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6 CUMRDSMENREST | e AFTER BUSY WEEK Camp at Fort Humphreys ls Remarkably Free From liness and Injuries. DY WiLLiAM J \\Il t Corresp FORT HUMP mu,\.' Half of their a ty training in the field com- and men of the first week, they have of the duties of enui- prepared to resu After a few s work, they Wil en in 1 mancuvers which will carry them as far as Mount Vernon. During this activity the men will get a real taste of field operations, for they will be away » & 10-mile hike for the v, and their meals will be erved to them from field which will cook them whil Troops attempt to ferret o art of the “battle” 1s wover. the troops will storm the cates of Mt. Vernon, arrangement having been made for them to en the grounds free. er the heav, Construction of Bridge. During the five days that ged in engineering work, ops have completed about their major engir ts of the con n of a spar bridge, including the cutting of the timber in the for- ests, It is expected that the bridge will be completed by Tuesday morn- ing, when motor equipment of the rvegiment will be run up on it to show that it is capable of withstand- ing the heavy traffic of a division of troops. Field fortifications and, in fact, prac tically the heaviest of the work has Dbeen completed. The men have been kept incessantly at the engineering and at infantry drills for long s each day, and when night came were too tired to engage in much of the frolicking usual in such camps. The barracks area in which the troops are quartered while here were practically deserted tonight, as most of the men took advantage of the brief respite to go back to their homes in Washington, many of them for the purpose of returning to camp tomor- row with their friends and relatives, to show them how they live while in the field, and also to make their hest showing at the regimental parade which is to be held tomorrow afterncon at 5 o'clock. Other Engineering Duties. During the first three days of this week the camp will be under command of Lieut. Col. Harry Gladman, execu- | ive officer of the regiment, Col. John . Oehmann, the commander, having | hePn ordered to report to Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan at Cascade, Md., for participation in a_ 24-hour command post exercise, which is to begin there Monday night at 6 o'clock. The Dis- | trict regiment is the 29th National | Guard Division’s engineering outfit, and Col. Oehmann has been ordered | there to solve the engineering prob- | lems incident to the maneuver. Instead of the usual camp a(unlr night, put on by the men, they have | agreed to furnish talent for an enter. tainment to be held by the post Thurs- day night, the funds from which 10 be used for the purchase of a radio | set for the use of the patients in the | post hospital. The 12lst Regiment | Band, Meyer Goldman, leader, will furnish the music. The officers of the regiment will en- | teriain their friends and relatives at | a dance, to be held at Harris Hall in the camp Friday night, as the lead- | ing social event of the camp. MANEUVERS AT CAMP RITCHIE. they Guardsman at Cascade Put Through Extensive Military Operations. Special Dispatch to The Star. "AMP RITCHIE, CASCADE, Md 20.—The 29th Military Policc nd the 29th Division Head quarters Company, District National Guard, tonight completed their first week in camp here. The second weex will be opened by military maneuvers Monday, with night maneuvers Mon- | day night. Tuesday the Guardsmen were put through extensive m'litary operations, including scout and patrol duty. Mili tary maneuvers were staged Wedn, day in preparation for next weel and Thursday the Guards- men were taken to the rifle range for Claude _Bur- cond Lieut. amp strength um a Joseph' B. Di of 40 men, Headquarters Company ha of about the same number. 3 Hobart Walker heads the Headquar- ors Company. The staff of the 20th | headed by Gen. Anton | is present at the camp, a 29th Division Signal Compan of Norfolk and two compantes of col ored troops, one from Washington and | the other from Baltimore. Ohio Kraut Trade Is Large. Bpeial Correspondence of The Star. CLYDE, Ohio.—Clyde the cen 2 of Ohio, a large per- Ohio ranks second only to New York in sauerkraut production, it is stated here Wisconsin is given third place and Michigan fourth New Anesthenc Discovered. Correspondence of The Star tic, known ed in German s and promises to he a useful 1ent 10 the ones now in 1 does not eventually re ogether. It not through a mask, : chloroform and other present-day ties are usuaily given, but is oduced in solution Into the intes ertin,” s bein Oppose mealn Rock Image. tence of The Star Ky.—An tion ( of t likeness of face of Pinnacle the highest spo the Kentucky mo posal is belng made figure of Daniel Boonc placed there, if def the hug In Same House 100 Years. In the house in which she was born Miss Bannister of Havant, vecently celebrated her 100th birth annjversary he house during years has been occupled by four zen of Bannisters. The cente- is in excellent health, TR TADE FOR 0T, 27 | working out American problems of | he declared. i been chosen to do the f teal T APT. WILLIS McDOWELL, U. Open House, With School, Civic Representation, on Day’s Program. celebration of the manifold ard here will be thrown open to public and al- though the observance is still more than two months distant, officials of the yard already have started plans for the occasion, mittee headed by Capt. Willis Navy activi- view, v 4 has been for th miral A pointed to arrange “open_house” by Al L. Willard, U, the ant, and a program designed t more than the 17,000 vi s, who came to the yard last Navy day is to be worked out. Special invitations are to be extend- colleges, patriotic so- cieties, nd_ commercial o ations resentatives pr tions will not I ton, but will territory, i Those nu] the invita- onfined to Washing- e in the surrounding ding Baltimore. ng Capt. McDowell are: Capt. F. L. P 5 (‘am D. M BORAH STRESSES DOMESTICISSUES Nation Should Concentrate‘ ) S.N. | captain of the | Efforts on Home Problems, Senator Says. | By the Associated Press. KELLOGG, Idaho, August — | Concentration of national effort in | taxation, farm relief, flood control, conservation of oil and all natural wealth together with administration | of the laws, was urged by Senator William E. Borah, addressing a icnic here today. Taking his cue from Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin's visit to Canada “to build up and strengthen in every way the British Empire,” Mr. Borah advo- ated more attention to domestic problems. “I think it time high time, from China to Gregt Britain and Germany to the United States, from London to rashington, that attention be given rrking out democratic problems, ging contentment and prosper- nd faith to the individual citizen,” Referring to farm relief, the Senator asked why the United States should import approximately one and one-half billion dollars worth of agricultural products “when our farmers are hunt- ing for marke Senator Bora down of the dis: sretted the break- mament conference at Geneva, but cited in this connection another pressi me problem of oil conservation. “While we are debating the question of the ratio of cruisers, the reckless and eriminal waste of our ofl_supply is literally menacing the national security,” he said. e Smallest Eating Place Closes. Special spondence of The Star. APOLIS, Minn.—The world’s lest restaurant is no more. Lit- y it was a hole in the wall. lace was started by the men's club of a downtown church, and the first proprietor, an aged man who for- me: cooked at the church fest ood business, he fell one and brok One owner other succeeded her and al- ad luck drove them forth. “The last one, a young widow, | eliminated by matrimony. was Harding Shoes Bring Boom. Sperdai Corraspondence of The EMPORIA, Kan tar. rosperity has Emporia shoe- al fame in .lr*m Harding After Spady put. halfsoles Pre shoes, ‘WS went out t an rk, business picked up at the Spady shop. It grew steadily until it was necessary to tear down the little building where v worked and build a two-story ucture, with apartments upstairs ind a barber shop below. ' Two in Uniform ew Plane | At Ohio Airfield i By the Associated Press. 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