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Camp Adair Sentry
Thursday, Novernla-r 26, 1912.
A Great Lile
Notes From a Soldier's Sketch Book
PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDAY
A weekly newspaper published for the military and civilian per-
aonnel of Camp Adair, Oregon, and circulated free to officers, soldiers
and civilians by written permission of the camp commander.
Published by the Camp Adair Sentry, publisher. Box 347, Cor­
vallis, Oregon. News matter pertaining to Camp Adair, furnished by
the Camp Public relations Office, is available for gem nil release.
Editor and manager
Don C. Wilson
P. O. Address, Box 347, Corvallis, Oregon. Phone 8G5-M.
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Address all communications to “Camp Adair Sentry, Box 347,
Corvallis, Oregon.’’
New contributors to this issue: Lt. George H. Godfrey,
Public Relations officer; S’ gt. E. A. Brown, associate director;
S/Sgt. K. I.. Black, Sgt. Henry Beckett, 'I' 4 Raymond C. John­
son, CpI. John J. Gubelman, T 5 Bert Shandler, Pvt. Robert
Ruskauff.
As this 1942 Thanksgiving Day rolls around, America,
tilxive all feels strong. Strong and confident now thut what­
ever happens in the future we are on our way and nobody
and nothing is going to stop us.
Just what has been accomplished up to now in the
African offensive—whether it’s as successful as we would
like to believe or a too rosily painted picture — does not
matter particularly. It is important only that we have now
begun to feel our own power, that we are indubitably mighty.
We’ve had a determined hunch all along that we were, but
now we know it. Let’s give thanks for that.
That is not saying that any of us believes the fight
Shortstop!
is all over but the shouting. That things will proceed smooth­
ly to the enemy’s inevitable defeat. We are going to have
I II \NKSGIVING
trouble holding the gains we have made plenty of trouble.
Our temporary shocked foes will recover quickly. The ulti­
“Joy to earth, for men goodwill!
mate victory—as it must in all wars —will be bought with
Angeles sing the anthem still.
Mercy, Love ami C harity,
blood. But this action in Africa constitutes a moral stand
I rum Our Army
For the millions yet to lie
as well as a physical one, and it is certain we will not retreat
from it. It may not be the beginning of the end for the
Cousins
Axis power*, but if is the end of the beginning we made in
eleven months of war. Let’s give thanks for that.
Russia’s contrlution to the ulti­
And as for things to come? The initiative is ours for mate defeat of the axis power» is
groans.
the time being, but there is no use in kidding ourselves into discussed by Pvt. Barrn-y Miller,
believing that Hitler won't try to seize it again. The former member of a specialists’ company, Roll forth strains from Woe and
house painter doesn’t fight that way. He will not choose in the CAMP BARKEI.EY (T. xu*)
Want
I
merely a holding operation such as sending troops to Tunisia ; I NEWS. For five months he was
I.arge-eu-d Pain and Hunger,
United Press correspomfont at
gaunt,
he will launch a new attack designed to make us pull back | tyoscow, and he say»:
Flood and Tempi si. Storm and
or divert part of our forces. We will, now that we’ve started,
“The impression which our na­
< i.'lle
keep a couple of jumps ahead of him. Let’s give thanks for tion’» entry into the war made on
Wave, Wreck, File and sinking
that.
so many people throughout the
sail.
Hitler now occupies all of France except Toulon. He world will stay with me longer
will probably be successful in pulling Spain into the war. than any other one thing. I saw These are but the basses notes.
grown men, sweaty and unshaven,
Front the cosmic organ throats;
This threat to Gibraltar would force us to take Spanish standing in the streets of Moscow
Up uloft, where all is calm
Morocco in order to guard our supply line. The Nazis might with tears of joy streaming down
Sounds the tumult like a psalm.
hope by launching a drive into Turkey to call back Britain's their rusty cheeks, as word of our
Eighth army from Libya. United Nations forces in Syria entry into the great battle n ached Law and Knowledge, Virtue. Truth,
W isdom, Order, Age and Youth,
and Iraq are not too strong But unless Turkey surrendered thuir ears.
“In stopping the Germans, Rus­ Tenor voices lift the hymn.
—which seems unlikely—there would be plenty of time to
Chorda of rhythm and synonym.
sia has softeued the enemy to a
meet such a threat. Let’s give thanks for that.
point where a knockout blow can
But above all and everything, we should be thankful be scored much easier than would Faith, Peace. Hope, their altos roll
And Love's treble leads the whole
this Thanksgiving Dav for the definite feeling everywhere— have been poaaihle. had Germany
here in Camp Adair as in Stalingrad that more develop­ forced the U. 8. S. R. to its knee*. Universal Nature song
Echo bears the theme along -
If that happened, most military
ments are on the wav. Thankful for a brave new feeling expert*
to whom I have talked say
of confidence that we will win the war and win the peace. this war would have been length­ When the Master gives the key,
Voices sound in harmony;
Thankful that we are no longer whistling in a graveyard. ened lit least 10 years. Sonic of
i» only one .«mall classroom at the
new location. This room will be
used for the lecture work of the
mess management course for mess
officers and mess sergeants.
AMP
I
The school's instructor staff was
OMMANDER’S
expanded again last week by the
OLUMN
addition of two new instructors.
T Sgt. James P. Keenan, and
Camp Adair
T 5th Burt H. Simpson.
T Sgt. Keenan transferred from
The life of a soldier at Camp the Camp Haan. California, branch
Adair i- a busy one, whether he be school in order to assist T Sgt.
a member of the service or combat Felix Kellum with the school’s lec­
troops. The former is busy with the ture and demonstration work. The
many problems of service- anei sup­ sergeant is a triple threat instruc­
ply and the latter with training tor having graduated from the
and combat. Each is equally impor­ cooks, bakers, and mess sergeant’s
( courses. It is presumed that T Sgt.
tant to the» winning of the war.
! Keenan can also ride a horse be­
Camp Adair is established for
but one purpose: to train troops cause he enlisted in the cavalry six
to fight If these troops are to be ' years ago. He also re-enlisted in
this branch of the service but was
good fighting men, they should
transferred to SCU 1929 in Decem-
know what they are fighting for
ber 1940.
as well as how to handle a gun
T 5s Keith N. Barry and Rolland
and bayonet.
C. Rogers became T 4s early this
There is only one wqy to form I i
week.
an idea of what this war is all
about, why we are in it, and why
WHAT USED TO HE
and how we are going to win it.
That way is study. Soldiers should
read newspapers and tune in on Strange as it may seem to some,
news broadcasts for what is going
and purely out of caste,
on, on the widely scattered fronts. An Army man, a soldier rough,
Every battle, whether won or lost,
Does pause and view the past.
should be of vital concern to all of 'Tis not the recent life he sees,
our fighting men.
But that of yesterday.
A good background is essential Not one of Wool and drab O.
for a thorough understanding of
Nov shouts of “Fire Away”
the war situation today. Camp Home to him is near a dream;
Adair has splendid libraries in each
Contentment,
service club. These are equipped Are just those
with maps, chart, books, magazines
things
reviews and newspapers.
Belonging to the hoy
A few hours each week spent in That used to be
earnest study of current events,
plus some time spent in reading Now moods are not infrequently
for background will bring a reali-
The children of the time.
i zation of what faces our country They come and go. yet leave behind
ami our allies. With sue h a baek-
Such thought, — some good,
ground, it will be easier to under­
some slime.
stand why and how soldiers must
But
that
was no mere mood he had,
be trained. With this understand­
This soldier, man and brave.
ing, duily tasks become more in-
But the Devil, yes, the Jap’s own
tcri sting and inspiring.
friend,
If the fighting men of the Unit­
His object—yes the grave.
ed Nations know why they are
fighting, then, when this war is For though these thoughts are in
his mind,
over they will insist on a peace
Should
be he one to doubt
that will be enduring, a peace that
will be an assurance that conditions The worth of all he’s fighting for.
The threat to blacken out
that made this war possible will
What used to he—
never come into being again.
work this day, his very
thoughts
Should clarify his goal.
God made him strong of hack and
will
And fortified his soul.
Is it too much to train and fight
And hope to live again—
To protect his home and right to
know
The peace of free-born men?
His duty is clear, his purpose set, i
He knows God placed him there
To help render safe this blessed
land
For all know know and care
\V hat Used to be.
Sergeant F. R. Gateley.
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His
Cooking With Gas
By T .”> Rolland C. Rogers
Of Cooks and Bakers School
The sweeping reorganization of
the cook’s training schedule an­
nounced this week by Major Josiah
J. Osborn, assistant commandant,
school for bakers and cooks, will
be welcome news to all student
cooks.
In the past the poor ( ?) students
have had to trudge to school head­
quarters twice each week from all
over the camp and in all kinds of
weather to attend their lectures.
Under the new order the teacher
will come to the student. Students
will attend, lectures in the area
where hi is receiving his practical
training.
This change in the training pro­
gram became necessary when the
school moved from its commodious
Building T-4-054. Avenue F and
3rd Street South, to the small but
more centrally located administra­
tion building (T-7-4241 adjoining
the- Provost Marshal's office. Ht the
same time that school enrollment
more than doubled.
Two large classrooms were avail­
able in the old quarters but there
them even contend that if Ger­ Chorus of eternal years
Mystic music of the spheres.
Ida H. Waite.
sia competely and take ndvimtage
of her enormods resource.*, it
OLD TIMER = would have been ImpoRsild* to have
MEDITATIONS
TRAINING IS ANSWER
=
By II. II.
= ever defeated her.”
of
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Various reports warrant a sur­
THE MEDICS
Pf* Arthur Reger*. 832 Ord-
By tradition, ThankKgiving Day ugreeel that this kind of treatment
mise. if not a prediction, that gas
na
nee
Co.,
G
um nville Army Air
is h day when American* give was unsatisfactory. There was
By T 5 Bert Shandler
and fire will be used more widely
thunk* to God and surely we have souk thing pHttiimiing about it. Base, S. C., got up at 4 a in. and
as war intensifies.
began
scrubbing
hi*
barrack
for
rea*on for doing that thia year.
There was even a trace of compas-
T 5 William Sodja is a serious-
inspection, Two hours later the minded Medic who in civilian life
There is the recent report of
•mu.
Everybody
wanted
to
be
sure
But here I am Netting out to <lo
place was uncomfortably clean. was, of all things, a night club
incendidary attack at Brookings, |
a thanksgiving piece that i* differ­ thut we were getting enough to eat
No one dared to even lie on his owner in Idaho. He says the most
Ore. There is the assertion by |
ent. I<et the preacher* hold forth and that living conditions in camp
bunk.
But Rogers was tired He noticeable difference between night
Major General Chu - Shih - ming.
on being thankful to God. They'll | were nil right.
military attache of the Chinese
That, we told tin- younger men. had worked hard. So he uawleil life and hi my life is that in the
have plenty to nay. My self-im­
under his bunk and stretched out. army > on start work for the day
embassy at Washington, some time
posed stint now i* lit develop the wa- m>t a» it should be and not as
Hours later the first Sergeant about the same time you end the
ago, thut “the Japanese have re­
idea that we soldiers, in this cuiup, it used to be. We tiled, ill vain I
found him there, still asleep. No­ day*»— -or iHiller, night's woik in
sorted to the use of ga- no fewer
should think a little tomorrow about j fear, to convey the noting that hi
body had swept him out. GAB. the Idaho.
than 800 times." There is the
what some other |H-ople art» do­ ' the othei war. after casualty lists
air ba*e paper, »ays it’s true.
But now Rill is way beyond the
ing for u* and nhould lie grateful, Wi re published lluillaily, resident*
Capt Florence MacDonald, Asst. hills of Oregon. His gal. who vis­
of Ameiniin towns acted more as
too.
J
E*pecial)y let u* give thank*, | if ihil c»ti*idered it H privilege to Supt. id the Ft. Dix Army Nurse ited him recently from her home Â
quietly, in our own mind*, to the have us in their homes und to play t orp*. ha* teen picked a* Woman ill Portland, says they’re making
mill who have gone la-fore u*. the host in otlii i ways. Every syl- of the Year by th* Women’s Inter­ him all over the army Hill hasn't
aci-o*. the Rea*. In Week» to coin*, du I had die statu* of a potential national Exposition, "for service to weakened yet.
the nation by a woman.” She didn’t
and even now, we must benefit by hero
leave the fluming fortress of l’..r- I Pfc. Morris Stuvsky hus been
Certainly
that
was
the
spirit
of
their achievements in the war und
by the evidence of their gallant the clouds which hulled troop regidoi until Lt Gen. Wainwright conducting Fi iday night religious
•pirit For inevitably we »hare in bains on the way to port* of cm- ordered tt. This is reported by the services for Medics of Jewish
t hen­ glory, thrir renown, thru baikatiou and it increased I igh 1 up FORT DIX (N.J ) POST.
faith ever since he arrived June 28
Truth Is—II* Didn't N**d t o
to the front. I have a hunch thut
na me for brave deni*.
nt Tent City He now directs week­
Every soldier of the United it is getting to be that way as the
Two Yank* in Australia were ly services in Dayroom No. t»o2 A
Blato* ha» a standing, today, high­ >< ai 1942 draws to a close, and now trying to get one mule into a rad- rabbinical student before he en­
er than he had before the new- of ill thinking of the march of time 1 load car. the CAMP PICKETT tered the service, Morris has a re­
oui recent succe**«** could lx- told suggest Unit we have another spec­ (Ya I NEWS till* the woild They markable singing voice that is well
Has Whal You Need in Extra
Nowaday*, when a man in uniform ial reason to be thankful to u great pushed, pulled and cussed, yet the worth hearing Some of those
Clothing—Equipment—Metal
walks the street of any town, the many people that we don't know mule stood fast
Along cume a songs he lead* at these services, by
Insignia
rvsideut* see m him more than on* und never will know.
ehapluin and asked if he could help. the way, have catchy melodies to
I
mean
that
vgst,
-olvmn,
tragic
more fellow from a training eamp.
“Maybe you can tell u»." one of rival the best on the Hit Parade.
SLEEPING RAGS
SERGE TROUSERS
Unwittingly they identify him with and yet ti iuiii|diant host of people, the soldiers rvspondtsl. “how in
His buddle* just nod their heads
the vanguard of the war at qty, in this land, but far mare in other h( II Noah got two of the*«
an understanding!) these days if CpI.
AIR MATTRESSES
HI.ITZ
with th* men who have already lands, to whom we are indebted to­ so* into the Ark "
l eo Kravitz salute* a passing pri­
KITS OF ALL KINDS
day because they have all helped
proved theniM-lvea in battle
"Suie, soldiers ought to g« t niar-1 vate or reports to duty in a sun
FIELD JACKETS
(HETRONS
to
guarantee
a
future,
a
future
Slowly, almost imperceptibly, the
ried.” -aid Mi* A«i« laide Ahrens. ' tan outfit, thinking it is spring ai­
OVERSEAS CAP
ZIPPER BAGS
civilian feeling about th* sohiier whm life will I m - worth living.
when inteirogat-sl by the SIGNAI read) Only last week Leo took a*
"Hope long deferred maketh the CORPS MESSAGE Ft Monmouth | hi* bride pretty Mis* Helen Super­
i* changing. Il tend* toward that
GARRISON CAPS
reverential attitude which the Aui- heart sick." you know and the de- N J "Then they’re u»«sl to fight- i man of Brooklyn
TIES
GARRISON HEI TS
(I I). SOX
vi uaii |>eo|de at Koine cam* to hav* not heart of the woild would b<- ing when they get ovyr there ”
He is still in a newlywed dale
dumig th* other war. We don't de »tek indeed except for th* martyr
Speaking of Congre*.*. and the Jeapit* valiant attempts of CpI,
Many Other Item*
Krve to be th* be lie fie io I le* of any nations, the little peoples slid th* delay over the new (baft Legisla­ Jack Finkelnian. hi* beat pal and
vast,
struggling
aggregations
of
•ueh attitude, but w* are bound to
tion. ARMY TIMES, of Washing th* best man at th* wedding, to
men and suiisn who have kepi the ton. D. C, *aya thia: "By its re­ restore him to sanity. Th* coo Piel
I m the gainer».
Of course thi* la all »trange to wai going tong (nou«h for u* tardy fusal to face facta and it* imlitical live in Corvallis, which explain»
the men who were not in the other Auieru an* t<> make up our minds timidity in a time ni grave crisis, why l*o wa* Been wandering
war. Somr of us were talking about at la*t and finally rut lows* with this grr»l lawmaking body ha*, in around the hospital ramp* the I
it not long ago in the home of th all our might. Except fur them, ami it* ability to function on a national other day. asking everyone hew tot
man who i* th* founder ami civil­ rm pi ioi our own (-oiiiradrs who scale, pi oven a* potent a* a rill*«** get to Monroe and Fifth.
Whtrr Buddws Mer I
ian publisher* of this newspaper have been splendid trall-blaicr*. council.
War
Department
Aathorimtion AG-095
for soldiers. The youngei men wi'l* We would have, on this Thank*« iv-
Motor vehicle* ar* th* only
Illg
Day, the prospect <4 a wai with- and that th* length nt time Uvt means of transportation for lit mil­
talking about how Will civilians
179 N. Commercial Street — Phone V»(W — Salem. Ore
Pealed us, m nvaiby town* But out end. so far as anyon* could tell, take« all depends on how well and lion non-farm rural workvrs, many 1
«
w* »Ider men, ail war vi-loiana, But now w* know that w* can win how haid *« work at it.
of them war worker».
¿imillHHHIIHHHHHHHIHIHIIIIIHIIHIHHHIIHIIHHHHIIIIIIHHHHHIIIIIIIIIHI- many had been Hide to whip Rus­
Associated Press report of Helsinki cause of a better mask and more
broadcasts saying that Russian carefully trained troops.
bombers dropped liquid fire bombs
“Secret Gases,” a Sunday sup­
and phosphorous pellets along Lake plement feature “for years, may
Ladoga.
help newspaper circulation. Other­
The International News Service wise they would seem to be non-
report» that Dr. O. R. Sweeney, existent. They should hold no ter­
Iowa State college chemist, told ror. anyhow, because any new gas
the Senate Agricultural committee would be subject to the same laws
that the Germans want the grain of nature as present gases are and
of the Ukraine and the Japanese the action would be similar. The
want Malay rice fields, partly be­ real "secret weapon" is surprise.
cause the grains are needed for |
making poison gas.
Sach reports all serve to empha­
size the importance of gas defense
training. The enemy will not give
advance notice. Unpreparedness in­
vites attack, assures casualties. On |
the other hand, complete safety is
assured through knowledge of
Delivery Guaranteed
gases, gas-proof equipment and
Thanksgiving
drilling in its use.
As evidence of the value of pre­
Birthdays
Family Days
paredness, consider the history of
Sweetheart
chemical warfare thus far. In
Anytime
World War No. 1 the Flame
Thrower was a thing of terror until
Bonded Member F.T.D.
its limitations were exposed, and
mustard gas, causing heavy casual­
ties among the French and Rus­
Next to Hotel Benton
sians, was ineffective, relatively,
Phone 750
against the A.E.F. That was be-
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