Evening star., 1924-07-21
lART|LLERY TROOPS
MAKE GOOD RECORD
District Guardsmen Nearly
Equal Best Marks of Regu-
lar Soldiers.
ON RANGE THREE DAYS
Maj. Walter W. Burns Takes Ac.
tive Charge of Important
Activities.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star
FORT MONROE, Va, July 21.-De-
spite the fact that they only have
been in camp six days and have had
but three days actual gun practice.
the members of Battery A. 260th Ar
tillery, District National Guard. COM
manded by Maj. Walter w. Burns,
have made an enviable record for
National Guard troops At the end
of the drill period Saturday they
were loading the big l2-inch guns
assigned them in little less than the
record time made by Regular troops
here.
Mai. Burns takes active charge of
the daily settinS-up exercises in the
morning. the mess facilities OF the
camp. the firing of the big guns ana
all the more important activities OF
the battery. He is one of the most
popular National Guard officers in the
District.
Schedule for To-day.
Today's schedule is as follows: b
to $40 am. calesthenics; 6:le to -
swimming; {, breakfast; TO 1850
e artillery drill at battery: IL nooh'
dinner: to , pm. artillery drill; :
to $50. artillery drill at battery; 5:So
to D. athletics and recrealoh' anu
supper at o'clock.
Officers and men of the battery
were assigned to gun drill TINS morn
ing as follows: Maj. Burns, batter!
commander: range ohcer, riis.
officer. Second Lieut. James u.
EggIeston: range recorder Corp.
LLOYD &. Gosorn; gun pointer. corp
William }. Heale; chief of ereecn'
corp. Haywood y. saunders piotter'
Sergt. Lyman +. Morris; assistant
plotter, Sergt. Gordon II. Ferris; range
recorder. Corp. John B. Dawson:
primary arm setter. Corp. Robert !.
Daly; secondary, Private George =;
Besaw; range sI opre oprr'e1lon Votava ood, de-. u
Election board operator, PVT,
Henry T. Norson; primary observer,
Pvt Arthur *. Murrell; primary
reader. ,SerGt. Robert X. Williams
secondary observer. Corp Ed"ard ~
Hedbom. secondary reader, PNt.
Norman B. Duffy. and battery COM
mander telephone. operator. Thomas
r. Okeefe. jr.
81 on Fishing Trip.
Weather conditions were bad yes
terGay and no camp duties were re-
Quired. Rain for the greater part or
: 81 men of the battery from go
ing on a fishing trip on Chesa-
peake Bay. Lieut.. James d. Eaggles-
ton was in charge of the expedition
on which more than $50 pounds of hSh
were caught. Pvt. Justin a. Shook
was injured by fishhook and
was sent to the hospital but was able
TO return to duty this morning. Many
of the men attended church in fhoe-
bus and Norfolk. Va.
Recruits enlisted at the National
Guard Armory. Az l. street northwest
Washington d. c.. up until tomorrow
night will be sent to Norfolk to
join Battery for the rest of the
training period. Military leave with
full pay. together with regular Army
nay will be given for the time spent
in camp. Several recruits have been
enlisted in camp. David White Of
- Quincy Place northwest enlisted
pvt Miller was formerly mem
her of Battery Is of the cid 60th
Guard, and served with Maj. Burns
in France during the war. The fol-
lowing men have reported for duty
since the battery arrived IN camp:
Pvt. Irving A. Merelman. 1los 6th
street northwest: pvt. John a. Ken
nedy, 32I7 12th street northeast:
Sergt James A. Fink. 1926 18th
street northwest, and Serst. Lyman
Z. Morris, 1901 Hall place northwest.
Pvt. Merelman is the pitcher OF the
the battery. Games with the reGu-
lar troops. G. NJ. T. {. and X. y. L. Z.
units here are being arranged.
Excellent cooperation has been
rendered the local organization at
Fort Monroe by the regular units
there. Maj. Edward w. Putney,
commander of the 12th Regiment,
Coast Artillery Corps, and his adj
1uIant. Lieut.. Fred B. Waters. met
the guardsmen upon their arrival
last Wednesday and formally turned
the camp over to them. The instruc
tion is in general charge of Maj
Putney, and he has taken personal
charge of the training in the plot
ting room. He is being assisted by
Mai. r. r. Welshmer, Lieut.. Joseph
+. Stiley and Lieut.. Waters. Many
other regular Army officers at the
Fort have visited guard headquar-
tcrs and rendered their services.
Tomorrow's schedule Will be prac-
ticaIIy the same as todayS. Sub
calibcr fire will commence Friday.