O R E G O N - T A T E L IB R A R Y
MA.l L i U l M £ _ _
Now Is the Time
Don't W ait for
To Help the Red
The Battlefield.
Cross Help You
Train Hard Now!
CAM P ABBOT, O REG O N
SOMETHING TO REMEMBER U.S. BY
Cam p Abbot, Ore., Mar. 4, 1944
Problems Seen
In Troop Shift
Dearth of Transportation May
Impede Neiv P lan for Rotation
A recent statement by Post Headquarters that a num
ber of factors probably would influence the shipment of
A S F troops overseas under the arm y’s new rotation pro
gram w as amplified by the W a r Department this week
when it w as announced that a number of problems must
be taken into consideration. Availability of transportation
facilities fo r rotational replacements, military exigencies
and the personnel situation were listed as main factors
controlling the number o f eligible men who can be sent
back to the United States fo r replacement by personnel
now serving in this coun-
try, the W a r Department
pointed out.
Three Aims Listed
Set forth in the new policy
statement concerning troop ro
“ Ten niillion-to-one” chances tations are three aims;
are just ordinary stuff to the
1. To insure efficiency of a
Engineers of Cantp Abbot.
command by replacing those
“ A recent wire story date who do not require hospitaliza
lined Shaw Field, S. C. proud tion, but whose morale or health
ly presents the fart that two has been adversely affected by
enlisted men of that post have prolonged periods of duty un
come up with the same laun der severe conditions, and whose
dry marking number—an od effectiveness cannot be restored
dity which “ won't happen by rotation within the theatre.
again in this war.”
2. To return to the continen
The war must have finished
tal United States experienced
for the aviators.Here at Ab
personnel for use in training and
bot two enlisted men in the
in the formation of new units,
same company, not just the
or for other purposes.
same camp, have identical
3. To return by replacement
m a r k i n g numbers. Pvts.
Frank Seardino and Andrew personnel considered by the
\V. Siebenforeher of the Sup theatre commander as deserving
plemental Training Co. are tin- of such return. Men who hav«
lads that put Shaw Field to boon wounded in action more*
shame— and the last FIVE than once, even though released
letters of their ASN's are the from the hospital to full duty,
same. To keep their underwar are to receive consideration in
apart they use six figures ill this connection.
S e r\ ie e Co n sid ered
addition to the letter "S ” .
The
War Department empha
And I.t. Howard I. Pulver,
laundry officer says that this sized that those returning first
is happening all the time. East under the rotation plan will be
summer the (|M laundry was those with the longest overseas
finding three or four a week. service. The minimum period for
eligibility for rotation has been
set at 18 months for North A f
rica and two years in Alaska or
the Caribbean. Other theatres
have not as. yet formulated
standards.
On their arrival in the United
States, personnel coming will be
granted sufficient leave by port
Visions of a roasted young pig, or station commanders to spend
decorated with red apple in the three weeks wherever they
mouth and all the trimmings choose. Such pcronncl will not
have gone over the hill for Pvt bo ordered to overseas com
mands again until they have
Burton Press of Co. C, 54th Bn
performed duty in the United
Pvt. Press had the lucky num
States subsequent to the fur
ber at Wednesday night’s “ Fa lough.
tigue Dance,” staged at the Sorv
ice Club, and was awarded a
nicely crated 8 weeks old pork
er, fine material for a table deli
cacy.
The pig was confined in the
“ No applications for transfer
Co. C latrine area Wednesday ,0 ,hc Army A ir Forces will bo
night but failed to fall out for accepted from officers or enlist-
reveille Thursday, apparent by P(j m(,n nf the Army Ground or
having gone AW OL during the Service Forces,” a radiogram
night.
from the Adjutant Geenral’s
Every effort was made to cor- office stated. The regulation Is
rect the porker to Army stand- effective at once,
ards. He was thoroughly G l’ed
Flying training examinations
Wednesday morning, held in will not be conducted any longer
check by half a dozen robust En- for this purpose, the order ex-
gineers. But by evening he again plained. All pending applications
resembled a pig in, ah, scent.
upon which final action has not
Pvt. Press hails from Des been completed will be disap-
Molnes, Iowa, where he doubt- proved and retuned to the ap-
less saw pigs before.
plicant.
Miss Helen Smith, Service
Post Headquarters, in compli-
Club director, said soldiers won ance with this regulation, is re-
all the club's prizes, including turning, disapproved, all appll-
the sack of potatoes and sack cations for transfer currently on
of onions.
*
Hell , IPs Just
Old Stuff to Us
Pont Signal Photo Lab.
This three-man detail of Camp Abbot trainees knows .just what sort of “ warm reception" to give an
enemy occupying positions abandoned by l 1. S. troops. A small "l>oohy trap” carefully concealed be
neath a loose board, a heavy tread, and it’s curtains for the would-be trespasser. Another clever cul-
de-sac is pictured on page four.
Soldiers H ere Schooled RC Fund Drive
In Booby T rap s, M ines Qn P ac | kiparc
A determined
rlpf o v m i n p f l Qticwor
f n tVio
v cent n
w I I
bJ
A
answer to
the fact tViof
that 40 r»p
per
of f
the casualties in the Italian campaign have been caused
by mines is given in the thorough training program in
mines and booby traps undergone by the Abbot trainee.
The men learn by doing, by following their leaders. Con
ditions are as near battlefield conditions as ingenuity can
Camp Abbot personnel al
devise — e v e n
unto ac-
ready has contributed near
tual physical danger. The
—
— ■
ly SI.000 to the American
careless en gin eer gets hurt,
Red Cross National W a r
just as he will in battle. A flash
cracker which goes o ff in his
Fund drive, and reports still
hands will not be fatal, but it
are forthcoming from the
will burn a lesson into his mem
majority o f P o s t
units,
Saturday night dances hence
ory—a lesson that may later
Frank
Dunning,
field
direc
forth will be a regular feature
save his life.
The men watch an anti-tank of the NCO Club’s entertain tor for the Red Cross, an
mine blow a heavy stump out ment program, club directors nounced yesterday.
o f the ground to see first-hand have announced. The Camp
Units which have reported
the power of its detonation. Abbot and EKTC' dance bands, their contributions and the
They even invade a "German” directed by S/Sgt. Jack Hayes
$150.34; Supplemental Train
field house—complete with nazi and CpI. Agho Tiemann, re
ing Co., $24.03; W a r Co.,
souvenirs and carefully arranged spectively, will alternate in
$44.25; Casual Co.. $131.24;
providing
music,
with
CpI.
furniture—each as ingeniously
12th Group Headquarters De
camouflaged and as treacherous Tiemann's hand playing for to tachment, $13; Co. B, 58th Bn..
as an enemy-relinquished strong night's frolic.
$166.20; B-26, $88.25; A-59, $91.40;
Directors a l s o announced
hold would be.
C-56, $65.59; A-58, $153; B-57,
Net result of all this realism that a pool table has been or $25.22. In addition, one small
dered
for
the
club
rooms.
Is a healthy respect for anti
section of officers in Post Head
personnel and anti-tank mines.
quarters contributed $68.
The trainees learn to remove
No reports have been received
mines safely and they learn to
from the 11th Engineer Training
plant them so it is difficult for
Group, service Company or the
the enemy to find or de-activate
majority of officers and civilian
The eight-cent-amile- travel employes, but contributions from
them.
Careful procedure is
Stressed;
before it is all over rate for officers on orders has these groups are expected to
a dogface learns to be as care-
replaced by a per-diem rate far more than double the amount
ful of tell-tale sod and surplus
of ST, a War Department circu reported, Mr. Dunning said.
soil as he is of his best girl's
The campaign, which opened
lar states. The eight-cent rate is
picture.
March 1, will continue through
Recently the trhining program still authorized on permanent March 31. Contributions of $1
was helped considerably by two change of station or when travel- or more entitle the donor to a
Red Cross membership card.
men from overseas— Sgt. John ing with troops, however.
Baugh and Pvt. William Reagen,
This S7 per day applies only
who have removed hundreds of cn the first thirty days of the
Hollywood (CNSl — Edward
mines in Italy and Africa. Both temperary duty at any one point,
wear the Purple Heart for For attendance at a service M. Sheridan listed “ Mary Ann”
school there is a different rate as a dependent in his draft ques
wounds received from mines.
senedi
)e. While traveling the al- tionnaire and his local draft
Training procedure for engi-
neer replacements includes a lowance is $7 daily. Where quat- board classified him 3A. The
day and a half devoted to booby ters are furnished at the school board recently discovered that
traps. During these sessions, a
t per diem rate during atten- “Mary Ann” was a horse. Now
study is made of standard firing dance is $3 and $5 if no quar- Sheridan faces a federal charge
as a draft dodger.
ters aie provided.
(Contiryied on Page 4)
SI ,000 Mark
NCO Club Plans
Series of Dances
Officers' Travel
Pay Plan Changed
Gl Takes Pig;
Pig Takes Powder
Army Puts Lid on
AAF Transfers