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Notes From a Soldier's Sketch Book
Published by the Camp Adair Sentry, publisher, Box 347, Cor
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the Camp Public relations Office, is available for general release.
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News contributors to this issue: Lt. George H. Godfrey,
Public Relations officer: S Sgt. E. A. Brown, associate director;
S Sgt. R. L. Black, T 4 Raymond C. Johnson, ('pl. John J.
Gulielman, Pfc. Wallace Rawles. Pfc. Rolrert Ruskauff, Pvt. James
O'Connell, Pvt. Raymond M. Rogers.
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TALK IS NOT CHEAP
On the day that we donned the uniform of the United
StateH Army we began to learn things about the Army, things
■ that Hitler and Hirohito would like to know to aid them in
attacking our country, our familiea, our cities, our homes,
our farm«, and ourselves. Every day since then we have
been entrusted with information, and we will continue to be
entrusted with more and more information so long as we
are privileged to wear the uniform. And the more we learn,
the more the agents of Hitler and Hirohito can get out of us;
that is, only if they are smarter than we nrs. Every bit of
military information is of value to the enemy, no matter
how «mall.
Conceit is the most common cause of leakage. Ninety
per cent of indiscretions arc the result of it, and 99 per cent
of us are vulnerable to it.
Why do we boast? Most of us to impress a woman.
That is understandable enough. Everyone tends to “hand
out a line," when out with a girl. There is little harm in it.!
and providing you leave the service out of it, you can go .
ahead. The Army really isn’t too much concerned al>out the
fact that a corporal is able to persuade his girl that he gave
up $50,000 a year when he Joined the Army or that he Would
have been a senator if it hadn’t been for the war, as long
a« his “line” doesn’t include service matters.
We may be on secret duties. If that is so, we must
remember that these are the Army’s secrets, and that we
have no right to share them with anyone.
There will always be a temptation to boast when you
know a lot more than the other people you are with. It is
admittedly very hard to pretend you know nothing when in
point of fact you know everything; and in order to try to j
satisfy your conceit without giving much away, you may
find yourself just hinting at all you know. That is fatal.
If a thing in serrH, you must not even hint at its existence.
The trouble about this boasting is that it is so contagious. ,
4 A”man boasts to his girl friend of what he is doing jtiNt to J
impress her, and she In her turn boasts to all of her friends
about the importance of her boy friend just to impress them.
It becomes a vicious circle with everybody trying to outdo
everybody else in the magnitude of the secret information
vhjch they can impart.
No one is easier to "pump' than the man who is "handing
out a line." It is only necessary to pretend not to believe
him, and he will get so indignant that he spills a lot more,
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or to pretend to be lost in admiration of him, and he will get
so pleased with himself that he will keep right on talking.
A lot of soldiers today are worried about their war effort.
They feel they are not accomplishing much in the monotony
II of training. And so they talk a lot about their work in order
I to convince people that they really are doing their bit, and
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if they are on anything secret they talk about it all the more.
Think it over. Soldier!
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(MUTTERINGS
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BERMAN'S DRUG STORE
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have a little vaseline with your pills!
WHITE DUCK BRAND
HEADQI ARTERS C\.MP ADAIR
Pimp Adair. Oregon
January 27, 1943
DONTS IN SALUTING
The following is reproduced from A. G. School Bulletin
January, 1943:
1. I MINT salute the driver of a motor vehicle in motion;
salute only the passengers, if any.
2. DONT salute with a hand in pocket.
3. DONT salute at double time (running!. Come dow n to
quick time (a walk).
4. . DON’T hesitate to salut«- a junior if he is unable to or has
failed to salute you. This is goo«l form as a military courtesy,
but does not condone failure to salute if junior is able to do so.
6. . DONT salute with piper, cigar or cigarette in mouth, or
in right hand.
. IMJN'T salute if your arms are full. Some other form of
recognition is considered courteous.
7. Return all salutes- smartly and correctly; especially those
of enlisted men.
8. Be sure to salute the national color or national standard
when it passes and is part of s forms'ion (including color
guard). Salute when the color or standard is six paces
from you and hold the salute until it is six paces beyond you.
If in doubt, salute.
9. Sainte the natlonnl color each time you pass It when it is
on a pike or lance, except when it is cased.
10. Be prepared to salute the flHg us it is lowered at retreat,
unless you are imloors. Stand at attentl«>n during the sound
ing of retreat and the firing of the gun; then salute at the
first note of the national anthem (or To The Colors). Hold
the salute until the final note. If you cannot sec the flag. 1 <
face the salute and music.
II. DON’T salute as a member of a social gathering held under
cover during the playing of the national anthem or a display
of th«1 colors. Stand at attention. (You would salute at a
football game, but not in u theater.)
12. DON'T stand at attention or salute when the national anthem
is played over the radio, except us purl of a ceremony, or
when you nre in a public gathering.
13. Salute before and after making a formal report to a superior
officer (except as otherwise prescribed as part of a ceremony).
When making n formal i-c|x>rt to your coinmunding officer
in his office, follow this procedure: (a) Ktux-k on his door,
unless you are ushered in; (b) Advance to within two paces
and hall; (c) Salute; (di Report: "Sir, Captain Smith reports
etc,." or some such appropriate remark. Always precede
your report by “Sir." und by stating your name. If you are
not a member of the command, state your name, organiza
tion. duty and cite your travel ordvrs if you are reporting
for temporary or permanent duty. Upon leaving withdraw
to two paces, salute und depart. 5’ou should be uncovered
before entering, unless you nre armed.
14. Mak«- n special point of being courteous to n lady. A salute
is preferable to removal of tn«- headdress, If she pauses to
converse with you, remain covered. At the close of the
conversation, salute, if a salute was used in greeting. A
saint«- may be rendered to any civilian, in lieu of th«- civilian
form of greeting.
15 DONT fail to render or return the salut«- when you are with
» lady.
1« Do salute members of the Army Nurse Corps, the WAVES,
mid th<- WAACS an«f female Contract Surgeons (who rank as
first lieutenants). Exchange of salutes with the Army Nurse
Corps, who ar«- part of th«- Army, and the WAVES, who arc
part of the Navy is requind hy regulations. Though the
WAACS and the female Contract Burgeons are with th«-
Army, while not of it. normal military courtesies should be
obs -rved.
17. When overtaking and passing an officer, you should salute.
IK. DON'T salute officers of your office during th«- daily routine.
It is courteous however, to rise and salute your commanding
officer when he enters the headquarters at the l>eginiiing
of the «lay.
19. It is not necessary to interrupt the work of an office, when
Thousands of British-made Lend
it is visited by an officer on routine business. If the officer
GENERAL ORDERS DEPT.
, leased barrage balloon ls now pro-
ad«ln -ses you. you should give him your courteous attention
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West Coast a. of
the United
you you nce«l mit rise unless he is your commanding offieec,
Alaska,
failed
to
give
a
lieutenant
Sti-tes,
a general officer, a stranger, or an inspecting officer. When
th«- formality of th«- occasion demands that you stand to
attention, remain standing until he is seated
First, I made friends there und
had associations which always will
be dear. Some of them are in the
combat outfits, for I got around a
lot, but naturally more of them are
tlume of the Servic«- Command Unit,
Even when I applied for a trnns- and a few of the dooreat arc civil
r fer lo Governor'a Island, at the ians. Certain ones I talked with
c«»st of falling from the ditty very little, yet their personalities
heights of a sergeant to the estate greatly appealed to mt* and I want
of a private. I knew (hut it would them all to know that I shall never
be so, and I went through with the fairget th, in and that I sbvuld like
« transfer solely bccauae this city 1» to keep in touch with them
a
The s«-»-ond reason for my attach-
my home and I misstsl my wife and
I incut to Camp Adair is that I con
«laughter
(if course most of you sorely long sistently did the best 1 eouhl and
f for bom«- and the nu-mbero of your all of my “muttarings” •“» Lar leads
FOR THE RECORD
househol«!. and why should I have up to th«- wisth'in that lies in that
If the Dental Clinic at the Station Hospital are “up to their
this privilege and not y«iu? I cun ’ fart. I am older than most of you
teeth hi the war effort" with a 100', Officer and Enlisted Man
Ogive no reason which satisfies my [ older than aomc general» and col-
participation ill the Ulas» "A” Pay Reservation Plan, the
cuiiscicn«-«', ult hough thrre in an unels ami I have a right to do this
Timber Wolf Division with Major Fernley W Duey a» Divisional
that bit of preaching:
K explanation which shows
War Bond Officer are really “loading guns and shooting straight"
In rcstrospcct. the most satisfy-
mine is a »p«-cial rase.
in this vital drive. For after the issuance of last week’a SENTRY
P Being 53 y<ars old thi n, I was mu periods of life are th«- period»
announcing the Dental Clinic Staff a» the first unit at Camp Adair
admitte«! to tlie Arms last May only wh«-n you try the hardaat- At Adair
reaching the 100*. mark, it was learned that there were 5 units
i b-s-MUsc I was a war veteran ami I felt a certain loneliness, being *•
in the Timber Wolf Division which had previously hit the bull’s
* got special autliorixation from much older than most of the men
«■ye! The following iaformation is brought to the attention uf
Washington Through a possibly »taint me. It was m> Am to turn
Messieurs Hitler. Mussolini, and Hirohito: Co. M and Anti-Tank
the
dismal
dark
and
«lo
.-alia
fs ns tiro I belief that seW sacrifice out in
Co.
under Colonel John H. Corhran, Service Ittry. under Lt. Col.
■ »»• the proper cours« for anyone thenica. li was no fun to cat crude-
Edward
G. Shinkb*. ami the Timber Wolf Medical Ih taehmcnt ami
mean
hall,
ami
live
in
a
aaeeing this war as a grim rrusmle ly. in a
Onlnance Co. are all howling to the tunc of 100*7. "Thar’»
Jfor a dis-ent world. I >*in«sl up w ith hunk and a locker, And I long.xl
fighting sense in them thar Wolves'”
’tin uira of serving at th«- front, as for my wife *u much that there was
a kind of dull ache in my heart all
Tliefotv.
ask: “Is then- mail for me?”
Yeara slid eyes wers- against me. the lime.
the case of the other war and b« un
Still my tunc at Samp A«lair
Ih-spite my remonstrance, the <loc-
And my btaldy answers, “No.”
aware of that I know that I coul.
"tors marked me limited service. a good tunc, in the senae that I
Hull I k< pt away from my natural have aatiafactuin in it t«alay, ami stand this war. too
It was the same again today:
place pulila ralatmns a* lung as I know why Even if one i» inept
There's mi . thing left to do
(possible, hoping to get into a oom- at the chorea h<- must do. and ewn
I» Read I«. Write ’Em
ft I expect some letters
bot unit. But finally I was doing if he feels insignificant ami Inefec-
In order for it to get to th«
I’d better write a few
public relations work, and then 1 I tive. he can hav«- a kind of happi-
PVope -r amitene. . W O. Joa Adams
idid apply for a transfer, feeling lie«» if he just keep» on trying and
seed»
The
titty th«- following
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onu Id be ii
- - '. . ' - a i home, I trying, and make» the cauaq this
war.
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mean
hi»
personal
affair.
pel
tin«-lit
poca,
which he read
Where is the battle, dear,
»nd i ult a happier
Most fought. ! mean ?
Nuw that 1 am Imre. Camp Adair And aa months and y ears pass th!» somewhere. from Fl. Lewis:
1 There'» a kind of empty ferirne;
I »«M say. meaning here,
is a sw«-et mctnoi v, ami for twn rea okhh I of satisfaction grow -
know that Ins UU»C it hspf»' ed in All the <ln) ihn freon» ion
hi the barrack» latrine
NEW YORK < I l V Camp Adair
a is a sweet memory What's that?
,’ Did I hear somebody sugg«*st that
J blow it kiiik - w here ? Hut I mean
> that. Camp Adair is u sweet mem-
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the proper salute as he drove by
at the exchanges or in
in hi« car. The ear stopped and
the lieutenant inquired: “Sentry,
what is general order numlier ten
AMP
I The soldier recited the order cor-
I rectly. “Then why didn't you
OMMANDERS
lute?” the officer asked.
OLUMN
I order," said the sentry, "says to
salute all officers, colors ami stand
Comp Adair
ards not cased. The glass in the
windows of your car was raised—
In the civilian war effort there and I though you were cased.”—
is a newly coined word that is F rom The BROADCASTER, III.
IN BOTTLES
appearing more and more in edi i
Dr. Pepper Bottling Co., Salem
OR TWO—We know a fine re-
torials and other writings striving
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to keep the production of guns, cipe for making a peach cordial-
tanks, planes, ammunition and Buy her a drink!
other vital war materials moving
Va*»**
RUBBER DEPT. ... "A girdle
at top speed. That word is “ab
senteeism” and deals with the thou is like a Jap, thumps the FORT
sands of man hours lost along the NIAGARA DRUM. “It sneaks up
production line because of failure on you when you least expect it
of nun toshow up for work.
and it takes a good Yank to bring
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One large factory nas adopted it down.
tht- artificial atimuius of paying a
POWDER ROOM PUFFS ... "I
man in German marks for the days
he has missed during the week. have just met the most wonderful
Per Holl of 8 Pictures
Other producers have chosen obvi man, my dear. He has a B-card, a
One-Day Service
Free Enlargement
ous reminders of a like nature.
C-note, and a 4-F.”
In the armed forces the man
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power situation is different in that
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STORY HOUR ... "I represent
all the workers live under one cen the Mountain Wool Company, ma
tralized head. The number of sol dame. Would you be interested in
diers who get sidetracked between some course yarns?"
Opposite The Banks
where they sleep and where their
“Gosh, yes, tell me a couple!”
Corvallis, Oregon
duties arc is relatively small con
sidering the hundreds of thousands
ADVICE TO LOVELORN Dept.
of men row in uniform.
...Dear Madame Snafoo: I am í*A?^.W.*.W.,.WZa%WdV.NWWVWVWWWWVWWWW
Still, unless each and every sol only 19, and I stayed out until a,
dier does his part conscientiously, 2 o’clock the other morning. The I
"absenteeism” might become more sergeant objects. Did I do wrong ? 11
than a new word in our battle for —Worried.
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freedom. Let’s watch for it.
Answer: Try to remember.
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The one supreme desire of every
I officer and enlisted man in the
BEA LINER. Calif., Classified
service is to get this war over with Dept. .. . TO MEN OF 38—Getting
I as quickly as possible so that he can discharged from the Army? Do
return to his home, his loved ones you dread the thoughts of return- I
and his job. The surest way to do ing to the perils of civilian life? i
this is for everyone to do his share Then take up our up-to-the-minute
WHITE DUCK BRAND
—and do it every day until the , refresher course. It will show you
peace is won.
j how to cross a street safely, how
It is understandable that with to act in a night club, how to order |
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so many soldiers doing so many
in a restaurant, and how to keep I
things, some of them get to the
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from calling your wife, “Babe” ...!
point where they figure what they
i The Return to Normalcy Institute.
are doing is of no great importance.
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J "What difference does it make?”
they ask, “whether I miss drill for I Solomon islands, Sp). ... A stray
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an afternoon or not?" The danger bullet nipped a cocoanut which fell
lies in too many soldiers thinking I ' on Ernest M. Schficld. marine, as
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I that way. It has to be nipped at ■ he lay in a fox-hole. The cocoanut
the bud by each soldier individual broke his leg.
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ly if he is really sincere In his wish
THE CHOW HOUND
to end fighting and get back to
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In any mess hail you will see
peace time pursuits.
An oaf who's quick to pull
Of cours«' there is no way of
The above items are all well made
applying this to tne chronic “gold- All kinds of underhanded tricks
of sanforized shrunk fabrics.
brlckers" who will do anything ex
To stuff his belly full
cept work to help his fellow men. A’’Glutton for the Grub is he
Hi' is the same In civilian life and
This Monster of the Mess
should be pitied rather than cen Who taxes his capacity
CAN'T BUST ’EM
sored. Nor does it apply to the
Until he’s in distress.
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soldier who is ill. The army does
not want its men to force them His greedy eyes are everywhere
CAN'T BUST ’EM
selves through the rigors of train
His hands keep working fast
ing when llot physically fit. That is He's first to park his carcass.
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the reason it maintains the finest
And in leaving he’s the last.
medical and hospital facilities in He never passes anything.
th«' world.
But, hoards it near where he
But it does apply to those of us
Gan grab it very suddenly
who can and should do our part.
Away from you or me.
Regardless of how infinitesimal to
the war effort it may seem. To try
He never heard of Emily Post
The Quality Store Since ’84
ami explain to each soldier indi
And you can bet your shirt
vidually the reasons for the thou
Third
and
Madison
CORVALLIS
sand and one things that must be This Human Vulture’s sure to get
Your share of the dessert
done in maintaining an army of
millions of men is comparable to the It’s strange the way this greedy lug
Can run like Hell to chow.
engineer of a streamliner »topping
his speeding train every few min Yet. when his outfit double-times
He can not run no how.
utes to go back and tell his passen
gers where h(- is going.
Take it for granted that your He’s never eaten lietter chow
In all his life, still he
army ami your country knows
where it is going and <lo your bit Has got the nerve to gripe about
The Army’s quality
with the knowledge that you are
Nobody has a bit of use
doing your share.
For this disgusting rummy.
So. I suggest we use him for
A bayonet practice dummy.
By CpI. George Hindberg.
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Co. I. Stk'lnl Inf
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WHY GERMANY'S KEY CITIES
ARE NOT SMASHED-ALTHOUGH
THEY COULD BE,..< oiwo .» a «
A^ruUi?
new is«
stavica «»a
MMt • ItoMtag ■» *• fo eNaaato» «gâtait Caraway ♦ - How
th» Reich can be bombati to defeat with the proper
combinatimi ot British and American air power
teaMa Men of tk» RarMi «Maae Campai«» - First authentic
report of the vast préparât ions-arai the almost in
< nrdible meant taken in Washington to protect ibis
biggest of military aecrets
Prvgerag tor Hw» for Coastal - How clerks, st udente, (arm
boy» are turned into the world'» beet pilots, bom
barda*'», gunner» and navigator».
■mailer U.S. fovea sank tH shipe and damaged In
other» in a two-dav fight
Th** ara an/v 4 af A4 racKtog srunotetuig (reruns
;sr eawed readies
Calling by number
helps to get your call through faster!
" hen you place a long distance call, we
suggest:
Dn a station-to*atation call, give the
"perator the city and the telephone num
ber wanted.
On a person-to-person call, give the
city, the name, and the telephone number,
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vou d°n’t '«now the number, give the
«Uli name and the street address, because
here may be more than one person of the
<nme name in the called exchange.
Even if you don't know the number,
vour call can be placed at the station-to-
tion rate.
C. P. HORN
1 *■» Telephone Manager
THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO.
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