OREGON STA IT I’«R ARY
JUN 2 9 1942
Trust your causa.
Whatever is at
tempted is never
well done unless
the doer breathes
himself into his
deed. - S. Parkes
Cadman.
Mounting Guard in and Around Camp Adair, Oregon
Vol. 1., No. 10.
Work On Roads
Slows Traffic
A weekly journal
devoted to the
Willamette Val
ley’s share in
Uncle S a m’s
great war effort.
Camp Adair, Oregon, June 25, 1942.
Dorsey Bus Line Now
Runs to Camp Adair
SUNDAY SOFTBALL
■fly i
Soldiers at Camp Get
Evening Entertainment
With a big double header, the
Corvallis Sunday softball season
will start next Sunday, June 28,
at the Corvallis park. Albany
and Corvallis city league teams
will compete. Admission will be
15 cents for both games and the
first one will start at 2 o'clock.
The Albany Elks, will play the
Four Builders in the first game
and Warner's will meet the
Laundries in the second. These
games will bring together some
of the all-state players from last
year’s league eliminations and
the games are premising real
ball.
Five busses are running on
1 To relieve the lonesomeness of
schedule now from Corvallis to
the soldiers now quartered at Camp
Camp Adair and back, operated by
Adair, they have been furnished
the Dorsey Bus company of Cor
with athletic equipment furnished
Highways on Either
vallis. The new run supplants the
( by the U. S. Engineers soft ball
Oregon Stages busses which have
Side of Camp Are in
organization. The boys have long
been making the run night and
Growing Pain Stage
evenings at their disposal and
morning, and will continue to do
so until September, Mr. Dean Dor
greatly appreciate the equipment,
Highways on both sides of Camp sey reports.
they say.
W’hen the Oregon Stages take
Adair to the south are torn up with
A radio has been placed at their
disposal, given by the same en
construction, and traffic must be over the runs again in September,
: Mr. Dorsey says, he will be on hand
gineers organization. The material
controlled to one-way going at least
; tor helping with the peak loads,
and radio were purchased from
a part of the time.
mainly on Saturdays and Sundays.
funds saved from the engineers
On the east side the Independ He will continue with his opera
dance given at the Oregon State
ence-Granger section of the high tion of the school busses for Cor
memorial union building some
way is being rebuilt and construc vallis through the winter on week
weeks ago, and is a residue after
tion work is being carried on right days.
the purchase of equipment for the
across the east gate to the camp.
At present, Mr. Dorsey says,
soft ball team in the Corvallis city
W'idening and straightening this busses make a pick-up tour of Cor
league.
road makes necessary much heavy vallis before leaving the stage ter
grading and the road is almost low minal for camp. They all go into
gear going, with the necessity of camp at the Halversen-Sletten
giving way to the construction road, but half go on the east side
equipment in places where it is of the railroad track and the other
50 Per Cent Increase
working.
half on the west side. They are
Allowed
After Long
This road has been the subject I making a strenuous effort to get
Parleys by Johnson
of much talk and negotiation with the schedule straightened out so
Officers Are Given
the state highway commission and that men may learn which bus goes
finally the state body took it over nearest their work.
Assignments in Order
for reconstruction and maintenance
Stations within 20 miles of the
from the counties whose responsi
Adminisrtation building at Camp
Headquarters, Camp Adair, was
bility it was formerly.
Adair yesterday received an in organized and activated June 21,
On the west side, 99-W is being
crease of 50 per cent over their with an order and assignments is
widened and straightened from just
base in gasoline ration, it was sued from the temporary offices
south of the camp into Corvallis.
Grading is less of a problem here,
learned from oil company repre in the Elks Temple, Corvallis, and
made public Wednesday. The order
except in a few places, but there
Plumbers Eat Chicken, sentatives. The new ration will was
signed by Maj. Victor N. Mil
are several bridges which must be
serve to almost completely meet ler, execut iri* of fleer and adjutant.
Dance With Wives
widened. It is at these bridge loca
the present demands at stations in Nearly 30 officers and their tem
tions where one-way traffic must
be enforced for a part of the time.
Dewey Martin, official boss and the camp area, the official esti porary duty assignments were
named in the order under authority
Engineers believe that this will check-signer of General Installa mated.
cause less trouble on this job, tion, was honor guest at the Dude
In allowing the half increase, the i of Col. George C. Ferch, command
however, because heavy traffic is Ranch west of Corvallis Saturday larger demands upon locul stations ing officer.
Maj. Miller has two active assist
mostly one way now, at the morn night, when his employees, “the was taken into consideration by
ing and evening change of shifts plumbers,” staged a party for him. the Pacific coast coordinator's ants. They are First Lt. Ernest
at Camp Adair.
The affair was a sort of return office. The added influx of workers M. Featherston, Coast Artillery
No estimate was available as to engagement for one given by the at Camp Adair has made this officer, who is personnel adjutant,
and First Lt. Arthur D. Van Ors-
when these vital arteries would be boss to his employees earlier in increase necessary.
del, adjutant general's department,
completed and opened again to full the Camp Adair game.
The base before the present order
traffic, but engineers estimated
Chicken dinner was first on the was set at two-thirds of last year's assistant adjutant. In addition
there are non-commissioned offi
that the operations would take evening program. Wives and office
sales. The 50 per cent increase, cers and other soldiers who man
most of the summer.
gals had to wait until after that to based upon this figure, will give
dance. Then they danced. The Dude local stations approximately the the office.
Maj. Ralph E. Riordan is mili
Ranch barn was in excellent shape same amount of gasoline available
Warm-Up Dance to
and "a good time was had by alL” as they had during the past year. tary intelligence head. S-4 and
Be Saturday Night
Leo McNally, coordinator and That this will meet demands, even acting utilities officer is Maj. Ar
general man-about-the-job, organ in the face of added users at Camp thur Dysart, C.E., and Capt. Carl
B. Forsman, F.A., assistant.
ized and promoted the party. Em
Calapooia Roundup directors are ployees paid the bill. When Mr. Adair, was explained by the fact
Other officers now on duty here
to stage their annua! “Warm-up McNally’s authority was questioned that the normal local users—those and their new assignments are:
Dance” Saturday night, June 27, —in but few cases—he flashed his buying gasoline last year — buy
Quartermaster, Col. T. A. Bau-
at the roundup hall at Crawfords leather medal. This medal, by the much less now on account of tire meister, Q.M.C.; surgeon, Col. Dan
ville. This is an annual event for way, is a prize possession awarded shortages.
iel B. McCallum, M.C.; signal,*Capt.
The order issued yesterday by Norval J. Reetz, S.C.; special ser
the benefit of the Calapooia round to him recently for being the most
up association and will be attended stuck in the mud man on the job. the various oil companies to their vices, Capt. Frank C. Wimer, Inf.
local distributors was the result (C.O.); 2nd Lt. Victor J. Mix, Inf.
by Queen Inez Mudgett of Shedd
General Installation and its
and her princesses, Wanda Hulet head. Mr. Martin, are from Olym of piles of correspondence and (service clubs); 2nd Lt. Hugh T.
of Eugene and Betty Wallace of pia, Wash., and are installing heat hours of work on the part of H. C. Teresfeldt, Inf. (postal officer);
(Sven) Johnson, coordinator at 2nd Lt. Harry T. Watson, Jr., Inf.
Monroe.
ing and plumbing for Strong-Mac
The Roundup this year will add donald and some in the National Camp Adair. Mr. Johnson has (theaters).
pushed the necessity of more gaso
several patriotic features, and will Builders area.
Post exchange, Major Rudolph
line in the camp area from the Ayres, A.E.S. (C.O.); 1st Lt. B. C.
be held at Crawfordsville July 4,
beginning of his term of office Wright, Inf.; 1st Lt. M. S. Gran
and 5.
Cantonment Council
which was April 1. Action was der, Cav.
almost to take place when the an
Police anJ prisons, 2nd Lt. Ed- i
Has Monthly Session
Sentry Is Ordered to
nouncement came out that gasoline ! win S. McAllister, Inf.; D.E.M.L.,
Do Splits on Guard
would be rationed through the I Capt. Paul S. Rutledge. Inf. (C.O.);
The four-county cantonment card system. This delayed action [
1st Lt. W. R. Padrick, Inf.
Confusion spread through Mc council met Monday night at Mon under the present plan of handling , Chaplain, lat. Lt. Alf W. Jor
Clellan Field, Calif., recently when mouth for a regular monthly meet rationing through the oil com-1 genson, CM.; public relations and
a particular military order was ing and reports from H. C. (Sven) panics.
billeting, 2nd Lt. Robt. E. Mal-
posted on the bulletin board. Many Johnson, coordinator. The group
When the card system was de lonee. C. E.; fire marshal, 1st Lt.
met at the Monmouth hotel foAiin-
a thoughtful head was scratched
clared out, then Mr. Johnson went ! Julius Male. Inf.; judge advocate
ner and then held their session in
as perusers read:
•
to work again, with the present and bond officer, 1st Lt. Arthur
“One sentry shall walk this post the city hall, guests of Dr. Bower result.
Kirschenmann, Inf.; mess officer,
sox, mayor of the host town.
continuously in opposite direc-j
2nd
Lt. Pete A. Lafka, Inf.; audit
Assisted
in
his
effort*
by
Col.
{
Transportation, housing, roads
tions”!
and highways and recreation plans. Des Islets, the chambers of < >m- I ing officer. 2nd Lt. M. E. Marris.
were some of the subjects covered merer and city organizations of the Inf.; medical section, Capt. Oliver
President Rbosevelt signed the
in the report of Mr. Johnson. He towns surrounding the camp. Mr. C. Stauffer. M.C.; provost marshal.
«er* i ce men’s pay allotment and
also
told something of negotia- Johnson had ample evidence of the . 1st. Lt. B. C. Wright, Inf.; 1st Lt.
allowance bill today, paving the
Julius Hale, Inf., and 1st Lt. M. S.
way for financial aid to depend tions going on between here and i local shortage to present to coast j
Grander, Inf.
Washington,
D.C.,
regarding
of-1authorities.
The
delay
has
been
the
ents of fighting men and reclassi
fication of married men for the ficial appraisals of property taken , change in rationing plans and justj Inspector, 2nd Lt. M. E. Harris.
Inf.
over for the camp.
ordinary governmental red tape.
draft.
Gas Ration Is
Upped in Area
Martin Guest at Big
Party at Dude Ranch
Camp Headquarters
Organized This Week
$1.50 a Year by Mail
Col. G. C. Ferch
New Camp Head
Veteran Officer of
Artillery Branch Is
Organizing Adair HQ )
Col. George C. Ferch, artillery
officer and veteran of two other
wars, is here in command of Camp
Adair and is rapidly getting his
headquarters organized in a part
of the Elks temple third floor of
fice in Corvallis, pending activa
occupancy at the camp.
Coming here directly from Camp
White, Medford, Col. Ferch’s for
mer home is in California. He was
stationed at Ft. Ord, CaMf., where
he laid out the training aids, in
cluding target ranges, maneuver
and drill areas. He performed the
same duty at Camp White and now,
will lay out the training aids here,
"in addition to hie other duties,”
as army orders are quoted.
“I grew up with Ft Ord,” Col.
Ferch said in an interview yester
day. “I went there in November,
1940, and was there all the time
during the development of that
great post.”
Col. Ferch served on the Mexican
border in 1916. He was overseas
18 months in World War I. He was
formerly a soldier, having come up
from the ranks, of which he has
held all but that of second lieuten
ant, he sayx.
During his service overseas in
the A.E.F., he served in the famous
Rainbow division under General
Douglas McArthur. Col. Ferch saw
action in France and his army ex
perience has been varied.
In taking command here, the
colonel does not know the term of
his duty, since he is of “troop
age,” meaning that he is still
eligible to command troops in com
bat duty. Also, it may be that he
will be moved on to organize an
other new post somewhere and es
tablish the training aids on account
of his past experience in that work.
His command does not clash in any
way with that of Cd Dea Islets,
he says, and Col. Dea Islets will
remain the area engineer, probably
until the completion of the actual
construction work at the camp,
when his work will be completed.
Col. Ferch has a daughter 12,
and Mrs. Ferch in his family. Ho
was expecting them to arrive in
Corvallis yesterday, but had not
definitely located a home for them
at the time The Sentry culled upon
him.
There are nearly 30 officers who
have arrived here and are assigned
to Col. Ferch's command, which in
known as the Corps Area Service
Command, No. 1911.
Four Builders Annex
Hot One From S-H & W
Four Builders took Smith-Hoff
man and Wright 2 to 0 last night
in the rain. It «»« a hot game
through six innings when it was
called. Four innings in a drizzle
bogged down when in the fifth the
rain really began. When a batsman
threw his rlub clear up into the
-lands in the sixth, umpires said
“stop.”
The win put 4 Builder* in a tip
with their opponent* for first place
in the (orxallis city league, the
l>sm for Smith-Hoffman and Wright
being their first.
The second game. Soldiers vs.
Engineers, was postponed.