Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-28
District National Guard

| National Guard Division staff there
this year. and he expressed himself
as enthusiastic over the camp and it's
possibilities for training.
There is every facility on the reser-
walton there for obtaining engineer.
| ing training that can be found at Fort
| Humphreys, including a place on
which pontoon and kapock bridges
| may be constructed. The camp has 40
I acres of water in two great lakes,
which are used by the officers and
men both for boating and swimming.
| There are 900 acres included in the
| reservation. 1t is located in the Blue
| Mountain range, and is surrounded by
| high peaks. 1t is at a high altitude
and experiences weather conducive to
| the health of men in camp. Rapid
| strides are being made by the State
| of Maryland in perfecting the perma-
nent buildings on the camp, and i'll a
couple of years it will be completed,
although it is large enough now for
couple of regiments of troops.
The expansive parade ground is
located at a low level on the edge of
| the lakes, and is used for the landing
of airplanes. On the slope are To-
streets. More than a score of perma-
| nent mess halls have been constructed.
They are built of native stone found
on the place. and have concrete floors.
In one end on the road where sup
plies may he delivered with dispatch
are the kitchens for each company.
In the opposite end of the mess hall
there is Il large open fireplace, and
there is an abundance OF wood on the
MOUNTAIN slopes to feed the fires for
years. The mess equipment is Of the
collapsible type, which can be quickly
folded against the walls, so that the
halls may be used as recreation cen
ters by the companies. They are cleo
trio lighted. Back of the mess shacks
are the company streets. and during
the year concrete bases will be con-
structed for each of the pyramidal
tents, so that there will be no ex-
pense for wood flooring.
The water supply is obtained from
mountain streams which are run into
reservoir and served out by gravity
under a pressure Of rs pounds. Pump.
ing is not required at any stage of
the service. Shower baths in abun-
dance are provided in sufficient num-
Der for all the troops that might be
quartered there for all time.
bElSdie Headquarters DullQ1nSS or
stone have been erected. They have
a large assembly hall and lounging
room on the upper floor, and in the
basement are the kitchen, mess hall
for the brigade officers and bath IA
cilties. There also is gigantic stone
warehouse, where all of the camp
supplies are kept, a railroad spur run
ming right up to the platform on the
ground level, while on the lower level
there is a storage space for many mo-
tor trucks.
There now is being completed on
the shores of one of the lakes a large
clubhouse, containing an assembly
hall large enough to seat comfortably
300 people. One entrance is on the
road, while the other entrance is di.
rectly on the bathing beach and small
boat dock. A moving picture machine
box has been included in the details,
so that it may show pictures either in
the hall or in fair weather the pic.
lures may be projected outside on a
screen which it is proposed to erect
on the parade ground, where they
may be viewed by thousands of people.
There is a balcony surrounding the
assembly hall, and fronting on it are
a score or more of rooms, which 1t is
proposed to be allotted to the various
officers assigned to the camp during