Camp Adair
Thursday, April 1.1943.
I’agv Two
It’s A Great Life
Notes From a Soldier's Sketch Book
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
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A weekly newspaper published by and for the military jiersonnel
of Camp Adair, Oregon, under supervision of the Post Special Services
Office. Financed by the Post Exchange.
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quarter«, Camp Adair, Oregon. All news matter available for general
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T Sgt: Edwin A. Hruwn
Managing Editor
Sgt. Raymond C. Johnson, Pvt. Harry KUssner, Associate Editors
Pfc. Hob Kuskauff
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Sports Editor
Pfc Don Lynch
Staff Artist
WHAT'S THE REASON?
AMP
OMMANDER’S
OLUMN
Camp Adair
The vital importance of food
winning war is steadily beew^H
apparent. It is a ■•••I’ainty thatwh^B
vic tory comes. American food
have done much to bring it ata^B
We in the service are singtl^H
fortunate in tins respect. While
folks at home are busily
in learning the point rationingsy^B
tern for everything from caaa^B
ai:s to porterhmi-c steak (ifHgM
are such things in civilian life) tiB
eoldiei is receiving better food,a^B
more of it, th,an ever before in hi^B
tory.
M
It is not only right, but also goo^^B
common sense to see that the »jM
dice is well fed. Napoleon’s itauM
meet that an army travels on itB
stomach was undoubtedly a rtB
phrasing of a similar remart b^B
Alexander the (ileal or Attila. BnM
s< ¡fish ailvantage of such a nertiH
sity should not be taken.
■
At Camp Adair and all ArmB
posts throughout the country. e^B
forts are being intensified to diH
to go to any battlefront, wherever our Army goes. Strictest H ate food waste for the sound pul
military secrecy, discipline and efficiency must be maintained. pose of conserving as much food«
possible from our diminishia
Ami with this kind of guidance and assistant from the Army, stocks.
American industry is more than able to do the rest, and do it New mess plans are being pi
quickly. For example, after Rommel's tanks had beaten into effect, cooks and bakers at
the English back to Alexandria, it was the report of our being taught to get most fra
Army experts that proved the need for our previously- f....Is, supplies issued and a carefl
is being made on all foo
developed self-propelled tank destroyer, made in American check
issued and thrown out.
factories under Army supervision. These tank destroyers! I However, food conservation i
In reading over the hundreds of camp newspapers that
come to this desk we can not help but notice the difference
in enthusiasm displayed by non-coms of other posts over their
clubs in comparison with the luke-warm attitude here at
camp Adair. What’s the reason?
At Camp Roberts, Fort Dix, Camp Ord and scores of
other cantonments, the non-commissioned officers’ clubs are
the gay spots of the area. Their get-togethers, from all
indications, do a great deal to promote comradery and real
down-right fun among non-coms. It’s their place of relaxa
tion—a place to forget petty selfishness and bickering over
who is more important than who for the nonce.
The non-com clubs here at Adair are (strictly from the
artistic standpoint) just about as fine as any in the world.
And that goes for clubs established before Pearl Harbor.
The newest of these—SCU 1911*3-—compares more than
favorably with any night club in Portland, or for that matter »
San Francisco or New York. If there is not the hilarity
and gayety that goes with an established bistro (without
paying more in one night than a soldier makes in a week) ;
that, to our way of figuring, is the fault of those privileged 1
to make it their rendezvous.
If the non-coms of this post would rather do bunk fatigue were then rushed to Egypt and became a decisive factor in'still dependent, in a large meisnt
or in other ways remain aloof from a fraternity that is rapidly I driving the Afrika Korps back to Tunisia. It is such achieve on the individual soldier. It a !:
becoming one of the best morale builders in this man’s army, ments that led Major General Levin H. Campbell. Jr., chief responsibility to make sure that h
that is their own perogative. But it does seem that enough of our Army's Ordnance Department, to declare that “weapon takes only what food he knows I
eat when he sits down in h
of them would exert themselves to snap enough others out for weapon, we have equipment superior in quality to that will
company mess hall.
of the doldrums if only for reasons of good common sense. of any foreign power.”
There is no longer any liumtri
To paraphrase the words of President Lincoln, ours is having eyes bigger than y«
“OUR PEOPLES ARMY"
an Army "of the people, by the people, for the people.” stomach and leaving food piled ha
I on your plate after you have eat«
Th« American Army and American industry, working We are proud of the job our Army and our industries are 1 your fill. The soldier who pens
together, have accomplished in two years nearly as much as doing, logether we can and will destroy our enemies, and . in such a practice is not aervm
I his country nor doing his part •
Germany did in ten years. That is the result of American keep our nation forever free.
. win the war.
team work, and the achievement of our "People’s Army.”
Each victory for the I nited Xl
To the Editor:
effort; watch and see if those guys
Today, as always throughout American history, the men
tions imposes new strains on Ante»
gripe
or
not.
I
need
some
help
on
the
old
farm.
of our Army come from the people. The fellow you went to
I suppose everyone has heard ican food stores as it brings
school with, the teacher who taught you geometry, the bus 1 need a man with a family who sometime
it new responsibilities for feedi«
or other, the expression,
can help. There's a five room house,
driver, the storekeeper, they're all in the Army today. They running water, barn, fruit, cow, “There are two ways to do a thing, overseas soldiers and the He*
are the same kind of people as the farmers who battled at garden, a truck, tractor, and irri- the Army way and the l ight way.” liberated people.
This should in no way be co*
Lexington, the “Green Mountain Boys” who fought with gation outfit.
That's another maligned phrase.
strued as a directive for any «oMa
I II pay a salary and a crop per There is only one way to do a to go without his just portion «
Ethan Allen, the cowpunchers of Teddy Roosevelt's "Rough
centage to the right man. It's a thing right, and that's the right nourishing food. A well-fed soldi«
Riders.”
job. I want to plant 20 acres way, and that's the Army way.
is. ninety-nine times out of onelM
I herefore there is never any danger of our country being stiff
low bottom to row crop, and there
Pfc. Morris Weldon dred, a good soldier. Even the Get
run by a military clique, for even in wartime, our Army is ate lots of backaches to the acre
Hq. Co. SCU 1911 man high command knows this,
under civilian control. Our Commander-in-Chief. the Presi in this kind of farming. 1 live at
a recent radio broadcast Herr Coe«
dent ; our Secretary of War. our Under-Secretary and Assist H12 South 10th street in Corvallis.
GOODNIGHT
' ing announced that the soldiers •
ant Secretary of War, are all civilians. The control of our We might talk it over if you are Angels of peace watch over thee Germany would eat well eW
though the captive countries star”
and bear
Army's mm and its funds rests with the Congress, all of I interested.
With our great natural resoow«
Away from mind and heart all
whom are civilians, representative of the people. This is To The Editor:
and ____
with ____
everyone
thought
of
care,
,
__
.— deine h» I*“
the traditional American democratic way of fighting and
May quiet blessings fall like heav- the soldier of our Army wiB •*
There
is
a
much
abused
and
oft
winning wars.
well and so will evety voinai W
en’s soft dew.
misused word very common, and
Many of the men now in our Army are specialists who closely connected with the Army. And dreams attend thee of the child we are responsible for* .
Let’s keep in mind that f®*“ 1
are using their civilian skills to make ours the best equipped That word is griping. It's repeat
good and true.
Army in the world. Many of them were our nation’s out edit been said, that a soldier who About thy couch press guardian ammunition. Let's not waste it-
spirit bands—
standing engineers, industrial executives, airplane designers, gripes is a good soldier. I would
Thy tears are dried by loving
like
to
disprove
the
above
fact.
mission.«».
automobile manufacturers : men like Lt. General Knudsen.
angel hands—
Now what is griping? Nothing
Keep it dark!
Brigadier Generals Ihron. Smith. Glancy, Dillon. They and more than a feeling of dissatisfac Over thy closed lids and weary
brain,
a host of others hel|>ed make the United States the production | tion concerning various things,
Lives are lost through
center of the work! Now they hold important positions in either disagreeable or objectionable Soft sleep distils her remedy for
conversation.
pain;—
Here’s a tip for the
our Army. They are men of industry working with industry to the soldier, and 'atrinogrammed
soft,—affection strong
duration, .
to achieve only one goal; th«* winning of the war as quickly from one bewildered jeep to an- Embraces
and pure
other.
When you’ve private
as possible.
Enfold thee ever, —be thou
information.
\’<nv. what doe« imping
to a
doubly sure.
This cooperation between our Army specialists and war man? Nothing mueh more than
Keep it dark!
industries has resuite«! in a tremendous increase isith in th« create w ithin himself a chronic un
—Ida H. Waite.
—The MessaT
quantity and quality of i»ur materiel. On every battlefrout. happiness. and a la« k of inner se- »
That's
For
Sure!
keen-eyed American Army observer* from our (Ini nance rarity. Observe very closely th«*
Life insurance is l»ke •
men
around
you
who
seem
to
he
Ihqqirtment watch our guns and thos«* oT our enemy in action.
chute: If you need it and
They study the accuracy, the fire power, the precision of our happy, and «elf sufficient, and se
, have it, you'll never need it
cure with themselves ami with the
weapon*. They compare them with the enemy*«. Then a | men with whom they come into
Collection of h<*us» buld * ,
complete report goes swiftly and secretly to our pruduclaai I regular contact Watch and see
Safety First
fats
throughout the count^ „
plants where Army officers, working on the spot in dowat I whether they gripe or not. Watch
hvr you hatvc news of » hat
the month of December
■uid
see
if
they
are
always
finding
collaborâtion with industry, use these hattiefront reports to
munition«.
eeeded five miUiou
<
(suit with the Way our Army runs
improv* our weapons and all other equipment
Ships
or planes or troop
record but *nly about a
thing*, always doubting the wu!
- «
(►osutons.
the goal set in the »****
These experts must be in uniform, on instant call, ready <k*m and accuracy of this War
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