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Vol. 1, No. 50.
Wolf Engineers
Are Bettie Unit
D.S.M. Bestowed on General Moore
I
Under Col. Ott Given
Official Flag, Colors,
The engineer battalion of the
Timber Wolf division last Satur
day moniing '■ec-i'iie a full-fledged
L battle organization, with the pre
sentati >n of the official national
and battalion colors.
Th présentât ion of the A meri-
«an flag, and the officially author-
I ized battalion standard, was made
! by General G. R. Cool", command-
ling general of the Timber Wolf
division, to Lt. Colonel Chester W.
Ott. commanding officer of the en
gineers. Driving wind a"d rain
I failed to dim the colorful cere
mony. nor handicap the troop- who
marched in review following the
event.
“These two symbols represent
your country and your battalion."
1 General Cook told the men. “Be
¡-proud of them. Maintain *hat pride
i in vour training, and on into com-
, bat.”
Assurance that every man in the
battalion would carry on as charged
l| by the general was given by Col.
Ott in his response.
The standard was officially au
thorized by the war department.
this basis- ’
-The Arab people are entirely
afferent than what I bad pictured I
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Against a colorful background
of national and regimental colors,
Sgt. Gilbert Steinmarder’s the distinguished service medal was
weekly report for Special Serv a w u r d e d to Br ligadier-General
ices read as follows:
Bryant E. Moore, assistant divi-
1. For the first time in the
sional commander of the Timber
history of the Guest Houses a
Wolf division, at a i special regi-
baby was born in Guest House mental review held here on the Tim
No. 1 at 0700. March 26, 1943.
ber Wolf parade ground last Sat
| 2. The d-irce at the Field urday.
House tool; place on schedule.
The honor is the second conferred
upon Gent nil Moore for participa
tion in the Guadalcanal engage
ment. The silver star for gallantry
in action was awarded him two
weeks ago.
The citation for General Moore
said, in part: "His regiment was
the first army contingent in ground
Lions Club Presents
combat with the Japanese on Guad
'Battle of the Bands' alcanal, and under his leadership
distinguished itself in defense of
This is April 1, but the Albany Henderson field and counter-attack
Lions club say that they are not in October. 1942, in the successful
'ocling in sponsoring the War I offensive near Kolipoint in No
Bond Jamboree this evening. Fea vember. and in the brilliant defence
turing Al Benning’s orchestra and of a major portion of the American
the 382nd Infantry Dance band, position west of the Matanikau
the Battle of the Bands will be river from November 21 to De
held at the Albany Moose balliOom cember 16.”
tonight at 8:30 p.m.
The citation also lauded General
The price of admission is 75 cents Moore for his “outstanding ability,
for men and 50 cents for ladies. as a division staff officer, to or
Bonds to help win the war will be ganize and co-ordinate bis efforts,
sold at the jamboree.
which contributed materially to the
Included in the four hours of successful mission of the force.”
fast moving entertainment and
The new medal was affixed to
dancing are five acts of floor show General Moore's breast by Major
amusements, and door prizes. Also General C. R. Cook, commanding
on the program is Dorothy Evans general of the Timber Wolf divi-
who will sing.
sion.
Big Pond Jamboree
'n Albany Tonight
Fa-hoes of the cheers that swept the Timber Wolf Division
last Saturday when Brigadier-General Bryant E. Moore, assistant
divisional commander. received the distinguished service medal,
remain today. Major General Gilbert R. Cook, commander, be
stowed the medal. The citation, one of the highest wartime
honors given a soldier, was the second in as many weeks presented
to General Moore since his return from Guadalcanal last January.
Two weeks ago he received the silver star for gallantry in action,
also pinned on his chest by General Cook.—Cut courtesy "The
Oregonian."
Colonel’s Son Finds Arabs Not So
i Immaculate, But — — WAAC
’s Lite of Party
j«
— —
i When a colonel receives an ori-
| entation lecture from a sergeant
khat’s news.
With that rather hackneyed in
troduction out of the way, we whisk
I you to somewhere in Africa where
I T Sgt. Douglas G. McCoy is writ
ing to his dad, Col. Gordon H.
McCoy. Post Commander. Take it
away. Sergeant:
“If the Army is doing nothing
else for me (the letter reads) it is
certainly giving me a chance to
see the world. I M England not
wry long ago «nd have been so
ftwy .-«ee I have been here I
“haven’t hai a chance to write The
climate here is marvelous ar I re
minds me of the <l:maU in the
spet vot hope to retire in. 'Ed.
fWK Any local Chamber of Com-
merer can claim the Colonel on,
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WEEK IN REVIEW
DEPARTMENT
By Gen. Cook in Review
I ¡Drawings by Pfc. Don Lynch)
Moore Gets 2nd Award
For Guadalcanal Featl
Timber Wolf Ass't. Commander i
Decorated by Maj. General Cook
Timber Wolf Battalion
Life's Little Ironies
If it was raining soup. Chap
lain ----- of this post, would
probably find himself with a
fork in his hand. The Chaplain
sat in on a friendly poker game
in a BOQ a few evenings ago
and his first hand included all
four aces. Alas and alack—the
officers were playing “low-ball"
poker in which the low hand
wins.
$1.50 a Year by Mail
Camp Adair, Oregon, Thursday, April 1. 1943.
! 'House of Magic'
} At Camp Theatres
j Tonite and Friday
them to be. They look as if they
had never washed since being born
and their clothes consist of any
thing they can find. I have seen
Continued on page 12, column 2
I’ve «een Arabs »earing
barracks bags.”
i Pvt. Harry Klissner Waxes Eloquent;
i But Don't Let This Treatise Fool You
11
By Pvt. Harry Klissner
{ with stone and wooden implements.
The Romans gave this month the ' Of course as now, I don't imaging
name of Aprilis, derived from the that our middle age farmers worked
Latin, aperire, to open, probably | worked in the rain any more than
because it is the season when the do our tillers of the soil today«*
General Electric's informative1 buds spread out.
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As we
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under«
and amazing show, “The House of 1
I By the Anglo-Saxons it wa« brush can attain enormous height
Magic." which thrilled at the New |
' called Ooster, which is a Germanic when it isn’t trimmed.
York world's fair, will be present- I
i word meaning Easter.
In the olden days, the wet seasog
ed free to soldiers tonight
and I _. _ . .
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tomorrow evening at the Campl
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i grass month and per haps from this, a farmer went out to cultivate nig
Adair Theatres.
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the green grass, is derived the idea land. Before the rams Ix-gan, M
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of playing tricks on the first of the might have forgotten some favor«
o'clock
dock tonight, at Theatre 3. To-
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month, a practice which takes place ite stick or stone which lie used
morrow night will show at Theatre
in all European countries.
jin plowing or turning over ground.
5. same times, it was announced ;
The Teutons have a song called When he started to look for hid
by Lt. Maynard Grander, theatre'
“The Schnitzel Bank” which has J tool, it wasn't to lx- found. Therd
officer.
, been translated into the English , were too many weeds, underhraal^
Details as to the feature are
as “And the Grass
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—
Grew All “And the Grass Grew
All Around,
lacking, but the performance is
Around. All Around!”
All Around,” He couldn't find wba|
said to be startling, and strictly
I There is no substantiating proof I he had lost; it happened to bQ
“off the screen." It lasts approxi
that this old song was written for April 1. The farmer was fooled
mately one hour. W A. Gluesing
All Fools Day. but then again, it while the "Grass Grew All Arount^
is show director, assisted by Ken-
could have been since the origin All Around.”
neth Strobel.
of fooling people on this day has | l*erhapr in a nearby field, farm«
I been lost.
er, Biff Jones, noticed his friend
ISO DANCE
I During the latter part of March looking for an implement and
L'SO Club, Corvallis, will hold and all of April, there are frequent imagined he saw it and therefor«
its first dance at the L'SO club showers, Camp Adair not excepted. pointed the object out to hi«
Saturday Service men will dance Water perpetuates growth. In neighbor. The article turned out U»
to the tunes of a fine Army band, medieval time» when people were I* the root of a bush instead of
Al) are welcome.
( not so civilized, plowing was done Continued on page 7, columa |
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