Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-28
LOCAL YOUTHS WIN
c. N. 7. c. H0NORS'
High Army Officers at Mass
Review at Fort George
G. Meade.
By staff Correspondent of The Star.


FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md,
July 27.-YouthS from the Washing
ton vicinity captured large share OF
the most coveted awards presented
. here today at exercises climaxing
month of Citizens Military Training
Camp. The camp will break up next
"Wednesday.
4 Khaki legions Of the camp, lncluo-
Ing boys from the District OF CO.
2umbia, Maryland. Virginia ana
PENNSYLVANIA, swept for an hour
across the post parade ground today
in a mass review before high Army
officers and several hundred visitors.
The entire C. M. T. C. regiment, num-
bering about 2,700, participated IN the
review. the massed battalionS extend
ing over more than 800 square yards
of drill field.
Mai. Gen. Robert E. Callan, COM
mander of the Third Corps Area, ana
chief reviewing officer, presented
medals and awards to outstanding
campers. He singled out for special
CONGRATULATIONS Chester Morrill,, SOB
Ingomar street, Chevy Chase, D. C.,
whose chest was almost sagglng with
medals by the close of the exercises
Morrill's citations included a gold
medal for fourth-year camper, haV-
ing made the greatest preparation
professionally for a commission as
second lieutenant, officers Reserve
Corps" and the John j. Pershlng
Medal for being the outstanding C. M.
T. C. trainee at Fort Meade.
Baltimore Club Awards.
Charles C. Claybaugh of the Balti-
more Civitan Club presented the CLUBS
awards to Is campers, including the
following from Washington and VI
cinitv. Wendell Jarvis, SAT- Kan
sas avenue; B. F. Berkaw, 38O1 1
street: Joseph Ross, 4024 Illinois ave-
nue.: Bernard Gillian, 423 quincy
street; John R. Parks, III Sou'ii
Highland street, Ballston, Va, and
Robert M. Greenberg, TIT Princeton
place. :.
silver medal for second place IN
preparation for commission as sec
ond lieutenant in the Officers Reserve
Corns was awarded Thomas L. Walker
Glen Echo, Md.
Washington boys who received Mill
tary Training Camp Association bronze
medals for excellence were: waiter
Pashlev. Kennedy Warren Apart
ments, and P. L. Tomardy, 1882 Fourth
street. A bronze medal was awarded
Oliver E. Ragonnet, Silver Spring. Nd
a brother of Lieut.. Lucian Ragonnet'
a White House naval aide. Paul V.
Roundy. 1904 Meadow lane. CHEVY
Chase. Md, was given a gold medal
for being the best technically trained
candidate for Reserve officer in the
Signal Corps.
Gold Medal for Essay.
The National Patriotic Council gold
medal for an essay on the value OF the
C. M. T. C. was presented by Isaac
Cans of Washington to Harold G..
Shill, Philadelphia. Lieut.. Col. w. A.
McCathran, United States Army. re-
tired, and commander of the Column
bia Post. Veterans of Foreign Wars.
presented the v. F. w. Medal and
citation for the best basic" candl-
date to Paul A. Pdeffer, Annapolis
Md.
Ora Overholzer, jr., of Bowie, Md,
was awarded a scholarship to Slayer
BRYANT and Stratton College. Twenty
five tentative scholarship awards
were announced, but the winners must
compete with other candidates from
C. M T. C. at Forts Hoyle, Myer and
Monroe.
The presentation of awards was
followed by a long Infantry review
during which the 2,700 campers
paraded briskly before Gen. Callan,
Brig. Gen. Perry E. Miles, commander
of the 18th Brigade, and Col. John
r. Brewer, Fort Meade post COM
mander.