Evening star., 1934-07-08

With the 260th Coast Artillery now
IN the middle of it's field training
period, which this year took the form
of road march through Virginia,
/ West Virginia and Maryland, other
/ troops of the local militia are making
preparations for their annual en-
campment next month, which will be
in the field at Camp Albert C. Ritchie
at Cascade, Md.
In order to make preparations and
to view the camp site, Col. John W.
Oehmann, accompanied by Capt. Jor-
gensen, visited Camp Ritchie last
week. Col. Oehmann is acting COM
mander of the Guard and commander
of the 121st Engineers, the largest
unit in the local militia. They found
that the State of Maryland is doing
considerable new construction in the
camp, and the facilities will be ex-
cellent for taking care of the local
troops when they arrive there next
month.
During the week Col. Oehmann, ac-
companied by Maj. Lindsay Med. Sill
veSter, senior instructor in the local
Guard, went to Waynesboro, Va, one
OF the overnight stops of the Coast
Artillery Regiment, under Maj. Walter
w. Burns, to observe the method of
making and breaking camp, and to
study other facilities of the Coast
Artillerymen. Maj Sidney Morgan,
inspector generals department of the
local Guard, is with the Coast Artillery
on its present march.
Lieut.. Col John S. Upham, adjutant
general Of the local militia, is at
Walter Reed Hospital here. He is re-
ported to be seriously i'll of pneumonia,
with which he was stricken last week.
Lieut.. Col. Peyton G. Nevitt is act
ing adjutant general during his alb
Sence.
Individual supply officers Of the
various units of the local Guard will
be given very thorough field training
in the ordering of supplies during the
coming encampment They no longer
will be able to send in rush orders
for something they have overlooked,
but must have their supply lists in
the hands of the camp supply officer
48 hours prior to the time they will
be needed
This innovation is being inaugurated
by Capt. Walter S. Welsh, commander
OF the Headquarters and Service Com
pany, 12lst Engineers, and camp sup
ply officer
Heretofore, it was pointed out at
Guard headquarters, company supply
officers have been permitted to send
in their lists a few hours before sup
plies were needed, and the camp sup
ply organization has worked so eff
GENTLY that they have been delivered
in time to keep the men from going
hungry. But, it was pointed out by
the officers in charge of training, this
did not teach the officers to look
ahead. 1t was added that in the field
In time Of emergency they could not
do this, and would have to look DAYS
ahead in order to have their supplies
ready at particular spot when they
needed them. So in order to get them
thinking ahead in this matter the new
system will be put into effect at the
coming encampment.
Dates for the appearance of the
personnel of the various units of the
l2lst Regiment of Engineers before
the regimental surgeon for their an
nuaI pre-camp physical examinations
nave been announced by the regi-
mental headquarters as follows:
Company A, July 3d. Company 3.
July "a; Company C, July Is; Com
pany D, July 26; Company E, July 27;
band, July %; Company F, July 30.
and headquarters and Service Com
pany and Medical Department De-
tachment, July 81.
Pvt. Thomas A. McGafin has been
ordered promoted to sergeant and Pvt.
James D. Tanner to corporal in Com
pany A, 121st Engineers. The same
order directs the reduction to private
of Sergt. James D. Tanner. All changes
were made on recommendation of the
company commander.
Pvt. Leonard v. PeeIer and Pvt.
Clifford J. Smay have been ordered
honorably discharged from the 29th
Division Military Police Company be-
cause of removal from the city.
Because of business interference
with the performance of military
duty, the following have been ordered
transferred from the active to the
inactive lists of their respective organ
iZations:
Pvt. Peter j. Lotus, HEADQUARTERS
and Service Company, 121st Engineers
and Pvt. John L. Taggart, Headquar-
ters Detachment, Special Troops, 29th
Division.
Pvt. Martin J. Littlefield has been
ordered honorably discharged from
the Headquarters and Service Com
pany, 12lst Engineers.
Sergt. William F. Edmonds, jr.,
Headquarters Detachment and Combat
Train, 260th Coast Artillery, has been
ordered reduced to the grade of
private, without prejudice.
The following promotions in the
same unit have been ordered: Corpl
Earl S. Duffell to be sergeant and
Pvt. CFirst Glass; Richard e. Belen
to be corporal.
The following enlisted men, all
members of the Headquarters Detach-
ment and Combat Train, have been
ordered transferred from the inactive
to the active list of that unit:
Pvts. William E. Crossfield, Charles
E. Holden, Edward Marcus, Joseph L.
Michaelis, Charles B. Smith and Coal
w. Mills.
Sergt. William S. Houston has also
been ordered transferred from the
inactive to the active list of Battery B,
26oth Coast Artillery.
Pvt. (flrst class) John B. Burrowes
has been ordered promoted to the
grade of corporal in the Headquarters
Detachment, 29th Division, on recon-
mendation of the detachment COM
mander.
Sergt. Joseph S. Greco has been
ordered promoted to staff sergeant
and Corpl. Charles Fl. Clifford to be
sergeant in Company F, 121st En-
gineers, on the recommendation of the
company commander.