Evening star., 1940-08-11
Fifth Column Phase
10 Be Injected Into
.-.a-zsws
Army Maneuvers
: Officers Instructed to
Check on Orders Which
Seem Suspicious
BY ROBERT A. ERWIN,
Star STAFF CorreSpondent.

into maneuvers in st. Lawrence
County during the next two weeks to
train the commanders of 10000 SOL
diers in fighting an enemy that has
been so effective in defeating or
eanized armed forces in the Euro
pean war.
Erediting the fifth column with
ACTIVITIES that have achieved con-
siderable success" on the battleffelds
cfsEurope, the 1st Army tonight is
s1rd the following training memo
raaadum:
, &One phase of these activities
might be injected into our maneu-
yers, namely, the transmission of
Unauthorized orders, directives and
reports with view toward disrupt
ing the orderly procedure of the op-
erations, If there is the least grounds
for suspicion or if the messages do
not conform with known plans they
should be checked. This checking
operation may be done by the COM
parison of signatures, by telephon-
Ing the sender or by requesting tele-
type confirmation"
. Will Sleep in Pup Tents.
. The 10Th Division. composed of
10000 National Guardsmen from the
District, Maryland. Virginia and
Pennsylvania, took life easy in
camp over the week end, resting up
for a week of brigade, division and
corps maneuvers that will take them
into the open spaces for three nights.
Instead of wall tents, comparative
comfort for soldiers in the field,
they will pitch their pup tents at
the end of each days mimic battle
and sleep on the ground.
The 56th (Maryland) and 91st
tVirginia) Infantry Brigades will di-
rect regimentsl problems Monday,
reinforced by battalions of the IA
NOUS World War 75-millimeter guns.
The battalions will come from the
54th Field Artillery Brigade. The
first field maneuver will come Tues
day, when the 29th Division high
command will pit the Maryland and
Virginia brigades against each other.
Here again they will be reinforced
by the artillery, carrying out the new
conbat-team system which stream
lines their operation.
THE newer weapons-those we do
not have-will be improvised," Col.
George Henderson, plans and train
ing officer for the division, an
nounced. Trucks will be used to
simulate tanks. Light machine guns
will be painted to represent So
caliber machine guns. Stove pipes
will be used for mortars and anti
tank guns will be simulated in va
rious ways"
To Pitch Camp Tuesday.
The infantry brigades will pitch
camp in the field Tuesday night and
return to headquarters late Wednes-
day.
On Thursday the entire 2eth Di-
vision. at its greatest strength since
the World War, will go into action
against the 2Sth Division, Pennsyl-
vania National Guard, with COM
mands coming from the head
quarters of Maj. Gen. James K.
Parsons, chief of the Sd Corps Area,
at Heuvelton, near here.
In addition to the two brigades of
infantry and one of artillery, three
District units, the 121st Engineers,
the special troops and the 1st Bat
talon, 104th Quartermaster Regi-
ment, will play their supporting
roles.
This maneuver will last for two
days and half, the Guardsmen not
returning to their bases until Satur-
day noon. This will climax the
second week of the 1st Army ma
neuvers and after that comes the
"big push" of the final week, the 1st
Corps Area forces opposing the I'd
and Sd Corps in war games directed
by 1t. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, dynamic
commander of the 1st Army.
The big scale on which the ma
neuver. has been conducted thus
far will be continued tomorrow with
religious services. Thousands of
troopers will be sent in trucks to the
St. Lawrence University stadium at
Canton, N. Y. for Protestant services
at 9:15 am, Catholic and Jewish
services will be held there the fol-
lowing Sunday. Meanwhile each
regiment also was conducting indi-
yidual services under its own chap
lain.
: Maj Simpson B. Daugherty, chap
lain of the 12lst Engineers, led this
washington regiment in worship,
while 1t. James E. Moore, chaplain
of the 5th Maryland from Baltimore,
of11ciated at that units services.
All Troops Now in Camp.
The entire District National
Guard will be in camp Sunday with
arrival of the remaining units of
the 260th Coast Artillery at Rich
vile. south of here, after almost a
week Of firing practice on the shores
Of Lake Ontario at Fort Ontario,
Cswego, N. Y. The 1st Battalion S
convoy of trucks, anti-aircraft guns
and searchlights, led by Maj. Will
Ham Bulls. reached Richville late
today. Col. Walter w. Burns is
the regimental commander.
:. A Saturday afternoon-Sunday
week end sent officers and enlisted
n1en alike into Ogdensburg. Heuvel-
ton and other nearby towns for
amusement. Many of them sought
out beaches on the st. Lawrence
River above Ogdensburg for bath
ing or visited the Thousand Islands,
while others contented themselves
by staying in camp and taking a
dip in the Oswegatchie River, which
fows through Rensselaer, Falls,
Heuvelton and the 29th Division en-
campment.
- The Army's interest in the welfare
Of the men, with special attention
to the inner man, was reflected
again today when Gen. Parsons
visited 29th headquarters and with
Mai. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, 29th
commander, inspected number OF
kitchens.
Gov. O'Conor Asked to Visit.
: Gen. Reckord announced that in
vitations had been issued to Gov
i