Evening star., 1938-08-07
DISTRICT GUARDS
TO PARADE TODAY
121st Engineers to Hold
First Dress Review at
Camp Ritchie.
BY ROBERT A. ERWIN,
STAFF CORRESPONDENT of The Star

CAMP ALBERT c. RITCHIE, CAS-
CADE, Md, Aug. 6.-Before their
comma nding general and hundreds Of
visitors from home, the 12lst Engi-
neers of the District National Guard
will march on the parade ground here
tomorrow afternoon in their first dress
parade since the annual encampment
opened week ago at Camp Simms,
D. C.
The regimental parade will be held
at 5 pm, with Brig. Gen. Albert l..
Cox. new commander of the Guard.
and Col. Charles Dravo. the adjutant
general. in the reviewing stand. The
engineers will be led by their own
commander. Col. John w. Oehmann.
Gen. Cox was to arrive at midafter-
noon for two-day stay.
For the first time since the regi-
ment arrived here Wednesday, the
Stars and Stripes are flying from the
nag pole in the front center Of the
parade ground A steeplejack from
nearby Hagerstown scaled the 80-foot
pole late today to release the end Of
the rope, which had been caught at
the top.
Col. Oin Leads Parade.
Today's parade. held following the
annual field inspection of the regi-
ment, was led by 1t. Col. Julian S.
Oliff, executive officer, and was re-
viewed by Col. Oehmann and retiring
Engineer Commissioner Dan I. Sultan.
Monday the engineers will resume
their regular program Of field maneu-
vers, construction and military drills,
ending their encampment Saturday
morning. when they return to Wash
ington. The annual muster also will
be held Monday.
Capt. Charles E. Smithson, regi-
mental adjutant and camp athletic Of
ficer, announced a boxing show will be
held Wednesday night in the camp
arena, featuring Lou Gevinson and an
opponent to be brought here by Louis
manager, Matt Twomey.
Col. Oehmann said the Regiment had
been commended. by Regular Army
officers for the operation OF it's mess
halls here and attributed this to the
fact the District Guard operates one
Of the few National Guard year-round
cooking schools
Maj. Smith Among Visitors.
One Of the weekend visitors was
Maj. Arthur L. Smith. who recently
retired as chaplain of the District
Guard after many years of service. His
successor Capt. Simpson B. Daugh-
erty of the United Brethren Church,
will conduct services in camp tomor-
row morning
Four Reserve medical officers are
acting as inspectors at Ritchie after
having served as an examining board
during the four-day test mobilization
at Camp Sims last week. They are
Maj. Charles I. Shaffer, Somerset
County, Pa; DR.. Arthur c. Leinweber,
Philadelphia; Capt. John P. Lin,
Philadelphia, and Capt. M. E. Green,
Pittsburgh.
Camp Ritchie's population was
swelled by several hundred yesterday
with addition of the 104th Medical
Regiment from Baltimore and the Ma
rine Corps Reserves from the District
Extra Military Activities.
Enlisted men, meanwhile. are turn
ing their spare time to athletics and
other extra military activities. Com
pany E Of the Engineers Is out again
to win the annual regimental field day
to be held Thursday, with preliminaries
Wednesday.
Company F won the kitchen effi-
cheney flag every day since the engi-
neers came to Richie First Class Pvt
Francis v. Campbell of the same COM
pany has been named orderly to Col
Oehmann.