Camp Adair Sentrv
Thursday, May 13, 1943,
2 New Ways
To Save Money
Wherever
You
Go—the
Page Five
Mail
Course Makes
Language Easy
Soldier Deposits and
Bond Deduction, Plans
The government offers soldiers
two ways of saving money:
According to Yank, the latest
plan is called the Soldiers Deposits.
It is new to men who have entered
the army since the Selective Ser-
vice Act was enacted, hut is well
known to pre-war soldiers.
Plan No. 1 is by means of
Bond deductions.
.Under plan No. 2 the Soldiers'
Deposits, a service men can de­
posit a minimum of five dollars
with the Paymaster. Four per
cent interest will be paid on
deposits for six months or over.
Money can only he withdrawn in
an extreme emergency; otherwise
it cannot be touched until six
months after the duration.
In order to make an allotment
for Soldiers’ Deposit, application
must be made to your commanding
officer. From here, it goes through
channels.
Under the Bond deduction plan,
sixty days after the purchase of a
bond, it is possible to cash it in,
and no questions are asked, The
bond deduction also makes it pos­
sible to have a co-owner. In éase
of death, the person living can
collect without any red tape. Under
the Soldiers’ Deposit act, co-owner­
ship is not permissible.
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Phonetic Mastery of
Foreign Tongues Made
Simple by 'Course on
Wax' Now ar Our Post
Here’s a glimpse into the interior of the portable field Post Office set up of the Timber Wolf
division, with Sgt. David Aaronson (standing) distributing mail and ('pl. Paul Manion billing regis­
tered letters. As designed, the entire setup can be dismantled and moved within 15 minutes and,
as explained by Lt. James C. Presgraves, Div. Postal Officer, it means that where soldiers go, the
mail will go, right up to the front lines.—Signal Corps Photo. '
Portable Post Office I New Hours, 8 Io 5,
For Posi Office
FROM TENT CITY*] Set Up, Demonstrated
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By Pfc. John Monaueck
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System Explained by Timber
Wolf Division Postal Officer
Have you ever heard of a Mobile
Laundry Unit? If you haven’t, now
Wherever you go, soldiers, overseas, into battle—through
is the time to find out something
about the History of one for there hell or high water—the mail will go with you.
is such a unit located on E Avenue
The way this will work was exemplified the other day
and 10th street south of fabulous i when a portable field post office,
“Tent City.” This particular group entirely collapsible, yet as com-
Dance Saturday
was initiated at Vancouver, Wash­ plete as any city post office, was
First 40 soldiers to sign up
ington, about the first of Febru­ set up and demonstrated under
with
Has. Blodgett at Club 1
ary. The Officers and Carde came direction of Lt. James C. Pres­
from Camp Lee, Va., and Fort graves, Postal Officer of the Tim­ are invited to a sorority dance
this Saturday evening at J ’on-
Francis E. Warren, Wyoming. Most ber Wolf division.
mouth College.
of the men that make up the per­
The
portable
PO
has
many
fea
­
sonnel come from the states East of
tures designed by Lt. Presgraves which we ought to know about but
the Mississippi.
Many various trades are repre­ and all of the field’ equipment was didn’t are, viz.:
sented in this Company. These made by the postal section of the
That, contrary to popular opin­
tradesmen include b o i 1 e r m e n, division — collapsible mail sack ion, soldiers send out more mail
steamfitters, clergs, laundry oper­ racks, folding tables, portable lo­ than they receive. In the Timber
ators, and laborers must work to­ cator files.
Wolf division, 2,500 more letters
gether at all time$ before the unit
There is, in fact, everything ex­ go out daily than are brought in,
can operate efficiently. If oper­ cept letter carrier service.
said Lt. Presgraves.
ated in such a manner, one unit can
The mail, said the lieutenant, will
And, in the Army, there is no
do the laundry of at least one follow the army, right up to the longer such a thing as a mail
division a week. Therefore, each front lines. Its importance has been orderly—they are mail clerks.
man will have to “be on the ball” realized by the War Department
at all times in order to have a to the extent that it is placed in
perfect laundry company.
Class 1 supply, and rides right Worried About Points?
The most modern equipment along wtih the ration supply lines.
Afriyanks Have Plenty
available is used on the units, which
How the field post office will
will be used with a Salvage Repair work was exemplified in the dem­
North Africa (CNS)—“Devil
Bn., a Sterilization and Bath unit, onstration, which proved that the
needles,
” which are steel darts, are
or attacher to a task force, in a entire field PO can be dismantled
being
dropped
by Nazi fliers in this
theatre of operations. In a zone and moved in 15 minutes. The lo­
battle
zone
in
the hope that they
of interior, the Laundry Units are cator section is built in three units
will
strike
men
lying in foxholes.
used as a Camp of Post laundry, or for purpose of mobility. But it is
Up to no wthe enemies’ aim has
attached to a hospital or a division
efficient, strictly; it contains a been very poor because heavy ack­
on maneuvers.
card for every man who is in the' ack fire won’t let them come down
Captain William A. McKenney is
division or has ever been in it, to­ close enough to get the range.
the Company Commander and is
gether with forwarding addresses Yanks salvage all the darts they
assisted by five other officers who
can find and use them for enter­
are liked by the men from his 1 , of men who have left.
Company. These men are from all | | Roughly speaking ,the divisional tainment. You guessed it. They
partTof the* United States. LtTJohn ’ ma*l distributing system works play darts.
.about as follows:
Nice. Nice Cobra!
The APO comprises eight men
and there are about 200 other unit
Salt Lake City (CNS)—Meat ra-
mail clerks and^altermnates in the tioning will cause little suffering
various units of a division.
for a pet of M. D. Naylor. Meat
Among surprising mail facts particles, instead of insects which
are out of season, form its diet.
Change? What Change?
It is a cobra plant aid “chews”
Eugene mothers of boys in the
with
its leaf traps.
service have formed a group to
The coke machine in Special
find something to do for the sol­ Services Office, which at first
The average soldier writes and
diers that come into that city over paid off on a flat basis of 50
receives
three times as many let-
the week ends. They cook meals for per cent, has been changed from
ters
as
he
did in civilian life.
them for only fifty cents a dinner the custody of Sgt. G. Steinmar-
in the basement of the Baptist der to the charge of Sgt. B.
See your Top Kick about War
church, only a block east of the
Axelrad.
Bonds.
Eugene USO.
Moltz from San Antonio, Texas;
Lt William D. Stutsman from
South Bend, Indiana; Lt. Ira Cohns
from Chicago, Illinois; Lt. Millard
from Eureka, Kansas, and Lt. Nor-
ris from New Orleans, La.
Clerk Shaw Warns
About Lazy Wrapping
The Camp Adair Post Office an­
nounces new hours. It will be open
from 8 .to 5 daily with the excep­
tion of the last day of the month—
pay day—and the first three days
of the following month at which
time the hours will be from 8 a. m.
to 8 p. m. . This is designed to give
service ’*'■ en an opportunity to ful-
fill their obligations through the
use of money orders.
Mr. Donald Shaw, department
clerk, declares that soldiers are
getting too lax in wrapping pack­
ages. He reports that the fancy
pillow cases sent to mothers, sweet­
hearts and sisters cannot be sent
in original containers because the
cardboard is too flimsy.
He emphasizes that it is neces­
sary to put another wrapper around
this box and tie it up with string—
failure to do so might result in the
loss of an article.
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Mosquito Destroyers
By T/5 Joel L. Ford
. Sindlinger also reports that it
is possible to obtain classes for any
language in which th »re is an en­
rollment of fifteen service men. He
declared that if this number sign
up classes in the following lan­
guages will be started: French,
Russian, German, Spanish. English,
Chinese and Japanese.
Lt. Sindlinger further empha­
sized that the object of the “course
on wax” is not to teach command of
the language, but rather, to give
the soldier an understanding and
speaking knowledge—also to enable
him to converse to a limited de­
gree with the natives of the differ­
ent countries.
Chance to Learn
Lt. Sindlinger declared that
anyone interested in improving
his education in mathematics,
science, languages or a host of
other objects, as before can sign
up with either the librarians at
Service Clubs 1 and 2 or the
special service officers of the
divisions or the post,
Although the institute changed
its name from “Army Institute
to the United States Armed Forces
Institute, the initial requirements
are still the same. It is necessary
to be in the army four months be­
fore enrolling in a course.
There are two choices—either to
enroll with the Institute direct at
a cost of two dollars per course, or
to make application direct to some
university which is working in co­
operation with the government, in
which case the government will pay
half the tuition fee, and the sol­
dier pays the other half.
“It is possible to get college
credit for any course taken through
the Institute.,” said Lt. Sindlinger.
He reports that the successful
completion of a subject is entered
on the service record of the sol­
dier—a certificate of proficiency is
given as well.
He’s Willing
Irate Mother: “Young man, do
you think you can stay here all
night?”
Pfc.: “Well, I’ll have to call the
orderly room and tell my CQ.
—Camp Roberts, Calif.
The mosquito is deadlier than
the tank!
tary Company is looking for a
At Bataan and Guadalcanal, in Company Crest . . . something
Tunisia, China, Burma—wherever which will convey the idea of the
the Allied Nations fight and have first paragrpah in this column ...
fought there lurk the mosquito and This contest is open to everyone
the tsetse fly and the rat. Malaria, in camp ... if the winner is not a
bubonic plague, sleeping sickness, member of this Company his re­
typhus fever, etc. — these must ward will be guest of honor at din­
be conquered as well as the Japs ner in the best mess (ours) in the
Eastern and Western hemispheres.
and Nazis.
To this task, the Sanitary Com­
A team may be down but if it
pany is dedicated. The mission of
the Medical Department, of which has any guts it’s never out ... We
we are part, is ours “To Conserve lost our first official softball game
the Fighting Strength.” Our ef­ of the season last Friday night to
forts, our lives we pledge to the the MP Detachment ... the score
fulfillment of our mission, And was 20-4 ... no excuses . .. the
let no one laugh when in this MP's probably have the best soft-
column we cal lourselves the Mo- ball team on the Post .. . We’re re­
solved on one point . .. we’re going
squito Destroyers.
For deadlier than the tank is the to play the MP’s again and the
final score will not be 20-4 .. . All
Mosquito!
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( concerned agree that Captuin Waite
T/4 James A. Dawson will re­ who umpired was “on the ball”...
ceive a three day pass to Portland J net one of his decisions was pro­
as his reward for submitting the tested . , . well ... hardly any
best title for this new news column. Watch our speed from here on
... Another contest! ... The Sani- and we welcome all challenges.
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