OREGON STATE L P " * " Y
JUN i 61944
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Remember
the Habit
5th W ar Loan
G o to Church
Drive Is
Tomorrow
Now On
C A M P ABBOT, O R E G O N
June 10, 1944
Confirm Move
To Fort Lewis
Engineers, Medics and
Signal Corps on Post
Gen. Gilbreath
Named to Fort
Lewis Command
A period of ru m o r and specu
lation w as term inated Monday
w ith confirm ation by the N inth
Service Command o f the fact
th at the m ilitary personnel of
Camp Abbot would be tra n s
ferred to F o rt Lewis, W ashing
ton, to become p art of the A rm y
Service Forces T raining C enter
there. In keeping with the mili
tary secrecy that attends all
troop movements, exact date of
the tra n sfe r was not given.
Amplification of t h i s an
nouncement was r e c e i v e d
W ednesday in a dispatch re
leased through the United P ress
Association by Col. Max W. Sul
livan, com manding officer at
F o rt Lewis, who stated th a t his
post would include in addition
to the engineers, medical and
Signal Corps units.
“The facilities of F o rt Lewis
will be used to train troops in
technical duties, both as unit
and individual replacem ents for
overseas duty,” Colonel Sullivan
is reported to have said.
He pointed out also th at the
consol idaJ ion of the several
groups in one cam p is in keep
ing with the present W ar De
partm ent policy to stream line
activities for g re a te r efficiency.
The economy of clerical and
other overhead perspnnel thus
effected releases more men fo r
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M ajor G eneral F rederick Gil
breath has been assigned as com
m anding general of the new
arm y service forces training cen
te r a t F o rt Lewis, W ashington,
— P h o to by S ig n al Cori»» P h o to L ab. headquarters of the ninth serv
C ol. F r a n k S. B e sso n ( le f t) , C e n te r C o m m a n d e r, a n d M a j. W a lte r L . R o c h e, re p re s e n tin g M a j. G en.
Ila v id M cC oach, J r ., C o m m a n d in g G e n e ra l o f th e N in th S e rv ic e C o m m a n d , d isp la y th e T r e a s u r y ice command announced today.
D e p a rtm e n t " T " fla g p re s e n te d by th e M a jo r in b e h a lf o f th e W a r B ond C o m m itte e o f th e N in th S e rv
The new Ft. Lewis training
ic e C o m m a n d t o C a m p A b b o t c iv ilia n p e rs o n n e l in re c o g n itio n o f th e ir w a r bond b u y in g re c o rd .
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center,
initially composed of en
C o lo n el B e sso n a c c e p ts in b e h a lf o f itie c iv ilia n p e rs o n n e l. B e h in d th e fla g a r e I.t. Col. U. D. T u r r ill,
p e rs o n n e l d ire c to r a t C a m p A b b o t, a n d -I. -I. O ’D o n n e ll, c h ie f o f th e c iv ilia n p e rs o n n e l se e tio n .
gineer and medical personnel, is
’’destined to become one of the
largest installations of its kind
i in the United S tates”, the com
m and said in announcing (he as
signm ent.
G eneral G ilbreath was g radu
ated from W est Point in 1911 and
S Sgrt. Buddy Hyde, whose departure for Hollywood on began m ilitary service in the cav
News of the long-awaited D-
day invasion w as greeted at furlough and as unofficial emissary for the Special Services alry. He served in the Philippine
Cam p Abbot w ith flying of the branch of Camp Abbot was announced in the May 20th Islands with G eneral Pershing,
issue of the ENGINEER, returned Wednesday with an and w ent to E urope on active
seldom-used garrison flag and a
antique motion picture comedy featuring Jack Duffy and, duty in World W ar I. His last
parade by the 362nd Arm y Serv it is hoped, with a rain check on many more entertainment
com mand of line troops was
ice Forces band, which toured items promised by prominent people in the film capital. w ith the 7th Cavalry, famed as
the m ain encam pm ent playing ---------------------------------------
One of Sergeant Hyde’s G eneral C uster’s form er outfit.
patriotic s o n g s and national
most important contacts was
anthem s of United N ations par
made w ith Bud Abbott and
ticipants.
Lou Costello, acquaintances
Before r e v e i l l e form ations
from his Hollywood days, who |
agreed to fly up to Camp Abbot
w ere dismissed Tuesday m orn
ing the news had reached cam p
any tim e afte r th eir present
wide proportions, and in every
picture is finished. However,
barrack and office D-day was
upon his retu rn Wednesday,
given precedence over the P ost’s
Sergeant Hyde discovered that
move to F ort Lewis as a topic
if they fly at all, their destina
of conversation. F u rth e r excite
Officers and cadre w ere re tion will have to be a little more
m ent grew out of announce minded by Post H eadquarters to the northw est. W herever
m ents that E ngineer troops had
this week that only one issue of they are, Camp Abbot person
played an im portant part in the
nel probably will have access to
gasoline ration certificates or
assault.
the library of 16 MM films
coupons will be made for a p er w hich the comedians have made
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m anent change of station and of th eir pictures and have of-
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that relatives or friends driving
cars to F ort Lewis are required
to certify that the car in ques
tion will not be returned to this
W h e n P v t. L o u is D. H a c u s e r station under any circum stances.
o f C o m p a n y B. 32n«l b a tta lio n ,
Gasoline will be issued for
p la n k e d o u t cold c a s h fo r a
either of the following situ a
tlio u sa n d -d o lla r w a r bond la s t
tions but not both: 111 W here
w e ek , h e to u c h e d o ff th e C a m p
L loyd's o f IiOndon, w h ich
travel pay allowance is a u th o r
A b b o t bond d riv e in a big w ay.
trad
itio n a lly is w i l l i n g to
ized
for
m
ilitary
personnel
and
W ith a c o n sid e ra b le n u m b e r of
they drive their own cars, OPA gam b le on a n y th in g , on th e
o th e r s fo llo w in g s u it in th e
Form R-544 will be issued; (2) b a sis o f c a re fu l ob servation
p u rc h a s e o f s m a lle r dem o n in a-
w here relatives or friends drive ap p ears to b elieve that a n on
tio n s , to ta l s a le s a g g re g a te d
b elligeren t can ta k e a trip to
S3200 fo r th e w e ek . M a jo r A r cars of m ilitary personnel, OPA
Form R-552 will be subm itted to e u r o p e w i t h second-front
t h u r D a v id so n , c o -c h a irm a n of
the Bend W ar Price and Ration troops, h a n g around the place
th e A bbot W a r B ond C ouncil,
Board for approval through the fo r six m on th s, and h ave o n ly
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sa id to d ay .
chairm
an of the Camp Abbot th ree ch a n ces in 100 of lo sin g
A c a n v a s s is b e in g m ad e, th e
W hen th e m ove to Fort I-cw ls w a s ann oun ced o ffic ia lly th is w eek ,
Rationing Committee.
h is life, accord in g to a I-c ha non
it w a s a g lo rio u s triu m p h for Ihe builders o f the K xtrom inzapertl-
m a jo r said , to d e te rm in e w h a t
Practices not in conform ity disp atch . T h is o p tim istic, and g a llo g r a p h , or rum or d etector. It p rosed beyond all d ou b t that the
bond a llo tm e n ts h a v e a lre a d y
in
g e n io u s d evice r eally w ork s. T his com p licated m ech an ism , c o n
w ith this procedure are contrary fo r p rosp ective n o n -figh tin g
b e en m a d e by m ilita ry p e rs o n
to OPA regulations and m ay re second - front e x cu rsio n ists stru cted by m en o f < 37 w h o se rep u tation s in th e sc ien tific field
are still being q u estio n ed , is capable o f p u llin g ru m ors out o f thin
nel h e re , a n d th o s e w h o h a v e
sult in disapproval of requests h igh ly e n co u ra g in g , attitu d e is air. It is c o m p letely eq uip ped w ith a pip«- line in to head q u arters,
m a d e n o n e w ill be a ffo rd e d
and em barrassm ent to personnel reflected in th e te rm s qu oted a g r a p e v in e con n ection , br-dspring a n ten n ae, beer b ottle c o n d en s
a m p le o p p o r tu n ity to d o so.
concerned, officials pointed out. by the grea t in su ran ce cen ter ers, tin can a m p lifie r s . . . Oh, it's a h e llu v a gad get. Front th e
Parade Heralds Abbot and Costello
News of D-Day
Planned Visit Here
Ways to Obtain
Gas for Junket
Outlined Here
Bull Market in
Bond Sales Here
W in d sh ie ld s tic k e rs , g iv en to
b o n d p u r c h a s e r s w h o d riv e
th e ir ow n c a rs , m a d e th e ir a p
p e a ra n c e th is w e ek .
Lloyd's Odds
100— 3 Against
Invasion Death
The wise old owl says:
IT S SMART TO SAVE
BUY WAR BONDS NOW
for term life in su ran ce to cover
c orresp on d en ts a ccom p an yin g
a ssa u lt troops.
expr«*ssl«»ns *>n th«- pans «>f th e tw o G Is. so m e th in g new m ust be
co m in g in o v e r th e w a v es. At a la te hour last n igh t, im e sold ier
sw o r e he heard a so ft, w h isp erin g rum«»r com in g In on th e m a
ch in e to th e e ffe c t that < am p Abbot w as to be turned in to a su b
m a rin e base fo r th e S » i » n a v y .
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