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Adair Sentry Friday, August 13, 1943. Stockade: Insides Out Dog i Page Thirteen 'Stockade,' a Dog Story Worth Reading Prisoners' Pet Has Narrow Escape GLAD TO BE heme. Stockade, the pet of the “boys in blue” at By Sgt. Nicholas Paolucci, Jerrold Henry, assistant Post vet- whirl, but sure hands rapidly r* - the Post Stockade, is (bief Trainer. K-9 Det. a complete success. placed the suffering dog s vital o. - erinarv welcomed back to the This is a story about a dog— Convalescing under the watchful gans. fold after serious visit to the dog hospital not just a plain dog, but a very eyes of the K-9 Detachment train Lt. Henry arrived as the last of by Cpl. Herbert Wuehr- special dog, “Stockade. the first aid treatment was com- ers, Stockade progressed well. mann. corporal of the Stockade, inspected As her name implies, Stockade The third morning following the pleted. guard from Headquar stitched the wound and tebandaged is the irreplaceable mascot of the operation she was in fine shape, ters Companv, SC I 1911. — Signal Corps boys in blue. To those who have and it was thought she would be her. Photo. Sweating It Out erred and are now learning the able to go home that day. The CQ I he “had boys at the Stock- penance for their sins, she was checked her, in a routine inspec ade, S/Sgt. Brown, provost ser- tion, and found everything OK. "the object of their affection.” Insides Out geant. Lt. Loffredo, prison offi- ( how Hound r orí y -five minutes later cer. the K-9-crs and the vets Stockade was always present checked the sick kennels in at formations, and like the good stood bv and sweated Stock- ade through the crisis. course of our regular morning in GI that she is, she was always spection tour and were amazed Drugs every three hours—tem- first in the chow line, holding her at what we saw. perature—water—drugs—but place against those who tried to displace her even if she had to Stockade had chewed through all over now. Back on her feet after a pro- resort to biting. the stitches that kept her opera convalescence. Stockade She literally ruleo the roost tion healing, and all her insides longed joyously her favorite rejoined at the Post Stockade, with none to were hanging out. dispute her reign. Loved and petted A shout and rapid orders brought servicemen last Thursday. The re and spoiled by her favorite the entire K-9 staff into imme- servicemen last Thursday. The re jaunt was the butterfly detad. diate action. Observations, lectures union was a touching one. It is dif Unerringly she would fall in every and first-aid instructions that had ficult to say who was the happiest, morning with the prisoners been pounded into us in continuous Stockade or the men there. v\ ilson, cnaser assigned to politili he IX training bv Maj. Continuing her convalescence at areas. Post veterinary, proved their value. the prison office, Stockade will Keep hands moist . . . “Use have to take it easy for awhile. But Enough of the background and sulfanilimide (al a on with the storv. that she has returned at all to her A lcohol immediately In accordance with Pest regula- chosen niche in life is due only to “Sterilization’ . ticms, Stockade was inoculated. At hands the quick first aid on the part of the the same time she was spayed. "Remove straw and dirt. staff and the skill and rapid action The operation, performed bv Lt. Everything madof the Post veterinaries. She s No Optical Delusion! LT. COL. E. I. FOSTER. Post Executive Officer, purchases pair of glasses from Miss Opal Logan at the new optical shop at has been opened in PX No. 1 (by the bus depot) to give more nvenient and less expensive service to Adairmen. The colonel s the first customer at the shop when it opened last week gnal Corps Photo. New Shop Offers Complete Optical Service on Post Complete optical service for offi- ?ers and enlisted men at Camp Adair is now being offered by the Morris Optical Company oi Salem, which has opened a branch in PX 1 (next to the Bus Depot). The shop fills prescriptions, re- places broken lenses and frames and makes needed adjustments. Prices in this shop range from 25-^0 percent cheaper than in neighboring towns. The least ex- pensive items are shell frames which sell for $3.50. The most cost- ly are prescription glasses with green lenses which sell for $15. Under the supervision of Miss Opal Logan, the shop will be open from 4 p. m. to 9 p. m. weekdays and Sundays. Song Leader Training Starts in Camp Adair A program designed to give the men more fun out in the field, on bivouacs and marching trips, by means of group singing, is being conducted this week and next Mon- day at Camp Adair theaters through cooperation of Army offi- cials and the National USO. Oren Brown, National USO mu- sic adviser, now at Adan, is lead- ing the strictly informal sessions, These began Monday for “spark- plugs” of the IV Corps, SCU and j 70th Division, who will carry their i training back to the men in their outfits. Men of the 96th Division are planning to join the course short- rive Hour Course One or two men from each company are taking part in- the five-hour course, which stresses informal group singing, “tricks of the trade ’ in song leading and recreation for the men. The program has been carried on successfully in various camps in the country. Mr. Brown, who was brought to Camp Adair by Maj. Carl B. Forsman, Post spec- ial service officer, is experienced in this type of work. The program was first launched here in February by Capt. Richard Grant, music officer of the Ninth Service Command. Both Commanded Same Company, But in Different Wars '»hat’s Wrong With That? Sgt. Tommy Gomez, ranked Chicago (CNS)-Fred Snite Jr., e National Boxing Association famed infantile paralysis victim >e of the ten best heavyweight who has been in an iron lung since ers in the country, is using 1936, has received his draft re- ists to pound out copy on a classification notice. He has been writer these days. He is edi- shifted from 4-F to 3A-4, for “fa- 'f The Serpent, Station Hospi- ublieation at Camp Van Dorn, thers in a nondeferable occupa- tlOll. AS MAJOR GENERAL Gilbert R. Cook links on smilingly, Lt. Joseph A. Nyitray, present CO of Co. A, the Sea Gull Regiment, shakes hands with Maj. Charles C. Backes, who was the first com manding officer of that company back in 1920. Col. Waltz, Regimental commander, looks on. Sentry Photo. Sea Gulls Co. A Holds a Homecoming Day First CO Meets Men Now in Co My old man never says a word now when I raid his pockets a poker game. He found out I w usin the monej to buy ar Bonds. It was homecoming day last. week in the Timber Wolf division i when Maj. Charles C. Backes, now executive officer at Fort Stevens, Ore., visited Co. A of the Sea Gull Regiment. Maj. Backes was the first com- manding officer of Co A when it was organized back in the early 1920 s in Salt Lake City. At that time he was a first lieutenant. Maj. Backes was greeted by Lt. Joseph A. Nyitray, present com manding officer of Co. A, who ga- thered the men together and intro duced their one-time commanding officer. Maj. Backes returned to active duty in April, 1942, and was for a time with the Utah Induction Cen ter, Salt Lake City, and then went to Phoenix, Ariz., to a similar post. In April, 1943, he was transferred to Fort Stevens.
