Adair Sentry
Friday, August 13, 1943.
Stockade: Insides Out Dog
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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.