Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-25
COMPANY F WINS
!. GUARD DRILL PRIZE
District Mi|itiamen to Break
Camp and Entrain for
Capital Today.
Nv a Stan Correspondent of The Star.


entrain for Washington tomorrow
morning at 10 O'Clock. bringing to a
successful close their two weeks train
ing period here.
At various times during the en-
campment. high ranking officers have
inspected the camp and in every case
have expressed themselves as pleased
with both the conduct and state Of
training of the troops and with the
general condition OF the military reser-
walton.
The troop movement will be by train
from camp. where a railroad spur has
been rum to the theatrical siding on the
east side OF Union Station. All baggage
not needed during the night was loaded
on freight cars today. Barracks bags
and kitchen equipment will be loaded
on the train Immediately after break
fast tomorrow morning. Fatigue call
then will be blown and the regiment
Of the l2lst Engineers will turn out
to police the camp so as to leave it
as clean as possible.
To Be Paid ON Arrival.
All troops were mustered today but
will not be paid until their arrival at
the National Guard Armory tomorrow.
when they will be relieved from Federal
duty. Extreme care has been exercised
in making arrangements for the trans
portation Of the Guardsmen SO as to
avoid repetition Of the delay and an
noyance incident to their trip from
Washington to Camp Richie. Then the
point where they were to entrain was
suddenly changed at the last minute
and their baggage. which should have
arrived "a hours earlier. was hauled
into camp at the end Of the troop train.
Today was District day with the
presentation Of awards and the annual
close order drill competition, which
q was won by Company E. commanded
by Capt. Clarence s. Shields Capt.
Shields also was adjudged the best
company commander in the Engineer
regiment and was presented with a
went to Mai. Julian S. Oliff. COM
mander of the I'd Battalion. and to
First Sergt. Neil M. Goen, picked as the
most proficient first sergeant in camp
The drill contest was the high spot of
the entire encampment. The six let
: tered companies of the regiment
marched on the parade ground this
afternoon to the playing of the band
and formed up in three-company masses
facing each other. Each company then
went through prescribed sequence of
movements, both as a company and as
a platoon. as the three Regular Army
officers acting as judges and the visitors
looked on. The Judges were CaptS. C.
H. Arnold end H. G. FRY and Lieut..
John c. Wade. Company D. command
ed by Capt. Samuel r. Turner, was
awarded second place.
Lieut. Hardin Is Honored.
In recognition of the work Of Lieut.
George F. Hardin. plans and training
ofacer in preparing the training sched-
ule which was used by the regiment dur
Al f0I ENNy Y4Izy N>I.
mann. camp commander. presented
!. him with wrist watch. The schedule
has been widely adopted throughout the
country by other National Guard regi-
ments. and has been taken as q text in
engineer training Of green troops at the
Engineer School at Fort HUMPHREYS Va.
The presentation of the banner to the
winning company was made by Com
missioner Sidney Taliaferro. who. with
Capt. William c. Whitehurst. Mai. En-
nails Waggaman. e. j. Murphy. presi-
dent of the Washington Board Of Trade.
and Arthur Carr. also of the trade
board. were among the guests invited by
Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan. command
ing general Of the 29th Division, the
stan OF which. together with the special
division troops, has been undergoing
training here.
The morning was consumed in
battalion field inspection and in muster
After lunch, the drill contests were held
Then came the last formal guard mount
OF the year and a final regimental
parade, during which athletic and
service medals were awarded. The
point scorers during the field day held
wednesday were given silver and bronze
In all, 108 service awards were pre-
sented. Those receiving the 15-year
bar were Capt. Just c. Jensen, at pres
ent en- route to Camp Perry, Ohio. rs
captain Of the rifle team: Master Seret.
John B. Cohman, and Pvt. Walter z.
Thorne.
Ten-year medals were given to the
following: Lieut.. Col. p. g.. hewitt.
MAJ. James r., Lusby, Maj. George
Allen. Maj. Ralph 8. Childs. Capts.
d. Fletcher F. BernStorff, George l.. Evans
and William F. Jorgensen, Lieut.. Lin
coin s: Jones. First Sergts. Edward w.
Ireland and Lloyd L. Gibson, STAFF
Sergt. Henry B. Cockrell, Sergts. Stone
wall j. Yeatman, Harry ]. Harth and
Learner T. Rhea, and Pvts. Max w.
Esberger, Eugene F. Gass. Alfred L.
Jorgensen. and Charles w. See.
Three-year medals were presented
TO the others receiving awards for
length Of service in the National Guard.
A division staff critique was held this
morning during which the work of the
stan Officers, while here and particu-
larly their conduct Of the command
post problem completed yesterday, was
discussed. Plans were made for train
Ing during the Winter and 1t was
agreed to have the next quarterly staff
6 assemble IN Baltimore in the late Fall.
During the critique. Gen. Stephan
told the officers that he had been in
formed by persons living the vicinity
tnat the conduct OF the guardsmen
while mere was better than any of the
units which preceded the District outfit.
Holland Scores with Rifle.
Col. Oehmann called attention to
the friendly feeling which had sprung
, up between the different units in camp
especially between the Signal company
from Norfolk and the Engineers. The
/. Engineer band played the Virginians
out Of camp this morning when they
left for their home station. This eve
ming, minstrel show was staged in
the 5Sth Brigade headquarters. The
. cast was trained under the direction
: Of Capt. Samuel r. Turner, Chaplain
r Arthur L. Smith and Warrant Oficer
! Meyer Goldman, the leader Of the band
: Those taking part in the show included
j., Capt. Turner Corpls. Edward M. Nor
ris and Albert A. Moffat, Sergts. Robert
. e. Shanahan and Charles j. bulin.
and PvtS. John j., Bruff. Clarence z.
, Buckley. Arthur L. Bunch, Chester b.
: Gray, Charles E. Lucan, John w. Abel,
william A. Bracket, William j. Hart.
. Henry w. Link and william F. Nc
Linden.
The Headquarters and Service COM
! pany which has been firing on the
rifle range at odd times when their
other duties would allow, qualified
more men than any other company in
camp, with nine expert riflemen, four