Evening star., 1933-08-08
GUARDS SETTLED
IN CAMP ROUTINE
Washington Man Has Near
Accident When Big Truck
Runs AmuCk.
By STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.

CAMI AlhEr1l - III Vile, Soo-
cade. Md, August s-The District Ma
tional Guard settled this morning into
the routine of their training period
after the first regimental parade OF
the 1z1st Engineers and near serious
accident yesterday, their first full dag
in camp.
Crashing into concrete culvert
when the steering mechanism OF the
140O-pound truck he was driving
locked. Corpl Warren Hughes 807
Tenth street northeast. Washington, q
member of the Quartermaster detach-
ment narrowly escaped injury. Only
a few minutes before he had discharged
a loan of Is men of the 29th Signal
Company of Norfolk, Va. he had trans
ported to the scene of the theoretical
maneuvers of the 29th Division staff
east of Gettysburg, Pa. The accident
occurred about miles east OF that
town.
After striking the end Of the cul-
vert the huge truck sheered back onto
the road. then struck the culvert again
and toppled over into the bed of
creek 10 or IS feet below. Hughes
clune to the steering wheel and escaped
with slight bruises to his legs.
Slid Half Under Culvert.
The truck slid half under the culvert
and yesterday denied efforts to get 1t back
on the road. This morning company
of Engineers left camp to attempt to
get it out Of the gully by means OF
blocks and tackles.
Mild haZing of the recruits has begun
and shortly the kangaroo court OF the
enlisted men will get under way. An
example of the hazing so far was
tall Young rookie of the 29th Military
Police Co. who reported to the camp
ouartermaster with request for gal
Ion of tent oil and 500 yards Of Skin
mish line.
The military police company is In
charge of keeping order throughout
the entire camp which includes about
400 members Of the Civilian Conserva-
ton Corps in addition to the National
Guardsmen The soldier policemen are
commanded by Lieut.. Merrill D. Relch.
Because of crowded conditions the daily
guard of the Engineer regiment has
been using the chapel as guard
house.
Band Wakes Sleepers.
The band. under direction OF Never
Goldman. Washington orchestra leader,
marched the length of the camp this
morning shortly after SIS revellle: to
make sure there would be no late
sleepers This will be its practice mere
after.
After witnessing the parade yester-
day evening. Capt Lee D. Hooper. Regu-
lar Army instructor of the regiment. ex-
nressed himself as pleased with the
state of training of the men. The
six companies passed in review oe1ore
Lieut. Col. Julian S. Olif. executive
officer of the regiment, and then had
their pictures taken. short time be
fore Col Cliffs son, Sergt. Nal: irving
l. Olif of Company D, put on his flrst
formal guard mount. Lieut.. James X
Nolan was officer Of the guard and
Lieut. William r. Lane new officer OF
the day.
The enlisted men of the Engineers
and their company officers began today
with an hour of close-ord drill which
was followed by instruction and demon
stration of methods of rigging blocks
and tackles, derricks and similar equip
ment, and building field Notifications,
roads and culverts.
Going on Rifle Range.
This afternoon. the approx1ra tely
an men of the 1st Battalion who had
not completed record course firing dur
ing the Winter were to go onto the
rifle range They also will have Mon
day of next week on range.
Col. Oehmann. who is Engineer Of
ncer of the 29th Division. besides be-
ing commander of the 121st. has had
much of his time taken up with the
strategical problem of the division staff.
In his absence, Lieut.. Col Olift IS in
command Lieut.. Thaddeus A. Riley,
the regimental plans and training Of
ficer, was designated yesterday as as
sistant Engineer officer of the division
and will assist Col. Oehmann in giving
technical advice to Maj. Gen. Anton
Stephan, division commander.
Yesterday the staff officers worked
out the solution Of the corps problem
and today were writing the order which
theoretically will send the 29th into
assault against a section of the red
army force driving inland from the At
lantic Coast. The troops opposing the
29th are considered to have pushed
back the blue forces almost to Gettys-
burg.
The entire problem was explained to
the staff Yesterday morning by Maj.
l.. Med. Sylvester Regular Army in
structor, and last night critique was
held ON the solutions of the corps Or
der.
At the staff meeting in the morning
b resolution was passed expressing the
diGiaon's sympathy for the family OF
Mai. Gen. Charles G. Morton, its war
time commander, who died about three
weeks ago in Los Gatos, Calf. from the
effect Of a powder burn sustained July 4
while shooting a fire cracker. Lieut.. Col.
George Henderson, mayor of Cumber-
land, Md, and Lieut.. Col. Edwin P.
Conquest, Richmond, Va, architect.
were DESIGNATED by Gen. Stephan to