Camp Adair Thursday, April 1.1943. I’agv Two It’s A Great Life Notes From a Soldier's Sketch Book PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY » 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. Addre/s communications to “Camp Adair Sentry. Post Head­ quarter«, Camp Adair, Oregon. All news matter available for general release. All articles represent personal opinions and are not official unless specifically credited to the War Department. Subscription rate« by mail 6 mo. $1 — Year $1.50. T Sgt: Edwin A. Hruwn Managing Editor Sgt. Raymond C. Johnson, Pvt. Harry KUssner, Associate Editors Pfc. Hob Kuskauff .................... 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. \’