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X Camp Adair Sentry Thursday, Maj’ 13,1943. Page Two - Il’s A Great Lite Notes From a Soldier's Sketch Book PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY Bare Facts! 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. Hti “Y ou have a wonderful form dear.” She: “Must you go over all that again?” —Chaffee Armodier, Ft. Smith, Ark. Address communications to “Camp Adair Sentry, Post Head quarters, 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. Handy Andy Subscription rates by mail 6 mo. $1 — Year $1.50. Pvt. John E. Walker invented an apple-peeling device with which, on K.P., he can (and does) strip tease a whole bushel of apples in the spanking time of ten minutes. —Camp Stoneham Paper, Calif. The Sentry subscribes to the matrix and news facilities of Camp Newspaper Service. Tz5 Bob Ruskauff ...................................... Sgt. Raymond C. Johnson, Pvt. Harry Klissner T 5 Don Lynch ................. ..................................................... X CHANGE CERPTS A Managing Editor Associate Editors Staff Artist An EM Speaks of Gl Courtesy Would Ya? Would ya pull a rattling rickshaw? Would ya shine a Nazi shoe? Would ya have a Fascist fix ya Up with filthy things t’ do? / » We have all either seen in the movies, or had read, the Articles of War. We know the Articles of War request that a certain amount of courtesy be extended to fellow soldiers and the officers. And don’t you agree that it would be a much nicer place if we Would ya live like nothin’ human? all got along with one another and extended to each other the little Would ya button up yer lip common courtesies that we would if we were civilians? Maybe you When ya saw yer kids an’ woman don’t like the Army, but did you ever stop to think that going around At the mercy of the Nip? with a chip on your shoulder is just making it that much worse for the next fellow? ’Would ya sneak an’ slink an’ When the writer was a recruit in the Reception Center at Ft. Dix, 4. X •/*!. grovel ? • we had a guy in our barracks who, although he hadn’t been in the Army •/ (> •> * Would ya live a stinkin’ slave? long enough to know what it was all about, had definitely made up his Would ya make yer home a hovel, mind that the Army was no damn good. And he proceeded to tell The library will just have to get rid of that blasted judo book. You that once was free an’ brave? anybody and everybody who would listen to him, what he thought of it. Now, I stayed there for seven weeks waiting to be shipped out here, Tragedy Inspires Poem? and he left about a week bfore I did, but when he left, there wasn’t Would ya give yer land of glory — Mitchel Field, N.Y. (CNS)—Up T’ the ghouls acrost th’ ponds a guy in that barracks who wasn’t glad to see him go. He had been At the onset of the war, I re on arrival of a WAAC unit here, a Write a finish t’ yer story? giving us a bad time every day when we went out on some sweet Little I member Prime Minister Churchill base regulation was made which O.K., Brother—Don’t Buy Bonds! details that only pop up in a reception center. General Pershing once said that a certain amount of “griping” saying, “This is the end of the be permitted enrollees to date enlisted —Camp Claiborne News. (We have a better word for it, General!) was a natural thing for a ginning.” Now, with the African men only within their own grades. soldier to do. So, out of courtesy to the other guys, if you have any campaign practically over, I think Privates could play only with auxil Evolution ! bit—(pardon us, we mean griping)—to do, take some guy who’s in Hitler must be saying to himself: iaries, peefcees with auxiliaries, Baby Stork: “Mama, where did “This is the beginning of the end first class, corporals with junior the same mood, and then you can cry on each other’s shoulders. I come from?” leaders and so on. As for courtesy toward officers—we are willing to bet that there —for me.” —Kodiak Bear, Alaska. are doggone few fellows who can tell you the real reason why we have It’s a same, that Mother’s day Her face was sweet, her figure di to extend more than the usual amount of courtesy to commissioned Not at Camp Adair? vine, only comes once a year. They of officers. But there is a reason, a mighty big one, and the strange Red was the face of Cpl. William We wanted to play off the ba* part of it is that it is for your protection. Yes, we said protection, all people, should be recognized, D. Herron when, upon arriving here at nine, i idolized, and remembered every and we aren’t kidding. Here’s how it works: We both had a pass, but alack and recently he opened his barracks day, not once a year. Day after day, we have the idea instilled into us that we must I bags and pulled out—GI brassieres, alas, —By Weldon. obey, without a second thought, the orders of our officers and She’s a junior leader— I’m a pri- slips, panties, and nighties. non-coms. After about a year in the Army it comes to you as sort I Somewhere along the line to his I rate, first class. of second nature, and it doesn't bother you. H - T 4 Peter B Wooley, destination, he finally decided. he But here is why. The fellows who started this Army figured I had got his equipmnt mixed UP ----------------------- that if.while you were in training, you assumed as second nature, the I Heaven Will Provide that of a WAAC. habit of obeying these people, when you got out on the battlefield, The AEF in New Guinea reports —Camp Tyson, Tenn. you would also obey your orders out there by second nature. Q. What is the difference be one of the strangest assignments And that’s just where that “Protection” business comes in. These tween limited servicemen and non- of the war. Captain Chester Grigs Free Roamin' officers and non-coms are sent to school, and are usually more experi combatants? by of Baltimore, Md., has been de enced in the gentle art of killing people than we are, and we are A. None: Limited service means A bill now before Congress, if entrusted to their protection. It is their obligation to get us, as well that you are incapable of perform tailed to wander in the jungles to passed, will make it possible for as themselves, into battle and out again, with as few losses as possible. ing combat duty due to certain look for jungle plants that can be all servicemen going home on fur So. if you get in the habit of obeying now, it may mean your neck physical limitations so it follows eaten in emergencies. He just wan lough to ride in the trains free of later on when you get over there. that a limited serviceman and a ders around, when he spots a likely charge. The measure was intro looking plant he tests it on himself And that's just where this saluting business comes in. Saluting noncombatant are similar. duced in Congress by U. S. Senator . . . eats it and keeps his fingers is one of those little things that have been used in everybody’s army Murray of Montana. to instill that spirit, and, incidentally, it is a most effective method. Q. Another guy and 1 are having crossed. —The Bombardier, He’s discovered wild cherries and Don’t forget, fellows, that in the last war, in proportion to a rather heated argument over the Sioux City, Iowa. their numbers, there were more officers and non-coms killed than meaning of a star on the Defense raspberries growing in many parts there- were privates, and in this war the proportion has riren even Service Ribbon. Can vou settle this of the jungle that no one ever Straight Dope! for us? (thought of. Many edible plants higher. In fact, there have been four Generals killed in the South Women are like newspapers because A. The American Defense Ser-1 *row high on the b’»nches of trees, Pacific in the last six months. They have forms; vice Medal is awarded to persons 1 ^*lest ,^e sboots down with his So, let’s do it this way. When we salute, salute with a snap Are made up; and a spirit of cordiality. Let’s not hold any animosities just because who entered upon a period of active ' ^olt-y‘^*Ve- Have bold types; was hospitalized for two a man holds a higher rank than we do, be he officer or non-com, and federal service of 12 months or I They always have the last word; longer, who served for any part of weebs alter one particular experi- let’s act like men and soldiers. Back numbers are not in demand: If a fellow is a heel in civilian life, he will probably be one in the that time between September 8, ment- They are well worth looking Army. But, let’s all put forth a little more effort into being courteous, 1939, and December 7, 1941, and over; Sentry mailed anywhere, $1.50 a and just watch how fast we get that T/5. Courtesy is to human whose service was honorable. The 1 You cannot believe everything relations what oil is to a B-17.—G.P. ribbon is yellow with a red, white ( year. they say; and blue stripe % inch wide and li They carry the news wherever inch from each end. In the Navy they go; a star appears upon the ribbon if j They are never afraid to speak; the wearer had sea duty prior to They are much thinner than they Tourniquet December 7, 1941, while in the ' used to be. Army a star is worn only when — Pabloid Air Base, the wearer had been in service a Portland. Ore. This is an excerpt from cooperation a poem appearing in full year prior to Pearl Harbor. True Friends a book entitled: “It’s 'Ard to Go Wrong in the Cactus,” by Kay wonderful love of a beautiful The Grant. Miss Grant is in charge of the fiction department of the Q. Does the War Department Sydney, Australia, firm of booksellers and publishers in New York. maid, have any official savings plan The love of a staunch, true man, Co-Operation whereby soldier who are stationed The love of a babe unafraid As a tourniquet is painful at remote posts can deposit their never make it any tighter than Has existed since life began. When you meet the wench who shakes you, the perfect piece of necessary to stop the bleeding. savings? skirt, "* A. Sure. If you can’t spend your But the greatest love—the love of Who makes your backbone tremble and thrills run up your shirt, dough, you might look into the loves Then sacrifice to all your gods, give hostages to fate special savings plan called Sol Yes, even greater than that of a And hope as man has ever hoped—that she’ll co-operate. diers’ Deposits that is sponsored mother by the WD. It pays 47t interest Is the tender, passionate, intinit» You can spend a fortnight’s salary—buy her cigarettes, cham on deposits for six months or over. love pagne, Any enlisted man may deposit his Of one dead drunk for another. You can call for her in taxis and take her home again. When a tourniquet has been savings in amounts not less than You can use the Gable clinches v.hen you’re parting at the gate, $5. See your paymaster or dis- applied, mark the wounded man's No Dice! tag plainly, “Tourniquet,” with But you can’t get any further if she won’t co-operate. bursing officer for complete de- the date and hour applied. Play with bonds instead of dice. I tails. -M/1 I And help us put this war on We// Done ANSWER BOX' Here's an Excellent Chance to Flirt Wench Shakes Perfect Piece of Skirt ggs\- *4-< J » I 'J k »■ d > iL >• i t * I « A