Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-22
5TH INFANTRY BOYS
GET REAL TASTE OF
ARMY INSPECTION
More Strenuous Program
! Awaits District Soldiers
+ at Camp Lee.
Special Dispa tch to The Star

special Dispatch to The Star
CAMP. LEE, Petersburg, Va, Au-
gust 21.-The 5th Infantry, District
National Guard. got it's first taste of
Regular Army inspection at this camp
today. The men were inspected at 9
O'Clock this morning by Maj. Cary I.
crockett, senior instructor. and Capt.
James r. Notestein of the 43d In
1antry. stationed at this camp.
The inspection today was no per-
1unctory affair, such as the men were
accustomed to. The Regular Army of
ficers went closely over every detail
equipment and clothing Any man
found lacking either in neatness or in
care of equipment or personal appear
ance was given warning and ad-
Saturday. when Maj. Gen. Omar Bun
dy. commandant of Camp Lee. will
conduct the inspection before the
men leave camp for Washington.
Rifles were upturned and the inspect
ing officers ran their gloved fingers
down the barrels. If a speck of
grease or dirt was found the man
was taken to task. The men were
supposed to be clean shaver and
those found unshaven also were disci-
plined.
Many Go on on Leave.
At noon today nearly half the COM
mand was given leave from the camp.
many of the men going to Petersburg
and Richmond. Capt Gladman, COM
mander of the District unit, and Sergt.
Coanscholk, an instructor. went to
Washington, where Capt. Gladman is
to report to Capt. Grove. adjutant
general of the District Guard, on the
progress made during the first week.
Capt. Joseph r. Mickey of headquar-
tiers company, who has been at Camp
Perry with the members of the Dis
trict Guard rife team. is expected to
arrive at camp either tomorrow or
Monday.
An additional instructor. Lieut.. A.
p. Croonquist. has been assigned to
the guard. CroonQuist took part IN
the inspection today. Capt. H. t.
Moon, transportation officer OF camp
breakfast today and made plans for
the transportation of the men back
to Washington August 30 They are
expected to arrive at the capitai
about 4:30 pm. August so, leaving
Petersburg at noon.
Strenuous Work Ahead.
Between now and the time the men
90 on board the train, however, a
strenuous program of intensive work
must be gone through. What already
has been done is not nearly so in
tensive as the work promised to begin |
tomorrow. Not only will the men
be put through actual warfare con.
they will have trench practice,
and practice with the |
automatic rifles and hand grenades
The men practiced with dead gren- |
AIDES Friday afternoon and probably
will go through course of training
with live Mills grenades, the KIND
used in actual warfare.
The grenades will be thrown from
a four-foot trench. The men Will
throw by squads. each man ducklng /!
below the level of the trench after he |
throws. The squads will be instructed |
in accuracy and length of throw.
First Bayonet Practice.
get their first practice in bayonet ex-
ercises.s attacking the bound sheaves
of withes. These were used when
Camp Lee was a combat training camp
and are still used by the Regular Army
regiments stationed here. They also
and digging in" to
repel an enemy counter attack. Tues
day the men will go through what IS
called in the Army a patrol PROB
lem" This will consist in telling on
squads of men from each company to |
do patrol duty. Each squad will be |
unaware of the whereabouts of the I
others and points will be awarded to
the members of the patrol squad |
which first sights another enemy
patrol. A practice march with full |
IA cks, extending for about four miles, !
will close the work Tuesday.
Two of the members of the unit
are detailed every day as military po-
lice to assist the Regular Army mill
tary police in the towns of Hopewell
and Petersburg. Thus they are get
ting training in military police duty.
Sergt. Bugler Henry Loveless and
First Sergt. Ashley G. Duvall. both
of Headquarters Company, were COM
plimented yesterday by Maj. Crockett
Ioveless and Duvau are former MEM
bers of the old Sd D. C. Infantry
Drum Corps.