Camp Adair Sentry
Thursday, April 8, 1943.
It's A Great Life
Notes From a Soldier's Sketch Book
AMP
OMMANDER’S
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T/Sg-t. Edwin A. Brown .......................
Managing Editor
Sgt. Raymond C. Johnson, Pvt. Harry Klissner, Associate ■ Editors
Pfc. Bob Ruskauff ..............................
Sports Editor
Pfc. Don Lynch
.......................................................................... Staff Artist
WIN IT—WIN IT SOON
By Henry Beckett
the kind of world they would like
to have when the fighting ceases,
Governors Island, N. Y. — The
True, there must be plans, even
winning of the war is our immedi
now, but the emphasis still should
ate task. Are we all working at it
be on winning the war rapidly, be
as hard as we can. That is the
cause the good plans can’t be ful
question before us and of course
filled if the war drags on too long.
the answer is “No!”
The good plans all imagine nations
Certainly the men at the front
of people who are still capable of
make it a full-time job. They must.
reason, still receptive to kindly in
Certainly that is true on all ships
fluences, still sane and sound.
pushing their precarious way across
Yet while we plan, the Axis pow
great waters. Life depends upon it.
ers are waging a new and more
Also we know that in government
dreadful kind of war. They are
and industry and nursing and vari
deliberately maiming the minds and
ous wartime activities a great many
bodies of the men, women and chil
people are drawing on their reserve
dren — especially children — who
energy today.
must make the future. They
It’s a question that every man exterminating a race. They
should put to himself. The situa putting a blight on humanity it
tion is that grave. Earlier in the self Our best information is that
war much was said, publicly and 7,000,(100 foreigners are slaves
privately, to the effect that time within Germany, that hundreds of
was on our side, and that was true, I thousands of children are perma-
in the sense intended. Unless the I nently crippled by rickets, that
Just Making Certain!
Axis powers won before our full thousands more are blind, for lack I
June McDowell: I hope that you
strength was marshalled, it would of vitamins, and that hospitals are
are
not on guard tonight!
be too late for them to achieve a full of babies who never will be
Connie Cronin: Nope, are you?
complete victory and to gain real strong.
— (Overheard on way to
mastery of the world.
Aside from the weaklings, the
Service Club 2)
Yes, it was like that, earlier, but j crippled, the malformed and the
now the prospect is so grim that definitely insane, entire popula
What’s The Difference?
both sides may lose unless we can tions must have lost the whole
One
German soldier, before en
win in time to stop the loss and some, virile characteristics which
destruction before they reach a are needed for good citizenship in tering a mess hall, asked a soldier
chaotic total too vast for us to lands of freedom. This is true to coming out: “What did you have to
cope with when the war does end. day and disintegration will increase drink, tea or coffee?”
The other soldier replied:
“I
The solemn fact is that we more rapidly as time passes.
Probably .Americans will lose don’t know—they didn’t tell us!”
have two purposes to keep in
— (Range Rinder, Camp Callan)
mind continually, day after day. less, in goods and decency, through
CERPTS
The first is that we must win
the war. Otherwise life won’t be
worth while. The second is that
we must win the war as soon as
we can.
If people were properly conscious
of the necessity for speed they
might find it easier to resist the
inclination to dream so much about1
the war, than any other people. If
Wie 1st Der Mastquerade?
so, our responsibility and obliga
tion will be more than any other
Latest reports have der Fuehr
nation must bear. Perhaps, and er suffering from eye strain,
only perhaps, we can salvage civili probably from reading the hand
zation and help the human race to writing on the wall?
a fresh start. But the more slowly
A Warning to Soldiers
we work in war, the harder will be
our task in peace.
The gal whose character was spot
less
Begins
to stay at home a lot less.
Form
-—(from Esquire.)
That Class 'B' Allotment
To YOU officers, nurses and enlisted men of Camp
A Muddy Yoke
Adair:
A concerted effort is now being made to expedite the Lt. Jack Clark: What’s all the
issuance of War Savings Bonds under the new Class “B” mud on the front of your blouse?”
Charles Stultz: We’ve been
Allotment Plan. Every payroll deduction will be accurately on Cpl.
a hike.”
recorded and every precaution taken to insure that when Lt. Clark: “How did you get so
the amount of the eduction equals the purchasing price of muddy?”
the Bonds applied for, the Bonds will be issued as of the first Cpl. Stultz: “Didn’t you know—
day of the month in which the final payment is made.
ANI) WE DO MEAN ISSUED.
We request that those of you who have not as yet
completed a new Class “B’ Allotment form do so immediately First Aid
if the deductions for the purchase of War Savings Bonds are
to be continued. We are anxious to increase our Percentage
of Participation here at Camp Adair and urge that YOU
co-operate. Please contact your unit War Bond representa
tive or War Bond Officer at Post Headquarters. Phone 2954.
—POST WAR BOND OFFICE.
They say that the man who in
Private: When can I expect that
vented life savers made a mint.
money you owe me?
Mess Sgt.: Always.
t
He who laughs last laughs best.
Pvt. Stock says: “When a sol
And he who laughs first gets the
dier shows a big wallet a gal al-
point.
ways shows a purse on her lips!
Cop — Say, soldier, what are
you looking for?
Sacramento — “We have some
Soldier — A nickel.
thing in the West you don’t see
(top — Where did you lose it? the East.”
Soldier — Who said anything
Newurk — "What’s that?
about losing it?
Sacramento — “Sunsets.”
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- Much has been said of M.P.s
both as soldiers and as individuals.
A good proportion of what is said
may be adjudged by the tone of the
speaker and by his previous ex
perience with military policemen.
If the speaker happens to be a
soldier who has been admonished
or arrested by an M.P. for being-
out of uniform, drunk, disorderly,
or for any of a hundred major or
minor offenses which soldiers in
tentionally or unintentionally com
mit, the tone might be disgruntled,
sour, and certainly very critical.
If the speaker, perchance, is a sol
dier who has benefited by the
understanding of an M.P. in a deli
cate situation, where lack of under
standing would have written a black
mark on the soldier’s service rec
ord, the tone might he more gra
cious, considerably less antagonis
tic, and a lot friendlier.
A great many of the conceptions
and misconceptions current about
M.P.s are traceable to a complete
ignorance of the nature of their
duty. The M.P. is taught first of all
army travels on its stomach!” | to be watchful of the soldier’s inter
—705 Anti-Tank Blarney. I ests; to assist him and advise him
in difficulties; and to insure that
J the soldier does not commit any
Oh Yeah Dept..'
I act which will lessen his efficiency
Girls don’t go
| to his organization. To that extent,
For bars and leaves.
j his policing duties are as much
But guys with stripes
i devoted to keeping soldiers in a
Upon their sleeves.
condition of body and mind where
their effectiveness as soldiers is
Sometimes we get
fully realized, as to arresting male
factors and apprehending deserters.
A date, it’s ti-ue
Contrary to another popular mis
But they’re the ones;
conception, the M.P. is not as free
Stood up by you.
—From the Clovis Compass, as the breeze in his off duty hours.
New Mexico. 1 He is required to attend classes and
■ lectures, to drill, exercise, and work
1 on countless fatigue details. His
Slightly WAACKY
duty hours might be during the
Thene there’s the one about the ;
daytime but they are more likely
WAAC moron who cut off her nose
to be during the hours when other
to see what made it run. — From soldiers play, or even during the
the Clarion, Camp Cooke.
hours when other soldiers sleepy.
The duties of an M.P. are arduous
and not all pleasant. Every offi
cer and EM in the military service
ANSWER BOX
should realize that an M.P., in the
performance and execution of his
Q. M hen were mobile cannons duty, is carrying out instructions
first used?
and orders received from higher
A. They were first used by the authority and, as such, must be
British in the Battle of Crecy, honored and respected.
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Q. What is the penalty for a
fraudulent enlistment?
A. Any person who has procured
himself to be enlisted in the mili
tary service of the U. S. by means
of willful misrepresentation or con
cealment as to his qualifications
for enlistment and has received pay
or allowance under such enlistment
shall be punished as a court mar
tial may direct. Such an enlistment
is not void but voidable only at the
option of the government.
Q. I’ve heard all about the
WAACS, WAVES. WAFS, etc..
but here’s a new one on me—the
WIRES. Who the devil are they?
A. The WIRES are civil service
appointees being trained by the
Army to replace men as instruc-
tors and technicians, The initial
stand for Women in Radio and
’
> If an injured man is conscious Electrical Service.
and not wounded in the stomach,
throat ot mouth, you may give
Q. What is the highest medal
him something to drink f
awarded by the government?
A. The Congressional Medal of
Honor is the highest decoration
awarded by the government. It is
I given to an officer or enlisted man
‘ who in action involving actual
conflict with an enemy distin
guishes himself conspicuously bi
gallantry and intrepidity at the
risk of his life and beyond the call
¡“t^-duty.”
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HOMECOMING
The following poem was
written by sixteen year old
Dot Tressler of Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, sister of Private
Richard W. Tressler, Timber
Wolf Division Signal Company.
The war was over and we had won,
His parents were waiting for their
, son,
He’d been wounded, hurt, oh yes
that was true,
But he was coming back to the
ones he knew.
As he reached the top of the little
hill,
They all ran to meet him, calling
him “Bill,”
“Oh Bill, you’re hack,”- his mother
cried,
And Bill couldn’t spertk, although
he tried.
The tears ran down his smiling
face,
Unashamed in this happy place,
He held his sister close and tight,
Shook hands wifh his dad so good
and right.
He told of the battles they’d fought
and won,
He laughed when he said, “Oh boy,
it was fun,”
He paused as he thought of the
“other” boys,
Who would never know homeconi-
ing joys.