Evening star., 1940-08-08
ReveiIIe Of Variety.
Starts Guardsmen on
Field Training
10Th Division Settles
Down to Work; Comp
Post Office Popular
BY ROBERT A. ERWIN,
ttsr Staff Correspondent.

RENSSELAER, FALLS, N. Y, Aug.
8.-By grace Of the reveille bugler,
alarm clocks, the shattering blast
of a cannon and a barnyard chorus
of cows, chickens, guinea hens and
ducks, National Guard troops of the
18th Division turned out bright and
early today from their tent camps
in the countryside near here and
started their military field training.
Even the soundest sleepers in the
encampment where District, Mary
land and Virginia troops dwell to-
gether have not the least bit of
trouble waking up mornings. The
division headquarters is so centrally
located that almost every unit has
the benefit Of the barnyard noises
Troop trains rolled in and out Of
the little railroad station here Mon
day, Tuesday and yesterday, as
arrivals from Washington and Mary
land and Virginia moved into their
three-week maneuver area. Now
that they are settled down, with
supply bases established, food, water
and milk being trucked in daily,
bitches dug around tents for drain
age and area roads repaired, the
18th Division is ready for action.
121st Engineers Busy.
Action came today in the rather
moderate form of company and
battalion training for the two in
fantry brigades, the 91st from Vir-
ginia and the 58th from Maryland,
commanded. respectively, by Brig.
Gems. Samuel Gardner Waller and
Amos w. w. Woodcock. The 121st
Engineers of the District Guard,
hardened by two days "on the roads"
In which they made traffic arteries
much more passable than they had
first found them, reconnoitered
their drill area and built small
bridges over culverts, creeks and
other obstacles.
The entire District Guard will be
in camp by next Sunday when the
260th Coast Artillery, under direc-
ton of 3rd Corps Area sHeadquar-
ters, moves to Gouveneur, N. Y,
after a weeks firing practice at Fort
Ontario, Oswego, N. Y. An advance
guard OF 260th officers visited Og-
densburg, maneuver public relations
headquarters and other points yes
terday.
Capt. Charles Reichel attended
a conference of public relations Off
GERS at Ogdensburg; Maj. Arlington
A. McCallum, chaplain of the 26Oth
and rector of st. Paul's Episcopal
Church in washington, also dropped
In at Ogdensburg to see the 1st
Army's plant for dissemination of
information and housing of hun
dreds of newspaper correspondents,
photographers, radiomen and OBJ
servers.
Heber Rice Attached to Staff.
1t. Col. Heber Rice, president of
the Federal Bar Association and
attorney In the Home Owners Loan
Corp, is one of the Washington
Reserve officers attached to the di-
vision staff. He is engaged in
handling claims in the Judge Advo-
Gates Department. En- route to
camp, he stopped in New York last
Friday to inaugurate new chapter
OF the Federal Bar with 10 members.
Next to soldiers meals, the next
most important thing is his mail.
The 29th Division Post Office is
located next to the canteen of the
special troops from Washington.
Relatives and friends of the 10Th
Division troops, including those from
Washington, should direct mail A, P.
Q. (Army Post ONCE 20, Canton,
N. Y.
A typical address would be: Pvt.
John Doe, Company A, 121st Engi-
neers, A. P. o. 40, Canton, N. Y.