Evening star., 1926-03-28
District National Guard

will camp at Fort Humphreys, Va,
from August 15 to 20.
The camp and training orders for
the movement of these troops to their
respective stations for training are
now being prepared at Guard head
quarters ana will be issued within a
short time to give the commanding
officers an opportunity to inform
themselves of the details and make
the necessary preparations for a
pgompt movement into the field at
the proper time.
1t is expected that the Coast Artil-
lery this year will go overland to
camp by motor truck, as it did last
year, and that the 29th Division Staff
and 29th Military Police Company
will proceed by boat to Norfolk, and
from there to Virginia Beach by train.
The Engineers will go by special train
to Humphreys, as it is possible by
this route to send the troops directly
into the reservation and land them
close to their quarters, which will
minimize the handling of the bulky
camp paraphenalia.
The rifle practice season of the local
Guard was opened when the outdoor
range at Camp Sims, Congress
Heights, D. c., was made ready for
practice last Sunday. The first com
mand to take advantage of the op-
portunity for this duty was Company
A, 12Ist Engineers, Capt. Roy w.
Keesee commanding. A number of the
men of this command were on the
range then.
Capt. Just C. Jensen, Ordnance De
partment, now in full charge of all
rifle training and craftsmanship for
oil
duty, and is making up a detail of
officers so that there will be one on
duty each Sunday, so that any men
who desire may go out and fire their
record practice.
Capt. Jensen is negotiating with the
captain of the midshipmens rifle
team at the Naval Academy at An
napolis for the purpose of arranging
a match in MAY between that team
and the local Guard team. This is
an annual match and one which is
looked forward to with great interest
by the local guardsmen.
The regimental team of the 121st
Engineers has completed the firing of
its scores in the national matches un-
der the auspices of the National Rifle
Association Although the scores
from the other parts of the country
are not ready yet, Capt. Jensen said
that the local team made some very
high scores, and he is hopeful that
they took the match this year.
1t was announced that the next as
sembly of the 29th Division Staff,
comprising officers of the National
Guard of Maryland. Virginia and the
District of Columbia, will be held in
this CITY June 5. At that time divi-
sional problems affecting the Guard
will be discussed and the staff officers
will work out a war game problem
which is being prepared by Maj. Louis
c. Brinton. jr., L. $. A. Coast Artil-
lery Corps, instructor of the division
staff.
Another unit authorized to be add
ed to the components of the local Ma
tional Guard. it is expected will be
mustered into Federal service at the
regular drill period Tuesday night.
This is the Headquarters Detachment,
Special Troops, an organization small
in numbers, but most important, it is
said, in the divisional organization.
Recruiting has been conducted by
Lieut. Daniel b. Lloyd, now second in
command of the 29th Military Police
Company, but who is to be trans
ferred to the new command when 1t
iC federa1ly recognized Lieut. IlOyd