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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
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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
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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
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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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