Evening star., 1936-08-14
PROBLEM
OCCUPIES BRIGADE
Planes Survey SWatara Gap
as Artillery Protects Ad-
vancing Columns.
BY WILLIAM S. TAEVER,
STAFF Correspondent or Ihe Star.

Stan Correspondent or rhe star
rNDIANTOWN GAP, Pa, August
i4-Swatara Gap will glow tonight
with the camp fires Of the 5Sth Mary
land Brigade, which moved out OF
this permanent encampment today
for its first overnight bivouac and
combat problem.
Preceded by an advance guard. pro-
tected from the air by soaring obser-
vation planes and supported by ar
tillery the doughboys swung down the
road toward the Blue Ridge Noun
tains singing and in high spirits.
With dawn tomorrow, the column
will pass through the gap and de-
bouch into the valley between Blue
and Second Mountains for an attack
against a theoretical enemy. Over
their heads will scream shells from
the supporting guns of the battalion
of the 10th Field Artillery, and one
battery of the 176th Field Artillery
When the barrage is over the Infantry
will charge up the mountain slope to
capture the "enemy's" position.
virginians Hold Mock War.
While the Marylanders were getting
into position today for their battle
tomorrow, the two regiments of the
91st Virginia Brigade engaged in
mock war among themselves.
Machine guns ratified and rifles
popped as the l16th Virginia Infantry
sought to repel the advance Of their
comrades in the lst. One battalion
@f flo 11I A~ti o1c ~
Virginia, took part in the combat
exercise.
This was the second successive day
the Virginia troops have striven to
increase their war efficiency by mock
battle.
With the bulk of the camps 5000
troops going through combat exer-
cises in the field, Maj Gen. Milton A.
Reckord, commanding the 29th Divi-
sion, led his staff on a reconrais-
sance in the vicinity of Swatara Creek
to plan the second and attack phase
of the division maneuvers scheduled
for next week. Surveying the terrain,
the officers laid out prospective bridge
crossings, lines of defense and offense
war.
With its commander, Col. John w
Oehmann, in the field with Gen
Reckord, the 121st Engineers of Wash
ipgton engaged in bridge work and
combat exercises and planned tonight
to practice operating In the dark. The
fst Battalion, commanded by Mai.
Ralph S. Childs, will make a night
reconnaissance, while the Cd, COM
manded by Maj. Clarence s. Shields.
will engage in bridge approach and
construction work.
Gun SaIutes Fired,
Two 13-gun salutes, the tribute for
q major general. doomed through the
Camp today with the arrival of the
commanders of the 44th and 2Sth
divisions accompanied by members OF
their staffs.
Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Price of the
44th and "a of his officers were the
first to arrive for an inspection of the
camp and visit with Gen. Reckord.
Later Maj. Gen. E. C. Shannon, 28th
drove in. The three general officers
and Maj, N. szilagyi, National Guard
Bureau, were expected to confer on
problems common to their respective
commands. The 44th is located In
New Jersey and Delaware, and the
28th in Pennsylvania.
The colors of three States and the
District few today before the tent of
Gen. Reckord, signifying that troops
from all four jurisdictions comprising
the 29th Division now are in camp for
the first concentration since the di-
vision left France 18 years ago.
The four jurisdictions are the Dis
trict, Maryland, Virginia and Penn
sylvania.
The 5th Maryland Infantry COM
pleted its trek from Cascade, Md, yes
terday without mishap, pulling into
1ndiantown Gap about noon. Its ar
rival completed the division.
Four Shells Hit Dugout.
Four 37-millimeter shells fell on
the protecting parados of a concrete
forward observation post Gen. Reck-
ord occupied yesterday afternoon to
watch the effect of the firing of the
10th Field Artillery. The dugout,
however. withstood the impact and no
one was injured.
Capt. William A. Brown, Battery
A. 10th. became known yesterday to
fellow officers as Two Round Brown"
as result of his achievement in hit
ting his target, 1000 yards away, with
the second shell from his battery.
The first waS 0vcr hr,t tho ,,ax+ 1o ~ A..
squarely on the ruins of the old farm
house on which the regiments fire was
concentrated. Six rounds are the av-
erage required to find such a target.
and the performance of Capt Browns
battery was considered remarkable.
A party for Maj William T. Roy.
commander of the 29th Division spe-
cial troops, who, in civil life is as
sistant parliamentarian of the House
OF Representatives, was held last night
by his officers in celebration of his
eleventh wedding anniversary. Mai.
and Mrs. Roy were presented with
gifts and received the congratulations
of both officers and men.
The Virginia officers of the division
were entertained last night by Brig.
Gen. s. Gardner Waller, commanding
the slst brigade. Gen. Reckord also
was present.
About As Virginia Military Institute
graduates now in camp will get to-
gether tonight for a reunion. Most
OF them are in the 9lst brigade and
the 111th Field Artillery, although
several are on the division staff