Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-17
TRA|NEES RUSH TINT
AWAY FROM CAMP
Explosive Found Near Bar.
racks of 121st Engineers
at Fort Humphreys.
~ WILLIAM J. WHEATi.EN.
staff Correspondent of The Star.

staff Correspondent OF The S'ar.
FORT HUMPHREYS. Va. August
17.-DiscOvery today of the regi
mept's supply of INT for demolition
work. stored In shed dangerously
close tn the barracks occupied by the
I21st Engineers of the National
Guard of the District Of Columbia
sent a detail of officers and men on
the run to store ii about mile away
from the quarters. where II mt DE
holt Of lightning it would cause niue
more damage than the killing or
few nearby trees and the shaking up
Of the troops.
lightning IA shing about the camp
during yesterdays storm recaiieo
wildly to the minds of the troops
memories of the Lake Denmark dis
aster. md Lieut. Col. Harry F.. Glad
man. executive officer. went search
ing for the supply of high explosives
which was brought down several days
ahead of the troops.
When he found II In a shed IN
close proximity to the troop quarters
under the shade of the trees. 1t was
considered too inviting for lightning
He and Capt Clay Anderson. Reeu-
lar Army instructor assigned 10 the
regiment. found an isolated spot and
a detail Of engineers from Company
F, under Capt. George w. Johns.
ed digging temporary magazine
in the ground for the material
Cant. Goodwin r. Dunn. command
ing the headquarters and service COM
pany. was instructed 10 ioad the eH
plosives on truck and transport them
to the Temporary magazine, and under
lowering skies the men worked on
the double quick with little need Of
urging.
Big Still Il Destroyed.
The troops had another burst Of ex-
element today when forces under
Lieut.. Gordon f. Texton. provost
marshal Of the post: Lieut.. Gerald r.
Sullivan of the post = prison guard
and a detail Of the guard. raided a
huge Iiuuor manufacturing plant In
the woods near the camp. routed the
dIstillers with gunfre and broke mp
the equipment.
The plant was tipped of by mem
bers Of the Fort Humphreys com
mand. a nd prohibition offices In Wash
ineton. notified, sent down an opera.
tive who deputized the soldiers. ana
then launched the raid. 1t Is NOT ne
lieved any casualties resulted from
the shooting. ..,,
II REQUIRED three lOui w
the plant, which consisted of sou
sal,on sti,l % watts. all full: 90
horsepower steam boiler and. il was
estimated. about $4,000 worth or
mash. The plant was operating AT
it's full capacity when the party ar
rived and the operatives left In s,ich
q hurry that they did not have time
to turn off the IA Inch jet. out or
which the fluid was pouring under
pressure.
Nix-ups Delay Training.
The District Engineers seem I"
he having some difficulty IN Gettlns
their mimic warfare started. troops
going to one place and their war ma :
terals to another. One "ntn' Weh'
out all enthusiastic abOu, Tvs p'"hs
for stoppins the enemy" with In
,,,o.ts ba rbed. wire entanglements.
hut whom they arrived they had, no
material 1t having gone into the
enemy territory The troops waited
while and then evacuated to their
barracks for food. more conhdent :"
their ability to finish camp stew
than an enemy.
One thing that has impressed the
field engineers in their tralnink
course is that il is dificult to fight
a war without necessary tools. Com
many went out this morning u
build trestle bridge across a deer
"a vine. but they found that the nahu
saws which they brought WIN tneHI
couldn't take the place Of cross'cu'
Jaws for telling the large trees nece"
sary in the construction of the brioge'
C,an, Anderson pointed out to the
odacers that each engineer compan!
must ne self sustaining and that theS
could not perform their duties as en-.
eineers unless they had the required
equipment. S,.a To-,
tho ono casualty Of the camp, wneh
pa,o Alto Mitchell. Company I. cut
severe cash on his foot Win an AK:
pecessitating medical attention ana
confinement TO quarters. other"ise
the health Of the camp mas oeen
cellent and Mai. George !. Alien
comma nding the n,edical detachment
va Id that at sick cell today there were
only the usual camp complaints, Tor
the alienation f0H which he recon-
mended more exa&se.
Remedy Subrises Them.
The troops seemed somewhat he
wildefed by this Army remedy ior
Yesterday they were In the neid Tor
10 hours and when taps sounded
Ia st night there was hardly a. murmur
in the barracks and there was no de-
sire to put on any camp stunts. Many
Of them are beginning TO feel the erect
Of this intensive training, but are
striving hard To keep up the pace
which has been mapped out for them.
Not a few Of them last night started
their recreation by appearing at the
moving picture. hut most OF them had
to he awaken when the show was over
and sent dropping to their barracks.
But they seem 10 he game lot for
At reveille they were M again and
ready for the field.
They will get little respite from
the heavy work his week when they
will be given some instruction in
chemical warfare under the direction
of Capt George W. Wise. chemical
warfare officer. from Langley Field
who held a conference with CqA sIohn
W. Oehman today regarding fhe de-
tails for the demonstration.
Maj. Allen In not combining hl3<exek,
else prescriptions to the line eomf
pa MES, for this morning his cOrpA men
were handed engineer trench-d1ggin2
tools and given a combination engin-
eering sanitation drill by digging
trenches around the field hospital.
Prepare fer Mimic Battle.
Prepa ia lions already are being made
! for the big mimic hattie TO take f'il
day away from the camp and 10 he
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