Camp Adair Sen
Thursday, June 3,1943.
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It’s A Great Life
Notes From a Soldier's Sketch Book
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DENTISTS AM) POSTMEN;
“I’m sorry,” said the
“but you can’t have an appoj
ment this afternoon. I have ejo
een cavities to fill.” Then—
He picked up his golf Lag
walked out.—Bombsight—Kirtl
Field, New Mex.
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WA ACS TOO?
When the female of the sp?,
sets out to get the male
She can give a bloodhound sev<
points and beat it on
trail.
may struggle, he may wrig(
he may plot and he t
plan,
he can’t evade the fem al
when she’s out to get hi
man.
—by Kay Gran
From “It’s 'ard to Go Wrong m Tl
Cactus.”
Major Carl B. Forsmaji
..... Special Services Officer
Sgt. Bob Ruskauff
Managing Editor
Sgt. Raymond C. Johnson. Pvt. Harry Klissner, Pvt. Lionel Kay,
Pvt. Paul Rosenberg
Associate Editors
T/5 Don Lynch ...........................
Staff Artist
Tell The Chaplain
.... tell it in time; and above all, tell the truth.
(Written by Chaplain. Major William H. Andrew, Post Chaplain.
Camp Abbot. Oregon, at the suggestion of Chaplain. Major Lloyd
V. Harmon. Post Chaplain. Camp Adair, Oregon.)
The world’s largest waiting room is in the Grand
Central Station in the city of New York. More people go
in and out of this station than in and out of any other place
“Listen, Pal. did you come up here to buy U ar Bonds •r
NOTHING NEW ADDED
to
look around at the girls?
in the world. Right in the middle of this waiting room is a
Blackouts are nothing new.
huge desk with a lot of efficient people behind it. Over this
luxurient means profuse and and her boyfriend started tl
desk is a big sign which says INFORMATION. It is the duty
superabundant.
years ago in the living room.
YANKWIZ
I
of this staff to tell the traveler what he needs to know about
I 7. A gazelle is an animal; a ga­
By Bob Hawk
train schedules, about the city, and about any other directions"
zette is a newspaper; a kazoo is
TIMES HAVE CHANGED!
Quizmaster,
“Thanks To The J ♦
desired. The traveler wishes to know “where he can find
a musical toy.
“I will not permit 30 men
Yanks." Saturdays. CBS
Î ' 8. Yes, you could substitute grape­ travel
what,” and as quickly as he can ask the question there is
400 miles to agitate a bi
I fruit. They will float.
some one to tell him the answer.
of wind,” said President White
Cornell in 1873, when the univeic
1.
Which
of
these
do
not
have
teeth:
9.
Glassware.
• The Chaplain in any Army outfit is just such an aid
ity of Michigan challenged C ot
frogs, fish, birds.
10. A horse.
to the soldier. The Chaplain does not pose to take the
nell
to a football game to be playe
2. A well-dressed woman might
place of any other officer on the post, no more than the
at Cleveland with 30 men on a side
wear mink on her head. Could a Well Done
man at the Information Desk in a railway station takes
well-dressed man wear rabbit on
the place of the other officials in the station. In fact,
his?
HIROHITO TAKE NOTICE
A beneficial game for stimula­
the Chaplain and his services, in the capacity af an aid
Never hit a man when he’s doi
3. Give within five million the av­ tion of the mind, is known ».« “Men­
to finding out for the soldier what he wants to know, is a
erage weekly attendance at mov­ tal Chains.” It goes as follows:
He might get up.—Fred Kasp
ies throughout the United States,
great benefit to every officer in the other branches of
After first acquiring complete (Blue network.)
according to the Hays office.
the service.
mental relaxation and freedom,
ONE WAR AT A TIME
4.
Does
a
kangaroo
run
on
all
four-
An Army Post is a big place. It is as confusing to the
think of something, anything. Al­ I
legs ?
At a certain U.S. military camp
average soldier as a strange city is to a traveler. It takes 5. In theatrical parlance, what is low your mind to wander hito a the officers who examine candi
quite a lot of time to get used to the places and customs of a meant by “papering the house"? thought slightly different than the dates for OCS bit upon a wonder
first, but remotely connected. Using
Post—the locatidri of various units, and also the ways and 6. Distinguish between luxurious the same process, allow your mind fuT‘ quesnorT'Yo'r festltfe tWe pois
means of doing things that affect the soldier personally. and luxurient.
to wander freely, and then slowly and mental equilibrium of South
7.
What
is
the
difference
between
'and gradually. Try to bring it back erners who appear before them.
How many times a soldier who is wise, comes to <the Chaplain
and asks, “What can I do about this or thj^t.or the other?” a gazelle, a gazette and a kazoo? ¡to its original thought, thus com- Each candidate is asked what t
If you want to play bobbing for pleting the mental chain. After it’s would do if his state seceded froi
The Chaplain, in these cases, is not taking the place of the 8. apples,
but didn’t have any ap- over, you’ll find it verv interest- the Union.
.
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...
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soldier’s Commanding Officer, but rather is helping the pies—
eould you substitute grape- Jng and amusing, reflecting on the
“When sprang on a Georgia mat
Commanding Officer, and in many cases the soldier’s Com­ fruit, or would they sink?
various and silly things you thought bis eyes lit with a holy fire, bt
mander has sent him to the Chaplain for the information and 9. Which would be more apt to about, trying to complete the chain. he quickly got himself in hand.
give a clearer picture of a burg- •
—By Weldon.
help desired.
“We got to finish this war fir*
lar’s finger prints — glassware
Tell The Chaplain
suh,” he said—The New Yorker.
or a brass door kno*b?
"THE JAPANESE"
With this being the case, the Chaplain says right off, 10. If you had jodhpurs, would you
by Ogden Nash
It is a paradox that every die
“TELL IT TO THE CHAPLAIN!” The Chaplains are right also need a horse, a doctor or a
from
tator
has climbed to power on th
here to tell all they know about what the soldier wants to barber?
I'm A Stranger Here Myself
ladder
of free speech. Immediate
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know, and to get the information quickly for him if they do
Published by Little Brown & Co. ly on attaining power each dicta
Ans* ers
r
not have it at hand. The Chaplain is an excellent listener.
tor has suppressed all free speed
1. Birds.
How courteous is the Japanese,
Dr. Frank Crain used to write that a man’s best friend was 2. Yes—felt ! hat.
except his own.—Herbert Hoover
He always says, ‘Excuse it, please.’
a good listener. The Chaplain is never too busy to listen to 3. 85,000,000.
He climbs into his neighbor’s gar­
Heavenly Miracles
any kind of story, to listen to any trouble, big or little. If it 4. No. They have long and power­
den,
St. Peter and St. Thomas Aqvin*
concerns the soldier it is a concern of the Chaplain. Tell the ful hing legs and relatively small And smiles, and says, “I beg your
were having a golf game one hear
fore legs which are not used for
Chaplain.
, ,,
pardon,”
enly day. St. Peter’s first drivi
He bows and grins a friendly grin, was right up to the cup for a hoi
Tell the Chaplain IN TIME. Mosf troubles grow with progression.
Letting part of the audience in ’ And calls his hungry family in;
in one. St. Thomas brandishing hi
time. The longer they are neglected the bigger they get. 5. on
passes.
He grihs and bows a friendly bow; celestial club, stepped up to the te
Why wait? Tell the Chaplain early, and in the most cases 6. Luxurious pertains to luxury; “So sorry, this is my garden now.”
and drove a hole in one also.
the trouble can be attended to before it gets big. The writer,
“All right,” “aid St. Peter, “no’
on his first vacation in several years, saw a little pimple on truth, but the hiding of the truth will be a disaster. A long let’s cut out the miracles and gc
the foot of his little son the very first day out. It was time ago this sentence was in the grade school grammar text I down to work.”
neglected for several days—paid no attention to it at all. books to illustrate the rules of punctuation:
But in about a week the little pimple was a big sore with
No Lie Is Little
I/«
blood poison setting in rapidly. Needless to say, it was
“Sin has many tools,” said Oliver Wendall Holmes, “But
serious, and not only was the vacation ruined, but it nearly a lie is the handle that fits them all. This sentence illustrates
cost the life of the little son.
more than punctuation. It states the un-varnished fact that
Tell Him Now
you can’t get away with even a’ little shading. There is no
Get to the trouble in time. Don’t let it run on and on such thing as a “LITTLE” lie. They are all lies, big or little.
and get bigger and bigger until something breaks. Whatever Tell the truth. Your Chaplain-will keep your confidence. He
your problem may be it is a big one—right at the start cannot be made to swear any confidence given him on a
whether it looks big at that time or not. Some soldiers have witness stand. He is your friend. What you tell him goes WHEN YOU CAN’T neutralize am«*
a trap, mark it clearly so that other»
been told that they must bear their problems all alone and with him to his grave unrevealed to any other human soul. or
will not detonate it before it can be dea
not bother anybody about them. This is the wrong advice.
Officers, as well as enlisted men, have their problems with by specially trained m
Tell the Chaplain and tell him in time.
too. In most cases the Chaplain is already known to the
Now let us add a third point and the biggest point of all— officers as a man who is a good friend to all men. After all,
ABO\ E ALL TELL THE TRLTH. Truth is like steam. in this world no man can live to himself. The Chaplain is
It will come out in spite of everything you can do about it here to hear and share the burdens, problems, and also the
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or it will move something out of the way. It may move the joys and sorrows of every man on the Post.
NEVER
PICK
UP
or
move
anything»«
wrong thing for the soldier. It may burst right in his face
Tell it to the Chaplain; tell it in time; and above
• building until yo« have
ex*"“®-
to his shame and sorrow and great loss. You can’t hurt the
all tell the truth.
it to see if it is connected to a trap-
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