Camp Adair Sentry September 10, 1942 Deserves More Coverage man victory, provided that enough Trees in Tent City? military pressure is brought to bear against the Axis.” He beliexaa that Who's Kidding Whom? political ambition may lead the The cherry trees which bounded German state to over-extend to the the Tent Area on the east have For Quality Shoe point of collapse. been chopped down and George Repairing Enlarging on the statement that military pressure must be brought Washington had nothing to do with We guarantee both work to bear against the Axis, General it. The engineers did it, in accord manship and materials. ance with camp plans, and if the Kramer said: pioneers are sorry to hear it they Full line of polishes “Although the strong and able at least may be glad that they ate and shoe laces. German army has been weakened by military action, it still is power all of the cherries they could reach, 118 S. 3rd St., Corvallis ful in the field and is capable of when the trees were heavily bur dened, in June. winning many tactical victories. It Water is being piped to the tent is true, of course, that such victories in themselves do not win wars. De area now. and will run soon in kitchens and new showers, and the spite the good condition of the Ger man army it must be kept in mind tents have floors. A striking feature of recreation that we have all they have and among the colored troops in camp WEDDINGS more.” is the choir of 40 voices, recruited While General Kramer is un CORSAGES familiar with the nature of today's from the tents and from elsewhere training within Germany, he re in the camp, and led by Cpl. Hurley TELEGRAPHED members the pre-war training as V. Grissom. FLOWERS being extremely intensive. • Don ’ t fool with poison oak if you “The German soldier,” he said, get an itch. Go to your Doc. FUNERAL “undertakes a vigorous and ex ARRANGEMENTS ceptionally thorough program of training from the day he enters the MORRIS Matt Mathes Flowers army. For a year he has basic train OPTICAL ing, covering all military subjects Upper Monroe Street CO. and so designed that the process Beside the Campus Sunday or Phone 213 for JiriMlucit.g a hardened soldier evenings b y is continuous and effective by the imi imi 11111 ■ 111 ■ 111 ( 11 a i « 111 it i h 11111111111 appointment- year's end. Also every soldier has if not con between 30 and 60 days in the field venient other for combined maneuvers. wise. "In the second year, following a Phone 5528 furlough of one or two weeks, the Dr. Harry E. Morris soldier helps to train new men and III State St.. Salem has more strenuous training him self. In summer this goes on from Being Continuing In Form, a Fanners autnmobile insurance policy is sold eight to twelve hours a day, with only once—thereafter it renews by a great deal of night work, prac mail, like life insurance, TAis elimi tical more than academic. The sol nates repeated sales cost paid yearly for ordinary insurance. dier is not only trained as an indi You Save the Difference vidual. but also to do his part as National Std. non.assessable policy. 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 Dist. Mgr., Phone 844 that begins at 2 o’clock in the 221 W. 1st, Albany, Ore. morning and ends at 7 o’clock that night. He marches 35 miles with FARMERS AUTOMOBILE light pack and gas mask and nights IM«' INSURANCE and days are the same to him.” General Kramer cited the im 3rd & Monroe portance of this intensified train Corvallis, Ore. ing “since the infantry must he able to stick with motorized units and I 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.” UNIFORMS ... INSIGNIA ... SUPPLIES German army discipline is firm, said General Kramer, yet it pro L. T. Chellis 1520 Jefferson St., Corvallis X motes a sound relationship within the ranks. Incidentally, a soldier salutes every other soldier, as well as his officers. KRATAVILS SHOE SHOP Here is How a "Farmers" Policy Costs Less MILITARY EQUIPMENT for Officers and Enlisted Men Earl Hite ARMY STORE ARMY CASH TAILORS ToOPHY AND THE LAD Y—Ruth Schmidt. Pittsburgh model, was named "Miss Western Pennsylvania.” General Kramer Tells Impressions of German Army From Long Service as Military Observer With Nazi Troops • • • BERMAN'S DRUG STORE Opposite The Ranks Corvallis, Oregon u " Current YOUR ACCOUNT HERE IS INSURED TO $5000.00. YOUR MONEY IS AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES. £ * First Federal Savings and Loan S x Corvallis, Oregon 3 X H u Dividends Money Saved Is Money Earned 3 X INSURED E Oh Craig, Oh Craig! What's in That Bag? Last week this paper expressed curiosity as to what Tch 5 Charlie Craig transported in that bag of his from barracks to camp head quarters every morning. Curiosity killed the cat and the solutions we are receiving are about to kill us. There is but one thing that keeps us on the subject. Craig, himself, refuses to enlighten a palpitating world with a personal reply Break down and tell us, Craig. Well stand by you even if it's a bottle of hair .2 Although General Kramer was unwilling to say. for publication, how long he thought the war would last, he indicated his own idea as to how the break would come. Like a rubber band that has been ex panded beyond its stretchability, Germany is likely to snap, he sug gested. The General feels that "eco no mu conditions and political am Per Roll of 8 Pictures Free Enlargement One-Day Service •© knowledge Although he granted this interview in his office at the llMth division headquarters- where as assistant division commander he helps to direct a bee hive of activ ity incident to that division's ap proaching activation he spent nearly two years studying and ob serving the German military chine In cast you have an overdue copy of' "The Rover Boys And Their Mechanical Yo-Yo” and haven’t been able to find the library to re turn same — there's a reason. The Camp Adair library has moved from the Special Services building to Service Club No. 2, building 309. The Service club is on Club ave nue between 1st St. North and 1st St. South. The library will be open from 6 until 10 p. m. on week days, and on Sundays from 1 to 5 and from 6 to 10. Photo Finishing fi By Cpl Henry Beckett General Staff Academy for nearly Brigadier General Herman Fred two years 1937 through 1939- he erick Kramer has given an inter hail occasion to participate as stu view to the Camp Adair Sentry, dent observer in troop and field evaluating German military train I exercises of the German army, even ing as he himself observed it at following the invading army into the outbreak of war. and predict | Poland ami passing some time ing that the Axis forces will be de there. After completing his school feated only if the United State« ing. he passed several months on matches that training and equals duty with the Military Attache at Berlin. the enemy in sacrificial effort. "The Germans will lose and we It was General Kramer's first interview since his recent eleva will win,” General Kramer said, tion from the hank of colonel and "if we build up a will to win and 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 great an effort and German army training and what sacrifice as much as the Germans it will take to crush the German do. We can win if we work hard and long. And if we really want war machine. For General Kramer is in a posi- to get it over with we must go ion to speak from first hand into all-out training now.” Just Like 'Rover Boys,' It's Ever on the Move Chartered and Supervised by th« U. 3. Government Thone 517 4th and Monroe