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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
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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
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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.
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