Evening star., 1933-08-09
D. c. GUARDS HOLD
REG|MENTAL DAY
121st Engineers Taking Part
in Varied Ceremony at
Camp Ritchie.
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CAMP ALBERT c. RITCHIE CAS-
CADE, Md, August 9.-TEe annual
Regimental day of the l21st Engineers,
District National Guard. was to be OBJ
served here this afternoon with a spe-
cial ceremony.
The regiment will be formed in
hollow square on the parade ground
and orders. citations and commenda-
tions will be read 10 them by Capt.
Charles E Smithson. adjutant. These
will include the special commentator
given Companies B, d and c at the an
nual inspection last March.
Capt A l.. Smith. the chaplain. will
deliver an address on the history of the
regiment Maj L. Med. Sylvester. Reg
ular Army instructor for the 29th Dl-
vision, will speak on The Engineer
and His Part III the Game of War" and
Col John w. Oehmann. reglmental
commander, will speak eXtemporane-
ously.
In recognition of Col Oehmanns
completion of 10 years as commander
of the regiment and his tenth camp
with the Engineers. his officers Will pre-
sent him with a ring bearing the En-
gineers' crest in the center of large
stone. Coz. Oehmann commanded the
District GuardSmen before they were
made a regiment and when the l2lst
was authorized he was commissioned
their colonel.
Drill for an Hour.
The Engineers had an hour of eX-
tended order drill this morning, fol-
lowed by work in building foot bridges
and other stream crossing eXpedlents,
rigging engineering equipment and con-
struCtion of field Notifications.
This evening the prellminarieS Of
boxing tournament viii be held in the
camps open-air theater. The tourna-
ment was organized by the enlisted men
under supervision of Capt. Smlthson.
who. in addition to his duties as regl-
mental adlutant. is athletic officer 1t
is expected that each of the six lettered
companies. the Headquarters and SerV
ice Co and the Medical Detachment
will enter teams There will be five
classes and medals will be awarded in
each class at the end of the camp.
Semi finals will be held Monday eve
ming and finals a week from Friday
evening.
List Base Ball Tourney
A base ball tournment also has been
organized and teams representing the
companies will compete.
The truck which went over a culVert
into the bed OF a stream about two
miles east of Gettysburg. Pa. Monday.
was hauled back onto the road yester
Gay by Company E of the Engineers
after three hours of work. Two other
trucks and block and tackle were used.
The truck. which weighs II 400 pounds,
Il, ,rht do, Fec G,it-a
Corp. Warren Hughes, escaped with
minor bruises
Yesterday there was a formal guard
mount and parade of the Second
Battalion under command of Maj. Clar-
ence S. Shields. The second regimental
parade of the encampment will be held
tomorrow evening.
Go on Reconnaissance.
This morning the officers of the 29th
Division staff left camp for recon-
Nuisance of the scene of operations
east of Gettysburg of the theoretical
maneuver which is being conducted
under conditions as near those of actual
combat as possible. Tomorrow morn
ing the offensive against the Red
enemy forces will begin.
The schedule calls for an attack at
$50 am, with the main effort being
made on the left by the 9lSt Brigade
under the command of Brig. Gen. S.
Gardner Waller of Virginia. The 58th
Brigade, under command of Brig. Gen.
Milton A. Reckord of Maryland, will
also make its principal effort to the
left in support Of the 9lst. The 29th
Tank Company will be attached to the
91st The objective will be to capture
IrishtoWn.
Air Service Co-operates.
The division air service will coop
crate in the attack by spOtting new
position taken up by the enemy and
communicating this information to
ground batteries
Col John c. Cutchins chief of staff,
has been designated by Maj. Gen.
Anton Stephan. the commanding gen.
eral. to have charge of executing the