Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-08-20
MILITIA INSURANCE
PLAN IS DEFEATED
Engineers Fail to Subscribe
in Sufficient Numbers-Go
Through Maneuvers.

by STAFF Correspondent
fcRT HUMPHREYS. Va. August
2o.-lnsurance of the personnel of the
lzlst Regiment Of Engineers. National
Guard, District of Columbia, under the
group plan, has failed. but not until
AFTER the tactics used in an effort
L" put 1t across had left a very sore
spot on the regiment, which is here
taxing a few weeks period of training
IN military engineering
Under the terms of the propoxition
- per cent of the personnel in carn
at this time must subscribe in order
TO make the plan effective. A canvass
or the com pani"s made today showed
10 members of one company and one
each In two other companjeS had
subscribed. The majority Of the com
panleS reported that not one ma,
had signed the contract for the in
surance.
Called Plan Dixhone
OficerS of the regiment said ,hat
the insurance agent sought the sub
ScrlptIonS of the officers by pointing
out to them that they could take the
insurance at very cheap rate as
the burden of the risk WAS carried
hE the very young men of the COM
pany. The officers pointed out that
TINS was an appeal to them from a
dishonest standpoint, and none OF
them desired to have the burden OF
thelr insurance carried on the Shout
derS of their younger comrades
Since reports were made TO Col
oehmann yesterday of the methods
USED by the insurance agent in trying
TO nave the regiment furnish the
clerical force necessary for the prep
aratlon of the Papers, the agents have
not again appeared in camp.
The troops left camp early today
and marched nearly ten miles on d
field vancouver involving the capture
of engineering supplies near Beulah
Church and the cutting of railroad
lines south of Accotink station Thu
advance guard was in command OF
capt. T. A. Lane and the rear guard
OF Lieut.. j. G. Jensen. Several mis-
takes Were made by the troops in
their efforts to carry out the war
problem, one of the more serious be-
ing the failure of the commanders to
see that their troops had ammunition
before they left camp. The absence
of the cartridges was not noticed un-
I'll contact was about to be made with
the enemy" Lieut.. Col. Harry Glad
man, second in command of the regi-
ment, and Capt. +. H. Grove, camp
quartermaSter, rushed back in an
automobile to bring up the ammuni-
tie was over.
Get Pay Saturday.
Pay rolls are being prepared this
afternoon. 1t is the plan to pay all
troops before they leave camp Sun
day morning.
When the troops were returning to
camp from their field maneuvers
shortly before noon, Lieut.. Col. Glad
man came into camp and had the 21st
Engineers Band march out and lead
them in. Though they had been on a
long march, and in heavy downfall
of rain, they presented a very credit
able appearance. They were reviewed
by Maj. Julian Cliff, commanding the
I'd Battalion.
Field exercises were forgotten this
afternoon while the troops partici-
pated in an athletic program under
the direction of Chaplain A L. Smith
Maj. Gen. Taylor, chief of engineers,
L. S. A, will review the brigade and
Regular and National Guard troops
when they parade tomorrow after
noon at o'clock. In the column will
be the 18th and 10Th United States
Engineers, with colored detachment;
the 121st Regiment of Engineers and
29th Military Police Company of the
National Guard of the District of
Columbia
Colonel j. A. Woodruff. command
ing this fort. will command the
brigade in the review.