of the financiers
OF the regiment and the fight pictures
are the result. A guarantee was Civ
en- for the show. and the belief is that
considerably as result OF the venture.
See Good Pictures.
For the last month the Eleventh has
been putting on moving picture
show, and IL has drawn big houses
several times each night. Don't think
Tor a minute that any old thing is Of
Tered 20 the enlisted man. Not so.
These moving picture displays are as
good as are shown in almost any of
the salt Lake houses. They have 10 be-
or there would be one large roar, and
the business would have 10 close down
Before coming 10 the encampment
here the Eleventh infantry purchased
a large tent, strong and waterproof
Tor the moving pictures which had
been arranged beforehand. The tent
Is black, and, placed on a knoll, is a
conspicuous object from all over camp.
The regiment has profited by the in
VestmenJ. hen the JohnsOn-J effries
Ignt pictures were proposed, the prop
osition was stdeJracked for a time, OW-
ing 10 the expense. They cost j whole
lot more than the regular run OF films.
But 10 was finally decided 10 take q
WhlrI them And SO the soldiers
VIII see here what Is denied the mil
lions OF fight fans IN various states
OF the Union through prOclamatiOns by
governors and mayors and through the
actions OF other bodies in control