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Camp Adair Sentry i Il's A Great Lile 11 1 «.d jitx v —.ww *■■■. > .i , i — , ■,,, w I . . . By T-5 Lynthi Notes From a Soldier's Sketch Book Mouating Guard la and Around Camp Adair, Oregon PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY - ..,4* — 1 Camp Adair gentry - Friday. March IQ, 1944 Page Two “id X i i i “For two pin», Fcf jnirk Die ca? and kiss you," said the wolf. “Here, take these,” the gal re- plied, “my hair will come undone anyway.” A weekly newspaper published by and for the military personnel of Camp Adair, Oregon, under the supervision oAthe Post Military Training Officer. Financed by the Post Exchange. Address communications to “Camp Adair Sentry, Post Head quarters, Camp Adair, Oregon.” AU articles represent personal opinions and are not official unless specifically credited to the War Department. News material furnished by the Public Relations Office is available for genera! release. Subscription rates by mail 6 mo. $1 — Year $1.50. The Sentry subscribes to the matrix und news facilities of Camp Newspaper Service. Capt J. D. McKay .. Director of Training Branch Lt. William H. Ross. Post Exchange Officer Tec”. Bob Ruskauff ..................................... Pfc. Lionel Kay ............ r..... _............................... Cpl. Benjamin Hirschkowitz, Pvt. Wm Sandlin Tec5 Don Lynch ................... "CHANGE <ERPTS Well, I guess I might as well put the motion before the house, said the chorus girl as she danced out onto the stage. The husband answered the tele phone. “I’m sure I don't know," he said to the person on the other end. “Why don’t you call the weather bureau?” “Who was it?” asked his wife. “Must have been a sailor, I guess. He wanted to know-if the coast is clear.”- Managing Editor ...... News Editor Staff Reporters Staff Artist Pro and Con of Women Who Follow After, Instead of Remaining Home Officer: Come, come, niv man. We have a strongly-worded communication from a wom you mustn't smoke at y.our work. an who signs herself “Army Wife" and who takes us to task Pvt.: Who’s working.?.. for the fact that “millions of words have been written tell ing Army wives to stay home.” These words won’t, she says, Then there was’ Ihe ’bufleittjlie change her heart one danged bit. It is all well and good to FACTS ABOUT dancer who was arrested for no ANSWER BOX gauze at all. «ay ‘stay home,’ the lady says, but she indicates that if an , _____ ;______ t Army wife, in order to be with her husband during his train ALLOTMENTS WAC: “Haven't Uâfivlj» basai ing period, is willing to undergo the hardship of poor com (Questions concerning “depend Q.1-waw tiisr'fidTged after over-, fair to you?” _ munity accommodations, over-taxed travel conditions, “life ency allowances” have been many seas duty and later I was recalled GI: “Yes, but I ttanS-you^te bj> to the: servies.' I'njer.the provisions in a garret,” lousy eating and the countless other items of so we have prepared a series of ar fair and warmer.” : —Â ' 3 th? 'hew Mustvr-Out law, may war-time civilian existence in towns near an Army Post, ticles to help explain the depend of I get my discharge pay now or ency law and all the circum He: “Let’s create a disturbance." hen they should not be criticized for following their men. must I wait until after ftie war? This woman declares that she has but one path to fol- stances it is meant to cover.—Ed. A. You’ve got to wait. Men re She: “You’ll havq to marry me first.” ow: like the Biblical Ruth: “Wheresoe-er thou goest, I will note.) For purposes of administration called to active duty are not eligi 1$ \ ■TO. and equitable allocation of money,! i ble for muster-out pay until they The driest conversation stiange- She recites words in one letter from a soldier over the amended Servicemen’s Depend are again discharged or relieved i ly enough conies from people who seas which says. "When we are out here away from home ents Allowance Act divided depend from active duty. are all wet. ents into "classes.'* based largely and homeland, all that we have left are memories." Those Q. What’s all this “limited serv- last precious weeks, she believes, make the end. whatever on the degree of dependency in ive” malarkey? I thought the A sweet young gal from post volved. hqs. had broken her glasses. She it may be. justify all. Class "A” includes the wife and Army no longer accepted men for took the remains to the optome- Is that true? children of a soldier or a divorced limited service. trist at PX No. 1. The lady, furthermore, says that the wives of American I wife to whom a soldier is required A. The Army no longer uses the “Will I have to be examined all term "limited service” in induct over ?” soldiers who remain home keeping up the home front do so ' to pay alimony. In Class “ B ” are placed the par- ing men. In some cases, however, “No,* he replied, “just your simply because they want to do so. A matter of convenience, i cuts, brothers, and sisters depend men who do not meet the standards eyes. ” «he says. . ent upon him for a SUBSTANTIAL for combat service may be inducted To this we take exception. Under ordinary times and con- portion of their support. . because of their special skills. The most popular shades this litions, a woman’s place is with her husband. Today, however, Class “B-l” embraces the par-< -------- season will be the ones that are hundreds of thousands of wives of soldiers are eitner carry ents, brothers, and sisters of the j Q. Is il possible for a warrant left up in the gal’s bedroom win- ing on as beat they can a business left behind or are simply soldier dependent upon him for’officer to he "broken” or reduced dow. jin rank by a court-martial. keeping up the homes on the home front: or are working in CHIEF support. Allowances can be claimed fori A. No. Although warrant offi- Ainiy Doc: “Your leg is swollen, defense plants at essential jobs; or are conserving the family (lass “B or Class "B-l ' i cers are not commissioned officers, but I wouldn’t worry about." (and national) resources. They are maintaining a home foun either dependents but may^not be paid to they are not enlisted men either Pvt: “If your leg was swollen. I dation for the way of life that he will need to haVe when he Imth groups. j and may not be reduced to the wouldn't worry about it, either.” comes back. Instead of following him, they are endeavoring In the case of a former wife ranks, nor to the status of non-| -------- to be some sort of a pillar of strength, while waiting his re divorced, the family allowance will commissioned ----- --------- officers, ---------- r Pvt.: “How come you and Margy sat out the last dance at the Field urn. They are pursuing a course directed by intelligence, in no case exceed the amount of ----------------------------- the alimony awarded. I When the soiuier ha-, dependents House last night, chum? iff. not by heart alone. In every case $22 is deducted We must grant that in this war the problem is dif , from the soldier’s pay and the I in Class "A" AND Class “B" or • Cpl: “Oh. petty reasons.” “B-l” his total contribution is in-j ferent than ever in history. In the last war. most of our I Government contributes the re- creased to $27.—B.H. Sgt: “Whose bright idea was it mainder. except — divisions were composed of men taken from a specific (More Next Week.I to put those flowers on the mess sector or state, who trained in areas not too far from table?’ Pvt: “The colonel’s." their own homes. This time the Army policy has been Sgt: “Pretty, aren’t they?” to bring men from every section of the country, to train (Continued from Page 1) within one single division. This of course means that a WE SHIP TONIGHT Berlin, marking the first time that formations of American aircraft soldier will be in training within lr. S. Ixtundaries for a So cling to me with your lips, let flown over the capital. Other bombers carried the air war into the had year, or pet haps longer, and yet be two or three thousand heart of Germany in daylight attacks for the third time during the me cling mites away' from home. week . . . To yours, in desperation. We zte It is natural, then, that in spite of ail hell, his wife will In Italy, the Allies threw the Germans back with heavy casualties lost. want to pick up stakes and follow him. It is natural he would after penetrating into the Anzio beachhead defenses for nearly a mile. Like hands upraised from the dee» Sharp fighting occurred on the southern front at Cassino—the first imploring; want her to. But this is still war. It is a war fought to maintain a way reported from this sector in some time. Bad weather hampered opera Our" love, new-found, surrendered tions on the Italian fronts generally—the Allies claimed action was at such cost. of life. It is a war brought to maintain an America—and the held for the most part to patrol skirmishes. President Roosevelt's dis The Spring's first crocus crushed American home. closure that one-third of the surrendered Italian war fleet in the Medi beneath the frost: Frankly we have no real complaint against the wife who terranean would be turned over to Russia brought a crisis to Badoglio’s J Your fingers, curled around my arm. tightening. follows her man. Or against the soldier who asks her to cabinet the Premier threatening resignation . . . In Russ i. the German defense system guarding the Baltic State- Weep. Your eyes, however, bright follow him. It is as natural a desire as asking for a seven on appeared to I'e crumbling. Soviet troops broke through the Narva sector! and dry. accost • the first roll—and just as beautiful when it comes true. inside Estonia, while 100 miles >elow. other Soviet forces continued to I Me. strangely glazed, and strange- Rut our deep-down salute is to the soldier and wife who blast their way into Nazi defenses protecting the key base of Pskov, ly frightening. sincerely put the "Yankee solution” first and maintain the Baltic gateway city. German troops in i southern Russia face a potential i danger too. In a powerful new offensive. Soviet troops landed within Let us cling fast for one more kiss "Home Front," American style. We have given this matter milch thought and observa 10 miles of Tarnopol below the Odessa-to-Warsaw line—the capture of 1 and then which would virtually shut off men and munitions reaching the Nazis Speak words «himperint of fare- tion. in the Ukraine . . . • ell to this We like the spirit of the woman who wires: "Hubby, The surprise American at the enemy in the Admiralties be- Brief interlude: word« are nothin« l‘m leaving and will join you. come hell or high water." That’s came a full scale invasion thrust as reinforced American troops pushed in now, when the spirit in the marriage of a man and a woman from the beachhead on Loe Nogtus Island. The landings there ex- Without them, we can blot But we bow to the soldier and his vvift* who realize their tended'the American position within 1300 miles of the Philippines. joyful bliss. love as much, but answer their war-time problem by ap American bombers in sweep« over the Central Pacific dropped Ums of flint to me with jour lip«- murmur farewell; proaching it with a long range plan of happiness, which is explosive« on Ponape and Ku«aie Island». Ou the Burma front Ameri veterans from the Solomons and New Guinea, trapped two th.m- Close by. I hear the tolling of a bell the more likely to tie helpful for a loklier and wife—plus can sand Japanese in their march through the Burma jungles where a big —Tee« Robert 8. Torcu-i*» Uncle Sam. unqueationably.—R R. battle is believed tn the making spoa. Post Finance Office. The World This Week