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Page Six Friday, March 31, 1944, CAMERA'S EYE VIEW OF POST EQUIPMENT AND REPAIR SHOP UNDER FULL STEAM a nip Adair Sentry Friday, March 31, 1944. Maintenance Division Now Runs Repair Shop Page Seven AND HERE'S HOW POST ARMAMENT AND AUTOMOTIVE SHOP EARNS ITS Gl BREAD Consolidation Completed; Result Saving in Manpower, Mach-nery What were formerly^he jpbst Ordnance and Quarter master repair shops have, during the past six months, under gone a drastic administrative chaiige-over and have now been consolidated into a single unit onW-4-___________________________ the Post, the Maintenance Division, under the supervision of Lt. Col James W. Fraser. | On September 7, 1943, the War Department, over the signature of thé Secretary of War, ordered that ------- e- all Army repair shops on fixed posts be combined, and that the i interesting sidelight on the entire responsibility for mainten ac ivities of Camp Adair's main-j ance of clothing and equipment be tei ance shops is obtained from an placed in a single division of the ex inination of some of the figures, on the work performed by them Army Service Forces. ing 1943. Repair Shops Combined •r the 12 months ending last Col. Fraser was appointed to Di member, the shoe repair shop the staff of Camp Adair's Direc ha died over 98,000 pairs of GI tor of Supply, Col. W. Bruce Pir- el< i-hoppers. The net saving to the nie, in the capacity of deputy go ernment Just from this one <ec- I director of maintenance. It was tio l of the maintenance division i ( his job to combine into a single 1 . wz I almost $108,000. unit all the various repair shops ; ! 'or the same period the canvas I on the Post, including Ordnance, an web equipment shop saved uartermaster. Medical. Engin 3«, 96 separate articles of equip- j eering and Signal Corps, and to mi it. The valuation of this work I insure their smooth operation wi i more than $43,000. when the unification was com i lothing. however, formed the | pleted. lai jest classification of govern-( Col. Frazer now reports that the consolidation part of the program I m< It issue to pass through the has been virtually completed and r« ous repair shops on the Post. that any wrinkles in the new set-up Ei ctly 125,397 pieces of clothing, of Due sort or another, were re are gradually being ironed out. The reorganization of Camp, pt ed by the “stitch-in-time-saves- Adair’s repair facilities has elim nn I” branch of the Army Service inated a great deal of duplication Fo tes. Savings to the Army ex of work, and the savings in man es led 871,500. Repair Shops Save Thousands Yearly For Government power and machinery facilities have been considerable. *1 The maintenance division now? handles all repair work of any M-| turc that may arise on the Post, ex cept carpentry work, which is still under the supervision of the Post Engineer. The shops are so com Clair Huffman has been in plete and so well-staffed that only of the watch repair shop on occasionally does the need arise to1 since the "very early days” send repair work to high echelons, it was first being organized, and in these cases it is usually that time. Huffman, a vet- some extremely specialized work, of over five years of watch such as x-ray and chemical war work, was not provided typewriter shop. (4) Pfcs. Willard Glover and'KobeVt*(\h°Moore fare equipment. wifi much Army equipment. In or- repair canvas cots. (5) Judy Theriot and Loren Agee do an im- p<"it»nl job in the shoe repair shop. (6) A general view of the Nearby Stations Serviced dci that his section might func- clothing repair assembly line.” (7) Wilma Hooper, also of the tio I more completely, he dent home Not only do Camp Adair main shoe repairing section. tenance shops service the Post, on furlough and returned with a but they do repair work for the complete set of watch repair tools “Thish's Mine—All Mine!” j lered. “I’ll never open up. I bought various stations in nearby sec —4is own, personal property. tions and whatever tactical units New York—A barnacle-studded , this place for myself!” j old salt, retiring after 30 years in may be in the area. • One Member of This The Portland Army Air Base, the ! the Navy, decided that tbe best DYING OF MORTAR WOUND ASTUs in Eugene and Corvallis family Is All Wet 1 way to pass his fading years was BUSHEMI W ANTED CAMERA (Continued from page 3.) and the Civil Air Patrols in Red Ito buy a saloon in New Y’ork. I Enwetok (CNS) — “What hap mond all request service from the I just kept on working and I did He bou*ht an old tavern, board- pened to my camera?” asked Sgt. Camp Adair maintenance division. all right* Just how “all right” he 'V?" ‘° ,n<i John Bushemi, YANK photo redecorate it. After a week had grapher. after he was hit by a blast During the summer of 1943 the did can be judged by the fact that passed, residents of the area gath of Jap mortar fire during the in shops, at that time separate units, he was honor man for his class. w-ere swamped with work from the T Sgt. Lewman is a platoon scr- ered outside and knocked on the vasion of Eniwetok Atoll. Bend maneuvers. gmnt in Co. B, 274th. He served door. Three hours later, Bushemi was for two and a half years with the Canvas Shop Largest "When are you going to open dead; the first YANK correspond 4th Infantry in Alaska before join The tent and canvas repair up?” their spokesman asked. "We’d ent to be killed in action. shop on this Post is believed te ing the Trailblazer Division. Just like to patronize your place." be the largest in the entire the other day he took a strange “Open up!" the old sailor hoi- Know your general orders. Northwest, yet it is only one riflf . without zero-in g it in, and small portion of the total facili nicked 11 bullseyes out of 12 shots. Pop lewman stayed in Son Lew ties available here. Col. Fraser is asaisted in his war's barracks during his visit work by three capable, specially- her- but he still prefers a Navy chosen lieutenants. Chief assistant hammock to a GI bunk. He's cur and production control officer is ies’!y awaiting further training in Lt. C. E. Smith. The two main re as amphibious force. tch Repairman Own Tools Early Days' WORKADAY' SCENES in the Maintenance Division's Cloth ing and Equipment Repair Shop (1) Lt. Col. James W. Fraser, deputy director for maintenance, inspects the work of Mrs. Han sell. who is in charge of heavy canvas repair work. (2) Katherine DeVisser. at work in the clothing repair section. (3) Pvt. James H. Anderson doing some highly-technical repair work in the Trailblazer Officers Celebrate Anniversary (Continued from page II 1 ♦------------------------------ - Adair, and they arrived here on Dahlquist, Dahlquist. Brig. Brig. Gen Gvn. Robert N. May 3. The enlisted cadre arrived Young, Brig. Gen Roland P. Shugg during the following three weeks, and Col. Charles H. Owens. and complete plans were laid for Also Lt. Col. Elmer J. Willson, activation, reception of fillers and Lt Col. Janie6JF. Miller, Maj. Rex organisation of the 70th Division. D. Roach, who was substituted by Nearly all of the original group Lt. Col. Raymond E. Bell, Lt. Col. remained together to see the Trail- Joseph G. Conley. Maj. Theodore blasers activated on June IS, wit C. Metaxis and Maj. Leo H. Silver- ness the reception and absorption man. of fillers during the latter part of 1 August, participate in Orgamza- . The special staff included Lt. Col. Leonard C. Sorensen, Maj. tion Day on September 15, and ' John E. Devine. Maj. Daniel F. watch the seasoned soldiers and the recruits grow into a strong, Munster. Maj. James H. Cowan, Lt. Col. Ellery W. Niles, Lt. Col. fighting infantry division. 'Eugene R. J n wood, Lt. Col. Harold Most <xf those who are still here I D. Shrader, Lt. Col. Worth Wicker. have been upped a grade since the Lt. Cel. Reward V. Merrick, Maj. beginning of their trek to Camp Calvin S. Wisman and .Maj. Alfred Adair to build ”<>rvgon'» Own" r. Coles. division at the end of the Oregon Trail. They have effected and seen WHODl'NNIT? I DOIT! many changes as training pro grossed, ail a natural process of a I Los Angeles (CNS)—Judge Pier- growing volatile unit. Ison M. Hall ordered the court eal- The original officer cadre wiU ’endar called. “You do it," replied __ _ be minus some of the members .the clerk. Flabbergasted , me ciera. r lanoergasted at this they "pioneered* with to Oregon.'effrontery, the judge testily re- Th< fidlowing hat contains thelpeated his request. “You do it," names of all of the Ft. leaven- 1 the clerk repeated "1 guess you worth group, with only four of [mean me," said U/ Doit, a defend- them missing: Maj. Gen. John E. [ant. pair shops are under separate su pervision. Lt. James A. Noeker is in charge of the armament and automotive shop, while Lt. John E- Thomas keeps a watchful eye on ¡the clothing and equipment repaie shop. I YEAH.' THE FOLLIES Loa Angvles (CNS)-Mrs. J<A* H. Morse won a divorce from her husband on the grounds that he used to leave her in a cheap movie while he attended a more expend” one. ! j ANOTHER “GENERAL JOE' YARN Burma (CNS)—Lt. Gen. W. Stiiwell was crouched bor m of a fragile Chinese river boat when it pulled up to a dock her» "Look at the poor man," sate one of the native dock work er* "He must be over 60.” Cm Stilwell translated this con versation to his companions. "See.” he 'marked wryly, "you've got • to take a lot of msuhs when you get to be my age." I OVERALL VIEW of Camp Adair's Armament and Auto motive Shop (1). (2) Tec5 Oscar Knopp performs a »elding job to keep equipment in tip-top shape. (3) Lt. James A. Noeker. officer in charge of the shop, and Frank Sufmeth, of the small Soldier Priority in Civil Service By Camp Newspaper Service Servicemen and women honorably discharged from the armed forces are going to ride the inside track when appointments to jobs in the executive branch of the Federal Government are made, the U. S. Civil Service Commission has disclosed. Servicemen are entitled by law to preference in Federal appoint ments through the Civil Service system, according to the commission. Here are some of the breaks they get: They are given five points in addition to their earned rating in civil service examinations. Therefore, in written examinations they need earn a rating of only 65 in order to attain eligibility. Non-veterans must achieve a rating of 70. Ten points are added to the earned ratings of disabled veterans or those who are over 55 years old and because of disability are entitled to pension or compensation. Ten points are also added to the ratings of the widows of veterans and to the ratings of the wives of those dis abled veterans, whose disability prevents them from being employed in jobs in line with their former occupations. Ten point veterans need earn a rating of only 60 per cent in written examinations. Servicemen are examined without regard to height, weight and age requirements, except for such positions as guard, policeman and fire man. Physical requirements may be waived entirely for disabled veterans in some cases. Rignal Oorpa Pho Vs arms section, inspects a rifle. (4) Pvt. Everett W. Elfline works at one of the shop's modern lathes. (5) Marion Frank, ordnance arma ment machinist. (6) Pvt. Clair Huffman, watchsmith. hands like a rifle. Two steel fuel tanks hold heavy oil, and an at tached cylinder contains compresasd ______ ■ air or nitrogen. The Ml Al is also (ANS)—GI flamethrowers, - de equipped with a small cylinder con signed and mad« lay the -Chemical taining hydrogen which is used toe Warfare Service, have come light the fuel oil much as a pilot through with flying colors in Jungle light starts a kitchen stove. action against the Japs, the War j . As the operator approaches his Department has just revealed. target, he presses a button which When out of action, the Ml Al releases a stream of hydrogen from portable flamethrower looks like the brass nozzle and, at the same a, harmless garden gadget for time, actuates a spark plug to ig spraying potato bugs, but in action nite the hydrogen. The operator it resembles a giant blowtorch. It fires by squeezing a trigger valve consists of fuel and pressure tanks at the rear of the flame gun. and is strapped to the operator’s Make free voice recordings to back like an infantry pack and con nected by a short hose to a rodlike send home at Club 1. Any day from discharge piece carried in the 1400 to 2200. Flamethrower Ideal For Jungle Jap Fight Dry Cleaning 4-DAY SERVICE They are appointed to Federal positions without regard to the apportionment rule, which provides that appoint ments to the deport ments m Washington shall be apportioned among the states and terri tories according to population. NOW AVAILABLE AT PXM Servicemen are given the privilege of filing applications for examinations which have closed but for which lists of eligible» exist i qr «re »bout to tee established. Such examinations are railed “reopened" examinations. 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