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About Abbot engineer. (Camp Abbot, Or.) 1943-1944 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1944)
Attend Remember Dedication of 5th War Loan Chapel Drive Begins Tomorrow at 11 Next Month Voi. 2 No. 1 CAMP ABBOT, OREGON SWEETHEART SPECIAL Celebration Week to Herald Anniversary New Set-Up in ASF Training Plan Revealed -S ig n a l C orps P h o to Lab. N o five o’clock w histle is needed to tell these w ives of enlisted m en that their husbands m ay he through training for the day. Each afternoon bus load after bus load of w om en arrive, m any with children, to spend a few hours with their husbands who are pre vented by training from visitin g their fam ilies o ff the Post. The picture above show s a typical group greeting husbands at the bus station. I Abbot to Have Representation At Bond Meeting You Ccui Slick Up Noiv, Joe; QI Trim Is Out D oes your GI haircut make your head feel like a cocoanut Officer and civilian personnel on tusplay at Slut/.’s m a ik et? from this station will attend one Do you take cold behind the Of the six regional War Bond ears? D oes your best gal look conferences to be held by the at you and snicker and say, Ninth Service Command W ar1 “You poor darling!” ? Is your Bond* Officer, Maj. Walter L. noggin som etim es m istaken Roche, when a meeting concern for a shoe brush? W ell, dry ing this area is called in Port your tears, dogface, for Fate land Tuesday to discuss Camp has m aneuvered the inscrut Abbot’s participation in the able elem ents into a happy Fifth War Loan Drive, it was event that will please you like announced today by Lt. Thomas all get-out. A t Camp Abbot, P. Kruzie, Camp Abbot War the GI haircut is no more! Bond Officer. Y essir, out o f a clear sky, The conference, which will be Col. Charles S. Baish, in his attended by Maj. Arthur David capacity as Post Commander, son, Post Inspector, Lt. Kruzie announced that from now on, and J. J. O’Donnell, Civilian they w ill be know n as “m ili Personnel head, is being held tary haircuts.” Specifications for the purpose of discussing for the new sh in glin g job in ways and means of inducing augurated Tuesday night at civilian employees at military Y'e Old P ost Barber Shoppe, Installations to increase War are: 1) Clippers all around— Bond purchases during the not too high. 2) Sides and drive. (It was pointed out, how back w ell tapered. 3) Hair on ever, that civilian personnel at top trim m ed so that it w ill not Camp Abbot are already signed fall below the eyebrow s. (2 to up for payroll deduction one 4 inches.) hundred per cent.) Promotional “A s far as possible,” men ideas will be exchanged, and m ay select their own style, members of military stations parting the stu ff w herever the (Continued on Page 2) urge urges, or straight back, the announcem ent said. A s far as w e’re concerned personally, we'll just continue to comb our glisten in g dome with a w ashrag. Ho h u m .. . Newshawk Flies Off to New Nest As news editors, we have oc casion to hammer out all kinds of copy, but we must confess that tear-jerkers are definitely not our specialty. The present time is extremely appropriate, however, for the entire ENGI NEER staff to feel a bit sad. For yesterday, Cpl. R i c h a r d Shearin, one of our most valu able men (and one of the best Joes who ever donned ODs) was shipped out. We don’t know where you’re going, Dick, but wherever it is, we know you’ll click. We know other people will be knowing you and liking you as we do. And we know that one good thing about the Army is — you meet such swell people. Thirty, Richard . . . and good luck. May 20, 1944 PX Envisions Shortage of Watches, Fountain Pens Due to urgent overseas needs, no fountain pens or njechanical pencils will be allocated to the Post exchanges at Camp Abbot or other domestic exchanges in the United States during the sec ond quarter of 1944, the Army Exchange Service has an nounced. Domestic a l l o c a t i o n s of watches also will be drastically cut. Camp Abbot will receive no watches during May and thereafter will receive only 30 assorted watches monthly. All three items will he available in staging areas and Army general hospitals, however. W h y w as th e official d e sig n a tio n o f C am p A bbot ch an g ed fro m E n g i n e e r R ep lacem en t T ra in in g C e n te r to A rm y Service F o rc e s T ra in in g C e n te r? W h a t is th e new A S F set-up, and how- does it e ffe c t th is sta tio n ? W h a t does it all m e a n ? T h ese a n d o th e r q u estio n s h a v e been p e rs iste n ly ask ed a ro u n d ca m p sin ce it w a s r e vealed sev e ra l d ay s ago th a t a c h a n g e w a s in th e offing. B ut to d a y th e e n tire p ic tu re w as g re a tly c larified w hen a d irec tiv e fro m P o st h e a d q u a rte rs, se ttin g u p th e sp ecialist tr a in in g schedule, a n im p o rta n t p h ase in th e p lan , w as issued. T h e A rm y S ervice F o rc e s T ra in in g P ro g ra m is b ein g e s tab lish e d Tn ali'T n 'sta ila tlo n s o f th e N in th S ervice C om m and a s a u n ifie d tra in in g schedule. In all sta tio n s, th e p ro g ra m w ill be e sse n tia lly th e sa m e in its basic asp e c ts. T a k in g C am p A bbot’s new set-up a s a n ex am p le, th e tra in in g cycle w ill follow th is g e n e ra l p a tte rn : T h e co m p lete tra in in g p ic tu re is divided in to th re e d istin ct p h a se s: 1) Basic. 2) T echnical an d T actical, (o r) S p ecialist. 3) Field. T h e tra in e e w ill firs t u n d erg o a six-w eek basic tra in in g period. (Continued On Page 3) Goal for Fifth War Loan Set At S16 Billions A goal of S16 b illions h as been se t fo r th e F ifth W a r L oan drive fro m J u n e 8 to J u ly 12, th e T re a s u ry h a s announced. In liftin g th e a m o u n t ask ed fo r $2 billions above th a t o f th e fo u rth d riv e a n d SI billion above th e th ird , th e T re a s u ry h a s o u tlin ed a p ro g ra m th a t w ill call fo r m o re in ten siv e e ff o rt th a n a n y of th e p rev io u s cam p a ig n s. 'Open Camp,' Parade, Tour of Sites A m ong Events Scheduled Sunday, May 21— Dedication, Post Chapel, 11 a.m. "Monday, May 22—Open camp, 1:15 to (1 p.m. Conducted tour of training areas, 1:15 to 3:45 p.m. Conducted tours o f hospital, 3:45 to 5:00 p.m. Retreat parade, 5:311 p.m. W ednesday, 'la y 24— Retreat cerem ony—award o f Treasury Hag, 5 p.m. Form al dance. Service ( lull. 8:30 p.m. Saturday, 'la y 27— Formal dance, O fficers (lu b , !> p.m. Sem i form al dance. Non-com ( lub, 8:30 p.m. A week of celebration to mark the first anniversary of Camp Abbot as a training center will begin Monday, when “open camp” will exist from 1:15 to 6 p.m. During those hours the public will be welcomed to all but a few restricted areas, and tours are being planned to facilitate inspection of points of particular interest. Special events Monday will close with a retreat parade at 5:30, in which the participating units will be the 362nd Army Service Forces, and 11th and 12th Group bands, 53rd to 55th Battalions of 11th Group, 56th to 58th Battalions of 12th Group, and Service, Supply and WAC companies. Col. Charles S. Baish will be commander of troops. The parade will be reviewed by Col. F. S. Besson, Center Commander, and his staff. From 1:15 to 3:45, a tour of training areas, under the A t 11 a.m . to m o rro w , Col. direction of Maj. LeC'ompte F ra n k S. B esson, P o st C om Col. Besson to Cut Ribbon in Dedication Rites Jo slin , h ead of th e T ra in in g D i vision, w ill be m ade. B ecause of th e d ista n c e s involved, the to u r w ill be p racticab le only to th o se g u e sts h av in g cars. The head of th e line w ill form in fro n t o f H e a d q u a rte rs A nnex "A ,” facin g w est, an d extend dow n C e n te r S tre e t. D u rin g the period of th e to u r o th e r g u ests w ill bo a d m itte d to th e v a rio u s re c re a tio n a l b u ildings on the post, such a s th e S ervice Club, O ffic e rs Club, N on-com Club, G u est H ouse, Rec H all, an d b a t talio n re c re a tio n room s. B a r ra c k s w ill no t be open to the pub lic. A lth o u g h g u e sts m a y visit c o m p an y m esses, th e y w ill not be p e rm itte d to e a t in them . T h ey will, how ever, be ab le to p a tro n iz e th e c a fe te ria in the S ervice Club. R e g u la r v isitin g h o u rs w ill be m ain ta in e d a t th e post h ospital, w ith conducted to u rs fro m 3:45 to 5:00. W ed n esd ay also w ill be a n im p o rta n t day, w ith h o istin g of the new T re a s u ry flag to proclaim p a rtic ip a tio n o f a t le a st 90 p e r cen t of Civilian p ersonnel in re g ular bond buying under th e p a y roll deduction plan to th e ex ten t of 10 per cent or more of th e ir While the new goal is well be earnings. The ceremony, begin low the $18.3 billions actually ning at 5 o’clock, will be fol raised in the third loan, it is lowed by retreat. A formal within $1 billion of the total of dance for enlisted personnel of non-banking subscriptions re the post and their guests will ceived in the fourth. Moreover, be held Wednesday evening at the drive will come at a time the Service Club. when most of the cream of bank The officers club and non com ing funds which could be allot club will hold their anniversary ted for the purpose already has dances Saturday evening. May been skimmed off in previous 27, the officers' formal and the non-coms semi-formal. drives. Main feature of the F ifth War In anticipation of assembly for Loan drive will be the concen the parade at 5:00 p.m. the train tration on sales of Series E ing program will be advanced bonds. This means it will be an hour Monday by elimination necessary to plow deeper into of the first period. Noon mess the great mass of small indi will be from 11:15 to 12 o’clock, vidual savings, Secretary Mor- and supper immediately follow ing the parade. genthau has pointed out. m an d er, w ill c u t a ribbon s tre tc h e d acro ss th e e n tra n c e o f th e Post C hapel to ded icate th e C am p A bbot s tru c tu r e . T h is w ill im m ed iately follow the colonel's dedication p ro clam atio n , w h ich he w ill d eliv er a t the door, the C h a p la in 's B ran ch has an nounced. M aj. Zack S. B eiser, P o st E n g in eer, w ill give th e k ey to Co). B esson, w ho in tu r n w ill h a n d it to P o s t C h ap lain W illiam H. A ndrew . A t th is point, th e C h aplain will fo rm a lly ded icate th e chapel. T he re m a in d e r of th e serv ice will be held inside, the an n o u n c e m en t said. T he 11th G ro u p B and will provide a p p ro p ria te m u sic fo r th e occasion, in w hich a ll C h ap lain s w ill p a rtic ip a te . C h ap lain A ndrew w ill preside. . D ate of th e dedication, lo n g delayed because it w a s d esired to aw ait th e a rr iv a l of a n o rg a n , expected w eekly fo r se v eral m o n th s, w as set fo r to m o rro w w hen recen t d ev elo p m en ts re vealed th e in s tru m e n t w ill n o t be av ailab le u n til som e tim e in Ju ly . T he d edication p ro g ra m w ill replace th e re g u la r S u n d a y m o rn in g P ro te s ta n t service. 7 Officers Here Gain Promotions Promotion of Capts. Robert H. LaBree of the Medical Corps and Robert T. McClure of the Corps of Engineers at Camp Abbot have been announced by the War Department. O th e r promotions: To captain — Lts. Harold A. Rhodes of the Corps of Engi neers and Darwin E. Smith of the Medical Corps. To first lieutenant- Lts. Gene D. Foley-Gilmartin, Army United States: and Frank M. Pease and John C. Steighner, both of the Corps of Engineers. ,