Evening star., 1925-07-19
men getting their first military train

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ing.
The members of the Reserve Off
GERS training camp are from the fol
lowing institutions: Carnegie Insti-
tute of Technology, Pittsburgh; Johns
Hopkins University, Baltimore; Penn
sylvania State College, Virginia Poly
technic Institute and the Virginia
Military Institute. One District man,
Richard A. Burr. 904 Aspen street, is
in this contingent from the Carnegie
Institute.
Those in the civilian camp are
from various points in Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Virginia, and one,
Richard c. Beverley, PIG Fifteenth
street southeast, is from the District
of Columbia.
An intensive training schedule has
been maintained for all since they
have been in camp, starting early in
the morning with calisthenics and
ending long after dark as the groups
worked at various points in the camp
with the aid Of powerful search
lights. The course includes instruc
ton in map making, reconnaissance,
advanced guard and attack, conStruc-
ton work, including treStle and pom
toon bridge construction, as well as
demolition with the aid of high ex-
plosives. The course has not been
It's III "OIh,
that is, the carrying on of corre-
spondence, issuance of orders, MAX
ing out acquisitions for supplies, etc.
Officers on Trip.
This afternoon a group of the mem
bers of the Reserve officers training
camp were taken on the United
States Engineer boat Chicago on a
trip down the Potomac as far as
fnt hn of in.
specting river and harbor construc-
ton work. The group was in charge
of Maj. ]. D. OConnor. in charge of
the Potomac Piver and Harbor dis
trict, with headquarters in Washing
ton. Maj O'Connor explained to the
embryo officers the details of the
work of the Army Engineer Corps in
it's river and harbor Improvement
work. This group returned to camp
last night and another group will be
taken out today.
Many of the officers of the 304th
Engineers were trained for the
World War in this camp. A number
of them expressed surprise on re-
turning there to find the old frame
buildings still standing, and no new
construction of a more permanent
nature. This condition prevails in
spite of the fact that this is the site
of the Engineer School and the En-
gineer Museum. Valuable papers and
documents are stored in the same
frame buildings that were rushed
into being for war purposes.
Col. E. NJ. Markham, U. S. Engi-
neers, is in command of the post, Maj.
D. L. Weart, formerly in the office Of
public buildings and grounds in Wash
ington, is executive officer and Mai.
John F. Conklin, commands the 18th
Regiment of u. S. Engineers, which is
permanently attached here and which
is used in training the officers and
men from the reserves, who come
here during the Summer.
Because of it's historic location ad-
joining Mount Vernon, and it's once
having been the estate of Lord Fair
fax, the reserve officers point to it as
a particularly appropriate place for
the training of young officers for the
future armies of the United States.
The 304th Engineers will complete
their duty July 20, and then the 324th
Engineers from Pittsburgh will arrive
for training until August 9. From
the latter date until August %, the
officers of the following regiments will
be in camp; 353rd Engineers, from
309th and 325th Engineer Regiments,
each with 20 officers from Ohio and
the 404th Engineers, with Is officers,
also from Ohio.
The 343rd Engineers, composed of
officers from this city and Baltimore,
will report in camp August 16, for two
weeks training. The battalion from
the District of Columbia will be COM
manded by Col. John Stewart. How
ever, they will remain in camp for a
day, as they will have probably the
most interesting training of the period.
They will leave August II to hike to
Bull Run, camping en- route, and
studying the war maps and fortifica-
tions of the Civil War. They will re-
turn to camp August 80, and will be
dismissed from further active duty.