Evening star., 1917-09-16
ON FAREWELL WEEK
AT Fl. MYER CAMP
Coast Artillery to Leave Friday
for Big Guns at Fl.
Monroe.
D. C. BOYS ON HONOR ROLL

The Coast Artillery Company, in
which there are several we'll known
WashingtonianS. is spending its last
week in the Fort Myer training camp
for reserve officers. 1t is to start Tues
day on twelve-nile hike, under full
equipment. to the Edsal rifle range.
where it will stay until Friday. This
Organization will leave Washington
Friday night for Fort Monroe, where II
will be given training with the big
guns.
. During the last week William B. Cham
pion of Alexandria was student captain
of the Coast Artillery Company. Among
the Washingtonians and near Washington
residents who will leave with this unit
are: Dion S. Birney, Southern building :;
Lee r Holland Suffolk. Va; Chester d.
Hubbard. Alexandria: Earl NJ Jeffrey,
Henry B, Redd, Martinsville. Va Jesse
Robinson. 1914 Newark street, Washing
ton: Howard W. Eerhold. Cumberland.
and Thomas NJ Yancy. Bedford City. Va.
New candidates for commissions ad-
mis- to the camp during the week
were Robert c. Burlingame, 1853 Mon
roe st'\': Rodney A. c. Horton. 16ia
Hobart street: Hy1and P Johns 1850
Harvard street: George E. Sauires. 1856
Otis street. and George c. Whiting. 1919
Vernon street
Singing Lessons for Officers.
An innovation In the instruction pro-
gram during the week was the inaugu-
ration of singing lessons and tone lee
lures. This work is in charge of Ken
meth Clark, representing the commits
sion on training camp activities under
the War Department. His lectures are
believed by Lieut.. Col. Charles w. Fen
ton. the camp commandant. to be val
liable in cultivating the voices of the
candidates for officers. that they will
carry the commands to the companies.
During next week the candidates will
be kept busy at trench warfare tactics,
bayonet runs. bombing. and will be set
TO studying topography. map reading
and reconnaissance. This is in accord
ance with the course mapped out by
Col. William Glasgow, the senior in
stxuctor.
try. three batteries of field artillery
and the Coast Artillery Company took
mixes for two and half hours Friday.
and there was keen competition as to
which company could cover the most
ground. Several did good fifteen miles
under full equipment.
Washington Men on Honor List.
:, In the first examination in infantry
drill regulations given by Capt. F. Bah
cock. the Regular Army officer in
structor for the Sth Company, several
Nashingtonians got in the list of
honor men who received more than 80
per cent These are: Lester l. oliver,
I421 Harvard street; Pere A. Wilmer
Riggs National Bank: De Witt c.
smith, who was private secretary to
Commissioner Brownlow, and Herbert
r James. 21S 18th street southeast.
Theodore E. Damn of Cumberland and
Edward 1. Cristy of Bladensbure were
also in the honor list
Among the officers in the Sth Com
pany. until further notice are: Captain.
Bernard Meredith. Alexandria: assistant
supply sergeant. Waldo Burnside, Hyatts-
Tile: mess sergeant. William B. Carr.
Rockville: company clerk, De Witt c.
Smith, and assistant clerk, Pere A Will
iner: corporals and squad leaders Fred
Prick o. Stultz. Washington Shirley C.
Morgan. Aberdeen. Md; Allen Thornton,
=. Henry A Cole. 497 E street southwest.
has been assistant mess sergeant for the
9TH Company of Infantry.
Maurice B. De Putron. East Falls
Church, Va, has held several offices in
the second company. George Marvin
of Washington has been assistant mess
sergeant Arthur A Chenay has been
corporal and squad leader
:. Archie N. Langford of Cumberland
was captain of the first company Fri
day and yesterday. commanding that
unit on the hike. Donald C. F'ithian
OF Washington was second lieutenant
r. G. Moore of Friendship Heights was
corporal and squad leader
Charles o. Shaw, kenilworth, D. c.,
was a corporal in the third company
of infantry.
To Get Service in France.
Because it is an open secret in Army
circles that the United States field artil-
1ery is to get service in. France in pref
erence to other branches of the sery-
dee. the candidates for commissions
at Fort Myer are devoting themselves
very assiduously to these branches.
Benjamin p. Champion, 1904 P street,
Is one Of the Washington men in the
1st Battery who have won the partic-
ular attention of instructors Others
are: Louis l. Dent, 1887 NJ street
northwest: Berkeley w. Geier, 1929
street; William S. Graveley, Southern
Railway Building: Thomas Kirby, 1920
2lst street; Norman c. Rogers. 1916
18th street, and Robert B. Warden, 3214
S street