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Camp
‘‘No nan can 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 W ebster
Sentry^
$ weekly journal devote«
to maintaining mnra!*,
with the rvaponsibility of
circulating post informa­
tion and news at Camp
Adair. Oregon.
Mounting Guard in
Camp Adair. Oregon, Thursday, November 5, 1942.
Vol. 1., No. 29.
Tournaments Ahead in Rental Control
Big Athletic Program Soon Operative
Capt. Wimer, AO, Reveals Year-
Long Camp Adair Sports Picture
Hv Pvt. Bob Kuskauff
Capt. Frank C. Wimer took a long-range look at an en­
couraging athletic picture here, yesterday. Meanwhile your
Sentry reporter took a look at the background of Camp
Adair’s husky, dark-eyed athletic officer, who has been doing
a pretty good jpb of moving mountains since he came to
duty here June 20.
In his office at Field House, Capt. Wimer telescoped
us into the sports future while outside, in that big, clean
gym, the place was a-boom with the kind of activity that
will help make tough soldiers tougher soldiers.
The whole thing has been on blue-print since August.
It’s shaping up now. It will expand with every passing week.
Projecting the picture, both general and specific, right up
to start of 1943 gridiron season, when Camp Adair will maybe
have the championship football team of the “army confer­
ence.”
“We have the equipment either’ ’
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here or coming, to take full part otUCI6nt SpCaKCI!
in all major sports, most of the
minor sports and numerous recre­
ational games—in both organized
and unorganized activity,” said
Capt. Wimer. Tournaments are
planned in basketball, volleyball,
boxing and wrestling. Sport by
sport the set-up will be generally'
as follows:
Basketball Tops Now
Basketbail — currently this is
succeeding softball as a favorite
sport at Camp Adair. Whether
there will be an all-camp team is
not decided. There will be divisional
and company teams with inter-di­
visional and possibly inter-com­
pany games played at Field House.
Capt. Wimer pointed out that
there are 200 outdoor basketball
(and volleyball) courts strategical­
ly placed throughout Camp Adair. I
Wanda Turner, secretarial sci­
In addition, for indoor play, he I
ence senior, spoke last night on
added that the regimental rec-1
“Oregon State College at War.”
reation halls (size «0x35 feet), are'
so constructed that they can easily
be converted into basketball courts Don Cossack Chorus
for inter-company games. “Just
To Come to Portland
move the benches up on a stage,
attach the baskets; screen the win­
Special soldier rates of 40 cents
dows and there you are. It has are offered for the appearance of
been done elsewhere,” quoth the . the General Platoff Don Cossack
AO.
Choru« and Dancers at the Portland
Football—temporarily it will be Public Auditorium next Sunday,
touch ball. Divisional or post teams (Nov. 8) at 2:30 p. m.
will soon be in process of forma­
Thy Don Cossacks are world fam­
tion, however, and if the timber ous as a chorus and Cossack dance
looks as good as some of the sap­ , group. There are 27 members in
lings promise, there will be suffici­ the organization and their program
ent to take on all-comers from here is typically Russian, featuring the
and yon. There will be two prac­ whirlwind dancing and the tradi­
tice football fields, one for each tional music of that country.
division, with the potential big­
game field north of Field House.
Then there are the 14 recreation Service Men Must Pay
fields about camp.
Oregon Income Taxes
Looking ahead to track, the post
football field (600’x«80') is sur­
Soldiers at Camp Adair are sub­
veyed for a quarter mile running ject to the State of Oregon income
track around the field, also a 220 tax if they are single and have
straightaway.
been paid $800 or more since they
have lived in the state. Married
Baseball
Baseball—“We definitely plan on men must pay if their take is $1.500
a post baseball team,” declares or more.
Capt. Wimer. “A highly important
Officers and enlisted men who
fore-runner (or side kick, if you think they may fall under the scope
want) to thi« will be softball. of this tax are advised to make
preparations for paying now.
(Continued on page 6)
County Owners Must
Register Property,
Reduce Rent Rates
To March 1 Status
Federal rent control was invoked
in the Benton-I.inn county defense
rental area Nov. 1 with all resi­
dential rents frozen to the rentals
charged on March 1, 1942.
Howard C. (Sven) Johnson, Al­
bany, has been named area rent
director by Evan Haynes, regional
rent executive of San Francisco.
Mr. Johnson served the local four-
county cantonment council a. co­
ordinator at Camp Adair all slim­
mer during camp construction. His
office here was closed October 1.
He will have an office in the Ben­
ton County Bank building in Cor­
vallis as headquarters, and will
have administrative offices in oth­
er towns in the Camp Adair area,
which compose his territorial re­
sponsibility.
As soon as forms are received j
from Washington, Johnson will
designate a registration period i
when all owners of residential prop­
erty, except hotels and rooming
houses, must register their property
with the area rent office and must '
reduce rents which have been in­
creased back to the March I figure.
Under the federal rent control
law, as it is administered by the
Office of Price Administration,
(Continued on page 6)
Governor Visits Adair
V
Cpl. Healy Wants
Theatrical Talent
You've heard of the musical
comedy, “This Is the Army."
that swept Broadway right off
its feet .... and now is touring
the country.
You’ve heard of all-soldier
talent shows .... with original
music, story, etc.
Well, Camp Adair has the
same idea up its sleeve.
Under the direction of Cpl.
“Chuck" Healy, plans for an all­
soldier cast and an all-«oldier
show that is really representa­
tive of Camp Adair and the men
stationed here, are underway.
So the call board for pros­
pective talent has been set up.
If you feel you can entertain
in any way . . . whether you »ing,
dunce, pull rubbits out of hats,
impersonate, mimic, play a mus­
ical instrument or are a natural
comedian . . . give Cpl. Healy a
buzz on the 'phone. His number
is 3316.
Le|'s get the ball rollin’ and
really get behind this “show.”
It will be a lot of fun.
Scrap Drive Effort
Goes Over in Camp
500 Tons Gathered
Including Thresher
In what he termed “a noble re­
sponse, considering that the effort
was added to the normal duties of
command,” Capt. Tony Frank, head
of the Camp Adair scrap drive
which was launched on Oct. 22,
said that in excess of 500 tons of
material has been brought In*f5
Many of Gals Wives of date.
Although the drive wan to have
Men Now in Services
closed Oct. 30 it will be held up for
Our brothers and sisters in the a day or two to pick up any strag­
Post Exchanges are with us 100 gling salvage material, Capt. Frank
per cent, meaning that they have said,
invested. 100 per cent, in the War I Brought in largely from rifle
Bonds which nowadays stand for 1 and artillery ranges, the drive nev-
all-out war, in terms of the pocket­ ertheleas embraced one evidence of
the Oregon's agrarian past—and
book.
Naturally Major Rudolph J. right on the present site of Camp
Ayers, Exchange Officer, and Lt. Adair. This is an 1890 model
Victor J. Mix, assistant, are proud I threshing machine. Also netted in
as can be. They congratulate all I the haul was a truck, of much later
of the men and women in the 16 [ vintage, however.
Direct disposition of the scrap,
exchanges and the offices and
now placed back of QM headquar­
warehouse.
Some of the women in the PX ters, will be via invitational bid­
setup have husbands in the service, ding. Highest bidder will take con­
signment for direct shipping. Capt.
here, or in another camp or even
i Frank plans to release the bids on
overseas. They have ben particu­ I or about the 10th inst.
larly zealous in buying bonds, which
fits in with the idea that the t band is S Sgt. Frederick C. Du-
American people are going all-out vail, instructor in the Cooks and
in this war, according to the way I Bakers School. He has been in the
it comes close to them ir. their Army 15 years. His brother is a
homes.
I staff »«-geant at the Air Base,
Mrs. May Duvall, of PX No. 8, j Pendleton, Ore., and Mrs. Duvall's
has used part of her allotment as sister is Mrs. Glenna Hale, wife of
the wife of a man in the service, Captain Julius Hale, Provost Mar­
in buying $206 in bonds. Her hus- shal.
PX Employees Invest
All Out in Ws? Bonds
Ah! Beauty and the Beast
Camp Bear Mascot Bares Heart
Of Tough Sgt. Horse-Trader
Who Prefers Simian Fellowship
Carmichael, a bear, is being
traded, by Post Hdq. Co. for a
couple of monkeys, and let none
of the neighbor M.P.s make any
cracks about it being a case of
carrying coals to Newcastle.
The bare fact is that the bear
Carmichael had become a white
elephant on the hand» of Hdq. Co.
In the course of le«s than a week
he had terrified the inmates of the
barrack.« to which he was attached
—by a chain—and had worried the
company architecta, and aroused
the pity of humantanans.
One such was Master Sergeant
William E. Carmichael, after whom
the bear was named
“They can't do that to a Car-
Michael!” cried Carmichael the
personnel sergeant major, as he
saw the bear Carmichael lying in
the mud under the horrack« It was
generally agreed that the bear
could not be kept there indefi­
nitely. but no one knew how to
house him.
During his stay the bear posed
with Sgt. Charles K. Webb, keeper
pro tern, and with Miss Florence
Coardy. Service Club hostess, the
heroine of the occasion.
Clad in a dainty white bathing
suit she stood there for minutes,
in a poufing rain, while Sgt. Webb
used apple after apple in an at­
tempt to coax the bear into an old
hath tub that had been taken from
a deserted farm house
Earlier, the barracks inmates
made the mistake of showing the
bear an apple, at the window. Car­
michael tore the screen loose,
climbed inside, ate shaving cream
and flopped on the cot of Arthur
Lederman. who happened to be up
at the time.
Sgt. Webb says that his brother-
in-law. Ardufay Hall, in the army
in Alaska, has two Kodiak bears
as marcots. You wouln't expect a
soldier named Ardufay to keep
hears, would you?
The hear Carmiehaei now gees
to Mr Cecil Montgomery, who has
a kind of aoo. with lions in it, fit
miles from Corvallis.
$1.50 a Year by Mail
-SB- ■
I .eft la right: Sgt. Charles H.bb a maw; ( arm>rha«l. a bear;
Miaa Ftnreiw» ( oard? Merna*. a lady ...I oasidertag the steady
rata, sba'a bearing it like a beretae.
Governor Visits Camp Adair
Talks With Officers;
Sees Demonstration of
Troops in Bivouac Area
General Cook and Staff Members
Hosts to Gov. Sprague of Oregon
In First Visit Since Last May
Governor Charles A. Sprague last Friday visited this
camp for the first time since its construction period and saw
the demonstration of a regimental train in a bivouac area.
“I am tremendously impressed,” said the Governor of
Oregon, as he stood in a woods with Major General G. R-
Cook and Brigadier General H. F. Kramer and saw a real
war problem worked out on the terrain around him. “Here
the atmosphere is that of a battlefield, not a training camp.
It makes me feel that the soldiers are in grim earnest and
are not losing any time.”
Governor Interested
Major-General G. R. Cook »as host to Governor Charles A.
Sprague of Oregon Friday on the governor’s first visit to thia
camp since the construction period. 'they stand beside a scout car.
Governor Sprague wo» gratified over the progress on the reserva­
tion since he last saw it. With General Cook and Brigadier-General
H. F. Kramer and other high officers, he hiked through a woods
where maneuvers were held.— Public Relation« Photo.
Republican Victory
Marks Tuesday Vote
Snell New Governor of Oregon;
Dewey Wins in N. Y.; McNary In
Republican Wins
This country's first war-time
election in 24 years resulted in out­
standing Republican victories
throughout t?le nation.
Republicans swept Democrats out
of office in the state governorships
of New York, Michigan, California
and Connecticut in yesterday’« war­
time off-year election and cut heavi­
ly into administration majorities in
senate anil houSe.
Control of the house swung in
the balance, although Democrats
felt confident they would retain u
working margin in the new con­
gress. They were sure of the sen­
ate.
Thomas E. Dewey, former Man­
hattan district attorney, increased
measurably his 1944 Republican
presidential nomination prospect»
by an easy victory over Roosevelt-
endorsed John J. Bennett, Jr. for
the empire state governorship, end­
ing a 20 year Democratic reign
at Albany
Congressmen Returned
Oregon’s two Republican
gressmen, Reps. Homer D. Angell,
Portland, and James W. Mott, Sa­
lem, both the target of charges
that they are isolationists, were re­
elected, while Harris Ellsworth,
Roseburg Republican, was elected
by the newly-created fourth dis­
trict.
If the Republican congressional
candidates maintain their leads,
it would be the first time since 1931
that Oregon, the most predominant­
ly Republican state in the west, ban
had an all-Republican congressional
delegation.
McNary, Republican vice presi­
dential candidate in 1940 and a
member of the senate since 1917,
piled up 173,«12 votes to 49,905
for Walter W. Whitbeck, Portland
Democrat, in 1334 of 1770 pre­
cincts. McNary did not come home
to campaign.
Snell Given Record Vote
But Snell, in the name number of
precinct«, bad amassed an even
greater total than McNary; getting
176,479 vote« to 52,02« for State
Sen. Lew Wallace, Portland Demo­
crat. Wallace conceded Snell’« elec­
tion two hour* after the poll«
cloned, promining to give Snell hi«
full «upport.
New Brigadier General
Is Former Salemite
Local Officers Will
Talk Armistice Day
Loo Andre Walton, nominated
by President Roosevelt Monday
for the rank of brigadier-general,
is the son of Mr». James Walton
of Salem and a brother of Mrs
Beatrice Walton Sackett, .Marsh-
field, and William S. Walton,
local hanker.
Walton left Salem in 1910 to
enter West Point military acad­
emy and has since beein in mili­
tary service. He was with the 10th
United States cavalry on the Mix-
lean border and also has served
with the infantry and artillery.
Prior to organisation of the
army air corps he was connected
with the signal corp». Walton
was in charge of the air force at
Stockton Field. Cal., until rvcent-
lywhen he was promoted to chief
of staff at the Santa Anna air
training base.
Armistice day celebration* in
nearby towns will feature < amp
Adair officer«. Maj. James W. Fra­
ser will I m - the featured »peaker
at a meeting of the American Le­
gion in Silverton at 6:30 p. m.
Capt. Fisher J. Smith will speak
at the Salem High school at 12:30
p. m.
Maj. Fraser served in the last
war with the Illinois National
Guard. Commissioned in 1922 in the
reserve corp«, he was called to
active duty in April, 1942. In civil­
ian life Maj. Fraser was a public
relations man with a California
public utilities company.
Named Governor—Earl Snell
by "landslide.”
Anybody finding a »tray kitten,
with whisker« on only one »ide, will
please take it to Bldg. 501, An
elderly «eryeant there is grieving
for it.
Governor Sprague stood by, looking and listening, while
regimental officers explained what was being done, with a
huge chart and maps to illustrate and then he walked through
a barn where clerks worked at typewriters resting on grain
bins and a manger. The light was dim and the spectacle
picturesque in the extreme. Grain was still strewn about
the floor and hay was hanging from Thinks and the odor
of livestock was still noticeab e.
“This Place Protected by Oregon’ “
Farmer,” read a sign on a tree. It force«, he pointed out, whereas
seemed oddly ironic, on the old, wood« and u stream also made it
moss-covered oak by an empty difficult for tanka to penetrate.
farm house, with officers striding Anti-aircraft gun« presumably
about and scores of military cars were in place and would be manned
and assorted vehicles rumbling by soldier« with other dutiea to
over the roads.
perform unless the alarm were
The governor lunched with Gen­ Hounded.
eral Cook and staff, then rode out
Lt. Mason talked about pesxon-
in a scout car, rather sinister- nel functions and combat plana in
looking with the steel barrel of a case of attack. Otherwise, he said,
machine gun pointing straight tho personnel section would be
ahead from the top of it.
engaged in getting together data
Lectures on Bivouac
necessary in administration and
The officers who talked, in front called for by Washington. As few
of the barn, and In the fields and orders as possible would be issued
woods, with their associates pay­ in such circumstances, he said, and
ing close attention, included Major court martial« would be few, part­
Edwin G. Swafford, Captains John ly because opportunities for of­
B. Riordan and H. W. Ryan, and fenses were limited. Nobody would
Lt». A. H. Diserens, K. R. Mason, have time to break regulations.
J. M. Adrian III, and John Cun­
Rotator« Must Have Mail
ningham.
Still, he pointed out, it wan-
But before leaving camp the essential to keep up strength re­
field officers were shown all avail­ ports, service records, qualifica­
able transportation of an infantry tions records, payrolls. Also mail
regiment and the loads of typical must be brought up to the front by
vehicles were described.
(Continued on page 6)
Out on the farm, Capt. Riordan
was in charge. Thera in the bivouac
area he discussed the functions of Boy Scouts Ask Post
a service company In such a place For Help With Funds
and the duties of cemmanding offi­
An opportunity ot contribute to
cers in combat. In general he told
how a regimental personnel worked support of the Boy Scout move-
in defending such an area, with ment in this part of the «tate ha»
proper distribution of supplies, been extended to officers and en­
kitchen end baggage trains, and listed men of Camp Adair, it waa
maintenance section.
announced on the post this week by
Ray DeMoss, of Corvallis, in
Fanction of Hupply
Major Swafford, telling of th«» charge of the funds cumpaign for
function of supply in the field, dis­ the Wallamet Council of the scouts.
tinguished between such class one
The boy scout program is re­
supplies as food and perishables, garded as especially important
which must lie brought up daily, during war time, since it is essen­
and ammunition and so on, carried tially an organisation for eitixen-
ship training.
up as needed.
Lt. Diserens, using a map, told
Cash contributions or pledges to
what measure* of protection would aid this work may be turned in at
be taken. He spoke of the import­ headquarters, or at the Public Re­
ance of hard surfaces for heavy lations office in building 501.
vehicles and of cover and conceal­
The Wallamet council includes
ments at all installations. Tank the counties of Benton, Linn, Lane,
barriers in front of the position Coo«, Douglas, Curry and Lincoln.
favored defense against attack A drive for funds is now on in
from the air and by armored all of these counties.
Where Were You on First Armistice Day?
Don’t Be Shy; We Want to Hear About it
Where were you at 11 o'clock in
the morning of November the llth,
in the year 1918? At the front, or
in some French town, or in train­
ing ramp, or at school, or al home
with your mother, 'or merely a
gleam in your father’s eye?
That was a big day in the lives
of quite a few officers and en­
listed men who are now at Camp
Adair, trying to be useful in an­
other war. It must have been a
solemnly happy day for some of
the younger men now in camp,
especially if their fathers were at
the front. Maybe one of them re­
member» how his mother hugged
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him on that day, and cried a bit.
And perhaps there is one whose
father never came back.
If any officer* and men have
interesting experiences to relate,
about where they were and what
they did on the first Armistice Day
the day the other war ended—
the Camp Sentry would like to
publish them on Thursday of next
week Thursday, Nov. 12.
If you are shy about it, let
friend« do the telling. Send in notes
or telephone to 2981. If you know
of anybody with a good Amriatico
story, please tip ua off. Some
stories are already on hand.