Evening star., 1926-05-16

orders for the movement OF tne oT
carnations of the National Guard o'
the District of Columbia to the places
for their annual field training en-
campments were issued last week ny
Headquarters. and preparations VIII
Immediately he made for this heId
service. 50 that the embarkations may
be promptly made.
To Virginia Beach. Va, from Au
gust Is TO 20. Will so the 18th DlVl
sion staff. headed by Maj. Gen. An
ton stephan, commanding; the neau
quarters and headquarters detaFh
ment. special troops. 18th llNlsl"n
and the 29lh Military Police Com
pany, the latter commanded by Capt
Raymond NJ. Peak.
The 1g1st Regiment of Engineers
commanded by Col John W. Och
mann. the largest contingent in the
local Guard. will 20 TO Fort Hum'
phrcys. Va. from August 10 to ~. IN
addition, the administrative stan Will
go to this camp. Fort Humphreys
is an Engineer post and was select
ed for this outfit because it Is be
lteved that they Will get the maximum
result from the engineering WORK
there.
Fort Monroe. Va, from August to
@, viii hc the training place fof the
26oth Coast Artillery. commanded by
Mai. Walter W. Burns. This IS the
usual place of training for this organ
lzation. because its service has to 90
With the big coast defense guns.
Companv \. 372d Infantry, the
colored contingent of the local Guard,
viii go TO Saunders Range, Md, for
service with the Maryland troops 1t
viii take its field training from July
il to -.
Preparations will he made promptly
for providing the necessary tranSpor-
tatipn. the orders prescribe that one
dax preceding ana one day following
1hr above dates viii hr authorized
where the journeys To and from camp
are more than - hours. This, OF
course. viii apply only to the outfh
going to Virginia Beach and Fort
Monroe. which will neceSsitate their
leaving on August Z and IA. reSpec-
lively. Although the regulations re
qure open bids for the transportation,
ii is the hope of the officials that the
local troops will be sent TO the South
ern camps by boat.
Officers and enlisted men Will be in
structed TO make prompt arrange
mentS with their civilian employers so
as to he able to attend the encamp-
rnentS of the outfits of which they are
members.
of troops preceding each encampment,
10 make Preparations for the main
bodies, and commanding officers of
lluitS have been authorized 10 detail
one officer per battalion and three en-
listed men per company To form the
camp preparation detail. For orSanl-
zations which will be required TO pitch
tentaee and organize the camp, two
additional days will be allowed, and
for the other units one day.
The camp training will he conducted
in accordance with the Militia Bureau
training directive of April -. 1925,
as changed by the Militia Bureau
Notes on Training. l9%4-l@25.' pub
lished November IL, 1925, and training
memorandum No. /, Headquarters, Sd
Corps Area.
Regimental and separate battalion
and unit commanders viii be instruct
ed to prepare programs for the train
ing in the field of their respective
units, and forward them through the
instructor to the commanding general,
Sd Corps Area, at Baltimore, Md,
for approval. These must be i'll at
least two months before the date OF
departure.
While in camp the officers will be
required to make plans for the next
Winters armory training, and desig-
nate an objective to be reached the
orders saying that regilental. sepa-
rate battalion and separate unit COM
manders viii confer with officers
under their command and with the
instructor on duty with their unit
prior to the close of the field training
encampment as to the training to be
conducted.
Enlisted men whose terms of service
will expire during the first week OF
any of the enCampmentS viii not be
allowed to so to camp, unless they re-
enlist prior to the date of departure
OF their respective units.
The orders fix an allowance of so
cents per day per enlisted man for
subsistence, which subsistence together
with the necessary authorized supplies
for use at the camps will be furnished
by the camp supply officers to be
designated by the National Guard
camp commander.
Commanders are expressly pro-
hibited from incurring any charge
against the National Guard of the
District Of Columbia, or the United
States property and disDurSing officer
for the District of Columbia. any bill
in excess of the allowance authorized
for their respective units.
Officers belonging to companies or
other similar units will not be entitled
to pay and will not be sent to field
training camp unless the unit con-
cerned has the necessary minimum
maintenance strength required and
unless 50 per cent of the officers and
90 per cent of the actually enrolled
enlisted men attend the camp.
Companies win be paid for this
training service upon their return to
the home station, and prior to dis
missal from Federal service. How
ever, unit commanders VIII not be
paid until satisfactory property re
ports have been submitted.
State administrative staff officers
encamped at Fort Humphreys, Va,
are directed to perform the duties Of
their respective offices in connection
with camp administration under com
mand of the National Guard camp
commander and VIII cooperate with
Regular Army officers performing
similar work at Fort Humphreys.
Commissions in the 121st Regiment
of Engineers We're presented to the
following officers last week by Maj.
Gen. Anton stephan, commanding;
First Lieut.. George l.. Harbin, pro-
noted from second lientenant; Second
LieUts. Hugh Everett, Thaddeus Riley
and Edward V. Mcmahon, promoted
from sergeants. Everett and Riley
are attached to Company l. and Nc
Mahon to Company i.
It was announced at Guard head
quarters that Federal recognition has
been extended by the Secretary of
War, through the chief, Militia
Bureau. to Headquarters Detach-
ment. 29th Division. Special Troops,
District of Columbia National Guard
to date from April 13, 1926. Lieut..
Daniel +. Lloyd has been placed in
command of this unit.