Evening star., 1941-01-12
Guardsmen Leaving
Tomorrow Promised
Finest Of Pastries
Church Suppers Planned
For D. c. Soldiers
En- Route to Texas
(For roster of the 260th Coast
Artillery, see Page B-3J

(FOr roster OF the 26Oth coast
Artillery, see Page B-3J
Homemade pies and cakes loom
just over the horizon for the men
of the 260th Coast Artillery Regi-
ment.
Baked beans, canned salmon and
hardtack are not even being con-
sidered by the members of the Dis
tricts National Guard anti-aircraft
regiment, who leave tomorrow for
Fort Bliss, Tex
In planning for the feeding of the
nearly 500 men and officers who will
make up the regiments motor caval-
cade, officers wrote to mayors,
chambers of commerce and city
officials in the dozen towns the
convoy will touch on their 2,466-
jaunt to Texas.
May Eat in Churches.
At some of the stops, the men may
eat in some of the churches in the
city. The idea of eating in churches
brings church suppers to mind. and
such suppers prompt the thought of
layer cakes lathered with coconut
icing and pies dripping with juice
or so they hope.
1t dosen't cost to hope, at any
rate. But just in case, the convoy
of about 100 trucks, guns and
trailers will include Army kitchens
and all the rest of the parapher-
MALTA, and will be self sufficient
Army unit.
Yesterday and today members of
the regiment were hurrying their
preparations for the trip. This aft
ernoon at 230 o'clock they will be
reviewed at the Ellipse by Brig. Gen.
Albert l.. Cox, commander of the
District National Guard, and local
head of selective service.
Motor Convoy Leaves Tomorrow.
The motor convoy, to leave about
$50 am. tomorrow, will be made UP.
OF 492 officers and men of the 1st
Battalion and the Medical Corps.
The End Battalion of the regiment,
about 300 men, will leave by train at
pm. and is expected to arrive at
Fort Bliss some time Thursday.
The motor trip is expected to take
about II days.
Reglmentaf trucks yesterday
hauled equipment to the freight
yards for shipment to the Texas
Army camp. Part of the shipment
will be three 3-inch nti-aircraft
guns. Nine guns will be hauled be-
hind powerful motor trucks all the
way to the Southwest.
First stop for the motor convoy
will be Richmond, Va. Other
stops on the way will be at
Fayetteville, N. c.; Columbia. S.
c.; Waycross, Ga; Quitman, Ga;
De Funiac Springs, Fla; Mobile,
Ala; Baton Rouge, La; Houston,
Tex; San Antonio, Tex: Del Rio,
Tex: Maria, Tex, and Ell Paso, Tex.
At most of the stops the troops will
camp, but at Richmond they will
sleep in the National Guard Armory,
and the next two stops will be at
Fort Bragg and Fort Jackson, re-
spectively. In Texas, they will stay
two nights at Fort Sam Houston, and
one at Fort D. A. Russell.
Ideal Climate in Store.
Arrival of the 260th at Fort Bliss
will bring the total strength of that
post to 10000 Regular Army and Ma
tioual Guard troops, the War De-
partment announced yesterday. An
additional $4,000 men are expected
to be in training there within the
next few months.
The District troops will be quar-
tered in 54 buildings and $50 win
terized tents in the Logan Heights
cantonment section, adjacent to
Fort Bliss proper.
Ideal climate is another treat in
store for the Washingtonians. The
camp is located at an elevation of
nearly 1000 feet above sea level, and
has an average rainfall of less than
10 inches per year, most of it in
summer. The area enjoys an aver
| age of 331 sunshine days, annually.
Construction of quarters for the
District men has been completed.
The tents are of the permanent
type, pyramidal, with wooden floors
and sides and heated by gas. Heat