Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-06

L All OF the units of the local Guard
Will get a long trip away from the
National Capital during their annual
encampmentS this Summer, except the
12fst Regiment of Engineers, which
1t was decided last week must go to
Fort Humphreys. Va, for its period of
field training. Both officers and men
of the Engineer regiment have been
hoping the War Department would
act f3Folahiy ON the recommended ton
or Col. John w. Oehmann. command
| ing the regiment, and Mai. Gen. Anton
Stephan, that the organization this
year be sent to Virginia Beach, Va.
tor the purpose. if nothing else than
10 keep up the morale of the orga Il
! lZation, which, it is believed by some.
is considerably affected by sending il
each year TO a camp ground so near
| to the home station.
Not only did the War Department
reject the proposal that the Engineers
be sent to Virginia Beach. Va. but
they even refused to allow the outfit
! the dates recommended for the en-
campment The local Guard officials.
fully cognizant of the requirements of
the regiment and the dates at which
the greatest number of men may be
| obtained for active field duty. asked
that the organization be sent to camp
from July 81 to August IA. However
| the War Department has dictated that
| they shall go two weeks later, or from
| August IA to IS. No further reason
| is given except that during the two
| weeks selected by the local Guard
! there will be officers OF two Reserve
| regiments, totaling about so men. at
| Fort Humphreys, and for this alone
| an active National Guard regiment
| consisting of some 500 men is forced
| TO remain fnr upal<S
| Furthermore. the troops of the Dis
| trlct OF Columbia do not occupy the
| same quarters as the Reserve officers
While at Fort Humphreys. but are in
two widely separated sections of the
vast area composing the camp-an
| area large enough to accommodate a
! whole division of troops. However
| the local officials are hopeful that the
| war Department will grant at least
| one OF the recommendations. and that
Is that while the local regiment is
| at Fort Humphreys it be given an area
| In which it can work unmolested, and
carry out general scheme of engi-
neer work covering the entire encamp-
| ment. Heretofore it has been forced
| to operate piece-meal in various Sec
tons OF the camp. with no general
objective.
The units which will go to distant
points are the 260th Battalion of
Coast Artillery, which will go to Fort
Monroe. Va, and the 29th Division
Staff, the goth Military Police Com
j pany, 29th Division Headquarters De-
tachment and Company A, 372d In
fantry, which have been ordered to
proceed to Cascade. near Pen-Mar.
Md, for their annual training. This
| Is the site of the new State camp of
the National Guard of Maryland.
The following enlisted in the Guard
last week and were assigned to units:
Beverly A. Davenport. 1880 Seven
teenth street, Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery; George X. Dunning, 1909
Fourth street southeast, Battery A,
260th Coast Artillery; Joseph B. OAR
cey, All Brandywine street, Battery
A, 260th Coast Artillery, and Murray
A. Easten, 2426 Pennsylvania avenue,
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery.
The report of Capt. Clay Anderson,
United States Army instructor as
signed to the local Guard on the work
of the Army correspondence course.
covering the month of February, just
made public, shows 10 officers and
enlisted men on the honor roll; 3
officers and men qualified and 10 other
officers and men who have submitted
material, but have not qualified.
Those on the honor roll, with the
number of lessons and examinations
they have turned in and taken, follow:
First Lieut.. Hugh Everett, 81 lessons.
Z examinations and sub courses;
First Lieut.. Homer b. Willard, 80
lessons, examinations and sub
courses: First Lieut.. George F. Har-
h IN I van1inQ tinno and =
sub courses: Corp. John G. May, IA les
sons. / examination and ] sub course;
First Lieut.. George l.. Evans. 8 lessons,
/ examination and 1 sub course; First
Lieut.. Walter A. knight, lessons, l
examination and / sub course; First
Lieut.. John r. Quade, 9 lessons, l
examination and | sub course; Capt.
Walter S. Welsh, Z lessons, l examina-
ticn and l sub course; Maj. Julian S.
Diff, lessons, / examination and
sub course First Lieut.. Thaddeus A.
Riley, lessons, / examination and
sub course; First Lieut.. John E. Tenn
pie, lessons. / examination and l
sub course; Capt. Samuel r. Turner,
5 lessons, / examination and / sub
course: Second Lieut.. John F. FitZ-
gerald, lessons, ! examination and
sub course; Sergt. Joseph c. Turco.
lessons: Capt George w. Johns,
lessons; First Lieut.. James M. Magru-
der, 5 lessons; First Lieut.. William A.
Mushake, lessons; Second Lieut.. En-
rique c. Canova, lessons and Pvt.
Luther B. Hall, 5 lessons.
The following are on the qualified
list: Capt. Clarence S. Shields, les
sons; Pvt. first class Ira d. Grin
non, lessons, and Pvt. Cooper Is.
Rhodes. lessons.
Others who have submitted material
are: Second Lieut.. David w. Milne,
three lessons; Chaplain Arthur l..
Smith, three lessons; Capt. William B.
Boucher, three lessons; Capt. William
r. Jorgensen, two lessons; Capt.
Charles E. Smithson, two lessons;
Pvt. James P. Bowers, two lessons;
Staff Sergt. B. s. Mcdonald, two les
sons Corpi. Malcolm F. Bailey, two
lessons; Pvt. Joseph C. Read, one les
son: Maj Ralph S. Childs, one lesson;
Sergt Albert Silver. one lesson: Sec
ond Lieut.. Afford l.. Jorgensen. one
lesson, and First Lieut.. Robert G..
MacCartee, one lesson.
The following have been transferred
from the active list to the reserve list
of Company A, 121st Engineers. be-
cause of business interference: Pvts
Andrew L. Loffler, John B. Revue,
Arthur j. Sullivan, William Thompson
and David II. West.
The following reductions in Com