Camp Adair sentry. (Camp Adair, Or.) 1942-1944, December 03, 1942, Page 3, Image 3

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    Atlair Seutry
Page Throe
Thurwtay, December 3,1912.
Orientation Lecture
Broadcast to Public
ti alili d, so that entire orgi
liens will be singing, it i
pcrtid by THE ARMI DIE
■’snip Chaffee, Ark. Becau
limited shipping :pace, »ays
papcr, few army bands w il
ov< r teas, and troops will be
musically self-rv liant, for the
be taught t > play such ma
strumenta as the lunette,
ina and the harmonica.
Now They're Mess Officers
Chaplain Cleland Open Series
V/ith Praise for Polish Bravery
he idea that Germany always has failed to understand
janple elsewhere, and therefore has waged one tragic war
ditei another, was presented last night in the first of a series
oi 96th Division lectures, broadcast over KOAC.
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idea was expressed in a dramatic sketch, as being
he utterance of a Mayor of Warsaw, and the real orientation
speaker was the division chaplain, Lt. Col. Gail Cleland.
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(Continued From Page 1)
scribed in General Order No. 41,
Headquarters Ninth Corps A rea,
Fort Douglas, Utah, the Corp*
Aiea Service Cobmand Unit for
I this Station Complement, was ac-
I tivated with Col. George C. Ferch,
F.A.. in command. Major Miller
: continued in this capacity under the
I command of Col. Gordon H. Mc­
Coy, F.A., who assumed the respon­
sibilities and management of the
camp on June 28.
Those were the early days, be­
fore liar racks and office buildings
were available. when a mere hand­
ful of officers and men occupied
the camp in an improvised tent
area. Construction was hurrying
The 47 recent graduates of the Inf.; Joe
School for Baker’s and Cooks— Osborn.
third class of graduates at Camp
Second row—1st Lt. March Per­
Adair—who heard an address by kins, M. l'. ; 2nd Lts. Sta vis J.
Brigadier General William C. Milton, Inf., and James N. Cum-1
Dunckel — with Major Josiah J. mings, Inf.; 1st Lt. James M. Moss,
Osborn, assistant commandant:
M. C.; 2nd Lts. A. Deltonen, Inf.;
Top row (left to right): 2nd Lts. Bruce V. Green, Inf.; Ernest J. 1
W. R. Weber, Inf.; William P. McCully. Inf.; Everett 1. Pruitt.
Ahern, Engr.; S. W. Koster. Inf.; Inf.; John J. Wingenbach, Inf.; J.
II. A. Nelson, Inf.; Clyde II. Hemp­ P. Michaelson. F. A.
hill, Sig.; Percy II. Mills, Inf.;
Third row - Pud l.t. Waiter A.
Michael Santiago, Inf.; James E. Wall, QMC; 1st Lt. F. L. Scar-'
Hunter, Inf.; George O'Connor, lairough. Inf.; 1st Lt. Albert M.
toward completion, but until late
Tune Your Radio Set
in July Post Headquarters was
maintained at Corvallis. Admin­ To Timber Wolf Show
istration in the form of newly ac­
The Timber Wolf divisioff goes on
tivated sections, operated by skele­
ton crews, was established on the the air tonight at 7:30 over KOAC
third floor of the Elks building to with a half hour program that is
handle military business and to the first of what is hoped to be a
care for the influx of troops which
regular weekly scries. Directed by
continued to mount daily.
2nd
Lt. Frank Bowen the program
The first large shipment of men,
approximately 400, was received on will feature the new Timber Wolf
June 28 from Fort I)ix, N.J. They orchestra and plenty of tulcnt from
joined others in the expanding tent the division.
Among those performing will be
area.
On July 18 the headquarters S Sgt. Albert Fry. announcer and
moved from its temporary quar­ comedy routine man — 2nd Lt.
ters in Corvallis to temporary quar­ ljowen in a monologue and comedy­
ters on the reservation proper. The skit —S Sgt. Robert L. Black and
station complement’s personnel had Cpl. John Walsh, pianist and singer.
nearly reached full strength, and News of the division will be re­
within the next two months two ported. And the Timber Wolf or­
new divisions were to be activati-d. chestra vyjll have a fling at the
Barracks were occupied, ranges paminest tunes of the day.
One of the program highlights
were planned and constructed,
theaters opened .and partially fin- will be the playing of the now di­
l'she chapels offered services of vision theme song “Rally the Pack"
written to T Sgt. Austin Ever-
worship. Camp Adair had paused
far beyond its embryo stage of hanl. Tune in tonight at the top of
June 20 and hail boeome a com­ I your dial and hear your own radio
1 program featuring your own bud-
munity busy with the business of
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war.
Early in November Post Head­
Civilian Notary Public
quarters moved again, this time to
Readers are notified that
its permanent offices in the build­
there is a civilian notary public
ing recently vacated by the Area
on the posts
Engineer. The period of building
At Transportation c f f i c e,
had passed, only the endless pro­
Quartermaster building, directly
cess of development lay ahead.
across from Post headquarters.
M.C.; 2nd I.ts. Steve Roch­
ester, Inf.: Paul M. Link. Inf.: J. C.
Hankley*, Inf.; Marion E. Gadgtey,
Inf.; Walter A. I.eegon”. Inf.; O. A.
Pynes, F. A. Austin B. Pohl. inf.
Front row- 2nd Lts. Richard C
Vfford, Inf ; Chester A. Themp-
son“, Inf.; Edward J. Sumrner«*.
Inf.; James J. Finn. Engr Bruce
C. Brown, Inf.; 1st l.t. Dan S. Sun-
2ml l.t. Gimly V.
der: . Jr._ M
Paris F. A ; •2nd Lt. Fred A. Mc­
Kee, F. A.
•Graduated with honors; perfect
examination, score.
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James P. Rouche, Miami
B< sell. Fin., has a m w excu <• lor
evading drill .and it’s go d. He
can’t bear to see what drilling
does to the grass, lie used to he
a golf course greenkeeper anil now
his drill field is the former muni­
cipal guard com <•. That appeared
in the CAMP CROWDER (Mo.)
MESSAGE. ---------
The Commando < b-taclc cour t
is the most popular tougherer in
a special conditioning program for
the p< r unnel of the harbor de­
fenses at San Franci <o, m-ording
to GOLDEN GATE (.VARUJAN.
Individuals and batteries are rat il
in percentages tabulated from
points made in the l ot put. luiy
onet run, 100 yard ihi-h, mile rim,
pu; h ups, sit ups and bread jumps
ami the obstacle course run.
In addition
to
competitive
events, every soldier is subjected
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(Continuer, from Page 1)
Everett I. Pruitt, Walter A. Lee-
gon*, William P. Ahern, Clyde H.
Hemphill, Jamca T. Finn. Au-tin
I>. Pohl, J. P. Michaelson, Richard
C. Ufford, S. W. Koster, Marion
E. Gadgley, Irven T. 1-arsen.
James N. Cumming . Edward II.
Miller, John J. Wingenbach, A.
Pcltonen, Edmund J. Moore. 1 red
A. McKee, James E. Hunger,
George O’Connor, Seymour Shef-
frin, Bruce V. Green.
*—Honor Graduates. Received
perfect score on final examination.
Navy ( bos!
There may be a meat
among the poor Civilian p< p-
ulation, but the armed forcua
till have veal, bacon and ham.
Navy public relations, always
willing to get into print, an-
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Brux" Wire
Sergeant Edward Petch of Camp
Adair and Mrs. Petch returned last
night from San Francisco where
they had been since last Wednesday
while the sergeant was on furlough.
The couple is located at 410 North
Eleventh street in thi
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SOLDIERS
Victories Hinge On
Food—Gen. Dunckel
W 1ST < <»l<v \I.LIS HOME
Captain and Mrs. W. C. McBride,
recently of Fort Lewis, Washing­
ton, and originally of Portland, are
in Corvallis looking for a furnished
residence or apartment. The Mc­
Brides are to be located in the city
soon, the captain having been as­
signed to Camp Adair. Captain Mc­
Bride is a physician in private life
and practiced in Portland for sev­
eral years.
HURLEY'S LOTION
The Stratolin
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the mi il arc al
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the girls hold
OFFICERS'
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UNIFORMS
Erne t Shaw, ri turmd to the ( AMP Pit
In Our Own Shop
Camp Rolarts after Commando \ irginia, report
PORTLAND,
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tin icing in Englund, tells about it
in THE DISPATCH of Camp
Robeits, Calif.
“You al « mn all day to duties,
details aid clas es.” he said, after
remarking that pby ical training
eovi red m viral hwn:s a*duy. "Em h
Commaido wa- aid. to ci ver 15
miles in two hours n <1 i He min-
Utes. Aril this with a field puck,
imi. We maintained a gait of m ( ven
‘.•ÄV.'.VAW.VAVASYAWAWA
mile- per hour all day loi'g.”
iffy
At the outset, radio listeners of*----------------------------------------------------
♦he illamette Valley were invited
ord of defeat after defeat for cen­
to join the division for this series, turies and every time because you
intended to give “a factual and un­
did not understand people. This
biased description of events up to
principle does not work. There is
and including the present world no law between you and us. This
turmoil.
Then Chaplain Cleland is war. Don’t you know that you
was introduced to the air audience will have to kill all of us, or we
as a war veteran and as one who and time will kill ail of you?
had traveled around the world
“You destroyed the law when
shortly before the war broke out, you came in and a new law took
carrying with him personal creden­ its place. You see. sir, nothing can
tials from Secretary of State Hull change it. You and your people
“The clash of arms which has will be destroyed and driven out.
swept over this earth like the The people don't like to be con­
flames of some terrible forest fire,” quered, sir, and they will not be.
he said, “breaking up millions of
“Free men cannot start a war,
homes and unsettling the private but once it is started they can
lives of a billion human beings, is fight on in defeat. Herd men. fol­
fundamentally a clash #f ideas; it lowers of a leader, cannot do that,
is a conflict between the ancient and so it is always the herd men
doctrine of the-divine right of kings who win battles and the free men
or dictatA-i
ts and the democratic who win wars.”.
assertion | ¡f the rights of free men.
Look to the Future
Major General Gives
“It is a momentous thought —
that the outcome of battles now Medal to Sgt. Leach
taking plcae on the desert sands of
(Continued From Page 1)
North Africa, and in the jungles
On the stage of the camp theatre
of the South Sea Islands, will de­
termine how our children and our for this ceremony were Brigadier
grandchildren will be living 50 or General H. F. Kramer, assistant
100 years from now; and genera­ divisional commander; Brigadier
tions yet unborn will look back to General William C. Dunekel, artil­
these great days of 1942-43-44 as lery commander; Lt. Col. A. M.
the time when human slavery was Button, Adjutant General; and Lt.
Col. W. P. Sam met.
driven from the earth.
Col. Button read an extract from
“This is something far greater
a letter recommending the award
than a contest of empires or
of the Soldier’s Medal. It told
matching of the resources and
how Sgt. Leach, of an artillery
fighting ability of nations; this is
headquarters battery in the 386th
none other than the fight for
L'n!, saved a government truck, and
HUMAN LIBERTY — the same
it read as follows:
elemental struggle which produced
“On Sept. 2, 1942, Sgt. Clarence
Magna Charta and the Declaration D. Leach, accompanied by Pvt.
of Independence, but this time, the William O. Skaggs, was detailed
fight is as wide as this planet, and to dispose of a drum of crank case
it involves the whole human race." drainings and motor overhaul,
The war really began, the chap­ waste oil and grease. Sgt. Leach
lain continued, 10 years ago when was assigned a government one-
the Japanese seized territory ,in half tan weapons carrier truck for
riix Then Mussolini invaded this purpose, and accompanied by
Manchuri
Ethiopia i m> take what did not be- Pvt. Skaggs, drove the truck to
long to ■aly and then Germany the Post Dump to empty the con­
set out t( tl dominate all of Europe. tents of the drum. While pouring
Chapla ;«i Cleland discussed Nazi the contents of the drum on the
activity and there was debris of the dump area, the oil
doctrine Ind
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Fie sketch, with a Viennese suddenly burst into flame and the
a dramanc
cafe as the setting, which conveyed drum exploded, spraying Sgt.
an impression of the fate of Aus­ Leach and others in the vicinity
tria. Next the chaplain gave an with burning oil.
“Although his clothing was a
account of the rapid German suc­
cess in Poland and finally there mass of flames, Sgt. Leach’s first
was a sketch in which the Mayor concern was to save thé truck, and
of Warsaw warned a German colo­ after rolling on the ground to
nel that Poland would be free again smother the flames, he made his
way through the flames which
and that Germany would lose.
were enveloping the truck, and
This Is War
"You and your government do drove it to a position of safety. It
is evident that the truck would
not understand.” said the Mayor.
have been destroyed had it not
“In all the world, yours is the only
been for Sgt. Leach’s action.
government and people with a rec-
“It is apparent that Sgt. Leach
gave little thought to his own
safety in his endeavor to safeguard
government property, and although
lie was suffering severely from his
smoldering clothes, his act of en­
tering the flames to save his truck
is an exhibition of heroism and
outstanding personal responsibility
; Sales and Service
far above the normal requirements
Modern Shop — Best
of duty, and is an inspiration to all
Mechanics
personnel of this command."
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' to extensive field drills, boxing,
¡wrestling. Judo, twt pitching aid
fierce hand to-h.n.d combat train­
ing.
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