Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-07-29
CAMP PARKST0
Open MONDAY
Guardsmen Get Ready for
Two Busy Weeks AT
Rifle Range
GOVERNORS DAY
ON AUGUST II

iAANA anu MY tAAAANAfu AltH VI III
19sth Anti Aircraft Regiment, Della
ware National Guard. will pitcl
tents for the usual summer encamp
ment at Camp George W. Sparks
State Rife Range. a few miles be
low New Castle on Monday. TIL,
camp. named in honor of the lat,
, Colonel George w. Sparks. will be il
charge of Major II. w. Stark, U. S
A, who is colonel of the Delaware
Regiment. and Adjutant General J
Austin Ellison, of the National Guard
of Delaware.
The members OF the various bat
teries located In this city as well as
those OF the headquarters battery
combat train and the medical unit
will assemble at the State Armory,
18th and Orange streets at o'clock
Monday morning After roll call
they will board special trolley cars
and proceed to the camp. The
down state batteries will proceed to
State Road by train and march to
the camp.
Activities for a greater unity of
purpose are noted in the training
schedule released today from the Of
flee of Adjutant General J. Austin
Ellison. The work mapped out for
the soldiers will be arduous. and
even the seasoned veterans of the
World War, largely represented in
the Delaware National Guard, will
not find 1t exactly holiday outing.
The first and second battalions
will be in command of officers with
many years of military experience.
Ranking senior Office is Major
George Schulz. who will com -and
the First Battalion. The sS.ond
battalion will be In com mand Of
Major Harry b. Van Solver. who is
also secretary to the Adjutant Cen
eral.
The following is the officers per-
sonnet of the 19Sth Artillery:
Colonel Harry w. Stark, L. S. A.,
senior in command; Lieutenant Col
onel John p. LeFevre Captain John
J. Dugan. Adjutant: Captain Horace
y. Wilkinson, Supply officer; Col
onel w. E. Slower Q. NJ. c., U. s..
r. d. o.
Battery A-Captain William w.
Ramsey; Second Lieutenant Edward
A. Walsen.
Battery B-Captain Leroy f.
Work; Second Lieutenant Samuel
Maroney.
Battery C-First Lieutenant War
zen r. Baldwin, Second Lieutenant
Robert J. Ford.
Battery D-First Lieutenant
Lewis w. zebley. Second Lieuten-
ant Hazen f. savery.
Battery E-Captaln Joshua W.
Davis. First Lieutenant John W.
Davis, Second Lieutenant Frank f.
Moteo.
Battery F-Captain Harry j.
Pettyjohn. First Liesenant Edward
Banning. Second Lieutenant Anthony {
Sommers.
Battery G-Captaln Robert D. /
Simmons. First Lieutenant VIII
liam McWilliams. Second Lieu
ent Henry X. Roscoe.
Battery H-Captain S. B. I. Dun /
an, Second Lieutenant w. S. Veg
-enman.
Headquarters Battery-First Lieu
enant William ]. B. Regan, First /
Lieutenant Joseph c. Mclaughlin.
econd Lieutenant Louis II. Green.
Battalion NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
larry B. Van Solver, First LieuteE-
mt Victor Clark. First Lieutenant
larry c. Ray.
Service Battery-Captain Harvey
!. Bonds. First Lieutenant Charles
i. Hoch. Second Lieutenant John w.
-indell.
Second Battalion Headquarters
iachine Gun-Major George j.
chulz. First Lieutenant James L.
Gotten.
Medical Detachment-Majo JOS
oh NJ. Barsky, Captain Arthur X.
.otz. Captain Cahall Sipple, Captain
oseph Mcdaniel.
This mornln Colonel Slower, /.
{. c., with nearly 100 picked men,
eft for the camp site. This ad-
ance detail will prepare for the re- ,
option of the soldiers on Monday.
Every man is expected to attend ,
he encampment. In the event of an ,
w. O. L.. the soldier will be dealt >
18th according to the laws of the
-nited States Army, it was empha-
Ized by Colonel Stark. Last lear sew
raj men who were listed asa. w. |
J. L. and picked up a few days later !
-ere given heavy sentences at a
curt martial trial. Il
Governors Day will be observed |
riday. August II. Already prepar- |
lions are well under way for the
eception OF high army officers. A
,eciai invitation has been for
.arded to General Pershing.
That General II. c. Hale, COM
anding general of the Second Corps
rea in which the 19sth Artillery
included, will attend Governors
.av. was emphasized by Colonel
ark.
The Delaware National Guard Is
ne only complete organized anti
rcraft defense guard in the United
.ates. Delaware feels proud of this
onor. The present equipment in
udes almost every modern imple-
tent used in modern warfare. There
re many n nm. anti-aircraft guns
counted on motortrucks: latest type
lachine guns. rapid firing rifles, re-
Diving searchlighte fully mounted,
nd various gases.
United States Army officers from
overnor's Island. who early this
ear inspected the State rifle range,
here the soldiers will camp. de-
Jared the reservation one of the
est located camps in the country.
,ecent improvements have been ex-
,nsive. There have been installed a