Evening Star Newspaper, June 13, 1929, Page 28

28: ARMY TRANSPORT REVIEWED N SHOW Camp Holabird Exhibition Presents Chronological Pic- ture of Fighting Men. The strangest review that ever marched over Army soil filed down the parade ground at Camp Holabird, Md., yesterday to open the transportation pageant and exposition of the United States Army. In a little more than an hour and e half of pageantry a complete chrono- sogical picture of the Nation's fighting men was unfolded before approximately 40060 cnlonkers. Designed primarily to portray the eictution of Army trans- portation methods, the pageant also was illustrative of the changes in Army uni- forms from the picturesque garb of pre-Revolutionary days to the business- like khaki of today. Oxen in First Unit. Plodding oxen from Maryland'’s East- ern Shore, hooked to solid-wheeled carts mounting the toy cannon of two centurics ago, made up the first unit of the pageant, seeming like creatures of another world as the venerable Hen- ry Billmeyer guided them down the parade ground in and out of the shad- ows cast by Army airplanes circling overhead. After the oxen came the horses, then the covered wagons, followed in turn by the equipment used in Civil War days. Gradually the development of the Army'’s vehicles was shown until brought down to the monster six-wheeled trucks of today. On a rallroad siding the Baltimore & Ohio staged a little pageant of its own, showing the great changes in locomo- tives from its first machine in 1831 to the modern Capital Limited. Panorama of Costumes. The most attractive feature of the entire show, from the standpoint of novelty, was the panorama of costumes, both military and civil. These were de- signed with great care as to accuracy in color and style, many of them com- * ing from museums, where they have reposed in state since their long dead ‘wearers cast them aside. The pageant ends with an ear-splitting chorus of machine-guns and small-bore cannon, the roar of plane motors and a very realistic demonstration of & mus- tard gas attack. ‘The details of the show, which will be re-enacted today and tomorrow, were worked out by Col. Edgar S. Stayer, commanding officer of Camp Holabird, which is located in the city of Balti- more. Camp Holabird, a quartermaster depot, was established in 1917. It was originally created by the War Depart- ment as a Motor Transport Corps storage depot, & motor transport school, a re- pair shop for the purpose of assembling vehicles destined for overseas use dur- ing the World War and for the assem- bling and organization of personnel. Col. Strayer ransacked the storerooms of every Army depot in the country to assemble the units for his pageant and exhibition. tary which ‘there are nearly 1,000 on dis- play. Special Test for Trucks. Another interesting feature of the show was the special tests for Army trucks. These ponderous vehicles were driven up 35 degree grades, through marshes and over sand pits to test their pulling ability to the utmost. Another of the interesting feature attractions waé the of 39 Chicka- hominy Indians, who came from their reservation in Virginia to demonstrate the primitive transportation methods and equipment used by the original inhabitants of this count before the arrival of white men. famous the crowd, particularly su ful in this respect with their ride- pthrough-fire stunt. James W. Good, Secretary of War; Maj. Gen. Chatles P. Summerall, chief of staff; Gen. James M. of the ‘Washington Army Medical Center; Maj. Gen. H. B. Crosby, chief of Cavalry, and Maj. Gen. H. S. Gilchrist, chief of the Chemical Warfare Service, will be present Friday, Among the foreign military attaches ‘who have signified their intention to at- tend the show are Brig. Gen. Raymond Casanave, French attache; Col. Hisao Watari, Japanese attache; Maj. Kumai- chi Teramoto and Capt. Nobuyoshi Oba- ta, assistant Japanese attaches; Capt. Juan Beristain, assistant Mexican at- tache; Capt. Godfrey, assistant British attache; Capt. Enrique A, Prieto, Cuban :amcl;:iac %lj. ?&"’gm Galeno, Chil- n e, a 3 . “Augusto Villa, Italian ltfiuh!.n‘ SR You Could Be COOL A one-time common means of travel which opened at Camp Holabird, near Baltimore, yeste: THE . EVENING . JUNE 13, 1929. TRANSPORTAT! . assing the grandstand at {he Army's a. y and will continue through today and tomorrow. ve of the Irish Free State and STAR, WASHINGTON, .D. C, THURSDAY of the National Council. Military hon- ors were paid by a detachment of Free BODY OF IRISH L RETURNED TO HOMELAND State troops 2 6 ‘Tod. 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