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OREGON STA OCT S - 1942 Camp “No nan tan suffer too much nor fall too soon, if he suffers Or if he fall in the defense of the liberties and constitution of his country.”—Daniel Webster Mounting Guard in Camp Adair, Oregon Camp Adair, Oregon, Thursday. October 8.1942. Vol. 1. No. 25. Col. Lewis Appointed Chief at Hospital • ______________ Veteran of First War Arrives; Declares Camp Ideally Located Camp Adair is ideally located Colonel Lewis from a health standpoint. Sur rounding communities are clean and free from conditions that lead to epidemics. The Station Hospital is up-to-date and adequate for the post. These are the observations of Colonel William B. Lewis, who has just arrived to take over as com manding officer of the Camp Adair hospital. To go with these pleasant condi tions, Colonel Lewis brings to his positions here a wide surgical and sr * -■ medical experience as well as a broad knowledge of the military phase of this work. He came here last week after graduating, for the second time, from the Medical Field Service School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He first attended and graduated back in October, 1925. The colonel has also seen New Chier 3urgeon at Camp service since the first world war at Fort Bliss, Fort Riley, Fort Hospital has long service record. , Warren, Fort Sam Houston and at Pole Mountain, Wyoming. met his son’s captain on the train while enroute to Camp Adair. An Entered Service in 1917 After graduating with the Doc other son, already commissioned a liic second lieutenant, infantry, is tor of Medicine degree from i the University of Colerado in 1912, 1__ ' studying medicine at the Univer- iz ' 1 sitv Colonel Lewis, then just “Dr. ■ Lew- sity of Colorado. Colorado, Colonel Lewis’ is,” practiced in Denver. He entered family includes six children and the service in 1917 as a first lieu- two grandchildren. tenant at Fort Riley and was trans- | Colonel Lewis has enjoyed an ferred to Camp Beauregard, Lou- active civic and fraternal career isiana, becoming commanding offi- jn Denver. He is past master of the cer of the 114th Training Infirm- oldest Masonic lodge in Colorado, ary. In August, 1918, he went to ' past president of the National So France with the 39th Division, journers, and past commander of which became the Fifth Depot. 1 the Heroes of ’76. We is looking There he was in charge of an in forward to meeting the people of firmary and acted as Medical Oregon, of whom he already has a Examiner. He then went as a I high opinion. surgeon to a station hospital at- “People of Oregon are real tached to the Second Corps. First ; folks,” the colonel declares. “They Army School. He was discharged are individualists, not stuffy, and as a captain. are proud ‘ of their country. They Following his return from have a fine spirit, are hospitable France, Colonel Lewis again prac and friendly. They live in a great ticed in Denver. In 1930 he was country and know it and appreciate commissioned a major, and in Sep it.” tember, 1924, he was made a lieu tenant colonel. He was commis Lassies That Bloom sioned a colonel June 9. 1936, and was called to active duty July 20, In the Fall, Tra La— * — — —— 1942. Pretty girls are blooming in and Colonel Lewis is a member of the City and County of Denver Medical around offices all over the camp. Society, the Colorado State Medi- They live in nearby townB and cal Society, the American Medical travel in private conveyances, of Association, and the Association ten in groups. Some will return a of Military Surgeons. His main smile and some won’t, and some interest is surgery, although his j have brothers in this camp. The girls are secretaries, stenogra broad experience fully qualifies \ phers, telephone operators, clerks him for hospital administration. in post exchanges, and at the hos Son in Service pital they are nurses, mess and Activities of the armed forces \ ward attendants, and technicians. of the United States hold more Within reason, there are no than usual interest for Colonel prohibitions, as to association with Lewis, for he has a son, Sgt. Edwin ; soldiers, except that ’ service men Lewis, in the thick of activity in j are warned to stay away from their the South Seas, serving under desks, except on business, during Major General Larson in the Ma- j working hours. There'll be no rines. Curiously enough, the colonel loitering. i---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- t Sentry A weekly Journal devoted to maintaining moral«, with the responsibility of circulating post informa tion and news at Camp Adair. Oregon. Minnesota Man Makes Mess Sergeant and Gets Drafted as Candidate lor Congress The mess sergeant who beat the Naturally the sergeant can’t go military" draft by enlisting is now home and make speeches, but he being drafted as a Farmer-Labor can make records at camp and ship candidate for Congress. them to Minnesota, and in any case His name is Charles D. Peterson, he and his political platform are he is 28 and single, and he is in the well known in his district because 104th division artillery and before in the past he spoke there often in coming into the service he ran a ' behalf of Hjalmar Petersen, now a restaurant and then put olA an ' candidate for governor of Minne advertising bulletin of some kind sota. Peterson has admired Peter at St. James, a town of 4,000 in sen steadfastly for a long time and southern Minnesota. has been his political mainstay “What will you do if elected?" since 1937. In one campaign the is the inevitable question of soldier present sergeant won 10 out of 12 comrades when they hear of it. counties for his friend. “You’re in the Army now and for When interviewed here, Sgt. the duration, aren’t you?” I Peterson was with Sgt. Roger D. Sgt. Peterson’s reply is a Workman and they were building vague, or cryptic, but he takes his mesa hall furniture. Proudly they candidacy seriously ami expects to pointed out signs. “Edible” and he elected and there is no doubt “Nnei-Edible,” that a lieutenant about the earnestness of his sup made for their garbage cans. Pet erson enlisted in 1941 and has been porters. Some business men. politically in- j in the cadre of several divisions dependent, saw Sgt. Peterson when ' and in several states. He attended he was in the old home town on . Drake University. Deo Moines, for furlough, and persuaded him to j a year, and had to quit because of run. and R. F. Casey (Irish-Scan-1 the depression and give up his dinavian) is hi* campaign rr.anag- j dreams of studying architectural er. I msrinrrrmw How Are You as a Stenog? Applications for enlisted men stenographers are being accept ed for the pest military intelli gence section. Here’s the pro- ceedurc: First the applicant must secure the permission of his commanding officer. That chore accomplished, he should report in person to Major R. E. Riordon, Bldg. T-7-501. Gen. Easley Sets Aim At Deadeye Division Capt. Ruth New So. Serv. Head Adair Scrap Drive On fl ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Odd Tactics Used as Atkins-Lipscomb Work Old Army Game on Lads Former Camp Roberts Officer Takes Over, Has Plans Outlined For Coming Activity Meet our new Special Services officer. He is Capt. Alex F. Ruth, once an enlisted man himself, who came Cadre of 96th Inf. Now tip the hard way to rank with the At Home on the Range most able of officials whose duty i , it is to see that you and you have relaxation and recreation from the Rifles are cracking on the range. arduous duties of becoming the best I The 96th Division cadre, consist soldier in the world. J ing mostly of officers and non Capt. Ruth arrived only last week coms, has started practice, with Brig. General Claudius M. Easley from Camp Roberts and already the wheels within wheels that go in charge. Marksmen and old service men to make up smooth sailing for serv know what that means. It means ice clubs, field houses, football that the job of training is in the fields, libraries, dances, cafeterias hands of an officer w’hose own and a dozen other things, have be record supports his declaration that gun to spin. Will direct Special Service ac Capt. Ruth knows his job. Five this new division will earn the name minutes conversation with him will tivities in camp. of Deadeye Division. For 30 years the general compet convince you of that. He is prac ed in rifle shooting and he did tical and forthright in his views. pretty well. In 1909 he was on the “What we need, and what we will Texas National Guard team. Later have,” he declares, “will be service he was on THE Regular Army clubs, field houses, writing rooms team. He was on four winning and other places for recreation that teams, being captain of two of the enlisted man will want to use them. Then ‘in 1924 he scored 343 as his own. Places that are open Men With Stripes out of a possible 350, in the Philip to all.” Turn Quite Social pines. According to plans, not yet com He has been in national matches pleted but involving a number of The proposed SCU 1911 Non- at Camp Perry, Ohio, and was in improvements, there will be a com Commissioned Officers Recreation charge of rifle and pistol teams, plete program of entertainment on Center, to be located on Avenue D winning in pistol competition in the post six evenings a week. More west of the Officers’ club, is in 1938 and in rifle competition in pictures shows, good cafeterias (at the final stages of planning and 1938 and 1939. a price we can all afford) and a is expected to be completed and In General Easley the troops to comprehensive sports program. dedicated in time for a Hallowe'en be trained will find an officer who dance. The NCO Recreation Center This latter will be under the di expects the best of them, because will be restricted to the use of expert marksmanship is second na rection of Captain Frank Wimer, members of the Recreation Center ture to him and he assumes that I camp athletic officer. Other of Association, who, at this eearly shooting well is mostly a matter ficers working with Capt. Ruth are stage, number more than 40 per Lt. Robert E. Mallonee, service of learning. « sons, and their guests. The club “How about vision?" a bespecta clubs; Lt. Maynard Grunder, the will not he open to soldiers below aters; and Lt. Harry T. Watson, Jr., cled interviewer asked the general. the grade of T/5, even as guests "Must you have perfect vision to libraries and property. They are of bona-fide members. augmented by a staff of enlisted shoot well?” According to the constitution, ap “Can you see to stab a knife into men, each a specialist in a certain proved by Col. Gordon H. McCoy, the butter at the table? 0. K., branch of entertainment. post commander, the policies of Capt. Ruth enlisted in the U. the Association and of the Recrea brother, you can see well enough S. army in 1924. He was a ser- tion Center are to be vested in the to shoot.” That was General Easley’s reply. geant instructor with the National hands of an Executive Committee He conceded that steady nerve Guard in Texas and Arizona from a.nd a board of directors. The Exe helps, but insisted that the way to 1929 to 1933. Until 1940 he was cutive Committee has convened and learn how to shoot was to learn with headquarters of the VII Corps made considerable progress in get area in Denver and Phoenix. He ting the club out of the "paper" how. “The big error with most men was commissioned at 1st lieutenant stage into tangible form. who fail to shoot well,” he ex in 1940 and elevated to a captain Except for the President, who plained, “is in trigger release. Most cy in June 1941. will be appointed by Col. McCoy, men flinch. You must have your Sent to Camp Roberts (Califor the Association officers will be reflexes right. You don’t need such nia) when that cantonment was chosen in general election, the first accurate vision, but must see uni first constructed, he was detailed of which will be held three months formly, of course. to the Morale Section, which even after the Center is dedicated. “The time to learn how to shoot tually became Special Service un Meanwhile, the organization will is before going to the range at all. der the new set-up. He “pioneered” be in the hands of the present A soldier should be taught to un at the California camp under four Executive Committee. derstand a rifle well and to handle Special Services officers before tak No membership dues will be it with skill before he ever sends ing over the job himself. charged, except for occasional as a bullet out of it. “We learnecT a lot by the trial sessments (which will not exceed “When this training is over the and error method," said Capt. Ruth. $1.00 per month 1 as the cost of 96th will be the ‘Deadeye Division.’ “But we learned it. We'll get things operating the Center may war We’re learning the right way—to going at Camp Adair pretty soon." rant. New members are charged a shoot for blood on the battlefield. nominal initial assessment, deemed The men must be equal to any necessary to insure sufficient emergency. Everyone must be im This Lad Needs Rider funds to equip and furnish the bued with the idoa that he is to hit To Make Life Complete club and launch the social program what he is aiming at and not the for which the club has been estab side of a hill. A machine gun can lished. spatter a hill. The rifle soldier's 4 You’d think Pfe. Armand Ad- Plans include a bar, dance floor, job is to pick out a particular spot donizio would be a happy man— .writing and reading room, res- married to a beautiful girl and a taurant, terrace and lounge room. and to hit that.” home of his own in Salem. But he the lay-out having been designed isn’t happy because driving his care by the Post Engineer office. Good News Comes for alone to and from camp every day October has been designated as Gen. Bradley's Driver is too expensive for his peace of "Organization Month” and every mind. one whose application for member S/Sgt. Paul Lobo is a happy So, if you are in need of daily ship is accepted within this period man these days as he drives Major General James L. Bradley's staff transportation from the capital will be entered on the rolls as a car within prescribed speed limits. city, get in touch with Pfe. Ad- Charter Member. Charter Mem And for good reason, too. He donizio at the Provost Marshal's tiers will lie exempt from assess ment during the first month the learned last week that his brother, office, phone 2975. Three or four center is in actual operation. Edward last heard from at Pearl “gas-sharers" will make Armand happy again. Harbor in December, was safe in Garden Guns Are Duds Oakland. Safe, but not completely sound, Let's Give a Cheer So Wife Plants Spuds the sergeant learned. His brother For Poets and Beer is in a hospital with a broken arm. Mrs. Cla ir McC 'ormick, sister of But even so it is good news to Sgt. Cpi. John McCormick, of ( hemical Members of the American Lx- Warfare, passes on a story sent Lobo and to his wife who works in one of the camp exchanges As an gion are conspicuous among the back by our comrades in Ireland: Some Irish wife wrote to a ironic touch to the affair, Fred, older civilians holding various jobs thinking his brother was stationed in camp and there are many old soldier that becauce of the man- shortage she must dig up the gar- at the Presidio in California, asked service men. One Legionnaire, a carpenter in den herself. to be sent to the Oakland hospital a Post Exchange, was in France "Bridget.” he wrote in reply, to be near him. for two years and he combines “for heaven's sake don't dig in the TWO ARE PROMOTED beer and poetry, as John Mase garden, that's where the guns are." This week's list of promotions at field, the British poet, used to do The censor tipped off the mili Camp Adair include the following; when he worked in a Greens ,ch tary, who rushed to Pat's garden Sgt Robert F. Nastre. CW8. to Village saloon in New York City. and dug high and low for guns. the grade of 8/Sgt , and Pfe. Wil “Handling beer" is the earpent* r’s Bridget, terrified, wrote to Pat liam C Hermann, Med Sect., to specialty, he says, and on the side about it His reply: hr writes rmu nod short atones I “Now von rnn pot in thr spuds." Cpi. Club for Non-Coms To Be Opened Soon HEADQUARTERS COMPANY ORDERLY ROOM—It was reliably reported here Friday (last) that the law of “the survival of the fittest” is still in operation. Between the hours, 1500 anil 1700, a largo reconnaissance group of 0. D. Collar Workmen from Headquarters Company (50'; by actual count) appeared in the com pany area for the prescribed drill of the day. Cpi. Lipscomb ’ook over. Cpi. Lipscomb gave out. lst/Sgt. Atkins took over. 1st Sgt. Atkins gave out. Cp). Lipscomb and 1st Sgt. Atkins held a hurried field conference during which they evolved what will be known as the Atkins-Lipscomb Tactic, or couched in simpler terms, the “stab in the back” plan. lst/Sgt. Atkins took up one po sition on the east end of the field while Cpi. Lipscomb entrenched himself on the west side of the same sector. From that moment it was “boots boots boots” for the B Commandos. Lipscomb reliev ing Atkins, Atkins relieving Lips comb. Lipscomb to Atkins, Atkins to Lipscomb with a precision that would shame the Evers to Chance combination. All activity ceased at nightfall. The B/Commandos were suc cessful in reorganizing their forces during the darkness and next morning were reported back in ac tion with their Underwoods, Rem ingtons, L. C. Smiths and slide rules. Col. McCoy to Attend Camp Medicos Party i Camp Participates in Nation-wide Clean-up Col. McCoy Orders Combing of All Likely Dumps for Metal Junk to Build Mountain; Credit Counties Camp Adair is getting in that scrap—to beat the Jap. All out participation in the nation-wide drive to collect scrap material of value to this country’s war effort, has been ordered by Colonel Gordon H. McCoy, camp commander. This camp’s part in the concerted campaign will be two-fold, according to Colonel McCoy. First, a general house cleaning on the post—motor pools, maintenance shops and other places for all metal objects for which an absolute need does not exist, and second, active cooperation with nearby communities by furnishing them with government trans portation whenever |x>ssible. The latter is in line with a policy laid down by the office of the adjutant general in Washing- ton, which reads: “It is desired that the command ing officers of all service com mands cooperate, so far as practi cable, with civilian agencies in the collection of scrap metals in com munities surrounding Army post«, camps and stations. It is not in tended that this collection will be extended to communities located at considerable distances from these units. However, the services of both transportation and per sonnel are authorized to assist when it will not seriously interfere with normal military duties." Requests for army assistance in the drive have already been re ceived from Monmouth, Dallas, McMinnville and Salem with others expected to follow suit this week. Here at cam0, all scrap collected ■». will be piled at one central loca Adair Girls Clever, tion and credit for its turn in will With Various Hobbies be equally divided between the four counties in which the cantonment Versatility is characteristic of is located. the female civilian workers in camp, although dancing seems to be tops as a recreation and a few Our P.X.'s Have Class have been professional dancers. Lt. Back From School One, a warrant officer's daugh ter, has sung with army orchestras Lt. Jack Hargrove has returned and the army is her legal residence. Another has coached baseball for from Princeton university, New two years and she collects pottery, Jersey, where he took special and has had 10 years as a concert training in post exchange work, and radio musician. Archery is the and is now with the post exchange hobby of a third. Still another is organisation at Camp Adair. Lt. Hargrove is a former Oregon an acrobat and track athlete and there is one who was high school Stater and is a nephew of Mr. mid Mrs. E. M. Smith of Corvallis. "girl champion in all sports.'* A TALE WITH TEETH IN IT! Just to coin u phrase: Noth ing succeeds like success. Long, long ago, when soldiers lived in tents and ate out of messkits and bathed (occasional ly) in cold water, Pvt. Wilfred deTonnencourt recovered his set of store teeth as a result of a story in the Sentry. Many things have happened for the better since then, but it seems that soldiers will still leave their pre-G.I. teeth in chapels, powder rooms and sub way kiosks. Pvt. Harold D. Wilkes, Hq. Co., is such a sol dier. Will anyone having a strange (or extra) pair of nip pers around, please notify Pvt. Wilkes. It will help him no end, and keep the Sentry hatting one hundred per cent in the scrap recovery program. Colonel Gordon H. McCoy is a field artillery officer, but tonight he will hob-nob with the medic»-, He has arranged to be present when Camp Adair Medical officers play host to physicians, dentista and veterinarians of the 96th and 104th divisions, members of the Central Willamette Medical soci ety and others from nearby com munities. Guests are asked to arrive be- tween six and half-past for ■ an informal inspection of the post | hospital under the guidance of Major B. H. Henning and Major J. B. Riley. Dinner will take place in the Red Cross center at « o'clock. Speakers, in addition to Col. McCoy, will include Lt. Col. Rich ard B. Poole, Dental Corps; Major Carsten R. Anderson, Medical Corps; Major George M. Wilson, Veterinary Corps; 1st Lt. J. Don John and Tillie Cain, husband ald Travis, Medical Corps; 1st Lt. and wife, cut hair side by side in Joe K. Ellsworth, Sanitary Corps. the barber shop of Post Exchange No. 8, and they want the Army to call them by their first names. Kramer Says Victory He has been a barber 23 years Takes All We've Got and she, "top barber" two weeks straight in the entire camp— mean- Wishful thinking, to the effect ing that she has made the most that the United Nations arc sure money has been at it 15 years. to beat the Axis, and within a They met in a shop at Lincoln, short time, was deplored by Brig. Neb., came to Portland to better General H. F. Kramer, assistant their fortunes, heard of a camp commander of the 104th infantry opening and now like it so much Division, Friday before the Albany that they hope to be here for the Rotary club. duration of the war. “I have the greatest respect for “I went walking one day at Lin the Nazi army,” said Genera! coln," Mrs. Cain reminisced, "and Kramer, who was an American dropped in at a friend’s house and army student and observer with found John there. He wanted to that army at the outbreak of war. take me home and I let him and “If we are to win we will all have we have been walking and cutting to make great sacrifices and go to up together—cutting hair, I mean work just as the Germans have ever since." done. I know the United States Harking back to courtship days, can turn out an army and weapons Caln remarked that his Tillie prob that will beat them if we will give ably was looking for him that time our whole attention to the war and she dropped in at the friend’s quit trying to leave victory for the house. other fellow to win." "No, it wasn’t that had," she insisted. "But it is true that short MORE FIRING! ly before that a fortune teller told Firing on the rifle ranges at me I would end my days with a Camp Adair will continue today black-bearded man." and tomorrow (October 8 and 9.) Had the male customers ever Ituring the practice firing, made passes ? thr Old Portland and Umpqua It Can't Happen Here Valley roads will be clos'd to "Only once,” said Mrs. Cain, "and traffic between the Savage when that happened I just moved school at Middle creek and Sul around to the other side of the phur Springs (or Soap Creek) chair and began stropping the road. razor, real hard. He didn't try Lady Barber Strops Razor When Men Make Passes and Her Husband is at Next Chair anything more. Of course nothing like that has happened here. The soldiers are a nice, clean bunch of fellows and it is a pleasure to know them. It always was my ambition to eat in an Army mess hall and now 1 have done it, twice, and the meals were good. Ohce we had hamburger steak, a fine salad, and excellent ice cream.” Mrs. Cain seemed to enjoy tell ing about one soldier who had his hair cut in a nearby town and was so dissatisfied that he came to her to have it done over.” The Cains have two sons and two daughters and they still have a harlier shop going at Lincoln. They had two shops and the equip ment of one is now stored in the cellar of the other. But how did Mrs. Cain happen to become a barber? “Well," she said, “I never did like to work with women. They are too particular. Men are more easy, going. I cooked for awhile, in the better hotels, too, and then I went to barber college.” The Cains have the same Alma Mater the Tri-City Barber College at Lincoln. She was the only wom an student. Early she had the big money chair and held it through the nine months' course. "Right now,” said Cairs, “we live in a cottage camp, two rooms and a shower, near Salem, and drive over to camp and back dally, but we’d like to take one of the desert ed farm houses in the camp area and make that our home.” r I J I
