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Camp Adair Senfr
Thiii sday, January 28, 1943
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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
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.
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 general release.
AMP
OMMANDER’S
OLUMN
Jitterbug Contest for Men in Uniform — Cash Prizes
Lots of girls. Music by TOPHATTERS.
Salem’s Leading Dance Band.
Camp Adair
Salem Armory—Adm. 40c—Every Saturday. 9 P. M.
Sponsored by Capital Post No. 6. American Legion
Transportation in this camp, as
in «very place of all-out war ef
fort, is a very serious problem.
Subscription by mail 11.50 a y<*ar or $1 for six months.
War today is getting there first
Advertising rates upon request.
with the most. Not only fighting
Address all communications to “Camp Adair Sentry, Box 347, men but food and clothing and guns
Corvallis, Oregon.”
and ammunition.
None of us question the absolute
News contributors to this issue: I.t. George H. Godfrey,
necessity of motorized transporta
Public Relations officer: S Sgt. E. A. Br<wn, associate director;
tion on any and all of the far-flung
S/Sgt. K. I.. Black. T 4 Raymond C. Johnson, f pl. John J.
battle fronts, but on our own front
Gubelnian. Pfc. Wallace Rawles, Pfc Robert Ruskauff, Pvt. James
some of us seem to take it as a
O’Connell, Pvt. Raymond M. Rogers.
personal grievance when transpor
tation to nearby cities is not in
“MAIL TO THE FIGHTING FRONTS"
stantly available.
During the past year, the response to the Army’s request Al) officers and men of this camp
realize that everything pos
for mail from home has been overwhelming. We in training should
sible is being done to make it pos
camps and our comrades overseas are certainly appreciative sible for them to get to and from
of all the letters and packages that have been sent to us. neighboring communities when
However, the homefront has responded with so much they have time off from the stem
enthusiasm, especially in the matter of sending packages, rigors of army training. But they
must bear in mind that military re
that the War Department has found it necessary to issue quirements come first.
a new set of regulations for overseas.mail. With more and In order to relieve the over crowd,
more men being sent overseas, vital cargo space has to be cd bus situation our transportation
department arranged for u special
conserved for food and ammunition.
train to make a round trip to Port
Our Army takes just pride in the fact that it is the land each week end. It was not a
best equipped, best fed, and best clothed Army in the world. simple task to free this rolling
You may be sure that as far as it is possible, our men stock from other war needs, but it
overseas are getting everything they need. The Army was obtained in the sincere effort j
Exchange Service travels with our men to whatever part to provide transportation for de
serving men on a holiday.
If a soldier needs any This train will be yourn as long
of the world
at the Overseas Post as you use it. On the first trip
special item
lust Saturday n tie-up in train
Exchange.
schedules delayed the running time
Folks at home will therefore save a great deal of
over an hour. Rail officials assure
essential cargo space and eliminate waste if they will adhere us that the running time for future
to the regulations for Overseas Mail which were printed in trains will be four hours. Also
they will leave u half hour earlier,
the Sentry last week.
13:30. und start hack on Sundays at
First of all, no package may now be sent to a soldier 19:30.
overseas unles i it contains an article that has been specifically Of course you uk soldiers know
requested by the soldier. If your son or husband or sweet tluil tin can be no positive guar-
heart overseas finds he needs anything which the Army uiili i that tiiese trains will depart
cannot furnish him, he will inform his Commanding Officer and arrive as scheduled. This is war
and we must be prepared for any
of his intention to write home for that article. His request eventuality.
must have the Commanding Officer's approval. You will There have been a number of
have to present this written request to your post office changes in our scheme of existence
much mote drastic than being de
before the package will be accepted for shipment.
layed
for a few moments on our
Those packages which are acceptable must be limited
to town. Help solve the trans
to 5 pounds in weight and may not be more than 15 inches way
portation problem by accepting
in length and 38 inches in length and girth combined—or without quibbling the procedure
about the size of a shoe-box. Magazines and newsptqiers that will benefit the greatest num
nu»y be mailed to a soldier only by the publisher, and only ber of soldiers.
Editor and manager
Don C. Wilson
P. O. Address, Box 347, Corvallis. Oregon. Phone X65-M.
if the ¿lldier is the Miibscrilwr.
Whatever we have said thus far does not concern letter ODE TO PUBLIC RELATIONS
writing. Our Army wants you to write as often as possible. Men have conquered countries.
But when you do write, be sure to use V-Mail. The V-Mail And men have vanquished nations.
letter is the only type of letter that will be assured of over Before it gets to you, though,
seas transportation by air. V-Mail is the safest and quickest It gins thiough Public Relations.
way for your letters to reach our soldiers overseas. Possibly
you may have wondered about th’* privacy of V-Mail. Every
ANSWER BOX
letter sent out of this country today is subject to censorship:
V-Mail is as private as any other type of mail!
At times some of you at home have written to soldiers Q. What is thè derivatimi of thè
who are strangers to you. We know that this has been done word "che»rons” — you know, those
with the best of intentions. But experience has shown that stripea that we non-eoms »Mr?
A. It’s un iirchitectural terni,
these types of letters have usually meant very little to our and thè stripe itself is a reprvsen-
soldiers, and have taken up valuuble cargo space. Therefore, tation of thè upcx of a roof. In
please write only to those soldiers with whom you are person eiirly dnys thè wearer of a Chev
ron was thè head of n clan or "thè
ally acquainted.
Cooperate to the fullest to aid the War program by top of his house."
following these ABC’s for overseas mail: Write often, but
Q. What is the highest medal
only to soldiers you know; use V Mail; do not send packages uw arded by the Government
«¿yerseas except by specific request. In this way you will
A. The Congressional .Medal of
help to conserve vital shipping space so that we may the Honor. It is given to an offner or
enlisted man "who in action involv
quicker win th«* victory and the peace.
ing actual conflict with an enemy
We suggest you mail this to someone at home.
distinguished himself conspicuous
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^MUTTERINGS
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OLD TIMER
By llenrx Beckett
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.New Yolk City Still mutUrii
hut can you hear me at this d
taiice? Anyhow, I feel safer, nu
taring from the oth< r side of l
continent. So safe that I no long
hide behind the initials "II. B ”
conic right out in the open, nsi
uiy teal mime.
Lust spring, ns a rw ruit, and
1« fore I learned better, I aome-
times was so foolish us tu tell a
young non-com. thut his way was
not the way we lists I tdo do it in
World War No. I. The response
was ever the »ame: “Tl.is is a
different war." The lone of voice
alm' implied that the present »»at
was quite u su|*erior War.
Well, he w»< right. Thia is a
different wur. and this war i* dif
ferent for me. In th«' first World
War 1 got buatod lateausc I trav
eled too much, without pet mission
In this war I had to agree to be
Lusted before I could have permis
sion to travel.
The other time I had that curious
kind of drunkenness known as a
Gotha* jag
It was not alcoholic,
for 1 was a teetotaler then, a now
But the old cathedrals of France
drew me to them. Somehow I felt
strangely at home within their por
tals. as if I might haw known th. m
long ago, in another life
It did me gotal to stand just
Within the door, looking dow# the
1
■ long, majestic nave to the altar,
lifting my eyes to the soaring
' arches, studying their quaint and
' exquisite sculpture.
So after the armistice, when we
weie merely mutking time, waiting
■ tn be shipped home. I visited a
number of the grand, old churches,
taller officers told mo that I might
.have l>ccii given leave, but I was
never one to ask favors. Therefore
I I got into the habit of slipping
• way after the last rwllcalt on Sat-
I unlay, with the intention of getting
But
I back by r< veille on Monda.»
train service was ba<l and ! didn't
alway s make it.
Several times I carne in late ami
i nothing liappeited t«> me. amt nat-
urally couuxiea grumbled. saving
I hail a drag. I didn't like that
idea, and tinaUy told my command
ing offici r that I deserved a penal
ty. I had taken my chaînas and
luck had run against me ami 1 was
n aily to take my medicine.
"Well, what do you suggest’"
he asked, anil smiled
I replied
that no «hiubt I should bt* bustl'd
and have 30 days on kileht-n puller.
He obliged, but then I made a deal
with the OMM sergeant, who had
been my «oinpamon on a hike to
Meli, to see the French army enter
in tnumph. lie gave me every
foui th ilay free, an condition that I
built the fir«» al 3 a m on th«
the risk of his life and beyond the
cull of duty." It is worn at the
neck, the ribbon on the inside of
the collar of th»' coat and of suffi
cient length that the medal hangs
at the point of opening of the coat.
All other decorations are worn on
the left breast, arranged in accord
ance with their rank.
Services rendered by the United
States to our allies under Lend-
I ca»e constitute about one-fifth of
the total value of Lend-Lease aid,
and ulnmt 50 per cent of these ex
penditures was for shipping and
supply services.
•
other days and aroused the cooks
and boss«! the kitchen police. That
was out in a fiehl. in January.
I did that ami on the eve of the
fivi day I always c bailed up,
•Upped down to the railway sta
tion and took a tiain to a nearby
city which was a big railway junc
tion, and fioni there I went to
more catluxiial towns and returned
in tune t" build the flrvs on my
next working .lay.
Naturally I
didn't get any sleep except in the
trains.
Now I have no space to tell
•bout bung busted from sergeant
to private, in getting transferred
to Governors Island, New York.
I'll mutter alx'iit that next week
ami I want you to know that I'm
muttering by rapgq and that I
love everytaxly at Camp Adair,
only 1 kite my wife more, and abv
ia light here, now, in New York,
and in this room.
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Portraits of Distinction”
Remember the girl or folks back home. Nothing will
please them more than a portrait of you in uniform.
Quick, Courteous, Individual Attention
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By the Dime Stores
No Appointment Needed
“TO IM) LESS THAN YOUR BEST ... IS TREASON!”
O.
At the bend of the winding highway leading from
the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, there was
an unobtrusive billboard sign carrying the following
slogan:
To do less than your best is Treason.
To the Americans whom the sign faced on their
way back to the States, this billboard had little mean
ing and in many cases went unnoticed. For it was
December 6, 1941, and America was determined to stay
out of this new war. America.had all the guarantees
which a peace-minded nation could expect. Japan had
sent a “peace mission” to Washington; and our two
oceans "prevented" al! threats of an invasion. What
meaning could such words convey to us? But Canada
had hoped and prayed for peace, too, and she was at
war! By this billboard she was extending a friendly
warning to her neighbors with whom she had lived in
perfect harmony for well over a century.
A year passed. Japan had desecrated the honor
of her own “peace mitsion". Our two wide oceans
had seemed to contract: our outposts in the Pacific
and Alaska were bombed and some even occupied bv
the enemy. Your own sons and brothers have journeyed
on the high seas to far off lands to save not only your
honor but YOl’K very lives. Hartl as it was to realize,
America, too, was at War!
When a soldier does “less than his best” on the
field, he is a deserter. But this is not only the soldier’s
war: it is the war of every man, woman, and child on
the face of the earth. Ask the widows in Belgium,
in Holland, in Yugoslavia; let the orphans in China, in
England, in AMERICA awaken you to the stark reality
of YOUR responsibilities.
Your failure to comply with the War Department’s
Class “A" Pay Reservation Plan for the purchase of
War SAVINGS Bonds can have no other meaning but
treason. Nowhere else in the world dr.es a government
ask its people to VOLUNTEER their Savings at
interest, for the rest of the world no longer possesses
savings. The other day a soldier asked how much he
should reserve from his pay to buy bonds. This is the
only answer he received: “The most you can save is
the least you can do.”
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l-aff of The Week: Bainbridge
Army Flying School, Ga. ... When
two ferry pilots landed here last
I
! week und requested overnight ac-
(It'S Tips: A pnvate. according
mommodations. the operations of
to THE COMMUNIQUE," Loui»i-
fice called the Officer of the Day.
ana, spent all last week brushing
“Sure,” said the OD. “just send
up on hms military courtesy in
them down to the BOQ.”
preparation for his interview as a
"I’m sorry, sir, but I don’t think
prospective candidate for OUS.
the Bachelor Officer's Quarters
Came the great day, the nervous
would be ... er. quite suitable ...”
private approached the CD's sanc
"What do you mean!” interrupt
tum. To asaurt* himself there would
ed the indignant OD. "we may not
be no error he stopped at the desk
be on a par with the Astor, but if
outside the office and inquired of
the BOQ is good enough for the
the soldiei sviitcd there: "Say. Rud.
permanent personnel it ought to b»‘
what side of the room doc« the
good enough fur the transients,
Colonel sit on*"
What do they want, anyway.
Then was a brief pause. “I,"' country club?“
said the Colonel, “sit right here."
"But. sir,” said the operations
clerk, “these ferry pilots
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show« r or tub daily. Dress in olive I it never snows in Oregon
drab, and mix with others cf hia
Especially in Cauip Adair:
kind.
Toughen with maneuvx'rs. Put that fur-lined thinking cap on
Grata slightly on top-kick's nerve«
Man, and gate at the balmy air.
Ad«i lilierul portions of baked beans What are those white specks float
and corn««! beef. Season with Wind, I
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tain, run and »now. Sweeten from ;
Or why I «mr Long D’s? Man,
time to tune with «-h«>colate boro. ;
Hat,
Lot smoke occasMiially Rake in , Why must you always act the
110 degree« in the summer an»i let j
clown?
tool in below aero weather in the j
That's our famous frozen mist!
Pvt. Andrew Gelet.
winter Stand right Mde up and boy
you'v« got a MAN!
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