Camp Adair Sentry Page Three Thursday, Janu; Chatter Away Soldier But Not of Military Plaque for General Trenchant Bulletin Reveals Our Conceit Is Our Danger "Button your lip!” Those are the popularized words to the War Department admonition: "Do not reveal military information” by design, by accident, or under any circumstance. e are human and we are garrulous. If we know our frailities, we are fortunate. We can guard against them. Soldiers will talk, about something. ‘‘Shooting the breeze” is a favorite pastime. There are, however, plenty of subjects to dwell on besides the military. And—it is strikingly pointed out in a recent bulletin issued by the Secretary of War—there is only one real safeguard. That is: KEEP MATTERS OF A MILITARY NATURE COM PLETELY OUT OF ANY CONVERSATION. As some of the more salient points in thè bulletin . emphasize : 1 Major General James L. Bradley is shown above as he viewed a likene-s of himself carved on mahogany by Pvt. Kurt F. Litzkuhn, left. The plaque now adorns the wall of the newly opined 96th Division Officers’ Club. u aider foi in >eclion, he con« ihued. “th ■ l i< e fell mt at IS M v. i it h f pack (10) mm nd i) f >r a 1 to i” of l.itv in th • «vn tim| or hetti r.” In case you won i ’t kn w a full pack consisted of shoes raincoat, mosquito bar, two I blanke tent pins, tent peg«, >, a shelter h:ii f. 3 changes of undetwuir. ratio's r two days (6 cans corn beef. 2 < hard bread!, 2!0 rovnds of ammuni tion, rifle, mayonetie. and belting. After his tour of duty in the Far East S Sgt D i Vail ret ir- • I to Vancouver luinaeks as chief bul. ami later aided in tro p movement cookirg under Lt. Col. Pettibone, now (’iinm:in<ii>nt of the Ninth S', vice Command School for Bakers and Cooks, but then a Captain It was al’o at Vancouver Ba: ck- that General Gecrge C. Mar -hall, pieseit Chief of Staff, hut then commander of th" Barra ks. gave S Sgt. Du Vail permission to marry. The Sergeant wsaia a Yangtze S- rvice Medal and n good conduct medal. Free in Portland, IF— In Geo. White Center I Again Activated One of the most famous Dixie divisions of the last war, the 87th, has been officially activated at l amp McCain, Mississippi. FOR "WARTIME ECONOMY I & WITH EXPERT REPAIR SERVICE at BROWN'S House Dicks Wanted I Expert Watch Repair department will com- pleti ly repair your watch. You can depend upon Brown’s long rec ord of watch service for quality workman ship. Signal Company Ups Among Timber Wolves We Learn— INFANTRYMEN ARE On the day that we donned the i The Signal Compiny a mounces BORN. NOT MADE day», it is because in a joking way uniform of the United States Army ' the following promotions: he had PFC Michalik writc to his Twenty-two year old George we began to learn things about the From Technical Sergeant to girl friend and who do .von think is Shaw of New York City, re Army, things that Hitler and Hiro- [Master Sergeant, Mark E. Moore getting the most mail? None other shito would like to know to aid ceived his induction notice while I .11*., 38694079. Home mid re- i, 2'137 than PFC Michalik. working in Albany. N. Y. Shaw them in attacking our country, our I Broadwav. Beaumont, Texas. families, our cities, our homes, our wanted to .be an infantryman From Sluff Sergeant to Techni z Closed Jan. 25 to 29; Incidentally, I just heard from a farms and ourselves. and just to prove himself that Bakery InstructorTells cal Sei grant. John B Pace. '.Sti.i '.:»7. HURLEY'S LOTION Miss Jean from Portland Every day since then we have he could take it, walked all the Heme addi i ss. Rox 136, Adding,on, Soldier Wives to Meet certain For Poison Oak Tales About Career I Oklahoma. who had just received a letter from been entrusted withk information. way to his draft board head Over R0<><) bottles sold. G um C- miin »oc her boy friend here at Camp Adair We will continue to be entrusted quarters. From Corporal to Technician till an teed treatment for poiwon Due to renovations, the Corval oc*.«’ vastas A baker by trade ami unaceii - She had finished her letter, “ Dar with more and more information I tmk rein I. •> ><• bottle by mail He completed the trek in a N M lis USO Club will he closed from Grade. Wilburn Member Belter lisien Institute tomed to a ration consisting largely HI M S DIH GS. Alban) IK ling you don ’ t know how I miss so long as we are privileged to little under five days. 16285811. Homo nddre Monday through Friday next week, ..................................... — — .. _ _ _ > your Company.” And S Sgt. Soc of Spanish fried baloney, fried ba Broadway, Ukiah .mi.: ( wear the uniform. January 25-29. loney and green peppers stuffed Every bit of military information derstandable enough. On Sunday the USO is inaugurat man wrote back in a rage: hoimi. Everyone » I ! 11111 ! 11111111111111 III 11 > 111111 II II 11 IVI 1111111111111 i I II 111111111111111111111 i 1111111111111 “When did you get acquainted with baloney. S Sgt Frederick C. I From Technician 6t!i is of value to the enemy, no matter tends to “hand out a line” when ing what it hopes to be a series of with the rest of my Company, any Du Vail, bakery instructor for th:> Technician 4lh Grude, I how small. AT THE EXCHANGES OR IN TOWN out with a girl. There is little weekly talent programs for the Camp Adan Branch, Ninth Service Yarbrough, 38tl9396<I. Leakage of information must be harm ir. it. providing you leave the men in service. If you can sing, way"? Command school for Rakers and stopped. The time has come when service out of it. The Army really dance, act, or play an instrument dress, Box 66, La Rue, We Certainly regret to he in Cooks, decided he would correct the security must cease to be a hack isn’t too much concerned about the you are urged to register at the in From Second Lt. to 1st Lt.. Ste i neyed catchword ill which we have fact that a corporal is able to per formation desk in the USO as soon formed at this time thut Lt. Cough faults of his mess sergeant by ap phen E. Morris, 0 1633122. Homi but little interest. We cannot ex» suade his girls that he gave up as possible. Everyone is welcome! lin, who joined our personnel a few plying for admission to the Bit’ luhlK sa. 141 Logan avenue. We der- 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 ville, Ohio. Islands. forever—just to remind us again Army, or that he would have been a phone call to his home any place Fort Lewis. Washington. Wo wish From 2nd Lt. to 1st Lt.. Ahm C him the best of luck at his new "The beef supply was limited.” Rosenbaum, 0-1633503. Home ad and again that we must not reveal a senator if it hadn’t been for the in the United States. This ama * according to S Sgt Du Vail, “but dress, 141 21st Street, Brooklyn military information. war. That’s okey, just as long 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 lucked imagination." ping this leakage of information: matters. ary 24. From 2nd Lt. to 1st Lt., John P. of yours around the barracks. In IN EOTTLES “I figured that if I went to school Shean, 0-1683589. Home address, Retribution, punishment, and se All enlisted service men ’ s wives Our T rust 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 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 may know what is in the wind for m. at the Corvallis USO. Fifth and pany to go to Scuttle, Washington. loney,” continued the Sergeant. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiBiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiL'iniiiiiiiiiiiinr: “But my company commander simple: "American soldiers are not future operations, or the date of Madison. This is to afford an op Also back from furlough and ended my hopes of improving on fools; they are reasonable beings. departure of a convoy about to sail, 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 the ration when he refused to up- not talk about and why, and they we must remember that these are After the renovation, of the build swell time are S Sgt Woolverton, prove my applicatii n to take the ’•I cook's course.” the Army's secrets, and that we ing are completed there will be a Pyl Bergen and Sgt River. ■ will stop. - have no right to share them with special clubroom for wives—also | Nine years later (19.39» the Sor Our Conceit anyone. . ! grant was sent to tile BAC choid definite program. Congratulations are in order for Conceit is the most common j The trouble with this boasting is PFC Hill Welton, who represented I I and graduated as mess sergeant, cause of leakage. Ninety percent that it is so contagious. A man the 337th QM Depot Co. in the , I He has been with the school ever of indiscretions are the result of I boasts to his girl friend of what Camp Adair Checker Tournament. since, serving in Fort Lewis, Wash- it, and 99 percent of us are vulner WATCH THIS LIST AND CHECK ITEMS NEEDED I he is doing just to impress her. She, The play-off was terminated Mon . I ington, before coming to Camp able to it. I Adair. , in turn, boasts to all of her friends day night Jan. 18, with the result Why dp we boast ? Most of us Or better still — come imo either of our stores—at Albany or Salem From the Although baking is S Sgt Du about the importance of. her boy that after 10 strenuous matches. to impress a woman. This is un- I Vail ’ s specialty, he is an expert friend—just to impress them. It and go over the stocks with us. PFC Welton was defeated in the 337 QM. Depot Co. 1 denrontsriitor < n the care and UNO becomes a vicious circle with every- semi-finals by Pvt. Fish. by of the gasoline field range. i body trying to outdo everybody else Pvt. David Rosenfeld ! in the magnitude of the secret in Our "Foreign Legion" Overheard: One private to an The sergeant “signed up" at formation which they can impart. After completing a very hard other—“Have you run into that day’s work last Tuesday, we draftee who knew all about WPA, Vancouver Barracks, Washington, "Pumping" prepared for an overnight bivouac. and HOLO and OPA and stuff, hut and had the unique experience of No one is easier to "pump” than Everyone started in splendid wanted to find out what the deuce being immediately as signed to the the man who is "handing out a spirits, with Lt. Smith setting the kind of an organization the AWOL 31st Infancy Regiment America's line.” Always remember thht. It I foreign Legion in spite of the pace. was ? ” is only necessary to pretend not to , 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- dignant that he spills a lot more; from the field opposite the incin The other evening at dinner Mess vxice to foreign duty. erators, and was greeted at the or to pretend to be lost in admira- Sgt Reveglia asked Pvf The 31st Infantry has always tion of him, and he will get,so happy hunting grounds by Mess if the steak was tough, served in the Orient. During th ' Sgt. Reveglia and his competent pleased with himself that he will vate said, “Yeah—but al) first world war it was stationed at continue to keep right on talking staff. After a hearty dinner, the right, I think I'll be able the Vladivostok, Company gathered around the va for as long as you care to let him. gravy!” ferred to th" Women know this. It is the first rious fires that were raging in thrt-e that 8 Biggest Display order to keep slightly warm as the they learn. "Feed the brute.” is not I guess the addition of th? Company E I their Golden Rule for catching a temperature was declining around WAAC's pleases a lot of the boys Best Valentines Ì During the Sino-Japanese war man. It is ‘.‘Flatter him.” A pop the zero mark, or at least we I understand that Cpl Templeton, in 1932 the regiment w< nt to China, ular girl is a good listener. So is thought it was that cold. who’s doing his utmost to become and from that vantage point the The well-known 337th QM String a spy. a machine-gunner, has mentioned Sergeant -aw < ntire towns wiped Ensemble entertained for quite the fact that he doesn’t care wheth In war time no one is every fully some time, and then the peace of er the WAAC'n learn to use the out by air and artillery bombard off duty, and no one must ever be Madison at Fifth the night found us preparing to go Machine Gun or not just so long a • ment. momentarily off guard. Let the “Jluring the hot season in the d to bed. they can use their “Other w\rms.” Oriqpt." according to the Sergeant, Corvallis motto be: “Keep your mouth shut, About the time everyone at- Brass Wire 30 and 45 Calibre but keep your eyes and ears open.” “there is n<> 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 I the comp iny drilled late at night." blew. At first not a sound nor a Tribute to Mothers; 1 "But don't get the idea," the murmur could be heard, when final i sergeant warned, "that service with ly a voice like from Heaven called 35 Sons in Service 1 the .'Hut wa » snap. Paa«« out: “Strike Tents.” ■ limi'td to one 3-day pa* Oh boy! Was that sweet music A salute to those Ijine county month and an annual I5-<I when we even told that we were homeward bound to that sweet mothers who have contributed sons ruperation furli »!Jirh i.t Cami double-decker at our barrack-. j to the service all over the world ; Kay, if the o / fit v.ann’t tor was mad«- by the Eugene Regi-ter- handed.” “A nd d.v iphine,” continui ed the (Woof, #lw v «I« ie* •- b > Under a setting sun that pre —with the Valentine 1 Guard in a special service »< ction t tall daik hair«•*<1 S< rjf »ant. , "was sented an ideal atmosphere preced recently. Only YOU can give . ftrict vnc.ugh ♦ i make on«* ha i ve l.ud ing retreat, Lt. Alfred Smith hon Eight entire pages were devot«"! ¡dream*.- If on e wi re ab«< n it from ored the entire Company by be I exclusively to photographs at 1 I stowing upon those who qualified j brief service description» of I ji : > Reveill it u a* a Nummary court < Prophylactic) on the range, medals symbolizing I county boys, both the living end martial with a f’¡ne of two-tb lirds of one’* pay or 3 nnorth* in the guard \ their achievements. th«- dead, who are bringing or h«'. <■ PFC» Kenneth H Skipper. John already brought distinction and house, or both.’ .Soldier* who were an muc ha a Haider, and Pvt. Elgin E Hail re honor to thia region. minute late to n vt ille or r «•treat ceived the highest reward, that of | The front page of the xecti receivca onipany ptjfi!*nmen t Thia The award of Expert Rifleman contained the photographs of •<•»< consiati d of p »un.liny rock into Sharpshooter was presented to - Lane mothers who have contribute the land«cape in preparati! First Sgt Dones Maulden, Pvts J a total of thirty-fiv«- son» to •!> the cornine ramiy ataron. D Roger». Philip D. S. Allred. Roy branches o( th» armed fore« - Th couftv, ail thia uork wa Ward Jr., and Joe I. Belk Al»o I outstanding contributor proved t in the blazing mid-day run, u honored by qualifying as Marks men were HO members of the Com be Mrs. E. V I). Murphey of Ei. company truard armed with a pany. Average was S3 per cent for gene, who ha- seven »on» in th« ( r et anti a club. _ J -L- I ________________________ - ' _ The »erg' ant's next oba*lva'i'm the entire organization, certainly service. “ Your Dollar'* Wurth Alwayx ” something to be proud of and wcih, I An unusual feature of the edition was directed at soldier» who TWO STOKES FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE incidentally, is considered the Camp ' was the inclusion of a page depie' "grouse” about th» »«verity of 233 N. fommerrial 20b W. Second St« irg the Lane county brother cow. pre»» nt army diacipiine. "They Record. Salem 520 State Street lonatlons who are in serva-e don't know what discipline i»,” said If you ar» wondering why PFC rixtjr set» of brother- eompri-e th he. Corvallis USO Will Prefly Up Next Week This Mess Sergeant Larked Imagination BROFK/V’S OFFICERS - NON-COMS SOLDIERS YOKUM HOKUM □ All Woo! O. D. Shirts □ Uniform Buttons Money Belts (With ziPPer> ! rShouldtr Patches Shoe Rags Slippers - Packed in Kit [ VALENTINES Chevrons for All Grades □ "Aunt Lydia's" Thread [ j Web Belts, Brass Buckles Reg. Buckle Oxfords "Spiffy" Collar Stays O. D. Laundry Bags Gr □Officers' Slacks I Corl's Book Shop . ‘ 'Tz Shirts (w„h „ i . Gun Cleaning Brushes Souvenir Pillow Tops Glastic Dog Chains □ 0. D. Scarfs Say- Metal Polishes □ 0. D. Army Coveralls I Love You" 0. D. Wool Sweaters □ Soap Boxes 0. D. Cotton & Wool Sox 1 Officers' Raincoats Shoe Brushes, Shoe Paste —Your Portrait Leather Wallets Field Caps (I Garrison Cap Rain Covers SEND YOUR PHOTOGRAPH J Tooth Brushes □ Stationery Copper Button Boards ARMY l NAVY BISHOP Photographers SALEM Saceeny w «o down-hearted the»» county's donation. “If a »old¡er'» e«|uipm»nt was not ALBANY