Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-03
ENGINEERS START
FOR CAMP TODAY
Two Weeks to Be Spent by
Guardsmen on Duty at
Fort Humphreys.

washington's military-inclined citi-
zenry who held membership in the
12lst Regiment of Engineers of the Ma
tionaI Guard of the District of Column
bia, turned out of comfortable beds a
little earlier than usual for Sunday
morning, and for two weeks will use the
harder Army cots placed for the men
In tents which they will occupy in their
camp at Fort Humphreys, Va. the
Eastern base of the Army Engineer
Corps
Later today they will begin two weeks
of field training on the Federal mill
tary reservation.
The armory in the old National Hotel
Building. at Sixth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue, will be a-buStle long be-
fore O'Clock, the time fixsd for the
men to report to their various units.
While the heavy equipment including
tents, field stoves and engineer-con-
struction equipment, was taken out OF
the storehouse early in the week and
sent by motor truck train to the Viz
ginia post under the direction of the
advance guard. the troops had their
movement, which Is scheduled to begin
at 10 o'clock.
Companies Well Filled.
The companies, IL was indicated, will
be well filed by the time the bugier
sounds assembly for the embarkatiofl.
It is estimated that coo officers and
men will go into camp this year with
the Engineer unit. In addition, there
win be a special detachment from the
Quartermastar Corps of the State
staff. and the following State staff of
ficers: Maj. George j. Allen, chief
medical offlcer of the Guard and d.
rector of the new medical center re-
Gently established here; Capt Just C..
Jensen, Ordnance Department, who
viii direct the rife training of the
troops; Capt. Claude Burlingame, In
fantry, and Second Lieut.. H. B. Cock
rell, Quartermaster Corps.
The Engineer regiment, which Is
the largest contingent of the local
Militia, Is commanded by Col. John w.
Oehmanrl, who. in civil life, is the
building inspector of the District of
Columbia Orders have been issued by
Col. Oehmann for the troops to be
loaded on the score or more of buses
which will be used for the transpor-
tation of the troops, in Sixth street.
Just south of Pennsylvania avenue.
The bus movement obviates a long
march for the troops at either end of
the line, as each bus will unload its
passengers In the company street as
signed it in the camp.
Advance Work.
The camp site has been laid out and
the advance detail, which has been
moving the equipment, will have each
squad tent laid down in the proper
place in the company street.
The heavy field training will be
started early Monday morning. After
reveille there will be brisk setting-up
exercises. then breakfast, and the regi-
ment will be divided up into small
units, which Immediately will start on
the construction of field Notifications
which will be carried out throughout
the first week
Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan. command
ing the local brigade, and who also
commands the 29th National Guard
Division, composed of the militias OF
this city and the States of Maryland
and Virginia, plans to visit the troops
for an Inspector Ca Wednesday He
will be accompanied by Lieut.. Col Pey-
ton G. hewitt, assistant adjutant gen.
eral of the local guard.