OREGON STA rrL!P»A
NOV 2 1 1942
Camp
No man 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 Webster
Mounting Guard in
Vol. 1., No. 31.
Sentry
| weekly Journal devoted
to maintaining morale,
with the responsibility of
circulating post informa­
tion and news at Camp
Adair, Oregon.
Camp Adair. Oregon
Camp Adair, Orej^on. Thursduv. November 19.1942.
General Warns
Of Jap Menace
What! 'Sweater Boys' in Camp Adair?
'Timber Wolves' Now
Former Governor Is
Sure Orientals Are
Hardest to Defeat
By Sgt. Henry Beckett
The westerner’s attitude on the
relative merits of Germany and
Japan, as enemies to be beaten, was
expressed strongly by Major Gen­
eral Charles H. Martin (retired),
last week when he visited Camp
Adair.
Japan is the more dangerous en­
emy, or at least the one which will
fight more fanatically to the last,
said General Martin, former Gov­
ernor of Oregon, in an interview at
the rifle range, as the guest of the
Timber Wolf Division.
General Martin, veteran of the
other war and of the Boxer upris­
ing in China, was outspoken about
the fighting characteristics of
Among well-known civilians of the northwest who earned
Japan.
their certificates of membership in the Timber Wolf Division, as
“Before Japan’s strong offensive
a postlude to the "stream-lined day” depicting army tactics were
in the Pacific began,” said the gen­
Governor Charles A. Sprague of Oregon (left); former governor.
eral, “I should have said that we
Major General Charles H. Martin. Ret., and the Hon. Earl Riley,
Mayor of Portland. Gov. Sprague is receiving his certificate from
could have won the victory in a
Major General Cook. (Public Relations Photo)
year or two. Now, with Japan well
It must be true, there are "sweater boys” in camp. Here are three of them in the stages of
eqtrcnched, it may take longer.
receiving the knitted garment, trying same for size, and modeling same. The soldiers are MP'siW'.
Classifying A Lady
Americans must remember that the
the gals. Red Cross attaches on the post. Left to right. Pfc. John Woodworth. Miss Katherine Markey,
S Sgt. Jack Vinson, MP supply sergeant. Miss Ada Keyes and S Sgt. Joseph Denning. The sweaters
Japanese are not of the white race
w ere knitted by local Red Cross chapters. The M P’s are among the first to receive those sent to
and that their psychology is unlike
Camp Adair. (Public Relations Photo)
ours. So is their way of life. They
are fanatical, can endure hardship
and privation and subsist on what :
Did Those Lions Roar?
would be a starvation ration over
Lt. George H. Godfrey took
here.
the Lions of Albany for a ride
“Then they have been at war for ;
on Tuesday night and their
10 years and are thoroughly disci­
manes were standing on end be­
plined and well prepared for a long
fore he got them through Hell’s
50,000
From
de
Graaff
Jorgenson Smoothed
conflict. The weaklings in their
Canyon in the Snake River,
armed forces have been weeded out. j
Farm at Sandy, Arrive
First Adair Wrinkles
Deschutes river and the John
“To beat Japan thoroughly a
Day river, of Oregon.
The flowers that bloom in the
Chaplain Alf W. Jorgenson,
kind of colonial army may be need­
How the lieutenant shot the
Camp Adair’s first chaplain, hv
ed, rather than a conscript army. spring, tra la. will rise from 50,000
Deschutes Is "vividly recorded, gone to Ft. Dix, N. J., but not Tn
Why it took three years to subdue bulbs donated by Jan de Graaff, of
and for all time, in movies de­ stay there. However^ he will not
the Philippines after real military the Oregon Bulb Farms, Sandy,
picting the swift, death-defying return to Oregon. Nothing more
resistance had ended. This may be Ore. Most of them have already
colorfully magnificent course of can be said, except that the chap-
much harder. The Japanese by now been distributed among different
a boat which sometimes holds
lain is going places,
are at home in swamps, in heat, in units here at camp.
the smiling lieutenant and some­
jungle, and in the presence of ma­
“The sooner these bulbs are
The news hit Sunday School so
times holds somebody else, de­
laria and other disease.”
planted the better it will be and I
hard, last Sunday, that even that
pending on who took the pic­ sergeant — the trouble-maker who
When asked if he believed that a hope that they will give you a great
tures.
collapse within Germany might be deal of pleasure,” says Mr. de­
has been heckling the chaplains —
"This is a picture to make a did not have the heart to Itart an
expected, and that then a peace Graaff in a letter to James B. Gil­
Commando quail,” is the proper | argument. He kept silent, remem­
should be negotiated, the general lett, Camp Adair gardener. “They
notice for the stupendous film. bering —
said:
should make Adair a very pretty
earned distinction of being the only woman classified and given a
It should be shown right here in
No Negotiated Peace
spot next spring.”
"certificate of membership” by Major General Gilbert R. Cook,
Chaplain Jorgenson’s easy, gra­
camp.
“No, I think we have learned our
commanding,
when the Timber Wolf Division demonstrated modern-
Nine kinds of daffodils have oeen
cious way of welcoming the pio­
day
military tactics for more than a score of Oregon's most
lesson on that. This time Germany sent to the camp, and all have
neers from the east, down in the
prominent citizens nt Camp Adair last Thursday. Miss Aaron is
must be thoroughly beaten. The names, as follows: Barrii Conspi-
old tent area, at the end of June.
being given her classification questions by Personnel Officer, l.t.
world must be protected against cuus, Diana Kasner, Golden Scep­
J. S. Smith. (Public Relations Photo)
His quiet efficiency in arranging
any more aggression on the part of tre, Hera, Buttercup, Helios, Bath’s
that historic bath for them, under
the German military machine.”
Flame, Whitcwell and Bernardino.
the showers of Oregon State col­
Heavy fighting may be looked The donor's letter describes them
lege, at Corvallis, at a time when
for in the Mediterranean before all. with Hera going as follows:
the camp water all came in by tank.
long. General Martin suggested,
“Broad-petaled creamy white
Lt. Hathaway Paves
The way he scurried around and
and Italy may be knocked out. That perianth, star-shaped and deeply
somehow accumulated a chapel and
Way
for
Recruiting
probably is the plan, he felt.
frilled cup of creamy white with a
recreation tent, piano, lawks, paper,
—4—A
As to Camp Adair, General Mar­ dainty edging of- light primrose;
phonograph, magazines. The first
Here
to
pave
the
way
for
a
re
­
tin said that the site and construc­ one of the most chastely beautiful
show, on a platform in the open,
cruiting
campaign
to
take
place
in
tion are far ahead of what he knew of all daffodils?’
the area soon, one of the two promoted by the chaplain. The
at Camp Grant, Rockford, Ill., in
WAACs
of Oregon visited in Cor­ early services, and his special con­
the other war, and he specifically Hostesses, Librarians
cern for the Catholics and Jews,
vallis
yesterday.
mentioned the concrete footing be­
and his provision for their spiritual
To
Wear
Army
Uniform
Lt. Emily Hathaway of the re­
low buildings, the plumbing, the
welfare.
cruiting
and
induction
service
of
In this camp the hospital area is bounded by four
painting, and real chimneys, in­
Also the sergeant remembered
Army hostesses and librarians, Portland spoke at the Oregon State
stead of stovepipes. The food, he
according to a late War Depart­ I convocation yester iay and again that Chaplain Jorgenson had eir thoroughfares bearing four names famous in medicine, names
said, is much better than the Army
ment announcement, will soon be last evening over KOAC in the mail stamps all ready to sell to beloved because they stand for healing and relief of pain,
had before.
them on arrival, so that they could and names of special interest to military men because they
wearing their newly prescribed program “It’s Oregon’s War.”
get letters off right away and fast.
regulation uniform. The new uni­
Newest Arrival Rated
The lieutenant repeated time and The chaplain cashed checks, picked belonged to men and women whose work made war less
form which has been authorized by
time again that new recruits are
Carol Sgt.-Majorette
the Service of Supply, has a dis­ needed for the WAAC army and ’ up the mail, cashed money orders. hazardous for soldiers.
Florence Nightingale Av. is the name of the main road,
tinctive fan shaped insignia of nine all women eligible for enlistment Such a legendary character the
M Sgt. and Mrs. Harvey E. different colors representing the would be given every opportunity I chaplain became, from the outset, the one to the north of the hospital, on the side toward the
Reum are the parents of a daugh­ nine branches of the army and to go to the top.
that he was supposed to be the one camp.
ter. Carol Lee, born Nov. 8, at the signifying that the hostesses and
*
The corps of women soldiers is wh> got the little PX opened. He
Walter Reed St. runs on the west side of the hospital,
Albany General hospital in Al- librarians work for all branches. expanding very rapidly. The sec­ even went through the tents, ask­
toward
the highway.
bany.
Tailored from light blue ma­ ond WAAC center will soon be ing what more he could do. And he
Fellow soldiers have already ap- terial the uniform will have a coat opened at Daytona Beach, Florida. organized a chorus and secured
Curie Av. runs along the south side, away from the camp.
pointed Carol Lee as the Sgt. Ma­ suit with a gored skirt fitted jacket . The new center will have training movies for the hospital.
Pasteur Street is on the east side of the hospital.
jorette for Sgt. Reum’s artillery with a full length overcoat. The facilities and capacity equal to
Chaplain Jorgenson is 34. He is
In
this camp the hospital area is bounded by four thor­
battalion even though latest mem­ chapeau is of the same color, Fort Des Moines, Iowa. Meanwhile on leave as pastor of Yellow Medi-
oughfares
bearing four names famous in medicine, names lye­
the
expansion
of
the
Fort
Des
ber of the Reum family weighed styled similar to the soldier's over­
i cine Lutheran church, Hanley
only seven pounds, one ounce on seas cap. Shoes, hose, gloves and Moines quarters is being rushed to I Falls, Minn., of the Norwegian loved because they stand for healing and the relief of pain,
arrival.
other accessories to complete the take care of the large force to be Lutheran church of North Amer- and names of special interest to military men liecause they
Mrs. Reum's mother, whose home ensemble, will be of matching I supplied the army at home and i ica. He has a wife and two children belonged to men and women whose work made war le»« haz-
overseas.
is at Yukon, Oklahoma, is now vis­ shades.
1 and he was graduated at chaplains’
Rules Changed
iting her daughter, timing her ar­
school. Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Ind., ardous for soldiers.
Hostesses and librarians are to be
W'AAC officials are changing ' only last June.
Florence Nightingale Ave. is the name of the main
rival so that she was on hand to in uniform at all times when on
rules
and
regulations
to
better
fit
greet her new granddaughter.
road, the one to the north of the hospital, on the side toward
duty
the need of the auxiliary as they
IT’S HERE. MEN!
the camp.
see fit. The commissioned officers
All military personnel and
are now picked from the ranks. No
Walter Reed St. runs on the went aide of the honpital, to­
civilian employees of the Post
W AAC officer can enlist for offi-
ward the highway.
j cer’s candidate school but must go
desiring gaioliae rationing
Curie Ave. run» along the south aide, away from the
in as a private and be chosen from
rards. may register at the Pool
ranks as an officers candidate.
camp.
Headquarters Class Room
I Further improving the status of
Camp Adair, today and tomor­
I*a»teur Street in on the east »ide of the hospital,
"The "simón Legreé'of" Hdq Co." —and had them hit out straight I the WAACs the pay rate is now
row, from 8:30 a m. to 1:00 p m
wwk, when British and* '
~
1 equal to that of the army. Listed
The Corvallis Rationing Board
1st Sgt. Ray (Webfoot 1 Atkins, across fields which rain had turned : below is the pay scale for auxil-
American troops are at odds with
will be present on this dale to the French of Vichy, it is well to
drank four cups of coffee at noon into lakes with a mud bottom.
' lariea and non-commissioned offi-
STAFF MAN IN HOSPITAL
While he chortled inwardly with : cers The pay scale for commis-
sign all necessary papers for note that Florence Nightingale was
on Tuesday, and as a result his glee, his SCI? experts floundered
CpI. John J. Gubelman. of
the Personnel of the Pont.
sioned officers is the same as tor
British, Walter Reed was Amer-
weird sense of humor got the bet­ through bogs, plunged into ditch««, | the regular army. First leader,
Poet
Public Relations, and a
In order to secure gasoline ra­ I >can, end that Pasteur and Pierre
ter of him and he passed the after­ slid and slithered over the land­ 4138; technical leader. 4114; staff
member of the staff of the Camp
tioning cards you are requested Curie were French and that Marie-
noon acting like a Commando lead­ scape
leader, S'Jt; leader 478. junior lead­
to have information covering
Adair Sentry, is ill and has been j
firat Polish, then
Shoe shining occupied the outfit , er 4#fl; auxiliary fit»4 class 454; 1 aerial numbers of your tires and Curie w a
er.
in
the hospital since last Satur­
French.
He called out the special duty fur some time later, and the ac- i and auxiliary 450.
Auto Registration Card in your
These
illustrious
Frenchmen
of
All
women
who
enroll
into
the
1
day.
countants
passed
the
evening
com-
'
men—financiers, accountants, book­
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makers
pardvr.. bookkeeper»), , puting the number of man-hour« | (Continued on Page 5, Column 4)
I
and all iuads of expert landholders I used up that way.
Grower Donates Big
Shipment ol Bulbs
Camp's First Chaplain
Off to Bigger Fields
WAAC Officer Here;
Talks in Corvallis
Four Hospital Streets
Perpetuate Names
Nightingale and Curie Avenues;
Pasteur, Reed Streets Are Here
1st Sgt. Ray (Webfoot) Atkins Leads
'Lubbers in Bayou, Bayou Expedition
$1.50 a Year by Mail
Distinguished Rookies
See Modern Tactics
Timber Wolves Run Training Gamut
In "Stream-lined" Demonstration
For Prominent Oregon Civilians
By Pvt. Bob Ruskauff
In an eight-hour, stream-lined demonstration of modern-
day Army tactics and the training of an American soldier,
the Timber Wolf Division, undfcr command of Major General
Gilbert C. Cook, played host to more than a score of repre­
sentative citizens of Oregon last Thursday at Camp Adair.
It was eight hours in which was graphically portrayed
what Brigadier General William C. Dunckel, in charge of
arrangements, described as the “carnival system” of training.
It was eight hours that emphatically showed, as Governor
Charles A. Sprague of Oregon later acknowledged:
“The seriousness and manner in which the training
officers are going at their task.”
DUCATS FOR BIG GAME
The biggest football game of
the season- for Oregon—gets
under way in Corvallis Satur­
day at 2 p. m. It's the tradi­
tional Oregon - Oregon State
gridiron battle and arrange­
ments have been made for 5,000
service men’s tickets at fifty
cents each. These tickets are
for seats in either the new
section at the north end or the
undercover section at the south
end. Sorry, but you can't take
the girl friend in these reserved
sections.
Warmth Comes to MPs;
Get 400 New Sweaters
It may have been a wet Friday
the 13th to moat hands, but it was
h warm, wooly day to the MPs of
SCU 1911.
It was the day that 400 OD
woolen sweaters, the firat batch of
several thousand requested by
Field Office of the American Red
Cross for later diatribution at
Camp Adair, arrived and were allo­
cated with proper pictorial cere­
mony, to the custody of S /Sgt. Jack
S. Vinson, the MPa supply ser­
geant.
Requests for the sweaters are In
plenty and why not? “We will at­
tempt to fill requests ax rapidly
ax additional sweaters are re­
ceived,” said Field Director James
P. Layton.
Work of knitting the sweaters
is a patriotic job, done by civilian
volunteers, who follow specifica­
tions furnished by the ARC and
use yarn furnished by the Red
Cross.
Chapters throughout the Pacific
Coast handled the details of get­
ting the sweaters, which were
shipped to camp field offices for
distribution.
And are they protection when
the Oregon dew drops? Ask the
MPs.
The sentiment spoken by Gov.
Sprague was echoed by others of
these “rookies for a day,” in post­
lude tribute to the all-out hostal
efforts of General Cook, Brigadier
General H. F. Kramer, General
Dunckel and the officers and men
of the Timber Wolf Division.
Camp Adair honor guest of the
division was Col. Gordon H. Mc­
Coy, Post Commander.
At onset of the rapidly-moving
day the citizen guests were made
“rookies,” directly after they were
met at gates of the post at 10
a. m. and driven by their escort­
chauffeur officers of the division
to classification headquarters. ■
The rooky-hood — which was to
be climaxed after the day’s activi­
ties with a presentation by General
Cook, following coffee and dough­
nuts at the officers’ club, of mem­
bership certificates in the Timber
Wolf Division — began with the
classification of these “citizen in­
ductees”:
“Rookies” Classified
Governor Sprague; Maji^ Gen­
eral Charles H. Martin, Ret., for­
mer governor of Oregon; the Hon.
Earl Riley, Mayor of Portland; the
Hon. W. W. Chadwick, Mayor of
Salem.
Philip L. Jackson, publisher,
Oregon Journal; Fred Colvig, Sun.
day editor, Portland Oregonian;
P. O. Urban of Corvallis, publisher,
Benton County Herald; R. B. Swen­
son, Monmouth Herald; W.* L.
Jackson, editor, Albany Democrat;
R. H. Kletzing, editor, Independ­
ence Enterprise; C, E. Ingalls, edi­
tor Corvallis Gasctte-Times.
Clay Cochran, secretary, Salem
Chamber of Commerce; Henry
Wendali, Portland; Henry Cabell,
Portland; Robert Smith, Portland,
and R. W. Hibbitt of the Progres­
sive Business Men’s Association.
E. Don Ross, A. J. Farmer and
Janies A. Orniaridy represented»the
Portland Chamber of Commerce.
Helen Louise Aaron, writer of
the Journal, earned distinction as
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Dogs of War Added to
Camp Adair Personnel
Maj. Riordan Article Tells Story of
"K9 Corps"; Not New to Army
Twenty-four “dogs of war” will
soon lie in service at Camp Adair,
attached to the military police,
SCU 1911.
The dogs are procured solely
through s non-profit civil organi­
zation called "Dogs for Defense,
Inc."
Three* men of enlisted personnel
will l>e detailed to the supervision
and care of these highly-trained
animals. They are Cpla. Raoul
Mound, Nicholas A. Paolucci and
John P. Schoenrock, it was an­
nounced through office of Capt
Julius Hale.
Obtaining of the dogs follows
survey of highly -uccessful exper­
iments conducted by the war de­
partment.
But what are dogs of war—or
the ”K9 Corps”? How used? And
of what specific value?
They are important, it has been
proved but the how and why ia
perhaps beat told in the following
article, written at our request for
the Sentry
Dogs for Defense
By Major R. E. Riordan, M.LO.
The “K-Corps” was officially
recognized August 22, 1942, when
in paragraph 1, War Department
Circular 293, the Quartermaster
General was charged with the re­
sponsibility of procuring trailing
and issuing dogs for all purposes.
Reception and training 'enters ifor
dogs have been established and
are operating as remount facilities.
At the present time doga are
procured solely through Doga .for
Defense, Inc., a civilian patriotic
non-profit organization, where they
are firat passed on, catalogued and
indexed, and trained.
Tried at MacArthar
It ia estimated that one n;an,
plus a trained dog, can do the
work of 8 sentries. This was thor­
oughly demonstrated at Fort Mat
Arthur, Calif., when Colonel Allen
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