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About Abbot engineer. (Camp Abbot, Or.) 1943-1944 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1944)
Cam p A B B O T E N G IN E E R Page Four Murals of 'Sad Band, Trained For Combat, Is Morale Builder One of th most Abbot, Ore., May 27, 19^ Sack' at 53rd Murals in oil, depicting inc| dents o f a “ Sad Sack’’ from tN time he gets o ff the but i| Klamath Falls to the time ho I shipped out from Camp Abbol soon w ill he completed in th| , mess hall of Co. B, 53rd. interesting One panel depicts tire well known comic character crawM. out of the lin g after Fisticuff«! and another portrays the littiJ fallow in great distress on thJ obstacle course. Other subject! w ill include: “ Record Firing,’j “ Gas Chamber,” "K P ," "Tenl mile Hike,” “ Tank Run,” "Boobjl Traps,” and many more, mak-| ing a total of 26 panels in all. units at an A rm y camp is the post band, fo r in that aggrega tion o f musicians the discipline o f the soldier and the self-expres sion o f the artist are successfully combined. This is particularly amazing when one considers that while the prim ary purposes of the band are to furnish martial music fo r various drills and pro vide entertainment under the Muralists at work are: Pvt.l camp morale program, the unit Thomas R. Merideth Jr., for! also trains for combat and at the mer architect and engineer, oil front sometimes is called upon Shreveport, La.; Pvt. Keith F.f to perform interchangeably as Ripley, form er Marine engineer! musicians and soldiers. and draftsman, o f Billings, Mon-I - T«xU !JP The 362nd A rm y Service — Photo by Signal Corps Photo Lab. tana; and Pvt. Gilbert W. War-1 Forces band o f Camp Abbot, 362nd Arm y Service Forces hand, under direction of Warrant Officer Charles S. spuuling, playing ren, marine draftsman, of Seat-| composed almost entirely of fo r departing troops at Camp Abbot. tie, Washington. form er professional musicians, is engaged in these varied ac barracks at Center Street and bunks, policed the area, and un incoming groups and dignitaries, band, are under the direction of tivities. Group avenue is set aside as a dergone a period of physical and fills a host o f other assign- Jack HayeSi trumpetpr and we„ Before he took up his A r m y 1 . rehearsal hall. Music stands, a training, a schedule designed to ments. Tw o excellent dance bands;known music arranger, and assignment, W a r r a n t O fficer small upright piano, shelves of keep them in military trim. Charles S. Spalding, director of which are units of the 3G2nc! A S F Agho Tiemann. Have Duties in Combat the band, moved in a world of music scores, a blackboard for Diligent pursuance of the m ili music. He earned a Master’s de recording impromptu arrange gree in music at Harvard Uni ments, and other necessary im tary standard of fitness seems versity, and later was attached toj pedimenta o f the organization, rational enough, when one under the music division of the Library occupy this section. Beyond, and stands that upon reaching the o f Congress in Washington, D. C. set apart by tarpaulin cloth sus combat zone band members will T o this impri'ssive musical back pended from the ceiling, are serve as combat soldiers if a ground he has added training at sleeping quarters of two-deck situation requiring it develops. the A rm y Music School, o f which bunks, with the fam iliar bar They may be called upon to act he is a graduate. He has achieved racks bag sharing the cubic foot as headquarters guards, mem the highest A rm y rating open space allotment o f each man bers of work details, litter bear with instrument cases. ers, and as fighters. In the event to band directors. As director, Mr. Spalding is Happening into this atmo the latter exigency develops, also company commander o f the sphere in the middle o f the they are likely to leave the bat band personnel, and in the bar morning ,a visitor is likely to tlefield when the emergency has racks, maintained with the tra find either the entire band, or a passed, take their instruments ditional cleanliness and neatness segment o f it, rehearsing, while to the field hospital, and jilay o f A rm y quarters, one sees the other musicians sit on foot lock cheering music for wounded men requirements o f the soldier and ers or their bunks enraptured from the same action in which the musician combined so well or visibly critical, but all contrib the musicians themselves had that the presence on shelves uting to the performance with taken part. o f drums and trombone mutes their sincere interest. A t the home camp, the band This scene is particularly in maintains a busy schedule. It beside canteens and other field equipment does not seem in teresting because the visitor re plays for parades, inspections, congruous. alizes that these same men have r e t r e a t ceremonies, concerts, been up since five-thirty, have orientation programs, and de Soldiers »nd Musicians About half o f the 362nd band stood reveille, made up their parting combat units, meets This is Victory Center in Portland, scene o f W orld W ar II rallies, «h e r e the 362nd Army Service Forces hand has appeared twice. On .May l ”> the band appeared here in a one-hour program in con nection «'d ii celebration of the Women's Arm y Corps anniversary, as hundred ol Portland citizens blocked Broadway traffic to hear the Camp Abbot boys do their stuff. Notes From A 55 Privates Rodney E. Openshaw and Thomas A. Johnston will take part in the coming A-55 en tertainment at the Cervice Club. Openshaw is a pianist who plays A bove. S ta ff S ergran t A ffilo T ir i— n*l dance orchestra, and b e to n . S ta ff Sergeant Jack H ayes' C am p Ahhot dance orchestra. Botti are units n itim i thè 362nd Arniy Servtee Forces Itantl. t om pos.il alin osi en tirely of f or m er profession al musieians. the> maio- cam p dances li v e li a f taira. that he is making good use of to promote teamwork. Private Thomas P. Snyder is tile songwriter fo r Company A. His versions o f “ When the War Is Over” and “ A ll W e Do Is Sign the Payroll” have already been sung publicly, and his “ Lights Out For Tokyo,” sung to the tune of “ Glory Hallalulah," has been adopted as the marching song fo r the 3rd platoon. enthusiastically but with an ut ter disregard for conventional music. Johnston s i n g s a n d strums cowboy songs. Previous Some men in the 2nd platoon experience prior to entrance in have found many uses for the the armed forces qualifies them “ helmet liner” . This army ex for the job. perience should serve them in good stead in later years. Squad one of the 2nd platoon is definitely on the ball. Winners Turkey is out o f the question of the last half dozen fights in now. Company A prefers g'tose. the fisticuff arena via the quick This chance in diet may be large knockout route, the squad also ly attributed to the activities of captured first place in company Camp Abbot’s only Private Gen competition for the obstacle run eral, Pvt. General J. Harris. The for the last two weeks in a row. goose mating call, perfected to The boys have developed some the same degree o f technique as excellent teamwork, and say displayed by a finished hogcall- that's responsible for their sue er. is Private Harris' chief stock cess. in trade. He operates particular Squads two and three o f the ly well at the theatre, before 2nd platoon are giving squad one training films, assisted by his a run for its money. This week Company A buddies. they finished second and third in the obstacle run. and duplicated Sgt. Lawrence L. Doyle ranks the job of squad one in the ring. high among the accomplished As a matter of fact, squad two bowlers at Camp Abbot. His av was awarded the championship erage might serve to bolster a for the week on the basis of few few others in match competition, er men lest during the heat. perhaps with the winners of the Camp Abbot Bowling League- The exploits of the 2nd platoon There might be a few other non- lead one to believe that Lieuten coms or enlisted men w ho could ant T ard iff has a secret formula give the officers a good match.