Evening star., 1948-07-27
Plane Will Take
To D. T.. Guard
Shortages at Comp
Partly Relieved by
Initial Air Lift
By WiIIiom J. WheotIey
Stor Stqff coyrsspondsn,

CAMP PENDLETON, Virginia
Beach, Va, July 27.-Clothing and
equipment shortages Of District
National Guardsmen, in field train
ing here, were relieved partially
late yesterday, when the Air Force
gave them afr lift.
Hundreds Of pounds of supplies
including clothing, shoes and mess
equipment, were pulled out of the
Guards Washington storeroom and
sent to Andrews Air Base, where il
was loaded on a District National
Guard Cat, which brought it to
the naval airfield at nearby Oceana
There it was picked up by waiting
trucks and brought into the camp
where it was issued Immediately tc
the men.
Another plane is scheduled to
leave Andrews today with additional
supplies to clothe the Districts
citizen soldiers. Washington's top
Guard headquarters staff was stirred
up, it was said, both by Brig. Gen.
Albert L. Cox, commanding the
District Guard and by a stern prod
ding from the I'd Army Corps
headquarters at Fort George G.
Meade, Md. The action followed
urgent messages sent to the two
places yesterday by Col. Charles M.
Myers, the Regular Army instructor
assigned to the local outfit.
Bickering Blamed.
Both Col. Myers, and Col. Leroy
S. Mann, commanding this camp,
said most, If not all, of the needed
material was available in the head
quarters storeroom Internal
pickering is blamed for the failure
to issue the material to the units
before leaving camp. This, in turn,
forced the field supply of the troops
by the expensive air lift movement.
While more than 1877 District men
came here without uniforms with
which they could leave the camp
for relaxation, and even without
fatigue uniforms in which to do
their heavy training the nearby
Virginia Guardsmen here each have
two suits of fatigue uniforms and
two of liberty khaki. More than 162
District men were sent here with
out field shoes.
Field mess equipment was bor-
rowed from the Virginia National
Guard so the District men could
eat. The Old Dominion units appear
to have a superabundance of equip
ment and are generously filling in
the shortages of the District units,
until the latter can get their own
supplies out of the District store
rooms.
Abundance of Good Food.
What the District Guardsmen lack
in equipment is made up by the
abundance and quality of the food.
They are being fed in accordance
with the Regular Army menus laid
down for all troops in the conti-
mental United States by the Army
Quartermaster General. It is pre-
pared in accordance with specific
recipes, which even the newest re-
SA oAo Souio 1AOG lllloo, II lie were
assigned to the mess shack without
any previous cooking experience.
Every detail of the preparation is
closely watched by T/Sergt. j. A..
Hilbert, 215 c street Sc.
After scrubbing their barracks,
including the washing and polish
ing Of hundreds of window panes,
the troops settled down yesterday
afternoon to preliminary Army
training. The recruits were being
Strengthened out by the barking
drill sergeants as to the identity of
their right and left feet.
The veterans, at least those who
had not been detached to give basic
training to the new men, were pre-
pairing for the heavy operations of
next week. They received an orien-
tation lecture yesterday by 1t. Col
Charles M. Yeck, jr., executive officer
of the camp.