Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1929, Page 6

£ |hour maneuver which heretofore hn‘ $2.40 to Fredericksburg Account LABOR DAY HOLIDAY Tickets good going Friday, August 30th (beginning 12:01 p.m.) ; all day Saturday and Sunday, August 3lat and September 1st _Good returning to leave destina- tions until midnight, Monday Sep- tember 2nd. Richmond _tickets good on Broad Street Station trains enly. Not good on trains 4o or from Main Street Sta- tion. Children half fare. No baggag, checked. RICHMOND FREDERICKSBURG & POTOMAC .R. R. | timy mmmnmmmmmmnm i | | | Stephan Commands. Staff| TR Y RITCHIE, H CADE, Md., August 22.—An airplane | DIVISION OFFICERS INNEW MANEUVER Attacking Post Problem at Casgpade. By A Staff Correspondent of The Star. | _CAMP ALBERT OC. CAS- demonstration was sta here yester- day_afternoon for the 29th Division | <tnfl which this morning began a dt-l vision command post problem. This 1s | the first time during the present en- campment the officers have functionad | as a staff with Maj. Gen. Anton Ste- | phan in command. The problem was scheduled to be conducted through the forenoons of to- | day and tomorrow, instead of ehe 24-| been a feature of District National Guard camps. No actual troops are be- ing used, and the staff officers are not domnt leaving camp, all the work bein on a map. Lieut. Col. Charles liott, senior Federal instructor, is the referee and he explained to Gen. Ste- phan and his officers that, although va- | rfous command posts will be all within a rodius of 200 yards, yet for the pur- scs of the problem actual distances will be simulated and time taken out | accordingly for troop movements, com- | murications and reconnaissances. Prior Notice Not Given. ‘The alr demonstration yesterday was put on without prior notice to the 121st | Engineers, whose annual field and track | meet, scheduled for the early afternoon, | was delayed an hour an a half as a! result. The 1ast event was finally com- | pk’!rd about 15 minutes before supper | Fight planes flew to Camp Ritchie | w. Va., wxre '_he 29th DMxlcn Al‘;“a:vl h en mped. ~ Under directions of . W. T. Tipton, commandant of the ld three of them went through ex- hibitions which included message drop- ping and message pick-up, visual radio communication with the station, operated by the 20th Signal Company of Norfolk, Va.; artillery ad- fustment by use of puff targe from the ground while flylnl in falcon formation, and an attack on ground targets with machine guns and bombs. Officers Taking Part. The officers taking part in the air end of the demonstration included Capt, " | George Cobb, Ldeut. T. . Bourne; Kenneth Epel, Lieut. W. H. oy, eut.. ‘James . Whitescarver,. ‘Lieut. ennsth Cool and Lieut. John han, jr. | ‘The most spectacular of the stunts wore the pick-up of & message by means of a hook from a line stretched between |, two poles in the center of the parade round and attack on ground targets. For this latter maneuver the rifle range was used. The three planes flying in falcon formation twice swooped down over the camp and fired a burst of bul- lets and twice dropped bombs. Col. J. C. Cralg McLanahan, com- manding the 110th Field Artillery of the 29th Division, who has just com- | pleted a tour of duty in camp at Toby- /hanna, Pa., was & guest of Gen. Stephan during the demonstration. Field Day Without Mishap. The fleld day was run off without mishap, under the direction of Lieut. George Harbin, regimental athletic offi- cer. The officlals of the meet follow: Col. John W. Ochmann, camp com- mander, and Lieut. Col. Clay Anderson, Federal instructor, both honorary ref- erees; Ma, S. Chiids, honorary judges; Capt. Doug- | las White, clerk of course; Capt. George | L. Evans and Lieuts. James R. Quade, Thaddeus A. Riley and Willlam A. Gormlry judges; Lieut. J. J. Greenlaw, starter; Capt. Samuel R. Turner, an- nouncer, and the following assistants to the clerk of course: Staff Sergt.J. E. Bubler Sergts. M. E. Davis and N. O. rater, Corpls. E. O. Hamilton, W. E. Horn and H. D. Green and Pvts. Frank eut.’| . Mee- | s. Julian S. Olff and Ralph ! umnnm-cmm m'hmnh the various events Equipment race—N. B. Smith, nm.s.v.’ohummmrb Ve third. s . g, . R. Weods, ; P. A, Joray, third. qets, control | first ; Co. A, 10 points; Co, and Co. F, which did ot score. Company F ldlml. Because of the meet, Company P was relieved from rifie fifln' yumd.y afternoon. Its members nn to shoot for record today. Company A fired the | record course terday and qualified five men. are nm serlt ‘Thomas A. McGaffin and Sergt. Bordas, nhlruhooten lnd le clnsm-n Corpl. Clarence Pvt. 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