Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1937, Page 86

1937. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.—GRAVURE SECTION—AUGUST 8 Summer Soldie.rs © Photos by F. C. Wilkinson, Star Staff, Sergt. Henry Loveless sounds retreat at Fort Story as men stand at attention. The two Cape Henry lighthouses are seen in the background. The cars of the Army pick up the sound of airplanes and big q guns are supposed to do the rest Searchlights bite the skies at night as guardsmen hunt an enemy. s e — Guardsmen operate an anti- aircraft gun. Machine gunners point with pride to the holes in o target they shot at from the ground as it was towed by an airplane. ax Maj. William J. Heale looks through the battery commande:’s telescope. DOCTORS, lawyers, merchants and maybe even chiets changed into soldiers for two weeks when officers and men of the 260th Coast Artillery of the District Na- tional Guard went to Fort Story, Va., for their regular seasonal training period. Guard units are counted in the first line of national defense and their members are required to attend weekly drills all year long and spend two weeks in camp annual- ly. Col. Walter W. Burns is in command of the 260th Coast Ar- « tillery unit. A i i ] 4 “It's time to get up . . . time to get up . . . Corp. John Ells of Head answ}:ffit:r o”:']eoy of messing aroulrd with bullets, soldiers like . quarters Battery doesn’t fancy arising at 6 a.m., even when Bugler Louis Currau ] evening mess call. of the Medical Detachment sounds some of his finest notes i) A military poker game is always running in the evening for those who (see right) Rejecting the daytime’s khaki, Robert Vinall of Battery A changes have not managed to find a local sweetheart. . 4 into something colorful and catches up on his reading IS