Evening star., 1933-08-19
ENGINEERS NEAR
END OF TRAINING
Non Commissioned Officers
Will Lead Regiment in Final
Parade Today.

By . Stan Correspondent Of The Star
CAMP ALBERT c. RITCHIE, CAS-
CADE. Nd, August l9.-1ts two weeks
Summer training period almost ended,
the 12lst Engineers underwent its last
field inspection this morning and this
afternoon the companies of the regi-
ment will hold their annual competitive
drill.
At sunset, the officers will turn the
regiment over to the non commissioned
officers who win lead 1t In parade. At
the parade, IS medals for continuous
service In the Guard Of 10 years or
more will be presented. After the end
Of the first decade, additional bars are
given every five years, until the twenty
NTH year for which there Is another
medal.
This evening the Engineer officers
will hold their annual camp banquet
In the regimental star officers' mess
hall Last night, the enlisted men of
the 2oth Division Headquarters De-
tachmcnt staged party In their mess
shack and Master Sergt. James Lynch
acted as master Of ceremonies.
Detachment Inspected.
The headquarters detachment under
went its final field inspection yesterday.
The inspecting officers were Lieut.. Col.
D. NJ Cheston, Maj. L. Med Sylvester
and Capt. D. Lee Hooper, Regular Army
instructors for the District National
Guard. They commended the detach-
ment after their survey. 1t is COM
manded BY Lieut.. David w. Milne.
The 29th Signal Company of Norfolk,
Va, pulled out Of camp early today,
sending their trucks and equipment
ahead Of them. The men are travelling
by rail to Baltimore, where they will
board . boat for Norfolk.
After completion yesterday Of the En-
gineers' overnight field maneuver, Col.
John w. Oehmann, commanding ofh-
Ger, announced that the maneuver next
year will take two days and nights
rather than one as was the case this
year.
Each battalion would be sent out in
different directions, under his plan, and
theoretically attached to the brigades
Of q division as probably would be the
situation in wartime. Each battalion
commander then would be given a spe-
cific engineering problem to solve:
After the first day the battalions would
sleep in separate bivouacs. The next
mental assembly point. where Col. Och
mann would take charge and the regt-
ment would be converged into COM
bat unit and proceed to defend pos.-
ton against theoretical enemy. The
second night also would be spent in
bivouac and the regiment would return
to camp the next day.
War Games Completed.
The division staff has completed its
war game problem with the theoretical
movement yesterday Of the division
from Frederick, Nd, to Emmitsburg,
thrown into the line in an assault
against q red enemy force.
A complete map Of the camp and
vicinity will result from the activities
during this training period of the map
ping school and resimental mapping
section, under command OF Lieut.. Hugh
Everett, jr., every day throughout the
two weeks, the mappers have been at
work, making sketches and compiling
data and the complete map will be
produced after the return to Washing
ton A four-color lithograph of the
vicinity Of Sabillasville, where the over
night maneuyer OF the engineers was
held was made by the mapping section
and was commended by division staff
officers
Finals in the boxing tournament we're
held last night in the open air thea
ter
The results follow:
Joe Frady, Company A, won from
Arthur Harrison, Headquarters and
Service Company, in the l40-pound
class
Larry Perkins. Company B. won from
Billy Farran, 29th Military Police Com
pany, in the l50-pound class.
Frank Mackenzie. Military Police,
won from Andy Talon, Company A, in
the 130-pound class
The bouts were refereed by Sergts.
Adam G. Mouton and Phil Delaney.
Capt. Douglas A. White and Warrant
Officer Meyer Goldman were the judges