V** r b • • • 4 ( • • Camj) Adair Sentry Thursday, January 7.1943. KISS A TREE (POEM If $ A Great Life Notes From o Soldier's Sketch Book PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AMP OMMANDER’S OLl’MN A weekly newspaper published for the military and civilian per sonnel of Camp Adair, Oregon, and circulated free to officers, soldiers and civilians by written permission of the camp commander. PubKshed 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 general release. f Camp Adair Editor and manager .... — Don C. Witeon P. 0. Addreif, Box 347, Corvallix, Oregon. Phone M55-M. Cpl. Bill Schooner. a prolific con tributor, «ends the following penned word« from where ht reads the Sen- try at the Salina. Kansas, Army Air Base. Sure, they read the Sentry in Kansas. That’s why we never mention the Oregon rain: 'T think that I shall never sea A girl refuse a meal that’s free: A girl with hungry eyes not fixed Upon a drink that’s being mixed. A girl who doesn’t like to wear A lot of junk up in her hair. Girls are loved by guys like me; For who on earth would kiss a tree.” The emphasis on military cour tesy, most of all on saluting, fre quently puzzles recruit». Consider ing how much men must learn to make- fighting soldiers, and how valuable time is, in this war, it seems to them that repeated lec tures on points of courtesy don’t! make sense. They fail to see how salutes can From Our Army win a war. The salute strikes them as being no more than a gesture, relatively unimportant. And as they Cousins note that the inxisu-nce on saluting originates among officers, recruits Thrift ■ is a war duty, says assume that it must be because of ficers relish the salute as a sign of BROADCASTER, of Scott Field, HL. in an editorial based on an deference. Now if the salute were merely a imaginary want ad in another physical gesture, the ri-erult'z feel soldiers' newspaper. The ad goes ing als.ut it would be reasonable thia: enough. Even if the custom wen- 1 “Wanted: KW million American wholesome, for the sake of diaci- , men, women and children. Exper- piine in camp and garrison during ience unnecessary. Hoars: 14-lb u p<aee time, the salute should not day. Wage.«: a few cents a day. have so much attention in a war Two meals a day consisting of camp where men are being trained synthetic bread, powdered eggs, for combat in a conflict that shakes horsemeat and root-soup. Type of the world. I work: to produce plaru-s, tanks. But if the skeptical recruit looks ' guns, clothes and food for the Axis aixiut him. noticing which soldiers armies. Apply: New Order. Inc., salute most punctiliously and in a ' A Hitler, Mgr., Berchtesgarten, manner suggesting that they con- Germany." sider it a privilege, h. may suspect 1 By way of comment. BROAD- that saluting has a significance CASTER says: beyond the full under-landing of a | »^n,, above want ad would be a nn*1 new I.*. IV to t the btxz «» V»w» V» He U.. «still ... mail army. will Me 1 great joke, if it weren't for the that the more experienced soldiers, fact that it is »o true. Already including war veterans and others millions of persons have had just who are competent judges of the those conditions imposed on them value of military courtesy, are the in conquered countries. We must very ones who always salute as if invest in th«- present to keep on they meant it and who resent slov enjoying the privileges of free enly saluting by their comrades, J people and to expect 100 per cent whether officers or enlisted men. I liberty in the future.” Why is thia? Why do real sol Subscription by mail 11.50 a year or 11 for six month». Advertising rates upon request. Address all communication» to “Camp Adair Sentry, Box 347, Corvallia, Oregon." News contributors to this issue: Lt. George H. Godfrey, Public Relations officer; S Sgt. E A. Brown, associate director; S/Sgt. R. L. Black, Sgt. Henry Beckett. T 4 Raymond C. John son. Cpl. John J. Gubelman. Pvt Wallace Rawles, Pvt. Robert Ruska uff. Culled LET'S BE CONFIDENT. BUT NOT OVERCONFIDENT! All of us have .serious resolutions to make for the coming year; we must resolve to further the war pro gram as fully as we are able. Nothing could be more dangerous to the success of our arms than the development of a national attitude that the victory is about to lie won. —General George ('. Marshall. LATRINE RI MORS ... "and I heard we're going to live in There is an old adage which sayw, “Nothing succeeds like the Roney Plaza hotel in Miami Beach, and get cora missions and success.” Our Army’s succesuful offensives will be followed 6O-day furloughs, providing the war doesn't end before < hrist- mas ....” up by others. We in the Army anti you ut home are confident of that. But .... and this is important .... we must not allow confidence to lead us into over-optimism. You have probably heard the following "pearlH of pro phecy” scattered about at your home, or your place of business. “We’ve got the Nazis and the Japs on the run,” or "Tile war’ll la- over in six months.” Such idle talk should be stopped. None of us ¡a going to be disappointed if the war should Some day this war will be over. When that day comes, end sooner than we expected. But we may fall victims to there will be a period of readjustment from wartime our own optimism if we net our hopes on a short war when j to peacetime economy. That’s the time when a . the facts indicate otherwise. Remember, the Japanese have “ cushion” will come in handy. That’s the time when been fighting for more than seven years now. For the Nazis, you can spend the money you save NOW—and buy far this murks the fourth year of war. Each of these countries is prepared to devote a gnat deal more time to achieve their more with it. dollar for dollar! Lend your Savings diers, men conscious that warfare | ARMY NEWS. Ft. Sill. Okla.. fanatical aims. now whin they are needed most to protect the very tells about Pvt. George S. Kita- One of the first axioms of warfare is never to under mura, American soldier of Jap- life of the country that has prospered you. If you will estimate the enemy. Let us not coddle ourselves with the anese ancestry, who put a ten- do this wholeheartedly, there is no question that dollar bill in an envelope and left thought that one American is as good as ten Japs or ten America’s future and your future will be secure. Think it at a Red Cross hut. tiecause Nazis. Germany spent a great many years preparing for he was impressed by the work clearly, and do not hesitate to take out a “Class A Pay this war. Many of the J span»-si* are battle-scarred veterans. done there. He was horn in Cal We are up against strong opponents. We must be stronger Reservation” THAT WILL BE YOl R "CUSHION ifornia, lived some years in Japan than our enemies to defeat them. We must have better arms, and then returned to the United better planes, better ships. States. His job as a soldier is repairing army tents. And let us not forget the magnitude of this Global War. with refowtuo to confidence, cour think of the system of life there, it 1 Our armed forces are engaging the enemy in the far corners age, fidelity, etc.” must have some virtues. Otherwise CAM? ROBINSON NEWS. of the earth; in New Guinea, in Burma, in North Africa, on Frusading Spirit Mike« Morale the current Russian zeal would be Arkansas, tells of a rookie who had , Ardent faith in the cause is the [ incomprehensible. Certainly Ameri- the Aleutian Islands. . a right armful and tried to salute first essential for morale in war | can morale has not yet risen to the To send a fully equipped Army these vast distances and by bringing up hi» left hand in and our present cause is a shininc to keep them supplied—requires time—a great deal of time. light before us, night and day No fanatical level of Russian morale. an indescribable reversed manner It is clear that a good many Ameri-j Although our Armed Forces have won several battles, man can fail to be attracted to it cans are unwilling to sacrifice for I over his right eye. Another, find ing himself face-to-face with two we have not won the final victory. Nothing could be more unless he 1» insensitive t - imisi.i the Lmiteii States as the Russians I harmful at present to the war program than the feeling that eratioi id justic, i is with it are willing to sacrifice for Soviet | has become almost inconceivably officers, solved his problem by that training must bv re- saluting with both hands at the the war is alxiut to end. We cannot skate along on the thin compassion for the tyrant's victim Russia. Why lü is this? Ut that i rame time Then there »ti the ice of over-optimiam. We will lie playing into the hands and ha.« no care for the righting question be pondered by American duccd to essentials, still cherish the determined recruit who saluted an of wrongs. citizens who sneer at pla ns for -alute as something to be em of the enemy. Over-optimism leads to dangerous relaxation. But morale remains static unless social improvement, when pCHCt' phasized and reemphasized? It is. officer who failed to see him and It may slow down the wheels of production. It may hamper the men who are engaged in the comes. of course, because they know what then ran after him and tapped it means. For them the salute is b.m lightly on the back and saluted our intensified training program. It may hinder the long- conflict manage to gain confidence associated with thoughts of officers again as the astonished officer range planning necessary to cope with the continued resist in themnslves and in their fellow« Home To*n Girl Is and men who have become objects turned around. ance of our enemies. With great offensives in the offing Training must lie wine and of esteem and affection. The salute Prize-Winning Poet The same paper tells of two thorough. Authority must l*e fair, we must not falter in our determination to insure the success is the grave gesture which they enBsted men, in that camp, who firm, beneficent. Obedience mu»t of these operations. We cannot be over-prepared. To Post Athletic Officer Cap*. accord the Flag itself, as well a» are outranked by their sons. In be prompt and willing. Thus loyal It has l»een the custom for us in America to draw up a ty grows and that pride in the Frank ('. Wimer came a copy of a the National Anthem. ont case the father is a 1st sgt.. It is the tiadiUonal sign uf rec the son of a medical lieutenant. set of resolutions for the New Year. This year al) of us outfit which is iH-rhajis the most national prize winning poem. "War the sign peculiar to a In another case the father is a might well include the following resolutions .... resolutions delightful aspect af military life. Mother.” two verse.« of which an* ognition, published herewith. They were fraternity of men engaged in a call private, with one son a captain, Trust liegete trust. Naturally an that must be kept if America is to achieve its victory. ing of high purpose. at least in this snecializing in explosives, as a re outfit is off t«> a bad start when » ntten by Louise Preysx of Capt. Ix*l us resolve: republic of ours. In its simple di- search chemist, and a second son officers and men think little of one Wimer's home-town, Elkins, W . Va. rvetness the salute belongs to the whe :s a corporal, on foreign duty • To be confident, but not over-optimistic; another and show it. Esprit de To produce more in factories, on farms, in mines, in Corps develops quickly m an outfit There is no time for mourning ... gracious school of knighthood, in the artillery. Yet the father who When a man salutes properly, he i.- a private has three service dec 1 who stay lumber «amps; wherv mutual regard is fostered. In house made lonely since he stands erect, head up, ryes looking orations as a Canadian corporal in right from the beginning To train harder for our war duties: proudly into the eyes of the of the other war. went away; Also courage at home make for Must «houhler ta-k« I never knew ficer who must return the salute. To l»uy more war bonds; Their attitudes have dignity. In To observe the letter and the sjurit of our rationing courage m camp Excessive aoltci- CAMP Rl’CKER REPORTER. lude. displayed through highly addition, the salute, rendered as it Dothan. Ala., reprints an editorial | program; emotional letters, may make life should be, is a gesture of swift from the JACKSONVILLE (Fla.i To auppurt our fighting forces 100 per cent; more difficult for the soldier. He precision, symbolic of militan* JOI RNAL. which says in part: And to do everything else we van to help win the war. needs constancy of affi-etion and < haracti-ristics. “In all wars of the past the i On this Neu Year's Day, which our Commander-in-Chlef assurance that the people dearest Instructors sometimes tell nr- infantryman has had the job of emits that in .saluting an officer has set aside as a national day of prayer, let us pray that to him share his feedings about the holding the line, mopning up, they are not saluting.the person, however long and bitter the struggle may he. Gtx! in his war and respeot him for doing as but the rank, snd that is true. Sull, fighting, delaying actions, open his conscience dictates wisdom may make us strong and deserving of the victory the saluu is most i-sprvosirr when ing up holes in the enemy's de Ih-votion to country appears to and the |a*ace. the exchange is lietween officers fense. Whether up to hi« chin in be at the center nt Russian morale Some Day This War Will Be Over I ,r meeting cold steel of the enemy w ith bayonets, army ground forces ' man the outpoate of civilization to- , day. and millions more train faith-1 fully in camps, waiting for their call to the front. "Infantry troops won immortal ity by their heroic defense of Ba taan. Thousands more, no less brave, stand guard in Iceland's dreary plains. Australian and Bri tish infantry, with rifle and ma chine gun, punched the first holes : in Rommel's Egyptian line, while American doughboys by the thous ands land on the African west coast, ready to plunge into deadly battle. "The valor and effectiveness of . the army ground forces goes on, daily, largely unsung, while others i get the headlines. It has always i been so.” I WANTED OFFICE MACHINE REPAIRS By holder of Federal and State Repair Contracts. 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HOSTAGES—4S-page And 34 other stimulating, exciting articles and features in one handy magazine. ■ ■ condensed /or tirne-saeing reading. HOW 15« TO SERVICE MEH BET THE JANUARY * 25« TO EVERYONE ELSE READER’S DIGEST I tislay. Regardless of what we may I s = F MUTTERINGS Bv H. B. OF AN = OLD-TIMER = e «IIIIUIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII. What make» morale? I laiee a point beyond anything that sol the qucalMMi Iterauee it to dino neve or really want It »hvuU mr that energy may bt- mo-dire-tt tw r ecu gm arsi that the Ume. money rd, if not waated. in attempt» U> and effort going inte them are weil improv» morale Kaportally 1 atn »pent only if they help build thinking uf the variou. <iivvr»Km» morale and forma of antertainnw-ni that Other* > so these recreational fa arv provided for u> in our lemur« cilitees ore overdone and surely loo much emphasis them >• noti time. it 1» • Salteate question. I know c*mplim«ntary to ua It iwdicat«« V i O mm J ran nxpre*» na.vsel/ clear that we are thought of as men who ly and bg aiMler»UMHt. 1 may hurt can be won over and kept contented people who arr trying to make through 'bread and riivweee.'* a» »oldier. happy and th«» to t. the population ef ancient Rome wool . m the year» of decline »ervice in thi* war. Therefore. I begin by raying To build reel morale in the aimy ' eur fellow countrymen most appeal libraries. aOTVice club«, radio gram», movie«, show«, dance» U> h,gher traite of character Even other entertainment in camp the definition of the word implies that Morale, «ay» th, dw-tienary! in nearby town», an* ail to good, utilaat they arr expanded to to a "»tat« uf mind, a» of »»Idler». A A Soldier "Pops Off" ARMY TIMl-S pub t»h. - the ftdk<«ing neu» re|*ort from Camp Robert». Calif : 'lor violating the revtrietmn peHainmg to rvleaae oí vital military informatasi, a veteran s-ndier at this huge Army Infantry and Field Artillery replacement training rente*, ha* l*een court- marna led aad aenteneed to »ix month» al hard labor He ateo I» to forfeit »2S front his pay per month for th«- »ix-monU period The buck private, who served «uh the Army Signal turps from IS.»4 to ISS., wi, found guilty by a special i-vurt martial of making public to UMutborraed persona the fact that he was to he transferred on a future tr*xsp movement oeder on a specific day to a certain -lest manor "Content* of the «oldwr's cwiiversalmn, had it fallen into the hand» of saboteur», might have rv»ullvd m the death «if American troop», sailor» and merchant riiarpx- personnel and equipment The convKtest »oMiat spoke from a coin teleph.»ne booth located in a camp po-t exchange. “The Camp guardhouse was designatisi a» place of confine ment af the soldier who failed to take full cogtiuzms-v of the sign which wm. posted tn the telephone booth: ’A Slip of the l.ip May » Rink a Ship Service ui e, Silence and men who have come to know1 mud. hidden deep in the jungle, one another well and to have a bond' of loyalty and esteem Any recruit who is ignorantly cynical about saluting would gain a fresh insight into the meaning of it if he could witness a meeting, after some pas »age of time, between a good officer and a good enlisted man who hare served together in war and have memories worth a fortune. In such circumstances ths* salute seems the perfect gesture. It has virility and I grace. It represent« a relationship ; too deep for words. | I ' ! FON tl.1 HOMK-TOWA (URI.S Oh. Eugene gal» ar> topo with me. t'urvailto girl« are charming; Soft the mante of Albany. The Salem girls disarming i Stili thvugh I Kask beneath their amile» Their charm« all fati tu bind me And m> bea-t gx>es back tu thè prette httle giri— The girl I ieft behind me —Timber Wotf Cannoaear. CALLING by NUMBER helps to get your call through faster! When you place a long distance call, we suggest: On a station-to-station call, give the operator the city and the telephone num ber wanted. On a person-to-person call, give the city, the name, and the telephone number. If you don't know the number, give the full name and the street address, because there may be more than one person of the same name in the called exchange. Even if you don't know the number, your call con be placed at the station - to - station rate. ( . 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