Evening star., 1929-06-09
District Northumberland

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to utilize facilities In the mess hall on
the hill, or, II they desire, may utilize
the space to the east of the range
houses for luncheon purposes. Each
detachment will be held responsible for
policing its area after luncheon. This
arrangement will do away with the
combined mess which has been oper-
ated and will permit each detachment
to lunch at such time as 1t desires.
Plans have been perfected for the
ceremonies incident to the presenta-
tion to the local Guard of trophy by
the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Whereas
they were formerly scheduled to be
held in the Central High School sta
diuIn, 1t has now been ordered that
they be held on the east front Of the
Capitol at 7:15 pm, January 10.
1t Is planned to have all units of the
Guard present. The troops will be
former at the armory in time to march
to the Capitol Grounds for the hour
set for the ceremonies to begin. The
Capitol GROUNDS, where ranks will be
broken, not to be formed again until
just prior to the beginning of the cere-
monies. This was said at the Guard
headquarters to be necessary owing to
a rule that troops cannot march In
formation in the Capitol Grounds, ex-
cept at inaugurationS and other similar
national events.
The trophy which the Guard is to
receive, 1t was said, will be presented
each year to the organization which has
the best attendance.
Capt. Clarence E. Shields, command
ing Company E, 121st Engineers, has
suggested to the brigade headquarters
that his command be allowed to send
a company rifle team to the New York
State matches to be held at Peekskill,
N. Y, from July 8 to is. Company z
has number of fine rifle shots in
its membership.
Arrangements are being made to pre-
sent, at the coming annual encamp-
ment, service medals to which person.
mel of the organization has become en-
titled since the last award. Unit com
manders have been instructed to check
the service of personnel in their or
ganizations and to submit on or before
July ! next the names of men en-
titled to medals, such list showing the
length of service Of each individual con-
cerned.
The Sd Corps Area Headquarters
of the Army, at Baltimore. Md, has
given its stamp of approval to the pro-
gram of instruction for the 121st Regi-
ment of Engineers at the coming an
nual encampment, to be held at Camp
Albert C. Ritchie, Cascade, Md.
The objective for the field training
period, says the outlined plan, Is: For
all individuals and units (a) in general,
the attaining Of a responsible prof.
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taken; and (b) in particular, the ap-
plication to practical problems of the
theoretical and practical knowledge
gained in armory instruction, In laying
out and constructing simple military
field works, in the application Of the
pontoon bridge and the foot bridge, In
cluding the ability to construct stream
crossing eXpedients; in the handling
and use Of military explosives. and In
road construction; the qualification in
rifle workmanship Of such men as have
not previously qualified and finally,
the ability to operate tactically as in
fantry in emergencies with reasonable
proficiency.
The proposed allotment of hours is
as follows: Entraining, detraining. max
ing camp eight hours; breaking camp,
entraining and detraining, eight hours;
engineer training, practical, ~ hours:
close and extended order drill, seven
hours; interior guard duty, four hours;
drill contest, one hour; muster, one
hour; care Of arms and equipment,
nomenclature of the rifle, two hours;
pack rolling, tent pitching, display OF
equipment, two hours; inspection, two
hours; ceremonies, nine hours; rnaneu-
vers, regimental, five hours; tactical
problem, company, two hours; chemical
warfare demonstration, two hours; phys
ical training, setting-up exercises, three
hours, and supervised athletics, six
hours; rife craftsmanship, preparatory
exercises, four hours; range firing, IA
hours; officers school, IL hours: nom
commissioned officers school, IL hours.
A total of los hours.
The last is minutes Of each morning
period will be given over to close-order
drill.
It is also explained that during the
armory training period the local rifle
range is available to the guardsmen
on Sundays only. It's location necessi-
tates the use Of automobiles as means
of transportation, and 1t is declared to
be essential that the Summer camp
factory proficiency in rifle marksman-
ship.
AS the corps area headquarters has
approved this, the engineers will have
part of their field duty given up to
firing on the rifle range at Camp
Ritchie.
1t also was indicated at the brigade
headquarters that the local troops will
be dispatched to camp this year by
special train, instead Of the busses
which they have used for the past
several years. It seems that the Army
has made some arrangements by which
all National Guard troops are TO be
sent this year by rail, and that the
contract has been so arranged that the
local militia will not have TO advertise
for bids for transportation. In consid-