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Saturday, December 11, 1943 ABBOT ENGINEER Page Two Official camp newspaper, published weekly in the interests o f the personnel o f Camp Abbot, Oregon, under supervision of the Special Service Officer. News matter pertaining: to Camp Abbot is furnished by the Public Eolations Branch and is available for general release. Written contributions, art work and photographs are solicited and should be directed to the Public Relations Branch, Poet Hdqs. Annex, Bldg. 202. Telephone Ext-8. Non Corns Will Hold Dances Twice Monthly The Board of Governors o f the Non Corns Club has voted to hold dances twice each month in the recreation room of the club- room. The first dance on the new schedule will be held Satur Distributed free to camp personnel. Subscription rate to public, by mail: 50 cent« for three months; six months, $1.00; one year. $1.50. day, December 18. Purchase o f a radio for the library room was also announc ed. A juke box, now located in the library, w ill be moved to the recreation room where it will be available for amusement or im Entertainment On and O ff the Tost fo r the Coming W eek promptu dances d u r i n g the week. SA TU RDA Y The club treasurer reported a “ Barn Dance,” USO, Bend, 8 p. m. Etjfcivî f o u u . Open House, Service Club, Camp Abbot. substantial profit from sales at SUNDAY the club canteen during the past Breakfast Hour, 11 a. m. USO Bend; B uffet Lunch, 3-5 p. m.; 4:30- month. These profits will be But Sargint can I help it if they got my laundry 5:30, music. used to purchase additional fu r mixed up? ’ Open House, Service Club, Camp Abbot. nishings and equipment. Classical Music Hour, Guest House Lounge, Camp Abbot. | Special booths, which w ill be MONDAY Games, Service Club Camp Abbot. placed in the recreation room, Game Night, USO Bend, 8 p. m. ! are expected to be installed by TUESD AY the Christmas holidays, and it is Bingo, Service Club, 8:00 p. m. hoped to have the electric grill, Card Party, USO, Bend, 8:00 p. m. W E D N E SD A Y which w ill make possible the Dance, Service Club, Camp Abbot, 8-10:30 p. m. Chemical w arfare instruction cent W a r Department circular. I serving of sandwiches, in opera Stamp Collectors Club, USO Bend, 8 p. m. The new symbols w h i c h are tion by next week. at Camp Abbot will now be THU RSDA Y A substantial increase in mem- easier, it w'as announced this much simpler to remember are: “ Khaki Capers,” Service Club, Camp Abbot, 8 p. m. Mustard ( H ); Lewisite (L ); Bingo Party, USO Bend, 8 p. m. I bersh'ip during the month was week by Lt. Leonard S. Brooks, Mustard-Lewisite m i x F R ID A Y (H L ); j also reported. Quiz Contest, 8 p. "m.--Dancing class, 8 p. m. USO, Bend. Chemical W arfare Officer, since Brombenzyl cyanide (B B C ); Di- Spelling Bee, Service Club, 8 p. m. the classifying o f the d iffer phenylchlorarsine (A D ); Arsine SA TU RDA Y M O RE A B O U T Dance, USO, Bend, 8 p. m. ent types of gas has been (S A ); Hydrocyanic acid (A C ); Nitrogen (H N ). simplified. G I’s w ill no longer THEATER SCHEDULE Mustard-Lewisite mixture has have to struggle with “ Vesi- heen added to the list of chemi- S A T U R D A Y — “ Hands Across the Border,” Roy Rogers, Ruth cants,” “ Lacrimators” or ’Lung cal a g e n t s because it is the T erry; Added attractions— “ Bees A Buzzin’,” Unusual Occupations (Continued From Page One) Irritants.” Instead, these types standard Japanese blistering and Grantland Rice Sportlight. S U N D A Y and M O N D A Y —-“ His Butler’s Sister,” Deanna Durbin, of chemical agents w ill be agent. Hydrocyanic acid is used Company. Sgts. Steve J. Millen Pat O’Brien, Franchot Tone; Added attractions— cartoon, “ Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy,” R KO Pathe News. and Morris Stavasky, o f the Med graphically described as “ Blis- by the Japs in grenades, and TU E S D A Y and W E D N E SD AY —“ There’s Something About A ical Detachment. T/Sgt. Roger ter gasses,” “ Tear gasses” or Arsine, it is reported, has been Soldier,” Douglas Drake, Evelyn Keyes, Larry Parks; Added at V. Branham, Casual Company; “ Choking gasses.” used by the Nazis. Nitrogen tract ions--Arm y-Navy Screen Magazine, Community Sing. To further simplify the course mustards are a new type of blis- TH U R S D A Y and F R ID A Y — “ The North Star,” W alter Huston, | Sgt. W alter Gnatek, special W alter Brennan, Anne Baxter, Ann Harding; Added attractions training company. From the 11th the symbols have also been tering agent, reputed to be on — R K O Pathe News. j Group: 1st. Sgt. Paul Milner, Co. changed as announced in a re- the list o f all w arring powers. The ABBOT ENC1NKKR receives material supplied by Camp Newspaper Service, War Dep't., 205 E. 42nd St., New York, N. Y. Credited material may not be republished without permLsion o f Camp Newspaper 8ervice. Abbot ’n A round Chemical W arfare Symbols Simplified for instruction Gen. McCoach J They Call Wac Mess Sgt. "XL;" No First Name! ! higher awards, those granted for service beyond the call o f duty and for exceptional work. A com j mittec has been named, he said, I to study the records fo r possible j awards of these honors. When the W ac Mess Sergeant The group receiving awards was born (in Texas), a deep , this week included all who have problem confronted the Reeves been employed at Camp Abbot fam ily. They solved it by giving for a period of six months, end the new baby two initials “ X. L ." ing Nov. 1. Similar awards will bo presented other employes, as instead o f a first name. The odd initialed name was be they pass the six months' mark, stowed because the fam ily didn’t on the last Friday of each want big sister already named month. In addition to the 68 names “ L. C „” to feel the lack of a fo r mal first name. The older Reeves listed in last week’s issue of the g irl had been named after both Abbot Engineer, the following her maternal and paternal grand names were added to the num mothers, who coincidentally had ber receiving awards: Don A n the same initials but different derson, Betty Bode, Alden W. Dumler, Fayette Hoyt, Wheaton names. Sgt. “X. L .” Reeves claims she W. Huntley, Orval E. Johnson, doesn't mind the initials fo r a Percival Morrison, Richard L. first name. At home, it was the Russell, Floyd Russell, Ardath natural thing for her sister to be Sholes, Esther Sinclair, L a w called L. C. and she, X. L. “ Only rence Nelson, Josephine Stewart, thing,” Sgt. Reeves says, “ Is that Herman W esthoff, Charles O. it has attracted a lot of atten Whetzel and Henry Young. Music was furnished by the tion. W henever I entered a new school I was asked to appear in Camp Abbot band. Col. Besson the principal’s office. And the was accompanied to the cere a rm y - in Basic, Cooks & Bakers, mony by Lt. Col. A. M. Mock, and here, I ’ve always been the ERTC executive officer. first to see the Orderly Room — o f course to be questioned about X . L .” The arm y has red-lined Sgt. Reeves on the payroll several times; Washington has inquired about the name; and the ser geant has had to appear at the Pentagon to verify the fact that she is really X. L. Ft. Belvoir Castle. M O R E ABO UT (Continued from ra g e One) • • • Department because of the loy alty show n by civilian employes. H e also called attention to the Voting a la La. Here's a tip fo r Louisiana soldiers intending to take a hand in the Louisiana pri maries: First primary is scheduled fo r January 18 and the seennd for February D), and voters will base to make applieations for absentee ballots tinmed- ntely to get them in under wire. Applications may be made either under laiuisiana law or by mailing p«»st»gr-free eard applications to the Sec retary of State o f latulsiana. I arils i-an he obtained from unit commanders. In other stabs« primaries are scheduled fo r April through October. A 53rd Bn.; S/Sgt. Earl F. Pfen- ninger, Co. A 51st Bn.; Sgt. Harry A. Henry, Co. D 54th Bn.; Sgt. Lillard H. Delaney, Co. A, ' 52nd Bn.; Sgt. John W. Butler, Co. C, 54th Bn. From the 12th Group: 1st Sgt. Gale A. Wash burn, Co. A, 57th Bn.; T/Sgt. Joseph C. Plano, Co. B, 58th Bn.; Sgt. Paul J. Monda, Hdq. Det. 12th Group, and Sgt. Edward R. Kuras, Co. D, 55th Bn. In a brief speech preceding presentation o f the Good Con duct ribbons, Gen. McCoach told the recipients that no finer honor could be bestowed upon a soldier. He warned them, how ever, that the true test o f a sold ier’s stamina can only be proven on the field o f battle. "Only those who are worthy can carry on, but you men, insofar as the tests have confronted you have been equal to the occasion. I hope you w ill wear these em blems with pride and that it will be a constant reminder when you face the test which requires immortal courage,” he said. General McCoach dined with staff officers in the officer’s mess Thursday evening and be came acquainted with the men who direct destinies o f Camp Abbot. It took no seer to indicate that the commanding general seemed to have been well pleas ed with his observations during the afternoon. Later in the eve ning he visited the Service Club w here he signed the club guest book on the page where five generals o f the Corps o f En gineers, and the IV Corps troops, had previously signed. He also visited the Non-Coms club, the A ll Purpose Building and other installations on ttye post. Yesterday morning he confer red with the various division heads and o f each he inquired as to any problem or difficulty fac ing them in connection with the operations of the ERTC. General McCoach told the A b bot Engineer, before starting a tour o f the camp that he was pleased with the location o f the A rm y’s newest ERTC. “ I could not help but think as I looked down from the plane as we en tered this section of Oregon, what a fine place it was for the camp. I hope to see as much of it as possible during my short visit,” he added. He departed fo r his headquart ers soon after noon. He was ac companied by his aide, Lt. J. Ber- nolfo. seven days in solitary confine ment f o r sneezing, scratching his head and "looking across” in ranks. In the days o f Oliver Cromwell, the Rotindhead Army burned a man’s tongue with a red hot iron fo r swearing, and not so many years ago, in the U. S. Arm y floggin g was a minor punishment fo r infractions of military law. One hundred lashes were sometimes adminis tered fo r severe violations. Whipping was not abolished the U. S. A rm y until 1861. Now- we know why the “old A rm y” is held in respect. When “ the good old days” are referred Restrictions, punishments — to, the reference m erely goes they’re nothing compared to back to “ grandpaw’s” day. what our forebears in the Arm y had to put up with. Pass The E N G IN E E R To An Back in 1825, records show other Abbotman— H e’ll Appreci that, fo r instance, one G I got ate It. Why Old Army Held in Respect The Wolf by Sansone C o p iâ t 194} kr L n x n l V \ i T i It t so crowded here in Washington you’ve got to stand ______________ inline tor everything you want 1
