Evening star., 1925-08-21
MANY ACHESFOUND
IN MILITIA CAMP
BIistered Feet and Sore
Muscles Are Toll of Siren
uous Training.
BY WILLIAM j. WHEATLEY.
Staff rnrrnsnnn.ient of The star.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, August
2l.--Strenuous field life demanded of
Uncle Sans warriors is beginning TO
show It's imprint on the citizen sol
diers of the 121st Regiment of En-
gineerS and 29th Military Police Com
pany. in come here, drawn as they
were overnight from the Government
offices and business houses Of Wash
ington and thrown on the field or
mimic battle TO harden themselves.
Youth, middle age and veterans of
scores of camps and several wars are
represented here. The strenuousness
of the mass games, which troops IN
the field now are required to parttci-
pate into harden them for a cam
paign-is telling on their long-un-
used muscles When the mournful
notes of sick call poured over the
parade ground in the direction of the
tented city today there limped TO
long line at the hospital tent soldiers
with blistered feet and aching mus
cles to have their casualties min
istered to 10y Maj Allen and Capt.
Shapiro but it is otherwise healthy
camp.
New Spirit Seen.
New spirit seemed to permeate the
to a breakfast Of plenty today. Food
conditions are being more closely
watched by the officers and given
more direct supervision. While the
troops we're feeding today Col. John
w. Oehmann, commanding the regi-
ment, made a personal inspection OF
all the messes TO assure himself that
The supplies had been increased.
The program laid out for combat
engineers, the same they would be
called upon to perform in time OF war.
is hard work. Col. Oehmann is keep
ing rigidly to the program, and is per
sonally in the field with the troops to
assure himself that every detail is be-
ing carried out.
Of in the direction of the inlet
which borders the camp companies
c and f are rushing to completion
trestle bridge, and the organization
and team work displayed in bringing
IL rapidly into being showed the eff
cheney and thoroughness of the year
Of training they had been given in
their armory in Washington. Great
timbers. rough and uncut, were
brought to the front" and there
each man with his little task did his
bit. In a remarkably short time there
was bridge fit to transport division
Just a little ahead was Company ID,
throwing across the inlet portable
bridge for the troops to pass the
stream, and back of the line Company
r was laying down maze OF barn
wire entanglements which would cause
a pursuing force untold trouble. Com
pany c. armed with picks and shov-
els, was digging into the sandy wastes
throwing up breastworks and digging
trenches to furnish cover for the in
fantry, while Company A, armed with
necklaces Of the powerful TINT, was
receiving instructions in destroying
roads and using the explosives to fur
nish other impedimentS to an ap-
preaching force.
Entertainments Given.
Col. Oehmann was the guest of hon
or last night at a dinner given by the
29th Division staff at the staff mess
quarters. The staff is in camp here
working out divisional war problems
under the direction of Maj. L. c. Brin-
ton, L. S. A, senior instructor of the
National Guard of the District of Co
lumbia.
Tonight all of the troops not re-
ouired on guard or camp duty will go
10 the Casino at the resort, where
thev will be hosts to the populace
here at a regimental dance. The 121st
Engineer Band, led by Myer Goldman,
will provide the music, but they will
have to be taken there in ambulances
and trucks. While they can blow
their instruments with gusto, the
strenuous field work has left its mark
in aching muscles.
Last night there was a fine vaude-
Vile entertainment at the hut in
camp, which was we'll received by the
District troops. Tonight, aching mus
cles permitting, some of the members
Of the command will be given an op-
portunity TO show how much vim is
left in them when several boxing con-
tests will be staged.