Thursday, Sept. 2, 1943 ABBOT ENGINEER Page Eight ROUTES OF THE RAIL SURVEY PARTY OF 1855 War Prisoners Disparage Fate to Laud Fuehrer ROUTES P ACIFIC ASTORIA clfnt! ... . m c .n l. r m t __ _____ Cpl. Robert Farmer, ERTC cadreman. functional ’* * ' demonstrates ‘ **“ swimming techniques used in debarking for invasion or in an emergency at sea. In classes supervised by the Red Cross. Camp Abbot soldiers learn to swim with full field packs and rifles. Bv PARTY f II IN Cam ps — O P a r t ie s a'oi'-tea' — Co/rtps O — P /ace f f e o Sure n am es y /v e n J/n<e /8 5 3 m ( J %/anuaty / W / VANCOUVER ¡CA SC A I c'~ o / u r n b - ^ TMC FORT PORTLAND OREGON CITY D4LLES) dalles A *S f i o o c t .( es t a c a d a ) ‘‘C^ar SALEM WARM 5 P R IN C S ) AGENCY VÍ(S M C LBU R N ) ^(BROWNSVILLE) ( s is te r s ) BEND) EUGENE (LO W EL L ) (C O T T A G E GROVE) (R 05LA N D ) (L A P IN E ) (rO N C A LLA ) (C R ESC EN T) W NCHESTER RRALL SPRiN G Sj ROSEBURG Sum mer (M R K) FORT LANE ( m EOFORD) LAM ATH FA LLS) £_\aV- Mapped here is the Abbot trail of 1855—a trail which 88 years ago today touched the upper Deschutes river of Oregon at the location where America’s newest engineers' replacement training center now stands. Henry Larcom Abbot, for whom Camp Abbot was named, was a member of the Williamson survey party that entered Oregon from the south, near Merril, in search of a railroad route from the Sacramento valley to the Columbia river. The spot where the Abbot party camped on the night of Sept. 2, 1855, is shown just north of Rosland. Lt. R. S. Williamson, Lt. Phil Sheridan and their dragoons explored the Three Sisters Cascades while Abbot and his party rested at Ros land. Abbot then moved north for a camp on the Deschutes within the preswit confines of Camp Abbot. Promotions Come Faster For Army Officers Abroad Officers serving overseas are i being given preference to those serving in the continental Unitec States when it comes to promo tions, the W ar Department an nounced this week. "One out of nine officers of the Army serving overseas re ceived promotions during the two months,” said the announce ment, “as compared w ith one out of 13 serving in the continental United States." “ These figures reflect the War Department’s policy of giving preferences in promotions to the maximum extent practicable to those who have had overseas duty.” Simultaneously, a system of rotating assignments is bringing large numbers of officers back to the U. S. from combat thea ters for assignment to new units and o t h e r commands in posi tions qualifying them for pro motions. The positions vacated in units overseas are then filled by promotion of officers from lower grades. SWEMMING—1943 STYLE SURVEY Party u noter tY/tt/g/njoa •••••••• Camps <3 be ascribed to the fa c t that most o f the prisoners w ere y o u n g and had been firmly schooled in Nazi philosophy, Lt. Lowey said. The arrogance of the Germans was best typified, he said, when the transport ap- Officers, warrant officers and , , ,, , . , _. proached New York harbor. The enlisted men will be authorized . . . . . .. . . _ prisoners spent an industrious to drive motor vehicles at Camp . . . . . ... . . . . . . . ... night in pressing up their uni- Abbot to meet transportation , . , .. .. . , . , . forms so certain were they that needs arising from a reduction they would be paraded down of personnel allotments, Post Broadway. Headquarters has announced. Lt. Lowey, stationed in Eng Only jeeps, weapons carriers land for several months as a and sedans may be driven by . , „ , . . , . ' member of a U. S. engineering personnel not assigned to the .. _ ........ unit prior to his being called for Motor Company, but limitations „ „ „ . , r . . i . j j . • i j OCS, was warm in his praise of may be extended to include am the English people. He cited the bulances and 114-ton cargo unity shown in the war effort, trucks in exceptional cases on where all, regardless of political specific authorization from the belief, have subordinated per executive officer. sonal opinions to only one Previous experience in driving thought — that of winning the various types of vehicles in no war. sense qualifies an individual to His unit was attacked several drive government motor vehicles, times by German planes, Lt. it was pointed out. Before driv Lowey said, but on each occa ing army vehicles, individuals sion the bombs fell wide of the must be certified by the chief of . . . . , .. «. .. , , apparent the Automotive Section, Schools . . . target. . . . He . is of the opinion that most of the recent Branch, Training Division, and raids over England are merely licensed by the chief of the Mo of a nuisance variety, with no tor Transport Branch, Supply particular objective. The officer and Service Division. Classes designed to qualify in also indicated an opinion, shared dividuals as drivers are being by many other soldiers, t h a t held by the Schools Branch in bombing from such tremendous Building 1462 from 6 p. m. to 8 heights as the Germans do over p. m. Completion of the course is England, leaves much to chance a prerequisite to a driver's li- in aim,nK at a d,rect tarf et' The devastation of London, cense. by raids during last year's holi days, were described by Lt. THAI* TU VIN IN TU N N EL Lowey, and cited as a proof that Sicily (CNS) American artil- bombings cannot shake the lerymen bottled an Italian train morale of the people of Eng- and its crew in a tunnel here. hind. One almost miraculous in- Every time the train stuck its eident of the bombing was re snout in the- open the Yanks' lated. The area around famed guns opened fire and shooed it St. Paul’s cathedral was leveled by bombs, yet the church itself hack inside again. j escaped almost unscathed, being | struck by only a few bombs, WAC SALUTES, BREAKS ARM none of which caused irrepar London (C N S )— WAC Betty able damage. Hurley of Salem, Ore., met an Prior to entering the army, Lt. officer on the steps of a replace Lowey was engaged in the ad- ment depot here, gave him a vertisyig business in New York. snappy salute, lost her balance, fell down stairs and broke an a word to the spies is suffi FOLLOW ED P a r ty v '’c/er /J b ò o t German prisoners of war are almost idolatrous in their worship of Adolf Hitler, according to Lt. Ralph Lowey, assistant salvage officer of the Supply and Service Divi sion. He gained this insight to the nazi mind while re turning to the United States on a transport loaded with prisoners of war. He was at the time enroute from Eng land to the Officer Candidate School at Camp Lee, Va., where he was commissioned last June. — *------------------------------------ ♦ This fantastic loyalty may Officers May Play Role of Drivers Here RAILRO AO T h i« i« how o a r d u ty »e r r e a n t o r r * nixed th e p latoon to p o lice ap a certa in a r e a : H e d ivid ed the p latoon in to th ree gro a p s . c o lle g e gra d u a te «, h igh school g ra d u a te « and the o th er*. T o th e c o lle g e m en he aa- th. , „ k pt, k m , , p butts, the high school racn were told to pick up the m atch «tic k * "The reot o f you g u y » w ith ou t any edu c a t io n .' he «a id . "c a n «(a n d around and lea rn «©mei CAST YOUR VOTE S o l d i e r s — It’s getting around toward voting time again for you. Remember you’re a long way from home and mail doesn’t travel too fast. Your first s e r g e a n t should have a form post card with which you can request an absentee ballot. I f not, writ? a short note to the Sec retary of State at your own state capital. One of the things you're scrapping for is the right to vote. You might as well exercise it. Civilian Employes Resign To Enter Seabee Camp Chapel of Seven Sorrows Ain't What You Think It Is An unsuspecting soldier of one maneuver unit might visit the “chapel” in search of divine san ctification and wind up with devilish retribution. On the or derly tent, tribunal of company punishment, is a sign proclaim ing in large letters “ Chapel.” In smaller lettering is written “ of seven sorrows.’’ Listed below are these sorrows: “ Duty, Kitchen Police, Pass, Furloughs, Domes tic Affairs, Detail and Restric tion.” The work is signed by “ Father” Nicado, a “confessor” sometimes referred to as the first sergeant. Lewis A. Stratton, civilian employe, who served as chief clerk in the transportation of- ASTP Post-War Service fice. has enlisted in the Seabeos Rumor Called Unfounded Given a rating of machinist’s Armv Specialized mate, he left for the Seabee inR Pr0gram carries the tramg center, Norfolk, \a„ last obligation as to period of serv- week-end. ice as is ¡mposed on other soi. DANCE AT STATION' HOSPITAL Enlisted men of Jhe Medical Detachment, Station hospital, and members of the Wac com- pany held a dance in the Red Cross recreation hall at the hos- pital, Tuesday night. Music was furnished by an orchestra of a’ medical regiment stationed near here in the maneuver area. diers of the army, the War De- partment said this week in step- ping on rumors which indicate ASTP graduates will be required to serve in the army from three to five years after the cessation of hostilities. Many highly qual- ified men are being dissuaded from applying for ASTP train- ing because of suen unfounded rumors, the War Department said.