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About Camp Adair sentry. (Camp Adair, Or.) 1942-1944 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1943)
CT A re I Camp Adair Sentry ; Shortages Bring Up Another Problem : Or, Are Horses Going to the Dogs? Recently, in the QM Post Sta- j hies, a condition arose that caused xhe following letters to be ex changed. To help set the stage for the readers, or reader, depending on whether or not the Sentry starts raising its prices, we’re writing this Tittle preface. A horse, by the name of Boots, which happens to be Major Brandt’s. Poet QM Property Offi cer. particular pride and joy, was taken a bit ill. This was brought to the attention of Lt. Frank, purchasing and contracting Officer, who “ribbingly” sent the following letter to the Director of Supply: Memorial Union Ballroom To Be Setting for Dance Beautiful Memorial Union ballroom, on the campus of Ore gon State College, Corvallis, will be the setting for a gala dance next Saturday night, April 3, under auspices of the Defense Recreation Committee of Cor vallis. The dance will start at 8 p. m. and all enlisted men and their wives are cordially invited. The Junior Hostess League of Cor vallis will be on hand as dancing partners for the EM stags. Entertainment at intermission will be. offered by Adair talent and there will be specialty num bers and prizes. T Sgt. Bob Black’s SCU Band will play for dancing. SUBJECT: Dog Food TO: Director of Supply, Camp Adair, Oregon 1. Considerable difficulty has been encountered by the Purchas ing and Contracting Section in ob recommended that all 36 be retired taining sufficient horse meat to be to greener pastures. 2. Attention is invited to para used as Food and Forage for the graph 6, Daily Bulletin No. 14, dogs in this station. 2. It is believed that this situa Headquarters Camp Adair, Oregon, tion could be relieved by a disposi dated January 16, 1943; paragraph tion of some of the older horses 4, Daily Bulletin No. 46. Head now on hand. Further, information quarters Camp Adair. Oregon, dat has been received informally to ed February 23. 1943; and to para the effect that one nag named graph 4, Daily Bulletin No. 47, "Boots” is on her last legs and it Headquarters Camp Adair, Oregon, is recommended that authority be dated February 24. 1943. If terms ! obtained to I & I her and dispose I stated in paragraph 1. above, are' J not practicable, it is requested that ' of her remains as dog food. BENJ. H. FRANK, I subject of basic communication 1st Lt., Q.M.C. “Dog Food” be changed in order Pureh. 4 Centr. Officer that animals may aid in critical shortage referred to in above men Now. Major Brandt, being pretty tioned Daily Bulletin. In this event. busy as Supply Officer as well as j it is also requested that the one playing Manager of the QM Offi mule, his hide being entirely too cer’s softball team, let it lay a day; tough to conform to such use. be only to receive the following letter. disposed of as indicated in para graph 1, this communication. J. H. BRANDT, j SUBJECT: Unanswered Major. Q.M.C. | Correspondence Post Supply Officer, j TO: Maj. J. H. Brandt, Quarter master Supply Officer, Camp Adair, Oregon ANSWER BOX 1. The records of this office not indicate receipt of reply to Indorsement, this office. March Q. Can you tell my why there, 1943, to letter same date, Subject: never is a Company “J”? “Dog Food.” A. “I” and “J” are too similar | 2. In this connection your at tention is directed to the provisions in appearance, so “J” has been I of Paragraph 8, AR 340-15 which ’ eliminated. Q. Do enlisted men in the Army .-tate that military correspondence will be answered within a twenty- receive a $10 increase in their sal- four hour period or that a written ary after 12 months of service? A. No. Before the pay of enlist 1 eport giving the reason for the ed men was increased last summer. delay will be furnished. 3. The continued delay in receipt they did receive an additional $10 of this information is considered after a year’s service. This practice by this office as facetious, deroga- J was abolished by the same measure tory. and indicative of contempt, which granted the general pay Wi- and it is desired that the necessary crease. report be furnished immediately | q ]-ie taken out war insurance i and that you furnish a statement for $2,000 and named my father as by indorsement hereon showing beneficiary. If I'm killed in action, what action you have taken to pre-1 my father receive any other elude the recurrence of these and insurance from the government and. similar errors. if so. can he get it in one lump By order ol the Director of Sup- ; sam? ply Division. A. Your father will receive only the amount of insurance that you KENNETH HORNE. Major. Q.M.C have taken out. However, if he was Assistant Director.' dependent upon you for support, he may receive a monthly pension This, of course, called for an1 from the government, in addition immediate answer. So. taking a i to his insurance benefits, which | hitch in hia trousers .he dashed off also will be paid only in monthly 1 installments. this reply: Q. My wife writes that shea go- j SUBJECT: Unanswwcd Ing to enlist in the women’s reserve K Correspondence of the Marine Corps. Isn’t there ‘ TO Director, Sppply a»i,>ervjcp t some restriction against married Diwsioh, Camp Adair. Oregon )one> enUatmg in that reserve if , AW: MAJOR Horne. ‘her husband"- in the Army? 1. Cansidenng the average com i A. No. Married women are ghgi- : bined age of the animals referred j ble to enlist in the women's reserve I to in basic letter and the services of the Marine Corps •« lonK •* ‘bey | of which they have been required ' are not married to a Marine and ( to perform, it is the ophnoti of thu do not have any children under IB. I officer that 36 anfrnaK <36 hnr»<«« and 1 5nule) be put on Inventory and inspec ti ng Report Pa p dtng de r ! Thursday, April 1, 1943 A Column for Camp Adair Civilian Employees Page Eleven A Break For Men Overseas Restrictions on mail overseas to Army post offices have been modified by the War Depart ment to permit sealed parcels, not exceeding eight ounces in weight, on which first-class postage is prepaid. These par cels may lie sent without ap proval of the addressee’s com manding officer, post office of ficials announced. This ruling will facilitate sending small essential articles such as wrist watches, cigarettes and candy. team in the field—crying for coti- petition. Practice is going well, . the organization ia practically cot • ' plete, according to Mrs. Dorothy Voorhees, promoter. The manager of this, our first contender for softball honors, is Mary Kiser, ar. I the lady with the curves—we mean she does the pitching—is Velma. Phornton, of Albany. The only things lacking are equipment aid opponents. Let not this challenge go unheeded. The first casualty of the baseball season is a broken finger sustained by Wanda Kelly. She is not so efficient now at handling stock cards but she is as charming as ever and hopes to be back in the line-up by baseball time. We will miss Ann Newell’s • I bright smile and bright red coat New Sparkler for she will no longer be seen run 1 All the girls at the Hospital ar® ning around ramp. In the future admiring a new diamond on th» she will be located at the front hand of Miss Pauline McGill. She desk in Post Engineer’s Main of- are happy to be here, and glad to says the date is indefinite, bat fice. fie of service. th-* lucky fellow who depletes our staff is Mr. No clan Wolfe, a Seat The only thing that has We Also Serve tle a-chitect. dissatisfied is that we hud I With these words we introduce ognition (except the PX girls) in a new column, for the civilians at 1 i the Sentry, and here we are get- I Mrs. Helen Green of Camp Ord Camp Adair. Yes, we also serve. ’ jting that Hooray! The column will nance Office, who recently flew We do the laundry, mend the be edited through Employee Rela [home to Salt Lake City, Utah, hi* clothes, fix the furnace, run the tions, but the material will come I just returned to start work m tne warehouse, pump the water, build from all of us, so 'et us send in warehouse as storekeeper. the houses, attend the sick, wait Ever since she was knocked fur our share of the quips, quotes, on tables, cut down the poison a loop when the rifle rhe w.:» cracks, gripes and notes, and push oak, operate the service clubs, the this heading right through the top shooting kicked, Helen has been Red Cross and the PX’s—in fact of the page. We will try to get determined to try and find out just sometimes we get to thinking we 1 enough brief personals to fill one- what makes them tick. She’s still do ALL the work. Gf course that 1 ; column length. Send, phone or trying. isn’t so. It’s a partnership. (Let's* I bring to Employee Relations, Post you and me get together and do What’s this about a certain I Headquarters, phone 2888. something for US.) “Miss,” in a certain office and t >> We carry passes insteud of tags. j “Great Lover’ — A Sgt. ------ ? and we all go home at night, but Spring Is Here we are working for the same I The first sign of spring—a base Prisoners of Germany are for cause as the rest of the army. We ball game. The Post Laundry has a bidden to go to church. :r TWO CAFETERIAS!! BOTH SERVICE CLUBS • CAFETERIA No. 1 NOW OPEN WITH A NEW STAFF OF ATTENDANTS . . . . • CAFETERIA No. 2 « NOW CLOSED FOR A FEW DAYS FOR EXTENSIVE REMODELING AND RE-DECORATED THROUHGOUT... RENOVATING! . . . WATCH FOR THE NEW APPETIZING MODERATE PRICED RE-OPENING DATE OF THIS POPULAR RENDEZVOUS . . . ' MENUS... IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN TO OUR NEW CAFETERIA ..YOU ARE MISSING A REAL TREAT IN EATING PLEASURE ...OUR DOORS ARE OPEN DAILY FROM 7 A. M. TO 10 P. M. ON SUNDAY FROM 8 A. M. TO 10 P. M. • WE BELIEVE YOU WILL AGREE WITH US AFTER YOU SEE OUR NEW CAFE TERIA THAT IT RANKS WITH THE BEST IN EATING PLACES . . . COME IN NEXT WEEK AND GIVE CAFETERIA NO. 2 A TRY'...
