Camp Adair Sentry
Thursday, July 29. 1943.
Pare Six
By Pic. Dannheiser
Provost Marshal Aids
Combat Units On Post
Identifies, Registers,
And Reports; Assists
Municipal Authorities
COURTESY
STRESSED
By Pvt. Lionel Kay
The Post Prove,st Marshal. Capt.
Waiter R. Padrick, and his assist-
a t. I . John P. Loffredo, work to
assist the Post Commanding Offi-
cr to render service to the combat
units stationed in Camp for train-
He is not after any record of
• rests, but is more more interest­
in preventing incidents that may
r.ke enlisted men away from their
•_ aining.
Courteous
Divisional Provost Marsha! In Action In The Field
Yes. Indeed, S Sgt. Crumit;
There Certainly Has To Be
Seattle (Special to the SEN­
TRY)-S Sgt. Austin Crumit
stopped a Navy station wagon
here
recently
for
speeding
through city streets at over 50
milbs per hour.
A very frightened driver
stuck his head out the window
and exclaimed: “Please, ser-
gdftnt, let us go. We’re on the
way to the hospital with a wo­
man who has just had a miscar­
riage.”
Promptly switching on his
siren, Sgt. Crumit escorted the
“ambulance” to the hospital.
After the excitement was
over, he philosophically re­
marked, “Well, there has to be
a first time for everything.”
MAJ. R. M. CRISWELL, Provost Marshal of the Timber Wolf division, points out a bottleneck
in the movement of troops, on foot and in trucks, to his assistants and some of his MPs. I nder the
category of “traffic control.” it is the Provost Marshal’s responsibility to keep troops moving with
a minimum of delay due to traffic congestion. Seen above, as the problem is analyzed and worked out.
are (l.-r.): T 5 John Mancuso. Lt. H. IL Oaksford, Maj. R. M. Criswell, Lt. William Nutting, S Sgt.
James Sherwood. Pvt. Boyd Schallenberg, and Pfc. Harry Gourley.—Signal Corps Photo.
The duties of the Provost Mar-
hal’s Office, which is under the
tivities of the Provost Marshal.
atchful eye of S Sgt E. R. Bend-
z.r, are the issuing of identification These various duties range from
asses, the registration of person- gate guard to town patrol.
• 1 automobiles and firearms and
The motorcycle squad of the
Operate
he reporting of delinquencies. In
traffic section is responsible for the
every phase of its work courtesy
To
control of traffic on the post
i emphasized.
(speed limit. 20 m.p.h.), and assists
The Provost Marshal carries
Vociferous and many are the
■ t and enforces all regulations ' units leaving or entering the Post. complaints of GI drivers against
that the Post Commanding Offi- '
the toughness of the MPs of the
Praised For Courtesy
may prescribe. He cooperates j
Northwest Sector Patrol.
The
Provost
Marshal
has
'th all the local civilian law-en-
Under the command of Capt. Sid­
rcement authorities, and is in trained his MPs to be courteous ney C. Jenkins and Lt. Howard F.
nstant communication with the but firm. They know the regula­ Wilson, there are two patrols of
te police.
tions and are on duty to see i six men each. They constitute one
.though the Post and the Divis- that they are carried out. They traffic department in which no
al Provost Marshals deal with want to help a man and not get i tickets can be fixed.
trouble.
ft rent sorts of work, there is him in
No Pulling i Rank.'
r
nplete cooperation among them
The results of this training have
The
patrols have stopped
the handling of any cases that been worthwhile.
Many officers speeders ranking from the lowly
tain to each one’s respective and enlisted men have phoned the
private to a brigadier general.
, i rsonnel.
Provost Marshal and praised the
Organized by Lieutenant Gener-
MPs Have A Boss
MPs for their courtesy and friend­ ■ al John L. DeWitt, commanding
Che Post MPs work only for liness, especially at the gates, general of the Western Defense
the Provost Marshal. All their where ‘a stranger gets his first Command and the Fourth Army,
activities are in reality the ac- impression of the Camp.
these patrols’ main purpose is to
j protect government vehicles and
military personnel on the public
highways.
You Press the Little Thumb Down
Range Far
The entire Northwest Sector,
from the (’anadian border to
California, is patrolled. The pa­
trols can be any place at any
time, not operating under any
set schedule.
The men in these patrols are all
graduates
of
Traffic
Control
School conducted in Ft. Lewis.
They are neither judge nor jury,
but act in the capacity of reporters
, only.
Reports of violation clear
through Headquarters, Northwest
Sector, before going to the offend-
I er’s commanding officer. Army
Regulations require that disciplin­
ary action be taken.
All military and naval person-
■ nel must obey these MPs when the
: latter are on duty.
I
I OH, WELL! GRAND COULEE
Tough MP's Make
Up NWS Patrols
Provost Marshals Of
Divisions Train MPs
From Canada
Sunny California
OBVIOUSLY THEY ARE not paying attention to the work
that is on hana, but are much more interested in the c. meram«n.
What we tried to get across was a scene of activity, with the he id
of the Provost Marshal’s Identification Department, Sgt. George
Kohler, busily fingerprinting Miss Betty Bennett, Post Head­
quarter« employee.—Signal Corp« Photo.
“The man behind the scenes”
would be a very apt title for the
desk sergeant in the Post Provost
Marshal’s office. It’s a 24-hour a
day deal, in eight-hour shifts—
just like a municipal police depart­
ment.
The desk sergeant books prison­
ers, checks and returns their per­
sonal property, lists all irregulari­
ties that are reported and records
all incoming and outgoing phone
calls.
He receives a report on all fire
alarms that come in on the Pos^
and informs the motorcycle pa­
trols of these alarms.
Every hour the gate guards must
report in as do the motorcycle pat­
rols.
•
Non-coms in charge of patrols
report to the desk sergeant when
going on duty, and he checks out
their sidearms to them. He receives
reports from the non-coms when
they return from their tours of
duty.
The desk sergeant carries on the
Provost Marshal’s activities in his
absence, and it is his responsibility
to coordinate the MP town detail
with the Camp forces.
He is prepaied to handle any
emergency.
His phone number,
one to remember, is 2975.
THE PROVOST MARSHAL
AND THE MPS ARE NOT TO BE
FEARED. THEY ARE THEBE
TO HELP. BIT—IF YOU DO GO
WAS ALM AYS NICE PLACE
AROUND BREAKING RULES,
Grand Coulee. Wash. (CNS) — EXPECT TO TAKE YOUR PUN­
Bicycling employes of a power­ ISHMENT.
house here have a down hill ride
both to and from work. Each morn-
It is against regulations for more
| ing they coast down a slope to the than two persons to ride in the
foot of the dam. Each night their front seat of army trucks, weapon
, bikes are hoisted 400 feet by ele­ carriers, sedans, or other G.I. ve­
vator to the top of the dam. Then hicles that are not especially equip-
they coast home.
¡ped for more than two.
Besides the Provost Marshal
there are two divisional Provost
Marshals at Camp Adair—Maj. R.
M. Criswell, in the Timber Wolf
division, and Capt. Calvin Wisman,
in the Trailblazer division.
Their duties differ from those
of the Post Provost Marshal as,
primarily, they are training the
division Military police for the
work that will have to be done in
the field under actual combat con-
ditions.
Know All The Answers
The main categories of this
work are traffic control, strag­
gler lines and civilian evacuation.
They also act as a general bur­
eau of information, being ex­
pected to have all the answers to
any question« that no one else
knows the answers to.
All troop movements, whether on
foot or b$' truck, are supervised by
the Provost Marshal and his MPs.
Intersections must be patrolled and
speeding guarded against. Bottle­
necks must be removed as soon as
they develop in order that troop
movements be as facile as possible.
Straggler lines, during combat,
are set up immediately behind the
field artillery. Stragglers, wound­
ed and deserters must be “collect­
ed” and properly taken care of.
As towns are occupied, civilian
populations must be controlled.
They may be “frozen” indoors or
restricted by means of a curfew,
or they may be completely evacu­
ated to another location.
Sabotage must be prevented, as
well as subversive fifth column
activity. Highways must be kept
open to allow free troop move­
ments. Towns must be policed
when soldiers arrive.
While in Camp Adair, these Pro­
vost Marshals are most concerned
with the training of their respect­
ive MP platoons. They do, howevet,
clear all delinquency reports from
the Post Provost Marshal, and co­
operate in every way possible with
the “housekeeping” authorities.
Only authorized passengers ma>
nde in a military vehicle.