Camp Adair Sentr
Thursday. May 27,1943.
Page Two
H's A Great Life
Notes From a Soldier's Sketch Book
Grain Field to Big
Cantonment in Year
PUBLISHED EVEBY THURSDAY
Post Commander
Lauds Lt. Adair
A weekly newspaper published by and for the military personnel
cf Cam7 Adair, Oregon, under supervision of the Pest Special Services
Office. Financed by the Post Exchange.
Address eonHcunicatiens to -Carr.p Adair Sentry, Post Head­
quarter«, Camp Adair. Oregon.
A little more than a year ago
the parade ground on which these
splendid troops are lined up was a
grain field. Other sections of this
vast camp were dotted with thriv-
ing orchards.
Today. Camp Adair is complet­
ed. It stands as one of the finest
military establishments in the
United States.
The dedication of this flag pole
and the unfurling of these colors
for the first time, in actuality
marks the completion of this great
project.
Tribute to Gallantry
It is fitting at this time that
we pay tribute to the courageous
soldier for whom this camp »as
named. Lt. Henry R. Adair, of
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MESSAGE FROM COL. ADAIR
The April 15 ‘’Progress” edition of the Camp Adair
Sentry got to Col. Alexander Adair, commanding officer of
an infantry regiment now in the throes of desert training.
Colonel Adair is the brother of Lt. Henry R. Adair, hero of
the Mexican campaign for whom Camp Adair is named. The
edition in question touched on the story of the gallant Heu-
tenant. In an extremely complimentary letter to us, Col.
Adair stated:
"You have certainly developed in a short time a very
live paper, full of items that interest red-blooded soldiers,
and from all I hear you have a fine lot of them in the Tim-
ber Wolf Division.”
A significant memorandum, which we reprint with per­
mission. was given to the officers and men of the Col. Adair’s
command as a result of the edition.
On Leadership
"It is my hope.” the memorandum reads, “that each
officer . . . each sergeant . . . and each corporal . . .
ha> taught his men all he knew and all he could find out
about warfare: trained them and disciplined them, so
that their bullets, too. will count, and that when respon­
Night Wit!
sibilities do fall on the shoulder of the junior he will be
Who
was
that lady I saw you
able to carry on with competence, confidence and suc­
outwit last night?
cess. annihilating his enemy.”
I —
The Broadcaster. Scott Field. Ill.
"When the responsibilities fall on the shoulder of the
junior he will be able to carry on.” In that short sentence is
WAACky POME!
expressed everything that makes the difference between a There was a young WAAC named
Kent.
“crack”
and one that is only mediocre.
Who
<aid
that she knew what it
Never be content to know just your own job. Know the
meaat.
others* jobs.
When men asked her to dine.
Know especially the job of your immediate superior. Gare her cocktails and wine;
Privates—know how to fill the corporal’s shoes. Corporals— She knew what it meant—but went!
know what the sergeant does. Sergeants—be prepared to —Fort Niagara Dram, New York
take over your lieutenant’s job in any emergency. Then you
Wrong Touch-Up!
will be real soldiers.
It would be a terrible world if
Don’t wait for promotion io learn leadership. Learr. women were as bad as they are
painted. —Clarion. Camp Cooke.
leadership and promotion will come!
CERPTS
!
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Calif.
If This Be You—Consider
Dio you ever realize what a "Sad Sadr” you really are. Ye# ...
I -aid “YOU.** With, the perer.r.ial beef about something — be it the
lack of hot water ____ the crowded theater, or having to wait a few
mir-ute.-. for your mail.
Ye«, buddy, tnat make# YOU the sad saek. True, cartoons have
beer, sketched depicting the sad j»ack m his trying moments . — and
many a hearty beiiy-Laugh they nave provided for you. But did you
ever stop to realize how funny you really are ? Have ou ever thought
hew nuieh oetxer -iff you are than the guy who bunks next to you?
Who Wins ?
Food Rationing is r.ot a treat
For gentlemen who live to eat •
But less discomfort will it give
Buch men as merely eat to live.
—Message, Camp Crowder, Mo.
Gal Wanted!
Want Ad: Young soldier with
barrel of flour would like to meet
girl with bakery. Object: Macaroni.
—Medical Soldier. Pa.
by a unit CO for "exemplary be­
havior. efficiency and fidelity” to
ANSWER BOX
We Agree!
any soldier who on or after August
The shoulder strap is that piece
. 27. HMO, has or shall have complet- i of ribbon so placed as to prevent
Q. Are enlisted men »ho are a«- ed three year# of active military *n attraction from becoming a aen-
-igned to advanced coarse# of the service. or who after December f? jation.—Camp Crier, Franklin, Ind.
Army Specialized Training Pro­ 1&4!. has or shall have completed
gram permitted to retain their non­ one year of continuous active mili-
Sweet Rnveagc
com mi«« ioned grades they held tary service while the U. S. is at These evenings, when I've had my
previously ?
* fill
war. (See AR 60&-&}.
Of marching and of ga^-mask drill.
A. Yes. La--, month the War De­
partment cnar.ged the earlier plan
Q- Can yow give me aay idea I ponder what his fate will be
under which all saldien taking when the first antiaircraft gun »as When once I meet the enemy.
the Specialized Training courses wad?
would have been placed in the grade
A. Ai we get it they were first
of private while they were stu- u-ed during the Franco-Prussian
Now you can "keep your war (1870-71}. Alfred Krupp. Ger­
stripes.
man, invented them when the
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French started using free balloons
Q. I saw a soldier »earing a rib­ to carry mail through the German
boo of scarlet with a white strip army besieging Pari«. The gun.,
a£ each end.
For what does it were small pedestal-mounted can­
stand ?
nons in wagons. The Germans ord­
m
A. Y'oo’re probably referring to
ribbon that is given in place
the Good Conduct Medal dur-
wartime. It may be awarded
ered about 20 of them and some
appeared before Paris but there is
no record that they ever shot down
any French balloon«.
Step Right Up. Soldier.
Found in Independence Hotel.
May 16: One Rifle Workman
Badge: May 23. one pair of
Ladies rubber shoes. Soldier with
proper identification may get
same from Independence Hotel.
Independence, Oregon.
Lt. Henry R. Adair
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Asteria, Oregon. Lt. tdair was
Gawd’« sake, don’t ask him. ’What*« killed in battle at Corrizal on
the Mexican Border June 21,
cooking’!“
—Lukomunique—Luke Field, Ariz’ 1916. Before he died he had killed
15 .Mexicans and their horses and
even after he was wounded kept
Ambitious Girls
A boy's ambition is to fill hi.« on firing pistols as they were
father’s shoes. And a girl’s, we reloaded and handed to him by
suppose, is to fill her mother’s his orderly.
As he lay dying an ammunition
sweater. — Communique, Camp
carrier stopped to aid him. With
Livingston, La.
almost his last breath he gasped
these
ringing words:
Reborn!
“
Go
on Sergeant!”— a stirring
Pvt.: “When I kissed you dar-j
phrase
that
ranks with other mem­
ling, love was bora!”
She: “That'.« fine, dear, but wipe orable battle cries of history.
The men of Camp Adair are as
that birthmark off your mouth.”
yet
untried in battle, but thye are
—Kodiak Bear, Alaska
doing their utmost to prepare them­
selves. May the sight of this beau­
Show Him The Way!
A «oldier who had returned to tiful flag flying where every man
civilian life wrote as follows to j on the post can see it inspire our
I troops to do their utmost in our
his old colonel:
"Sir: After what I have suffered ii?ht ior Vict«T-
for the last two years, it gives me
Remember: Everything a soldier
the greatest pleasure to tell you to
throw* dow n—seme soldier ha* to
go to hell.”
In due course, he received the pick up.
following letter from the colonel:
"Str: Any suggestions or inquir- ,
ies concerning the movement of i
troops must be entered on Army
Form 3,3132, a copy of which I
enclose.—Range Finder, Camp Cal­
lan, California.
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WEU-------DONE
Quotes from Tacitus, famous j
Roman philosopher :
-People that get things done, can
ill afford to be loved by everyone.”
',er> > very fine and strong words
More time is wasted trying to
please people, and shelter their
eentihveneas, than is used for pro-
ductive purposes.
When attacked by low-flying
planes, every soldier should Are
on them, unless orders have been
given to the contrary This will
cause the planes to keep above
the range of small arms fire.
SEVEN WENT EAST
Eight men returned from fur-
lough just in tune to join the Tini-
t
ber
Wolves on bivouac. Seven
it Might Be You!
_ . went I
Said the commanding officer of East. Among thes<- were Cpl. Stan­
party about to land
a South ley S. Skopow. Cpl. Martin Rosen;
Pfcs. Harold Hoover, Donald E.
Frees, James Rhinehart; Pvts
When a flare ia dropped during
a nignt attack, stop ~ where F®“
Lou»« M. Mraw and "Hoppy” Hop
are and remain motionless unlb
pilric#. 8/Sgt. Rhoylece Anderson it has burned out
in California.
w»th a soldier'« ire.