Camp Adair Sentry
September 10, 1942
The cherry trees which bounded
the Tent Area on the east have
been chopped down and George
Washington had nothing to do with
it. The engineers did it, in accord­
ance with camp plans, and if the
pioneers are sorry to hear it they
at least may be glad that they ate
all of the cherries they could reach,
when the trees were heavily bur­
dened. in June.
Water is being piped to the tent
area now, and will run soon in
kitchens and new showers, and the
tents have floors.
A striking feature of recreation
among the colored troops in camp
is the choir of 40 voices, recruited
from the tents and from elsewhere
in the camp, and led by Cpl. Hurley
V. Grissom.
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General Staff Academy for nearly
In cast you have an overdue copy
Brigadier General Herman Fred­ two years -1937 through 1939 he
of' "The Rover Boys And Their
erick Kramer has given an inter­ had occasion to participate as stu­
Mechanical Yo-Yo” and haven’t
view to the Camp Adair Sentry, dent observer in troop and field
been able to find the library to re­
evaluating German military train­ exercises of the German army, even turn same — there's a reason. The
ing as he himself observed it at following the invading army into Camp Adair library has moved
the outbreak of war, and predict- 1 Poland and passing some time from the Special Services building
ing that the Axis forces will be de- there. After completing his school-
to Service Club No. 2, building 309.
featid only if the .United States ing. he passed several months on
The Service club is on Club ave­
matches that training and equals duty with the Military Attache at nue between 1st St. North and 1st
the enemy in sacrificial effort.
| Berlin.
St. South. The library will be open
It was General Kramer's first
“The Germans will lose and we from 6 until 10 p. m. on week
interview since his recent eleva- will win,” General Kramer said, days, and on Sundays from 1 to
tion from the hank of colonel ami ; "if we build up a will to win and and from 6 to 10.
at the request of the Sentry he . if we care enough about it to ex-
talked about a subject that he is pend the same amount of energy
peculiarly equipped to discuss— and make as groat an effort and Oh Craig, Oh Craig!
German army training and what sacrifice as much as the Germans
What's in That Bag?
it will take to crush the German do. We can win if we work hard
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and long. And if we really want
war machine.
Last week this paper expressed
For General Kramer is in a posi­ I to get it over with we must go ! curiosity as to what Tch 5 Charlie
tion to speak from first hand i into all-out training now.”
(Craig transported in that bag of
knowledge. Although he granted
Although General Kramer was his from barracks to camp head­
this interview in his office at the unwilling to say. for publication, quarters every morning. Curiosity
ItMth division headquarters—where | how long he thought the war would killed the cat and the solutions we
as assistant division commander he last, he indicated his own idea as are receiving are about to kill us.
helps to direct a bee hive of activ­ • to how the break would come. Like
There is but one thing that keeps
ity incident to that division's ap­ a rubber band that has been ex- us on the subject. Craig, himself,
proaching activation — he spent ■ {landed beyond its stretchability, refuses to enlighten a palpitating
nearly two years studying and ob­ ■ Germany is likely to snap, he sug­ world with a personal reply Break
serving the German military ma­ gested. The General feels that "eco- down and tell us. Craig. We'll stand
chine
| uomic conditions and political am- by you even if it's a bottle of hair
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General Kramer Tells Impressions of
German Army From Long Service as
Military Observer With Nazi Troops
Trees in Tent City?
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man victory, provided that enough
military pressure is brought to bear
against the Axis.” He belieXM that
political ambition may lead the
German state to over-extend to the
point of collapse.
Enlarging on the statement that
military pressure must be brought
to bear against the Axis, General
Kramer said:
“Although the strong and able
German army has been weakened
by military action, it still is power­
ful in the field and is capable of
winning many tactical victories. It
is true, of course, that such victories
in themselves do not win wars. De­
spite the good condition of the Ger­
man army it must be kept in mind
that we have all they have and
more.”
. While General Kramer is un-
familiar with the nature of today’s
training within Germany, he re­
members the pre-war training as
being extremely intensive.
“The German soldier,” he said,
“undertakes a vigorous and ex­
ceptionally thorough program of
training from the day he enters the
army. For a year he has basic train­
ing, covering all military subjects
and so designed that the process
for firoducii g a hardened soldier
is continuous and effective by the
year's end. Also every soldier has
between 30 and 00 days in the field
for combined maneuvers.
“In the second year, following a
furlough of one or two weeks, the
soldier helps to train new men anil
has more strenuous training him­
self. In summer this goes on from
eight to twelve hours a day, with
a great deal of night work, prac­
tical more than academic. The sol­
dier is not only trained as an indi­
vidual. but also to do his part as
a member of a team.
“Even at the end of the first
year of training the German sol­
dier is toughened to endure un­
precedented marches. He soon
learns to expect a marching day
that begins at 2 o’clock in the
morning and ends at 7 o'clock that
night. He marches 35 miles with
light pack and gas mask and nights
and days are the same to him.”
General Kramer cited the im­
portance of this intensified train­
ing “since the infantry must be able
to stick with motorized units and
exploit their gains.” He told of be­
ing on one march with infantry
when not a man fell by the way, but
six horses, used in the transport,
were lost.”
German army discipline is firm,
said General Kramer, yet it pro­
motes a sound relationship within
the ranks. Incidentally, a soldier
salutes every other soldier, as well
as his officers.
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