Evening star., 1935-08-11
Militia Perfects Program
For Coming Maneuvers
All Troops to Spend Night Before Starting
for Camp in Pennsylvania
Avenue Armory.

for delaying the enemy and other
forms OF engineering service for the
protection Of infantry.
The Headquarters and Service Com
pany of the l21st Engineers, under
Capt. Walter 8. Welsh, IL trained to
furnish specialized engineering serv-
ices to the division. These include the
administrative section, for admins
trative work; mapping section, which
includes Photographic service and
drawing and reproduction Of maps;
operations section, under the plans
and training ofncer, which maps out
work for the field parties; the supply
section. under the supply officer, who
Is responsible for sll supplies in camp:
division engineer section, directly
unoer the commanding of the regi-
mental commander; service platoon.
motor section; mounted section. In
This camp the mounted section will
perform service entirely with the
motor section. in view of the fact that
no animals will be available.
The general plan for the maneuver
provides for three nights of bivouae in
pup tents under actual field condi-
lions, with each soldier responsible for
MS own comfort and for maintaining
himself in the field with field eouip-
ment under actual service conditions
Motor movement Of the 121st En-
gineers. under Col Oehmann. win be
made In l12-ton motor vehicles re-
Gently furnished the local Guard nv
the War Department The ney
vehicles are fifteen 11s-ton trucks
iour passenger, three reconnaissance
trucks, eight passenger trucks. one
ambulance and one command post
trailer. The normal advance detsch-
ments which have preceded the local
National Guard organizations into
camp each year will be missing this
year, In that the shipment of prop
erty and establishment of canp on
the flrst day Of training is to be con-
sidered a part Of the training of
troops.
The advance detachment will be
limited to quartering parties of four
ofncers and five enlisted men for
each regiment or similar unit. These
advance detachments will precede the
troops to Mount Gretna two days and
Will be responsible for laying out of
the camp site. assignment of units
to areas, detailed arrangements for
supplies OF subsistence and other ma
terlas, and other duties as NAV be
assigned, with a view to facilitating
the establishment of camp and pro-
viding for the comfort and con-
venience of the troops.
The motor vehicles assigned the
District Of Columbia National Guard
will be augmented by the 29th Motor
Transport Company Of the Regular
Army, located in Washington. Vehicles
of this unit will be available for the
transportation Of troops to and from
camp. They will not be available
to the District Guard during the
camp, but will return to Washington
for their regular duties.
The District of Columbia troops
participating in the first Army ma
neuvers will number approximately
634, divided among the following
units:
State Detachment, %; Special
Troops, 1856; 121st Engineers, ats.
In addition to the officers Of the
District of Columbia already holding
permanent positions on the staff of
the 29th Division, including Col. John
w. Oehmann. Engineer officer; Lieut..
Col. Peyton @. hewitt, division adju-
tant general: Lieut.. Col Carey Jar
man, division Chemical Warfare Of
flcer; Capt. Fletcher F. Bernsdorff,
assistant division quartermaster, and
First Lieut.. Arthur A. Callahan, postal
oficer. number Of other District
officers have now been definitely
designated for specific temporary as
signments.
Capt. c. Earle Smithson, adjutant
of the 12lst Engineers, has been
designated by Lieut. Col Herbert L.
Grymes, 29th Division, as the athletic
and recreation oflcer for the District
of Columbia Guard units. Plans are
being made for regimental compe-
titions in base ball, boxing, SWIM
ming and track. From these regi.
mental competitions will be developed
29th Division championship indi-
viduals or teams who will be desig-
mated to compete with the winners
of the 28th Division and the 18th
Brigade competitions for the Sd Army
Corps championships.
Elaborate plans for entertainment
and recreation are being made by
Col Grymes and Capt smithson. with
view to organizing area shows, which
will be staged In various areas as
signed to the 29th Division. The size
and extent Of the division, 1t was
pointed out, may be best visualized
by comparing 1t to city Of approx
mately 5000 persons that carries its
bed in its house on its back, prepared
to move on short notice and estab-
lish a city at any designated point,
the 121st Engineers, under the COM
mand of Col. Oehmann, being the
engineering service for this city of
5000 persons. Under actual service
conditions the Engineers will be
charged with water supply, lighting
arrangements and other services nor
mally handled by q city engineering
force.
The division special troops, number
ing about $50 from the District and
Virginia, will be commanded by Mai.
william T. Roy, assisted by Capt.
Hugh Everett, jr., Infantry, who has
recently been made adjutant Of the
special troops.
It was said that should sessions of
Congress keep Maj Roy, who is assist
ant parliamentarian Of the House Of
Representatives, on duty in Washing
ton, it is probable that the special
troops will be commanded by Capt.
Everett, who has only recently joined
the organization from the 121st En-
gineers, where he was first lieutenant
Of the Headquarters and Service Com
pany.