Evening star., 1934-07-01


early today will start Is
day road march as its training duty
for the current year. 1t will travel
through Virginia, West Virginia and
Maryland, spending the July 4 holi-
day period at Charlottesville, where
it will stage night demonstration of
anti-aircraft Artillery force in de-
fense.
A detail of officers and men under
Maj. Walter w. Burns has made a
complete reconnaissance Of the terri
tory and plans have been completed
SO that the organization will move
smoothly through the trip. In this
work they have had the full co-opera-
ton of the municipal authorities Of
the towns through which they will
march and the National Guard au-
thorities of Virginia.
The route has been laid through
the historic Shenandoah Valley. The
place selected for the first stop Is 10
Gated about 80 miles from Washing
ton on the road to Culpeper. The
convoy and rolling kitchens will be
parked in quarry, while the tents
will be pitched In a pasture nearby
The second night will be spent near
Culpeper.
On July 5 the regiment will arrive
shortly after noon at Charlottesville.
During the afternoon a detachment
of one officer and 10 men with two
00,000,000 candle power duplex
searchlights from the I'd United
States Artillery at Fort Monroe will
arrive and be attached to the 260th
for the training period. These lights
were loaned and the officers and men
detailed to the local outfit by Brig.
Gen. Joseph P. Tracy. in command
of the Sd Artillery District, with head
quarters at Fort Monroe.
Curing the stay at Charlottesville
the men of the 260th will have an
opportunity to visit Monticello, the
home designed and built by Thomas
Jefferson and in which he was nearly
captured by the British Col. Tarleton
during the Revolutionary War. On
July 4 there will be no artillery drills
during the day hours. At noon
48-gun salute to the Union will be
fired. in accordance with Army regu-
lations, and a review will be held at
retreat. Artillery drill will be held
during the evening, when both lights
and guns will be brought into action.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made for an
airplsne to take part in the drill.
When the advance party arrived
in Charlottesville on the reconnois-
sance. Maj. F. w. Twyman gave every
assistance to the local officers in
aiding in preparation for their stay
there. as did also City Manager Seth
Burnley, Chief of Police NJ. F. Greaver
and Capt. M. P. Fletcher Of the Month
cello Guards, the crack National
Guard unit in the town. They visited
Mcintyre Park which was assigned
to the 260th for the period of the
camp there. This park. according to
Mai. Burns, has an ample parade
ground and Is very well adapted for
the camp purposes. There is a city
water supply. The night artillery
practice will be held at this place,
the searchlights being sent out to the
tactical points in the vicinity of the
city.
On the morning Of July the regi-
ment will break camp and move to
Waynesboro. Va. through Alton Pass.
During this part of the trip tacti-
cal exercise will be held and problem
solved involving the defense of the
mountain pass against aircraft attack
on an infantry division passing
through the pass.
From Waynesboro plans are being
made for the start of the movement,
on July 6. up the historic Shenandoah
Valley. One night will be spent at
Harrisonburg. Va, where Mayor Ward
Swank has made arrangements with
the Board of Education for the use
of the athletic field and shower baths
of the Harrisonburg High School. The
week end. July and {, will be spent
as guests of Hunter B. Chapman,
proprietor of Shenandoah Caverns.
The camp site, according to Maj.
Burns, will be located on hill in the
center of the valley with view for
IS miles in both directions. Special
arrangements are being made for the
entertainment of the friends and
relatives of the members of the Or
ganization during the week end.
The organization will get under
way again on Monday morning, when
a tactical problem will be solved by
the officers of the 260th in the vicin-
ity of Strasburg. That evening will
be spent in the George Washington
National Forest. The U. S. Forest
Service has provided a swimming
pool which is large enough to ac-
commodate several hundred persons.
Breaking camp in the forest on July
10. the regiment will move into West
Virginia. spending the night near
Martinsburg, w. Va. On July II a
problem involving the defense of the
bridge crossing the Potomac at Will
Transport, Md. will be solved, after
which camp will be made at the Fair
Grounds in Hagerstown. A stop will
also be made at Frederick, the outfit
camping a night on the Fair Grounds
there, returning to Washington on
the afternoon of July Is.
Maj. Burns, who was in charge OF
the advance detail, reported. upon his
return to Washington, that the Of
f1cials of all the Virginia cities visited
by the 260th, by their cordial invita-
tions and cooperation in making ar
rangements for the comfort and en-