The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-07-26
.GUARDSMEN SCORE
IN SHAM BATTLE
Outmaneuver Regulars in
Mimic Warfare at Camp
William Spry.
special 70 The Tribune.

Special 10 The Tribune.
HEBER CITY, July 25.-Not since the
days OF their real lighting in the Philip
pines have the members Of the Utah Ma
tional Guard seen such a close approach
TO actual service as they did today in
their military maneuvers,. when pitted
against the Blue army of the Twentieth
infantry they scored decisive theoretical
victory. The Utah guardsmen. aided by
one battalion OF the Twentieth, con-
stituted the Red army.
The. camp Is now officially designated
Camp William Spry." In honor OF the
governor The maneuvers will be con-
tinued tomorrow.
Tho Reds formed a bivouac camp
two and one-half miles southeast of
lieber last night. broke camp and were
on the march at o'clock this morning.
They arrived IN Heber at s O'Clock. and,
according to orders. did not leave until
9 O'clock by which time the advance
Utah Infantry. had been reinforced by
one battalion Of the Twentieth Infantry,
which acted as the support OF van
guard. AS soon as the mounted scouts
OF the Red force left Hcber the Utah
battery opened FIRE on them al dis
tancc OF about $500 yards. forcing the
Reds 10 change their original plan Of
proceeding through the valley and COM
PEELED them TO execute a movement far
TO The right, so as TO be under cover Of
the east foothills. The movement was
executed in n beautiful manner, each
company forming a single rank skirmish
formation and moving 10 the right, The
men kept at intervals of five PAGES. and
thus presented So poor "a target that
they did not draw the artillery fire. The
command moved In this manner, with d
company of Ogden. under Captain W. d.
Eneass. on the extreme right wing fol-
lowed successively by G company Of
Heber. under Captain Jorgenson; f, COM
pany Of MaHti, under Captain Cammer
man: - company OF Mount Pleasant un-
der Captain Brady, and II company OF
Salt Lake under Captain Gregory. The
rear guard was brought up by the bat
talon from the Twentieth, who were also
deployed as skirmishers. The comma nd
was in this way able 10 reach the noun
tains without being fred upon, and after
going east as far as possible were moved
forward in q skirTnish line covering over
a mile and a half front.
The Blues, who were now on the de-
fensive, had no idea of the flank move
ment and were taken unaWares when
the first battery fire by p company was
opened at n range OF 700 yards. The
FIRE was from their left and hundreds Of
feet above them and because Of the
small protection was very effective. The
Blues retired. however, In an orderly
manner TO their supports and halted
expecting the Reds to follow Into the
open country. Instead of doing this the
Reds kept going farther to the right and
at each halt. from their protection In the
hills. poured a CALLING flank fire into the
retreating Blues. At the same time the
battalion of the Twentieth -adVa need on
the lower ground and thus the Blues
were receiving a fire from both their
rear and right. The retreat was kept up
Tor mile and a half. when the umpIres
decided that the Blues would have been
out OF commission had IL been actual
warfare. Recall was therefore sounded.