Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-14
TRA|NEES ACTIVE
AT THREE CAMPS
Col. 0ehmann Commands
121St Engineers in "War"
at Fort Meade.

Col John w. Oehmann, District In
f, spectcr of Buildings, is commanding
the. 121st Engineers, 29th Division, in
the war" being fought in the area of
Fort George G. Meade, Md, by the
| Blue against the enemy Reds. Six
! other residents of the District Of CO.
! lumbia are with the special troops of
| the 29th Division, which is commanded
by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan of Wash
! ington.
! Activities are reported also at Fort
/ EuStiS, Va, and Fort Washington, Md,
/ where civilian encampments are in pro-
greSs and some of the District, Mary
! land and Virginia trainees at the former
camp were recipients of honors.
Col. Oehmann, who had a distin-
guished record as an artillery officer in
| France during the World War, was dis
charged from Fort Meade on June 10,
1919. He was ammunition officer for
| the LIST Corps during the Aisne-Marne
offensive and was assigned to the 4th
Corps during st. Mihiel and was sta
toned at Coblenz with the Army Of
Occupation.
Commanding the headquarters de-
! tachment, special troops of the 29th
Division is Capt. Hobart T. Walker of
l16 Fifteenth street northeast. He was
a Marine in the World War. Second
Lieut.. Merrill Dale Reich, Infantry, of
| 1882 Biltmore street is with Capt.
Walkers company.
Maj. Grove Veteran.
The headquarters commandment and
provost marshal of the 29th Division
is Mai. Edward H. Grove, Infantry, of
l0S Thirteenth street northeast. He is
water registrar of the District and
veteran or the Spanish War and the
Cuban campaign. First Lieut.. Arthur
A. Callahan, Jr., of 1910 K street Is
on the division staff as an assistant
adjutant general.
Other Washingtonians with the d.
| vision are First Lieut. willard L. Ham
| mer Of 1707 Massachusetts avenue, with
| the headquarters special troops and
Capt Fletcher F. Bernsdorff, Quarter
master Corps, Of 1921 Dumbarton ave-
nue.. He Is a graduate of the Army
| QuartermaSter School.
At Fort EustiS, Company D, composed
of District and virginia youths, repeat
ed on Saturday its former performance
last week of winning the honor streamer
at the regimental parade of the 1900
candidates attending the C.. NJ. T. C..
camp.
Annexation of this second award gives
Company D big lead in the honors of
the camp, and has spurred other COM
/
| 70 greater efforts in the competition.
Company d is commanded by Capt. W.
r. Lepper Of Philadelphia, an officer of
the 3l5th Infantry, Philadelphia q
Own" of the Army Reserve, which is
charged with the training of the candi-
dates. The parade demonstrated the
progress made by the regiment and
brought praise from Col. A. T. Smith
34th Infantry, camp commander. The
regimental streamer was attached to the
guidon OF Company D by Col Clarence
E. Myers, commanding the 315th.
Medal TO Be Given.
A citizenship medal will be awarded
to the candidate in4 each company at
Fort Eustis selected as the Outstanding
citizen" The medals will be presented
on Parents day, July 26, with suitable
ceremony. Character, bearing and gen.
eral department will be considered in
making the awards. Each candidate
also is required to submit an essay on
What My American Citizenship Means
to Me" The candidates eligible to COM
pete for medals are those enrolled in
the citizenship course. Essays must be
submitted by July 81.
At Fort Washington, Md, Senator
! David /. Walsh of Massachusetts de.
livered an address to the candidates o.
the c. M. T. c. camp last Friday. Hi
talk was preceded by a battalion parade
the candidates being commanded b,
Reserve officers from the 313th In
fantry. In his address Senator Walsh
stressed good citizenship and the dut.
which the citizen owes to the Fedora
Government and his State. The CAM
: is being attended by $50 Pennsylvania
youths.