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O regon sta ^ f librai A weekly journal de voted to maintaining mo.r*'e with the respon sibility of circulating Post information and news at Camp Adair, Oregon. MAR. 2^* i WXaage- (^nua?34<drui - Vol. 1, No. 48. ment, USO programs for towns surrounding Camp Adair will be published each week. You will find tbr— ”»b- ulated on page r.i.ie. Camp Adair. Oregon. Thursday, March 18. 1943. $1.50 a Year by Mail SILVER STAR TO BRIGADIER GENERAL MOORE Gen. Cook Bestows Award in Ceremony Timber Wolves, For First Time, Pass in Review Before Generals . By I’vt. Jim O’Connell Award of the Silver Star, for gallantry in action, was ■ •’st Saturday conferred upon Brigadier General Bryant E. foore. assistant commander, before the assembled Timber 'Volf division. ♦ Following award of the citation, for General Moore’s gallantry in action at Guadalcanal Nov. 23, the entire Timber Wolf division passed in review for the first time since its last Sept. 15 activation- before its commanding generals, Division Essentials Go to al Commander Major General Gil bert R. Cook; General Moore and So’diers Overseas Brigadier General William C. Post exchanges within the con- Dunckel, artillery commander. Significantly, General Moore nental limits of the United States joins both of the other Timber ■ive given up high priority rating Wolf Division genersls as wear n all items except for a limited er of the Silver Star. General st of those deemed essential to Cook and General Dunckel won »aintain the morale of a soldier the award during World War I n an Army post, the War Depart- in France. The medal is the second won by -tent announced. The purpose is the Timber Wolf division. Sgt. o save materials and transports- Clarence D. Leach was last fait ion. conferred the Soldier’s Medal, for Since it is necessary to get as bravery shown when a truck acci any conveniences as possible to dently caught fire. oldiers overseas, overseas post ex- Impressive Ceremony hanges will not be affected. Actu- Saturday’s entire ceremony was ’ly, the soldiers within the conti- perhaps the most impressive seen »ntal limits of the United States at this Post. -e giving up their high rating on The Silver Star award to Gen ■rtain items such as wrist watches, eral Moore, whose home is Ells •shlights anil flashlight batter- worth, Maine, was by order of the os so that the men who are in for- Commanding General, United :gn lands may be assured of get States Army Forces in the South ting these and similar items. Pacific Area. Not affected by the new ruling At the time of the action Gen ne candies, soft drinks, ice cream, eral Moore was a colonel, and took 'hewing gum, tobacco, certain toi an active part in the Guadalcanal let articles and equipment cleaning campaign. The citation described items, which are considered neces the action: sary in the normal camp life of a “An infantry battalion being re. soldier in the U.S. Army. lieved from a defensive position Most drastically affected are ar was subjected to extremely heavy ticles of clothing and accessories, and effective enemy fire by which handkerchiefs, ties, coats, shirts the battalion commander had been and underwear. This does not mean seriously wounded, and two of hia that these items are not to be sold staff officers and a number of en in the post exchanges, but merely listed men at the command post that their priorities have been had been killed.” (Continued on Page 10, Col. 5) lowered. "‘Xs Cede Priority Manv 61 Items * f or gallantry action at Guadalcanal. }>» atier General Bryant E. Moore, assistant commander of the Timber Wolf Division. wa« presented with the 'iher -tar last Saturday amid imp’-c «iva ceremonies. After presentation of the medal the enti e division passed in review before the General Staff. Above is the limber Wolf Color Guard and General Moore. Public Relations photo. This /$ For You and Me, Soldier! “Just a minute there, Soldier! Were YOU one of thos? 4,000 men? Did YOU receive some of that $60.000.00? Well, if you aren't—and if you didn't—it’s a safe bet that your buddy was. and did. If he didn’t, some soldier in your Company or Battery did. At any rate, you know some one in your outfit who was in that group, and who got part of that money. “What am I talking about? I hoped yoq would ask that ques tion. I’m talking about the 4.000 men in this camp—Camp Adair— who have received assistance from the American Red Cross. I'm telling you that the Red Cross Field Office (and don't pretend you don’t know where it is!) here in our camp has put out $60.000.00 to soldiers in emergency situations, since the camp started a few months ago. That's a lot'of money! And every cent of it went to help some of you guys who were in an awful hurry to get home Tiecause some one you loved very much was ill-—or had passed away. Remember? Sure you do. You remember when that telegram came. Y’ou recall the worry and anxiety, how you sweated; you remember that sick feeling you had inside! And you won’t ever forget the sincere gratitude you felt that the Red Cross was here to assist you at such a time. ‘Sixty tho usand dollars!— used for emergi ncies ri icht here in Camp Adair! Multi inly that bv all the earn ps of simile .« ixe in the United States, and y<m pet some ideai of the 1imount of mone y needed to carry on Just this-* ce pha?e of the Red Cro fs Program. Army Day Just Ain't In This Army The Army will forego its us ual method of celebrating Army Day on April 6, this year. The custom of sponsoring numerous parades and large dinners on that day cannot be reconciled with the War Department's pol icy of strict adherence to na tional conservation policies in transportation, fuel and food, it has been announced. Likewise the diversion of numerous units from war-time tasks is incon sistent with the present intensi fied training program. Couldn't This Also Have Happened in Corvallis? Mem phi«* -((’NS)- Tran per« in a traveling ISO ah<»w «pent (he night in jail here recently. The unit Ms forced to «pend the nirht in the lock-up because of a rri take in hotel reservations. Police xe^t Investment In Humanity And. ytt. some guy1* have rranned and cussed beciause they couldn’t out a request for all patrol ear« to report available accommodation«. ivr rot the Red Cro * « fr.r nw^ rpiiliz® «nd1 kn < that when None were f mnd. so the actor*» Yeah, I said Mae! Most of went to jail— and to h*d. (Continued <>n page 10, column 3.) Fashion Note: The Well-Dressed Nurse • To Discard Prim Starched Gown for OD The Fashion wires are buzzin*, cousin, with news of the cheerful new uniforms to be worn by Army nurses. For these latest creations are the joint inspiration of the Quartermaster Corps and the world's foremost de igners of wo men's clothes. The idlea was to combine the hardheadled practicality of the QM*« wit h the kind of line and fabric th;at» make a girl look her he«t. So your wc-ll-drei-sed Army nume wil 1 discard her prim white ptarehed uniform for a brown and ite pin-striped seerwekar, for rseas duty. Here at home a brown uniform of the same design as the present white, will be all the vogue. On the street the Nurses’ Corp« will l>e bedecked in real OD’s . . , following the fabric and pattern ideas used by all women in the army. The nurses will, however, have the benefit of that perpetual female prerogative - - their hat* will be for nurses alene. And this tops it: For work in theaters of < '»«»rations Army nurse will swaddle themeelvea in that olivi* drab herringbone that you have in your own fatigues. It’s a pood thing a man still has the cigar to himself!
