Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-10-21
Trench WARFARE
TOPIC At Fl. MYER
500 Officers, British and
French, to Advise With In
structors This Week.
D. C. MEN ARE H0N0RED

About 800 officers from the allied ma
lions, half French and half British. will
be. congregated at the Fort Myer train
ing camp for reserve officers during this
week to advise with the instructors in
trench warfare. Some of the French off,
cers have already arrived and are coun-
selling with the officers of the United
States army who are teaching the de-
vices of trench warfare to the 1900
candidates for commissions in the Ma
tdonal Army and the Oficers Reserve
Corps.
During the remainder of tho camp
period. until the very day of graduation
on November IS. the men will be put
through the stiffest kind of training in
all that appertains to trench warfare.
which Is the most modern method of
lighting and the one In which the Ameri-
can forces must engage when they go to
France.
These 800 British and French officers
viii not remain at Fort Myer. but will
be sent Throughout the country TO all
the training camps SO that they can ad-
wise with the instructors at each place.
A detail will be left at Fort Myer, and
the candidates in this camp will have
the concentrated benefit of the advice
and direction of the entire 800.
Score of Men Examined.
A score of men from the training
camp have been taking a rigorous ex-
animation this week before special
board appointed by the office OF the
chief signal officer. Those who qualihed
are N DO commissioned as CAPTAINS and
ho1y in,
addition to the names given In last
sundays Star these others are known
20 have been recommended for this
duty: Earl McManus. West Orange, N.
J., and Henry K Gibson. Carneys Point,
n. j.. both from the 9Th Company, and
Marcus L. Farr. formerly a captain of
the New Jersey National Guard, sta
TONED at Princeton. and Carleton c.
Jones of Wilkes Barre, formerly a ma
5or In the Pennsylvania militia.
Harold P. Childs of Atlantic City has
been certified for q commission as first
lieutenant with the 23d Engineers. He
Is amember of tho 7th Company. infan-
try, now in training at Fort Myer.
Charles E. Mccullough, also of the eth
Company, whose home is in Orange, has
received his commission as first lieu
tenant in the transport department of
the Quartermaster Corps. He was for
merly with the Pennsylvania railroad.
c. C. Campbell. in training with the
9Th Company Of infantry, has been as
signed to duty in the office of the SER
geant major at the training camp head
quarters for the completion Of the camp
and is slated for a commission as cap
tain.
Washington Men Honored.
Washington men and others living
near Washington helped to bring hon
ors to the 5th Company of Infantry,
which was on the Edsal rife range the
n "a
qualified as expert marksmen-Dallas
Corbiere. who scored 221: John Mon
teith. who scored 21s; Pierre Drewson.
who scored ais. and Clarence B. Brown,
who scored 213.
Twelve Of the company also qualified
- sharpshooters and a total of fifty
seven as marksmen or better. Among
those who made good scores were: Alan
Washington; Harold w. Prize, Balti-
more; Simeon T. Price, Washington;
Fontaine z. Ward, Washington: Joseph
I. Rhodes, Fort Myer; Leslie E. Bur-
lingame, Washington; Theodore c.
Parker. jr., Baltimore; James c. Patter-
son. Mount Washington; Daniel G. Con-
ant. Baltimore. and Carl E Spott, Bal
timore.
There are also a number of good
!tdemen In the eth Company Of Infan-
Try. which returned from the range
yesterday afternoon, but their scores
have not yet been computed by the top
sergeant. In this unit are forty-two
eavalrymen. who. in addition to taking
the regular course of training as in
fantrymen, devote several hours of
their Saturday holiday to taking les
sons In horsemanship. In this number
are some men from the District.
To Leave for Edsal Range.
The eth Company of infantry is to
leave the camp for the Edsal range
This afternoon. This is one of the