Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-05

/ Another movement VI tlo"pn - 49,
! District of Columbia National Guard
! will begin this week. when the van
/ vuard Of the largest body of troops TO
| Ieave the city for one camp since the
war gets under way on Friday. Inc ad-
| vance guard, with the heavy camp I'M
nedimenta, will leave early Friday morn
! mo in IN trucks and | ambulance, 10
| be followed Saturday evening oy 'iie
mess shack details, consisting on
mess sergeant 2 cooks and Kitchen
police. totaling 35 in, all. the latter WIZ
| be taken in two special pusSeS' Will t
will leave the North Caption street
armorv at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
This detail will be in camp that night
! and early the following morning VIII
start the preparation of the noon meal,
which will be served TO the main oooy
, of troops as soon as they arrive III camp,
about noon Sunday
In addition to travelling in de luxe
! stvle in large motor buSses. which VIII
pick them up at the armory ana SET
/ them down at their tents in the camp,
they will go into a ready-maoe camp;
with practically all the comforts OF
home except for the fact that their
! shelter will be of canvas. The Maryland
National Guard now is taking its annual
! tol,r of training at the same camp, at
Cascade. Md. When they leave, the
camp will remain intact. The same
! tentage will be in place. The tents are
/ alI 1oored. and in addition each tent
will have electric lights. 1t will be by far
! the most attractive camp which the
| Guard has had since it was reoreanlzed
subsequent to the World War.
There will be considerable activity at
: the armory beginning next Thursday,
when the advance details will be en-
gagged in digging the equipment out OF
! the stOrerooms and loading 1t onto the
/ trucks. which will start the following
/ day. This advance guard will consist
of 3 officers and 80 enlisted men.
I The movement of the main body Of
troops, which will ne composed OF the
( headquarters detachment, goth Di-
vision. special troops headquarters
detachment goth Division; goth Mill
! tary Police Company. l2lst Regiment
of Engineers administrative staff de-
tachment and Company A. 372d In
, fantry. the latter the colOred con-
! tingent of the local Guard will begin
at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, and II
/ is estimated that 1t will take three
hours to make the trip in the BUSES.
Mai. Gen, Anton Stephan, com
handing the local National Guard and
! the 29th National Guard Division. com
| prising the militia of this city and OF
| the States of Maryland and Virginia
will be in command OF the camp, but
| Col John w, Oehmann, commanding
| the I2lst Regiment of Engineers, mas
been designated as camp commahoer
/ of troops" Gen Stephan will have
! in camp all of the members of his
division staff from Maryland and Viz
| ginia. He also will have with him
| the 5sth Infantry Brigade headquar-
| tiers from Maryland commanded by
Brig Gen. Milton A Reckord of Bal
| timore. commanding the National
Guard of Maryland. and the DIST In
fantrv Brigade headquarters. COM
manded by Brig Gen. S. Gardner
Waller of Front Royal. Va.
Besides the District OF Columbia
| troops. there also will be camped there
at the same time the 29th DIVISION
! Signal Company from Norfolk, Va. and
! the LIST Separate Company, Maryland
| National Guard. from Baltimore
For the purpose Of having an air
force tor use by the division staff and
| the troops IN executing maneuvers in
| the vicinity of the camp, the 29th
| Division air squadron from Balu~
more. has been ordered to Martins
burg. w. Va. where 1t will base. and
move on orders from the Cascade mead
/ quarters. In this connection orders
| have been issued from the Sd Corps
Area Headquarters for the following OF
| flcers and enlisted men OF the Army
to proceed from the stations named
| 10 Martinsburg for the period Of the
camp. e., a..
/ First Lieut.. Charles Y. Banfill. Ar
corns Logan Field, Dundalk, Md. !;
First Lieut.. Louis J. Tatom sigma
Corps Boiling Field, D. c.; Sergt. Ed
win L. McNary. Logan Field, Dnndalk'
Md Pvt. Murray r Rhyme, Boiling
| Field. y. c.. and Pvt. John Augustine
Air Corps. Boiling Field, D. G.
| OF considerable interest to the en-
listed personnel Of the Guard was iet
ter received from Brig Gen. Reckord
| telling Of the completion of the large
clubhouse ON the camp reservation ana
| located on the borders Of the large Lake
Rover These living quarters may be
used by the families Of enlisted men at
$40 per week per person, and ofilcers
also could use II for their families at a
charge of $40 a week. The letter also
STIMULATES that the families OF enlisted
men will be given the preference IN OBJ"
| tanning accommodations at the ciuo-
house. Meals are served In the cluo~
| house.
All members of the Guard are TO be
informed OF this. so that they may make
their arrangements ahead OF time by
communicating with Miss Mattingy.
The following enlisted IN the Guard
during the week, 1t was announced at
brigade headquarters Walter Z. Jessop,
assigned TO Company A, l2lst Enel~
neers. who was discharged from the
Texas National Guard for the purpose
| OF enlsting in the local Guard; Lewis /.
Watkins, Company A, l2lst Engineers
John d Clarke. Company b. l2lst Engl-
neers. Guy Elmendorf, Company &,
y2Ist Engineers: Wendell r. Rettstatt.