Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25

tory the 260th Coast Artillery VIII not
take its training at Fort Monroe, Va,
but will go to Cascade. Md.
Seven units of the local Guard will
no this year to Camp Albert G. Ritchie,
at Cascade, Md, the State camp site
of the Maryland National Guard, while
the 12lst Regiment Of Engineers, the
largest unit in the organization, will go
to the camp site of the Virginia Ma
tional Guard, at Virginia Beach. Va.
These changes in camp rSites,. its
said, will meet with ting approval of the
officers and meD~6f the organization,
and partiGGlaf1y thcse of the Engineer
Regiment, which took its training last
year at the base of United States Army
Engineer Corps at Fort Humphreys,
Va. Camps close to the Capital City,
in the past, have not met with much
approval from the organization, because
the men look forward to these training
periods to get trip some distance from
the home station.
The units which will 60 to Camp
Richie, at Cascade, from August to
% are: State Staff Corps and Detach-
ments, Headquarters and Headquarters
Detachment, goth Division; Headquar-
tiers and Headquarters Detachment,
Special Troops, 29th Division; 29th
Military Police Company, 26Oth Coast
fantry.
The Engineer Regiment is scheduled
to 90 to Virginia Beach camp for
training from August II to 81.
The order announcing the dates and
places says that all personnel will be
required to attend the encampment of
their respective units and will arrange
their affairs and request necessary
leave to enable them to attend.
The explanation given at headquar-
tiers for the transfer of the Coast Ar
tillery unit training site from Fort
Monroe to Cascade this year is that it
is now a mobile anti-aircraft organi-
cation and the service in the mountains
will give it better opportunity for
training. When it was first organized
subsequent to the World War, it was
explained, it was strictly q coast de-
tense organization and necessarily had
to take its training at the fixed guns at
Fort Monroe. Two years ago its status
was changed, but 1t continued its en-
campments at the Virginia post. The
encampment this year will be a con-
siderable relief from the routine at
Fort Monroe, and it is believed that the
off1cerS and men will look forward to 1t
with great pleasure.
The Engineers have taken their
training at Virginia Beach, having
gone there several years ago. 1t has
been the policy in the past to vary the
training sites for this unit to various
points in the territory CT the 29th Ma
tional Guard Division. of which it is a
part It has also been to Cascade.
The Cascade camp has proved very
popular among local Guard units, stu
ated as it is in the mountains, and
close to the Summer resort of Pen Mar.
However the special training facilities
provided there by the State OF Mary
land have proved attractive. There are
two artificial lakes on the reservation
for boating and fishing, and there Is
club house to which the men may take
their families and board them during
the period of the encampment. Per-
n1anent tent floors have been provided
and the tents are electrically lighted.
There are also large stone mess halls,
which the men may use as club rooms
when they are of duty. Paved roads
have been built through the camp and
there are other permanent installations,
some Of which were made by the local
Engineer Regiment during its last
training period there. two years ago.
The officer personnel of the 26Oth
Coast Artillery was materially increased
last week with the appointment Of four
men from the ranks to second lieu
tenants. The vacancies, 1t was said at
brigade headquarters, were created
largely by the formation Of the new
machine gun battery.
The men were placed on the eligible
list last week for appointment. They
made the following percentages: Sergt
Lesion r. Fate, Battery A, 8S.3; Pvt.
George L. Wallace, Battery e. 86.6;
Pvt. James r. Angler, Battery C, 1914;
Pvt. Holton c. Rogers, Battery z, 82.2.
Their appointments will date from
January II, 19. 20 and 81, respectively.
Following their placement on the
eligibility list they were Immediately
ordered up for examination before
board Of officers, headed by Maj. Frank
G. Scofield, for examination for their
commissions, and passed that examina-
ton also.
Wallace has been assigned to- Battery
A, Fate went to Battery c and Angler
went to the Headquarters Detachment
and Combat Train Rogers was assigned
TO Battery c.
However, all the vacancies were not
filled, II Is said, and an examination
for the eligible list for second lieu
tenants of the same organization was
announced for February 10. This ex-
animation viii be held under the pro-
visions of General Order No. 81, 1925,
the same year and General Order No.
81 of 1929, and win be open to any
enlisted man Of the 260th Coast Artil-
lery whose application is approved by
the company and battalion commander
The requirement for six months Serv-
ice in the local Guard is specifically
waived for this examination. Applica-
tons must be filed at the brigade head
quarters not later than February 16.
The following board will conduct
these examinations: Maj. Frank G.
inspector instructor of the local bat
talon; Mai Stewart M. Grayson, Med
ical Corps, D. c. National Guard. and
Capt. Leroy S. Mann, Coast Artillery
Corps Of the local Guard.
When appointments are made as
result Of these examinations, 1t was said,
the commissioned personnel Of the unit
will be filled, and the organization will
have officers to prepare for the annual
training encampment.
Sergt william c. Bower, Company D,
12lst Engineers, now on the eligible
list for promotion to the commissioned
ranks, has been ordered TO appear next
week before board Of officers headed
by Col. John W. Oehmann for examin-
alton for promotion to second lieutenant
Of Engineers.
Only two units of the local Guard
were able to muster sufficient men at
their weekly drill last week to obtain
the classification of superior in at
tendance by having at least 80 per cent
OF their men present. They were the
State Detachment, with 1888 per cent
and the 18th Division Military Police
in their respective classific4tionS, with
percentages, follow:
Excellent: Headquarters Detachment,
Special Troops, $3.50; Band, l2lst En-