Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-22
GUARDSMEN PLAN
BATTLE" TONIGHT
Gigantic Division Maneuver
viii Be Staged Over Penn
syIvania Line.

CAMP ALBERT c. RITCHIE. Cas-
cade. Md. August 2o.-preparinS foI
gigantic division maneuver 10 test
the military instruction. which has
been given at this camp during the
past week. the troops of the District
of Columbia National Guard Mt this
station left shortly after noon today
for the mountain ranges across the
dividing line into Pennsylvania where
q mimic battle will begin at 6 o'clock
tonight and last for 20 hours.
Maj Gen. Anthem Stephan, com
manding the National Guard of the
District, as well as the 29th Nation
al Guard division, comprising the
troops Of the National Capital. Mary
land and Virginia. left camp in the
division headquarters car driven by
Sergt. Alfred p. Troiaono of Wash
ington, for his command station on
the Waynesboro-Em m" tsburgh road.
where a small camp f-s been put up
from which the genel II and his stan
will remain for the ~isht. receiving
reports OF the progress of his troops.
Network for Messages.
Over the mountain ridges and
through the heavy woodland the
Division Signal Company has laid
veritable network TO pick up the mes
sages of the outposts and transmit
them to the command headquarters.
where they will be given to Gen.
Stephan for disposition.
Every officer and man in the camp
has been given a station in the
maneuver. The goth Division Military
Police Company, District outfit, COM
manded by Capt. Claude Burlingame,
has been turned into scouting COM
pany to take part in the maneuver.
by which the men will get some relief
from the monotonous infantry drill
which they have been given on the
parade grounds during the first week
in camp.
Oehmann Command Arrives.
Col. John w. Oehmann, command
ing the 121st Regiment of Engineers,
now taking it's field training at Fort
Humphreys. Va, arrived in camp at
midnight last night to report to Gen.
Stephan to handle the field engineers
problems which are expected to con-
front the division in its operations in
the field. There will be no rest or
relief for the offers or men during the
night.
Realism will he given to the battle"
by the pyrotechnic display OF the sig
nal companies flashing their messages
should their electric lines fail and by
the maneuvers of the division air
squadron now at Martinsburg, w. Va.
which will hover over the battle area
during the operation. carrying out the
orders of Gen. Stephan.
Gen. Stephan went to Martinsburg
yesterday to confer with the air squad
nd n
camp in a plane, sending his aides
back overland. When he landed on
the parade ground he was met by
Assistant Secretary of War Hanford
MacNider. who paid visit to the
camp to view the activities of the di.
vision troops.
Umpires of Situation.
The efforts of the Guard officers in
handling the battle" situation will
be umpired by Lieut.. Col. Louis c.
Brinton, jr., instructor of the District
Guard and chief instructor of the
29th Division, and Lieut.. Col. r. H.
Leavit, attached to the Sd Corps area
headquarters at Baltimore, Md. who
has been especially detailed here for
the field operation.
The troops in the camp are under
the command of Maj. Edward H.
Grove of Washington. and the outfits
include the Goth Military Police Com
pany, commanded by Capt. Burlin.
game; the Division Headquarters
Troop. commanded by First Lieut..
Walker. and Company A, 372d In.
fantry, commanded by Capt. Arthur 9.
Newman, the latter the colored con-
tingent of the District Guard.
This camp. which is said to be one
of the most ideal militia camps in the
East, Is located in a Blue Ridge Noun
tain range.
Gen. Stephan said that he plans to
have the District Engineer Regiment
come here for it's training next year
If the Militia Bureau can be prevailed
upon to allow necessary funds for the
transportation Of the troops, as he
believes that they could obtain much
valuable engineering training in this
area.