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Camp Adair Sentry
Thursday, Maj’ 13,1943.
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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?
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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,
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grovel ?
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we had a guy in our barracks who, although he hadn’t been in the Army
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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
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Somewhere along the line to his
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rate, first class.
of second nature, and it doesn't bother you.
H
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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
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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.
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