Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-23
District National Guard

Such good results were obtained in
carrying out war problems and exer-
cises at Cascade, Md, last month be-
tween organizations from the National
Guards of the District of Columbia and
Maryland and Virginia that Lieut.. Col
Louis c.. Brinton, jr., former adjutant
general here and instructor at the last
encampment, has recommended to the
commanding general of the Sd Corps
Area, with headquarters at Baltimore
Md, that the same units participate in
training together during the encamp-
ment in 1929.
Col. Brinton says that it is believed
desirable to add the regimental head
quarters companies for participation in
feasible to so coordinate the training
in the two States and the District OF
Columbia as to permit the participa-
ton of these headquarters companies
during the second week of their train
ing.
He further says in his report that the
objective to be obtained for these units
in the next training camp is thorough
training in such subjects as cannot well
be given in the armory drill period. In
the 24-hour command post exercise. he
says, the maneuver was a distinct sue
cess, and marked improvement over
similar exercise held in 1927 was
shown He reported to headquarters
that the exercise represented natural
operation against hostile force, and
was carried out by combining the units
in camp, with the exception of the
colored troops. The problem, he con-
tinued, contemplated the invasion by
4 h. Cd
flank division, of an invading corps
moving into position, attacking and
withdrawing. The entire division net
was laid down to include brigade head
quarters, division and brigade observa.
ton posts and the headquarters of the
Engineer Regiment. A corps command
post, the forward and rear echelonS o.
the division command post and the
brigade command and observation posts
were established by units responsible
for such establishment, and the eXer-
else was conducted by means of as
sumed messages, of which there were
approximately 200. The goth Division
Air Service operated by dropping mes
sageS assumed to come from obSerVa-
ton planes, and various Photographic
missions, as called for by the division
were executed.
Various units of the National Guaro
we're the guests of Henry E. Trip. for
mer member of Company G. 12ist Engi-
neers, and the management of the
Gayety Theater last week. Other
units will be entertained this week
Companies C and D, 121st Engineers
were entertained on Thursday night
and the entire 260th Battalion of Coast
Artillery on Friday night. This week
Companies A, B, c, D, E and F anC
Headquarters and Service Company
121st Engineers, the headquarter:
troop, 29th Division, medical depart
ment detachment and band will bt
taken to the theater on Wednesday anC
Thursday nights.
Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan has desig.
mated the 260th Battalion of Coast Ar.
tillery to represent the local Nationa
Guard in the parade on September 81
which is to be a part of the third Co.
lumbia Heights carnival, it was an
nounced at brigade headquarters. Thu
unit is commanded by Maj. Walter w
Burns. 1t is an anti-aircraft organlza'
ton and has 3-inch anti-aircraft gun!
and large searchlights, which will bt
| placed in the parade.
Gen. Stephan, in informing H. G
Phillips, secretary of the carnival, O
this assignment said that he would b.
very glad to have the local Guard d.
anything else possible to make thu
affair a success.
Lieut.. Col. Frederic H. Smith, U.
A., who has just returned from Turkey
where he was the American militar.
| atrache, to become adjutant general o
| the District of Columbia Militia, callet
! on Gen. Stephan last week. He is no
| expected to report for duty, however
until October l, it was said at br1gad
headquarters.
The new and large storage building
! which has been in course OF construc
| ton on the rifle range of the loca
| guard at Camp Simms, Congress
| Heights, D. c., has been completed, l
was announced, and will be occupied
| during the week.
Pvt. Davis Ross, jr., has been ordered
! transferred from the reserve to the &C
! tive list of the Goth Division headquar
tiers detachment, it was announced.
The following enlisted men hav
been honorably discharged on accoun
of removal from the District of Co
lumbia: PvtS Lyle H. Hester, RicharC
| o. Preston and Garland F. Smith, al
members of the Headquarters and Serv
ice Company, 12lSt Engineers; Pvt
Whitfield w. Tucker, medical detach
/, ment, l21st Engineers, and Pvt. Charlie
E. Reamy, Battery C, 260th Coas
Artillery.
Pvt. Francis r. Ihrie has been trans
fcrred from the active to the reserv,
list of the Headquarters and Servic
Company. 121st Engineers, on accoun
of business interference with his at
! tendance at drills.
4 The following enlisted men of Bat
terry B 260th Coast Artillery, have beer
dropped from the rolls as deserters from
the dates following their names. The!
have failed to report for drill since tina
time, and all efforts to locate them hav
ing failed: Pvt. Robert F. Boteler
March 4, 1926, and Pvt. William A
Burke, october 4, 1927.
The following men of the Quarter
master Corps Detachment, State Staff
have been ordered honorably discharged
from the Guard to permit them to en-
list in the United States Army: Pvts
Warren Hughes and Aquila e. Payne.
| The 121st Regiment of Engineer
mos commanded In tho annual fald in