Abbot engineer., June 04, 1943, Image 1

G.l. Jive Sessi«
Gala Dance
Tonight!
All-Purpose Rec. Hell—
Plenty Pretty Girls
ABBOT
Essayons
ENGINEER
Are You Buying
W ar Bonds
Every Payday?
G.l. Insurance
Is a Good Thing to Carry!
PUBLISHED WEEKLY FOR ALL UNITS AT C A M P ABBOT
Vol. 1
No. 3
A BBO T
FACE!
L E T ’S B O L D A SONG!
M m le. M use h a s been ra c k in g
o u r b rain th e p a s t se v e ra l w eeks
f o r a C o rp s o f E n g in e e rs song.
F o r th e w a n t of a n experien ced
ly ricist, m ay b e lik e Irv in g B e r­
lin, o r a com poser, sa y like
G eorge G ershw in, w e o ffe r th e
follow ing poem fo r som e m u si­
cally-m inded A bbotm en to g e t
b u sy a n d c o n stru c t a c atc h y
tu n e . T he S pecial S ervice O f­
fice w ill a p p re c ia te if G. I. com ­
p o se rs lu g com positions to th e ir
o ffice fo r re h e a rsa l. C om e on,
A bbotm en, s a y it w ith m usic!
T h ey ’ve a song ab o u t th e A rm y,
The N av y an d M arines,
T h e y ’ve g ot one fo r th e A ir Corps,
T he whole d a rn w orks, it seem s.
B u t th e y ’ve n ev e r ta k e n tro u b le
T hough w e’ve served them all fo r y ea rs,
To even w rite a v erse o r tw o,
F o r th e C orps o f E n g in eers.
W e b u ilt th e ir roads an d a ir fields.
T h e ir p ipe lines an d th e ir cam ps,
F ro m u n d erg ro u n d m u n itio n dum ps,
To co n crete loading ram p s.
R ailro ad s, dam s an d b ridges,
E lectric pow er lines.
C an a ls and docks an d h arb o rs,
E v en coal an d iro n m ines.
B u t th e E n g in e e rs a re n ’t k ic k in g .
F o r w hen th e A rm y ’s m oving in ,
W e know it ’s ju s t a n o th e r place
W h ere w e’ve alre a d y been.
B efo re th e A rm y got th e re,
W e had to b reak th e g ro u n d ,
A nd build it all to s u it th e ir needs,
Solid, sa fe and sound.
I f th e A rm y an d th e N avy
E v er look on H eaven’s scenes,
Th«w w»M fin d th e s tre e ts a re g uarded
By th e U n ite d S ta te s M arines.
N ow w ho w ill g u a rd th e s tre e ts u p th e re
W e a r e n ’t disposed to say.
B u t we o ffe r th is suggestion.
I f th e y look at th in g s th a t w a y :
W h e n the M arines have ta k e n over
In th e L and th a t know s no years.
W e th in k th e y ’ll fin d it w as all designed,
By th e C orps of E n g in eers.
If You Have a Car,
Give a G. I. a Lift
“T h u m b in ’ rid e s” by all C am p
A bbot p erso n n el is “o u t.” E ven
th e u tra -su b tle m eth o d of sim u ­
la tin g d iscard in g p e a n u t sh ells
is taboo.
A re cen t cam p m em o ran d u m
fo rb id s servicem en fro m so licit­
in g fre e a u to rid e s by a n y o f th e
dozen G. I. techniques.
Howrevpr, th e o rd e r does n o t
p ro h ib it so ld iers fro m accep tin g
o ffe rs of rid es v o lu n ta rily m ade
b y individuals.
LOCA TO R SE R V IC E
L o c a to r serv ice fo r all cam p
p e rso n n el is available 24 h o u rs
d aily in th e E n listed P erso n n el
O ffice by ’p h o n in g 563.
C A M P ABBOT, O R EG O N
Maj.Turrill Is
Experienced to
head Personnel
Supervises Branch of
Army Dealing With
Human Side of Life
Three G.I.'s Tip
Scales at 775
B u lw a rk s of d efen se could
be applied to tw o o ffic e rs a n d
a n enlisted m a n in th e c a m p ’s
P ro v o st M arsh al office.
C apt. A b Jo lly , p ro v o st
m a rsh a l, tip s th e b e a m a t
245 pou n d s; C apt. M. A. E n g ­
lish, police a n d p riso n officer,
w eig h s a m e re 230 pounds,
b u t th e b eh em o th of ’em a ll is
S-Sgt. A n d rew J . E m e ry w ho
b alan c es th e sca le s a t a n ev en
300 pounds.
T h a t’s 775 p o u n d s o f G .l.
flesh, m uscle a n d b rain s!
Friday, June 4, 1943
Fred Waring Orchestra Will
Dedicate Program to Abbot
Special Service Office Arranges Nation-Wide
Broadcast Featuring Famed Radio Entertainers
Fred Waring’s orchestra—consistently voted as one of
America’s most popular aggregations of radio enter­
tainers— will, in the near future, dedicate their quarter
hour nationwide broadcast to the personnel of Camp Ab­
bot, the nation’s newest Engineer Replacement Training
Center, under command of Col. Frank S. Besson.
A d m irab ly . quip p ed to a s ­
A rra n g e d by th e S pecial S erv­
su m e th e im p o rta n t p o sitio n as
ice officer, th e rad io p ro g ra m
w ill e m a n a te fro m an e a s te rn
D irecto r o f P e rso n n e l a t C am p
studio, fe a tu rin g th e n ationally-
Abbot Is M aj. R. D. T u rrill, v e t­
know n
“P en n sy lv a n ia s,” glee
e ra n o f n e a rly a decade in th e
club, vocal and in stru m e n ta l so­
serv ice d e a lin g w ith h u m a n
loist, all d irected by M r. W arin g .
L t. P. H O 'B rien, d ire c to r o f
p ro b lem s.
Special Services, annou n ced th a t
H a v in g a so u n d ju d g e m e n t of
sev eral p re lim in a ry m a tte r s w ill
m e n th ro u g h y e a rs of asso cia­
T e rm in g excessive speed o n have to be accom plished before
tio n in civilian a n d m ilita ry p e r­
h
ig
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leading
in
to
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A
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re leasin g a d efin ite d a te fo r th e
A fish in g lodge, located on th e
so n n el o rg a n iz a tio n s, M aj. T ur-
r ill’s b ig g e st jo b is p lacin g each rim of P a u lin a lake, 22 m iles b o t a s “u n p a trio tic g e stu re s on broadcast.
A bbotm en w ill have a n -o p p o r­
p e rso n on d u tie s fo r w h ich h e is so u th e a st o f C am p A bbot, fo r p a r t o f m o to rists,” L t. Col. 1{. S.
Dicey, P o s t E x ecu tiv e O fficer tu
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n ity
to a i d ___
in __________
selectio n of
b est fitte d . A t th e sa m e tim e he
th
e
convenience
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d
re
c
re
a
tio
n
anil co m m an d in g o fficer of SCU so „ Ks to lM- fea tu re d by th e W ar
m u s t be able to decen tralize th e
w o rk o f th e sectio n so th a t all of all A bbo tm en is th e a im of 1973, to d a y em p h asized neoessi inff e n te rta in e rs. A cam p-w ide
o p e ra tio n s can be c a rrie d on by C apt. M. A. E n g lish , c a m p po­ ty fo r m ilita ry p erso n n el anil m u sic a | poll w ill be conducted
d ep en d ab le su b sectio n chiefs.
lice an d p riso n o fficer, if . . . h e civilians em p lo y ed h e re to abide hy ji ,,. K N G IN E K R in its fo rth ­
com ing issue.
B asically, h is office is divided can sec u re su ffic ie n t h e lp fro m w ith n a tio n a l speed law s.
Speed lim it fo r all vehicles \ Tht, p u b lic R elatio n s O fficer
in to fiv e d irect b ra n c h e s a n d one
in d irect, c o m p risin g th e O ffice so ld iers w ho love to fish a n d w ith in th e p o st is 20 m iles p e r vvju p re p a re a “stre a m lin e d ”
h o u r.
ra d io scrip t fo r M r. W a rin g of
o f th e D irecto r, M ilitary P e rs o n ­ h u n t.
N atio n a l h ig h w a y speed lim its th e
h isto ry , personnel,
nel b ran ch , C h a p la in 's b ranch,
C apt. E n g lish h a s leased a p a r ­
C ivilian P erso n n el b ra n c h and cel of lan d fro m U ncle S am an d allow u p to 35 m .p.h. on all facilities, location, a n d o th e r
■ a rte ria l ro a d s in th e ad jac en t salien t facts th a t “m ay be in ­
S pecial S ervice office. In d irectly ,
lie is in c o n sta n t co n tac t w ith w a n ts a b o u t 20 G .I.’s to a ss ist j v icin ity o f C a m p A bbot. All te re stin g to th e folks at hom e.”
T he F re d W a rin g rad io show
th e A m erican R ed C ro ss field h im in “th ro w in g u p ” a g e n u in e a rm y vehicles, a ll m ilita ry p e r­
log cabin to be fu rn ish e d in so n n el in p riv a te au to m o b iles is h e a rd n ig h tly , except S a tu r­
office in cam p.
S u rro u n d e d by a s ta f f o f e ffi­ S p a rta n a tm o sp h e re , b u t suffi- a n d civ ilian s w o rk in g on th e d ay and S unday, from 2000 (o
cien t o fficers, en listed m e n an d , c ien tly co m fo rta b le to s ta v e o ff 1 p o st a re re q u ire d to conform 2015 o’clock o v e r N BC R ed n e t­
I ra in o r snow .
w ith th e n a tio n a l speed lim ita ­ w o rk .
(C o n tin u ed on P a g e 3)
AblMitinun in te re ste d in bu ild ­ t i o n .
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in g th e cabin should c o n ta c t
C am p a u th o ritie s hnVP been I
C apt. E n g lish to m o rro w l»efore in fo rm e d of sev e ral m o to rists Two-Bits Charged for
1200 a t th e P ro v o st M a rsh a l's o f­ ¡w ho o p e ra te d th e ir vehicles in
Friday Night Dances
fice.
ex cess o f 35 m .p.h.
P a u lin a lak e is considered one
"T h irty -fiv e m i l e s p e r h o u r j A bbotm en a tte n d in g F rid a y
U se o f th e g a s m a s k w ill be of th e best fish in g site s in th e does n o t m e a n 36 m iles,” Col. n ig h t d ances a t th e All P u rp o se
re c re a tio n h all w ill be re q u ire d
stre ss e d d u rin g th e tr a in in g p ro ­ ; N e w b e rry C ra te r d istric t.
D icey said.
g ra m a t th e E n g in e e r R ep lace­
C apt. E n g lish believes a cabin
V io lato rs o f th e 35 m .p.h. law to pay an adm ission fee o f 25
m e n t T ra in in g C e n te r h ere, it can l>e built b y a 20-soldier crew- fa c e p o ssib le l o s s o f su p p le­ c e n ts in the fu tu re , th e S pecial
w as in d icated in a m e m o ra n d u m a f te r no rm al tra in in g h o u rs, in m e n ta ry g a s ra tio n coupons if S ervice O ffice announced. P io-
issu ed by L t. Col. C laren c e J. a w eek, w o rk in g se v e ra l h o u rs convicted of sp eed in g ch arg es. ceeds will be place'd in a re c re a ­
D o u g las, d ire c to r of th e T ra in ­ n ig h tly . W hen built, it w ill lie
All d riv e rs on th e p o st have tion fund a n d used to p u rc h a se
in g D ivision. G as m a sk s a n d h el­ av a ila b le to all so ld iers o n th e been c a u tio n e d to ex ercise a t all su p p lies and to d e fra y c o sts of
m e t lin e rs w ill be c a rrie d by post.
tim e s sa fe ty , c o u rtesy and e f­
tra in e e s a n d c a d re on a ll ta s k s
ficiency.
ex cep t cale sth e n ic s a n d o th e r
SCU 1973 m ilita ry policem en (
su b je c ts in w h ich th e period
p a tro l th e cam p daily. M o to r-!
p lan calls fo r th e ir rem o v al.
cycled M P ’s, a n d O regon s ta te
T ra in e e s w ill le a rn to sh o o t th e
h ig h w a y p a tro lm e n continually
rifle a n d p e rfo rm o th e r field
pace H ig h w ay 97 on th e a le rt fo r
ta s k s w h ile w e a rin g th e m ask .
S o ld ier is only a se v en -letter a n y v io latio n s by m o to r vehicle
P la n s call fo r u sin g m a s k s fo r
w
ord
b u t p ack s a w h ale o f a d riv e rs.
b rie f p erio d s in su b je c ts su ch as
in f a n try d rill, m a rc h e s a n d biv- m ean in g . F o r in stan ce, h a s it
o u a c s, d em olitions, bayonet e v e r o ccu rred to A bbo tm en “how
C IV IL IA N CAR ST IC K E R S
p re se n tin g e n te rta in m e n t p ro ­
tra in in g , flo a tin g b rid g e con­ to spell so ld ie r? ”
A utom obile re g istra tio n card g ra m s fo r soldiers. M em bers o l
H
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w
a
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Col.
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S.
stru c tio n a n d c o m b at principles.
o r c e rtific a te of title should be th e WAAC Section w ill be a d ­
D efen se a g a in s t ch em ical a tta c k B esson, p a st co m m an d er, w ould b ro u g h t by C am p A bbot civilian m itted fre e of ch arg e.
lik
e
to
have
it
sp
elled
:
w ill be one of th e firs t su b je c ts
em p lo y ees w hen th ey visit the
T h e second dance in th e se rie s
ta u g h t in th e C en ter.
P ro v o st M a rsh a l’s office, Bldg. will be held at th e h all to n ig h t,
g a lu te s all o fficers.
337, fo r official stick ers.
s ta rtin g a t 2000. 1
Q bey s all com m ands.
Need Volunteers
To Build Cabin
Fast Drivers
Face Loss of
Gas Coupons
Gas Mask Training
Stressed in ERTC
How to Spell A-1
Abbot Soldier
Col. Besson Fires First Shot
O n Rifle Range— A Bull's-Eye
L o oks n e a t.
J ) rills well.
T he d ay w as m isty . H u g e c lu s­
A m o m e n t la te r, th o se on th e
J n c re a se s m o rale.
te r s of d a rk -g re y clouds h ug g ed ra n g e o b serv ed a w h ite disc be­
th e a sh e n skies. R ain fell in te r­ ing sp o tte d in th e b u ll’s-eye. A
£ n d u re s h a rd sh ip s.
m itte n tly . I t w as a n y th in g b u t th u n d e ro u s a p p la u se g re e te d th e
a n ideal S u n d ay m o rn in g on m a rk in g .
T h u s did C am p A bbot's d istin ­
w h ich to in a u g u ra te C am p A b­
j j eceives re w a rd s.
g u ish ed c o m m a n d e r d e d ica te th e
b o t's rifle firin g ran g e.
A tall, bespectacled, pipe-sm ok­ i rifle ra n g e w ith a n a c c u ra c y th a t
P u t ’em all to g e th e r a n d th e y
in g o fficer paced th e fre sh ly ! th e E R T C w ill s tre s s to re c ru its spell th e b est-train ed , m ost-cour-
clin k ered s u rfa c e of th e w alk | in “sh o o tin g s tr a ig h t” a g a in s t ag e o u s an d fin est fig h tin g m an
frin g in g th e ran g e. D ressed in a i th e c o h o rts o f a x is n atio n s.
o n e a r th —U ncle S a m ’s Y ank!
G .l. rain co at, O .D .'s an d bucket-
h e lm et, he w atch ed w ith a n a le rt
eye e v e ry th in g on th e firin g line.
F re q u e n tly he w ould scan th e
h orizon. A ro u n d him , o ffic e rs
F o rm u la fo r a so ld ier:
a n d cad re of th e 51st E n g r. T ng.
A ddition o f seven m o re ro u n d
one fifth m etal, one fifth
Bn. zeroed M l pieces, c u b i n g | tr ip bus sch ed u les se rv in g C am p
sp irit, one f i f t h leader,
d elicate sig h ts w ith th e ir hands. A bbot p e rso n n e l fro m th e p o st
o n e fifth follow er. H e Is
T h e re w as ex citem en t in th e a ir to B end w as an n o u n ced to d ay by
one fifth a th le tic , one
a s th e stilln ess w a s p u n c tu re d o p e ra to rs of th e P ilo t B u tte
fifth sad ist, one fifth s tu ­
b y th e bellow, “R eady on th e TYansit L ine, fra n c h ise holders.
d en t. T h ro w in a fifth
r ig h t! ” . . . “R ead y on th e le f t!”
B uses now leave ra m p a t 0554,
each f o r m echanic, h u ­
» . . “R ead y on th e firin g lin e!”
60.50. 0720, 0755. 0945, 1305, 1445.
m o r a n d com m on sense
A t ex actly 0729, Col. F ra n k S. 1545, 1705, 1815, 1900, 1915, 2205,
j u d g m e n t — T o ta l: T en
B esson, post co m m an d er, w as 2235, 230«. 2335, 0005 an d 0035.
F ifth s . D O U BLE SIZ E !
h a n d ed th e M -l, a d ju s te d his
Bound fo r ra m p , b u ses leave
C o n trib u te d by
slin g, c o n c e n tra te d on T a rg e t 20 th e d ep o t a t 0500. 0615, 0645,
T S g t. W illiam V. H a n so n
n e a rly 200 y a rd s ah e a d an d 0700, 0900. J2I5, 1400, 1.500, 160«»,
H q. Co. E RTC .
squeezed o ff th e shot, u n flin c h ­ 1730, 1830, 2130. 2200, 2230, 2330
and 2400.
in g ly . . . e a rn e s tly . . . q u ietly .
New Bus Times
Are Announced
Think It Over!
ù'èkèàm , ‘
Bend Acclaims ERTC Troops
In Somber Memorial Parade
B eneath so m b er sk ies th a t m an d sh o p b ro u g h t up iho re a r .
[ s**em«-«l to a c c e n tu a te th e trib u te
"T h e U nited S ta te s is today a
j to a n a tio n 's honored dead, sol- h ra ro n of hop«- and in s p ira tio n
1 «tiers fro n t ( a m p A bbot j«»ine<l to th e people i»i th is w a r to r n
w ith v e te ra n s o f o th e r w a rs and w orld. It m u s t a lw ay s rem ain is
riv ilia n s in o b serv an ce of Mr- |
<-itadel of free m en and a Deinoc-
m n rial D ay a t Bend last S unday.
( T h e m e a su re d tre a d of picked | r a r y ”. Col. F ra n k S. Bess«>n,
- o n in la n d e r of ( a m p Abbot («-Id
tro o p s fro m th e 11th and 12th j th e larg e audience at the fo rm a l
G ro u p s of E.R.T.C. preceded by , eerem o n y a t th e B«-rid h ig h
th e p o st m ilita ry band, echoed school g y m n asiu m . "W e r a n
fro m th e p av em e n t a s th e sol­ m eet o u r d estin y if w e m a rc h
diers, faces set in g rim determ in- j sh o u ld e r to sh o u ld er th ro u g h th e
ation, stro d e th ro u g h th e lane of ! valley fe arin g no evil, co n fid en t
civilians ar 1 m en fro m th e I In th a t calm a rro g a n c e o f ste e l
a rm y 's n ew est ERTC. Follow ing I w hich h as m ad e th e I n ifed
th e C am p A bbot tro o p s w ere vet- j S la te s gr«-at,” he said.
e ra n s o f o th e r w a rs, m en w ho
O th e r sp e a k e rs on th e p ro ­
fo u g h t a t C an tig n y , a t Soissons
an d on th e M arne. T hen cam e ! g ra m w ere M aj. Jo sep h A rnold,
s ta te g u a rd sm e n fro m P rinoville , co m m an d in g o fficer, M adras A ir
an d Bend, m a n y o f w hom , too. | B ase a n d C h ap lain W illiam H .
h ad serv ed w ith th e colors m ore A ndrew , post chaplain.
th a n tw o decades ago. T he am bu- | L t. P. H. O 'B rien, Special Soiv-
lan ce co rp s of R edm ond and ices O fficer, intro d u ced o ff ic tr s
P rin ev ille w ere in th e line of fro m th e post an d n earb y a rm y
m a rc h a s w ere Boy Scouts a n d j in s ta lla tio n s an d M aj. Rob« rt
th e T a w a n k a C am p F ire G irls. B lirleigh of th e O regon s ta te
M ore th a n tw o sco re vehicles g u a rd in t r o d u c e « ! re p re s e n ta ­
fro m th e o rd n an ce service com- 1 tiv es of Bend v e te ra n s' g ro u p s.
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