Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-13
ARMY TRANSPORT
REVIEWED IN SHOW
Camp HoIabird Exhibition
Presents Chronological Pic
ture of Fighting Men.

The strangest review that ever
marched over Army soil filed down the
parade ground at Camp Holabird. Nd,
Yesterday to open the transportation
pageant and exposition of the United
States Army.
In little more than an hour and
G half of pageantry complete chrono-
logical picture of the Nations fighting
men was unfolded before approximately
1OSG0 cnlonkers. Designed primarily to
portray the e1tIution of Army trans
portation methods, the pageant also was
illustrative of the changes in Army uni
forms from the picturesque garb of
e-Revolutionary days to the business
like khaki of today.
Oxen in First Unit.
Flooding oxen from Maryland's East
ern Shore, hooked to solid-wheeled
carts mounting the toy cannon OF two
centuries ago, made up the first unit
of the pageant seeming like creatures
of another world as the venerable Hen
nv Billmeyer guided them down the
parade ground in and out of the shad-
ows cast by Army airplanes circling
overhead.
After the oxen came the horses, then
the covered wagons, followed in turn
by the equipment used in Civil War
d
Armys vehicles was shown until brought
down to the monster six-wheeled trucks
of today.
On q railroad siding the Baltimore &
Ohio staged little pageant of its own
showing the great changes in locomo-
tives from its first machine in 1881 to
the modern Capital Limited.
Panorama of Costumes.
The most attractive feature of the
entire show, from the standpoint of
novelty, was the panorama of costumes,
both military and civil These were de-
signed with great care as to accuracy
in color and style, many OF them COM
ing from museums, where they have
reposed in state since their long dead
wearers cast them aside.
The pageant ends with an ear-splitting
chorus of machine-gunS and Small-bore
cannon, the roar Of plane motors and
very realistic demonstration of mus
tard gas attack.
The details of the show, which will
be re-enacted today and tomorrow, were
worked out by Col. Edgar s. Slayer,
commanding officer Of Camp Holabird,
which is located In the city Of Balti-
more.
Camp Holabird, a quartermaster
depot, was established in 1917. 1t was
OIlBlldlly CACdtC0 Wy Vic wal ACRnA u
ment as Motor Transport Corps storage
depot, motor transport school, re-
pair shop for the purpose of assembling
vehicles destined for overseas use dur
ing the World War and for the assem-
bling and organization Of personnel.
Col. Strayer ransacked the storerooms
of every Army depot in the country
to assemble the units for his pageant
and exhibition.
Two enormous storehouses have been
converted for use in the exhibition Of
military and commercial trucks of
which there are nearly 1000 on dis
play.
Special Test for Trucks.
Another interesting feature Of the
show was the special tests for Army
trucks. These ponderous vehicles were
driven up IS degree grades, through
marshes and over sand pits to test
their pulling ability to the utmost.
Another of the interesting feature
attractions was the camp of 80 Chicka-
horniny Indians, who came from their
reservation in Virginia to demonstrate
the primitive transportation methods
and equipment used by the original
inhabitants of this country before the
arrival of white men. The famous
trick riders from Fort Myer, Va, also
were on hand to furnish thrills for
the crowd, being particularly success
full In this respect with their ride
.through-f1re stunt.
James w. Good, Secretary Of War;
Maj. Gen. Charles p. Summerall, chief
of staff; Gen. James NJ Kennedy Of the
Washington Army Medical Center; Maj.
Gen. H. B. Crosby, chief Of Cavalry,
and Maj. Gen. H. s. Gilchrist, chief Of
the Chemical Warfare Service, viii be
present Friday
Among the foreign military attaches
who have signified their intention to at
tend the show are Brig. Gen. Raymond
Casanave, French attache; Col. Hisao
Watari, Japanese attache; Maj. Kumai-
Chi Teramoto and Capt Nobuyoshi Oba-
ia, assistant japanese attaches; Capt.
Juan Beristain, assistant Mexican at
tache; Capt. Godfrey, assistant British
attache; Capt. Enrique A. Prieto, Cuban
attache; Maj zorobabel Galeno, Chill
can attache, and Brig. Gen. Augusta
Villa, Italian attache.