Camp Adair Sentry
Camp Commander Is Engineer of Wide
Experience in Bonding for U. S. Army
Page Thre.<
April 23, 1942
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Safety Always
A Weekly Check
general superintendent down to the
line foreman must realize that it
is his job to get this done and do
it safely for safety has long been
recognized as cne of the funda­
mental requirements on each and
i every job. These men in the super-
, visory positions will have to spend
a little more time with their men
in organization and wherever at
all possible select and assign the
men in their crews to jobs for
which they are the best fitted on
the basis of their qualification«,
and train them to work safely.
I Good tools should be furnished la
well as safe surroundings to work
in. If this policy is followed, it
will go a long ways to make our
work here at Camp Adair JROre
enjoyable and we will reach the
goal that we are all shooting at—
FINISH ON TIME AND SAFELY.
J. Glenn Julian.
During the past two weeks the
' frequency of our accidents at Camp
• ramming wide experience, both neermg, he saw even more in a Adair has jumped about 100 per
of life and his profession, into a responsibility of character building I cent. There is something wrong—
few short years, Lt. Cel. R. E. M. in the young men of the south, and this should not be. There are too
Des Islets, 39, now recites many pleasant memo­ many hours lost on this project
came to Camp ries of the development of these from accidents. Yes, we hear from
Adair qualified cadets from college freshmen to all sides that this is due to the
as a builder and officers in the army.
number of inexperienced men
an executive by
Ability of the Camp Adair com­ working on this project, that men 1________________________________
wide-spread ac- mandant was recognized by the are being furnished for these jobs
complishme n t s war department following the Au­ who are not trained men but come
for the U. S. burn assignment, when he was out as such, that they are in real­
Army engineers, ordered to attend the Commanding ity “green” men who do not know
Corvallis
and his promo­ General’s Staff school, the height how to handle tools safely or work
•—Ball, Corvallis
tion from major of army recognition and the goal in a safe manner because they are
HEADQUARTERS FOR CANTONMENT
to lieutenant colonel came through of all career officers in the army. not trained in this crift, that these
after his arrival at Camp Adair.
The school is at Ft. Leavenworth, l men are calling themselves crafts­
Bonneville dam, great power and Kansas, and technique of adminis- men and a lot of them have never
navigation project of the lower tration, tactics and handling of worked at this trade, but have
Columbia river, with one end of its troops up to 125,000 on one mission joined the union and have gone to
huge pile of concrete on our own is included in the course. Comple­ work here. There are many other
WHIPCORD
WORK SHOES
Sanforized
Oregon shore, was Col. Des Islets’ tion of this school is necessary to excuses that are just excuses and
Heavy Duty
Twill
Heavy Cord or
I not an answer to our problem.
responsibility immediately prior to ! the higher ranks in the army.
PANTS
WORK SHIRTS
Composition
his Camp Adair assignment. In
Col. Des Islets has had much
It is not enough for us to say I
fact, his work there is still on his interest in athletics in the past, that we cannot do anything about
hands “in addition to his other and regrets that engineering duties this and that it is just one of those
duties,” because the stage has not have taken most of his time away I things. We must get this job fin­
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yet been reached which will free from that field. He has an impres- ished and finished on time. We
Rain Clothing — Underwear — Work Sox
him completely from responsibility. | sive record of his own. Besides must teach them to work safely
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The colonel has been responsible I football and track at West Point and efficiently. Every hour that
head of construction and operation he went to Paris and Amsterdam is lost on this project because of
of the physical feature« there, and in 1924 and 1928 as a high hurdler an accident is an hour gained by
still is, although he is now sharing i in the Olympic team representing ■ our enemy.
218 S. 2nd St.
this job with a resident engineer his country. He coached army ath-
Each and every man that holds
Corvallis
there. Disposal of electricity and letics on the side on many of his a supervisory position from the
promotion are in other hands, assignments and only last year led
J
Periodical visits back to Bonne- his league as a hitter in soft ball
ville, and more frequent telephone with his Bonneville team,
communications are still a part of
Mrs. Des Islets and a boy, 10.
the colonel’s job.
live in Corvallis. The colonel is :
The military head of Camp Adair i human along with his professional
is busy. It is a big surprise to character, and he regrets that he ,
those close to him that he is able is not able to become personally I
to handle the mass of detail which acquainted with the thousands of
goes through his office every! men and young men who will be ;
day, and still use speedy and ac- working here helping him to do his
curate judgment in his decisions . bit for the great war effort. He
on the larger questions. And has made a definitely fine place
through it all, he has time to smile, I for himself in the communities
tell a good story, or listen equally about Camp Adair, and has de-1
well as occasion arises. He’s able veloped warm friendships here dur- ,
to be “the hard-boiled colonel” of ing his short stay.
army tradition, even in his com­
All the rest of us interested in ;
parative youth, when it is neces­ the early and efficient completion i
sary, but his organization at Camp of the camp, to make it ready for
Adair makes these necessities very our share of the big new army, are
infrequent.
fortunate that we have a man of
Col. Des Islets was graduated the calibre of Col. Des Islets at our
from West Point in 1926 and im­ head. We may count upon him
mediately got into a building job for his share in the work and if we
for the army. He was assigned to follow his leadership, Camp Adair
Fort Bliss, after a period with will be a credit to us and to the
troops on the Mexican border, and army.
laid out the new post including
utilities, theatres, an in-door rid­
A4. F. Low Representative
ing hall.
Of
Accident Commission
Ow the side, he assisted in count­
er espionage along the Mexican
I
M. F. Low, representative of the
border, and it was through the
claims department of the State
efforts of him and his associates
Industrial Accident commission,
that a revolution was put down
has an office and puts in a shift
before it began, They predicted
each
day at Camp Adair. He is
within two hours, the time of the
on hand to handle any claims that
revolution
and
beginning of the
arise and to assist the contractors
made it possible to frustrate it
without interference of U.S. troops, and employees.
Mr. Low was formerly in busi­
thus saving diplomatic concussions
ness
in Corvallis, later in Albany
on both sides of the border.
Old-time patriotism and love of and now resides in the strte capital.
country deeply buried in the colo­
nel's heart were accentuated during Main Contractors Are
his next army assignment. He Listed for Information
attended the engineering technical
school at Ft. Belvoir. Virginia,
The following firms are larger
which is only four miles from Mt. contractors at Camp Adair, and
•Vernon and laid in a country each has a headquarters office at
steeped in the traditions of the the camp:
American revolution and the coun­
Strong and McDonald; National
try's growth since.
Builders; levering. Halvorson and
Upon graduation from this Sletton ; Four Builders; Moore,
school, the colonel went to Hawaii Roberts and Freethy; Hoffman,
with troops. This assignment in­ Wright and Smith; Nat McDonald-
cluded some engineering in re­ Kern and Kibble and Parker-
organization of defense layouts on Schram.
the north shore of the island of
Owahu.
Every effort is being made in
Upon returning from the islands,
the towns about the camp to dig
the colonel was assigned as an in­
out every available apartment,
structor of R.O.T.C. cadets at Au­
room and bouse for workers.
burn university, Alabama, where
he imparted some military engi­
Ride with Tom today. Dick to­
neering to many fine young men
who are now fellow officers on morrow and Harry the next day—
active duty. Although Col. Des and then bring them with you the
Islets’ job there was military engi- next. H'« wnrth an effort.
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