Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-13
CAPITAL MILITIA
WILL CO TO CAMP
National Guard Troops to
Leave Tomorrow for Train
ing in Maryland and Virginia.

Washington's citizen soldiery, com.
prising the National Guard of the Dis
trict of Columbia, will roll out of the
city tomorrow morning to their Vari-
Gus camp sites, where for the next
two weeks they will learn the mill
tary game on an intensive scale.
Except for one outfit, the 260th Coast
Artillery, which is to go by special
train to Fort Monroe, Va, there will
be no treat Of martial music to bring
admirers to the side lines to watch the
men head for the field of war practice.
The greater part of the body Of troops
will leave the city in buses, and
the movement Of the 121st Regiment
OF Engineers. commanded by Col John
w. Oehmann. who in civil life Is build
ing inspector of the District of
Columbia, is said to be the largest
troop movement effected in this
manner.
The 260th Coast Artillery. command
ed by Mai. Walter w. Burns, will
leave its armory, at Water and o
streets, at 3 o'clock tomorrow morning
and, headed by it's bugle and drum
corps, will march to the Union sta
ton. where the members will board a
special train, which will carry them di-
rect to their camp site in Virginia.
Truck Train Leaves.
The vanguard Is moving out today,
with great Army trucks. loaded with
the mass of paraphernalia which will
be required by the troops for their
stay in camp. A motor caravan of
six trucks of the 260th Coast Artillery,
under command of Lieut.. J. l.. At
kins, left early today, to proceed over
land to Fort Monroe. This outfit will
stop overnight at the Richmond, Va,
National Guard armory and complete
the trip tomorrow, probably arriving
in camp about the same time as the
main body. which is going by train.
The engineers advance detail, under
Capt Walter s. WEIGH, has been work.
ing at the armory at North Capitol
and D streets since yesterday. prepar.
ing the camp equipment, assisted by
three enlisted men from each unit.
The goth Division Special Troops ad-
vance guard. headed by Capt. Fletcher
f. Bernsdorff, has been moving ma
terials to Cascade, Md, near the Penn
sylvania line, for the past three days,
and tonight will leave on its final trip
with the last Of the equipment. Capt.
Bernsdorff has been designated as
camp quartermaster of the goth Di-
vision headquarters camp.
General Leaves at 3.
The movement will begin at s
o'clock tomorrow morning, when Maj.
Gen. Anton stephen. commanding the
local troops and also the 18th Ma
tional Guard Division, comprising the
militia of this city, Maryland and Vir.
ginia, will leave for Cascade. He will
be accompanied by Lieut.. Col Peyton
G. hewitt, assistant adjutant OF the
local Guard and adjutant of the 18th
Division, and Capt Sidney Morgan
aide -de-camp to the commanding
general.
At 9 O'Clock eight busses of the Blue
Ridge Transportation Co. will leave,
| four of them from the North Capitol
and D street armory, carrying the
| 29th Division headquarters troops,
commanded by Maj. Edward II. Grove,
and the goth Military Police Company,
commanded by Capt Claude Burlin-
game, and four leaving the armory at
Twelfth and u streets, with Company
A, 372d Infantry aboard The latter
outfit is commanded by Capt. Arthur
G. Newman.
The last and largest Of the troop
| movements will be at 10 o'clock, when
| 10 buses of the Washington Rapid
Transit Co. will leave the Government
Hotel armory on the Union Station
plaza for Fort Humphreys, Va. There
will be ASS officers and men In this
| contingent,