Evening star., 1925-08-27
ENGINEERS GATHER
DATA TO MAP CAMP
D. c. Men Survey Site as Pre-
paredneSS Move-Lieut.
PohI Is Given a Dinner.
BY WILLIAM J. WHEATIEY,

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, August
27.-Field engineering plans for
camp site for a division of troops Al
the rifle range here are being pre-
pared by officers and men of the l21st
Engineers under the direction of Col.
John w. Oehmann. They constitute
a preparedness move on the part of
the regiment so that its work will be
lightened materially should ii he
called into the field on an emergency
order. This site has been selected as
the mobilization center of the 18th
National Guard Division. of which the
District of Columbia Engineer troops
are part. and the only engineer
troops of the division Surveyors in
the Typographical section of the
Headquarters and Service Company.
under the direction of Lieut.. William
l. Mushake. are surveying this entire
camp site for the purpose of making
a large scale map. which Will he used
in laying out the camp and perfectlng
all the engineering details before an
emergency arises.
Data of roads, contour lines. drain
age lines and location of buildings are
being collected for the basis of the
map. which will be constructed in the
armory upon the return of the troops,
From the data obtained, with the re-
Sultant map, the officers of the com
mand will be required TO study and
there will be worked out camp map.
showing where each organiza tion will
erect its tented homes Immediately
upon arrival in camp in the event of
mobilization.
Data for Mobilization.
One of the first things that the En-
gineer Regiment would have to do
upon arrival in camp. Col. Oehmann
said, would be TO lay out the camp
site. Col. Oehmann said he proposed
TO be forearmed in such an emergency
and is seiZing the opportunity given
by the encampment here this year to
collect the necessary data, from the
standpoint of engineering. for mobi-
liZation of the 29th National Guard
Division.
The laying out of the camp site
and the engineering plans will he made
a special course for the officers of the
regiment during the armory drill
periods this Winter. the regiment
commander said. Should the regiment
ever be called into the field in a
division each organization will be able
TO take copies of the map and set up
its tents and mess equipment with
out any commotion.
Troop activities and training and
the conditions in the camp are today
receiving the scrutinizinG attention
of two special inspectors. one sent by
the War Department and one by the
Sd Corps Area headquarters at Bal
timore, under whose jurisdiction the
District troops come.
Maj w. d. A. Anderson, acting
commandant of the Army Engineer
School, at Fort Humphries. Va. ar
rived in camp today and will re-
main for two days inspecting the
troops. Maj. Anderson is a member
of the Army educational board. which
has TO make special recommendation
in the methods of training for all
branches of the Army Maj. Gen.
Hanson E. Ely, president of the
Army War College. at Washington.
is president of the board
Col. o. W. Bell, from the Army
Sd Corps Area headquarters, also re-
ported in camp today and immedi-
ately went into conference with
Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan. COM
nlanding the 29th Division. Col. Bell
will make a special inspection for the
corps headquarters.
Lieut.. PohI Honored.
Lieut.. Herman H. Pohl. United
States Army Engineer Corps, who
is Just completing a four-year detail
with the 121st Engineers. and who
has been ordered to Fort Hum
phreys, Va. for duty. was rendered
a dinner by the officers of the District
Engineer Regiment at the Princess
Anne Country Club. The speakers
included Maj. Gen. stephan, Mai Joe
r. Mickey. Col. Louis c. Brinton.
senior Regular Army instructor as
signed TO the District Guard. and
Capt. Clay Anderson. who will relieve
Lieut.. Pohl as instructor of the
Engineer regiment. Maj. John W.
Oehmann was toastmaster
Gen. Stephan reviewed the history
of the National Guard from 1887 and
made interesting comparisons between
the requirements then and those of to-
day. Maj. Brinton paid a high tribute
to the regiment. to the improvement it
was making and spoke of the jealous
work its members were doing to per-
feet themselves for field service. Lieut.
Pohl. the guest of honor. expressed
himself as much pleased with his as