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Page Four Friday, January 14, 1944. < amp Adair Sen 198th AAA BN. CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSAR Jcnuary 20 Marks One Three New Lieutenan Year Since Activation Colonels in 91st Div. IT'S A POSSIBILITY Out on bivouac. Pfc. Tom Croxton, Co. B, 275th Inf., stood sleepily in line one dark moroing waiting to be served On January 20, the 198th AAA Auto Weapons Bn. breakfast. Three majors were promoted to i In July. 1943. he was transfen Served at last, he found a seat (Sem.), under the command of Lt. Col. Carl S. Fischer, will the rank of lieutenant colonel in the [ celebrate its first anniversary since activation. Just one on a log and proceeded to eat. 91st Division last week, it was an- ' to the 91st Division as assist! adjutant-general and two monl The eggs were the toughest he year ago, the battalion was activ-— had ever encountered, and he nounced by Major General William : later was made adjutant gener, ated at Fort Sheridan, Ill., and Executive Officer G. Livesay, division commander. He has held this position ev since- that time has written itself a couldn’t even chew them. The new colonels are: Lt. Col. j ' since. Muttering oaths at the cook, colorful history’ for an organiza A graduate of the command a: tion in training. he struck a match to look over I Columbus F. Primm, adjutant-gen the situation, and found that he eral of the division: Lt. Col. Rob General Staff School, Lt. Col. Whi The history of the organization had been trying to eat his ert B. Collier, commander of the was inducted into the Army 1 may be described as one of difficult 348th FA Bn. and Lt. Col. George 1941 and assigned to the 38th Div glove. train!' g, filled with unusual occur- • E. White, commander of the 3rd sion at Camp Shelley, Miss. He hi reries. After completing MTP | Bn., 362nd Inf. previously received his commissi« tra’rting, the ■ organization began as a second lieutenant upon h Lt. Col. Primm, formerly a news- unit training in field problems and ! paper publisher in Montgomery, graduation from the University i firing. Ala., was called into active duty Kentucky in 1930. He was in tl Mighty Cold Training with the Army in 1940 as a second Indiana National Guard until h This was done in the cold wea lieutenant. He had previously call to active duty in 1941. ther and wind that prevails along He was promoted to captain I Major General William G. Live- served with the Alabama National the -hores of Lake Michigan April, 1941, and made command« Guard. His first assignment was to say, 91st Division commander, de during the winter months. Tem MAJOR HAROLD P. WILI.IS. of HQ Co.. 152n the 31st Inf. where he success livered the opening address in the peratures as low as 15 below zero who has served as executive offi Inf. In May, 194 cer of the 198th AAA Auto Wps. I third all-division Gas School for ively rose to the rank of major. and -now as deep as two feet did he attended Con Bn. since its activation. officers and enlisted men which not -top the training of the or mand and Genen began Monday. ganization. Upon completion of the basic re Staff School. The two-week course calls for in mired tests, the 198th was detailed tensive training in every phase of He received hi 'o flood control duty in Illinois chemical warfare from chemical orders to repot ’< r a period of two weeks. One agents, The purpose of the pro Capt. James H. Wigglesworth, -ember of the oi-ganization lost gram is to train inatructors who assistant G-2 of the Trailblazer Lt. Col. Collier to the 91st Divi is life in the flooded Illinois River will, in turn, return to their re Division since its organization last sion shortly after as part of th uring the emergency. Since activation, the 198th AAA spective units with the advanced original cadre of the 362nd Ini spring at Ft. Leavenworth, has : Bn. has been commanded by Lt. knowledge. Commended Many Times Since joining the division he ha been transferred served as battalion executive an General Livesay emphasized the to the XII Corps The Illes of the organization Col. Carl S. Fischer of Sauk Centre, j commander. He received his major importance of not allowing the ' Camp Campbell contain many letters of com Minn. ity in 1942. Leaving the Post Office Service mendation and praise from both Ky., it was an civil and military authorities on in 1941, Col. Fischer entered active ’ A member of the original cadr nounced this OPENS SCHOOL the notable work the battalion service with the National Guard I of the 348th FA Bn.. Lt. Col. Col week. Just prior as a captain to serve as regimental accomplished on this mission. Her has been its commanding offi to his transfer I cer since August, 1943. In July of last year, the unit was I adjutant of the 217th CA (AA) Captain Wiggles ransferred to Camp Adair, which Regt., Camp Haan, Cal. worth, a field ar Beginning his military career a: '-.as been its home station for the He later was assigned as the tillery officer, a second lieutenant in the Office mst seven months. AAA operations officer of the 4th had been assigned I Reserve Corps, Col. Collier becami It lias since been attached to the ' Interceptor Command at San Fran to the Trailblazer division artillery. 1 active in the National Guard am ’6th Division for the I) Series cisco, ami as a major, commanded Capt. Wigglesworth was grad was promoted to the rank of firs Maneuvers ami also participated in the East Bay Auto Weapons Offi uated from the Command and Gen lieutenant and then captain in thi •he IV Corps Maneuvers in Eastern cers’ Cadre School at Camp Davis, eral Staff School at Ft. Leaven 36th Division. hegon. N. C. When the 36th Division wa: worth in 1943, and is a graduate of Recently, the battalion conducted He was later assigned to Ft. called to active duty in 1940, Col the Battery Officers ’ Course, Ft. ring at the Yakima. Wash., AA ’ Sheridan to take command of his i j Collier went with it to Camp Bowie Sill. Okla. ,’ange, and is now anticipating, present organization. I In civil life Capt. Wigglesworth, i Tex., where he joined the 133rd FA •lother practice at the same place. [ whose 'home' is “in ’ Durongo,” Col"’>' He was then “•«lsferred th The men of the battalion came,1 was a civil engineer employed by [ 202nd FA at Can,p Barkley ’ TeX ’ « filters, in three main groups, the Colorado State Highway Coni- I He was sent to the 91st Divisioi he first consistís! of men from mission. in July, 1942, and after command lth Carolina, Ohio, and West ing Btry. C for one week, he wa irginia. Another large assign- TRY THIS ON SICK CALL promoted to the rank of major an< •ent came from Brooklyn, New — York, and the final group consisted Ft. Leavenworth, Kan. (CNS) — assigned as S-3 for the 348th. -f men from Illinois and Wiscon -1 To celebrate their first annivers A draftee gave this reason for seek- ' The colonel’s next position wai sin. ary. the 198th AAA has reserved ing a deferment: “Convalescing that of battalion executive office: Near Home For While ' the Field House for its men for the from a traumatic perishovitis of until May of 1943 when he attend« Many of the latter group were night of January 21, at which time the flexor digitorum sublimis in i school at Ft. Sill, Okla., and re stationed only a short distance I a dance will be held for all person profundus muscle at the metacar , turned to take command of th« from home while at Ft. Sheridan, , nel of the organization. pophalangeal joint.’’ The Army said 348th. and a large portion of this group no, a sore finger wasn’t a good Music will be provided by the Col. Collier's home is in Houston, were drafted from attendance at battalion orchestra, which boasts enough excuse. the I ni»entity of Wisconsin. former members of well-known or Little of the original cadre of the chestras throughout the country. Youngest (And One of Best) Rifle Squads in 70th battalion is in existence, and most Decorations are being planned by <»f the non-commisaioned officers a member of the organization who are men who have acquired their formerly did window displays in Maj.Gen. Wm.fi. Livesay ratings within the past year. New York. ’’Alumni” Overseas Refreshments will also be served ' training in chemical warfare to During the early stage« of r.t the affair. On the preceding af I lag just because the enemy has not 1 J A ' ’’I training, the organization was ternoon and evening, ceremonies 1 used gas extensively in this war. 1 called upon to furnish numerous end parties will be held in the bat i "We lost at Pearl Harbor because filler» for alerted units, with the talion area. I we weren’t prepared." he said, “and result that man» former mem Following a review, the batteries when Germany gets desperate, she bers of the 198th are now in ac of the organization will hold sep may try gas. We want to be pre tive theaters of operation. pared." arate parties. Most of the present officers of The school, under the direction the unit are graduates of OCS at of Lt. Col. 8. J. Boyle«, division t.i XI It \l I P81 rs KPS Camp Davis. N. C. During the past Honolulu (CNS) — Gen. George gas officer, will include training year, over 110 officers have filled C. Marshall, Army Chief of Staff, in attack under gas, use of chemi an organized strength of '•!>. Many cal weapons, decontamination pro have left to attend the officers’ won’t bust into Sgt. Edward Car-i cedures. tactics of chemical war lo's kitchen again. cadre school while several have fare troops and a dozen other as Paying a visit to Oahu Island, j been <ent to overseas replacement pects of chemical warfare. More Gen. Marshall stepped into Sgt.' pools. than 400 inatructors are enrolled I The primary mission of the bal Carlo's mess. Startled at seeing a in the school. taiion ls to provide protection four-tar general. Carlo and two 1 Ai.»_ sgai t hostile aircraft, but it is privates tned to salute with a pan DIM GOOD WORK Interesa of hot water in their hands. The Junction City. Kan. (CNS) _ wa, tl " ipable of setting up a con- YOU ARF lûnVrVr . Tr«»îblar*r PW general was generously splashes! rated fire power against nte- -Muad in the 70th llivi • ” Hha* rlj,ilr-* •«• »h» y<mnge«t rifle The Kansas City Power A Light Me. s«iuad. |M p| average âge 1» years. It’s the -’nd hick ¡Company wantci old uam dam oi on the .--.. otm its uki planned • he 3rd battalinn inHi.ïà *•,”**** *nf.. and by the wav, the» "on oific^^wiwi men of the IMth [combat and hope that they will be Smoky Hill Rrrer destroyed. X leader Pfc. Cari I "Tad J*”- i ront row. I. to r.. «quad . ---------- M^-iroycl Armv •n Sai | ’firmly convinced that the bat-|gi*en I riven the opportunity to from .. nearbv the opportunity to do I . so so he- engineers from nen.by r»™« Camp px.y MeAlliMer Pfc FrJ c»"" PtU "'lliam Wall and Puai H. n is fully prepared to aceom- fore another anniversary' '• »*>- .bps wanted demolition practice »’n. P.U| KorUL . < »««ries E. 5hocke» . Re.r row. I Krnneth Thompson TL P,r Mer,in McDeffee. Pris. Tsh cither of these missions in served. _ 1 They got together Result: No d,m. sP«mh.ur Pf, ? 2- ’ Kd"srd F. Brown. Jr_ Holli. • James L. Himmcr. 91st Gas School Will Train 400 New Instructors Col. Fischer Has Commanded 198th Since Activation Ex-G-2 of 70th Off to XII Corps Field House Dance & Parties on Tap [For 198th AAA Bn. 1 •• •r k