______________________ Camp Adair Sentry
Thursday, April 15, 1943.
Page Two
It's A Great Life
Notes From a Soldier's Sketch Book
AMP
OMMANDER’S
OLUMN
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
A weekly newspaper published by and for the military personnel
of Camp Adair, Oregon, under supervision of the Post Special Services
Office. Financed by the Post Exchange.
Camp Adair
Address communications to “Camp Adair Sentry. Post Head­
quarters, Camp Adair, Oregon. All news matter available for general
release.
One year ago Old Glory was first
raised aloft over the Post Head­
quarters Building of Camp Adair.
Subscription rates by mail 6 mo. $1 — Year $1.50.
In the time since this has be­
come
a big, and one can say with
T/Sgt. Edwin A. Brown ......................................................... Managing Editor
Sgt. Raymond C. Johnson. Pvt. Harry Klissner, Associate Editors
pride, an important cantonment.
T/5 Bob Ruskauff
.............................................
Sports Editor
We have now come to the point
T ô Don Lynch
Staff Artist
where this Post (and here we speak
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directly to the Post Complement as
its custodians) can reach the peak
OF AN
in efficiency and high morale that
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it must have in order to stand out
as
a vital unit in the world's great­
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By Henry Beckett
est Army—the Army of The Unit­
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ed States of America.
Governor’.- Island. N. Y. — In | that he could say something im-
There are con tributary factors.
The
construction of barracks and
‘.ooking through a newspaper I portant about the character of
came across a list of brigadier German military training. Such in­
buildings does not make an Army
camp. Filling it with operating per-
generals* just promoted to be major (formation, from him. might help
. sound has not yet made it an effi-
generals.
to foster a more realistic attitude
• ' cient camp.
With a kind of hopeful excite- at Camp Adair.
Synonymous with the arrival of
Oiei t I skimmed through the names.1 Just at that time I became a
nov look. C orporal—
- spring we have begun the landscap-
feeling sure that I would find one member of The Sentry staff. My I
former Adair general when I first suggestion was that we re­ dier.” the sergeant raged. “You world, but suddenly there was a ' ing of Camp Adair. This is the final,
reached the letter “K."
I was quest General Kramer for an inter­ just missed me with that last shot.” surprising transformation. His ex­ physical touch in the building of a
right. He was there. “Herman view. I was assigned to see him.
“Gee, I’m awfully sorry.” replied pression grew stern and hard. “Con­ camp on which we will look with
Kramer,” as plain as anything.
■
General Kramer gave replie-
replies to the soldier.
found it!” he bellowed. “Why can’t high and justifiable pride.
I
But that is only part. The train-
Happily I called to my wife:
most of my questions and instruct-
—The Target, Fort Sheridan. those sheep keep in step?”
: ing program for personnel of the
“Kramer has been made a major ed me to write my interview and
Post Complement, both officers and
20-20 Vision
general . .. Gee. I’m glad ... I wish then let him have a look at it.
“You’ve never kissed so well j
Enlisted
Men, is a program in which
I could tell him how glad I am.”I The general kept the manuscript before, Nellie, darling. Is it be- ’ The rookie reached the eye ex-
every
member
of the post comple­
amination and was asked if he
“Well, why not write to him?" for day.-. We had several talk- cause were in a blackout?”
ment
is
expected
to participate with
I laughed and explained that in about it. He had modified certain i “Nope, it’s because my name is could read the last line of which
looked like this: “KZXYSVZMNK.” sincerity and purpose. It is our own
-uch circumstances it isn’t custom­ paragraphs about the excellence of Mary.”
“Can you read that OK?” aoked vital phase of “personal landscap­
ary for privates to write to major the German army. The American
—The Dispatch. Camp Roberts.
ing.”
the doc.
generals whom they scarcely know. people, he explained, did not want
Whether personnel is general or
“Sure." cracked the lad. “I knew
“Well, then,” said my helpful to heat that. After General Kram­
Face or Mask?
limited service at present; whether
him well. Played guard for Notre
wife, “why not write about it the er approved the interview it was
their particular major duty is at a
“Excuse me, Madam." said the Dame.
next time you ‘mutter’ for the sent to Washington for approval
desk, distributing supplies, or just
Camp Adair Sentry? In that way there and then it was sent out to • ) air-raid warden, “but your gas
; mask isn’t on straight.”
Mess Sgt.: “It’s tough to pay* hard labor, we are still soldiers.
it may get to General Kramer.”
the newspapers.
And we are here for one purpose
“You dug,” said the woman, “I’m 50 cents a pound for meat.”
So, I’m doing just that. Surely , Indirectly, that interview carried
—
service
!
K.P.: “Yeah, but it’s tougher
it’s not against regulations for a a hir,r^>faat the war would be grim not wearing a gas mask.’’
It
is
we,
as soldiers, who are re­
—Camp Wolters Longhorn. when you pay *25!"
private to be pleased when a gen­ and probably long. That is better
sponsible for making a camp to be
eral is promoted and to say so. in understood today, but wishful-
proud of—and making of ourselves
“Sly Aunt Lucy fell down a flight
print.
thinking dies hard. It bothered me'
soldiers to be proud.
Early last fall I read in The at Camp Adair, before my transfer of stairs this morning."
ANSWER BOX
“Injuries?”
Sentry that General Kramer had and from reading a warning in
M AY
"Yes. it hurt her somewhat and
been a military observer of Ger­ The Camp Commander’s Column I
The house is builded and the build­
Q. M hat is the insignia of the
man army training and had accom­ gather that even now some soldiers i bruised her otherwise."
er rests.
German Tank Corps?
panied the Germans when they out there are not clearly facing ■
Above her treasures, tiny eggs,
The sergeant dozed in his bunk.
A. The Death's Head.
invaded Poland. It occurred to me the facts.
new laid,
A pleased smile flickered across
A
grassy
bank was chosen for the
i his relaxed face and he seemed
Q. " e had a session the other
choose :
nest
’s
i
Heads we win and tails we lose!” drifting into dreamland with noth­ night over who wa> entitled to
Ì
Foundation,
with a graceful fern
ing but best wishes for all the wear the National Defense Service
*
—
Bark,
Barksdale
Field.
La.
for shade.
i
ribbon. Can you straighten this
»
—Ida H. Waite.
t
out for us?
♦
Mr.
Adjutant.
You
’
re
a
Stork!
»
A. The ribbon may lie worn by
Leave It to The
An army intelligence test asked
’
those
who enlisted or who were
Weapons
I
examinees
U.
S. Signal Corps
to define “adjutant.”
Keeping in Harmony
| inducted into service prior to the
Getting along -in the wilderness
Two PX gals were chatting. Said One soldier said it was a stork of
attack on Pearl Harbor, December is
nothing new to the Signal Corps
rare specie found in India. ft
one:
7, 1941.
j
boys.
Checked
in
Webster
’
s
dictionary,
“Do you know you’re wearing
The Alaskan Defense Command
your wedding ring on your wrong this answer proved to be right. It I
Q. I was a member of the Na­ told today how they got around an
was listed as a secondary defini­
finger ?”
tional Guard tor four years before ' unusual problem in an unusual
“Yep.” was the reply. “I married tion.—Clovis Compass, New Mex.
Never point a weapon at any­ the war. Does that permit me to
way. Wires had to be laid across
the wrong man.”—Gab. Greenville.
body unless you intend to kill
wear any service stripes?
him
: a glacier but nobody had ever been
South Carolina.
“My Day”
A. Yes. You’re entitled to wear j able to transport heavy reels of
Spend the day.
one hash mark on your sleeve, wire across ragged glacier ice be-
7, 7. Come 11.'
Hauling trash,
denoting three years of service. fore. So they loaded ten reels of
According to a news story, the
Shower cold.
wire on an Army bomber, flew
Army has sent several thousand
Shaving gash.
Q. I leave tor officer candidate over the glacier and dropped the
pairs of dice to Africa. Sounds like
Show line long.
.school in the very near future. If' reels one by one in a straight line.
a lot of crap to us. — Communique.
Frantic dash,
I flunk out do 1 get a promotion
Then line crews struggled out
Camp Livinsgton, La.
Whaddya get.
in
the non-commissioned ranks? and strung the wire from reel to
Always keep the safety lock on
Ye Gods, Hash!
when your weapon' is loaded and I'm a corporal now.
reel.
Heads or Tails!
—From the Ground Scoop.
you are not firing. If you don’t,
A. No. However, if you fail in
you may accidentally catch the
'.•The Lord gave us two ends to use;
trigger
and shoot yourself or a one subject you get some coach­
M.P.: “Hey, be careful with that
One to think with, one to sit with.
A Perfect Target
ing and a chance to retake the rifle, you just missed hitting me!”
comrade
The War depends on which we
“Be careful with that gun. sol-
examination.
Pvt.: “Did I? I’m sorry.”
All ar’ .'les represent personal opinions and are not official unless
specifically credited to the War Department.
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MUTTERINGS
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C H A N G E |
CERPTS i
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May, 1942
Engineers dance at College Me­
morial Union building. Corvallis,
first social event of moment ...
the Army brings progress to Al­
bany, noted that “busy Albany cor­
ners to have traffic signs”
Life Savers
:
Camp Quartermaster office, headed
by Col. T. E. Baumeister, set up in
Corvallis . .. carloads of QM stores
an ive .. . with broadcast over Sta­
tion KW IL, the new soldier’s center
at Albany dedicated ... “Tortilla
Flats” was playing at Whiteside
Theatre, Corvallis .. . bus fares for
commumt.es surrounding Camp queen of Calapooia round-up, held'swings it at Salem Armory ... an
Adair set up buses run at time by. July 4. at Crawfordsville ... Camp
earth tremor is felt May 12 in Cor-
Independent
lines .. . camp inspect­ vis.ted by Henry R. Adair, III, ne-’vallis .............. feminine cantonment
".
ed by Lt. Col. Sweeney, instructor phew of the hero of the Mexican’
worker, Pat Gallagher, starts car­
at Ft. Leavenworth . . . Albany fur- expedition for whom this Post was1
toon series, “Elmer the Camp
niture store installs fluorescent named ... Camp dance held May 23 •
Tramp” ... civilian workers start
lighting and remodels its counters at OSC campus in Memorial Union1
leaving for (you guessed it, the
. .. Inez Mudgett of Shedd chosen Ball Room . . . Sonny Dunham { Army),
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