Camp Adair sentry. (Camp Adair, Or.) 1942-1944, January 21, 1943, Page 3, Image 3

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    l'amp Adair Sentry
Thursday, January 21,1943.
Page Three
I
A< iivated
in order for in ned ion,” hi
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Free in Portland, IF—
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intieri,
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th
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dog.'i:-
Plaque for General
One of the most famous Dixie
In Geo. White Center
Hit nt 13'10 with fall pack
divisions of the last war, the 87th,
nound i for a 1-h-nir tour of
has been officially activated at
(
in the sun t< nip < ature 91 d-
Port la rd, s
Camp McCain, Mississippi.
or better.”
drop
’ You are? Then be »ui
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* •
In case you won’t know —a full around to the George
pui k consisted of shoes, raincoat, vice Men’s Center.
mosquito I ar. two blankets, tent I Portland is prou I of
FOÄJJ3RT1ME
pins, tent peg: i, a shelter h ilf, 3
munit.v enter ri .< and Mt
changes of underwear, rations for Riley urges all Camp Adair soldier
two days (t> cans corn beef, 2 can«
who visit Portland to pry nt hast
haul bread I, 210 rounds of am muni­
“Button vour lip!”
one visit to the popular “center."
tion. rifle, muyonette, and belting.
The Service Center has four
1 hope are the popularized words to the War Department
After his tour of duty in the Far
floors <>f activities devoted erclu-
admonition:
Ea«t S S t * D u Vail ret’.n-I to
Vancouver Barrack« :«< chief baker I sively to the entertainmer.t of .,v«-
"Do not reveal military information” by design,
, &Ì
nn«l later aided in troop movement vice men. Visiting “firemen" may
accident, or under any circumstance.
he
assured
of
free
food,
f
cooking under Lt. Col. Pettibone,
\\ e are human and we are garrulous.
nov) Commandant of th« Ninth Ser­ ing instruction, musical
If we know our l’railities, we are fortunate,
vice’ Command S hool f > Bakers There’s a WPA lounge v
eludes library, ping
and ','ooks. hut thi n a Captain.
guard against them.
radio, records and cr:
It
vas
also
at
Vancouver
Bar-
Soldiers will taik, about something. “Shooting
If a rervice man f
rack? that General George C. Mar­
breeze” is a favorite pastime.
’hull, ne «ent Chief of Staff, but of a shower. sha,-e
I here are, however, plenty of subjects to dwell on besides
then c< mmander of the Barracks. pressing the facilities
the military. And—it is strikingly pointed out in a recent
gave S Sgt. Du Vail permission to his use and it's all 1
The location: 523
marry.
bulletin issued by the Secretary of War—there is only one I
The Sergeant weais a Yangtze j avenue.
real safeguard. That is:
Service Medal ami a good conduct
KEEP MATTERS OF A MILITARY NATURE COM­
lAcdal.
»
House Dick- Wanted
Expert Watch Repair
PLETELY OUT OF ANY CONVERSATION.
department will com­
Along with several hundred
As some of the more salient points in the bulletin
pletely repair your
Signa! Company Ups
Major General James L. Bradley is shown above as he viewed a likeness of himself carved on
first , th«> U. S. Army is now the
emphasize:
watch. You can depend
mahogany by Pvt. Kurt F. Litzkuhn, left. The plaque now adorns the wall of the newly optntd 96th
biggest
hotel
manager
in
the
world.
Amona Timber Wolves
Division Officers’ Club.
upon Brown’s long rec­
We Learn—
A government report says the
INFANTRYMEN ARE
ord of watch service
On the day that we donned the
Army
owns
eight
hotels
outright
The
Signal
Company
’
a:n
ni'ice«
BORN, NOT MADE
I days, it is because in a joking way*
for
quality Workman­
uniform of the United States Army
and leases 475 more with a total
the following promotions:
i he has! PFC Michalik write to his
ship.
Twenty-two year old George
we began to learn things about the
From Technical Sergeant to of 43,000 rooms. Most of tnem are
girl friend and who do you think is
Shaw of New York City, re­
Army, things that Hitler and Hiro-
Master Seigenht. Mark E. Moore being used to house Air Force
getting the most mail? None other
shito would like to know to aid
ceived his induction notice w hile
| Jr., 3809 '079. Home address, 2337 trainees.
than
PFC
Michalik.
them in attacking our country, our
working in Albany, N. Y. Shaw
1 Broadway , Beaumont. Texas.
families, our cities, our homes, our
wanted to be an infantryman
From Staff Sergeant to Techni­ f
Closed Jan. 25 to 29;
Incidentally, I just heard from a
farms and ourselves.
and just to prove himself that
Bakery Instructor Tells cal Sergeant. John B. Pace. 3809307.
HURLEY'S LOTION
Miss Jean from Portland
J3333S
Every «lay since then we have
he could take it, walked all the
Soldier Wives to Meet certain
Hom«' address, Box 136, Addington,
For Poison Oak
Tales About Career Oklahoma.
who had just received a letter from
been entrusted withk information.
way to his draft board head­
Over 5000 bottles sold. Guar­
llMtn AHO
1 A I < H.
We will continue to be entrusted
quarters.
Due to renovations, the Corval­ her boy frientl here at Camp Adair.
From Coiporal to Technician 4th
anteed treatment for poison
OH HO»
A
baker
by
trade
and
unaccus
­
She
ha«l
finished
her
letter,
“
Dar
­
with more and more information
He completed the trek in a
oak relief. 50c bottle bv mail
lis USO Club will be closed from
Grade, Wilburn N. Miehlhauser,
Member Better Vision Institute
HURLEY'S DRUGS. Albany
so long as we are privileged to
little under five days.
Monday through Friday next week, ling you don’t know how I miss tomed to a ration consisting largely '6285811. Home address, 202 S.
y
your Company.” Anti S Sgt. See- of Spanish fried halon« v. fried ba­ i Broadway, Oklahoma City, Okla­
wear the uniform.
January 25-29.
loney and green peppers sluffed
Every hit of military information derstandable enough.
On Sunday the USO is inaugurat­ man wrote back in a rage:
homa.
Everyone
“When did you get acquainted with baloney, S Sgt Frederick C. ! From Technician 5th Grade to eiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiintiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHj
is of value to the enemy, no matter tends to “hand out a line” when ing what it hopes to be a series of
Du Vail, bakery instructor for the Technician 4th Grade, Howard E.
how small.
out with a girl. There is little weekly talent programs for the with the rest of my’ Company, any­
AT THE EXCHANGES OR IN TOWN
Camp Adair Blanch, Ninth Service Yarbrough, 38093966. Home ad­
Leakage of information must be harm in it, providing you leave the men in service. If you can sing, way”?
Command school for Bakers and dress, Box 66, La Rue, Texas.
stopped. The time has come when service out of it. The Army really dance, act, or play an instrument
We certainly regret to be in­ Cooks, decided he would correct the i From Second Lt. to 1st Lt., Ste
security must cease to he a hack- isn’t too much concerned about the you are urged to register at the in­
I
neyed catchword in which we have fact that a corporal is able to per­ formation desk in the USO as soon formed at thia time that Lt. Cough­ faults of his mess sergeant by ap­ phen E. Morri 0-1633422. Home
plying
for
admission
to
the
B&C
lin,
who
joined
our
personnel
a
few
but little interest. We cannot ex­ suade his girls that he gave up as possible. Evei ’one is welcome!
i address, 141 Logan avenue. Wester
pect that posters will be drawn $50,000 a year when he joined the The lucky winner will be awarded weeks ago, is to be transferred to School, Fort McKinley, Philippine i ville, Ohio.
forever—just to remind us again Army, or that he would have been a phone call to his home any place Fort Lewis, Washington. We wish Islands.
i From 2nd Lt. to 1st Lt., Alan C.
“The beef supply was limited,” I Rosenbaum, 0-1 <’>33503. Home ad-
and again that we must not reveal a senator if it hadn’t been for the in the United States. This ama­ him the best of luck at his new
according to S Sgt Du Vail, “hut I dress, 141 21st Street, Brooklyn,
military information.
war. That’s okey, just as Jong as teur program will be held in the post.
Welcome back, M Sgt. Boyce. the mess sergeant wasn’t the best | New York.
There are three methods of stop­ his “line” doesn’t include service dayroom of the USO building Janu­
Sort of missed that peculiar voice either. He lacked imagination.” I From 2nd Lt. to 1st Lt., John P.
ping this leakage of information: matters.
ary 24.
of yours around the barracks. In
IN BOTTLES
“I figured that if I went to school Shean, 0-16335.39. Home address,
Retribution, punishment, and se­
All
enlisted
service
men
’
s
wives
Our Trust
curity education. Security educa­
are invited to'attend a meeting on fact, it has been so quiet that Pvt. and graduated as a cook I could at i 2427-90th avenue, Oakland, Cali­
Dr.
Pepper
Bottling Co., Salem
We may be on secret duties. We Thursday, January 21, at 2:30 p. Revis left our distinguished Com­ least cook something besides ba­ fornia.
tion appears to be the best means
of stopping leaks. Its argument is i may know what is in the wind for m. at the Corvallis USO, Fifth and pany to go to Seattle, Washington. loney,” continued the Sergeant.
UHIIIIIIII U liillllllllilllllllllllliiililliiiiilJiiliiiiiiiiiinillllllll IMimillllllllllr
“But my company commander
simple: “American soldiers are not I future operations, or the date of Madison. This is to afford an op­
departure
of
a
convoy
about
to
sail,
Also back from furlough and ended my hopes of improving on
fools; they are reasonable beings.
portunity to get acquainted and to
Only teach them what they must or the names of ships. If that is so, make plans for further activities. showing the effects of having a i the ration when he refused to ap­
not talk about and why, and they we must remember that these are After the renovations of the build­ swell time are S Sgt Woolverton, prove my application to take the
the Army's secrets, and that we ing are completed there will be a Pyl Bergen and Sgt River.
| cook’s course.”
will stop.
have no right to share them with special clubroom for wives—also
| Nine years later (1939) the Ser-
Our Conceit
anyone.
Congratulations are in order for ' geant was sent to the B«fcC school
Conceit is the most common I The trouble with this boasting is definite program.
PFC Hill Welton, who represented I :ind graduated as mess sergeant.
cause of leakage. Ninety percent
that it is so contagious. A man
the 337th QM Depot Co. in the 1 He has been with th«' school ever
of indiscretions are the result of
Camp Adair Checker Tournament. since, serving in Fort Lewis. Wash-
it, and 99 percent of us are vulner­ | boasts to his girl friend of what
« he is doing just to impress her. She,
WATCH THIS LIST AND CHECK ITEMS NEEDED
The play-off was terminated Mon­ ' ington, before coming to Camp
able to it.
! in turn, boasts to all of her friends
day night Jan. 18, with the result I Adair.
Why do we boast ? Most of us
Or better still — come imo either of our stores—at Albany or Salem—
From the
1 about the importance of her boy
Although baking is S Sgt Du
that after 10 strenuous matches,
to impress a woman. This is un-
friend—just to impress them. It
I
Vail's
specialty,
he
is
an
expert
and
go over the stocks with us.
337 QM. Depot Co.
PFC Welton was defeated in the
becomes a vicious circle with every­
j demontsrator on the care and use
by­
semi-finals by Pvt. Fish.
body trying to outdo everybody else
! of the gasoline field range.
Pvt. David Rosenfeld
in the magnitude of the secret in­
Our “Foreign Legion”
Overheard: One private to an-
formation which they can impart.
The sergeant “signed up” at
After completing a very hard other—“Have you run into that
(With zipper)
day’s work last Tuesday, we draftee who knew all about WPA, I Vancouver Barracks, Washington,
“Pumping”
'
and
had
the
unique
experience
of
No one is easier to “pump” than prepared for an overnight bivouac. and HOLC and OPA and stuff, but
Everyone started in splendid wanted to find out what the deuce being immediately assigned to the
the man who is “handing out a
31st Infanry Regiment- America's
line.” Always remember that. It spirits, with Lt. Smith setting the kind of an organization the AWOL
foreign Legion- in spite of the
pace.
was?”
is only necessary to pretend not to
COMPLETE LINE of the FAMOUS
| practice of assigning only men with
The
march
terminated
across
believe him, and he will get so in­
three
or
more
years
of
army
ser-
STETSON GLOVES—available now.
dignant that he spills a lot more from the field opposite the incin­
The ctner evening at dinner Mess | vxice to foreign duty.
or to pretend to be lost in admira- erators, and was greeted at the Sgt Reveglia asked Pvt Rosenfeld
The 31st Infantry has always
tion of him, and he will get so happy hunting grounds by Mess if the steak was tough, The pri- | served in the Orient.
During the
Sgt.
Reveglia
and
his
competent
pleased with himself that he will
vate raid, “Yeah— but that’s all I first work! war it was stationed at
staff.
After
a
hearty
dinner,
the
continue to keep right on talking
right, I think I'll be able to cut the Vladivostok. Later it was trans­
for as long as you care to let him. Company gathered around the va­ gravy!”
ferrod to th«1 Philippines. It was
Women know this. It is the first rious fires that were raging in
i
Biggest Display
there that S Sgt Du Vail joined
order
to
keep
slightly
warm
as
the
—
! they learn. "Feed the brute,” is not
I guess the addition of the | Company E.
i
their Golden Rule for catching a temperature was declining around W A AC’s pleases a lot of the boys.
Best Valentines
During
the
Sino-Japanese war
■
man. It is “Flatter him.” A pop­ the zero mark, or at least we I understand that Cpl Templeton,
I in 1932 the regiment went to China,
ular girl is a good listener. So is thought it was that cold.
who’s doing his utmost to become j and from that vantage point the
The well-known 337th QM String
a spy.
JUST RECEIVED—HOLLY VOGUE
a machine-gunner, has mentioned Sergeant saw entire towns wiped
Ensemble entertained for quite
SUNTAN STAY TIES.
the fact that he doesn’t care wheth­ out by air and artillery bombard­
In war time no one is every fully
som«> time, and then the peace of
-V—------- -- 1
~...
er
the
W
A
AC
’
s
learn
to
use
the
off
duty,
and
no
one
must
ever
be
-
1
■ "I ■'' »1—
Madison at Fifth
ment.
the night found us preparing to go I
Machine Gun or not just so long as
momentarily off guard. Let the
“
Dining
the
hot
season
in
the
to bed.
Corvallis
they can use their “Other Arms.” Orient,” according to the Sergeant,
motto be: “Keep your mouth shut,
About the time everyone at-
Brass Wire — 30 and 45 Calibre ’.
but keep your eye* and ears open.”
"there is no drill in the afternoon
tempted to get themselves com-
except, guard and fatigue details.
fortable and making every effort Eugene Paper Pays
But to make up for this siesta time
to keep real warm, a shrill whistle
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the company drilled late at night."
blew. At first not a sound nor a Tribute to Mothers;
“
But
don't
get
the
ideu,
”
the
murmur could be heard, when final­
(loo'; Wooh
sergeant warned, “that service with
ly a voice like from Heaven called 35 Sons in Service
the 31st was a snap. Passes were
% out: “Strike Tents.”
| limited to one 3-day pass per
Oh boy! Was that sweet music
when we even told that we were
A salute to those Lane county month and an annual 15-day re­
homeward bound to that sweet mothers who have contributed sons cuperation furlough at t'amp John
double-decker at our barracks.
to the service all over the world Hay, if the outfit wasn't too short
was made'try the Eugene Register. handed.”
“And discipline,” continued the
Under
a
setting
sun
that
pre
­
(Wool, sleeveless)
—with the Valentine
Guard in a special service section
, tall dark haired Sergeant, “was
sented an ideal atmosphere preced­ recently. •
Only YOU can give
' strict enough to make one have had
ing retreat, Lt. Alfred Smith hon­
Eight entire pages were «levoted
ored the entire Company by be­ exclusively to photographs and dteams.” If on«' were absent from
stowing upon those who qualified brief service descriptions of Lane Reveille it was a .summary court
^,ophyla.tL
on the range, medals symbolizing county boys, both the living and martial with a fine of two-thirds of
one’s pay or 3 months in the guaril
their achievements.
the dead, who are bringing or have
house, or both.”
<Kit-. folder or box.»
PFCs Kenneth H. Skipper, John
(loot; Wool)
already brought distinction and
Soldiers who were as much as a
Haider, and Pvt. Elgin E. Hall re­
honor to this region.
minute ltfte to reveille or retreat
ceived the highest reward, that of
The front page of the section received company punishment. This
Expert Rifleman. The award of
I Sharpshooter was presented to contained the photographs of seven consisted of pounding rocks into
First Sgt. Dones Maulden, Pvts. J. 1 Lane mothers who have contributed the landscape in preparation for l
D. Rogers, Philip I). S. Allred. Roy a total of thirty-five sons to all the coming rainy season.
Ward Jr., and Joe L. Belk. Also bpincher, of the armed forces. The
Of course, all this work was done
honored by qualifying as Marks­ outstanding contribu'or proved to in the blazing mid day sun, under a
men were 80 members of the Com­ be Mrs. E. V. D. Murphey of Eu­ company guard armed with a bayo­
pany. Average was 93 per cent for gene, who- has seven sons in the net and a club.
The sergeant’s next observation!
the entile organization, certainly rervice.
“Your Dollar’s Worth Always”
An unusual feature of the edition was directed at soldiers who I
something to be proud of and wcih,
TWO STORES FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE
incidentally, is considered the Camp wax the inclusion of a page depict­ "grouse” about the s< verity of
233 N. Commercial
206 W. Second St.
ing the I>ane county brother com­ present army discipline.
“They
Record.
Salem
520 State Street
binations who are in service. Some don’t know what discipline is,” said
If you are wondering why PFC sixty sets of brothers comprise the he.
Szcesny is to down-hearted thcae county'i donation.
“If a soldier's equipment was not
Chatter Away Soldier
But Not of Military
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I renchant Bulletin Reveals
Our Conceit Is Our Danger
A
SERVICE
a/
BROWN'S
Corvallis USO Will
Pretty Up Next Week
This Mess Sergeant
Lacked Imagination
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