Evening star., 1933-07-16
District National Guard

Only two weeks remain before the
first of the local National Guard con-
tingents will depart for the field to
take their annual training The first
unit to go will be the 26Oth Regiment
of Coast Artillery. commanded by Maj
Walter w. Burns, and plans have just
been announced by the regimental plans
and training officer. which include the
working out of "a field problem while
en- route to the place for the encamp-
ment at Fort Monroe. Va.
According to the schedule laid out
by First Lieut. Lee j. RutZ, plans and
training officers. the artillerymen will
assemble at their armory at Water and
o streets southwest, at 2 o'clock, on
the afternoon of July 20. Fifteen min
utes later a regimental field problem
will be distributed which will involve
operations in the vicinity Of this city,
An inspection will be held by a board
of officers at o'clock that night to
determine how well the program was
carried out.
Camp will be made in the vicinity of
Fort Humphreys Saturday night. and
the citizen soldiers will be awakened
Sunday morning in time to have their
breakfasts at 4 o'clock, and to depar.
for Richmond at o'clock Lunch vii.
be served on the road at 1890 am.
The column expects to arrive in Rich
mond at pm on the afternoon of
July 80.
The organization will leave Rich
mond on July 81. at 5 o'clock in the
morning and plans to arrive at Fort
Monroe at o'clock in the afternoon
when camp will be made for the two
weeks Of training.
1t was announced in the orders that
plans will be available for the organiZa-
ton the first week in camp until noon
on Saturday. but none will be avail
able the second week.
The next outfits to go into camp will
be on August s. when the 29th Division.
Staff. the Headquarters Detachment,
29th Division; special troops. 29th Divi-
sion. 12lst Regiment of Engineers, State
staff and detachment camp supply de-
tachment. Company A. 372d Infantry
and Medical Department Detachment
CT that organization will leave for Camp
Albert c. Ritchie Cascade, Md
Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan. command
! ing the local militia brigade, as well as
| the 29th National Guard Division. COM
| prising the National Guard of this city
and the States Of Maryland and Vir-
| ginia, is planning to go to Cascade for
his annual training, although he is still
confined to Mount Alto Hospital. 1t
was said at the brigade headquarters
that his condition is improving.
The following have been ordered
transferred from the active to the re-
serve lists of their respective organ
| izationS for the reasons given:
! Business interference with the per-
formance of military duty: Pvt. David
J. Brown, Pvt. John A. Mullen and
Pvt. John A. Panatta, all of Battery
B, 260th Coast Artillery.
Temporary removal from the city:
Pvt. Gabriel Fox and Pvt William c.
Wellington. both of Battery B, 260th
Coast Artillery. and Pvt. Joseph L.
Grant, jr. Company E, 121st Engineers.
The following served as members of
the District of Columbia National
Guard rifle team at the small-bore and
interstate matches held recently at Sea
Girt, N. j.:
Maj Clarence S. Shields. 121st En-
gineers Capt J. c. Jensen, Ordnance
Department, State Staff. in charge of
rifle practice in the local Guard; Capt.
Walter C. Stokes, Medical Corps, l2lst
Engineers: First Lieut.. T. A. Riley,
12lst Engineers; Staff Sergt. Alex j.
Thill. Ordnance Department.
The officers and enlisted men on
this team were required to defray
their own expenses in connection with
this trip.
Pvt Robert Cummings. Battery C.,