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W E'RE TWO LARGER NO W Voi. 1 No. 21 New Training Units Formed In ERTC Here Activation of two new Engin eer Training Battalions, the 58th and 59th, was announced by Col. Frank S. Besson, ERTC com mander, this week. Each consists of a battalion headquarters, headquarters detachment and Companies A, B and C, under the command of the 12th Engineer Training Group. To balance the number of units allotted each training group, command of the 55th Bat talion, less Company C, was transferred from the 12th Group to the 11th. Appointment of officers for the new battalions and other personnel changes resulting from the activation will be an nounced. Major Fuller to Attend School At Ft. Belvoir CAMP ABBOT, OREGON OUCH! This is the sort of welcoming committee an intruder can ex pect when Camp Abbot’s War Dogs begin to walk patrol with civilian guards a few weeks hence. And them teeth ain’t er satz, brother. Canine Corps Training Here For Patroling Twelve War Dogs have arriv ed at Camp Abbot, ensconced themselves in quarters near the sewage disposal plant and settl Maj. Lawrence Fuller, com ed down to a two-weeks’ course manding officer of the 52nd En of basic training which will pre pare them for patrol duty with gineer Training Battalion, left civilian guards on the Post. this week to attend the Engineer Just out of the San Carlos Field Officer School at Fort Bel War Dog Training and Induction voir, Va. His successor is Capt. Center, all the animals except Robert T. McClure. one are for the most part un During his assignment with trained, although they already the 52nd, Major Fuller was ac-, have learned to obey a few sim five in the promotion of sports ple commands and to become and recreation programs for the vicious martinets at the order battalion. A weight lifting cham- ! "watch.” In charge of their train pion at the United States Mili- ! ing is Sgt. Raoul Mound of the tary Academy at West Point, he ; Military Police Company who organized a weight lifting class ■ several months ago completed in the battalion and acted as in an eight-week War Department structor. His battalion was the j course in canine sentry training first in the ERTC to hold its own at Fort Robinson, Neb., and track and golf contest, and the formerly was in charge of War first to stage an orientation pro- ' Dogs at Camp Adair He is assist gram intended to familiarize ed by Pvts. Eugene Van de trainees with facilities at Camp Graaff and Bert Simpson. Abbot. Donated to the army by pri In addition, Major Fuller kept vate owners, the majority of ani one of the most complete sets of mals are ordinarily docile, but war maps on the Post and car at the right command from the ried on 21 chess contests by cor- • right person can display an respondence. . (Continued on Page 2) W A C Theatre O fficer Taught Music at College in Egypt By CpI. Mary Graham attended by daughters of gov In Cairo, the city of the East ernment officials and the wealth and West, the new and old, ier classes, with 18 different re wealth and poverty . . . watch ligions represented and 21 dif ing the sun fall across the ferent races. minaret of a mosque, hearing the "Regardless of how long a per faint cry or tne miiezzin go out son has lived in Egypt he does into the stillness calling the Mo not become an "Egyptian” but hammedans to their prayer . . . rather retains his heritage and climbing the Big Pyramid, pic refers to himself as a Syrian, or nicking by moonlight in the shad whatever the case may be,” Lt. ow of the Sphinx, riding a Martin recalled, speaking of camel, sailing on the overflow some of the customs of the peo of the Nile, exploring the tomb ple. of King Tutankhamen . . . The first Christmas holiday These were the experiences of Lieutenant Martin spent on a Lt. Helen M. Martin, theatre of river boat going up the Nile to ficer for the Special Service Of the first Cataract at Assuan. fice, during the two years she During the Easter season of her spent in Cairo, Egypt, as instruc second year in Cairo, she visited tor of music in the American the Holy Land where she saw College for Girls. the birthplace of Christ and The school, self-supporting other famed landmarks familiar from the high tuition fees, was j (Continued on Page 2) 54th Cagers Leave Abbot Undefeated Cagers of Company D, 54th Battalion, added four wins to their list this week and entered a forced retirement after having defeated everything in sight. The fighting 54th’s withdrawal from competition was occasioned by the fact the battalion has com- pleted*its training and is prepar ing to depart for other stations. In a double header program Monday n i g h t , Company' D trounced a team from Co. C of the 53rd, 57 to 7. Finney again was high scorer, amassing a total of 23 points, against 16 for Ogelsby, runnerup. In the sec ond half of the twin bill, Co. D trounced a pickup team, 41 to 20, Finney again taking scoring honors with 17 points. Tuesday night, the 54th squad scored its second victory over a team from Co. D, 55th. Score was 27 to 23. The two squads had clashed the preceding week, the 54th emerging the victor by a 60 to 16 margin. Co. D of the 55th tried its hand against Thursday night only to lose by a score of 41 to 22. Other units which have bowed to the retired champions include Co. C, 56th Bn.; Co. A, 53rd; Co. A., 57th, and Co. C, 54th. Man ager of the team is Sgt. M. S. Bratko. Bridge Building Crown Taken by Co. A, 56th Bn. The record for heavy ponton bridge construction was wrested from Company A of the 55th Battalion recently when Co. A of the 56th Bn. bridged the Des chutes river in two hours and 45 minutes, 21 minutes ahead of the previous record, Capt. Walter H. Zwick, 26th Battalion command er, announced this week. A bridge building unit com posed of the third and fourth platoons of Company A estab lished the record September 23, after the entire company had spent the previous day in the heavy ponton area studying heavy ponton equipment, organ izing work parties and making “dry runs.” Trainees celebrated their performance by tossing non-commissioned officers of the two platoons io the river. Lt. Maurice L. Armentrout was supervisor of the champion ship crew and Sgt. Jimmy B. Kincaid and Adnac Saul direc tors of construction. The bridge was built with a minimum of lost motion and without injury to any trainees, officials said. Cadre men were commei ded for their “complete and cat ■fui instruction” and trainees for paying close attention durin; in- struction periods. Saturday, Oct. 9, 1943 NO STRINGS! Post Invests $51,301 in Bond Drive There’s one soldier at Camp Abbot who believes in the army slogan "obey orders first and think later." Recent !>•, while on a bridge problem in the middle of the Deschutes, t h e officer in charge of the trainee detail is sued an order to “throw out the anchor." One buck private, A total of $51,301 cash was in eager to obey orders, threw vested in War Bonds by Camp out the anchor without look Abbot personnel from Septem ing to see whether a rope was ber 1 to October 2, period em attached. There wasn’t. bracing the Third War Loan Forty-five minute» of diving Drive, the Personnel Division by various members of the announced this week. Of this fig work crew brought the an ure, $39,975 was invested by chor up and the private's military personnel and $11,326 blood pressure down! : by civilian employes of the Post. Class B allotments totaled ! 3,114 as of September 30 with a total of 47.35 per cent of the Posts total military personnel ; subscribing. Deductions for al lotments totaled $26,307.50. Military units purchasing the greater amount of bonds for A soldier will have to be able cash included: 11th Engineer to do just about everything short Training Group, $11,750; Inspec of skinning himself to be ac tion Division, $6,106; Medical cepted in various Officer Candi Division $5,067; Personnel Divis date Schools, now that the army ion, $4,799; Medical Detachment has almost all the commissioned $2,766; Administrative Division personnel it needs, the War De $1,818; Supply and Service Divis partment indicated this week. ion, $1,481; 12th Group, $1,130 Since inauguration, of the and Service Company, $1,043. schools more than 266,000 officer candidates have been graduated, and rather than flood the mar ket with second lieutenants, the aim y has decided to curtail en rollments. A few schools such as the Army Administration Offi cer Candidate Schools have been closed, but the majority Casualties of the United States will continue to operate, more or armed forces total 105,205, not less on shoestring basis. including those of the current To avoid frightening off fighting in Italy and the South would-be applicants, the War De ! Pacific, the Office of War Infor partment is stressing the fact mation disclosed this week. that no enlisted man is being de OWI breakdown lists 20,104 nied the opportunity of applying dead, 28,226 wounded, 32,905 mis for OCS training. It’s just that sing and 23,970 prisoners. only a relatively few can be Army casualties total 75,714. chosen, and that few will have Of these, 9,889 are listed as kill to overcome some tough compe ed, 23,306 wounded, 29,971 mis tition. sing and 19,818 prisoners. Navy Final selection will l>u based casualties total 29,491. Of these, on the quality of military leader ; 10,205 are dead, 5,200 wounded ship the applicant has demon and 4,152 prisoners. strated, predicated on adequate education (cither formal or of A T T E N D A N T E l K GED the experience variety) and the Army wives are being urged applicant’s ability to reach quick, by Mrs. Frank S. Besson, chair sound and logical decisions. Per man of the surgical dressings sonality and character will be in group for the Station Hospital, for a lot of scrutiny, and the to attend the bandage making army will search for unquestion sessions which arc held in the ed honesty, devotion to duty and courthouse workroom every moral as well as physical cour- Thursday morning from 9:30 to age. 12:30. Visas Precious On Road to OSC U. S. Casualties Set at 105,205 Hollywoodish Extravaganza Welcomes 54nd Trainees The Hollywood touch descend ed on Camp Abbot Sunday w hen Company B of the 52nd Battal ion put on a “colossal” stage program at the Post theatre to welcome new trainees of the 52nd's second increment. Closest approach to a stage spectable ever to grace the the theatre boards, the program drew commendation from Col. Frank S. Bes;sonf ERTC com- mander, and prodictions from almost every qua Iter that other morning lavish Sunde devotind to the cause will follow. ntation follovv- The stage p TW O TO O f S „ , n -| o err om* .uni •ries of welc /t_,n C O a 1st Sgt. John L. Goodling, C and orientation talk pany A, 27th Bn., and Sgt. G len- were doused and som 57 mem wood Docey, Special Trair hers of the chorus gr Co., left this week to attend way up the two sii ficer Candidate School at 1 52nd Ba stage, whistling Belvoid, Va. j i talion song, "The Fighting En gineers,” Meanwhile the Camp Abbot hand was fumbling about for its instruments in thr- rear of the stage. When the lights went on, train ees were surprised to see a chorus of 57 men neatly assemb led on the stage around a huge banner reading "The Fighting 52nd,” and bandsmen were sur- prised to find themselv right piaices. The chi >rus sang the batta lion theme sc mg and at a given c•ue dropped t o a col leç live knee in an Ai Jolsi on gesture to give 1 Ihe band the spotlight while it finished the song in swing. act depicted the stalking lanese soldiers. A Camp soldier, dressed in camou- lothing made his way fur- Continued on Page 4)