I ABBOT ENGINEER Page Ten Changes in MP Personnel Noted A reminiscent glance over the shoulder revealed this week that o ily seven members o f the Mili- t iry Police Company, out of its present company strength o f 97, \ ere among the original con- t agent to activate the unit. Ser geants Peterson, Harris, Mound, C P U FR E D SO U LE R E T i >ndell; Corporals GigUetta, Me- 1 tin, Shoptaw, Souleret; Pri- \ ites first class Bntne, Ratcliff, oad Private Leon were among < imp Abbot’s original M Ps’ Lt. T E. Pennington, company com- i ander, said today. “ The unit has expanded its function considerably since the <■ n iy days,” Lt. Pennington said. C imp Abbot M ilitary Police are i nv engaged in town patrol, mo- tor patrol, special service patrol, f> de guard, stockade guard and prisoner guard. In addition, MPs 1 D m this station cover The l dies» territory when troop i ovements warrant it. The original M P unit was a s 'cl ion of the headquarters com- SGT. R A O U L M OUND W i l l i W A R DO<l p my, occupying quarters which i m house the Supplemental i .lining Co. Then, upon comple- I >n o f the stockade, the outfit i oved to the present location a id was simultaneously desig- i dixl as a company. With each gradual turnover of P Tsonnel. M ilitary Police re- i 'fresher courses are given in i 'gulai scheduled classes. These include judo, riot control, courts t artial, traffic control, special v capons, first aid. and a score of her subjects. The K-9 corps, the four-legged ds to sentries, are also under t ie supervision o f the M P com- l'in y. Lt. Pennington declared. Army Wives Club Repairs Gl Togs The A rm y wives organization» its second meeting Thursday the I SO in Bend, decided tt> 0 'vote every Thursday after- toon to a r, pair service o f sol d e r's uniforms. Rips and tears v ill be mended, buttons re- ptaced. chevrons sewed on in t tis s e r v i c e without charge. ( lothing brought to the USO daring the week will lie repaired e ich Thursday. This feature is in addition to other activities by the newly or- 1 im/ed Army W ives organiza t on. They are devoting on*' da> a week als*> to the making o f surgical dressings. Camp Abbot, Ore., May 27, 1944 Notes From A-55 TH E W A G G IN G T A IL By Cpl. Hal Unterberger M y mom was a tovaoie cocker spaniel, about middle aged, yet very graceful and kind. She had brought me up with the greatest of care but^ I always had ^om e sort o f wanderlust—in my blood, I guess. I Leave Home Pop was a rather quiet airdale, tall and dark and quite proud. He always let me have my way. Said I ’d learn the hard way— if ever. It was so monotonous— that life I ’d been living. And so finally, about two years ago, I ran away from home— fo r the last time. Mom must have wept a lot, because she said she’d never want me to leave her. But I couldn't help myself. I know pop didn’t mind so much. He understood. It was nice to hear t h e s e things. I was so lonesome and earger to meet friends. They pet bDiiiiit* izttitttVh, pure-ureu fum e m a vu i oi m e pu.M Keiiuew« shown looking over her |>edigree. !Sgt. Raoul, Mound, trainer, holds ted me and kept calling me the certificate. Bonnie’s fam ily tree Imasts ten champions, one an “ BTackie.” Maybe it’s because international champion. I ’m dark like pop was. Anyway I liked it and they liked me. So I followed them, and soon found m yself in a place filled with green buildings. And there were hundreds o f men in uni forms, marching in all sorts of By Pvt. Norman W. Pudlack “ TH E STO RY O F A-52” directions. It looked so pretty By Pvt. John W. Schnuiie B-56 — where champions are and different from everything Now’ here is the story of “ A ” produced! Yes, indeed, B-56 has elsc They all called out 't0 m{! been a leader throughout the and smiled whenever I ’d pass by. F ifty Two, year in every cycle. Gee! O Boy, it was an ideal place O f the Fighting Engineers. Under the guidianship of Com A canine can pick up a lot o ff A story I know our children pany C o m m a n d e r Lieutenant the road in eleven or twelve w ill read, Lucas, Lieutenant Hiegel, Lieu months. I know. A fte r such a Throughout the passing years. tenant Clark, and a very worthy spell, I found myself wandering Our training began the 13th cadre, this cycle has already around in Central Oregon. I still day felt unsettled, though, so I kept established a fine record. O f February, year Forty-four Looking back after six weeks m o v i n g on. I had just gone A bunch of green rookies from of training, one feels elated in through The Dalles. It must have all walks o f life, having learned so much in so been two weeks, maybe three. I Learning the Engineer’s lore. don’t know exactly, but I was short a time. A motto we learned from the quite a while on the road when The first week o f training at very start. I finally discovered what has be Camp Abbot found the men soft, One that we’ll never forget, come m y greatest admiration using muscles lacking develop The period plan f o r c i b l y and interest in life. Those guys ment and all o f us still civilians brought it to life, in uniform! at heart. W e were placed in bar That “ Blood can be saved by I Can’t Resist Uniform racks with men from California, It was on a sunny warm day a sweat". Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Texas, year ago, I might say, about 15 So into the training we plung and many other states. State miles south o f Bend. I was walk- ed With grit. boundry lines and the Mason ing m errily along a hilly road, And plenty o f guts from the Dixon line hold no grudges, for sniffing carelessly ' h e r e and start, we are now, all o f us, seeking there, when I heard a whistle, The will to win and get home one objective — togethel w e’ll then some shouts, and they again, w in ! sounded so friendly. “ Here, W as tops in every man’s heart. Blackie!” “ Come here pooch” ! W e mastered our rifles, posi T ill news o f peace reaches our “ Hi there, doggie.” tions too, ears, in which to live, so I made up W e hardened as days went by, But when they ask, just swell my mind right then and there, It wasn’t long ere began to ap with pride. I ’d settle down. pear. And say, “ Dad’s with the Engi I Settle Down That fighting spark in our eye. I've been here a year now. And neers.” W e handled the bayonet, learn Notes From A-52 ed its us*>. W e practiced h u g g i n g the ground. W e knew in the end, it takes this to win. And a hardier bunch can’t bo found. Fighting by day, and working all night. Is something that we came to know, So when Fifty-two crosses, up go the losses, O f the sons o f Tokio. The stories o f bravery and jobs well done, W ill be added to this by the score. They'll learn to know of the Abbot Gang, That trained here in Forty- four. And buddies, when we return home. And toll of our A rm y careers. Tell them, by God, who won the war, But the Combat Engineers. And every time w e see them raise That good old Red. White and Blue, Remember the days w e train ed like hell. W ith the bunch from “ A ” F ifty two. But children, now m y story must wait, Notes From B-56 Unique Insignia And Buttons of Corps Explained The first engineers in the American armies, who took part in the Revolutionary War, were organized with the help o f French officers. From them came the motto, “ Essayons,” which means, “ Let us try,” and also the fam iliar turreted castle insignia, a p p a r e n t ly modeled after one o f the gates o f the city o f Verdun in France. France was the scene o f great accomplishments by the fighting engineers in W orld W ar I, at Cantigny, St. Mihiel, and the Meuse-.Argonne, with a Corps w’hich grew from a scant 2,500 men to 300,000. The Corps o f Engineers was created by an A ct o f Congress in 1802 and, up until the Civil War, consisted o f four com panies They expanded greatly in that war, fighting as Infantry men as well as engineers. One notable success was throwing a 2,000-ft. ponton bridge across the James river in a few hours. Distinctive from uniform em bellishments o f other officers o f the United States Arm y, whose buttons bear the coat o f arms o f the United States, engineer but tons carry a replica o f an early fortification on Governor’s Is land in N ew York harbor. Forti fications and turreted castles have been a significant w ork o f engineers since ancient times. ----------------------- — ^ UY National W a r Bonds N ow ! • ' “ I don t think there s a nicer place *n whole land! Everybody pets me 1 eat as much a s j want, because I know just where to beg for it. And m y sleeping quarters are kept so warm. I can hear running water at bedtime, because the men who march dur ing the day come in where I ’m resting at night, and they wash an(l shave and do a lot o i talking and complaining. But they al- ways treat me so fine! To morrow I plan to march in front of the whole Battalion be- cause I overheard in m y sleeping quarters that there’s going to be a 35-mile hike. I wonder if Queenie w ill come? I hope she does because w e have a lot o f fun playing together. I f that bulldog f o l l o w s her again, I think I ’ll take a big chunk out o f his neck. — “ B L A C K IE .” THE SCHOOL WITH THE WORLD CAMPUS— Your boy in the armed forces may continue his education whether in the U. S. or overseas. He can study high school, technical, business and voca tional subjects. I f he likes he can continue the same courses he was taking in school back home and perhaps earn his diploma while in uniform. He can do this through the U. S. Armed Forces Institute, a school established by the Army and Navy with headquarters at Madison, Wis., and branches in five overseas theaters. The Institute offers more than 300 correspondence and self-teaching courses. If he is interested in a college subject he can enroll through the In stitute in any one of 83 American colleges and universities that have opened their doors to him with 700 extension courses. The student pays a registration fee of only 12. This entitles him to study a many courses as he likes. ot ru b ,* R a t , » , , u s W at Itepartmeat BURNING MIDNIGHT OIL— Army student* in camps, recreational centers and rest area* en- rolled in U. S. Armed Force* Institute.