Evening star., 1941-02-18
Silver Spring
Guard Unit Goes
ToForf Meade
Alexandra Infantry
To Leave for Camp
Tomorrow

The first former National Guard
unit from nearby Maryland to be
called into active service, the service
company of the 115th Infantry of
Silver Spring, left in fleet of Army
trucks early today for Fort George
G. Meade.
Thirteen trucks, which backed up
to the rear Of the Silver Spring
Armory at 4:30 am. today, were
piled high with duff1e bags. rifles.
cooking equipment, knapsacks and
shivering troops when Capt. Ward
w. Cadd;ngton, commanding officer
of the company, gave the order to
proceed.
In all, 48 officers and men left the
armory. Normally listing a compile
ment of SO men, the Silver Spring
unit was depleted by the dispatch
ing last night of 20 trucks and men
to Frederick to assist regimental
HEADQUARTERS there in moving op-
erationS.
Boy Tells Dad GoOd-by.
One small boy, whose father Is a
sergeant in the company, was the
only civilian present at the armory
to see the men off. He was 12-year-
old Jack Cissel, son of First Sergt.
Joseph C. Cissel. The red-headed
youth, an obvious favorite with the
regiment, fingered wistfully about
while his father Superintended moV-
Ing activities.
Tomorrow the Alexandria Light
Infantry will leave for their period
of active service.
Today also was moving day for 900
men and officers of the 175th In
fantry, Baltimore, advance units OF
which went to Meade yesterday, and
for advance detachments of the
10th Field Artillery, the Associated
Press reported.
Headquarters. Headquarters Bat
terry and Ammunition and Service
Battery of the 10th Field Artillery
planned to make the trip from
Pikesville in the outfits own We
hicles.
Moving down from Frederick were
Headquarters, Headquarters Com
pany and Band of the 115th In
fantry. Other units of the 10th
and 115th will arrive at Meade later
in the week, as will other troops of
the division.
$3.50 More to Be Called.
Meanwhile. Sd Corps Area head
quarters announced $3.50 selective
service regiStrantS in the area would
be called between March II and 90
for a years service.
The quota by States Includes
Virginia. 48O whites, and 112 COL
ored; Maryland ga and 106.
Montgomery County Selective
Service Board No. l at Rockville,
Md, today announced the names
of four white and two colored men
to replace men rejected after a
previous call
The requirements will report to
the boards Offices at 6:45 am, Mon
day.
Requirements Named.
The white men are Charles Lor-
ing Lowery, jr., %, of Gathers
burg; William Woodrow Scott, %,
Damascus; Elwood Hooker, %, Ger
mantoWn, and Robert Harris Dout-
hitt Gamble. 27. Garrett Park.
The colored requirements desig-
mated are Donald Lee SeWell, 10,
of Rockville. who volunteered, and
Hess Sinclair, 33, who moved since
registration dav to 1901 Ninth
street NV, Washington.
Board No. 2 at Silver Spring an
nounced it called Joseph Albert
Pumphrey, colored, of Kengar, Ken
sington, to be inducted Monday.
Price Names Committees.
At Richmond, Va, Gov. Price an
nounced the personnel of four COM
mittees to assist the State selective
service adviser on occupational de-
ferment.
The committees, one for each Ap-
peal Board area, will act in an ad-
visory capacity only and will not be
members of the Appeal Boards. The
committees are made up of two
representatives each of labor, in
dustry and agriculture.
The personnel of the committees
included:
For area of Appeal Board No. 8,
Charlottesville: L. M. MILAN of
Alexandria, machinists' union rep
resentative; Thomas w. Bevis Of
Alexandria, labor leader; T. S. Gar
nett of Tetotum, farmer; c. H. Crist
Of Lahore, farmer; w. D. McNair
of Herndon, farmer (alternate);
Frank w, TX, jr, of Charlottesville,
manager of Frank TX & Sons, and
D. w. Thomas of Harrisonburg,
president of the Chesapeake West