Evening star., 1925-07-19

ana John w. Belt and horace Dulley
in the medical detachment of the
121st Engineers.
w. w. Owens, general manager of
the American Railway Express, in a
letter, has informed local guard
headquarters that not only does that
company not have any objection to
any of it's employees joining the Ma
tional Guard or attending military
training camps, hut. in fact, has al.
ways encouraged the practice.
Naval Reserve.
The U. s. s. Eagle No. Sc is due to
arrive at her dock. at the foot of
Water and o streets, this morning,
completing a 30-day practice cruise
with the local naval reservists aboard
With the arrival of the Eagle 1t will
mark the ending of the service Of
that vessel here as training ship.
as she is to be relieved some time this
month by the United States destroyer
Allen, now fitting out for this service
at the Philadelphia navy yard.
Although the present naval sched-
ule provides for the Eagle to remain
in this district, ii is expected that
later orders will be issued for her to
proceed to Baltimore, Md, to relieve
training ship of the Maryland re-
serves.
The Eagle 56 did not carry out her
full itinerary on this trip, as she was
scheduled to visit Haiti and the Virgin
Island After reaching Havana,
Cuba, however, she turned back to
the States. No reasons were given
for this in dispatches to the Navy De-
partment.
The United States destroyer Childs,
flagship of Division Al, Squadron IA, of
the scouting fleet, has been assigned
to carry the detachment of reserves
which will make the training cruise
which starts on July 26. 1t had been
intended that the destroyer Toucey
should make this cruise, but it was
said at the Navy Department that the
Toucey has not completed her over
haul in the navy yard and is not
available. However, it was said that
the Childs will only relieve for this
trip and that the Toucey will make
the September cruise.
The Childs is scheduled to arrive
here today and to remain for a week
before. starting out with the local re-
servists. She will carry out the itin-
erary planned for the Toucey. The
fromer vessel has just returned to
this coast from a cruise with the
United States fleet in the maneuvers
off Hawaii recently. She is com
manded by Comdr. n. H. Goss and
her executive officer is Lieut.. r. Z.
Heating.
officers and men who had planned
to take this cruise on the Toucey are
somewhat perturbed owing to the
fact that they have not received noti-
fication that they had been selected
for the cruise. There was some con-
sternation when the report gained
ground that the Toucey was not TO
come here, when 1t was not coupled
with the information that the Childs
had been ordered to relieve her for
this duty.
have been urged in a memorandum
sent them by Maj. Gen. Stephan to
make an intensive drive for recruits.
He points out that there is on file at
Guard headquarters a record of the
names and addresses of approximate
ly 1900 men who registered for the
national defense test on July 4.
1t is believed, said Gen. Stephan,
that an examination of this list will
reveal a number of men who are eli
gible for membership in the National
Guard and who could probably be Sc
cured If some organized effort were
made. Unit commanders are urged to
inspect this list and select cards for
such individuals as they desire to Sc
cure.
Several of the local commands are
short on numerical strength, and ef
forts now are being made to recruit
them to the minimum allowance be-
fore going to camp. Otherwise there
will have to be consolidation Of
some of the companies. A recruiting
campaign now is being carried on and
placards calling attention to the com
ing encampment have been posted
throughout the city.
Corpl H. Milwit, successful candi-
date for West Point from the local
Guard, has reported to the Military
Academy and has been assigned to the
4th Company, according to informa
ton received at Guard headquarters.
Formal instructions for the annual
encampment of the 121st Regiment of
Engineers, 29th Military Police Com
pany, Infantry, and the 260th Coast
Artillery have just been issued. AL
though it has not been determined
whether the organizations will pro
C6SQ DIV DOdl OI every ~ Cptil
ton short of this is being made at
this time, SO that as much Of the de-
tail as possible may be finished. In
addition to the main bodies of troops
there will be an advance force to go
to the camps several days ahead of
time to make preparations and a
rear guard left behind when the main
body leaves for home at the end of
the encampment. The order follows:
Under authority of the War De-
partment, pursuant to section go, ma
tional defense act, the annual field
training camp for units of the Ma
tional Guard of the District of Co
lumbia will be held as follows;
Virginia Beach, Va, from August
Is to 80, 1925: 29th Division staff,
State Staff Corps and departments,
121st Regiment Of Engineers and 29th
Military Police Company.
Fort Monroe, Va, from August 16
to 80, 1925: 260th Coast Artillery.
lone day preceding and one day
following the above periods is author
ized where the journey to or from the
encampment is in excess of II hours.
Commanding officers are author
lied to detail advance and rear de-
tachments for two days Immediately
preceding and two days Immediately
following the camps of their units to
prepare the camps and close them as
follows:
For regiments and separate bat
tallions: Service company, less the
band. or one officer for each battalion
and three enlisted men for each COM
pany. They may be taken from any
or all companies.
For separate companies and de-
tachments: One officer and three en-
listed men.
THE above days of duty are in ad-
dition to the authorized period of the
encampment and the necessary travel
period.