Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-08
Army Associations Meeting
Tonight to Be Followed by
Aberdeen Show.
MEDAL WILL BE GIVEN
TO MAJ. GEN. WILLIAMS
All Boiling Field Planes and Many
From Langley Will Take Part
in Warfare Tomorrow.

The twelfth annual meeting of the
Army Ordnance Association will open
tonight at the Chamber of Commerce
Of the United States with a business
and technical session at which Fred
erick H. Payne, Assistant Secretary of
War, will be the principal speaker and
officers of the organization for the en-
suing year will be elected.
The meeting tonight will be followed
by demonstration Of the work of the
Ordnance Department Of the Army
during the past year on the Aberdeen,
Md, proving grounds, when there will
be q complete demonstration of the re-
search work now being done on anti
aircraft defenses, two exhibitions of big
guns, the firing Of one round with a 16-
inch coast defense gun, the largest
coast defense gun in service, and the
firing Of 14-inch guns.
Gen. Hof to Speak.
At tonight's session Assistant Secre-
tary Payne will speak on THE Control
Of Industry In War" Other speakers
at tonight's session win be Mai. Gen
Samuel Hof, chief of ordnance, who
will speak on Industrial Relations OF
the Ordnance Department; Brig. Gen.
William H. Tschappat, assistant to the
chief Of ordnance, on THE Status of the
Army Ordnance Development; Ernest
T. Trigg, chairman of the Committee
on National Defense Of the U. s. Cham
Der Of Commerce, on educational Or
ders for Munitions" and Brig. Gen.
Edwin d. Bricker, on THE Test and
Demonstration at Aberdeen Tomorrow"
Following the business session at which
officers will be named, the williams
Medal, for distinguished ordnance serv-
ice, will be founded with the presenta-
ton Of the award to Mai. Gen. G. c.
williams, retired. who was chief of ord
nance from July 16, 1918, to May /,
1880.
The medal Is to be founded in honor
Of the accomplishments of the man tc
whom it will be first awarded. It viii
be presented Gen. williams by Bene-
dict Crowell of Cleveland president OF
the association and director Of NUM-
tons during the World War.
Planes VIII Participate.
Every available airplane from Boil
ing Field and a large number of planes
from Langley Field, Va, viii take part
in the mimic battle to be staged or
the Aberdeen Proving Grounds tomor-
row for the members OF the assocta-
ton.
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porting on enemy positions will open The
battle. Fast armored cars will Their
move into attacking position, followed
by the firing Of long-range artillery from
behind the front lines, on highly mobile
mounts. Anti-aircraft IRE will b
brought into play, the ground forces vii
advance under the cover Of the artillery
barrage, with chemical warfare REIN
forcements. Tanks will go into action,
the heavy guns viii play their IRE on
the imaginary enemy and the Infantry
will finally move into the hard-won
position.
Attendance at the ordnance show
this year has been restricted to mem.
bers Of the Army Ordnance Associn-
ton and their guests. High-rankinG
Army officers will be on hand, led By
Secretary of War Patrick j. Hurley.
The mimic warfare will be showr
in the morning. In the afternoon
there will be demonstration Of the
various mobile units Of the Army thai
have been developed in the past few
years and in the evening there will b
| night firing with searchlightS, sounc
detectors and anti-aircraft guns.