Camp Adair Sentry
Friday, July 21, 1944.
CP HEAD TELLS APPRECIATION
In the last issue of the Camp To the staff of the Sentry, success
Adair Sentry, the chief of civilian | in your new assignment.—
personnel wishes to take this one [ Cramblitt, Chief of Civilian
opportunity to thank all civilians ( sonnel.
for their cooperation.
Y’ou have done a fine job and as [ Cream of Nazi Youth
long as there is a job to do in the Destroyed by War
war effort, we know you will con
France (CNS)—Five
tinue.
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war
have so depleted the cream
In behalf of civilian employees,
we thank those who have been con German youth that many divisions
nected with the Camp Adair Sen fighting here are comprised of men
try for the wonderful way they either under 20, or well over .30
have cooperated with us, and the , years old. according to an Allied
liberality of space given the civil-1 announcement.
ians.
One American staff officer said
The Camp Adair Sentry has al-j that of more than .37,000 enemy
ways been the medium in building [ soldiers captured in the fighting
morale on the Post. The writer here, very few fell into the cate
lknows this to be true because he gory of men of 20 to 25 years
helped to write up the first edition which forms the backbone of any
and now, writing this in the last I great fighting force. The oiliest
edition of the Camp Adair Sentry, ¡prisoner was 69, the officer saidx
Going Somewhere? They'll Give You Send Off
ITS TRANSPORTATION, the office force, anyhow, with Capt. George A. Scott, transporta
tion officer. They're the crew who handle the pencil work that get you where you’re going—in case
you ever leave Adair.
’ SiznsTfisip. Phei».
Message from Col. Hays, Post Commander
(Continued from Page 1)
the personnel of Camp Adair will have an even
[harder time to maintain their high spirit of morale,
flfficers and men are being transferred, many old
associations are being broken up, general reduc
tion is being made everywhere, the thing which we
were organized for is being changed to one less ro
mantic. While combat troops were present we could
feel a definite connection with that combat. We are
entering a phase of our work that is just as impor
tant and vital to the conduct of that combat, but a
little harder to see. Thru all this I can feel your de
sire to do your best and to help.
To the Commanding General, his staff and the
officers and men of the 70th Division. I wish to
express the appreciation of this headquarters for
their assistance in making our present period of
transition easier.
Ball Studios Serve
Adair 61s Two Years
Photog
In all our activities and during the period of
its existence. I believe that the Sentry has con
tributed a great deal towards the building of a fine
spirit between ground force units and Army Service
Studio at PX 1 to
I
Force units, as well as within the Station Comple
Close on Wednesday
ment itself. It has had a definite place in our Camp
and the method in which it has filled this place
Another old friend heaves Adair
and performed its mission is appreciated. You who Wednesday.
hate worked on this paper can rest assured that
In stating yesterday that the
your job here has been well done. As your Post Com . i Ball Studios* in PX 1 will close its
mander. I know that so far you have earned the ap- [doors on that date. Robert (Bob)
predation
of Camp . - Adair.
p.— of
... the
. ... soldiers
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——. - . - You
— —- who . [ Ball, owner and manager of the
go from Camp Adair, I feel confident, will continue [ up-to-date photographic plant sit-
, uated in Corvallis, applauded the
to do your part.
- pleasant contacts with Camp Adair
—Samuel I). Hays
Col„ FA, Commanding ; and Army customers numbering
I the thousands, who have been
To Fred Kachtdhoffer, the chem served during the past twer years.
' as it goes in. The alum forms a
Portraits done by this studio,
| sticky floc (a minute mass of ist, goes the credit for a very vital
. particles, according to Webster) to and interesting .part of the job. | which claims a staff of 65 em
ployees, largely composed of wives,
i which all the particles of dirt at-
r
On his shoulders is placed the task i mothers and fathers of military
Aignvl Ceriw Pheto
i tach
lime u and
other a ,
C-VX11 themselves.
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Gl PHOTOS TAKEN by Zeke
chemicals purify and act as settling
testing the water da.ly in five , personnel, has in a sense provided
agents for the water as it moves different tests to determine the a morale work of significance. For Walton, post signal corps pho
tographcr. since he hit Adair
'on into the settling basins.
amount of bacteria and other im- I it is in photos sent home that an I Aug. 11, 1942, have numbered in
Purification Plant Has
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important
link
remains
between
a
the thousands. Formerly a lieu
From here it goes through a purities in the raw water. In this
tenant in the Army Reserve
Own Chemist; Water filter that consists of .30 inches of way the automatic machines feeding GI and his family.
Corps, Walton served for some
Tested Daily by Expert sand and 18 inches of gravel, and the chemicals can be adjusted ac Ball said that letter files of the | time at Fort Lewis under Col.
'studio are crammed with letters C. S. I’ettee. now CO of the 274th
on into the reservoir tank complete cording to the needs.
Say, soldier, what are you drink ly pure and ready to be pumped to
Tests are also made to determine from hundreds of families in con- Infantry Regiment. Although he
ing? Water? Not just water, sol the Camp area. This Complete the kind of bacteria in the water | gratulation for these portraits of has never been pictured in the
Sentry, the Walton grin is as
der, you are drinking PURE water.
processing of the water from the and to watch for all bacteria that i "their” soldiers. Most of the thou familiar to most reader* as the
1 ou are drinking water that has Willamette river into the pure wa is a bearer of typhoid, dysentery, sands of Adair soldiers were pho pictures trademarked “Signal
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been purified and sweetened ter reservoir at the maximum etc. These tests are made by add tographed by C. N. Coffee, chief Corp* Photo."
through the most up-to-date and speed is 1800 gallons per minute. ing a chemical substance on which operator at the Post studio.
finest Water Purification Plant in
It was announced that the ko vealcd.
the bacteria like to feed, to the
Water Constantly Checked
the Ninth Service Command. This
The Ball plant is one of the most
dak finishing department, under
Ta Jim Strange and the boys water samples.
great installation, located at the goes the credit for keeping the
These samples are then placed in management of ('. G. Justin, will ! modem and among the Imgett ill
outskirts of Camp Adair, pumps water constantly pure and plen
an incubator for 24 hours at body continue to serve remaining PX«. I the North went.
water from the Willamette river,'» tiful. This task is not easy as the
Negatives of all portraits which
temperature. Slides are made and
stream known to be high in bac- controls must be checked often to placed under a microscope where have i>een made at the Post «tudw>
ONLY 13 LOST
it*riai content, and within three show the amount of water that is tl>e bacteria colonies are examined will -emain rn the Balls Studio files,
LONDON, Eng. (ALNS)—Of
hour» it is ready for your use, being used, the amount that must ami counted A similar teat is made and additional photographs may be 1 .500 wounded navy men evacuited
free from dirt, coloration or any be pumped, and to see that the of the water after it has been run obtained at any time by writing the to England between D-day (June
impurities.
flow of water is aot hindered by through the plant, and it is here Ball- Studio, f'ervullis Post Ex 6) and Jun« 21, only 15 died of their
When Camp Adair was being dirty basins or machinery break that the boys know how well they change prices will always prevail wounds, announces U. 8. Navy
[built the water problem was a big downs.
on subeerpient orders, it was re medical officers.
have done their job.
'one. Besides the necessity of the
water being pure, there must be a
Adair's Clear, Cool, Pure Water
supply large enough to meet the These Men Provide for You
reeds of a Camp the site planned.
It was finally decided to take water
[from the Willamette iver, purify
it and pipe it to the cantonment.
I'aring the construction and the
daily tests that followed as well
a- the first six months of actual
use of the water, this plant waa
the most closely watched in the
-•mth Corps Area.
Plant Good Example
Rut this fine plant has proven
a huge success and it stands as
• n excellent example to any lo
cality «here the water supply
must come from a similar source.
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Makes Our H20
Purest, Best' I
j•>
er, Fn
nd the c
Paul and Walt Dai
time.
The water, according to St
i’ pumped up from the nir through
t P*» where dtrtomatw machiaeu
f*ed measurement» of alum, lime,
*Murid* and ammonia into the
w»ter The water then enters basin*
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