Evening star., 1950-07-16
| Rains Slow Guard
After Busy Week
OF Field Training
By WiIIiom J. Wheotley
Stor Stoff Correspondent

4SAS4 M4A41k, DC1.S July 10.
Heavy rains slowed down District
National Guard units today at the
end of a strenuous week of mill
tary exercises.
But the men taking their an
nual training here began long
week. end of rest by talking mostly
about the chances of a mobiliza-
ton of the National Guard.
The Districts citizen soldiers
seized on every bit of information
concerning conferences that have
followed the return of Gen. j
Lawton Collins, Army Chief of
Staff, and Gen. Hoyt Vanden-
berg. Air Force chief, from the
Far East.
They wondered particularly
whether, in event of any order for
partial mobilization, any District
guard units would be called into
active service-and which ones.
Korean Fighting Studied.
The Korea fighting, meanwhile,
is being studied closely. The in
telligence section of the anti-air-
craft artillery group headquar-
ters makes a constant survey of
press and radio reports from
Korea.
Besides recording the informa-
ton daily on large operations
map. the unit reviews combat lines
and troop movements and offers
estimates Of the Korean situation
together with it's probable results
from an operational standpoint.
The brigade headquarters in
telligence section also prepares
similar information for Brig. Gen.
William H. Abendroth, command
ing the District Guard and this
camp. Maj. Claiborne r. Mobley
heads the intelligence group at
the brigade level.
Abendroth to Visit Duff.
Gen. Abendroth. accompanied
by his aide, 1t. Edwin c. Eads,
plans to leave here tomorrow by
air for Indiantown Gap, Pa, to
be the guest Of Gov. James e.
Duff of the Keystone State at
a parade and review of Pennsyl-
vania National Guardsmen in
camp there.
The review. which will include
the 171st Military Police Battalion
and the 715th Transportation
Truck Co.. District units in train
ing there. will be in honor of
Gen. Leonard Gerow. He is sched-
uled to retire from the Army and
the command of the End Army
with headquarters at Fort George
G. Meade.
The District Air National Guard.
which is to have It's field train
ing next month. is furnishing a
valuable air shuttel service for
the units now in the field. A CAT
plane makes a daily run plane
from Andrews Air Base, near
Washington, to Indiantown Gap
and Fort Miles. It carries mail,
supplies and personnel. It is
piloted by Maj. Benjamin C. Abel,
with 1t. Arthur G. Hughes as
co-pilot and T. Sergt Scott Hill
lard as crew chief.
Brigade Headquarters officers
and those of the 260th Anti-Air- |
craft Artillery Group are studying
the problem of getting the MA
tractors and heavy guns returned
to Washington at the conclusion
OF the encampment, without SUBJ
Jectlng them to the heavy beach
traffic.
Gen. Abendroth has recon-
mended that they be taken back
to the Capital in Navy LISTS If
they are available in this vicinity.
1t would solve a big problem and
would give valuable training to
the men. the general said. If this
suggestion proves impossible, an
effort will be made to send them
back to Washington by train.
These proposals are a result of the
death of Wilmington Delo resi-
dent when a private automobile
and one Of the tractors collided
last Sunday as the military convoy
neared this post.