Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-23
Secretary Is First Cabinet
Member in Years to Re-
ceive Honor in Saddle.
LAUDS r. 0. T. c. MEN
FOR SHOWING MADE
State Department Head, Brigadier
General in Reserve Corps, Headed
Famous Battalion. i.

Astride one of the Army's finest
horses Secretary of State Henry l..
Stimson this morning reviewed the en-
tire military force of Fort Myer as the
first mounted cabinet officer to review
troops in the history of the Reserve
Officers' Training Corps and the Citi-
zens' Military Training Camp.
( Secretary Stimson who though brig
adler general in the reserves, is popu-
larry known as Col" Stimson, wore
civilian riding Clothes while his aide,
Can't. z. A. Regnier was in the uni
form of the Regular Army cavalryman.
The review this morning, which en-
braced the passing at a walk and q
trot of Regular Army, r. o. T. G. and
C.. M. II. c. units, was the first mill
tary review of any kind in many years
that has been witnessed by mounted
member of the Presidents cabinet.
CongratuIates II. o. +. G.
When Secretary Stimson reached the
entrance to the Fort Myer reservation
he was met by Col. Harry N. Cootes,
United States Army, commanding ON
Ger Of the post, and his staff, and he
was accorded a salute of 10 guns. A
mounted escort of r. o. T. G. men,
composed largely of Virginia Military
Institute students, escorted the Secre-
tary to the parade grounds. There
the entire military force passed before
him while squadrons of news photogra-
pliers and sound picture operators
worked away.
Following the review, the troopers
formed before the Secretary, who adj
dressed them from his charger. He adj
dressed himself to the r. o. T. G.
units who leave today for Camp Sims.
where they will work on the rife
A.,1n taa
showing they made in the review fol-
lowing their three weeks of training.
He reminded the young troopers that
he had been in many camps himself,
including National Guard, Reserve
Corps and Regular Army camps Of the
World War.
when q man learns to take care Of
himself and his horse in the open," he
said, 'he has learned one of the requi-
sites of life. When he takes care of
his rife and his machine gun he is full
against the day when he may be called
upon to stand In her defense In an
emergency"
Headed Famous Battalion.
Secretary Stimson wished the men
good luck at Camp Sims and expressed
his own wish that he could accompany
them AS he quit the reservation he
received another 19-gun salute
Brig. Gen. Stimson was commanding
officer Of the Army battalion which fired
the first American shot In the World
War Then a lieutenant colonel, he
subsequently was elevated to the rank
Of colonel and on June IS, 1922, he was
promoted to brigadier general.
Yesterday was Civic day" at Fort
Myers Citizens Military Training Camp
and representatives of the Rotary.
Kiwanis, Optimist, Round Table, Civil
tan, Cosmopolitan, Thirteen, Monarch,
Advertising, Lions, Soroptimist, Quota
Clubs and the Board of Trade, Cham
Der of Commerce, the Zonta and the
American Business Club attended a
review.
The day was completed for the Citi-
xens Military Training Camp troopers
when Frank Richardson, featured
player, and Sam Jack Kaufman, master
of ceremonies at the Fox Theater, gave
the boys a program of music The
piano, on which kaufman accompanied
the singing Richardson, was mounted
In steel-bottomed truck and as the
sun beat down the performers danced
to cool their feet.