Camp Adair Sentr
August 6, 1942.
Page Eight
Land Battleships Are
Floated Across River
All New Shavetails in
Army Are Not as Dumb
As They Sometimes Look
They told it in the last war, so
we’d just as well pass it along to
Big Trucks Wrapped in
the present generation:
i Canvass Tarp Diaper
A company of veteran campaign­
ers was lined up in the company
Everybody has heard of float­
street at reveille. An officer fresh
ing jeeps that cross streams while
from officers’ school took over.
wrapped up in canvas. Field manu.
Rather hesitantly he announced,
als say it should be possible to
“After breakfast, men, we will
float all vehicles up to and includ­
take a 10 mile hike.” There was
ing two-and-a-half-ton trucks. Co.
deep silence for a second, then
A of the ------Q.M. Bn. has proved
from the rear ranks some soldier
that the “big boys” will float.
piped up. “And a little child shall
Last week a detail of men from
lead them.” There was utter silence
the company, commanded by Capt.
on the part of the officer this time r
Oliver F. Parker, bundled up the
for several seconds. Then he said,
largest model 2 Mi tonner, with long
briefly: “Dismissed.”
wheelbase and winch, in a canvas
After breakfast, the company
wrapper and floated it across the
was again lined up and again the
WHERE 1 STAND. AMERICA RULES—Infantry U proud that
San Antonio river on Hunter Lig­
officer spoke: “Men,” he said,
whatever stands one of it» men, it is a declaration that the United
gett military reservation.
"there’s been a slight change in
States has taken that ground and a pledge that, once taken, that
Using a 28x31 foot tarpaulin
orders. Instead of a 10-mile hike,
ground
will
be
held
against
the
enemy.
made up from two old pieces of
it will be a 20-mile hike. And a
canvas. Quartermaster men sped i
little child shall lead them—on a
around the truck and in only 10i LATRINE RUMORS — Misguid-j INFIRMARY — Where every- big horse."
minutes had it prepared and ed information conceived by sol- ( thing from a headache to a broken
launched.
SIX HOURS PASS
I diers who will probably be poli- arm is painted with mecurchrome
What
! and marked “Duty.”
Prepared for the floatation on ticians when the war is over,
can you do on one???
greased planks, the truck was j
pushed into water 14 feet deep by
another vehicle and successfully
completed the crossing submerged
about to its fenders.
Captain Parker stated at conclu­
sion of the teat that regulation size
paulins carried in the QM battalion
of an infantry division or supply
units of Field Artillery are suitable
for floating a 2 Mi-ton truck. He
recommended the floatation method
of crossing for vehicles including
that size as being quicker than
complete submersion and requiring
less equipment than suspension on
cables.
Company A has also successfully
conducted test floatation of the
quarter-ton jeep and half-ton com­
mand car.-Camp Roberts Dispatch.
JEEPS — The lowest form of a
human life. Two grades below a
buck private.
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