Friday. May 21, 1943
ABBOT ENGINEER
WAACs Here
To Take Over
Office Tasks
Here's q Preview of Abbot Training
Page Three
Col. Bond Heads
12th ERTC Group'
Three battalions — the 55th,
56th and 57th—form the 12th
Croup of which Col Aubrey H.
Bond is commanding officer and
! Lt. Col. Alvin M. Mock is execu-
| tive officer.
Assisting Col. Bond are the
following members of his execu
tive staff: Lt. Warren J. Nei-
j man, adjutant; 2nd Lt. Haimes
i C. Koiohmainen, assistant ad
jutant; Capt. Ernest W. McNeil,
' Jr., S-l; 2nd Lt. Edward H. Irwin,
S-2; Maj. Merle L. Gilbreath, S 3;
Capt. James E. Campbell, S4;
1st. Lt. Frank M. Keane, assist-
I ant S-4, and 1st. Lt. Wayne B.
Leitzell, Special Services officer.
By T/4 GEORGE S. F L Y
Not in the least weary, despite
a long train ride from Arkansas,
the first detachment of WAACs
assigned for duty at Camp
Abbot arrived in Bend Monday
afternoon. They were joined the
following day by 24 more and
were quartered temporarily at
the Gilchrist hotel which had
been taken over by the Army
fo r this specific purpose.
Four officers and 76 auxiliar
ies are scheduled to arrive Fri-
ilay and Saturday. Their arrival
will bring total strength of the
detachment to 143 auxiliaries
and four officers. Two officers
and 46 auxiliaries were sched
uled to arrive from Fort lies
Moines Friday, and 23 auxiliar
ies from Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.,
and two officers and 17 auxiliar-
will complete the roster of the
Mecca for all Camp AblHjtiw-r»
Released by U. S. W ar Department Bureau o f Publie Relations
detachment when they arrive
when on pass in Bend is the l'si>
ENGINEERS LAND IN NEW GUINEA—Here is a typical scene of American soldiers landing
Saturday afternoon.
on Wall street in (he heart o f
men and equipment for the Corps of Engineers on the tropical beaches of the Southwest Pacifie.
More than half of the group
iiie town.
o l 33 arriving Monday were
Under the able leadership of
Auxiliaries First Class, corres than 60,000 members and five
training sites, anti-tank demoli “Colonel" Bob Titus, the Be id
ponding in grade to a private training centers fully staffed by
tion spots, night training terri USO has kept pace with tire ac
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first class in the Army. This sec W AAC officers. W AAC mem
tory, fixed bridge locations, dem tivation of the Army's newest
tion of the detachment recently bers serve in nearly 100 army
olition veldts, fortification ob ERTC.
linished a special administrative post in the United States as well
Nightly it is a haven for hun
stacles, bayonet courts, and a
course at thte Arkansas Poly as at stations in North Africa
large review field, east of the dreds ol Engineer and SCU serv
technic College at Russellville. and England. Auxiliaries arriv
ice men who visit the attractive
Echelon center.
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The remainder erf the group ing at Camp Abbot were among
Camp Abbot is destined to be clubhouse for “coffee and,” write
came from Montieello, Ark., the first ever to be sent to a
letters, read current magazin*-s,
neer, announced that crews of come the largest of the three books and newspapers, cut a
branch of the Fifth W AAC newly-activated camp.
ERTC
installations
in
the
coun
Training Center.
Arrangements for tiic arrival workmen were concentrating on try. It will attain its peak of few rugs with any of the 75 at
All were enthusiastic over of the groups was in charge of finishing buildings in the Group trainees in early September. Re tractive Junior Hostesses, vi-it
their assignment to Camp Ab First Officer Ruth Donaldson, treas, surfacing roads, installing cruits will receive 12-weeks’ of with friends or just relax.
bot The majority of both con assistant chief of the WAAC utilities and putting finishing arduous and varied military and
In the near future, the ‘‘Col
tingents was from eastern states branch, Ninth Service Command, touches on numerous training engineering training.
onel" said, approximately S70C0
.and the
snow-capped peaks Fort Douglas, Utah.
Thus the men who displuy the will be spent to completely re
sites situated throughout the
¡aught the girls' eyes immed-
castle ensigne will graduate and model the present site and con
30,000 acre garrison.
ately.
Maj. Merle E. Wilson, C.E., another eoutiugeut arrive to vert it into one of the most beau
Trained especially lor admin
was the resident engineer in learn how to construet and de tiful and best equipped UFO
istrative work, they are expect
charge of work at the ERTC. Lt. molish bridges, prepare landing centers in the northwest. There's
ed to release general service
Col. A. D. Harvey, C.E., directed fields, eliminate ohstaeles, de something doing every night and
men for combat duty.
At present there are two PX ’s the Bend Area office as area en stroy mine fields, wire entangle- ) the kind ladies of Bend and mer
The first to arrive werejnoved in operation on Group Ave., and gineer.
meats uild construe! camoullage chants are cooperating splendid-
to a barrack at Cam pHbbot within a week, eight canteens
Mr. Robert W. Sawyer, pule sellings—will he prepared lo 1 ly to make Abbotmen feel like
Wednesday. They will remain wiii be created in rec halls for
join fellow Yanks in building a at home. The Bend USO is op
here until special, barracks in the benefit of Camp Abbot sol Usher of the Bend "Bulletin” is bridge lo Berlin and Tokyo lo erated by the National Catholic
the hospital area are completed. diers, according to Lt. D. B. Mc responsible lor the naming of achieve “ the inevitable triumph.” Community Service.
Camp Abliot. On Aug. 14, 1942,
In the meantime, they live the Clure, exchange officer.
same life as enlisted men, oc
Two additional PX ’s, measur Col. Kiehard Park, distriet engi
cupying double deck bunks and ing 20 by 100 foot, will be com neer from the Portland area vis Coiled Ropes Added To
firing their own stoves. Not one pleted by Sept. 1. Units also will ited Bend to select a site and met
ERTC Field Uniforms
was abaslied by this turn to liv be established in the post hos Mr. Sawyer.
” 1 have just the site you have
ing under field conditions. “ We pital and for o f f i c e r s and
If Abbotmen think their full
Soldiers stationed at Camp
in mind,” the white-haired pub field pack is weighty at present,
like it—and how,” was the con WAACs.
Abbot will find a trained fit Id
sensus.
Prices for staple merchandise lisher, lawyer and historian said. wait till they attach individual director of the American R“d
The fact they would be sta- available at present are 13 cents He took Col. Park on a tour of training ropes to their ammuni Cross on duty here to assist in
♦ioned 18 miles from the nearest for tailor mades, candy bars, the present ramp, locally known tion belts.
solving any problems that may
town was not in the least discon four cents, cokes, a nickel and as the Shonquest raneh proper- ¡ A recent training memoran confront them. Temporary quar
ty. The eolonel seemed pleased. dum announced that coiled ters are in Building 854 on TbJjd
certing.
3.2 at a dime and 15 cents.
.^ b ‘‘We were surprised to find a
Eventually, when P X ’s are in
“ Then name it after Brig. Gen. ropes will he a permanent item avenue, between E and F streets.
own as nice as Bend near the full operation, they will stock a Henry L. Abbot,” he said. It was. of the pack. The rope will lx? Frank J. Dunning is in charge.
camp,” several auxiliaries said. complete array of goods to bene
Camp Abbot is laid out on a 1 coiled around the canteen and When a new wing being built on
They also were pleased they had fit their trade slogan as "G I de level stretch of terrain, atout the ends will be held secure with Rost Headquarters is completed,
been assigned to an Engineer partment stores.”
4,300 feet above sea level on the marline.
the Red Cross will have perman
Replacement Training Center.
east bank of the world-famed
ent quarters in that building.
• W AACs arrived at Camp A b -1 A girl is a pleasant dinner trout-filled Deschutes river.
I was lit up once. I was so lit
bot one day after the first an companion when she makes you
In various sectors of the can up the air-raid warden had to
Too bad. He was a window
niversary of the corps’ organ think she is taking dinner with tonment are tactical areas, float- ' take me home under an umbrel washer and he stopped back to
ization. The corps now has more you and not from you.
ing bridges and river crossings 1 la.
admire his work.
B end U S O Is
M e c c a For
A ll A b b o tm e n
Post Activated
Two PX's Open For
Business In Cam p
Red Cross Office
Established He re
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GATEW AY CITY TO THE CASCADE VACATIO NLAND is Bend, situated at
the threshold of a great scenic empire that includes world famous Crater Lake,
some 200 crystal-clear mountain lakes, snow-capped mountains. 150 miles of
the famed Deschutes river, a thousand miles of dashing trout streams, great
glaciers, evergreen forests and lush mountain meadows. Okay, so w ’ve been
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shooting the breeze with Mr . Don H. Peoples, genial secrrtary of the Beml
Chamber of Commerce. The \ townspeople are very friendljr, love to invite sol
diers to dinner. Entertainmen t facilities are plentiful. Price:s arp within resist>n.
Round-trip bus tickets cost 50i cents. Oh yeah, the girls are Drettv!
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