Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-14
D. e. NATIONAL GUARD

All organizations comprising the Ma
tional Guard of the District of Column
bia spent most of their drill periods
last week making preparations for the
departure today for their various
camps, as the entire Guard contingent
will go into training camp this year
during the same period.
The organizations leaving will be
headed by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan,
who, in addition tos commanding the
local Guard, also commands the 18th
National Guard Division, composed of
the Militia of this city. Maryland and
Virginia. He, with his staff. will go
to Cascade, Md He will be accom-
panied from this city by Lieut.. Col.
Peyton G. hewitt division adjutant,
and they will go in the division head
quarters car, piloted by Sergt. A. p.
Troiana of the Staff Quartermaster
Corps.
Three other organizations will leave
today also for Cascade, proceeding in
busses. They are the Division Head
quarters Detachment, commanded by
Mai. Edward II. Grove; the 18th Mill
tary Police Company, headed by Capt.
Claude Burlingame, and Company A,
372d Infantry. commanded by Capt.
Arthur c. Newman. the latter organi-
cation being the colored contingent of
the local Guard.
The 121st Regiment of Engineers.
commanded by Col. John w. Oehmann,
will proceed in busses to Fort Hum
phreys, Va, while the 260th Coast
Artillery, commanded by Maj Walter
w. Burns, will proceed by train for
Fort Monroe, Va, where it Will 60
into barracks for two weeks and start
on a plan of instruction under its re-
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talon.
The advance guard of troops.
charged with the duty of getting bag.
gage together and otherwise making
preparations, for the departure of the
main body of troops on this morning.
were called to active duty last FIJI
dav. and consisted Of one officer for
each battalion and three enlisted men
from each company.
The troops proceeding to Cascade
will leave the Armory, at North Capt.
tol and d streets, at o'clock this
morning. while the Engineer troops
will not leave until 10 O'Clock.
Col. Oehmann has issued a general
order that all troops must be at the
Armory. fully armed and equipped. at
1870 am. Then they will lie around
until 910 o'clock, when the bugler
will sound first call, followed by as
sembly at 9:25 am. and adjutant's
call at $50.
There will he no advance movement
Of the baggage to the camp this year,
it was announced, Col. Oehmann pro.
yiding that the impedimenta shall ac-
company the main body in trucks, one
Of which will be assigned to each COM
pany.
While at Fort Humphreys the En-
gineer Regiment will occupy barracks
during its two weeks there-the same
buildings which were erected during
the war, when this post was used as a
training campI There will be three
messes in the camp. one for each bat
talon, and another for the Headquar-
tiers and Service Company and Medi-
cal Detachment, the latter commanded
by Maj. George J. Allen.
Col. Oehmann has ordered the trans
fer of Second Lieut.. Thomas F. Fitz-
gerald from Company G to the Head
quarters and Service Company Of the
1o1st Engineer Regiment.
Corpl. John G. May has been ap
pointed a second lieutenant and as
signed to Company of the Engineer
Regiment, filing the vacancy made
by the transfer Of Lieut.. Fitzgerald.
Pvts first class Julius Anirae.
George b. Campbell and John J.
Wolff have been promoted to cor
porals in Company c. 121st Engineers.
The following promotions in the
Headquarters and Service Company,
121st Engineers. have been ordered:
Corp. Samuel w. Marsh to be SER
geant, and Pvts., first class, Alton
J. $. Eccleston, Harold w. McGiverin
and Herman r. Hoist to be corporals.
Pvt. John f. Winters has been
transferred from the active to the
reserve list of the headquarters de-
tachment, 260th Coast Artillery, be-
cause of business interference.
The following requalifcations and
new qualifications of members of the
12lst Regiment of Engineers during
the target season of 1926 have been
certified TO headquarters: Headquar-
ters and Service Co.-Expert rifle.
men. Capt. Goodwin p. Dunn, First
Lieut.. William /. Mushake, Technical