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Saturday, Sept. 11, 1943 ABBOT ENGINEER Page Four Bend Impressed by Dedication, C of C Reports th ey ll pla y it - s w eet - MORE ABOUT m 3,000 Visitors w fv W — «— (Continued From Page One) • Officers and enlisted men of Camp Abbot were praised for their participation in the “open house” program dedication day by Don If. Peoples, executive sec retary of the Bend Chamber of Commerce, in a letter to Col. Frank S. Besson, Post com mander. The letter follows: Dear Colonel Besson: On behalf of the Bend Cham ber of Commerce, the citizens of Bend, and of other Central Ore gon communities, I wish to ex Pictured here is Post’s new’est dance band, unnamed as yet, which will alternate with the Camp dance orchestra in providing musical entertainment. Members of the unit are: Front row, left press to you, to your staff, and Abbot to right—Sgt. Paul Monda, Pvt. Charles P. Anton, Cpl. John Tobias, Pvt. Robert White, Pvt. J. W. to the men under your com Wipson, Cpl. Casmir Jeleniewski and Pvt. Nick Ponzo. Second row—Pvt. Jess Aguilar, Pvt. Collar, mand, our sincere appreciation Pvt. Joe Bernal, Pvt. Holmes Hutton. Cpl. A. G. Tiemann, Jr., leader, and Cpl. Milton Adcock. At the piano is Pvt. William Sumner. Vocalist is Pvt. Lucien Messina, camp Abbot Publications Photo. for the very fine courtesy shown the civilian population. Camp Abbot’s entertainment Abbot military band. ski, former violinist with the Many of our citizens have outlook was brightened some- j In the saxophone section are Portland Symphony orchestra long looked forward to this op Sgt. Paul Monda of Morgan- and the 'Gth En2ineer_ Training portunity, and it is our feeling what recently . with the organiza- ;;; , ................ . . , Group Orchestra at tort Leon- that Camp Abbot really put on non ox a la-piece sweet dance town, W. Va„ formerly with the afd Wood> Mo>> and Pvt j H a wonderful show for our bene band which will alternate with Hudson-deLange orchestra; Cpl. Wipson of Duluth, Minn., for- fit. The courtesy shown civilians S Sgt. Jack Hayes’ Camp Abbot John Tobias, Pittsburgh, Pa., merly with the Duluth sym- by the officers and men under dance band in playing engage- alumnus of Angie Bates’ orches- phony. your command was particularly ments on and near the Post. The tra and Frank Lombarda; Pvt. Pianist is William Sumner of remarked upon, and so far as new organization, directed by Charles P. Anton of Hannibal, Chicago, former student of the we know there was not a single Cpl. A. G. Tiemann Jr., has a Mo., formerly with the dance Chicago Conservatory of Music, incident to mar the pleasure of more subdued style than that of band at the Missouri School of Cpl. Milton Adcock, bass play- our visit to Camp Abbot. the older unit, boasts a violin Mines; and Pvt. Robert L. White, er for the Post military band, We believe this dedication section and features sweet music St. Louis, formerly with Erwin plays string bass in the orches- ceremony bus done much to ce rather than swing. Michal and Jack La Rue. tra. ment the friendship existing be Organized by Pfc. Sidney You- The brass section: Pvt. Jess Pvt. Nick Ponzo of Chicago, tween representatives of the man, clarinetist, photographer Aguilar of Baytown, Tex.; Pvt. who formerly played with sev- army and the civilian popula and what have you, the band Collar of Kalamazoo, Mich., for- eral bands in the Windy City, is tion. I believe that we will both was turned over to Tiemann merly with Earl Gardner; Pvt. guitarist, and Pvt. Lucien Mes- benefit from the association, and when it was learned that You- j Joe Bernal of Baytown, Tex., sina of San Francisco, formerly I can assure you that we were man will be honorably discharg- former member of the Tri-City with A1 Lamanet’s orchestra, is very much impressed with what ed from the service. Tiemann, Symphony orchestra; and Pvt. vocalist. we were aide to see of the train drummer for the outfit, former- Holmes Hutton of Baton' Rouge, The orchestra played an en- ing given at Camp Abbot. ly played with Wally Stoeffler’s La., formerly with the Louisiana gagement at the Officers’ Club Sincerely yours, orchestra and Joe Harris, and, if State University Symphony or- Saturday night’and at a dance D. H. Peoples, he gets the call, can take over j chestra and the Standard Oil for sergeants in the All-Purpose trumpet, piano or clarinet. He j Company band. Recreation Hall W e d n e s d a y Executive secretary. plays French horn in the Camp | Strings: Cpl. Casmir Jeleniew- night. own t r u c k s for hauling. At present the Post is dispatching a truck to Camp White daily to deliver 2,500 q u a r t s of milk. Previously, supplies w’ere obtain (Continued from Page One) ed from Camp Adair, but an in Classes in song leading and • • • with Office of Price Adminis crease in personnel at that sta pocket instrument playing were tration officials regarding the tion made securing supplies started at Camp Abbot Monday by Capt. King G. Stacy, music possibility of establishing ceil there impossible. ing prices which would take in If a satisfactory celling price officer Tor the Ninth Service to consideration the distance can be arranged, Camp Abbot Command, in keeping with an which dairies must ship their officials hope to contract for a r m y ‘Overseas Recreational products to supply this post. The milk supplies as well as delivery Program. problem was discussed further of the product. When Camp Ab Some 30 men from each of the at a conference in Portland. bot first sought to obtain milk 11th and 12th Engineer Training Existing OPA-controlled ceil sent to 20 concerns requesting Groups are enrolled for the song ings take into consideration haul sent to 20 concerns requetsing ; leading classes and some 60 from ing only within a radius of a bids. Apparently, ceiling prices each group for pocket instru few miles and do not provide for being what they were, dairy com ment instruction. Classes, which compensatory rates for long dis panies were n o n e too pleased will continue for eight days, are tance deliveries. To circumvent with the prospect of hauling held daily in the Service Club this problem it has been neces such a great distance. No bids I and the All-Purpose Recreation Hall. Pocket instrument instruc- sary for Camp Abbot to use its were received. | tion for soldiers of the 11th ! Group is held in the Service Club at 8 a.m. and song leading at 9 o'clock. Instrumental in struction for the 12th Group is at 1 p.m. and singing at 2 o'clock in the All-Purpose build ing. Those who satisfactorily complete the course will be given an official certificate. The course here is part of a program set up by the War De partment, through the Special Service Division, to train key men in each unit in the tech niques of song leading and pocket instalment playing and teaching. Pocket i n s t r u m e n t s were chosen instead of the larger vari ety because they are easy to carry and can be mastered in a short time. Soldiers who have had no previous training on the "sweet potato” or ocarina, the tonette or the song flute can play a few simple tunes on them after as little as 10 minutes of Instruction. Captain Stacey, a bandmaster cO t0 r j a u M T in World War I and prominent ~O m W V d o *« t * r * * t fo r t o n ig h t m **n r '. * • '" * ••»*« director in civil life, is vice presi MORE ABOUT Music Course Here Trains Soldiers for Fun Overseas Milk Deliveries — — * U l 1 v l J dent of the National School Band Association and a graduate of the Army Special Service School. Daughter of Gen. Abbot Regrets Missing Show A letter from Miss Marion Ab bot, Cambridge, Mass., express ing good wishes and regret that she could not attend the dedica tion of Camp Abbot, named in honor of her father, Gen. Henry Larcum Abbot, was received too late to be read at the ceremony. It follows, in part: "I deeply appreciate Col. Bes son's remembrance of my fath er's birthday. We are full of good wishes for Sept. 2 and we look forward to reading about it in your paper. I feel more recon ciled to missing this occasion since every one is urged to avoid all non-essential travelling these two weeks, as there are more men on furlough now.” scores of other demonstrations of engineer training and saw men both at work and at play. • Nearly 1,000 of the visitors passed through the guest house on their tour of the cantonment proper to see first hand how soldiers live, worship and relax. They listened with rapt atten tion as General Thomas M. Rob ins, assistant chief of the Corps of Engineers, conveyed regrets of the Chief himself that he could not attend. They were told by Brig. Gen. Hannum, chief of the Pacific division, how once it was feared Camp Abbot would not be completed on time, but true to the code of the engineers it was ready as promised. They heard from Judge Robert Saw yer, Bend publisher, through whose efforts primarily the camp was located here, of Gen eral Abbot’s long and useful mili tary career. It was obvious that the aud ience attention, and that of the troops as well, was centered on Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, Jr., commander of the IV corps, and a veteran of the fighting in the Southwest Pacific. “Some writers, particularly in some magazines and on the radio ,a tendency has been to not give credit to the accomplish ment of combat troops, as are members of the Corps of En gineers. But some of us wfc. have been in the Southwest 4We cific, and are in a better position to know, will tell you different ly,” the tall general said, slowly, and with marked emphasis. Col. Frank S. Besson, com mander of Camp Abbot, was ob viously pleased with the pro gram as it proceeded without delay. His countenance did not noticeably change as the troops passed in review, but it took no mystic to discern that he was immenesly pleased. It was re flected too, in his message to the troops the following day when he paid them high compliment for their showing of the day. The crowd, and the graR throng of soldiers, heard tor Rufus Holman of Oregon, laud the spirit of the men and women who serve in uniform, and who told them they might well now consider themselves Oregon’s adopted sons a n d daughters. It was a day that marked an other milestone in history of this training center, set in a meadow, surrounded by tower ing peaks of the Cascade range. Brilliant sunlight glistened from bayonets as troops passed in re view. When they marched away, soon to resume training for a mission that might carry them to remote parts of the globe, they were surrounded in a haze of dust, which, caught by the dying sunlight, spread a halo like effect that certainly must be a mark nature has reserved for only the brave. Make It A Habit to Let An A word to the spies is suffi other Soldier Read The ENGIN EER. cient! SEND THE ENGINEER H O M E (Fold paper, fasten it together, place 1 ' 2 C stamp in corner, mail) From l * 1 2 Cent Stam p Here Camp Abbot, Oregon