Evening star., 1940-08-03
District Guard
Off Tomorrow
For Maneuvers
3 Weeks Of Truininq
To Be Staged in
Upstate New York

Led by the 260th Coast Artillery,
District National Guard units, COM
prising more than 1900 officers and
men, will move out of the Capital
tomorrow and head for Northern
New York State, where they will
participate In one Of the Nations
most extensive peacetime maneuver
programs, involving the entire lst
Army Of the United States.
The 260th, only local anti-aircraft
unit, will leave by motor convoy at
7 am. with Col. Walter w. Burns
in command. This largest arm Of
the District Guard, numbering more
than 1,100 officers and men, will be
accompanied by the 1st Battalion,
104th Quartermaster Regiment.
The 29th Division Special Troops,
Maj. William T. Roy. assistant par
liamentarian of the House of Repre-
sentatives, commanding, will board
train in Union Station at 1880
am. and arrive in Rensselaer, Falls,
N. Y, at 5:25 am. Monday.
At 1901 pm, the 121st Engineers,
under command of Sol. John w.
Dehmann, District building inspec-
tor, will depart by train, reach
ing Rensselaer, Falls at $50 am.
Monday.
3 Weeks of Training.
In an area lying. roughly, between
the Adirondack Mountains and Lake
Champlain on the east and Ogdens-
burg and the ST. Lawrence River on
the west, District Guardsmen are to
join with other branches of the
1st Army in three weeks of training
under direction of 1t. Gen. Hugh A.
Drum, 1st Army commander.
The training program, which is to
continue until Friday, August %,
will begin with instruction of in
dividual companies and batteries.
Battalion and regiment training, di-
vision training and maneuvers, and.
finally, four days of 1st Army
maneuvers, bringing into play all
modern war weapons, will follow in
order.
Federal employees participating
are to be granted leave with full
pay for the period, which is one
week more than the usual summer
camp stay. Officers have endeav-
ored to obtain similar treatment
OF employees by private employers.
During training officers and men
will be able to attend church serv-
ices each Sunday and will be pro-
vided motion picture shows and
other entertainment features reg
ularly.
Winter uniforms have been speci-
fed for field training, since chilly
weather is expected in the ma
neuver region.
Different Routes Prescribed.
When the 260ths motor convoy
and that of the Quartermaster Bat
talon begins its 500-mile journey
tomorrow morning 88 vehicles will
be in line, some of them CARRYING
the regiments anti-aircraft guns
and searchlights. In order to mini
mize inconvenience to civilian
traffic, the conveys will be divided
into units, distributing the flow
over alternate routes wherever DOS.
sible along the way.
The first night will be spent In
Northumberland, Pa. and the Sec
ond in Watkins Glen. N. Y. Fort
Oswego, N. Y, will be reached on
the third day and the 260th will
remain there until next Saturday
before joining the other forces near
Heuvelton, N. Y.
The maneuvers. involving the 1st,
I'd and Sd Corps Areas-troops with
home stations from Maine to Vir-
glnia-will find Brig. Gen. Albert
l.. Cox, commander of the District
Guard, serving as chief of artillery
for the Sd Corps Area on the staff
OF Maj. Gen. James K. Parsons.
One District unit, the 104th Ord
nance Company. part of the 29th
Division Special Troops, will not
reach the Heuvelton area until Au-
gust IA, since it has been ordered
to take special training at the Aber-
deem (Md) proving ground until
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