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VOLUME  \,  NUMBER  28 


Published  By  The  Ledger-Enquirer  Co. 


FT.  BENNING  BAYONET,  FT.  BENNING,  GA.,  THURSDAY,  MARCH  25,  1943. 


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Anthony 

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Eden/  General  Marshall, 

ur  Fort  Benning 

Army  Chief  of  Staff  Shows  Brifish  Piplomaf 
Combat  Training  Here  on  Siirprise  i  nspection 


been  a  visitor  here  on  several  < 


ANTHOKY  EDEK. 

u'lC  sciiool  dunnjT  a  iql- 
nr  si;UT  mission  in  tlie  \~: 
'oryc  C.  I\larshal!.  chief  of 
nl  Iknnincf,  'ind  .Maior  Al 


■  V.yhhh  foreign  secrelar3%  is  shown  above' as  he  viewea  activities  at  Fort  Beniuiig's  pata- 
r.i  ;lif  jKist  vesterday.  Shown  above,  left  to  right,  are  Sir  John  Dill,  chief  of  the  British 
liled  Sl?te^;  'P.rig  Cicn  (ieorge  P.  Howell,  commandant  of  the  parachute  school;  General 
staff  of  Ihe'r.  S  army;  Mr.  Kden ;  ling.  (.en.  Walter  S.  Fulton,  commandmg  general  of 

mn  R   Tavlor,  of  the  parachute  school.    (.Signal  I.ab  Photo.)  .   


Pos{  Red  Cross 
GifoPaceNsfion 


$33,000  Tops  All 
Military  Sl-ations 


Vi'jlh  conU':ijuuon.s  slill  coming 
in.  ion  Benning  today  led  .all 
iTi'iiarv  station.-;  wiin  its  subscnp- 
von?  10  the  Red  Cross  War  Fund, 
cccordini  lo  a  congraiulatory  tele- 
gram irom  Frank  Grayson,  direc- 
lo-  0^  the  Militarv  and  Naval 
\Ve^iEre  srr-.-ice  cl  the  American 
.Red  Cross.  • 

So  far  ^2?.  {iQQ  has  been  contrib- 
uted bv  ofiircr!:.  eni:=tcd  men  and 
cvWiiv  c':-'.ii]n\-ei  on  the  post. 
!urf.  Wal'ev  S.  Fulton,  chairman 
of  tile  Eu-ilisrv.  reported,  and 
se^xral  crsEnizalions  on  the  post 
have  not  vct  reported. 

"On  t^^"-'  ba^i*^  of  War  Fund  re- 
port.-:, from,  military  stations  to 
Ccte.  Fort  Bennmg  heaas  the  list," 
lur.  Grayson  .=aid  in  his  telegram 
!o  Eugene  B'-.ssev.  field  director 
of  the  Re^  Cross  at  Fort  Benning. 
'■Cong"-2tu'!ai5ons  and  thanlcs  to 
t  e  ir  a  e  c  c  1  an  person- 
nel for  tiiis  spienaid  snowing." 
E.NLISTEES  GI\'E 

Although  erlisied  men  v.'ere  not 
^  <iu  0  c  1  u  e  thousands  of 
Eoiriie-c  z'  Fo'-t  Benning  dropped 
coins  iiiio  the  boxes  that  were 
piar-ed  in  laeaters.  exchanges,  ser- 
1  Vice  .  ciu:.H    and    otner  spots 

c  ^    t  c  ci  ti  e  post 

"We  hope  still  to  get  in  consid- 
trablv  irove  from  tHe  various 
u.  a  <3  c  rot  \et  reported, 
o  o  to  dl  \  ill  continue  to 
leati  tne  other  camps,"  Mrs.  Ful- 
10.1  sain  tocEv.  "Everybody  who 
v.-oricc-G  on  the  campaign  is  to  be 
o  CG 1"  c  la  eo  and  v.-e  all 
Qtiire  to  exiiress  our  deep  sense 
0     d  fo    t  e  splendid  re- 

EpoREc-  .T.srie  on  such  a  voluntary 
c  pe  <;ornel    of  Fort 

•■-lianv   organizations  reported 
<.;»i;i  100  per  cent  of  tneir  officeis 
^na  eniisted  men  had  subscribea 
^0  ure  Red  C.-oss  Vv'ar  Fund. 
^OLPX'E  OF  PRIDE 

Even  if  v.'e  had  not  established 
■=  lecoj-c  that  put  us  m  the  lead 
^■t  v.ouie  v.'eU  oe  \-ery  proud  of 
•■•'C-  e.>;ceilent  response.  I  v/ant 
expres."  heartiest  thanks  to 
tveryooay  v.'ho  gave  to  the  Red 


[ftfantry  School  Problems,  Paratroops 
Armored  Division  Viewed  Yesterday 

Dapper  and  buoyant  Anthony  Eden,  British  Foreign  Sec- 
retary, accompanied  by  General  George  C.  Marshall,  Amer- 
ican Chief  of  Staff,  and  Field  Marshal  Sir  John  Dill,  yiesier- 
day  toured  Fort  Benning  witnessing  demonstrations  [  'and 
chatting  with  every  soldier  he  had  a  chance  to  meet. 

After  watching  an  Infantry  ' 
school  demonstration,  Mr.  Eden 
arose  and  faced  a  class  of  200  of- 
ficer candidates  and  said:  "'. 
want  you  to  know  that  you  should 
be  proud  because  you  are  train- 
ing to  lead— American  soldiers. 
There  is  no  higher  or  bigger  job. 
Our  folks  at  home  in  England  are 
with  you,  Vv'^e're  proud  to  be  with 
you  and  we'll  see  the  war  throiigh 
to  victory." 

General  Marshall  also  addressea 
the  class,  asserting  that  reports 
coming  back  from  Tunisia  re- 
flected credit  .  on  the  Infantry 
school  for  the  training  it  had 
given  the  officers.  Sir  John, 
chief  of  the  British  joint  staff 
mission  in  the  U.  S.,  then  spoke 
and  said  that  he  had  been  "tre- 
mendously impressed"  iafter  what 
he  had  seen, 
ARBIVE  TUESDAY 

The  military  might  of  the 
army's  famed  training -center  was 
on  display  for  the  distinguished 
guests.  Arriving,  at  Lawson  field 
Tuesday  night  by  army  transport 
plane,  the  visitors  were  met  by 
2!da3,,Gxia..Xx6ven'  C-AJlen,  cpm- 
mandant  of  :tM^  Infantry  Scfioolj 
who  was  host  to  the  guests. 

Brig.  Gen.  George  H.  Weems,  as- 
sistant commandant,  accompanied 
the  party.  Wednesday  the  party 
toured,  the  several  areas  of  the 
reservation;  viewing  troops  in 
combat  training,  and  left  for  an 
unannoimced  ,  destination  about 
noon.  '  .  . 

Accompanying  the  group  were 
Liput.  Col.  Frank  ^IcCarthy,  as- 
sistant secretary  of  the  General 
Staff,  Captain  Reginald  Winn,- aide 
lo  §;r  John  Dill,  Maj.  N.  M.  Pas- 
cieji^'also  an  assistant  secretary  to 
the  General  Staff,  Maj.  H.  C. 
Munson,  pilot,  and  First  Lieut. 
Joseph  C.  Barron,  co-pilot. 

Brig.  Gen.  Walter  S.  Fulton, 
commandinti  general  of  Fort  Ben- 
ning, toured  the  post  with  the 
guests. 

The  visit  to  Fort  Benning  by 
Mr.  Eden  highlights  a  tour  of 
army  posts  and  training  centers 
which  the  British  emissary  is 
making  with  Sir  John  Dill  and 
General  Marshall.  Mr.  Eden  has 
been  in  the  United  States  for 
eral  days,  during  whicli  time 
he  has  conferred  with  President 
Roosevelt  anu  otlier  high-ranking 
governmciit  leaders  on  the  prose- 
cution of  ths  war  and  =  post-war 
plans. 

General  Marshall,  who  was  as- 
sistant commandant  of  the  Infan- 
try school  from  1927  to  1932,  has 


MAJOR  GENERAL  LEVEK  C.  ALLEN,  commandant  of  the  Infantry  school,  is 
shoun  above  as  he  greets  Field  Marshal  Sir  John  Dill,  chief  of  the  British  joint  staff 
n.i.sion  in  the  U  S.,  as  the  latter  arrived  at  Lawson  field.  General  George  C.  Marshall, 
ch\o  at  staff  is  in  the  background. between  General  Allen  and  Sir  John,  ^lajor  Gen.  Patil 
W  \°ewgatden  commandin|  general  of  the  Tenth  Armored  division,  is  at  the  left,  with 
his  back  to. the  camera.    (Signal  Lab  Photo.)  ^  , 


DE^'EEc  PRESENT 

Lt.  General  Jacob  L.  De- 
co.mmander  of  the  Arm- 
'■6CL  ^0  cc    c   J  eo  VVednes- 
»'.■  iiuG  jomea  General  Mar- 
E^ll,  Mi:  Eden,  and  Sir  John 
in  inspecting  Tenth  Arm- 
^rea  acUviUes.  - 


Eden  Praises  Troops  In  Actions- 
Visit  Here  Highliglits  Mission 


British  Secretary,  F.  D.  R.  Talk 
On  Problerr^s  of  War  and  Peace 

An.honv  Eden's  inspection  of  the  militarv  mi^ht  of  Fort 
Ecnn  ig  an  important  highlight  of  the  British  Foreign 
Se  reS^-.  ^i^it  to  this  country.  Coming  to  the  Lnited 
StPtes  a  few  weeks  ago,  Mr-  Eden  launched  official  conver- 
sations with  President  Roosevelt  and  high-ranking  govern- 
ment leaders  on  problems  of  war  and  the  peace.  .         ,    .  . 

Observers  in  Washington  point  out  that  Mr.  Eden  s  trip 
to  this  country  is  occasioned  by  further  moves  or  a  um- 
fLtion  of  the  war  effort,  particularly  m  the  political  and 
econontic  fields 


.(JllUlilil-  llLJi-io. 

During  a  recent  press  confer- 
^jce  in  Washington,  Mr.  Eden 
heralded  the  "gallant  victories  of 
the  British  Eighth'  Army  in  Africa 
and  "the  loyal  comradeship  of 
your  forces  and  ours  in  Tumsia. 

The  British  diplomat  lEudea  the 


trusted  leadership  of  General 
Dwight  D.  Eisenhower  who  is  di- 
recting the  North  Afi-ican  cam- 
paign: General  Eisespbower,  as 
well  as  most  other  ranking  Army 
officers  of  the  United  Statesg  is 


an  alumnus  of  Fort  Benning.  the 
.Army's  University. 

General  Eisenhower  was  as- 
signed to  the  24th  Infantry  from 
1926  to  1927  when  that  unit  was 
at  the  post. '  At  that  time  General 
Eisenhower  was  a  major.  Upon 
completing  his  tour^of  duty  with 
the  24th,  which  has  since  been 
moved  to  a  theater  of  operations, 
he  was  assigned  to  duty  in  Wash- 
ington. ' 
'FEEL  QUE  STRENGTH* 

"We  are  beginning  to  feel  om: 
strength,"  Mr.  Eden  told  the  press 
conference,  "and  make  the  enemy 
feel  it,  too."  Since  that  obser\'a- 
tion  in  Washington,  the  Allied 
forces  in  North  Africa  have'  com- 
menced routing  the  Axis  in  south- 
ern Timisia,  wdth  Lieut.  Gen. 
George  Patton's  American  forces 
and  General  Bernard  Montgom- 
(Continued  oa  P&se  7) 


Before  visiting  Fort  Benning, 
the  party  inspected  Maxwell  field 
in  Montgomery,  Ala.,  Tuesday. 
The  trip  to  Maxwell  field  coin- 
cided with  the  33rd  birthday  oi 
that  training  center  where  Orville 
Wright  flew  with  one  of  his  first 
clumsy  planes. 

The  tour  started. in  the  morning 
at  the  Parachute  school  where 
Brig.  Gen.  George  P.  Howcli, 
commandant;  Col.  Garland  Wil- 
liams, assistant  commandant;  and 
Major  Alton  R.  Taylor,  executive, 
officer  to  Colonel  Williams,  "show- 
I  the  party  around.  | 
Mr.  Eden,  on  one  occasion,  loft 
the  party,  jumped  up  onto  a  train- 
ing platform  and  began  asking 
Private  William  McHugh,  a  stu- 
dent from  Detroit,-  Mich.,  ques- 
tions. Afterwards,  McHugh  was  so 
excited  that  ^e  had  difficulty 
spelling  his  name  for  the  visiting 
cameramen. 

Mr.  Eden  was  .obviously  inter- 
ested in  everything  he  saw  all 
through  the  tour  and,  on  several 
occasions;  General  Marshall  had 
to  hurry  him  along  ,  as  the  party 
was  adhertnr  ;to-a".?ti1iifc;  -  time' 
schedule.  .  ;  .  v  v  -  '^      -  .  . 

General  Marshall,  true  to  his 
custom,  asked  to  see  Master  Ser- 
geant Thomas  Tweed,  a  veteran 
game  warden  at -the  post,  and  a 
personal  friend,  of  his  since  1926. 
The  two,  in  former  years,  hunted 
together  and,  as  General  Marshall 
prepared  to  board  the  plane  leav- 
ing Benning,  Sergeant  Tweed  pre- 
sented him  with  a  wild  turkey; 

From  the  parachute  area,  the 
visitors-  were  escorted  to  HoUiday 
Hill  to  witness  an  officer  candi- 
date class  in  combat  firing  dur- 
ng  which  m'achiheguns  and  riflei 
/ere  fired  over  the  heads  of  ad- 
ancing  troops. 
Mr.  Eden,  'Sir  John,  and  Gen- 
eral Marshall  then  were  escorted 
to  the  Wood  Road  area  wher* 
they  saw  another  group  of  oflicei 
candidates  learning  proper  meth- 
ods of  combat  patrol.  In  this  class, 
the  students  were  taught  proper 
action  for  small  patrols  to  drive 
enemy  snipers  from  trees,  foliage, 
or  •  buildings;  to  force  enemy 
troops  out  of  slit  "trench  emplace- 
ments, and  to  clean  up  enemy  re- 
sistance in  a  village. 

This  was  the  first  time  Mr. 
Eden  has  visited  the-  Infantry 
School,  but  it  was  a  return  trip 
for  Sir  John  Dill  and  Geriferai 
Marshall.  Sir  John  made  a  brief 
isit  here  last  summer  in  com- 
pany with  General  Marshall,  Vice 
Admiral  Lord  Louis  Mounbatteu, 
(Continued  on  Page  7) 


Simplicity  Marks  ChieFs 

Retyrri  to  Iriforitry  School 
Where  He  Served  1927-32 


As  Ass't  Commandant, 
Gen.  Marshall  Received 
Commendation  for  Work 

The  absence  of  pomp  and  cere- 
monies yesterday  marked  the  v/ar- 
time  visit  of  the  Army's  Chief, of 
Staff,  General  George  C.  MarshaU, 
to  Fort  Benning. 

General  Marshall,  who  has  fre- 
quently Jbeen  mentioned  as  a  prob- 
able selection  as  supreme  com- 
mander of  the  Allied  Nations,  for- 
merly wai  assistant  commandant 
of  The  Infantry  School'  at  Fort 
Benning  from  the  early  summer 
of  1927  until  the  middle  of  1932, 
when  he  left  for  the  Eighth  In- 
fantry at  Fort  Screven,  Ga. 

General  Marshall  assumed  the 
position  of  Chief  of  Staff  on  April 
27,  1939,  when  he  succeeded  Gen- 
eral Malin  Craig.  The  elevation 
of  General  Marshall  to  his  present 
assignment  upset  military  prece- 
dent when  President  Roosevelt 
upped  a  brigadier  general  to  four- 
star  status  in  1939. 
LEADING  ROLE 

The  choice  of  the  58-year-old 
Pennsylvanian  as  <^  Chief  of  Staff 
was  immediately  linked  with  ad- 
ministration plans  for  solidarity'  of 
defense  in  the  Western  Hemi- 
sphere, Since  that  time.  General 
Marshall"  has  not  only  played  a 
leading  role^  in  preparing  the 
Western  Hamisphere  for  total  war 
but  also  has  directed  American 
forces  throughout  the  war  in  sev- 
eral battlefronts.  * 

At  the  termination  of  his  as- 
signment as  assistant  commandant 
of  The  Infantry  School  in  1932, 


General  Marshall  was  commended 
by  Major  General  Campbell  King, 
the  Commandant  at  the  itime,  who 
heralded  the  uniformly  superior 
manner  in  whiclu_ Marshall  per- 
formed his  duties. 
PRAISED  BY  KING 

"For  the  past  four  years  and 
seven  months,"  General  King 
wrote,  "you  have  served  as  assist- 
ant commandant,  The  Jnfantry 
School,  in  direct  charge  of  the 
Academic  Department.  The  value 
of  you"  services  to  The  Infantry 
School  cannot  be  overestimated. 
By  your  clear  thinking  and  far- 
sighted  policies;  by  your  inde- 
fatigable efforts  and  knowledge 
you  have  improved  the  teaching 
methods  of  this  school  to  the  point 
where  they  are  not  surpassed  in 
any  other  service  school.  The 
value  of  your  work  iis  recognized 
throughout  the  infantry.  Your 
able  handling  of  the  school  proper 
has  been  of  inestimable  value  to 
the  service  at  large  and  has  been 
indicative  of  the  reputation  ^  you 
have  long  enjoyed  as  one  of  the 
Army's  ablest  and  most  brilliant 
officers." 

General  Marshall,  a  veteran  of 
World  War  I,  was  awarded  the 
Distinguished  Service  Medal'  for 
exceptionally  meritorious  service 
during  World  War  I,  and  in  ad- 
dition was  decorated  by  several 
of  the  Alhed  Nations. 

While  stationed  at  Fort  Ben- 
ning. General  Marshall  was  mar- 
ried to  Mrs;  Katherina  Tupper 
Brown  of  Fire  Island,  Maine,  who 
was  a  frequent  visitor!  to  Co- 
lumbus. 


BRIGADIER  GENERAL  WALTER  S.  FULTON,  com- 
rriandinp-  general  . of  Fort  Benninff.  is  shown  above  as  he 
tdlk>  uiih  Geneial  Geoifge  C.  Marshall,  chief  of  staff,  (Un- 
iiig  the  arinv  chief's  Mbit  to  l*<)it  i'.ciiniiig.    (^iimi.il  1  ib 


m 


ANTHONY  EDEN,  the  British  foreign  secretary,  is  shown 
above  as  he  arrived  at  Fort  Benning  by  army  transport 
for  .  an  inspection  of  the  post  with  Sir  John  Dill  and  Gen-  ; 
eral  George  C.  ]\Iarshall.    (Infantry  School  Photo-)  ' 


World  War  1  Veteran  Is 
Flight  Chief  At  Lawson 


Sgt.  Swift  Gassed, 
Wounded;  Decorated 
By  U.  S.,  France 

Tech     Sergeant    Herbert  ^ 
Swift,  veteran  of  World  War  1, 
now  performing     his  duties  as 
flight  chief  with  the  32nd  Troop 
Carrier  Squadron  at  Lawson  Field. 

He  enlisted  in  World  War  1  at 
the  age  of  15  in  1915  in  Indianap- 
olis, Ind.,  and  received  his  recruit 
training  at  Columbus  Barrack,  O., 
now  known  as  Fort  Hayes,  the 
headquarter  of  the  Fifth  Service 
Command.  Later  he  was  assigned 
to  the  Fifth  Artillery,  Fort  Sill, 
Oklahoma  ,  and  was  sent  to  the 
Mexican  border  when  Pancho 
Villa  was  on  the  rampage. 

When  World  War  1  was  de- 
Glared,  he  was  sent  to  France  with 
the  Fjrst  Division,  was  made  first 
sergeant  at  the  age  of  17  during 
the  first  engagement  of  Battery 
F  when  the  previous  first  sergeant 
missing  in  action, 
e  was  gassed  July  14,  1918, 
when  the  Germans  were  making 
the  big  drive  on  Paris,  and 
wounded  October  3,  1818,' in  the 


battle  at  Meuse-Argonne.  Latee 
he  served  with  the  Army  of  Oc- 
cupation and  was  transferred  ta 
Battery  F,  ISth  Field  .  Artillery,  ' 
and  stationed  at  Coblentz,  Ger- 
many, until '  relieved  in'^the  sum- 
mer  of  1919. 

The  five  major  engagements  ia 
which  he    participated    are  tha 
Chateau  -  Thierry,  Aisne  -  Marn% 
(Continued  on  Page  7) 

Proud  Soldiers 
Pilot  Sedans 
For  Visitors  t 

.  .  Cpl.  Yanes.  Ozbolt,  Eva, 
Ala.,  and  Sgt.  Amon  Res- 
presE,  Crest vUle,  Fla.,  both'ot 
Company  A,  Academic  Reg- 
iment, were  two  proud  sol- 
diers Wednesday.  Ozbolt 
drove  the  car  conveying  An- 
thony Eden  and  General 
Leven  C.  Allen  on  the  tour 
■  of  the  post,  while  RespreA 
■  piloted  General  Marshall  arid  i 
Sir  J"-  J 


r  John  Dill.      w  - 


TWO 


FT.  BENNING  BAYONET,  FT.  BENNING,  GA.,  THURSDAY,  MARCH  25,  \9« 


Huns  Tdikecf  fnferncifiOiicif 
Goodwin  Bgickeci  by  Guns 


EKcheRgt  Student 
[fi  Hg2{  Germany 


If  Candidate  Alfred  N.  Briggs, 
Jr.,  18th  Company  of  the  1st  Stu- 
dent Training  Regiment,  ever  has 
the  opportunity  so  many  American 
soldierE  are  seeking— to  enter  Ber- 
lie  in  pursuit  of  one  A.  Hitler- 
it  will  be  hi£  second  chance  to 
greet  that  not-sb-illustrious  leader 
of  the  German  people.  For  back 
in  1937,  as  an  American  exchange 
student  in  Germany,  Briggs  was 
introduced  to  and  shook  hands 
with  Hitler  at  e  iuncheon  given  for 
the  students. 

Right  now,  of  course,  Briggs  has 
to  answer  to  his  barracks  mates 
as  to  why  he  didn't  attempt'  to 
apply  some  Judo  to  Der  Fuehrer 
v/hen  he  had  him  in  hand.  "You 
can  imagine  how.  impossible  that 
would  have  been,"  Briggs  ex- 
plained. Hitler  was  always  well 
protected  from  any  attempts  on 
his  life.  Oddly  enough  the  theme 
of  this  luncheon  I  attended  was 
good  will  between  nations,  but 
there  were  so  many  S.  S.  men  on 
guard  with  sub-machine  guns,  you 
would  have  wondei-ed  how  they 
intended  to  promote  such  interna- 
tional understanding.  That  dining 
hall  was  more  than  well  guarded 
all  the  time  Hitler  was  present." 
STUDENT  GEOUP 

As  a  boy  of  17,  Briggs  was  able 
1o  enter  Germany  as  a  member  of 
a  student  group,  through  an  inter- 
national experiment  in  foreign  liv- 
ing v;orked  out  by  the  Putney 
school,  Vt.  Briggs'  home  is  in  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  and  after  3  years 
study  of  the  German  language,  he 
went  to  that  country  to  learn  more 
intimately  of  the  home  life  and 
customs.  Staying  in  private  homes 
allowed  him  to  be  tutored  in  prac- 
tical sense  and,  as  he  puts  rit,  "if 
we  didn't  learn  to  talk  just  5as  the 
family  did,  it  meant  we  v,'ere  liable 
xo  go  hungry." 

The  luncheon  at  which  Briggs 
met  the  Reich  Chancellor  was  held 
in  Nuremberg  and  250  students 
jrom  many  countries  attended. 
Ironically  enough,  students  were 
present  from  Czechoslovakia  and 
Austria. also,  despite  the  fact  that 
.imity  betv/een  their  lands  and 
Germany  was  being  destroyed  at 
the  time. 

A  celebration  and  event  that 
Briggs  will  never  forget  was  the 
week  he  spent  in  Munich  during 
which  time  Hitler  visited  this  his- 
torical city.  The  towns  people 
really  outdid  themselves  for  this 
;;ala  occasion;  every  street  was 


decorated  with  buntings  of  9  dif- 
ferent colors.  •  Small  Nazi  flags 
flew  from  all  windows.  Nazi  sol- 
diers, with  their  parades  and 
bands,  crowded  the  streets. 
HITLEE  TOWEES  OVEE  PEOPLE 
"When  I  heard  Hitler  speak  be- 
fore a  huge  crowd  at  the  Deutches 
Museum  during  this  week  in  Mu- 
nich," Briggs  said,  "I  was  able  to 
understand  why  his  oratory  stood 
him  in  such  good  stead  in  his  rise 
to  power.  He  stood  high  above 
everyone  else  on  an  impressive 
rostrum  with  spotlights  playing 
upon  him  and  before  a  back- 
ground of  spangled  swastikas.  Al- 
though only  a  small  part, of  the 
audience  understood  what  he  was 
saying,  as  he  speaks  a  very  low 
German  dialect,  he  soon  had  the 
entire  audience  in  his  complete 
control. 

"He  would  deliver  e  few  phrases 
of  garbled  German,  accompanied 
by  some  frenzied  gyrations,  then 
dramatically .  pause.  The  people 
would  go  wild — they  would  stand 
by  their  seats,  chetr  as  loudly  as 
they  could,  and  shout  'Heil  Hitler!' 
What  he  said  meant"  little  to  them 
but  his  acting  and  the  elaborate 
setting  mastered  their  emotions 
and  brought  them  to  a  point  of 
fanaticism.  It  was  just  such 
speeches,  plus  his  flare  for .  the 
dramatic,  that  brought  Hitler  so 
swiftly  to  power  and  complete 
control  over  the  Germans." 
VISITS  VIENNA 

Although  he  was  abroad  for 
only  three  months,  Briggs  had  the 
chance  to  visit  Vienna  and  many 
other  cities  in  Austria.  Because  he 
happened  to  be  in  that  country,  his 
stay  abroad  was  cut  short,  for  it 
was  late  in  the  summer  of  1937 
and  things  were  beginning  to  get 
warm  there.  The  American  consul 
suggested  that  students  from  all 
countries  leave  and  go  back  home, 
and  it  wasn't  long  after  that  that 
the  German  army  moved  in  and 
took  Austria  over  for  Der  Fuehrer. 
Briggs  recalls  today  how  poverty- 
stricken  the  Austrian  people  were 
at  that  time,  and  how  they  felt 
becoming  a  part  of  Germany 
■ould  be  their  salvation.  . 
"By  also  staying  in  a  "Jugend- 
herbergers" — a  Hitler  Youth  Hos- 
tel—I  got  a  pretty  good  insight  as 
to  how  the  German  youth  was  in- 
fluenced continually  by  the  Ger- 
many army,"  Briggs  pointed  out. 
"Young  boys  were  given  military 
training  from  the  time  they__were 
able  to  hold  a  gun,  and  their  sole 
ambition  was  to  fight  for  their 


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Simultaneous  with  an ,  an- 
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of  Supply— now  is  to  be  called 
the  ASF,  for  Army  Service  Forc- 
es, Lieut.  Gen.  Brehon  B.'  Somer- 
vell, ASF  commanding  general, 
has  .sent  letters  of  commendation 
in  which  he  reviewed  the  accom- 
plishment of  the  SOS  during  the 
past  year  to  the  commanding  gen- 
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Somervell,  expressed  his  appreci- 
ation to  all  concerned  for  their 
'loyal  services  whic|i  have  con- 
tributed to  the  great  accomplish- 
ments of  the  Services  of  Supply.' 

The  change  in  name  of  the  Ser- 
vice of  Supply  to  the  Army  Ser- 
vice forces  brings  the  Army  ad- 
ministration imder  thei  three 
forces,  the  Army  Ground  Forces; 
the  Army  Air  Forces  and  the 
Army  Service  Forces.  The  SOS 
was  created  a  year  ago  when  the 
War  Department  General  Staff 
was  reduced  in  size  from  approx- 
imately 500  to  98  officers. 
REVIEWS  TEAR 

In  his  letter  reviewing  the  past 
year  and  the  work  of  the  SOS, 
General  Somervell  said,  "In 
twelve  short  months  we  created 
one  of  the  largest  organizations 
(Ever  conceived  by  man;  we  staffed 
it  completely,  set  immense  objec- 
tives, and  met  those  objectives. 
The  first  phase  of  .our  job.has  been 
accomplished  with  great  credit  to 
our  organization.  The  second 
phase  will  be  accomplished." 

"In  our  first  year^we  procured 
$17,000,000,000  worth  of  supplies 
and  equipment;  .  .  .  we  inducted, 
classified  ^nd  assigned  more  than 
4,000,000  men,  fed  them  adequate- 
ly, clothed  and  housed  them,  kept 
them  well.  -  We  constructed  $6,- 
000,000,000  worth  of  military  fa- 
cilities, transported  1,000,000  men 
and  14,000,000  tons  of  supplies 
overseas,  we  set  up  an  adminis- 
trative organization  for  the  larg- 
est Army  in  history  and  made  that 
organization  work,"  General  Som- 
ervell stated. 

In  commendation  of  members  of 
the  SOS,  he  said,  "To  the  military 
and  civilian  personnel  of  SOS  I 
sey:  'Well  done'!" 

Mysic  Merchants 
Seek  Old  Records 

Local  Columbus  music  mer- 
chants are  urging  post  soldiers 
to  sell  their  old  recordings,  so 
that  these  may  be,  salvaged  to 
make  new  music  discs.  Used  re- 
cordings are  worth  three  cents, 
and  parts  and  broken  discs  are 
'alued  at  two  cents, each. 

It  is  not  as  yet  compulsory  that 
an  old  record  be  turned  in  when 
a  new  one  is  purchased,  but  there 
is  a  very  definite  shortage  of  re- 
cording materials.  Voluntary  help 
on  the  part  of  all  military  per- 
sonnel may  alleviate  the  situa- 
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he  climbed  the  highest  peaks  of 
the  Tyrol  while  in  Austria.  These 
included  the  Gross  Glockn^r  and 
the  Wiesbachorn.  In  America 
Briggs  has  taken  part  in  many  ski 
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and  before  entering  the  Army, 
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Show  Scheduled 

Fort  Benning  children  interest- 
ed in  collections  as  a  hobby  are 
urged  to  start  getting  ready  for 
the  annual  hobby  show,,  to  be  held 
in  conjunction  with  the  Benning 
P.-T.  A,  meeting  April  1  at  8  p.  m. 
in  the  Children's  school.  Prizes 
of  war  stamps  will  be  given  for 
the  best,  collections. 

Army  children,  with  their  wide 
range  of  interests  and  their  jumps 
from  one  army  post  to  another, 
are  expected  to  produce  a  great 
variety  of  interesting  collections. 
Scrapbooks,  dolls,  drawing  and 
handcraft,  soldier  collections,  air- 
planes, insignia,  match  covers, 
nature  collections,  tokens  and 
coins,  are  a  few  of  the  many 
things  picked  up  during  their 
travels  and  expected  to  be  pre- 
sented at  the  show.  ■  ' 

Mrs.  Leven  C.  Allen,  Mrs. 
George  P.  Howell  and  Col.  Harry 
N.  Burkhalter  have  graciously 
consented  t  ojudge  the  exhibits. 

New  Anti-Tank 
Record  Made 

8th  Company,  3rd  STR, 
Qualifies  91  Per  Cent 

Eighth  Company  of  the  Third 
Student  Training  Regiment  last 
week  set  a  new  record  in  qualify- 
ing 91.2  per  cent  of  its  men  in 
1,000-inch  range  firing  with  the 
37-mm.  anti-tank  gun.  This  was 
15  per  cent  'above  the  average  of 
recent  classes.  ' 

"The  37-mm.  which  spells  trou- 
ble for  many  an  OCS  student, 
proved  easy  for  Capt.  William  T. 
McClure's  men,  who  proceeded  to 
break  subsidiary  records 
\yholesale  fashion.  As  an 
ample,  44.8  per  cent  of  the  class 
fired  expert— compared  to  21.7  per 
cent  in  recent  classes. 

Exactly  25  per  cent  fired  first 
class  gunner;  21.4  per  cent  fired 
second  class  gunner;  and  only  8.8 
per  cent  failed  to  qualify,  as  com- 
pared with  23.8  per  cent  ir  ^ 
cent  classes. 

On  the  field  firing  range,  using 
service  ammunition,  the  class 
proved  it  did  not  fear  the  noise, 
muzzle  blast  or  recoil.  Here  29.5 
per  cent  of  all  shells  fired  were 
hits,  contrasted  to  an  average  of 
24.8  per  cent  in  recent  classes. 
Likewise,  on  30-caliber  field  fir- 
ing, 37.4  per  cent  hits  were  scored, 
compared  with  28.8  per  cent  in 
recent  classes. 

Highest  scores  on  the  1,000-inch 
range  were  fired  by  Candidates  T. 
A.  -  Johnson  and  Charles  Luke, 
each  of  whom  achieved  190.  A 
dozen  candidates  fired  175  or 
better. 

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Personnel  of  the  90th  Recon- 
naissance Battalion  10th  Armored 
Division,  last  month  continued  to 
be  the  only  unit  in  the  division 
which  is  100  per  cent  on  pay  der 
ductions  for  war  bonds,  the  report 
of  Lt.  Eugene  B.  Dockery,  batta- 
lion bond  officer,  showed  today. 

The  Recons  became  the  first 
unit  to.  become  "perfect"  in  Jan- 
uary. Pay  deductions  during  Feb- 
ruary amounted  to  $5,077.15.  The 
men  also  made  $575,00  in  cash 
purchases  last  month. 


2nd  STR  Unit 
Spring  Dance 
Slated  April  8 

Headquarters  Company  in  the 
Second  Student  Training  Regi- 
ment will  celebrate  the  coming  of 
Spring  in  a  big  way  with  a  dance 
to  be  held  at  the  Sports  Arena  in 
the  Harmony  Church  area  on 
Thursday  evening,  April  8. 

Music  will  be  by  the  Leaders' 
12-piece  band,  and  the  Military 
Maids  of  Columbus  will  act  as 
hostesses.  Things  will  get  going 
about  8:33  p.  m. 

Men  in  Headquarters  Company 
of  the  Second  Regiment  are  in- 
vited to  bring  their  wives  or  girl 
frieiyis,  or  to  come  as  stags.  Ar- 
rangements for  the  dance  are  be- 
ing made  by  Capt.  Henry  R.-  Cal- 
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.Hospital  'Aifergy  Clinic  In  Constant 
Battle  Against  Asthma,  Hayfever 


Hyper-Sensitivity  Causes  SoEdiers 
Misery,  Army  Loss  In  hAan  Hours  . 

■  Maj.  Marion  T.  Davidson,  chief  of  the  Allergy  -section 
the  Station  Hospital,  objected  to  plans  for  putting  a  com- 
position noor  covering  on  the  floor  of  his  clinic  on  the 
grounds  it  might  cause  astiinia  or  hay  fever,  and  then  pro- 
ceeded to  prove  by  science  that  he  was  right. 
Convincing    Col.  " 


Edv.-ard 

j-oyec  commanding  officer  of  the 
Hospital-  that  .  it  conceivably 
_,;^,t  have  an  .  adverse  effect 
ti'non  hi£  allergy  patients,  Major 
Tv-viQ"=on  took  a  piece  of  the  pro- 
rio.ec  floor  covering,  cut  it  up 
fnti  fine  shreds,  extracted  the 
Zoxein  from  it  by  a  formula  and 
tiien  injected  the  resulting  solu- 


Peep  Hoopsters 
Get  Letters 


^,  Twelve  members  of  the  Peeps 
j  basketball  team,  composed  of  boys 
_  on  the  post  were  presented  with 
J  letters  by  the  Roys  Athletic  Ac- 
.  tivities  Association  at  a  dinner  in 
j  the  Officers  Club. 

Letters  were  presented  by  Cap- 
ain  C.  C.  Carll,  coach  of  the  team 
uid  Hugh  Beniley,    president  of 
_   he  Columbus  Sportsman's  Club. 
...^       ■  Lt.  Col.  Virgil  Ney,    director  of 
feel^  that  ^  boys  activities,  acted  as  toastmas- 
h-r  done  well  bv  his  patients 'ler  at  the  dinner. 

"-rri^jce  superficial  beauty  to:    ^vlembers  of  the  learn  receiving     The   father  and 

'Because  the  main  object; ^heir  letters  were  Robert  Bagley,  their  notices  from    the  selective 
,  to  satisfy  a! James    Bagley, _  William-  Eckles,  service  boards  to  report  for  phy- 
aesthetic  apprecialif  n  but  I  Mack  Vernon,  Robert  Butte,  Ma-  sical  examinations  last  Oceober  16 
n  men  to  duty.  ison  Hamjlton,  Charles  McKeown,  ;On  the  same  d£;y,  .the  father  — 


t"^on  into  all  new  patients  for  a 
^onth  to  see  if  they  reactea.  Ap- 
proximately ten  per  cent  showec 
nocitive  reactions, 
f  Thu-  although  the  allergy 
^  cUnic  does  not  possess  the  bright 
nev  floor  covei-.ng  bemg  placed 
L  all  the  other  wards  of  the  hoj 
.Maior  Da'-" 


science. 


Father,  Son 
Meet  At  Post 

Former  Is  Private, 
Letter  A  Corpora! 

Two  natives  of  Salisbury,  Md., 
Corporal  Francis  L.  Brown  of  the 
16th  Company  of  the  Second  Stu- 
dent Training  Regiment,  and  Pri- 
vate Francis  L.  Brown  of  the 
Medical  Detachment  at  the  Station 
Hospital,  met  by  chance  at  Fort 
Benning. 

Private  Brown  is  Corporal 
Brown's  father  und  both  were  in- 
ducted into  the  Army  at  the  same 
time.  The  twc  were  separated 
upon  induction  and  not  reunited 
until  the  son  wss  assigned  to  Fort 
Benning  to  enter  officer  candidate 
school. 


i.liergies  are  capable  of  causing 
fci'dier's  much  misery  and  .  the 
£Tmv  a  great  loss  of  man  hours 
ir.  its  training  program.  The  clmic 
h  doing  a  herculean  job 


William  Blakely  and  John  Blair. 


cloves;  meats,  fish,  and  drinks. 

All  patients  are  tes.ted  for  aller- 
!gy  to  each  of  the  items  on  the  four 
mdi- 1  boards.  Usually  .  such  tests  run 
hots.ifor  three  days.  Boards  No.  2  and 
p-ut  on  .special  diets  and  told  what  i  are  given  in  one  day,  and  the 
things  to  avoid.  Soon,  most  of; other  two  usually  are  given  on 
them  are  back  on  full  duty.  i  separate  days.  In  giving  Boards 
HORSE  K.4.IR  No.    1   and  4,  scratch  tests 

Ti^e  f'oor  covering  which  was'^iven  first,  which  means  that 
no-'p'aced  in  the  allergy  clinic'the  top  layer  only  of  the  ski 
ic 'onh'  one  of  the  many  and. '•'5  broken  and  drops  of  the  ex- 
=  capable  of  pVoduc- ; tracts  placed  in  the  broken  places, 
iouals  a  condition  ofj^i'  no  reaction  is  shown,  intrader- 
■itv  v.-hich  mav  in-'mal  injections  are  given  after 
or  stop  completely  i  the  precautionan- scratch  tests.  All 
to  carrv  on  army; tests  are  made  in  neat  rows  and 
re  ■  exact  sequence. 


"Vnd  eliminating  such  ' 
tions.  Patients  are  -"■ 


ttrar.ge  i 


hypersensitivity 
lerfere  with  or 
their  ability  to 

ECtivities.  Hor.^e  hair  can  produ 
"ihe  hives."  hay  can  cause  h; 
fe-.-er.  radishes  can  start  rash 
End  asparagus  can  gring  on  ast 

n-,a.  Duck   or   chicken    feathe:   ^   

face  powdc",  insect  spray  or  gluclai-j,^  to  see 
can  produce 


"LET  'EM  COOK" 

After  the  tests  are  given, 
patient  reports  to  Major  Dav 
who  .  glances  at  the  soldier's 
'hich  ha\e  shown 


the 


these  condi-jquick  reactions.  The  major  then 
tells  the  soldier  to  sit  down  and 
particular |.. let  them  cook  a  little  while."  ' 


Determining  .  ^ 

*  cause  of  an  allergic  condition  by  i few  minutes  later, 
^finding  out  the,  things  to  v.-hich d-eady  for  final  inspection.  If 
I  patient  i.«  allergic,  and  then :  wheals  or  welts  have  risen  on  the 
giving  proper  treatment  is  the  j  arm,  it  is  an  indication  that  the 
function  of  this  unusual  clinic  i person  is  allergic  to  the  particular 
y.-hic)-.  deals  with  one  of  the  most  i  vegetable,  fruit  or  whatever  it 
recent  scientific  fields  in  medicine; may  be.  The  major  identifies  the 
znd  utilizes  the  most  up-to-date  litem  by  its  position  in  the' rows 
methods  of  testing  and  treatment. ;  on  the  arm.  The  size,  and  to  a 


aition  to 'hay  fever  and 
Ehthma.  the  clinic  treats  soldiers 
vho  suffei-  from  urticaria  (pop- 
ulsrly  known  as  "the  hives''),  ec- 
zema f  i.hich  includes  most  skin 
in-itations  and  rashes),  and  head- 
aches and  stomach  upsets  which 
cannot  be  contributed  to  causes 
other  than  an  allergic  condition. 
.1\-ERAGE  80  EXTRACTS 

With  the  exception  of  ragweed 
and  grass  pollens,  which  are  ob- 
Isined  fro.m  commercial  scarcer 


certain  extent,  the  redness,  of  the 
v.-heal  or  welt  detemiines  how  al- 
lergic the  patient  is  to  the  sub- 
i^tance. 


ceived  a  telegram  from  his  young- 
est son,  A'^ernon,  19,  advising  him 
he  had  enhsted  in  the  Army. 
ENTER  SAjVIE  TIME 

Francis  L.  Brov/n,  Sr.,  went  into 
service  in  Baltimore  on  October  29, 
but  the  son  took  the  two  weeks 
granted  inductees 'at  that  time  and 
began  his  army  career  on  Novem- 
ber 12.  The  elder  Brown  was  as- 
signed to  service  with  the  419th 
Field  Artillery  nf  the  10th  Ar- 
mored-Division, but  recently  was' 
transferred  to  his  present  assign- 
ment. 


Fra; 


,  Jr., 


After  the  items  to  which  thej 
soldier  is  allergic  is  established,' 
reatment  is  begun.  Two  v\'ays  of 
treating  are  available.  The  patient 
can  stop   using  or   coming  into 
contact  with  the  substances  which 
are  to  him  allergents,  or  he  can 
be  desensitised  by  means  of  hy- 
perdermic    shots    taken    over  a 
eI:  the  a\  erage  of  80  to  90  extracts  I  period  of  time.  If  a   patient  is 
u.'ed  in  the  tesi.-=^  arc  made  in  the; allergic  to  milk,  he  is  given  milk 
'Icrgy   clinic ;.shotE,  which  contain  the  same  ex- 


here  at  Fort  Benning.  .By  a 
plicated  process,  protein  i?i 
tracted  from  -^-ai-io-Lis  kinds  of 
pork,  beef,  chic];en.  turkey, 


ha 


r;o'js  Irurj 
menu,  dust,  s: 

egg.  kapok  and  many  othei-  items 
|.  too  numevou;  to  mention.  The  pro'- 
tein  is  taken  off  by  a  chemic;  ' 
forrnuia  and  the  .mixt> 
both  as  a  testing  and 
Eoiution. 


used  in  the  tests.  Depend- 
ing upon  the  degree  of  sensitivity, 
he  is  injected  with  a  small  amount 
ol  the  solution  diluted  with  dis- 
bles.    condi- Itillcd    water.   By   increasing  the 
amount  ^of  extract,  in  the  solution 
in  subseo^uent  shots,  a  gradual  re- 
.i^istance  to  the  item  is  built  up 
in  the  patient.  Tiius  in  all  prob- 
used  I  ability  he  may  seen  be  able  to 
treating !  start  drinking  milk  again  without 
'bad  results. 


For  convenience's  sake,  Major!  Although  the  allergy  clinic  us- 
Davidson  has  his  80  or  90  differ- ;  ually  gives  around  80  or  90  tests 
ent  mixtures  divided  into  four  |  to  each  patient,  they  can  prepare 
'•boards''  or  groups.  Board  No.  1,|  tests  and  shots  for  almost  any 
called  the  '-Routine  Board''  be- litem  or  food  conceivable  and  have 
csu.se' it  con.>:,=t,s  of  items  most ;  made  solutions  from  approximate- 
commonly  ca-.i.-ins  nllci'sic  condi- My  ]'jQ  different  substances.  The 
■tions.  con'sin.=  s'.oi.h,'--  ii.'-;e  \\'heal.  large  number  of  tests  gi\-en  a 
cnima!  hair.'^.  hoi:se  du.si.';.  po"len3,;the  clinic  here  is  extremely  un- 
eggs  and  milk,  siong  witii  othcr.^. , u.=ual  for  an  army  post.  Most  arm: 
Board  Xo.  2  conia'ins  fruits,  andjallergy  clinics  use  only  about  ; 
?oard  No.  3  consiEt.=,  of  vegetables.  |  dozen  items,  and  approximately 
goard  Xo.  <  incl-ude.":  condiments ;  thai  number  is  sent  out  by  the 
euch  as  iriUf^ard,  pepper  and;Fourth  Service  command  for  al- 
~~  jlergy  tests.  It  is  quite  possible  that 
I  a  large  number  of  tests  are  given 
I  in  the  Fort  Benning  clinic  than 
at  any  other  such  army  clinic 
in  the  country,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  Walter  Reed  hospital  in 
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■as  sent  to  Fort 
McClellan,  Ala.,  and  qualified  for 
officer  candidate  school.  He  ar- 
rived at  Fort  Benning  on  Feb.  6. 
Four  days  later,  his  father  noticed 
familiar  stride  of  a  soldier  just 
ahead  of  him  in  Columbus,  and 
found  the  soldier  to  be  his  son — 
whom  he  had  not  seen  since  they 
parted  in  Salisbury. 

Private  Brown  is  a  veteran  of 
World  War  I.  He  served  with  a 
Medical  Unit  in  Boston  and  later 
at  Camp  Greenleaf,  Ft.  Ogle- 
thorpe, Ga.  The  Armistice  found 
the  unit  with  sailing  orders  for 
Eui'ope. 

Private  Brown  is  a  grandfather 
at  the  age  of  46.  Hi.=.  son,  Francis, 
married  and  has    a  year-old 
daughter. 

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Assumed  Command 
Of  Unit  In  January 

Lieut.  Col.  A.  H.  Dickerson, 
commanding  officer  of  the  513th 
Parachute  Regiment,  has  beeu 
promoted  to  the  rank  ofcolonol, 
it  v.as  announced  today. 

Formerly  the  executive  officer 
of  the  505th  Parachute  Infantiy 
Regiment,  Colonel  Dickerson  was 
named  commander  of  the  513th 
in  January.  He  is  a  regular  armv 
officer,  a  graduate  of  the  United 
Slates  Militarj'  Academy  at  West 
Point.  Prior  to  entrance  of  the 
United  Slates  into  the  war,  he 
had  served  in  the  Philippines  and 
had  participated  in  maneuvers  on 
Balaam 

Colonel  Dickerson  came  to  the 
Parachute  School  in  July,  1942, 
and  qualified  as  '  a  jufnper  in 
He  then  served  for  a 
e  as  executive  of  the 
503rd  Parachute  Regiment,  then 
took  ,  over  the  same  job  with  the 
505th. 

He  is  married  and  lives  on  the 
main  post.  He.  is  .  a  native  of 
lola,  Kan. 


'Bayonet'  Gontesf 
Is  Hearing  Cliiiicix 


CAPTAIN  JAMES  K.  GUTHRIE,  manager  of  the  main  post  Officer's  club,  is  .shown 
discussing-  some  unique  decorations  in  the  main  lounge  of  the  new  Harmony  Church 
branch. -with  Col.  Sevier  R.  Tuppcr,  commanding  officer  of  the  Infantry  Schpors  Student 
Training  Briga-de  and  member  of  the  Officer's  club  board  of  directors.  jMuishiiig  touches- 
are  being  put  on  the  ne^v  addition,  which,  when  complete,  will  include  a  cafeteria,  a,tap- 
room,  reading  room,  and  a  combination  lounge-ballroom.  Others  shown  are  left  to  rijght: 
Lt.  William  Courtland,  manager  of  the  new  branch,  and  hi.  Millard  G.  Rotter,  assistant  c 
kib  officer.    (Signal  Photo  T.ab  by  Boprnc.) 


\  New  Outfits 
Join  Tigers 

760th  Tank  Roster 
includes  Indians 

Four  organizations  have  joined 
the  lOlh  Armored  Division  .within 
the  past  month,  including  the 
774th  Tank  Destroyer  battalion, 

hich  arrived  in  camp  March  15. 

The  455th  Coast  Artillery  (AA) 
battalion  arrived  here  from  Camp 
Stewart,  Georgia,  on  February  20, 
after  a  two-day  march  of  270 
miles.  The  battalion  spent  a  night 
in  bivouac  at  the  ball  park 
Cordel  en  route. 

Lt.  Col.  Charles  H.  Sargent,' Jr.^ 
is  in  command  of  the  artillery 
unit.  His  men,  who  are  quartered 
at  the  main  post  next  door  to 
the  parachute  units,  are  proudly 
wearing  their  new  armored  force 
patches.  They  have  already  im- 
pressed the  paratroopers  with  the 
ruggedness  of  the  Armoraiders 
who  man  thfe  big  guns. 
764TH  TANK  BATTALION 

The  764th  Tank  battalion"(L)  is 
installed  in  the  Harmony  church 
area  with  the  738th  Tank  batta- 
lion (M)  as  its  neighbor.  Officers 
and  cadre  lor  the  764th  came 
primarily  from  the  760th  Tank 
battalion.  Lt.  Col.  Jack  J.  Rich- 
ardson commands  the  organiza- 
tion. Included  in  the  rosier  are 

group  of  Indians  from  New  Mex- 
0  who  are  learning  to  adapt 
their  ■  old   traditions   of  warfare 
to '  the  modern  'weapons  of  an 
armored  division. 

The  738th  Tank  battalion  -is 
staffed  by  an  officer  cadre  drawn 
primarily  .from  the  741st  Tank 
battalion.  Camp,  Polk,  La.,  and  is 
under  the  command  of  Lt.  Col. 
Raymond  W.  Odor. 
HOOD  CHAMPS 

The  774th  Tank  Destroyers  ar- 
rived at  Fort  Benning  with  the 
basketball  championship  of  Camp 
Hood,,  which  they  won  in  a  close 
game  just  prior  to  their  depar- 
ture. The  battalion  is  under  the 


With  Civilians 

BfYRTLE  JGINES 


.^lice  Walton  is  the  only  drafts- 
woman  on  tjie  post..  She  is  with 
the  Area  Engineer  on  the  main 
post  and  does  about  everything 
that  has  to  be  done  in  that  de- 
partment. Among  her  outstand- 
ing achievements  are  the  plans 
for  the  New  Post  Office  building 
on  the  main  post  and  a  Recrea- 
tion Cabin.  Alice  is  a  native  of 
Kansas  City,  Mo.,  but  received 
'ler  higher  education  at  the  Uni- 
'ersity  of  Minnesota.  Alice's  spe- 
cial forte  was  homes.  Her  success 
in  home  planning,  we  feel  sure, 
is  attributable  to  her  womanly 
intuition  of  .what  a  home  should 
be. 

-Welcome  to  three  new  young 
ladies  in '  the  Finance  Office. 
Cecelia  Hurt,  LaVerne  Wilson  and 
Blanche  Wells  now  in  the  "count- 
ing house  a-counting  out  the 
money'- — we .  hope. 

Ethel  Barnett  of  the  Supply  Di- 
vision, Sub-Depot,  has  gone  visit- 
ing to  Philly  to  see  her  family 
for  a  week  and  then"  back  again 
before  she  is  missed  too  much. 

The  Quartermaster  office  is 
really  sad  because  Julia  Rosa  and 
her  horse,  Florine  have  gone.  But 
now  Thomasville  has  the  Rose 
Show  and  them  too. 

Mrs.  Curtis  (Estelle  Patrick)  R. 
Burns  has  relumed  from  Miami, 
Fla.,  with  the  most  elegant  sun- 
tan.  She  found  the  Judge  Advo- 
cate's Department  in  new  quar- 
ters at  head  quarters.  Lucille 
Jones,  "Miss  Information"  at 
Headquartersj  is  also  back  from 
leave. 

*   •  * 

Helen  Denman  has  gone  to 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  for  a  vacation 
and  the  Record  Section  at  the 
Infantry  School  have  two  new 
girls,  Ruth  Waite  and  Mary  Ellen 
Carruthers,  to  welcomp. 

Farewells   at  tlie   SUb  -  Depot 


Heir-R-oid 


Compiled  Bv.  geret.  Maj.  J.  Br»*o 

March  15-22,  1943 
Ciipt.   and   M«.   .Tamee  R.   Luni,  .tlri, 
arch  15,  420  Field  ArtiUfry. 
M-S»r6t.    end   Mrs.    Joseph   D.  Brivo, 
rl,  March  15,  Med.  Del.  Eta.  Hosp. 
First   Lieut,    and   Mrs.   Adkin  Toffey, 
bo.r,  March  15'.  Aced.  Dept.  255  0. 

-_Jor  and  Mr.«.  P.  Slnnreich,  boy, 
March  17,  29th  Infantry. 

First  Lieut,  and  Mrs.  Jack  Knight,  girl, 
larch    IT,   TBlh   Armored   Post,  Second 
Lrmorcd  Div. 
S-Scrpt.   arid  Mr.'.  Allen  Justice,  girl, 
larch  17,  Co.  I,  Third  Aniored  Div. 

Pvt.  and  Mrs.  Albert :  DiAmcdio,  boy, 
larrh  IS.  ISOlh  Ord.  Maint.,  Camp  Mc- 


;elton.  bov  f.nd  girl,  March  18,  Co.  '-B." 
Otli  Inf.  Rcgt. 

Fir.st  Lieut,  and  Mr.';.  Charle.^  .T.  Ellison, 
r),  March  18,  Acad.  Dept.  Weapon  Motor 


March  JO,  Co. 

~'  ppd  .Mr.';.  I,c.';ter  R 
i  'Jl.  Co.  -I."  124th  : 
and  Mr.'!.  William  W 
n  22.  Pet.  Med.  D;pt. 


have  been  said  to  June  Cross- 
hite,  Frances  Reynolds,  who 
takes  on  a  new  job  at  Drew  Field, 
Fla.,  and  Betty  Ann  Dorn,  who's 
gone  back  to  her  first  love — nurs- 
ing. 


Air  Hero  Is 
Lawson  Guest 

Major  Cook  Battles 
In  26  Operations 

Maj.  Howard  G.  Cook,  formerly 
stationed  at  Lawson  Field  with 
the  15th  Bombardment  Squadron, 
as  a  recent  visitor  to  the  field. 
While  in  foreign  service,  Major 
Cook  participated  in  26  operations 
piloting  light '  bomber  planes.  He 
received  the  Distinguished  Flying 
Cross  and  the  Air  Medal  with 
three  clusters  lor  meritorious  ser- 
vice while  parircipatmg  in  aerial 
flight  and  outstanding  perform- 
ance and  skillful  leadership  in  the. 
successful  accomplishment  of  his 
missions.  ,     .  ' 

Major  Cook's  extraordinai'y  ac- 
uity reflects  the  highest  credit 
on.  himself  and  on  the  Army  Air 
Forces. 

A  native  of  Kingsville,  Texas, 
he  was  with  the  U.  S.  MariAe 
Corps  lor  four  years  and  one  year 
with  the  Texas  National  Guard 
before  entering  the  U.  S.  Army 
Air  Force. 

Major  Cook  is  now  stationed 
Birmingham,  Ala.,  with  the 
Third  Air  Support  Command. 


command  of  Lt  Col.  Conrad  B. 
Sturges.  It  is  quartered  in  the 
Sand  Hill  area  hear  the  54th  In- 

■fantry. 

The  officers  and  their  ladies 
from  the  455th  have  already  been 

elcomed  to  the  division  by  a 
Inner  party  at  the  officers'  club 
and  a  sim'ilar  dinner  \vbs  given 
for  the  764th  last  Wednesday. 
Welcoming  parties  for  the  other 
two  units  will  occur  in  the  near 
future. 

The  new  units  have  already 
_  ven  evidence  of  becoming  a  part 
of  the  division's  activities.  The 
455lh  boxers  have  challenged  the 
Tiger  champs,  while  the  774th 
makes  a  similar  challenge  for  its 
basketball  team. 


Major  Lewis 
Leads  55th 
Engineer  Unit 

Major  Inge  Appointed 
Executive  Officer 
Of  Bridge-Builders 

A  recent  personnel  change  has 
placed  Major  Wilham  H.  Lewis 
in  command  of  the  55th  Engineer 
Battalion,  10th  Armored  Division, 
with  Major  Andrew  V.  Inge  as 
executive  officer.  Both  officer^ 
served  previously  in  the.  17th  Enr 
gineers  of  the  2nd  Armored  Di- 
ision  and  with  engineer  units 
at  Fort  Knox. . 

Major  Lewis,  a  1933  West  Polnt- 

,  served  w-ith  Army  engineers 
at  New  Orleans  from  his  gi-adua- 
tion  until  1939,*  when  he  went  to 
Cornell  University  for  a  year. 
Since  receiving  a  Master's  Eiegree 
in  science  at  Cornell,  he  has  serv- 
ed with  the  Armored  Force. 

After  graduating  from  V.  P.  I. 

.  Virginia  in  1938,  Major  Inge 
accepted  a  regular  Army  commis- 
sion a  few  months  later  and  spent 
two  years  in  Hawaii.  Like  Major 
Lewis,  Major  Inge's  principa] 
service  with  troops  has  been  with 
the  Arrhored  Force. 


One  Week  Remains 

Before  Deadline 

In  War  Bond  Compete 

Come  on,  Fort  Benning  person- 
nel, get  hot  with  those"  typewriters 
or  even  pens  and  especially  with 
those  drawing  brushes." 

Because  there's  just  a  week  left 
in  the  big  'Bayonet'  contest  for 
soldiersgind  artists  and  while  plen- 
ty of  material  is  being  received 
every  day— there's  more  than  a 
likely  chance  that  what  you  write 
or  draw  may  win  one  of  thosie  big 
prizes  in  war  bonds. 

And  there  are  plenty  of  prizes, 
too,  thirty  of  them  all  together, 
totalling  $350.00. 

If  you  don't  win,  one  of  the  big 
$25  prizes  as  an  award  ..for  your 
effort,  perhaps  you'll  win  one  of 
the  others,  any  one  of  which  is 
well  worth  exerting  a  bit  of  time, 
skill  and  effort  in  an  attempt  to 
connect. 

Special  Edition 

This  contest  is  the  first  of  its 
kind  to  be  staged  at  the  Post.  All 
army  personnel  are  eligible  and 
contributions  are  being  received 
now  in  the  following  classifica- 
tions: editorials,  essays  or  stories'; 
human  interest  stories;  humorous 
cartoons;  serious  cartoons,  sports 

arie.  and  poetry. 

Deadline  for  entries  in  the  con- 
test is  April  1.  Prize  winning  con- 
tributions v/ill  be  printed  in  a 
special  edition  of  the'  Bayonet  on 
April  15.  Judges  will  be  composed 
of  rolu'mbus  businessmen.  In  send- 
ing in  your  contribution,  submit 
;t  first  through  your  unit  public 
relations  office,  with  request  that 
it  be  forwarded  to  Post  Headquar- 
ters for  the  contest.  Contributions 
should  be  addressed  to  the  Contest 
Editor,  Tlie  Bayonet,  Public  Re- 
lations Office,  Post  Headquarters. 

Eighteen  Columbus  business  men 
will  act  as  judges  in  the  contest. 
J.  W.  Thomas,  of  Sears  Roebuck, 
will  act  as  chairman  of  the  Editor- 


ial judging  board,  assisted  by  C.  T.- 
McDonald  of  Maxwell  Brothers  & 
Mct)oi.ald  and  Walter  Miller,  of 
Miller-Taylor  Shoe  .Store. 

Human  Interest  . 

In  the  human  interest, story  di- , 
vision,  C.  p.  Foster,  of  Foster 
Men's  V/ear,  will  be  assisted  py  . 
W.  E.  Hiers,  of  the 'Provision  Com-  ^ 
pariy  and  'E.  Rothschild,  of  H.  _ 
Rothschild,  Inc. 

Leslie  Lilienthal,  of  Kayser-Lil- 
ienthal,  will.be  chairman  for  the  ': 
Humorous  Cartons,  assisted  by  Joe  " 
Levinson  of- Le Vinson  Brothers  and  , 
Dr.  S.  Till  of  Wiells  Dairies.  , 

Serious  Cartoon's  will  be'  judged 
by  Frank  Roster  of  J.  A.  Kirven;  " 
Sam  Neel,  Sam  Neel  Shoe  Store' 
and  D.  L.  Metcalf,  of  Metalf's. 

Hugh  Bontley  of  Bentley  Sports  . 
Company,  will  judge-  the  Sports  ; 
Story  division,  assisted  .by  T.  G.  ■ 
Reeves  of  LTnited  Oil    Co.,  and. 
Eflgar  Chaneellorj  Sr.,  of  Chancel- 
lor's. ,  ' 

Poetry  -will  be  judged  by  Victor 
Kiralfy  of  Kiralfy's;  Sam  Persons, 
Persons-Penhell  and  J.  L.  White;  ■ 
White's  Book '  Store,  One  rule  is 
imposed— please  write  only  on  one 
side  of  the  paper  and  double  space 
if  you  use.  .-a  "typewriter.  Use  of 
typewrite-  is  riot  necessary,  how- 
ever—you rhay  write  your  contri- 
t^ption  longhand  if  you  wish. 


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t  "Xever  again  must  the  dignity  of  man  be  outraged  as  it  has  been  since  the  dawn 
^  5f  historv,"  ,  . 

^  :  '  '  —Mmfe.  Chiing  Kai-Shek. 


'Bsyofief  Contest  Deod-fine 
[s  Rapidly  Drowiiig  Nigh  ■ 

The  BAYONET'S  big  War  Bond  and  Stamp 
contest  is  rapidly  approaching  its  dead-line  as 
April  1-  lifts  its  head  above  Time's  horizon  and 
'-     contributions  in  all' categories  steadily  flow  into 
this  office.   The  contest  files  are  crammed  v.'ith 
'     poetiT,  editorial  essays,  feature  articles,  and  car- 
toons making  the  response  of  military  personnel 
on  the  reservation  most  gratifying  to  say  the  least. 
It  goes  without  saying  that  the  taskj  which 
•  now  confronts  the  gentlemen  from  Columbus  who 
have  so  obligingly  volunteered  their  time  and 
effort  in  serving  on  the  conimittees  of  judges 
'■  i£  not  an  enviable  one  from  the'poinl  of  \-iew  of 
decision-making.  But  there  can  be  no  doubt  that 
■  they  will  enjoy  reviewing  the  material  which 
has  been  submitted. 

Despite  the  fact  that  only  one  week  remains 
before  the  contest  ends,  there  is  plenty  of  time  re- 
maining for  those  who  have  postponed  sending 
in  their  v/ork.  As  we  so  often,  ha\-e  reiterated, 
Benning  is  blessed  with  an  abundance  of  talent, 
both .  literary  and  artistic.  The  Infsntrj'  School 
is  a  powerful  magnet  drawing  unto  itself  a  never- 
ending  stream  of  litterateurs  from  all  sections  of  , 
the  country. 

It  is  the  hope  of  the  BAYONET  that  its  April 
•  16  issue  v.'ill  carry  the  best  that  this  post  can  of- 
fer and  that  every  talented  soldier  writer  or  car-, 
toonist  will  be  represented  by  at  least  one  con- 
tribution. Therefore,  our  invitation  to  participate 
IE  repealed.  Do  not  permit  the  time  element  to 
frighten  you.    Great  works' of  literature  born  of 

inspiration  ha\'e  been  wTitten  In  Jess  time.    

But   do   not   tarry   in   transcribing   your  i    t  i    k «  • 

minervas  to  paper.   Entries  must  travel  through     QgflgfQl    McNQtr  ListS 
channels,  originating  \viih  the  public  relations 
officer  of  each  respective  unit.  Allow  at  least  two 
t    days  time  to  make  certain  that  yours  reaches  this 
office  before  the  dead-line.  : 


one  ftiaih  class,  known  to  the  av^age  layman  as 
"The  Universal  Cure-AU." 

To  take  a  few  specific  incidents — you  have 
had  a  cold  for  a  few  days  and  you  wish  you  were 
dead— so  you  finally  get  up  the  courage  to  make 
the  safari  to  the  Dispensary.  After  a  bit  of  red 
tape  you  accost  a  medical  officer.  You  tell  him 
your  ailment.  He  turns  to  a  "T"  .  corporal  and 
says  "Give  him  a  box  of  C.  C,  pills."  To  you  hfe 
blithely  comments,  "That  ought  to  help." 

Another  example  of  the  more  virulent  form 
of  this  disease.— you  have  cut  your  hand  on  some 
sharp  object.  The  next  day  your  arm  swells  and 
there  is  a  red  streak  running  up  it.  F.M.  19  1-2, 
paragraph  352  diasnoses  that  as  blood-poisoning, 
so  you  dash  madly  over  to  the  dispensary,-  trying . 
to  convince  yourself  that  there  are  plenty  of 
people  who  get  along  with  one  arm.  Breathlessly  > 
you  tell  the  medical  officer  to  rush  you  to  the 
hospital.  Calmly  the  medico  asks  if  you  are  sick 
at  your  stomach.  You  answer  "No,"  feeling 
fainter  and  fainter.  With  an  unperturbed  smile 
the  doctor  turns  to  the  pharmacis^  and  says 
"Give  him  a  box  of  C.  C.  piUs."- 

This  prevalent  disease  exists  in  '  all  ^  forms, 
and  is  found  wherever  the  Medical  Corps  ftmc- 
tions.  Whether  you  are  afflicted  with  a  broken 
arm,'  St.  Vitus  Dance,  mumps,  measles,  smallpji 
or  the  "Trots,"  C.  C.  pills  will  cure  you. 
— Arnold .  K^ochmal, 

2nd  Lt.,  117th  Infantry,  D. 


SHE  GROWS  A  WEE  BIT  WISTFUL 
FOR  COMMUNITY  SPIRIT  OF  BLOCK  23 


USO  Presents^ 


ITS  SECOND  ANNUAL  OBSERVANCE 
OF  NATIONAL  OPEN  HOUSE  DAY 


'  Stamps  and  bonds  bougrht'  each'  pay  day 
Will  for  Victory  pave  the  way. 


Stamps  and  bonds  bought  each  pay  day 
Will  for  Victory  pave  the  way. 


,  BersRiiig  Post  Office 
.Carries  Tremeodous  Load 

An  officer  returning  recently  from  duty  in: 
the  Solomons  rates  soldiers'  mail  as  the  first 
and  most  important  factor  in  morale;  even-  beyond 
food  and  cigarettes.  Like  so  many  of  the  bene- 
fits Americans  enjoy  we  are  apt  to  take  the  sujaerb  " 
service  we  get  for  granted  and  never  think  postal 
'  facilities  except  with  irritation  on  such  occasions 
as  Christmas  when  the  minimum  of  delays  is  in- 
evitable. 

As  a  result  of  the  vastly  increased  personnel 
at  Fort  Benning  the  volume  of  postal  matter  so 
multiplied  that  it  had  outrun  the  means  for 
,  handling  in  the  old  building  on  VibbeVl  Ave. 
A  disused  shed  in  the  29th  Infantry  motor  park 
was  utilized  to  handle  the  incoming  post  which 
had  reached  the  formidable  figiu-e  of  700  to  1000 
sacks  of  parcel  post  and  75  pouches  of  letters  a 
-\  day. 

The  move  to  its  new  quarters  on  the  corner 
of  Ingersoll  St.  and  Vibbert  Avenue  has  doubled 
the  space  of  our  post  .office  and-  enabled  Post- 
master Richardson  and  his  staff  to  cope  with  the 
-  situation  more  readily.    Tliis  'no\-e  was  accom- 

•  plished  in  a  single  day  v.-iiirout  any  disruption  of 
the  ser\-ice,  no  small  accomplishment  when  one 

•-  reflects  that  nearly  one  and  three  quarter  ,  mil- 
lion pieces  of  mail  are  handled  in  a  given  month 
by  this  office. 

R.  P.  Richardson,  superintendent  of  the  Ft. 
-  Benning  branch  of  the  Columbus  postoffice;  esti- 
.'    males  that  about  95  per  cent  of  the  outgoing  mail 

•  comprises  unpaid  cancellation  in  consequence  of 
the  franking  pri\'ilege  extended  us  by  the  gov- 
ernment. He  observed  that  this  exemption  of 
the  rhililary  from  postal  charges  was  not  insti- 
tuted solely  as.  a  "morale  builder  upper"  but 
rather  because  of  the  difficulty  or  impossibility 
of  the  soldiery  buying  stamps  on  niany  occasions.. 
One  may  readily  perceive  what  a  pretty  kettle 
of  fish  it  would  be  were  we  unable  to  send  our 
mail  home  for  lack  of  a  convenient  nickel-in-the- 
slot  stamp  machine  on  our  pai-ticular  oasis  or 

;    South  Sea  Island. 

Needless  to  say,  the  postal  authorities  are 
having  their  headaclies  in  these  trying  limes.  The 
volume  of  business  is  of  unprecedented  propor- 

-  tions  and  obviously  requires  augmented  person- 
nel. Under  the  circumstances,  however,  such 
supplementary  help  is  only  taken  on 'for  the  dura- 
tion of  the  national  emergency.  The  postoffice 
department  cannot  compete  with  pri\-ate  enter- 
prise in  the  matter  of  wages  and  the  temporai-y 
nature  of  these  jobs  obviates  the  compensatory 

.  factor  of  security  and  an  ultimate  pension.  Mr. 
Kichardson  cited  the  Savannah  area  as  a  typical 
example.  There;  such  men  as  selective  service 
has  passed  by  can  earn  considerably  more  money 

t  working  for  the  great  ship  building  industry 

■  which  has  mushroomed  so  recently  in  that  vi- 
cinity. A  postoffice  job  of  temporary  nature  of- 
fers no  attraction. 


Errors  in  Tunisian  Battle 

Infantry  School  instructors  took  time  off 
recently  to  study  a  memorandum  issued  by  Lt. 
General  Lesley  J.  McNair,  commander  of  the 
Army  Ground  Forces,  dealing  W'th  a  number  of 
errors  made  by  American  troops  in  Tunisia,  and 
then  increased  the  tempo  and  volume  of  instruc- 
tion relative  to  battle  conduct  of  the  American 
soldier. 

The  errors  which  Gen.  McNair  enumerated 
and  which  could  have  proven  disastrous  are  com- 
mon ones  on  which  the  Infantry  School  staff  has 
been  working  overtime  to  eradicate.  Officers 
in  the  basic  courses  and  officer  candidate  classes 
can  well  testify  to  the  fact  that  their  instructors 
have  maintained  an  unending  barrage  of  repeti- 
tion, day  in,  day  out,  to  prepare  future  combat 
officers  to  teach  their  men  that  carelessness  in 
observing  elementary  precautions  in  training 
may  well  cost  many  lives  on  the  battlefield.  They 
have  spared  no  pains  to  inculcate  in  the  minds 
of  their  students  that  in  training  they  must  as- 
sume that  they  are  working  under  battle  condi- 
tions and  that  the  man  or  squad  or  platoon  or 
whatever  the  unit  exhibiting  carelessness  in  train- 
ing will  invariably  commit  the  same  mistakes 
with  bullets  flying  about  them. 
=  General  McNair's  memorandum  listed  these 
as  the  faults  observed  in  the  Tunisian  fighting: 

1.  Failure  to  dig  fox-holes  promptly  upon 
taking  up  a  position. 

—  2.  Failure  to  make  full  use.  of  available  ■ 
cover  and  to  conceal  their  position  by  improvising 
camouflage  quickly. 

3.  Avoidance  of  "booby-traps" — equipment 
or  personal  ■  belongings,  such  as  fountain  pens, 
left  behind  by  a  retreating  enemy,  which  explode 
when  souvenir-hunting  soldiers  pick  them  up. 

4.  Insufficient  disperson  of  troops— an  im- 
portant feature  to  lessen  the  effectiveness  of 
enemy  bombing. 

5.  Movement  of  truck  columns  bearing  sup- 
plies or  troops  in  closed-up  formations  and  during 
the  daytime,  making  them  good  target  for  enemy 
air  attacks.  Such  movements  should  be  made  at 
night,  whenever  possible. 

6.  Failure  to  make  a-  proper  reconnaissance 
of  the  route  over  wliich  motor  columns  are  sent. 
The  lack  of  such  a  recomiaissance  or  full  knowl- 
edge of  the  route  selected  resulted  in  -some  un-- 
necessary  loss  of  motor  equipment"  in  Tunisia, 
it  was  said. 

In  his  memorandum  on  the  lessons  of  the 
Tunisian  campaign.  General  McNair  said  that  re- 
ports from  North  Africa  on  the  caliber  of  leader- 
ship shown  by  both  commissioned  and  non-com- 
missioned officers  were  encouraging. 

"In  general,  personal  leadership  by  com- 
manders has  been  of  the  highest  order  and  there 
have  been  many  examples  of  the  personal  bravery 
of  officei-s  and  non-commissioned  officers  in- 
spiring their  men  to  super-human  efforts,"  he 
said. 


By  PVT.  SHELDON  KEITEL 

Almost' 1,000  invitations  are  now 
in  the  mail  for  the  second  annual 
observance  of  USO  National  Open 
House  Day  Sunday.  The  USO 
clubs  in  Columbus  and  .  Phenix 
City  have  decided  to  offer  regular 
features.  All  directors  have  ex- 
pressed a  sincere  desire  for  Fort 
Benning's  soldic-rjS  who  are  not' 
availing  themselves  to  the  fullest 
extent  of  the  USO's  services  to 
"drop  in  and  see  what's  going -on." 
It  will  be  a  fine  time  to  get  ac- 
quanited. 

♦  *  •*  " 
A  new  feature  will  make  its 
appearance  Tuesday,,  April  6, 
at  the  Ninth  Street  USQ  when 
the  premiere  performance  of 
"Quiz- Serial -Movie"  will  be 
hold  at  8:45  p,  m.  (EWT).  The 
first  program  will  include  a 
quiz  on  the  screen  which  the 
audience  will  follow  on  tally 
sheets,  a  technicolor  comedy, 
a  sport  reel  and  a  film  from 
the  War  Froduction  Board. 
"Quiz-Serlal-Movie"  will  be 
a  regular  Tuesday  night,  fea- 
ture. 

'•  ■■«i~"-e  ■  ■  _ 

An  exhibition  of  the  water  color 
artwork  of  Sgt.  Salvitore  Bor- ' 


razzo  and  Sgt.  George  A.  Cooke 
opened  at  the  Ninth  Street  USO 
Sunday.  The  Art  Club  at  the  cen- 
ter announces  that  model  classes 
are  held  every  Tusday  at  8:30  p. 
I.  (EWT).  Soldiers  ,  and  .their| 
ives  are  in\'ited  to  attend  and 
make  use  of  the  modern  studio 
facihties. 

Miss  Helen  Wohlstedter  an- 
nounces  that  many  new  class- 
ical symphonic  recordings 
have  been  received  at  the 
Ninth  Street  USO.  and  that 
daily  from  5  to  B  p.  m.  pro- 
grams' of  these  records  are 
featured.  ' 
.•■.**• 

Just  a  reminder  about  the  bas- 
ketball games  Sunday  at  the 
Ninth  .Street  USO  between  the 
winner"  and  ,runner-up  of  ,  the 
Southeastern  service  team  cham- 
pionship conducted  at  Macon  and 
thfe  winner  and  runner-up  of  the 
Columbus  USO  league.  It  will  be 
■'big  time  cage  stuff." 

The  Army-Navy  YMCA- 
USO  is  planning  s  photo- 
graphic exhibit'ion  comprised 
of  pictures  of  activities  at  the 
center  during:  the  past  year. 


^Iiaplains 
.corner. . 


The  Private  Thoughts 
Of  An  Officer  Candidate 


stamps  and  bonds'  bought  each  pay  day 
Will  for  Victory  pave  the  way. 


SOREE  "SERIOUS  FUN" 


AM  Well, 
jve  an  eas; 

;  well  relax  ...  A  cigarette- 
a-h,  that's  fine  .  ,  ,  What's  -the 
instructor  talking  about?  ...  Oh, 
the  platoon  leader  .  .  ;  A  helluv 
spot  to  put  a  guy  in  as  platoon 
leader  .  .  .  Boy!  Did  I  sweat  out 
that  assignment  .  .  ,  Nuts  to  him 
.  Boy:  this  is  a  fine  day  .  .  . 
Guess  I'll  go  into  town  this  week- 
|eDd  .  .  .  Drink  a  "couple  of  brews' 
.  . .  What's  this. about  the  Battalion 
C.  O."?  .  .  .  Nut.e,  let  the  platoon 
leader  worry  about  that  .  .  .  Let's 
see  .  .  .  ammunition  bearer  .  .  . 
Guess  I  carry  the  ammunition  . .  . 
Shouldn't  be  a  tough  job  ,  .  .  Just 
follow  that  Joe  in  front  of  me  .  .  . 
Cheeze,  just  think  of  poor  "Skin- 
ny" with  that  base  plate  . . .  What, 
chow?  Out  of  my  way  .  .  . 

PM  Here  it  is,  the  'Zero  hour, 
or  H  hour,  or  whatever  they  call 
it  .  .  .  Who's  that  yelUng  his  head 
off?-....  .  Hmmm.m,  it's  the  section 
leader  yelling  far  me  .  .  .  Am  I 
in  that  Joe's  section?  .  .  .  Guess 
I  should  have  read  the  bulletin 
board  .  .  .  Must  be  though  . 
Might  as  well  fall  in  here;  looks 
like  a  convenient  spot  ...  What, 
I'm  in  the  first  squad?  ,  .  ,  Well, 
where  the  devil  is  the  second 
squad?  ...  Oh,  over"  there?  Hell, 
I'm  even  ,  in  the  \vrong.  platoon 
.  .  .  Now  how  did  I  get  in  that 
mortar    platoon?  ...  My  gad.' 


looks  as  though  I'll'. Trusting  O.  C.'s  with  over-head 
day  of  It  .  .  .  RliglU  jire.  .  .  .  Might  kill  a  guy,,  me 
especially  .  .  .  Well,  whaddya 
know!  .  .  ,  Only  those  (%)@:$@)! 
instructors  setting  off  that  T.N.T. 
.  .  .  Might  as  well. look  good  .  .  . 
Follow  me,  men!  ...  Hope  that 
sounded  good  .  .  .  Now  where  are 
we?  .  .  .  Everybody  stopping  .  .  . 
Must/be'  the  assembly  area  .  .  . 
Might  as  well  light  up  a  cigar- 
le  .  .  .  Who's  that  Joe  with  the 
bar  on?  .  ,  .  Christmas— he's  com- 
ing right  to  me  .  .  .  Holy  Moses! 
it's  the  tactical  officer!  .  ,  .  Won- 
der what  he  wants  . .  .  What's  that 
you  said,  Sir?  .  .  .  Where  am  .1? 

. .  I'm  right  here,  in  front  of  you. 
Sir  (what  a  helluva  question)  ... 
Oh,  I  see,  Sir  .  .  .  I'm  on  this  hill, 
the  reverse  slope  (that's  letting 
him  know)  ,  ...  What  hill?  .  .  . 
Hill  34,  Sir  .  .  .  Oh,  it's  Hill  33 
(that's  bad)  .  .  .  Yes  sir,  you're 
.  .  What  am  I  doing  j 


WANDERLUST 
Chaplain  F.  M.  Thompson 

The  little  Road  says.  Go. 
The  little  House  says,  Stay. 
.■\nd  O,  it's  bonny  here  at  home, 
But  I  must  go  away. 

The  spirit  of  the  road  is 
the  heritage  of  all.  No  matter 
how  snug:  and  comfortable  one 
may  be,  ever  and  anon  comes 
the  urge  to  wander,  to  see 
new  faces,  to  meet  new 
sights!  Some  are  fortunate 
enough  to  be  able  to  satisfy 
the  desire.  It  is  well.  For  one 
will  never  know  how  bonny  - 
It  is  to  rest  at  home  until  he 
goes  away. 

But  a  month's  journey  will  not 
5till  the  feeling  of  unrest.  We 
ibe  very  aware,  of  the  fact  that 
here  we  have  no  abiding  place 
to  be  taken  down  in  the  morn- 
ing; that  the  lament  of  David 
runs  through  all  our .  days,  "We 
are  'strangers  and  sojourners  on 
the  earth  as  our  fathers  were." 

From  a  late  book  of  fiction  an 
anguished  voice  cries  out  as  the 
home  was  breaking  up. 


On  balmy  spring  nights  the 
thoughts  of  some  of  us  turn  a 
trifle  wistfully  toward  Block  23. 
Block  23,  for  the  information  of 
the  uninitiated,  is  that  section  of 
officers'  quarters  on  the  mam  pAst 
erected,  so  rumor  has  it,  as  tem- 
porary barracks  during  the  first 
world  war,  later  used  as  quarters 
for  non-coms."  and  now  housing 
officers  and  their  families. 

To  be  an  inhabitant  or  an  alum- 
nus of  Block  23  denotes  that  one 
hardy  soul.  Extremes  of  tem- 
perature present  no  qualms  after 
one  has  spent  months  copmg  with 
a  striker  who  leisureley  attacks 

the  firing  problem  after  everyone  |  worries  when,  .neighboi-s  volur 
is  up  and  out,  boots  the  tempera-  i  teered  to  look  after  Tommy  d- 


benches  which  adorn  the  strps  m 
lawn  between  the  sets  of  quarter? 
one  ear  cocked  for  the  infart 
slumbering  peacefully  ip=icje  ^  • 
grew  to  know  and  under^ar* 
ones  neighbors,  to  realize  " 
courage  and  stamina  of  the  Arm 
wife. 

Plans  were'  exchanged  for  the 
day  when    wives    and  thildn-i, 


would  settle  down 


for  th?  duration.  '  with  tbe 
and  bad  points  of 


civilians 


ocd  ■ 


.  ,  parts 

of  the  Lnited  States  disuir^^d  ^ 
detail.    The  anxious  mother  e\ 
pecting  a  second  .child  ap'^ 
denly  maidless,  was  reliever  of  her 


ture  up  to  a  sultry  summer  heat 
m  mid-afternoon,  and  lets  the  fire 
die  out  entirely  just  when  one  is 
expecting  guests. 

Nor  do  changes  of  quarters, 
with  their  subsequent  problems 
of  interior  decoration,  hold'qualms 
for  the  hardy  pioneer  of  Block  23. 
One  learns  that  yards  of  target 
cloth  can  do  wonders  for  windows, 
for  quartermaster,  cots,  for  slip 
coveVs.  Give  a  Block  23-er  target 
cloth,  time,  and  ingenuity,  and  the 
esults  are  amazing. 
Our  wistfulness  just  now  for 
Block  23,  however,  is  for  the  com- 
munity spirit  we  found  there. 
Things  may  be  different  now,  but 
during  bur  Block  23  days  soft 
spring  nights  found  a  half  dozen 
or  more  lonely  souls,  whose  hus- 
bands were  on  maneuvers  or 
otherwise  among  the  missing,  con- 
soling   each    other.     Sitting  on 


ing  her  sojourn  in  the  station  ho^ 
pital.  . 

Such  neighboriiness  has  its  dis.^ 
advantages,  however  In  ou"  dayV 
as  Block  23-ers  a  rip-snorting  dog 
fight  was  a  aaily  occurrence 
There  was  discussion,  sonnetime! 
a  trifle  bitter,  as  to  whv  yo«r^ 
Butch  Jones  couldn't  learn  to  keep 
his  hanas  off  other  children's  toyj.  ' 
And  it  was  not  uncommon  to  hav« 
someone  phone  and  demand,  in  no 
uncertain  .terms,  that  the  radio  b»' 
turned  off  so  peo^  could  sleep, 
People  who  ate  at  odd'  hours, 
wafting  the  odor  of  food  into  th« 
neighbor's  bedroom  above,  wen 
in  for  a  bit  of  indignant  criticism. 

However,  with'  all  its  faults  Iu'» 
on  Block'  23  made  and  cemented 
many  friendships.  In  future  yearj 
many  of  us  will  look  ba.ck  witii  '. 
a  touch  of  nostalgia,  to  our  days 
pent  there. 


Thru  the  Peep-Site 

By  Sgt.  Oi.  Remington 

THOUGH  SECRECY  shrouded ,  the' greedy,  cruel  empire  of  Ja« 


it.  General  George  C.  Mai 
shall  got  another  close  look  at  the 
.Army's  university,  'mighty  Fort 
Benning,  inspecting  the  Infantry 
School,  Parachute  School  and 
Tenth  Armored  IJivision  yester- 
day. With  ■'  Anthony  Eden,  the 
British  Foi'eign'  Secretary';  and 
Field  Marshall  Sir  John  Dill,  chief 
of  ■the  -Bvitish  joint  Staff  Mission, 
General  Marshall  made  a  fast  but 
thorough  tour  of  the  post.  ' 

Gone  are  the  days  of  pomp  and 
ceremonies.  Thus,  when  the  Chief 
of  Staff  came  to  Behnirig  .yester- 
day, his  orders  precluded  the  use 
distinguishing  '  insignia  and 
flags  on  vehicles  .  which  would 
make  his  presence  obvious  to  sol- 
diers in  training.  .Symbolizing  the 
'Oh  God,  sei'ious  side  of  the  war,  Genera: 
please  don't  let  her' go.  PieaseT^^i'sha^l  ^ea^s  the  ^riiark  ,of^  the 
make  something  happen  to  stop 1 " 
it  and  let  everything  be  as  it  w  '  ' 


before." 
Maybe,  no  other  way 
Your  child  could  ever  know 
Why  a  Utile  House  would 

have  you  say 
When  a  little  Road  says,  Go. 


POETRY 


UNTIL  I  COME  BACK 


Stampe  £ud  bonds  bought  each  pay  day 
Will  for  Victory  pave  the  way. 


'C.  C.  Pi!(fHs'-A  Rebuttaf 
To  'Gofdfarikftis' 

The  essay  on  "Goldbrickitis— A  Disease"  writ- 
ten so  ably  by  Major  Ciofalo  of  the  Medical 
Corps,  prompts  me  to  offer  a  rebuttal  on  the 
part  of  v.-ould-be-patients,  and  a  comparison  be- 
tween the  disease  the  major  discovered  and  the 
one  so  many  of  us  have  run  across  in  the  Medi- 
cal Corps. 

C.  C.  PiliTtis,  unlike  Goldbrickitis,  has  only 


,  I  was  intending  to  see  the  Cardinal-Dodger 
baseball  game  one  afternoon' and  I  grew  impa- 
tient while  waiting  for  Veronica  (my  girl)  to 
dress.  Finally  I  said,  "Veronica,  I  want  to  hurry' 
and  get  there,  so  please  huiry."  She  was  in  the 
■  next  room  and  came  running  out  with  a  startled 
look.  "What  did  you  say"  she  said.  Again  I 
repeated.  "Oh  excuse  me"  she  said^  "I  thought 
you  said  "I  want  to  MARRY  when  I  get  there." 
I  gulped  a  few  times  and  finally  I  said,  "What 
if  I  did  say  that?"  \Vell,  to  make  a  long  story . 
short,  in  15  minutes  we  were  headed  for  St.  Louis 
but  not  to  see  the  baseball  game. 

Peter  Arico,  Jr.,  Med.  Det.,  29th  Inf. 


there's  the  tactical  offi  _ 
Better  run  oh  the  double  past  him 
and  smile  ... 

Well,  hi,  boys!  .  .  .  \Vhere  have 
you  been?  ,  .  .  Me?  ...  Just 
looking  over  the,  local  situation 
"On  the  ball"'  Jones,  they  calls 
...  Just  hand  me  that  big 
ammo  box,  Smitty .  . .  Hmmm  .  .  . 
Where  did  you  get  that  base  plate. 
Skinny?  .  .  .  what  vulgar  lan^ 
guage  .  .  .  What  goes  on  now?  .  . 
Guess    v.e're    moving    out  .  . 
Squads,  abreast,  sections  in  depth, 
according  to  the  instructor  .  . 
But  what's  a  squad  abreast?  .  . 
Might  as  well  follow  that  Joe  i 
front  of  me  .  .  .  Here  we  go  .  . 
Who's  that  yelUng  like  that?  ... 
You're  yelUng  at  me?  .  .  .  I'm  not 
abreast?  .  .  .  Abreast  of  who?  .  ,  . 
Oh!  you  want  I  should  move  over? 

.  O.  K.,  brother,  don't  get  in 
an  uproar  ... 

Now  where  the  devil  are  those 
guys  going?  ...  My  gad!  what's 
that  noise?  ,  .  .  Holy  Moses!  .  .  . 


How  c 


1  I  say,  "I  lo\  e  you," 


In  a  way  never  said  before. 
How  can  I  say,  "I'm  happy," 
And  it  grows  each  day  more  and 
more;- 

How  can  I  say  that  until  I  come 

back. 

My  heart  Is  yours  to  keep, 
And  my  every  breath  is  a  silent 
prayer, 

For  you,  Dear,  awake  and  asleep. 


■eteran 

Id  'War  I,  General-  Marshall 
was  for  four  years  the  assistant 
comnnandant  of  Fort  Benning's 
■famed  Infantry  School., 

BACK  AND  FOR'TH  swung  the 
battle  lines  on  all  front  during  the 
week,  with  huge  armies  locked  in 
deadly  battles,  the  outcome  of 
which  undoubtedly  will  have  con- 
siderable effects. 

In  Africa,  General  Patton,  who 
hjas  been  placed  in  charge  of  land 
operations  in  Tunisia,  has  started 
•e  to  cut  the  Axis  defenders 
3.  At  the  same  time,  Gen- 1 
:  eral  Montgomery's .  British  Eighth  I  ALONG  TH'E  HOME 
Army  has  crashed  the  Mareth  line,  i  President  Roosevelt  and  Paul  V, 
•The  smart  defenders,  Rommel,  and  McNutt,   War   Manpower  Com*; 


pan."    No  reference  'was  mad», 
however,  to  the  length  of  time 
estimated  for  this  particii-lar  chor» . 
that   faces    all   of   u,=.  -He  also 
sketched  a  hopeful"  picture  of  So- 
cial  and  economic  advancement 
for  the  years  following  the  war 
— possibly  embracing-  a  "countil 
of  Europe  and  a  council  of  .Asia' 
to  act  to  prevent .  aggression  anil 
preparation  for  futiirc  war.--. 
CHINESE  ARIVHES  rUSH 
against  tremendous  odds  in  the 
Far  East,  >vhile  in  Burma, 
British  and  American  airmen 
continue    destructive  raids. 
Chinese  are  advancing  slowly, 
under  "difficult  conditions" 
near  the  Yangtze  In  the  llu- 
nan-Hupch  border  region.  In 
Burma,  not  much  activity  c.\- 
,cept  for  the  air  raids  is  rc- 
portedi  In,  the  .Australian  area, 
aerial  sweeps  continue  on  the 
part  of  General  MacArthur'.s 
forces.  So  far,  nothing  much 
has  come  of  Japanese  concen- 
trations that  at  one  time  ap- 
peared to  forecast,  a  big  push 
— AmS-ican    ,  airforce     has  , 
pounced  on  these  cpncentra-  ,  r 
tions  so  hard  and  so  quickly 
that  the  Japs. seem  unable  to 
get  set  for  any  major  opera- 
tions. Again,  the  concentra- 
tions  may   be  consolidation 
activities  aimed  at  making  Al- 
lied advances  more  difficult. 


Stamps  and  bonds  bought  each-  pay  day 
Will  for  Victory  pavi^the  w;ay. 


,  ,       .         ,     I  try  so  hard,  my  Darling, 

bad)  ...  Yes  sir,  you  re 
correct.  Sir  ,  .  .  What  am  I  doing  p°  " 
(come  to  think  of  it,  what  am  1 1  heart, 
doing?)?  ,  .  .  I'M  bearing  ammu-jAnd  tefl  you  how  much  I 
nition,  Sir  .'  .  .  No,  Sir  .  .  .  Not 
children— ammunition  .  .  .  Wheire 
am  I  bearinr  -t?  .  .  :  To  the  front, 
Sir  .  . .  What  front?  . .  .  That  front 
front .  . .  What  front  to  our 
front,  (cheeze,  he's  getting  tough) 
.  To  the  line  of  departure,  Sir 
.  Oh  .  .  .  We've  passed  it?  .  .  , 
OoooooH  .  .  .  What  am  I  going  to 
next.  Sir?  .  .  ..  Run,  on  the  double 
.  Run  where,  Sir?^ .  .  .  Wherever 
that  guy  in  front  of  me  runs  .  ,  . 
Where's  the  platoon  leader?  .  .  . 
He's  in  front,  Sir  .  .  .  He  ain't? 

Well,  he  should  be  .  ,  .  Oooh, 
he's  at  the  battalion  CP?  .  .  . 
Hmmmm  .  .  .  Why  didn't  I  know 
that.  Sir?  .  .  .  WeU,  hell,  he  never 
told  me  he  was  going  to  the  Bat- 
talion CP. 

WeU,  that's  that  ...  .  Guess  I 
let' that  tactical  officer  know  I'm 
on  the  ball  .  .  .  Wonder  what  he 
meant  about  meeting  the  board: 
.  ,  .  What  board?  ... 

:  —Candidate  L.  H.  BOECK 
3rd  STR 


Though  we're  many- miles  apart. 
To  tell  you,  too;  that  soon.  Dear, 
I'll  be  coming  back  to  ^oi 
With  a  love  grown  stronger '  eacli 
moment. 

As  I've  felt  your  love  grow,  too. 

Your  spirit  with  mihe  is  woven, 
And  where  yoii  go  so  I  must. 
Our  hands  clasped  tightly  toge- 
ther. 

In  complete  confidence  and  trust. 
Even  when  I  am  forced  to  lie, 
Dear, 

In  fever  and  great  pain,  - 
I  know  that  you're  loving  and 

grieving, 
And  i;  find  good  health  again. 


Von  Arhim,  are  utilizing  their 
forcfes  to  hit  at  first  one  side,  then 
the.  other,  desperately  striving 
hold  out  for  more  time,  but  with 
breaching  of  the  Mareth  line, 
there's  not  much  hope  of  doing 
more.  Some  experts  already  are 
speculating  on  what  Rommel  will 
do  with  his  forces  when  it  be- 
comes irhpossible  to  hold  out  fur- 
ther—best  ideas  being  the  Ger- 
mans and  Italians  \vill  make  every 
effort  to  get  them  to  Sardinia  and 
«-ord  with  my ;  Italy  to  continue  battling  there  to 
make  the  Mediterranean  Seat  as 
unsafe  as  pbssible  for  Allied  ship- 
ping. Or  they  may  be  sent  to 
Jugoslavia  to  help'  against 
Russians.  Some  experts  think  the 
Gei-mans  fear  an  invasion  of  Eu- 
rope by  way  of  'Greece  as  being 
the  easiest— and. of  most  effect  in 
relieving  pressure  on  the-  Rus- 
sians. .      '  ■  ■ 


People  who  can't  solve  problems 
a  democracy  give  money,  get 
drunk  or  criticise  the  administra- 
tion. Going  to  the  bank,  the  bar 
or  even  the  polls  is  no  substitute 
-  ft-"  going  to  God.  There's  no  eco- 
Tfae  mortar  boys  aie  firing  on  us  nomic,  social  or  pohtical  answer 


by  mistake  .  .  .  Where's  that  holelto  what  fundamentally  "are  mori 
m  the. ground?  . ...  Think  of  that. | problems. 


You  are  doing  your  share  towards 
victory. 

As  you  watch  and  wait  with 
smile. 

For  all  the  many  dreams  that  we 
share. 

Which  will  be  ours  in  a  little 
while. 

And  just  as  I  knpw  that  you  do, 
I  pray  the  whole  long  day  through, 
That  God  in  his  goodness  and 
mercy. 

Will  bring  me  back  home  to  you. 
S^t.  Paul  F.  Cunningham, 
Ibst  Signal  Office. 


THE  RUSSIAN  FRONT  itself 
presents  another  picture  of -armies 
swaying  back  and  forth.  The  Ger- 
man machine  is  not  rolling 
same  speed  it  did  in  its  offensive 
last  spring,  while  in  the  north,  the 
Russians  still  continue  on  the  of- 
fensive, with,  considerable  suc- 
cess. In  the  Donets  basin,  how- 
ever,  the  Germans  push  ahead  in 
face  .of  fierce  resistance. 

Herr  Hitler  finally  broke  a 
long  silence  to  make  a  radio 
speech  on  the  German  Memo- 
rial Day,  and  admitted  that 
the  entire  German  area  is 
"now  a  war  zone."  He  put 
German  dead  at  542,000  so 
far,  then  declared  his  Eastern 
front  i*  being  strengthened  by 
fresh  troops. 

Hitler's  speech  came  a  short 
time  before  Prime  Minister  Chur- 
chill talked  to  the  world  from 
London.   He  was  somber  in  t6ne,i 


s  vex* 

;ervicB. 
jsevell  . 


struggled  with  the  vex' 
ing  problem  of  national  serv 
legislation.  President  Roosev 
wants  to  avoid  -drafting  of  work* 
ers  for  war  industries  if  it  is  po»j 
sible,  but  Mr,  McNuft  appears  t« 
have  reached  the  iconclusion  that 
such  a  national  service  act  id 
"inevitable." 

President  Roosevelt  also  Is  fac- 
ed -with  a  threatened  strike  o{ 
United 'Mine  Workers  in  the  soft 
coal  fields.  The  president  has  su|. 
gested  to  John  L.  Lewi?,  head  of 
the  UMW,.  that  they  adopt  tha' 
same  understanding  .which'  \va» 
ueached  in  1941,  thereby  inferring 
that  the  government  woirid  not 
be  exactly  agreeable  to  any  waga 
increase  exceeding  its  policies  un- 
der wage  stabilization. 

In  Congress,  plenty  of  buzz- 
ing during  the  week  over 
adoption  of  the  Ruml  plan  for 
a  "pay  as  you  go"  policy  of 
running  the  government— or 
some  variation  thereof.  Sur- 
veys ^  indicate  that  public 
opinion  is  thoroughly  behind 
the  plan. 

Sudden  orders  of  OPA  bannni.? 
for  an '.entire  week  the  ' sale  of 
butter,  margarine,  lard  and  ©thcr 
edible  fats  and  oils  came  as  some? 
what  of  a  startling  surprise  to  nii;-'.. 
lions  of  housewives.  These  goods 
were  to  be  rationed  on  .March  '.^9 
anyway,  however,  and  0P.-\  said 
stocks  were  not  sufficient  to  sup- 


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port  .hea\'y  piiblic 
the  week. 


buying  durinj 


Leibert  bet  a  friend  .Mrs.  Leibert 


would  have  a  baby 


so  sure  he  agreed  to  pay  tha 


friend  $5  for  every 


boy.   He  was 


girl.'  -His  wif« 


presented  him  with  girl  triplets. 


warning  Uiat  it  might  take  two!  Birmingham,  Alai  (CNS)— Lo- 
more  years  to  crush  Hitler.;  Chur- :  comotjve  engineer  pmmett  Dean 
chill  repeated  his  previous  asser- 1  Davis,  30,  was  fatally  scalded 
^"^'^  Hitler,  is  beaten  j  when  escaping  steam  from  his  en^ 
the  AUies  would  turn  to  "punish' gine  sprayed  hinu  ^ 


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Business  To  Contribute  Bit  To  Victory  Drive 

Patriot  Has  Two  Sorts  In  Service;  " 
Wife  Active  \n  R.  C.  Motor  Corps 

.Not  saiisiicd  \-.  nil  iwo  and  one-half  years'  service  in  the 
fir'^t  World  AN  ar,  \\!lh  Ins  two  grown  sons  in  the  armed  ser- 
vices.ano  Jn^  '^^11^  aciue  in  the  Red  Cross  motor  corps  in 
Philadelphia.  Henry  G.  Reilsnyder,  48,  left  his  big  wool 
busmeiS  in  ihc  hands  ol  Ins  partner  and  is  now  at  Fort  : 
nJncr  as  an  assistant  neld  director  of  the  Red  Cross. 

—   '  '        Mr.    Reilsnyder  reached   

Post  last  week  at  his  own  request 
and  assumed  his  new  duties.  He 
asked  for  assignment  to  Fort  Ben- 
nmg  in  order  to  be  near  his  eldest 
son.  Henry  Reifsnyder,  Jr.,  who 
jis  in  an  Infantry  School  casual 
I  battalion  awaiting  assignment  to 
1  Officer  Candidate  School.  The 
i  latter  enlisted  in  the  army  on  his 
j  twenty-first  birthday  last  July  3 
I  after  graduating  from  Harvard 
'University. 

One  of  three  partners  in  thi 
;wol  merchant  firm  of  I.-^ieifsyn' 
^der,  Son  and  Co.,  which  wai 
:  founded  by  his  grandfather  ii 
:1868,  Mr.  Reifsnyder  handled' 
iarty  -for  i  ^'^^  buying  and  selling  for 

1,  Ma^ss  '^'^^  concern.  Despite  the  fact  his 
'Phenlxi^"™  is  highly  important  to  the 
3  March  I  services  by  supplying  fin- 

^vere  attend-l^^''  Q^^'hy  wool,  he  sought  some 
en       more  inan  95.000  soldiers i  ^"'^y  "\which  to  be  of  even  great- 
j^o^Veaier  Fort  Benning.   Thati*^!:  service  to  his  country  m  time 
°ure  is  co.Tiparable  to  the  size i °f  ^^-^^-^ and  chose  the  Red  Cross 
/  hi         Fn"!anH  filv  ^ the  field  in  which  he  could  do 

ofihe  ACv.. England  cu>         _      ! the  most  effective  work. 

Tile  Liir^en   Sei  vice   Organiza- :  gpECL-^L  WORK 
tions  in   Coiumbus    .nd   Pheni.v;    Xotified  on  February  8  that  hii 
Cny  ce&Kci.e  A?.  _«ite.noon  pj-gj-fg^.  Qf  service  had  been  ac- 

progit^m  Si^nad>  ..cm  to  b  p.  cepied  Mr.  Reifsnyder  promptly 
(CWT,  10  -Open  House-  as  ...enl  to  Washington,  D.  C,  for 
pEfi  oJ  ine  nation, .loe  progidm | t^vo  weeks  special  training  in  Red 
loacQua.ni  uie  puDiic  v. uh, Cross  work.  He  then  reported  to 
acnieve.Tienis  and  acti  vities  maae;Camp  Shelby,  Miss.,  where  he  un- 
possiDle  Dv  generous  ^■olunta^y | derwent.  two  weeks  additional 
contnouUous.  i  training.    Upon    learning  h: 

PLBLIC  I.NMTED  I  was  at  Fort  Benning,  he  requested 

.  Tr.e  bSO  ciuos  v.ill  conauct;and  obtained  the  position  he  now 
regular  program  features  ana  thus; holds  here, 
enaoie  the  puolic  lo  view  v.-hat  is,  SERVED  IN  1917 
oftered,  ''Open  house  will  be;  Four  days  after  this  nation --en- 
obsc-rven  in  1.200  UbO  duos  onitered  the  World  War  in  1917,  Mr. 
£  nanonwiae  oasis.  Tne  general  i  Reifsnyder,  who  was  attending 
nnhiip  I.?  m-.  uec.  j  Cornell  University,  enlisted  in  the 

v.-ill  be  "This  I  Army  and  served  for  two  and  a 
m  and  see  it."! half  years.  He  v.'as'with  the  Penn- 
:  .  n    "O  p  e  n  :sylvania  National  Guards  which 
;al  United  Ser- ;  became  the  28th  Division.  He  Avas 
3;  in  France  for  a  year  and  a  half 
-  v.ith  the  division,  which,  ne.xt  to 

t  the  First  Di\-ision,  had  a  larger:  ^  ,-  "     -  , 

=  number  of  casualties  than  any  When  that  day  comes,  Vachon 
:  other  American  division  in  the  P^bably  will  face  his  father  and 
f  Ue  served  as  a  dispatch  rid- 'say:  "Sir,  Lieutenant  Vachon 

ing  the  fifth  German  of- 1  ports  for  duty  to  General  Vachon,^ 
SoOOO  men.    More   than  2.33,000 :  fensive  at  Chateau  Thierry,     '    "     '  — 
EUendec    social    dances.     Group  -  Creoue  -  Vesle  offensive, 
eCli'-'itics-  inciuaing  an.  craft  ana  Mouse- Argonne  dri\-e  and  ir 
camera  ciiio.--.  were  participated ' Metz  sector,  where  the  armistice 
in  bv  G3.000   soldiers,   ana   free  was  signed, 
motion    pictures    attracted    more^bON  I.NXAVAL  RESERVE 
than  87  000-  •    In  addition  to  the  two  members 

RELIGIOUS   SERVICES  'or  the    family    serving    at  Fort 

Religious  s  e  r  ^- 1  c  e  s.  including ,  Benning,  Mrs.  Reifsnyder  has 
vespev  and  soecial  religious  .holi-:  been  doing  Red  Cross  work  in 
ds-'  service'^  were  attended  oy;  Philadelphia,  and  Howard  Reif- 
75  TS^i  Availing  themselves  of  in- isnyder,  II.  the  second"  son,  is  in 
fomiation  and  \'arious  other  little; tne  Naval  R.  O.  T.  C.  at  Harvard 
£e'-'-ice«  v  c'-p  106  81^  :  Unn'orsity.  The  only  member  of 

Tiir-  use  helped  45.628  men :  the  family  not  in  active  war  work 
'ird  hru^'n"  f"r  i'tc't  -^  r  es  v.iio^is  Mr.  Reifsnyder's  14-year-old 
came  to  li  x  near  Fort  Benning.; son- who  is  attending  William 
i  total  of  8.503  men  '  received ; Penn  Charter  School  in  Philadel-. 
coun<elin'^  service--  iphia,  the  oldest  private  school  in 

Vore  than  7  000  soldiers  were; the  country,  founded  in  1689.  Mr. 
invited  into  p'-i"ate  homes  under iReifsnyoer  also  attended  the 
USD  auspices,  and  41,083  took ;  school  in  his  youth, 
■advantage  of  Qormitorv  services.; CIVIC  LEADER 
\lore  than  130.000  wen  were:  Mr.  Reifsnyder  was  associated 
e-ai!ed  of  personal  seiwices  such  with  many  civic  and  professional 
a=  £''-o"xr  laciliiic;  shoe  shining- lactivities  as  well--as  professional 
se""ir''  ':c""ice<;  ard  wrapping  of  and  social  organizations  at  the 
C"nst'rra=  a"d  g""t  packages        < time -fee^ began  his  present  work. 

Con'^ider'rg  That  the  average ;  He  v.-as  on  1  he -board  of  St.  Chris- 
U'=0  "vo'uniee-  worker  spend-=  lopher  s  Hospital  for  Children  in 
Ih'^-ee  bou'-^  a  dav  in  planning  and  Philadelphia.  president  of  the 
car-vin'^  out  t'^e  manv  United  V,  ool-Golf  Association,  a  member 
Ser-ice''0'-''ani7aiion=  service^-  it  ol  the  Union  League  of  Philadel- 
i':  es^i-naiedt'-ai  226-309  volunteer, Pbia,  tne  Philadelphia  Country 
hnur<:  —  0--  almost  9-430  davs—  Club,  the  American  Legion,  the 
v.-cre  spent  during  the  period  from  Colonial  Society  of  Pennsylvania 
March  1942  to  March  1943. 


Son  of  Jap'Heid  U.  S. 
General  With  Srd  SIR 


Ross  Vachon  Is  Writer, 
Marksman,  Athlete, 
V/orld  Traveler 

Ross  P.  Vachon,  officer  candi- 
date in  the  13th  Company  of  the 
Third  Student  Training  regiment, 
is  living  for  the  day  when  he  can 
contribute  to  an  American  victory 
^hich  will  liberate  his  father  from 
had"'a"larger  ^  Japanese  prison  camp. 


Former  Two-Nine 
Officers  Reported 
Missing  [n  Action 


Sons  of  the  American  Rero- 
llution.  the  Downtov.-n  Club  of 
.!  Philadelphia  and  the  Delta  Kappa 
j  Epsilon  fraternity. 


jger.  Lieut.  MacAre\-ey  is  a  native 
jof  Troy.  N.  Y.,.  who  enlisted  in 
1 1941  and  was  assigned  to  Com- 
'pany  K,  v.-herc  he  was  appointed 
i  a.s  transport  sergeant  of  the  29th. 
Tv.-o  officers,  formerlv  of  the  -Motor  Park.    He  played  on  the 
ISth   Infanirv   a*   Fort   Benning. '  regimental    football  si. 
srp  rcponed'as  mi^^ing  in  action  i  April.  1942,  he  entered  the  OCS 
■'.somewhere  in  North  Afncs."  ac-  ann  graduated  in  Ji 
toroing  t  «-.vord  received  here.    !    Lieut.  Hoeggr 


.lames  J.  Mac-.Compan; 
-  Herman  Hoeg-ifrom  OCS 


K  als 


May, 


the  ^  for  his  father  is  Brig.  Gen.  Joseph 
the 'P.  Vachon,  who  was  taken  pri- 
soner by  the  Japanese  with  Gen- 
eral Wainwright  and  his  staff  in 
the  fall,  of  Bataan. 

When  the  general  last  saw  his 
son,  the  latter  was  working  his 
way  toward  a  miUtary  career  in 
the  Lehigh  University  R.  O.  T.  C. 
Candidate  Vachon  received  an  ap- 
pointment to  West  Point  some 
time  ago,  but -an  examination  dis- 
closing less-than-perfect  eyesight 
precluded  confirmation' o£  the  ap- 
pointment. 

.  Going  to  Lehigh,  he  made  im- 
mediate application  for  officer 
candidate  school  upon  completion 
of  his  course  in  January.  Another 
point  which  hastened  his  decision 
to  get  into  the  fight  was  the 
death  in  action  of  two  cousins 
in  the  British  forces. 
MILITARY  FAMILY 

The  Vachon  family  has  long 
been  represented  in  the  military. 
General  Vachon  arose  to  his  gen- 
eralship the  hard  way  by  coming 
through  the  ranks.  He  has  been 
in  the  service  38  years  and  has 
been  assigned  to  stations  all  over 
the  world.  His  family  accom- 
panied him  on  most  of  these  tours. 
Young  Vachon  has  travelled  in 
England,  on  the  European  con- 
tinent. Panama,  Hawaii,  Austra- 
lia and  in  the  South  Pacific,  and 
has  attended  approximately  25 
schools. 

A  sister,  now  the  wife  of  major, 
was  born  in  China.  General 
Vachon's  wife  was  bprn  in  Aus- 
tralia. General  Vachon  was  born 
in  Westbrook,  Me.,  and  the  offi- 
cer candidate  was  born  while  the 
family  was  at  Fort  Brady,  Mich., 
22  years  ago. 

Candidate  Vachon,  who  writes 
plays — several  of  which  have  been 
;  published,  placed  10th  in  the  na- 
jtional  junior  rifle  matches  at" 
jCamp  Perry,  Ohio,  several  years 
'ago,  and  was  captain  of  his  high 
j  school  basketball  team. 


CUSTOM  TAILORS 
TO  THE  SERVICES  SINCE 
1845 

15  WEST  ELEVENTH  ST. 
COLUMBUS,  GA. 

GPP.  ARMY-NAVY  USO 


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AiitifQiik  Gyn 
Record  Falls  To 
Second  STR^Unit 

Another  long  -  standing  record 
toppled  to  tlie  18th  Company, 
STR. 

With  97.6  per  cent  of  the  group 
shooting,  qualification  scores  on 
the  37  rhm.  anti-tank  gun  and  14 
men  firing  scores  o\'er  180  in 
range  firing  the  18th  Company, 
commanded  by  Capt.  James  W. 
Sorenson,  matched  a  previous  rec- 
ord set  on  the  Browning  Auto- 
matic Rifle  range  earlier  in  train- 
ing. 

In  firing  the  BAR,  the  com- 
pany posted  94  experts  to  break 
the  previous  school  record  of  87 
and  at  the  same  time  qualified 
199  men. 

The  new  and  latest  record  on 
the  anti-tank  gun  was  held  up  in 
both  1,000  inch  range  firing  and 
field  traget  firing  as  the  18th 
Company  men  rated  high  above 
the  avei-age  of  recent  classes  on 
both  ranges  and  placed  44.7  per 
cent  of  the  entire  class  as  expert 
anti-tank  gunners. 

3rd  STR  Company 
Boosts  Range  Record 
For  Antitank  Gun 

First  Company  of -the  Thu-d 
Student  Training  Regiment  has 
boosted  the  record  for  Bickford 
Range  by  7.9  per  cent  in  estab- 
lisliing  a  recent  percentage  of 
40.5  hits  in  recent  field  firmg  of 
the  37  mm.  anti-tank  gun. 

Many  of  the  averages  of  previ- 
ous groups  were  impro\'ed  by 
candidates  of  the  present  class. 
High  score  on  record  was  taken 
by  Candidate  Don  Tapsey  of  De- 
troit, Mich.,  who  qualified  witn 
185  out  of  E  possible  200. 


Canadians  Bid 
Post  Farewell 

Move  To  Camp  Shilo 
To  Establish  School 

As  the  First  Canadian  Para- 
chute Battalion  moved  from  Fort 
Benning  ti  Camp  Shilo,  Manitoba 
this  week,  Lt.  Col.  G.  F.  P.  Brad- 
brook,  commanding  officer  of  the 
unit,  expressed  the  hope  "in 
the  not  too  distant  future  of  fight- 
ing side  by  side"  with  American 
troops  "as  we  are  doing  in  the 
many  theatres  of  war  now." 

The  Canadian  Battalion,  which 
has  been  in  training  at  the  Amer- 
ican Parachute  School  for  several 
months,  moved  to  Camp  Shilo 
where  a  Canadian  Parachute 
School  will  be  established  by  the 
battalion. 
Two  weeks  ago  the  Canadian 
lit  heralded  North  American  sol- 
idarity as  a  climax  to  their  train- 
ing in  the  United  States  when  it 
saluted  Brig.  Gen.  Gaiter  S.  Ful- 
ton, post  commander,  and  Brig. 
Gen.  George  P.  Howell,  comman- 
dant  of   The  Parachute  School. 

Canadians  staged  „  a  "march 
past"  in  Gowdy  Field  and  paraded 
before  high-ranking  American  and 
Canadian  officers. 
C.O.'s  STATEIMENT 

Colonel  Bradbrooke  issued  the 
following  statement  as  his  unit 
entrained: 

"On  the  occasion  of  our  depar- 
ture from  Fort  Benning  may  1 
take  this  opportunity  on  behalf  of 
the  officers,  N.  C.  O.'s,  and  men 
of  the  First  Canadian  Parachute 
Battahon  of  extending  our  most 
sincere  thanks  to  the  Post  Com- 
mander, Brigadier  General  Walter 
S;  Fulton,  and  to  the  Commandant 
of  The  Parachute  School,  Briga- 
dier General  George  P.  Howell, 
and  snl  ranks  under  their  com- 
mands for  the  many  kindnesses 
and  vvonderlul  cooperation  ex- 
tended to  us  during  our  stay  here. 

"Our  pleasant  associations  with 
the  American  troops  will  long  be 
remembered.  We  hope  for  the 
opportunity  in  the  not  too  distant 
future  of  fighting  side  by  side 
with  these  troops  as  others  are  do- 
in  the  many  theatres  of  war. 
I  would  like  to  extend  best 
wishes  and  all  success  to  this 
grand  post  of  Fort  Benning. 

"G.  F.  P.  Bradbrooke, 
'.'Lieutenant  Colonel, 
"Commanding." 


Modem  Boone 
Kills  Bears 
With  Pisfol 


The  First  Student  Training  re- 
giment has  a  modern  Dannie 
Boone  enrolled  in  the  Fifteenth 
Company  and  First  Platoon  in  the 
person  of  Herbert  F.  Greathouse. 
Greathouse  scorns  any  such  un- 
sporting bear  killer  as  a  rifle;  he 
kills  his  bears  with  a  pistol. 

Sometime  prior  to  his' coming  to 
Benning,  Greathouse  and  a  friend 
were  following  their  hounds  in 
what  they  thought  was  a  bobcat 
chase  down  in  New  Mexico.  The 
dogs'  barking  brought  the  two 
hunters  to  a  cave.  Greathouse 
knew  his  prey  was  inside,  and  he 
erawled  in,  lighting  his  way  with 
flashlight  which  failed  within 
a  few  yards  of  the  entrance. 
Growls  in  front  gave  notice  of 
imminent  danger.  From  Greats 
house'  vantage  point  the.  terrain 
was  held  by  the  enemy  and  the 
situation  definitely  was  hot  good, 
In  the  darkness  of  a  narrow 
cave  a  man  doesn't  have  much 
chance  against  a  bobcat.  But,  the 
growls  weren't  those  .of  a  bobcat. 
Herb  rapped  the  flsishlight,  and 
light  flooded  the  underground 
room.  Three  feet  in  front  was 
something  to  worry  about — a  tre- 
mendous black  bear. 

But  in  such  a  situation  you  don't' 
have  much  time'  to  worry.  You 
have  to  act,  if  j'ou^don't  want  to 
become  the  property  of  the  civil- 
ian quartermaster.  Greathoijse 
hot  the  bear  three  times 
38  .pistol.  He  doesn't  remember 
whether  the'  shots  could  hav 
been  covered  by  the  unsharpened 
end  of  a  leadpencil,  but  they 
close.  The  bear  weighed  three 
hundred  forty  pounds. 
VITLDERNESS 

Greathouse  says  he  was  born  on 
a  cattle  branch,  "ten  thousand  feet 
1  the  sky  and  a  million  miles 
from  a  store."  The  post  office 
Regina,  N.  M.,  that's  all  there  is 
there.  Twenty-five  miles  away 
there  is  a  store  in  Cuba,  N.  M. 
and  ninety  miles  away  in  Albu- 
querque there  is  a  movie.  He  was 
captain  of  the  undefeated  1938 
Spanish  American  Normal  School 
baseball  team.  In  1939  he  was  New 
Mexico  Golden  Gloves  champion. 
During  his  four  years  high  school 
work  he  made  an  "A"  in  every 
course  and  an  "A"  on  every  exam 
except  one;  that  was  a  "B." 

Greathouse  came  to  Benning 
from  New  Mexico  State  A  and  M 
college  where  he  received  his  de- 
gree in  Chemical  Engineering.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  ROTC  there 
throughout  the  four  years.  Here 
at  the  Infantry  School  he  has- 
made  expert  on  all  weapons  ex- 
cept one;  he  is  a  first  class  gun- 
ner with  the  light  machine  gun; 
He  takes  the  obstacle  course  in 
one  minute  ^nd  sixteen  seconds 
and  can  break  the  course  record 
at  any  time  he  chooses. 
Greathouse  says  that  he  can  kill 
[r.  Moto  with  a  pistol  but  that 
he  is  going  to  us  an  MI  just  to  be 
stire. 


Ex-Two-Nine  Sergeant  ^ 
Captyr es  Koiierine  -  PoiS 

Sgf.  Sherman  Proves  To  Heinies  That  War 
Is  H—;  Known  Here  For  His  Leadership 

A  former  Fort  Benning  soldier,  Sergeant  Clabe  Sherman 
who  spent  15  years  as  a  member  of  the  29th  Infantry,  led  the 
detachment  of  115  men  which  recaptured  strategic  Kasserine 
Pass  from  the  Germans  on  the  Tunisian  front  February.  27, 
according  to  advices  just  received  at  the  post. 
Sergeant  Sherman,  with  his  lit-   


Francis  Berry 
Succeeds  McEvo, 
As  Prison  Officer 

'irst  Lieut.  Francis  W.  Berry. 

been  .appointed  Police  and 
on  officer  to  succeed  Lt.  Rich- 
ard T.  .McEvoy,  who  has  been 
transferred  to  another  statio.n. 

Coming  to'  active  duty  Septem- 
ber 5,  1942,  Berry  first  attended 
Provost  Marshal  General  School, 
Fort  Oglethorpe,  Ga.,  and  was  as- 
signed to  Benning  in  November. 
He  will  contiiiue  to  serve  as  as- 
sistant provost  marshal,  v'hich  po- 
sition he  filled  previously. 

At  the  same  time,  Lt.  Russell 
K.  Smith  was  named  assistant 
police  and  prison  officer.  Prior 


Leadership  Course 
Enters  Sixth  Week 

The  Leadership  course  of  Lieut. - 
Col.  John  S.  Roosma,  commanding 
officer  of  the  Third  Battalion. 
First  Student  Training  Regiment 
now  in.  its.  sixth  successful 
week. 

Something  new  and  different  in 
military  training,  the  course  deals 
with  such  tough  practical  prob- 
lems as  how  to  quiet  green  jumpy 
troops  on  their  first  combat  as- 
signment; what  to  do  with  the 
veteran  sergeant  who  loses  his 
head  and  beats  up  a  private;  how 
to  prevent  a  rumor  frorn  disrupt- 
ing morale  of  the  troops;  what  to 
do  with  the  soldier  who  disobey^ 
orders  and  eats  his  K  ration  be- 
fore he  should;  how  to  make  in- 
spections instructional  as  well  as. 
routine. 

Launched  as  an  answer  to  the 


burning  need  for  aggressive  lead- 
ing of  men,  Col.  Roosma's  course 
has  opened  a  new  field  of  military 
instruction  which  the  Third  Bat- 
talion Students  have  eagei-ly  re- 
ceived. . 


to  this.  Smith  served  as  chief  for- 
ester, working  under  the  post  en- 
gineer, and  later  as  post  gardener. 


tie  band  of  men,  Achieved  this  mi- 
Utary exploit  after  a  two-hour 
battle  with  German  and  Itahan 
rearguards,  and  held  it  overnight 
until  a  battalion  of  United  States 
infantry  arrived.  The  battalion, 
looking  for  Axis  defenders  and 
themselves  hoping  to  recapture 
the  pass,  foimd  the  sergeant  and 
his  men  sitting  on  the  rocks 
ing  for  them. 

Assigned  one  afternoon  to  lead 
a  detachment  agamst  Axis  posi- 
tions on  a  high  hill  commanding 
the  pass,  Sergeant  Sherman's  su- 
perior officers,  Lt.  Col:  Charley 
Eastburn  of '  Meridian,  Miss,,  and 
Capt.  Noble .  H.  Abney  of  Lees- 
ville,  Ga.,  gave  only  one  order, 
"Find  out  what's  on  that  hill  and 
knock  it  out!" 
WITH  COMPANY  G 

Recalling  his  renowned  name- 
sake of  the  War  Between  the 
States,  Sergeant  Sherman  decided 
to  teach  the  Germans  that  "War 
is  hell,"  and  went  on  from  there 
to  capture  the  pass. 

His  unit  consisted  of  two 
platoons,  one  machine-gun  pla- 
toon and  one  mortar  platoon. 
While  at  Fort  Benning,  he  was 
platoon  sergeant  in  Company 
G  of  the  29th  Infantry  and  was 
considered  to  be  one  of  the  best 
field  leaders  officers  could  de. 
sire.  When  angry,  he  usually 
called  his  .  men  "punkin'  jump- 
ers." .  ,  • 

The  38-year-old  sergeant,  who 
has  spent  18  years  in  the  army 
and  is  a  native  of  Anderson, 
Tenn.,  left  Fort  Benning  in  1940 
to  become  first  sergeant  in  a  tank- 
destroyer  unit. 


New  Lawson 
Theater  Opens 

Replaces  Old  No.  3; 
Modern  Throughout 

Personnel  in  the  Parachute 
School,  Lawson  Field  and  the 
300th  Infantry  areas  now  are  be- 
ing served  by  the  newly  com- 
pleted Theater  Number  3,  which 
opened  this  week,  it  is  announced 
by  Maj.  James  Sutton,  post  theater 
officer. 

Located  between  the  branches 
of  the  roads  leading  to  Lawson 
Field  and  to  the  Parachute  School 
area,  it  is  a,  modern  theater,  latest 
word  in  compactness  and  equip- 
ment for  camp  use.  Besides  the 
movie  and  sound  equipment,  it  is 
completely  fitted  with  stage,  so 
that  it  may  be  utilized  for  any 
USO  Cjlamp  Shows  Avhich  may 
later  be  assigned  to  the  area. 

The  new  theater  replaces  old 
Number- 3  theater,  which  had  been 
located  'farther  back  in  the  300th 
Infantry  area  and  was  pot  so 
readily  accessible  to  the  personnel 
of  Lawson  Field  and  the  Para- 
chute School,  • 


Supply  Detachment 
Men  Promoted 

Thirteen  enlisted  men  of  the 
Supply  Detachment,  -  Supply-  Di- 
ision,  Section  One,  Fourth  Serv- 
ice command,  have"  received  pro- 
motions upon  the  recommendation 
of  their  organization  commander. 

Sergeant  Dirk  J.  Dammer&  has 
been  named  staff  sergeant,  and 
Corporals  Maxie  Cooner  and  Cul- 
len  Register  have  been  promoted 
to  the  rank  of  sergeant.  Privates 
First  Class  Marvin  A.  Barber, 
Frankhn  A.  Brown,  Antone  B. 
Perez  and  James  L.  Saracina  have 
been  named  corporals,  and  Pri- 
vates T.  W,  Brovfn.  D^las  Bar- 
James  W..  Bolton,  John  J. 
Fanelle,  Douglas  Y.  McKenzie  and 
Joseph  N.  Platter  have  been  ad- 
vanced to  privates  first  class. 


Captain  Gardner 
Gets  Majority 

Captain  Joseph  H.  Gardner,  com- 
manding officer  of  the  armed 
forces  induction  station  at. ,  Fort 
Benning,  has  been  promoted  to 
major. 

A  graduate  of  Emory  university 
in  Atlanta,  Major  Gardner  was 
for  15  years  head  of  the  chemistry 
department  at  Lanier  High  school 
for  boys,  Macon,  Ga. 

;  was  called  into  the  army  in 
August,  1941,  coming  to  Fort  Ben- 
ning with  the  induction  station. 
He  assumed  command  of  the  sta- 
tion eight  months  aigo. 


10th  Armored  Cage 
Supreniticy  Is  On 
The  Line  Tonight 

The  55th  Engineers  and  Supply 
Battalion  basketball  teams  in  the 
10th  Armored  Division  will  clash 
tonight  for  the  division  title. 

The  finalists  are  winners  re- 
spectively in  the  Sand  Hill  and 
Cusseta  cage  leagues. 

The  55th  team  is  slight  favorite 
win  the  one-game  playoff  to- 
night. 


Pvt.  Jack  Vaughn 
Rises  Through  Rank 
To  His  Captaincy 

Lt,  .Jack  C.  Vaughan  was  re- 
cently promoted  to  the  rank  of 
captain  according  t9  Colonel 
Thomas  R.  Gibson,  Commanding 
officer  of  the  First  Student  Train- 
ing Regiment. 

Captain  Vaughan  has  risen 
through  the  ranks  from  the  grade, 
of  private  when  on  December  5, 
1940,  he  enlisted  as  a  Private  and 
was  sent  to  Fort  Oglethorpe,  Ga., 
for  his  basic  training. 

On  January  23,  1942,  Captain. 
Vaughan  graduated  from  Fort 
Benning's  Infantry  School,  re- 
ceived his  commission  as  a  second 
It.,  and  was  assigned  to  the  First 
Student  .Training  Regiment  where 
he  has  been  on  active  duty  since. 

Captain  Vaughan  is  married  to 
Anne  Gwin  of  Natchez,  Missis- 
sippi, and  .  hails  originally  from 
that  city. 


Let^sTsaln 
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-  First  Team 
Shannen,  Academic  Re^. 
Metcalfe,  Lawson  Field 
Jackson,  2nd  STR. 
Ricks.  2nd  STR. 
Webster,  Station  Hosp. 


First  Team 

Hall,  7th  Observation 
ICewlin,  1st  Prcht.  Trng. 
York,  1st  Prcht.  Trng. 
Evszeskv,  53rQ  Gen.  Hosj 
Hudspeth,  99th  Q.  M. 

First  Team 
Lev/is, 423rd  F.  A. 
Christ,  420th  F.  A. 
Bell,  55th  Engineers 
Petak,  55th  Engineers 
^tRh,  llih  Armored 

First  Team 

'Ptvvy,  Service  Co. 
gutter,  Supply  Bn, 
^lonchak,  bupplv  Bn. 
Eilsky.  150th  Signal  ' 
X-ubiich.  yuth  Recon. 


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Guard 
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Pos. 

Forward 
Forward 
Center 
Guard 
Guard 


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Pos. 

Forward 
Forward 
Center 
Guard 
Guard 


Second  Team 

Brooks,   Prcht.  ^rhool 
Stolarzyck,  29th  Inf. 
Flail,  Lawson  Field 
Horne,  Lawson  F'ield 
Gilbert,  124th  Inf. 


Second  Team 
Clark.  24th  Gen.  Hosp. 
Xelson,  1st  Preht-  Trng. 
Compton,  283rd  Ordnance 
Crow,  7th  Observation 
Porter,  863rd  Ordnance 


Second  Team 

Woods,  3rd  Armored 
Vanette.  420th  F.  A. 
June,  420th  F.  A. 
Urban,  3rd  Armored 
Panno,  419ih  F.  A. 


Second  Team 

Krueger,  90th  Recon. 
Silverwood,  90th  Recon. 
Kirkpatrick.  Supply  Bn. 
Herbeck,  90th  Recon. 
Xorman,  I50ih  Signal 


Rivals  Meet  f  onlght 
In  Series  Opener  On 
Sports  Arena  Court 

55th  Engineers,  2nd  STR  Primed 
For  Crack  at  Post  Court  Crown 

Emerging  from  the  year's  most  exciting  court  battle^  on 
Monday  night  as  the  victor  and  new  champion  of  the  Foit 
Bennin'g  Conference,  the  powerful  2nd  STR  Leaders,  stait 
I  after  the  post  title  tonight  at  the  Harmony  Church  sports 
arena  when  they  oppose  the  55th  Engineers,  lOth  Armored 
champs,  in  the  first  tilt  of  a  three-game  series.  • 

The  chanipionship'battle  is  slated  to  get  under  way  on  the 
arena's  spacious  center  court  at  8:30  before  a  capacity  house. 
Sunday  afternoon  the  rival  quintets  will  move  the  title  scuf- 
fle to  the  post  gymnasium  for  the  second,  game  of  the  series 
at  3:30  o'clock. 

If  a  third  game  Is  necessary  to  decide  the  post  crown, 
it  will  be  played  either  Monday  or  Tuesday  night  with  the 
floor  still  to'be  decided  upon.    The  winner  of  the  three- 


Main  Post  Leagye 
BasketbaK  Crown 

Another  court  ruler  crowned 
in  the  past  week's  parade  of 
charnpions  wee  the  crack  1st 
Parachute  Training:  Regiment 
Quintet  which  swept  to  two 
Etraieht  wins  over  7th  Ob- 
servation squadron  to  capture 
the  I\Iain  Post  League  laurels. 

Sunday  afternoon  in  a  pre- 
lim to  the  Prof-Leader  fuss, 
tiic.  Trainers  errabbed  a  36-24 
verdict  over  the  observers.  On 
Monday,  though,  the  lih 
fought  back  stubbornly  but 
went  down  by  a  33-31  tally  to 
pive  the  paratroopers  the 
laurels. 

Sam  Ncwlni.  huiky  forward, 
^vas  the  big  point-maker  in 
the  Ist'PTR  triumph,'  but  he 
had  plenty  of  able  support 
from  the  rest  of  the  cast  which 
included  Xelson,  York,  Brown, 
Vargo  and  Goldhagen. 


;  be  awarded  a  handsome 
?  bv  the  Fort  Bennin< 


JACKSON  AND  RICKS  of  the  2nd.--STR  are  two  of  the 
fort's  outstanding  courtmen  of  the  year.  Both  are.  selected 
this  week  on  the  Fort  Benning  conference*  all-star  team, 
and  tonight  they  will  be  the  mainstay  of  their  team  which 
opens  the  playoff  series  for  the  post  title  against  the  55th 
engineers  at  the  H.  C.  sports  arena.-  Joe  Jackson,  on  the 
left,  is  a  former  New  ilexico  Aggie  star,  while  Troy  Rick-s 
made  the  All-Amencan  when  performing  for  !Missis.sippi. 


Ex-Minnesota 

Grid  Captain 
[fi  OC  School 

Several  All-America 
Selections  Included 
Big  Gopher  Star 

Wm  Peaerson,  former  captain 
of  me  Lniversitv  of  Minnesota 
loolDali  team  and  selected  on 
many  mythical  All-America 
teams,  has  arrived  at  Fort  Ben- 
ning to  enter  Officer  Candidate 
School  as  a  member  of  the  12th 
Company  ol  tne  Third  Student 
Training  Regiment. 

Peder:;on  s  first  footoall 
aea\  or  was  as  a  senior  at  West 
High  at  Minneapobs,  where  he 
played  because  he  was  taunted 
into  it.  As  a  high  school  player 
tie  was  selected  All-City  tackle 
and  made  thirty-three  points' dur- 
ing the  season  as  a  lineman. 

Upon  enlermg  the  University 
of  Minnesota,  Pederson  made  the 
freshman  team  and  m  his  second  i 
year  made  the  varsity  playing 
320  minutes  out  of  a  480  minute 
schedule.  Win  was  selected  on  the 
Big-Ten  sophomore-  team. 

During  his  junior  year  he  play-' 
ca  4,30  minutes  out  of  a  480  min- 


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ute  schedule  and  was  selected  on 
the  Big-Ten  All-Conference 
Team.  In  his  senior  year,  being 
elected  captain,  he  earned  the 
name  of  'Tron-Man"  by  playing 
all  but  twenty-eight  minutes  of 
the  entire  schedule,  and  was  se- 
lected on  many  mythical  All- 
American  teams. 
PLAYS  P.'iCKERS 

He  played  on  the  Chicago  Trib- 
une team,  selected  by  national 
poll  at  Chicago  against  the  pro- 
fessional Champion  Green  Bay 
Packers.  Pederson  v.-ound  up  his 
college  career  in  Shrine  East- 
West  game  at  San'^ Francisco  in 
which  he  played  53  minutes. 

Pederson  then  successfully 
coached  a  semi-pro  team  at  Mil- 
waukee but  forsook  this  for  a' 
more  remunerative  position  with 
the  New  York  Giants.  During  off- 
season he  was  a  salesman  for 
General  Mills.  His  latest  change 
j  is  with  the  team  which  he  says' 
I  is  the  ■  World's  Best,  the  United 
Stales  Army. 

AEMY  ALL-STAR  ! 

Pederson,  a  volunteer  officer 
candidate,  enlisted  in  August  1942 1 
and  v,'as  immediately  placed  on 
the  Ai-my  All-Star  team-  under 
Colonel  Butler,  coached  by  Major  i 
Wade,  formerly  of  Duke  Univers- 
ity. During  the  short  season  of 
eighteen  days  five  games  were 
played,  the  proceeds  of  which 
were  turned  over  to  the  Army 
Emergency  Relief  Fuiid.'  On  Oc- 
tober 21,  1942,  Pederson  was  as- 
signed to  Camp  Welters,  Tex., 
where  he  completed  his,  basic 
training. 

Among  his  other  athletic 
achievements  are  hockey,  basket- 
ball, boxing  and  he  is  a  charter 
member  of  the  Minneapolis  crew 
club. 


game  ; 

individual  f)layer  gilt: 
tion,  sponsors  of  the  fort's  vast  court  progi 

Jackson,  Ricks  and  Co.,  of  the 
2nd  STR  earned  right  to  battle 
the  Engineers  for  the  post  dia- 
dem with  one  of  the  most  thrill- 
ing comback  efforts  ever  witnessed 
on  a  Benning  hardwood.  After 
losing  the  first  tilt  oh  their  home 
court  at  tlie  arena  last  Thursday, 
few  fans  conceded  the  Leaders  a 
chance  to  win  since  the  final  two 
games  were  slated  for  the  post 
gym,  home  floor  of  their  Aca- 
demic Regiment  rivals. 

But  on  Sunday,  the  H.  C.  toss- 
ers  came  back  with  renewed 
\igor  and  swept  to  a  fairly  easy 
40t^0  conquest  over  the  Profs. 
Then  on  Monday  came  the-climax 
when  the  Leaders  roared  back 
from  a  six-point  deficit  with  seven 
minutes  left  to  play  and  grabbed 
the  all-important  win  and  the 
conference  flag  by  a  50-48  count. 

The  final  game  was  a  40- 
minute  thriller.  The  Profs  pushed 
off  to  an  early  lead,  and  paced 
the  Leaders  for  better  than  three 
quarters.  But  suddenlj',  the  2nd 
STR  caught  fire  v.'ith  a  \ictory 
flame  tha.  couldn't  be  doused. 
Jackson,  Ricks  and  Bland 
the  heroic  figures  in  that  final 
rally,  all  thre^  making  almost  un- 
believable field  goals,  while  the 
former  two  added  timely  foul 
tosses  to  clinch  the  verdict. 

Joe  Jackson  and  Troy  Rick; 
were  the  key  figures  in  the  Leade: 
triumph 'but  it  remained  for  slim 
Lonnie  Bland,  the  star  forward, 
to  lead  the  scorers  with  nine  bril- 
liant field  goals  for  18  points. 
The  Profs  went  down  fighting  and 
it  marked  the  second  straight  year 
that  they  iiad  lost  out  on  a  title 
in  the  finals  by  a  slim  margin. 
Last  year,  fm  29th  Infantry  el.ed 
out  a  one-point  win  to  grab  the 
post  laurels  from  the  Academics. 

The  "Mighty  55th'  'earned  its 
ay  into  the  title  series  which 


>phy  as  well  as 
Athletic  Associa- 


3rd  STR  Quint 
Gains  Laurels 
InH.  C.  League 

Topple  99th  Ordnance  , 
In  Close  Battle  To 
Capture  Court  Title 

The  Cinderella  of  Fort  Beiining 
sportsdom,  the  Third  Student 
Training  Regiment  .  b  a  s  k  e  t  ball 
team,  v.-as  still  assuring  itself  to- 
day that  it  wasn't  a.  dream  after 
all — that  it  really  was  the  cham- 
pion of  .  the  Harmony  Church 
League.  —  f 
The  quintet  clinched  the  title 
last  week  by  earning  a  close  38- 
32  decision  over  the  99th  Ord- 
nance, the  very  team  to  which  it 


To  the  team,  weary  from  play- 


•THE  MIGHTY  55TH"  is  what  thev  call  this  aggregation  of  basket-tosscrs  ,who 
have  iust  been  crowned  champions  ol  the  10th  Armored  division  and  tonight  will  start 
after  the  post  title  in  a  game  at  the  sports  arena  against  the  2nd  S'l  R  Leaders. 


Engineers  Top  Sy  ppty 
For  Tiger  court  Flog 


Petak  Sparks  55th 
For  33-27 Vrctory 
In  Playoff  Tilt 

The  55th  Engineers  won- .the 
10th  Armored  Division  basket- 
ball, title  in  the  Harmony  Church 
Sports  Arena  Monday  night  with 
•27  decision  over  the  Supply 
Battalion.  The  victory  sends  the 
Engineers  against  the  2nd  Stu- 
dent Training  Regiment,  Fort 
Benning  Conference  winner,  for- 
the  post  championship.    .  ■ 

The  Engineers,  a  heavy  'pre- 
game  favorite,  let  the  Supply- 
men  play  their  own  style  of  game 
throughoiiit  the  first  half,  which 
elided  with  the  losers  ijut  in  front 
by  12-5.  .     ,■    ;  • 

ut  the  "Mighty  55th"  began 
rushing  all  over  the  floor  at  the 
ha'dTost  ait  the'start'ofthrieague:  start  of  the  second  half  to  speed 
tournament.  jup  the  play,  taking  an  18-17 lead 

\fnRAr   vir"rnnv     '  at  the  end  of  the  third  quarter  on 

MORAL  MCTORY  I  Bell's  tip  in  shot. 

SPARKED  BY  PETAK 


1  time.  With  the  score  tied, 


i"~  '  :  ~ — ■ — 

I  teams  Scoring  12  "field  goals.  Th« 
■  1 55th  mai^e  •  nine  of  \17  shots, 
j  while  the  Supplymen  dropped  :n 
lonly  three  out  -of  12.  • 
.  I  The  Engineers  vvoii  both  hah  es 
iof  the  Sand  Hill  league,  while  the 
—  'Supplymen  won  the  .second  half  ' 
20-20,      the  Cusseta  league,  and  defeat-. 


.  ,  ,  .  'T,  .  1  ,j  7  ed  the  90th  Recons'in  the  plaV 
minutes  later,  Petak 'dropped  i  -.  .  ■  .  ^ 

the  En- I;  ' 


in  the  basket  which 
gineers  get  the  lead-  and  told  it. 
COAST  IN 

.At  this  point  Patterson  made 
two  quick^  baskets,  Petak  ,.  sunk 
another,  and  tiien  the  '  Engineers 
coasted  in  by  making  five  straight 
free  throws.  Free  throws  actual- 
ly beat    the    Supplymen,  both 


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well  as  an  actual  triumph  for 
was  achieved  after  a  series  of 
disheartening  setbacks. 

Composed  entirely  of  men  from 
the  regiment's  Headquarters  Com- 
pany, the  five,'  the  .first  to  take 
the  court  for  the  youthful  regi- 
ment, was  organized  last  Novem- 
ber with  a  fanfare  of  publicity 
and  a  lot  of  confident  predictions 
and,  most  important;  a  reason- 
ably adequate  :  lineup  of  players. 
STARTED  WELL 
The  reason  started  auspiciously 
opens  tonight  bv"trrpping  Supply  j  ^"°"Sh  and  then  a  lot  of  things 
Battalion  for  the  Tiger  champion- i '^^ppened.  Officers  who  , played 
.ship.    The  bridgebuilders     havei«  ^^^^  team's  organization  | 

been  one  of  the  most  consistent  h^"'^  transferred,  players  were 
teams  of  the  year,  being  the  only  i  "■'o^'^'^  the  area  and  then- 

one  to  win  both  halves  in  their  i  P^^-*^^^ 


ng    tournament    schedule    with  I    ^gain  it  was    Petak,  chunky 
scarcely  a  substitution,  the  Cham- ; Engineer    guard,    who  sparked 
pionship  represents  a '  moral  as  the  55th  to  victory.  He  topped  all 
the  scorers  with  ten  points^  but 
he  scored  all  of  them  in  |he  last 
half  drive. 

He  scored  five  points  in  a  row 
in  the  third  quarter' to  bring  the 
Engineers    ahead    for    the  first 


unfilled  and 


Charley  Paddock,  once  known 
as  "the  world's  fastest  human,-" 
has  been  commissioned  a  captain 
in  the  Marines.  Back  in  1917  Pad- 
dock quit  high  school  in  Los  An- 
geles to  enlist  in  the  Army.  He 
rose  to  tlie  rank  of  second  lieu- 
tenant in  1919,  and  then  resigned 
his  commission  to  go  to  the  Uni- 
versity of  Southern  California. 
Paddock  v.'on  the  100-  and  300- 
meter  dashes  in  the  1920  Olym- 
pics held  at  Antwerp,  Belgium. 
He  has  been  publisher  of  the 
Pasadena  (Cah)  Star-News  for 
several  years. 

Parachutists  in  the  U.  S.  Army 
get  a  m.onthly  $50  bonus  in  ad- 
dition to  their  regular  base  pay. 
The  reason  for  this  is  that  para- 
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considered  one  of  the  most  haz- 
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league. 

The  55th  will  go  into  tonight's 
game  on  almost  even  terms  with 
the  Leaders,  and  the  series  prom- 
ises to  provide  many  thrills.  The 
Engineers  are  a  big,  rugged  team 
that  packs  a  never-say-die  spirit. 
They  lack  the  outstanding  .offen- 
sive punch  of  the  Leaders,  but  play 
a  fast  passmg  game  that  will 
cause  the  conference  '  champs 
plenty  of  woe, 

i  Bell,  a  big  center,  and  Petak, 
a  rugged  guard,  are  the  shining 
lights  on  the  55th  but  Coach 
Movius  has  a  plentitude  of  ma- 
terial ana  a  well-balanced  team. 
Leader  hopes,  on  the  other  hand, 
rest  once  agaip  on  the  able  shoul- 
iders  of  Jackson  and  Ricks  v.'ho 
lare  two  of  the  outstanding  play- 
iers  of  the  year.  i 
i  The  title  series  for  the  post 
;  crown  brings  together  tv,o  of  the 
I  most  colorful  teams  at  the  fort, 
;and  is  sure  to  provide  a  fitting 
;cloma.x  to  the  greatest  basketball 
campaign  in  post  history. 

Gen.  Pdtton's  Life 
To  Be  Featured 
In  Air  Premiere 

Date  for  opening  of  the  new 
series  of.  radio  programs,  ''Fort 
Benning  Theater  of  the  Air"  has 
been  set  for  April  8,  it  was  an- 
nounced today  by  Lt.  Col,  C.  C. 
Finnegan,  Special  Services  Of- 
ficer.  The  programs  will  be  pre- 
sented through  the  Special  Ser- 
vice Office  and  the.  Public  Rela- 
tions Office. 

First  presentation  will  be  a 
tlieater  play  "No  More  Heros" 
depicting  dramatically  the'  high- 
lights in  the  career  of  General 
George  Patton,  former  comman- 
dant of  Fort  Benning,  now  in 
charge  of  American  operations  in 
Tunisia. 

The -new  program  series  will  be 
presented  from  8:30  to  8:55  p.  m., 
o\  er  WRBL  and  the  Columbus 
Broadcastmg  company  and  WGPC 
in  Albany,  Georgia.  They  will  be  j  5 
broadcast,  directly  from  Fort '  - 
Benning. 


interest  started  to  flag. 

These  discouraging  turns  .  — - 
followed  by  a  series  of  defeats  f 
and  a  resultant  loss  of  support-' 
ing  spirit  among  the  team's  fol^ 
lowers  in  the  regiment.  A  .few 
weelts  before  the"  team  entered 
the  tournament,  a  so-Kalled 
"double!  round  robiii"  affair,  the 
lineup  consisted  of  but  seven 
players,  Theodore  Cook,  Paul  Sor- 
rels, Elmer  Click,  Harry  Clingen- 
peel,  Carl  Bachman,  A^incent  Val- 
entino and  William  E.  Bowles. 
LOST  LOOP  OPE.NER 

In  spite  of  the  lack  of  substi- 
tutes and ,  other  obstacles,  the 
team  suddenly  and  unaccountably 
acquired  a  nev,'  spark  and  started 
winning.  Then  came  the  tourna- 
ment and  the  loss  of  the  first 
game. 

The  initial  defeat  discouraged 
everyone"  in  the  regiment  except 
the  players  themselves.  They 
worked  harder  and  conducted 
regular  and  frequent  practice  ses. 
sions  in  the  regimental  gj-mnasi- 

Their  dihgehce  was  repaid  for 
victories  started  coming  their  way. 


Shaffer  Leads 
'Gator  Nine 

Played  Five  Years 
As  Minor  Leaguer 

Lieut.  Don  Shaffer  of  Head- 
quarters Company,  1st  Battalion, 
has  been  selected  to  lead  the  124th 
Infantry  on  the  diamond. 
Lieut.  Shaffer  has  quite  an  ex- 
nsi\e  baseball  background  and 
is  equal  to  the  task  of  leading 
the  Gator  toward  the  baseball 
pennant  on-  the  post.  He  pitched 
for  Cedar  Rapids  High  School  and 
is  a  \  eteran  minor  leaguer,  play- 
ing five'  years  .  in  the  Three-I 
League  and  the  Western  League. 

The  lieutenant  came  into  the 
service  on  selective  service  in 
April,  1942,  and  was  .stationed  at; 
Camp  Barkley,  Tex.  He  i-ecei\  ed, 
his  gold  bars  as  a  Christmas  gift; 
and  graduated  from  The  Infantry  j 
School,  Dec.  22,  1942.  .  j 


again,  culminating  in  the  smash- 
ing, 60-20  triumph 'over  the  31st 
Ordnance  in  the  tournament  semi- 
final. 


1!  ATTENTION!! 
FORT  BENNING 

PERSONNEL 
NEED  MONEY? 
SEE  US  . . .  • 
WE  LOAN  MONEY  ON 
ANYTHING  OF  VALUE 

Fox  Pawn  Shop 


MAUREEN  and 
HER  VIOLIN 

Tonight  at  8  O'clock 

SQSE  HILL 

Methodist  Church 

Frances  Arnold  at 
the, Organ  -  - 

Norman  Lovein 
preaching  on —  T 
"Valuable  Enemies" 


GRTODEB  PBISONER 


Word  has  been  received  by  the 
parents  of  Mario  (Motts)  Tonelli, 
former  Notre  Dame  football  star ,  ^ 
who  made  the  winning  touch-  j  S 
down  in  the  Ramblers'  13-6  vie-  " 
tory  over  Southern  California  in 
1937,  that  he  is  a  prisoner  of  the 
Japs  in  the  Philippi^ies.  "Motts" 
is  a  Sergeant  in  the  Coast  Artil- 
lery and  was  in  Noi'thern  Luzon 
when  the  Island  was  invaded  by 
the  Japs. 


BBSBBBBaaBDBBBBBOBBi 


BE  WISE,  SOLDIER! 

GIVE  HER 


WHAT  SHE  WANTS 
MOST  FOR  EASTER 

FOR  BETTER  PHOTOGRAPHS 

THE  LITTLE  STUDIO 

110614  BR0.4DWAY 
■  Orer  Chancellor's  .  <  S         Dial  2-6253 


U'e  here  at  Ghancellor's 
did  not  consider  time 
nor  -ertort,  tiioiigh  it 
lias -been  great  indeed, 
in  assembling  what  we 
think  is  the  tinest  and 
best  looking'^  uniform 
in  the  world.  There- 
fore, we  take  great 
pride  in  the  knowledge 
of  knowing  that  Qur 
label  is  seen  in  abund- 
ance in  .Australia,  as 
well  as  North  .\frica, 
England  and  Ch  i  n  a. 
Won't  you  come  in  and 
take  a  look  at  our 
clean-cut.  fabrics  that 
have  a  world  of  fight 
in  them  against  the 
ravages  of  war  and 
time. 

♦There  is  a-  difference  ia 
looks!  that  you  can  see. 


Chancdhr  Go 


"Columbus'  Finest  Men's  Store  For  70  Years" 
:       1108  BROADWAY 


FT.  BINNING  lAYONET,  FT.  BENNIN<S,       THURSPAY,  MARCH  Zl  1$43 


general  Mki 
'  Mi 

Fidpino  Chief-Staff 
Praises  Trainmg 
GivfiK  TfgeF  TroepL 


iii£pectio&  trip  to  Tiger  Cemp, 
w£tchmg  the  Annor£ider£  go 
Uirough  obsiecle,  iafiltration  md 
Jap-:n-the-gras£  courses.  He  wes 
greatly  impressed  by  the  demon- 
Etrations,  sorry  his  own  men  could 
not  ha\-e  had  such  training. 
'  F    Ff  i    '"I  ^--'ish  my  soldiers  could  have 

f4l»IV#'l.  W6      »       jored  regiment,  as  they  a-awled 

i  through  the  muddy  infUtration 
[course  under  machine  gun  fire 
I  during  E  driving  rain. 
iVALDEZ  SPEAKS 
I  "Your  officers  are  giving  you 
^.•e!•e  soaked  to  the :  ^'•'°"<i^i-f ul  instruction  here,"  he 
y      n-ee  aavs  of  camping  i^^'"^-  r^ot  look  on  it  as  a 

■  the  FE'-n,  but  they  smiled  I  ^anie,  do  not  consider  it  a  joke, 
't  the  man  who  spoke  to!'^^^^  '-^  seriously.  Think  that  you 
For  the  latter  had  endured '"^"^  ^'^       actual  battle.  Take  ad- 
'  i^ore  ♦har  s  little  rain-  and^^'^^^^E^       e\"ery  bit  of  training 
''"'4-'Jd  <^ti"  sniile.  He  was  Maj  -  'you  fiet." 

"5  rme'-al  Basilic  J.  Valdez,  the;  General  Valdez  has  been  a  gen- 
L-  'I-"  M..r.ch£ll  or  chief  of  staff :eral  officer  ------   


The  met 


i  the  middle  thir- 


^t!^e  gallant  Philippine 
'Gene"£l  Vaioez  v.-as  marling  an. 


SEWING  LESSONS 
^1.50  for  TwG-Kour 
L6££SE.c  Complete 

^eur  choice  ef  drfrssmaLiRg.— 
eltcrotioBS— restyling— cutting 
^nd  ffttifvg  er  home  oecoro- 
tions. 

^     ROV.'  forming. 

SINGER  SEWING 
CENTER 


Fort  Eenning  is  going  to 
cooperate  \\ith  Radio  Station 
WRBL  in  a  radio  auction  to 
stimulate  sale  of  war  bonds 
on  a  special  program  April  12. 

The  Bayonet  is  asking  for 
articles  to  be  auctioned.  Do 
any  of  our  celebrities  have 
some  little  thing  which  they 
would  be  willing  to  donate  to 
the  cause?»-Do  any  of  you  have 
hobbies  of  making  things,  me 
of  which  you  nught  donate? 
.  If  you  sore  willing  to  help 
make  the  war  bond  sale  a  suc- 
cess, call  the  public  relations 
office  and  we'll  help  you  or 
explain  further  details.  But 
the  time  is  -  getting  short. 
Give  us  a  ring  right  away. 

Uniform  Shop 
To  Join  'Center' 
Early  Next  Week 

First  shop  to  be  moved  to  the 
new  -shopping  center"  now  being 
built  near  the  Main  Exchange  on 
the  Post  at  Fort  Benning  will  be 
the  Fort  Benning  Exchange  Uni- 
form Department,  it  was  an- 
nounced by  Lt.  Col.  Harold  Mc- 
Caffey,  exchange  officer. 

The  uniform  depisrtment  will  be 
closed  Thursday  and  Friday  for 
taking  inventory  and  moving  to 
its  new  location,  just  south  of  the 
Howard  Bus  Station  in  the  new 
building  adjacent  to  the  Main 
Absent-minded  substitution  of  Branch  of  the  Exchange.  It  is 
the  word  "Love"  instead  of  '-Free"' j  expected  to  be  ready  for  opening 
on  the  letter  of  a  lieutenant  did 
not  retard  delivery  by  our  be- 
nevolent and  understanding  post- 
al authorit3'. 


outranks  most  generals 
our  army  today.  That  he  was  a 
medical  officer  in  the  American 
army  in  World  War  I,  a  somewhat 
inauspicious  start  for  an  army  ca- 
reerist, is  a  fine  -  tribute  to  his 
ability  as  a  soldier.  «• 

The  visit  by  General  Valdez 
and  the  general  officers  who"  ac- 
companied him  lifted  the  spirits 
of  the  men  in  Tiger  Camp,  where 
the  going  is  tough  even  without 
the  rain.  General  Valdez  was  ac- 
companied by  Major  General  Paul 
W.  Newgarden,  Tigei-  commander; 
Major  General  Leven  C.  Allen  and 
Brigadier  General  George  H. 
Weems  of  the  Infantiy  School"; 
Brigadier  General  Walter  S.  Ful- 
Fort  Benning  commandant; 
and  Brigadier  Generals  R.  A. 
Grov.'  and  Morrill  Ross  of  the 
10th  Armored  Division, 


WmL  Slates 
Bond  Auction 
By  Radio 


Fort  ieiiiiiiig  Calmdw 


Chapels 


PEOTESTASiT  EEEVICES 

Post  CbsDcI:  Communion  service  8:30 
t  m  MSi  Bible  claifi  9:30  m  6un- 
dkv  scliool  in  the  Children's  School  9:1= 
a,  ra.  MomiiiB  worship  10:30  "a^.  m.  An- 
them- "The  Lord  l£  E::alted"— West.  Ser- 
rnon^  Chaplain  P.  W.  Heifer.  Olfertory: 
So°S-Mrs^B.  F.  Wills.  ChriitlMi  ixwie 
S-30  D  m  under  direction  ol  Chsplaia 
Keirer."  Evening  worship  6:30  p.  ra..  Chap- 
lain A.  L.  Pollack. 

29th  Infantry:  Bible  study  8:15  a.  m. 
Morning  worship  10^  a.  m  Cht.p\iins  A.- 
chie  D.  Clart  and  Edgar  L.  Storey. 

Parachute  School:  Chapel  No.  1,  Mom- 
iic-  KOTEhio  lO'SD  a.  m.  Fellowahip  hour, 
7-30  p  S!  Chaplains  Walter  H.  Shine  and 
r.  S.  Zeller. 

Theatre  No.  2:  Main  Post,  corner  of, 
wold  and  Anderson:  For  men  of  the  i 
Br...  1st  S.T.R.  and  Acad.  Regt.,  Momii 
worship  ID  a."  m.  Chaplain  G.  S.  Reddic 
Station   Hospital:   Mommg  worship  _ 


large  day  i 


1  lor  t 


I  Det. 


>  colored  Det. 


An  Arimy  Wife 


by  the  first  of  the  week. 


Army- 

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^  chief  of  the  British  Commandos. 
h!and  other  high-ranking  British 
s  and  American  army  officers. 

Completing  their   tour  of  the 


^iored  Division  in  combat  training. 


Spring  is  officially  here!  Prognosticators  forecast  the  usual 
things  in  fashions.  Fripperies  and  doodads  are  definitely  out 
from  now  an.  Women  factory  workers  recently  selected  their 
choice  for  "The  Ten  Best  Dressed  Women  Of  The  Year."  Not 
4,  ellof  us  can  wear  the  welder's  helmets  and  rivereter's  overalls  they 
choose.  ■  We  can,  though,  be  better  dressed  if  we  shop  for  values 
and  quality.  So  let's  do  it. 

From  time  immemorial,  herbs  land  a  .  white  calf  one  strap  for 
^'a^•e  been  acceptea  as  excellent 'dress.  Inasmuch  as  older  boys 
ro'  only  for  health  but  also  fori  and  girls  are  limited  to  three 
besu'v..  Countic-ss  v.-omen  all; pairs  of  shoes,  just  the  w^ay  we 
orer  the-  v.orle.  relv.  on  .the! grownups  are,  it  is  more  than 
-reams,  powciers  and  lipsticks -ever  necessary  to  have  excellent 
from  The  Herb  Farm  Shop,  in  ^  quality  and  correct  fit.  A  care- 
London  to  care  for  soft,  lovely iful  check  by  an  X-ray  machuie 
:k!n-  An  ideal  lotion  for  the  land  the  cooperation  of  e'xperi- 
pre-ent  v.-mdv  anfl'  sunny  daj-sienced  fitters  makes  certain  that 

ead  IE  Lncier  Powaer  Mist,  I everj' youngster  will  be  wearing 

lich  is  also,  as  the  name  sug-ithe  perfect  shoe  for  his  type  foot. 

sis.  an  e.\celleijl  am  in  keep-; A  mistake   in  fit   might  v.-ell 

-  makeup  and  powder  fresh: change  the  walk  of  your  little 

-  houvc-  Perfum.es  and  toilet  ^  boy  or  girl  so  it  really  pays  to 
•ters  produced  bv  this  famous ;  buy  where  this  could  never  hap- 
■jse  P  e>:ouisite  fragrances '  pen.  Youngsters  alwas's  beg  for 
lilac,  v.nite  phlox,  green  moss,:ne\v  shoes  lo  wear  in  theh-  own 
it!  purple  and  the  number  one 'Easter  parade' so  take  care  cf 
;nt  snd  fEvonte;  of  the  Queen  Ithis  shopping  now. 

xfEnglana  Night  Scented  Stock. ' 


mg  mercha 


ivea 


I  Colui 


,•  KIRALFY'S.  In  addition ; 
,0  tne  cif-Linctr-.e  cosmetics,  tney  j 
^ko  b-hve  unusual  culmarv  herbs  | 
.vhich  v.oula  ennance  e\-en  thei 
r.osi  minca'.e  recine  of  Lscoffier. | 
r.n  aurac::\e  gifi  bowl  contain-! 
ing  EssorieG  v;:-iegar£.  herbs,  andj 
nerocl  seasoned  sails  can  later; 
K  usea  for  mixing  salads.  A 
■.'.■o(>ae:i  lo.-K  ana  spoon  has  been; 
L.'Oup.*i:fu;iv  jiicluoea  in  thisj 
lomoination.  .^.noiher  esDecialiyj 
:ve-catch:ng  ^■a!ue  is  a  practical! 
-Ezv  Susan  cmet  set  of  tarragon,  j 
sasil,  garlic,  eiaer  and  eschalot  i 
3r.;on.  K  vou  liave  a  yen  fori- 
:asiv  fia\-ois  in  vour  favorite | 
3:s.ief.  t.'^is  i.'-  an  unusual  oppor 


liisnv  an  Armv  v.-ife  will 
ce  pleased  to  '.-lew  me  fore- 
sig.nted  La.=ier  fashions  at 
J.  A.  KIRVE.V  CO.  Practical 
as  v.e  miist  lie  m  wartime, 
me  store  has  Diossomea  out 
for  snrm?  witn  smart  cres- 
ses nais  ana  accessories 
•'.men  snail  oloom  for  ever 
more.  Amohng  tnrough  the. 
mam  fioor.  as  v.^ell  as  up- 
sifau-s.  I  v.-as  attracted  by 
aresse.^  whicn  v.-oula  tie  ac- 
iigntfullv  oenenaaDle  from 
^'le  coming  noiiaav  season 
on.  \c-!-.sat!ie  coats  in  the 
newest  shaaes  are  available 
to  lop  a  .?ua\  e  spring  print 
or  Gark  sneer,  hats  ox  un- 
pie.e.niiou.s  cnarm  thought- 
idi.y  cnosen  here  woula 
co.nDme  v.-iin  anv  of  tnese 
Qresses  to  m.ake  a  Irulv  tire- 
less costume.  I  had  a  really 
'ntngLung  time  seeing  count- 
less beautiful  gloves  ana 
D<jgE  anc  aopropiiale  shoes 
so  perfect  for  toaav  ana  sea- 
sons of  tomorrow.s.  Every- 
-""Hg  Uirougnout  eacn  corner 
of  LUE  up  -  to  -  the-mmuie 
Etore  has  been  chosen  Keep- 
■^•S  m  mmd  that  women 
r.o.'.EQEys  win  snop  ana  snop 
enalessly  for  ourable  values 
••nc  fcshionv.'ise  merchan- 
fii&e.  I  luiow  vou'li  ouicklv 
rctuze,  EE  I  did.  tnat  this  is 
ioai-  cnance  to  looK  right 
'f-c  lovcIy  unoer  Georgia's 
s-r,  anc  stars  for  many 
»io.nuis  ahead. 

—  V 


COVIPAM    t  os  a 


"To  wear  with  confi- 
dence.'^ .  .  .  I've  said  that  be- 
fore, and  I  say  it  emphati- 
cally again  today  v/hen  qual- 
ity is  ever  more  important. 
You  can  have  confidence  in 
the  thnelv  collection  of  suits 
at  KAYSER-LILIENTHAL, 
ISC.  A  suit  which  would 
certainly  be  a  duration  dar- 
ling is  a  \irgin  wool  tweed 
v.-itii  threads  of  royal  blue,  . 
brown  and  white  patterned 
to  give  an  all-over  checked 
effect.  It  is  tailored  v.-ith 
painstaking  care,  so  neces- 
■  sary  in  this  trim  type  suit. 
In  these  days  of  skimpy 
hems  and  even  skimpier 
pleats,  the  ever  -  so  -  wide 
pleat  and  hem  of  the  skirt  is 
worth  noting.  Careful  de- 
tail-oring  to  stand  up  lo  the 
extra  demands  of  wartime  is 
noticeable  in  an  aqua  wool 
gabardine  suit.  Softly  tai- 
lored, the  minute  hand 
stitching  adds  a  fashionable 
touch  around  the  lapels  and 
down  the  front  of  the  long 
jacket.  This  popular  shop 
also  has  a  real  knockout  of 
a  suit  in  hounds-tooth  check 
of  black  and  white.  The  red 
crepe  lined  swagger  jacket 
boasts  matching  square  but- 
tons. The  black  skirt  has 
intricate  pockets  inside  the 
fiont.  .\nd  to  top  all  this, 
altiiough  the  suit  certainly 
needs  no  extra  filip,  is  a 
short  sleeved  scaiiet  wool 
blouse  fashioned  after  a 
man's  weskit.  Any  one  or  all 
of  these  suits  will  cerUinly 
serve  you  long  and  loyally 
on  the  home  front. 

If  vou've  been  keeping  your 
"ne'.vs'-'  ear  tuned  to  your  radio, 
vou'\e  undoubtedly  heard  the 
iood  word  about  SCKWOBILT 
catering  to  women.  Innumerable 
swatches  and  patterns  are  on 
display  in  the  delightful  show- 
room at  947  Broadway  so  you 
can  dilly-daUy  all  you  wish  until 
you've  decided  just  what  type 
tailored  suit  or  coat  you'd  hke 
them  to  make.  I  had  a  more-- 
or-less  inside  peek  at  several 
[•--uits  already  finished  for  some 
i  lucky  women.  There  were  sUits 
!of  imported  worsted  mohair,  ael- 
jicate  plaid  shetlands,  —-^ 


stop  V 


e  <r 

p'e  gooQ 


c  C 


SHO-E^out  shades  of  gabardines.  Es- 
pecially lovely  was  a  suit  and 
matching  top  coat  in  the  poodle- 
dog  shade  called  '-Camche, 
which  is  browner  than  beige  but 
beiger  than  browm.  The  joy  of 
picking  your  ver>'  owti  material 
and  style  is  heightened  by  know- 
ing it  won't  be  necessary  to  re- 
turn for  fitting  after  fitting.  An 
expert  tailor  mfikes  a  complete 
record  of  yojir  measurements 
and,  of  course,  notes  any  unusual 
details  to  which  you  wish  him 
to  pay  particular  attention.  All 
...  u.^..  and  you  do  then  is  wait  a  few  days 
ist  high  enough  to  and  drop  around  and  try  on  your 
.0  t  to  che  an.  les. !  completed  suit.  Don't  you  look 
c  .  ?  .  a  .elect  on 'lovely?  Isn't  it  well  tailored? 
0U5  Edv-ards  ivpejAJia  isn't  your  new  suit  3Ui_j 
are  rice'v  executed  whet  you  had  been  hoping  foi. 
ro  o-  £  black  patent! Of  course  it  iel   


vonderful 
oft  cniioren  s  footwear, 
■^■v.mg  boys  anc  gL^ls  neea  cor- 
:oe£  from  the  time  they 
:Enng  httle  booties.  This 
^y.^em   carries    the  Scientific 
itioe  which  is  ideal  when  little 
'■^  are  just  tai-nng  their  first 
-^■y  EtepE.      This  shoe  gets 
^^si  off  to  a  good  start  develop- 
''£r^"^^'  arches.    The  soft  ell-: 
£na  unlineo  moccasin 
:^therE  are  extremely  pliable 
^  gAe  tne  toes  plenty  of  room, 
.'^ps  .are  not  too  higli 


den,  commanding  general  of  the 
division.  Brig.  Gen.  Robert  A. 
!Grov>-,  comm.anding  general  _ot 
j  Combat  Command  A  and.  Brig. 
iGen.  Morrill  C.  Ross,  command- 
ling  general  of  combat  B,  escorted 
i  the  visitors  through,  the  Tenth 
■  Armored's  area. 

!  A  spectacular  display  of  fire 
i  power  of  an  armored  division 
( v.as  staged  for  the  visitors  at 
Range  9.  Most  of  the  basic  wea- 
pons of  the  armored  unit  fired  live 
ammunition. 

Among  the  displays  at  Range  3 
were  the  firing  of  an  Infantry 
platoon  with  mortars,  rifles,  light 
machineguns  and  tommy  guns. 
The  deadly  M-7  tank  destroyer, 
which  v.'as  used  effectively  in  the 
rout  of  Ro.mmel  from  El  Alamein, 
mounting  a  105  m.m.  howitzer  on 
a  medium  tank  chassis,  fired'al 
point  targets. 

The  highly  mobile  and  maneu-, 
verable  self-propelled  37  mm.  an- 
ti-tank gun  likewise  was  fired  at 
point  .targets.  A  platoon  of  me- 
dium tanks  fired  co-axial  mounted 
.30  cal.  machine  guns  at  moving 
tanks,  spitting  live  ammunition 
and  tracers  at  the  targets  whicn 
lent  i-eali-sm  to  the  demonstration. 

Light  and  medium  tanks  stag- 
ed a  demonstration.  The  M-5  light 
tanks  fired  their  37  mm.  guns  and 
machine  guns  at  point  targets 
v.-hile  the  M-4  General  Sherman 
tanks  also  fired. 

As  the  party  of  visitors  toured 
thi-ough  the  Tenth  Division's  arecr, 
the  foilowing  displays  were  ar- 
ranged v.'hich  the  visitors  observ- 
ed: A  mobile  water  purification 
unit,  division  train's  supply  de- 
pot and  staging  area,  field  .mes- 
sage center,  field  aid  station,  ten- 
ton  v.-recker  v/ith  light  tank,  anti- 
,  aircraft  battery  in  position,  and 
field  maintenance  stations. 
I  Completing  the  tour  of  the 
Tenth  Armored  Division,  the.  visi- 
tors returned  to  the  main^posi 
and  boarded  their  plane  at  Law- 
son  field,  taking  off  for  their  next 
;  destination. 


World- 


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Champagne-Marne.  St.  Mihiel  and 
Meuse-Argonne.  He  received  the 
[Divisional  Citation  and  later  re- 
ceived from  the  U.  S.  government 
the  Order  of  the  PuiTDle  Heart. 
I  He  also  wears  the  Fourragere, 
!  presented  by  the  French  army 
:  commander. 

Sgt.  Swift  claims  that  the  St. 
Mihiel  dri\-e  v.-as  tlie  heaviest  ar- 
tillery battle  in  the  history  of  the 
'  World  War  and  the  .A.rgonne  drive 
was  the  most  severe. 

Sgt.  'Swift  left  the  regular  army 
in  1922  as  first  sergeant.  He  served 
a  hitch  in  the  National  Guard,  one 
;  hitch  in  the  Regular  Army  Re- 
!  serve  and  one  hitch  in  the  U.  S 
Coast  Guard,  where  he  was  dis- 
:  charged  as  first  class  pettj-  officer. 
I  He  re-enlisted  as  privates  Feb- 
l  ruarv  7,  1942  and  was  assigned  lo 
the  Field  Artillei-y,  Fort  Bragg,  N. 
I C.  He  was  transferred  to  the  Air 
!  Corps  later.  


Services  for  patK 
1  Cros.';  Bldg.  at  10  a.,  m. 

Center:  Recreatio 


;eptiaB  Center:  Recreation  Hall.  Sun- 
ichool  9  a.  m.  Morning  worship  10:4j 
ra.  Chaplain  Charles  B.  Hodge. 
Dawson  Field:  Chapel  No.  2,  Men's  Bible 
idy  10  a.  m.  Morning  worship  ,  10:30  a. 
Evening  vespers  6:30  p.  m.  Song  service 
dnesdav  evening  7:30  p.  m.  Chaplains 
i-vd  6.  Smith  "and  P.  D.  Fowlkes. 
:Uh  General  Hospital:  New  Mess  Hall, 


Jemes  EUlsoa  and  Cturle*  — 

Utt.    30-Jl— FUGHT   FOR  FREEDOM— 
,  RoiSlind  Russell  and  Fred  MacMur- 
Jheater  Ne.  10 
Mar.  25— AIR  FORCE— John  Qarfield,  Har- 

"7  Carey  and  Gig  Young. 
Mar.   26— DIXIE  DUGAN— l-ols  Andrews, 

Tames  Ellison  and  Charles  Ruggles. 
^Mar.  27— WAKE  ISLAND— Brian  Donlevy, 

.     28-29— FLIGHT    FOR  FREEDOM— 
Rosalind  Russell  and  Fred  MecMurray. 
Mar.  30— IDAHO— Roy  Rodger*  and  Smi- 
ley Bumette. 
AFTER     MIDNIGHT    WITH  BOSTON 

BLACKIE— Chester  Morris  and  George 

E.  atone. 

Mar.  31— rr  AIN'T  HAY— Bud  Abbott  and 
LOM  Costello. 

Boys'  Activities 

Scout  Troop  No.  11— Fridays. 
Cub  Pack  No.  1— Fridays,  S:l»  ».  »., 
Bov  Scout  Cabin.  ' 
Rangers,  Fridays,  J:M  p.  m..  Ecoat 

Cabin. 

Jeeps— Basketball    each  day, 
30.  Main  gymnafitini. . 
Peeps— Junior    Basketball    .earn.  Dally 
30  to  6:30  p.  -   


Wrestling  Team 


.  29th  InJamry  Reerea- 
.  Tuesday,  5:30-6:2 


Monday 


rship 


7:30  1 


6:30 


nurses'  recreation  hall).  Chaplain  Archie 
'''sMth^^l/fanlry:  Sunday  morning  regl- 


H.1K.M0.vy  CHt-'BCH  AREA 

1-J4th  Infantry:  Chapel-  No.  l.Momii 
worship  11:30  a.  m.  Evening  worship  7: 
p.  m.  Co.T.munion  each  first  Sunaa 
Chaplains  A.  W.  Whiiaiier  and  Claren 


3rd  Stud.  Train.  Eegt. 


Ohapla 
Chapel  No. 


b!'  Billmann.  Color 
and  7  p.  m.  Chapla 


Fourth  Detachment  Specii 
ond  Army:  Worship  at  9 
S63rd  Ordnance   day  rooir 


d  No.  2  LawEo: 
int:l  all^  are,  h 


al  Hospiti 
7:30 ''p.  m'.. 


I.  ni.:  10:30  a.  m.  and  : 
Station  Hospital:  Mas 

!ui!d;ng,   Corridor  C 


:   Training  Ketiment:  Mas 


.  Road   Har.mony   Church  . 


9:30  a 


1  B-2.5  Suid; 
s  of  th! 


■  Church  Are 


Hal! 

Ba;-.ai;nn. 
Chapel  No.  t,  Ilarmc 

em  Training  Regiment:  Mass 

Chapel  No.'j.  ISlth  Infantry  Area:  Mai's 
;  F.r.b  a.  ni.  and  10  a.  m. 

:14  th  General  Hospital:  Mass  will  be 
i!d  in  the  OSficers'  Mess  Hall  at  10:30 

Reception  Center:  Mass  m-ill  be  said 

Recrea::on  Hall  at  8:30  a.  m. 
Chapel  No.  S,  Lanson  Field:  Mass 


rheatre  No.  !,  loca'ted  on  Wold  and  An- 
ricn  Avenue:  Mass  at  8:30  a.  m. 
Benediction  and  Rosary  will  be'  held  iE 
mpel  No.  4;  Main  Post  - 


:n  Chapel 
iEWlSH  .SERVICES 


i  Chapel  No. 
:  Heart  bevotio: 


;   Medal  Nover 


Main  Pott,  Lawson 
111  Parachute  Infan- 


of  the  Srd  Student  Trainins 
Parachute  Infantry  ReEiments, 
the"  Student  Training  Brigade  and  :c4tU 
"on:  Every  Sunday  inornin?, 
Ill  War  Depi.  Theatre  No.  9. 

I  the  2nd  Student  Training 
i4lh  Infantry, 


Radio 


Programi  with  a  G.  I.  twist. 
MARCH  25 
6:00  P.M.— "Port  Benning  On  t}ie  Air"— 
WRBL 

6:55  P.M.— Harsch  and  the  news— CBS 
9:15  P.M. — Quartermaster  Quarter  Hour 


9:30  P.M.— "Stage  Door  Cant 
10:00  P.M.— "The.  First  Line"— 
10:30  P.M.— "Wings  To  Virlory 
11:30  P.M.— "Music  of  the  New 


i:00  P.M.— "Fort  Benning  On  't 


,VRBL 
'-BLU 
World"- 


WRBi. 


8:00  P.M.— Kate  Smith— CBS 
8:30  P.M.— The  Thin  Man—CBS 
.8:30  P.M.— "Meet   Yoiir   Navy"— BLU 
9:30  P.M.— That  Brewster  Boy— CBS 

10:00  P.M.— Camel  Caravan— CBS 

10:45  P.M.— Elmer  Davis,  News 

MABCH  27 

7:00  A.M.— "Benning  Bandwagon" — 

WRBL 

2:30  P.M.— Spirit  of  '43— CBS 
3:30  P.M.— "Hello  From  Hawaii"— WRBL 
4:15  P.M.— Report  From  London— WRBL 
.1:00  P.M.— "Doctor*  At  War"— NBC 
7:00  P.M.— "Over  There"— BLU 
":00  P.M.— Report  to  the  Nation— CBS 


:;30  P.M.— "Thanks 


>  the  1 


0  P.M.- 


".\merlcan  Eagle  Club" 
London  I— MBS 
-Solalera  With  Winge"- 


WRBL 


MARCH  28 
"  ;00  P.M.— "The 
45  P.M.— Capiai 


  _       _    -CBS 

■Sgt.  Gene  Autry— WRBL 
:00  P.M.— The  Commandos — CBS 
:30  P.M.— The    Stars    and    Stripes  in 
Britain    (from  .  London i— MBS 


.  m.  Mrs.  James  Natettein's  quaittrs, 


Woik  ftam 

"urgical  di  

m.,   Monday  through 

'ednesday,  9  a.  m.  to  n  iwua.  xn 
charge  Monday,  Mrs.  John  Jeter;  Tues- 
Mrs.  John  Magonl;  Wednesday,  Mrs. 
I.  McCullough;  Thursday,.  Mrs.  Wii- 
^_        Huffstetler;    Friday,    Mrs.    E.  A. 

"  wing  and  knitting  —  Tuesday  and 
•sday,  1:30  to  4:30  p.  m.  In  charge 
day,  Mrs.  Paul  N^wgarden;  Thurs- 
Mrs.  James  Weaver. 

MOTOR  CORPS 

Headquarters  at  SOI  Miller  Loop.  T( 
phone  2541  for  Motor  Corps  to  pick 

On  duty  Friday*  March  26?' Mrs.  T. 

ulin;  March  2S,  Mrs.  L. 'M.  Miles  "and 
Mrs.  Wilfred  Jackson;  March  30.  Mrs. 
Wendell  Langdon  and  Mrs.  T.  R.  Gibson; 
March- 31,  Mrs.  C.  M.  Sagmoen. 


Eden- 


7:30  P.M.— --We. 


0  P.M.— "Hellc 


WRBL 


8:15  P.5»I.— 1 

8:00  P.M.— .4rmy  Hour' 


elJe.s— WRBL 


  ,  (from  Army 

YMCA.-USOj— WRBL 
■Fred  Allen— CBS 
Take  It  or  Leave  It— CBS 
the  Gun— CBS" 


.-:30  P.M.— Man 
M.ARCH  29 
7:00  A.M. — "Benning  Bandwagon"— 

,  WF 

5:45  P.M.— Keep  the  Homefires  Burn 
6:00  P.M.— "Port  Benning  On  the  An- 

7:lS  P.M.— "Ceiling  Limited"    (with  < 

son  Welles  I— CBS 
8:30  P.M.— "Listen,  It's  Port  Benning 

Variety  show,  featuring 
Reception    Center  Orchcs 

10:30  P.M.-f-'Lands  of  the  rree"-r-NBC 
MARCH  30 

A.M.— "Behninf  BKidwagon"— 


(Continued  from  Page  1) 

ery's  British  Eighth  Army  smash- 
ing through  prepared  positions  of 
the  Germans  and  threatening  their 
last  stand. 

Mr.  -Eden  has  extended  the  con- 
gratulations of  the  British  people 
on  the  American  victories  in  the 
South  Pacific,  mentioning  partic- 
ularly the.  recent  destruction  of 
the  large  Japanese  convoy. 

'"The  British  people,"  he  said, 
■ha\^e  watched  with  interest  the 
intense  prowess  of  American 
forces  and  their  Australian  com- 
rades in  arms  in  the  Pacific  thea- 
!r.  The  British  people  would 
ant  me  to,  extend  to  y^ou  then- 
warmest  congratulations  'on  the 
signal  victory  in  which  American 
forces  destroyed  the  Japanese  con- 
•oy  recently." 
NEVER  AGAIX 

In  speaking  of  war  aims  at  his 
press  conference,  Mr.  Eden  said 
the  important  thing  is  to  take 
precautions  this  time"  so  that 
Germany  and' Japan  would  never 
ie  able  "to  start  this  thing  again." 

"That  is  fundamental,"  he  con- 
tinued. '"We  should  not  adopt  the 
attitude  as  the  last  time.  I 
dort't  think  it  is  wise' just  to  set 
a  new  government  in  Germany 
and  trust  to  luck.  We  have  got'  to 
take  precautions  in  both  Germany 
and  Japan."  - 

Italy  is  diffierent.  I  don't  think 
the  Italian  menace  will  be  a  long 
enduring  one." 
COLLABORATION 

touching,  upon  post-war 
problems,  the  British  Foreign  Sec- 
etary  again  emphasized  collabo- 
•ation  ambng  the  members  of  the 
United^  Nations,  mentioning  par- 
larty  Britain,  America  '  and 
Russia.      •      '  '  , 

'•That  kind  of  collaboration,"- he 
went  on,  "is  pretty  well  indispen- 
sable if  we  are  going  to  have  a 
stable  peace  after  the  war.  I  don't 
mean  any  exclusive  collaboration. 
It,  of  course,  would  bring  in  Chi- 
na and  wouW  be  the  foundation- 
for  the  kind  "of  collaboration  we 
would  like  .to  see  among  all  mem- 
bers of  the  United  Nations." 


O.C.  Breaks 
M-1  Record 

Firing  Gun  For  Second 
Time  In  His  Life 
Crain  Loses  2  Points 

Firing  the  M-1  rifle  for  the, 
second  time  in  his  life,  Hugh  F, 
Crain,  an  officer  candidate  in  the 
Third  Company  of  the  Second 
Student  Training  Regiment,  has 
just  broken  all  records  of  the  M-1 
i-ifle  at  Fort  Benning  with  a  score 
of  338  out  of  a  possible  340. 
The  previous  range  record  here 
as  336  and  the  highest  score 
made  by  an  officer  candidate  was 
332;  until  Crain,  who  is  a  native 
of  CaiSthage,  Mo.,  topped  both 
records;  His  only  shots  outside 
the  bullseye  were  two  at  500 
yards. 

In  addition  to  Crain,  the  regi 
ment  jiow  has  such  rifle  experts 
as  Osdar  L.  Gaillman,  officer  can- 
didate in  the  30th  Company,  hold- 
er of  the  Knuble  Trophy  and  top 
rifleman-  on  the  1940  Infantry 
team  at  Camp  Perry;  and  First 
Sergeant  Joe  B.  Sharp  of  the 
Fifth  Company,  coach  of  many 
winning  Infantry  teams  at  Camp 
Perry  and  himself  an  internation- 
al champion  and  member  of  the 
U.  S.  1930  team  which  won  the 
international  rifle  championship 
in  Belgium. 

Lieut.  John  'V.  Baker  established 
new  low  in  understatement 
when,  following  the  sinking  of 
his  ship,  sent  his  mother  a  mes- 
sage saying  "Not  much  news.  Will 
let  you  know  if  anything  hap- 
pens." • 

tourniquet  should  not  be 
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necessary  to  stop  bleeding  and  a 
tag  inscribed  with  the  exact  time 
of  application  must  be  conspicu- 
ously attached  to  the  casual. 


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9:00  P.M.— Bur»s  and  Allen— CBS 
MARCH  31  , 
7:00  A.M.— "Bennine  Bandwagon"-— 

WRBL 

6:00  P.M.— "Fort  Benning  On  the  A:r'~ 
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B  t  Co.— CBS 

Women's  Activities 

Victory   Gardens  —  Thursday.   April  1, 


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dolph Scot-,  and  Glenn  Forri. 
Ur  27— BAD  MEN  OP  THUNDER  GAP— 

Ti;e  Texa.s  Ranger.^. 
FALL  IN— Wi:;;am  Tracy  agd  Joe  Saw- 

iar"  :!8-29— HELLO.  'FR16C0,  HELXO— 
AUce  Faye,  John  Payne  and  Jack 
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Car.  30— WAKE  ISLAND— Brian  Donlevy. 

Robert  Pre.ston  and  Wili:ara  Bend::;, 
[ar.    31— DIXIE   DUG.AN-— Lois  AndreT-s, 
James  Elii.':on  a::d  Charie.':  Ruggles. 
Theatre  No.  2  and  .No.  .'5 
Mar.  2i— IT  .■\LN  T  HAY— Bud  Abbott  and 

Ui^-2e  "^Thoafer  No.  2i— B.-LD  ME.N  OF 
THUNDER  GAP— Trie  Texas  Ranger.s. 
THE  SPIRIT  OF  YOUTH— Joe,  Louis  and 

[ar''26'"°iThea'.er'  No.  3)— B.i.D  MEN  OF 
THU.NDER  -  C7AP— The  Texas  ■.  Rai!ger.s. 
TALL.  IN— William  Tracy  and  Joe  6aw- 

lar!    27— DESPERATE    JOURNEY— Errol 
Flynn,  Ronald  Reagan  and  Alan  Hale, 
lar.     2S-29— THE    DESPER.4DOES— Ran- 
QOloh  Scott  and  Glenn  Ford. 
Mar.    30— DIXIE   DUGAN— Lois  AndrewE. 

James  Ellison  and  Charles  Ruggle.>i. 
Mar.  31— HELLO,  'FRISCO,  HELLO— Alice 
Faye,  John  Payne  and  Jack  Oakie. 
Theater  Xo.  4  and  R 
Mar.    25— DISPER.\TE  JOURIv"EY— Errol 
FlTOn,  Ronald  Reagan  and  Alan  Hale. 
Mar.  ^6-27— IT  AIN'T  HAY- Bud  AbOD:t 

and  Lou  Costello. 
Mar.  28— DIXIE   DUGAN— Lois  Andrews, 

James  Ellison  and  Charles  Rugfrles. 
Mar.  29— BAD  MEN  OP  THUNDSK  CAP 
—The  Texas.  Rangers. 
FALL  IN— William  Tracy  and  Joe  Eawj 

Mar'^'^^bo-SI- THE    DESPERADOES— Ran- 
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James  EUnon  and  - Charles  Ruggle:. 

Mar.  28-29— IT  AIN'T  HAY— Bud  Abbott 
and  -  Lou  Costello. 

Mar.  30— EAD  MEN  OF  THDNDER  GAP 
— The  Texas  Rangers. 
FALL  IN— William  Tracy  and  Jo»  Sa«r-. 

Mar.^*31— WAKE  ISLAND^Erian  Donlevy 
and  Robert  Preston. 

Theaters  No.  9  and  11 
Mar.   25— BAD  MEN  OF  THU>rDER  GAP 
—The  Tfxa«  Ranger.^. 
F.ALL  IN— William  Tracy  and  Joe  Saw- 

Msr^'26-27— AIR  FORCE— John  Garlield, 

Harry  Carey  and  Gig  Y'oung. 
Mar.  28— WAKE  ISLAND— Brian  Donlevy 

lar.  '  29 — DIXIF.   DUGAN— Lois  Andrews. 


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Blackstone  The  Magician 

Schedufed  For  5  Days 


i    Necromancer  Bringing 
;    Large  Company  To 
:    Aid  In  USO  Show 

Blackstone,  the  greatest  magi- 
cian in  the  world,  who  boasts  he 
carries  no  mirror  with  him  nor 
does  he  require  any  trapdoors  to 
be  cut  in  the  stage  on  which  he 
performs,  will,  bring  his  company 
of  15  and  other  star  acts  to'  Fort 
Benning  for  a  five-night  stand 
beginning  Tuesday,  March  30. 

These  adventures  into  the  world 
of  the  occult  are  coming  to  Ben- 
ning through  arrangements  made 
by  Lt.  Col.  Charles  C.  Finnegan, 
special  ser\^ice  officer,  with  USO- 
\   Camp  Shows. 

^  The  show  will  play  at  the  Main 
Theater  Tuesday,  March  30,  at 
6:45  and  8:45  p.  m.  and  Wednes-' 
day,  March  31,  at  6:45  p.  m.  The 
8:45  p.  m.  performance  that  night 
will  be  for  colored  personnel  only. 

Blackstone  and  his  company 
will  be  at  Theater  No.  7  in  the 
Sand  Hill  Area  Thursday,  April 
•  1,  at  7  and  9  p.  m.  The  shov,' 
will  play  two  nights  in  the  Har- 
mony Church  "Area,  Friday,  April 
2.  at  7. and  9  p.  m.  in  Theater 
No.  11.  and  Saturday,  April  3,  at 
7  and  9  p.  m.  in  Theater  No.  4. 
GIELIE  SHOW 

With  his  large  company,  of 
talented  assistants,  Blackstone.  is 
said  to  offer  the  most  pretentious 
magic  show  e\-er  to  be  presented 


anywhere.  Girls  predominate  in 
the  show. 

Ghostly  seances,  spirit  wiling 
and  mysterious  experiments  with 
the  audience  participating  are  on 
the  show's  menu.  Titles  of  a  Jew 
of  the  acts  are  The  Girl  and  the 
Tree,  The  Girl  and  the  Bush,  The 
Water  Fountain,  The  Enchanted 
Fountain,  THe  Girl  in  the  Electric 
Cabinet,  The  Girl  on  the  Trapeze, 
The  Man  With  the  Whiskers,  and 
others. 

Blackstone  is  now  in  his  thir- 
tieth year  on  tour  as  the  world's 
leading  magical  entertainer.  '■ 

In  addition  to  the  magic  show, 
Frank  Boss  and  Anita  Pierre, 
comedy  impersators,  will  be  fea- 
tured. They  will  do  take-offs  on 
prominent  personages,  and  Miss 
Pierre  will  sing. 

The  Clark  Sisters',  Ann,  Peggy, 
Jean  and  Mary,  will  offer  their 
delightful  harmonies,  botli  sweet 
and  hot.  They  first  appeared  with 
Buddy  Piogers  and  his  orchestra 
before  they  were  in  their  'teens 
and  have  since  been  on  Bing  Cros- 
by's Music  Hall  program,  have 
sung  with  the  orchestras  of  Benny 
Goodman  and  Shep  Fields  and 
were  featured  attractions  during 
the  recent  season  at  the  Hotel 
McAlpin  in  New  York.' 

And  then  there's  Monroe  and 
Grant,  the  latter  having  been  "big 
time"  for  25  years.  Consolo  and 
Melba  ■  have  just  joined  the  unit. 


BLACKSTONE  WAVES  WAND,  RESULT— BEAUTIES! 


The  Tiiriff  Shop  Proves 
Bgrgeiin'Hy uteres  Pgradise 


Scribe  Discovers 
Miniature  Caledonian 
Market  Piace 

By  PVT.  THOfilAS  DEVINE 
As  most  of  us  have  discovered, 
the  Army  thinks  of  everything 
so  here,  on  Wold  Ave.,  hard  by 
dispensary  A  we  have  a  minia- 
ture Caledonian  market  where 
you  can  buy  (at  a  bargain,  mind 
you)  a  set  of  Wedgwood  plates, 
an  electric  toaster,  a  guitar  and, 
if  not  a  Schiaparelli  original,  then 
at  least  a  passable  copy  by  Klein 
(You  know,  "on  the  Square). 

The  Thrift  Shop  is  the  result 
of  a  rummage  sale  held  about 
three  years  ago  by  the  Society  of 
Army  Daughters  of  which  Mrs. 
S.  R.  Tapper  is  president.  So 
successful  was  this  event  that  the 
Daughters  decided  to  make  it  per- 
petual and  established  a  sort  of 
eternal  rummage  sale  in  a  shed 
in  the  Quartermasters'  area.  Con- 
tinued success  and  expediency  im- 
pelled the  enterprise  to  move  to 
its  present  situation  in  1941,  where 
it  has  flourished  ever  since. 
HUMANITY  LOVES  IT 

Humanity  in  general,  but  the 
feminine  gender  mor%  particu- 
larly, loves  a  bargain  and,  re- 
gardless of  a  girl's  financial  status 
she  would  rather  buy  a  thing  at 
a  bargain  price  even  if  it  might 
cost  less  new  in  a  regular  retail 
shop.  And,  if  you  think  that  only 
the  poor  and  underprivileged  go 
in  for  second-hand,  just  drop  in 
to  the  Parke-Bernet  Auction  Gal- 
'  . .  ies  the  next  time  you're  in  New 
^  York  and  you'll  see  more  milUon- 
aires  to  the  square  foot  than  you'd 
believe  possible.  They're  so  plenti 
ful  they  seem  to  be  coming  out 
of  the  woodwork. 

By  the  same  token  s  military 
parallel  may  be  witnessed  any 
morning  in  .tlie  week  or  all  day 
on  Thursday  which  are  the  bank- 
ers' hours  of  the  Thrift  Shop.  A 
general's  lady  exulting  over  a  few 
precious  square  feet  of  chicken 
wire,  to  guand  her  flower  beds 
from  the  punitive  operations  of 
tlie  squirrels  or  a  sergeant's  wife 
clutching  an  electric  toaster  the 
like  of  which  she  cannot  find 
a  sivilian  operated  shop. 
€HICHI  ATMOSPHERE 

Lest  the  foregoing  'give  the  im_- 
prcssion  of  a  very  chichi  atmos- 
-phere  let  it  be  hastily  said  that 
there  is  actually  as  much  to  inter 
est  the  pri\-ate  of  limited  posses- 
sions as  there  is  in  the  way  of 
household  goods. 

If,  for  example  an  ill-advised 
newspaper  item  before  ^  your  in- 
duction, prevented  you  from 
bringing  a  travelling  bag  along 
.  with  you  .  end  yon  .find  yourself 
on  the  brink  of  a  furlough  utterly 
without  luggage,  for  six  bits  or 
so  you  can  wangle  yourself  a  not 
too'bad  suitcase  or  satchel  which 
will  serve  your  purpose  very  well. 

Should  you.  on  the  other  hand, 
be  one  of  those  public  menaces^ 
with  a  passion  for  doleful  hill- 
billv  music  you  can  buy  a  guitar 
for"  a  small  sum  at  the  Thrift 
Shop  and  drive  the  rest  of  the 


garrison  to  driiik  (if  they  need 
any  further  incentive)  by  strum- 
mmg  an  accompaniment  to  "The 
Wabash  Cannon  Ball"  for  hours 
on  end.  (N.  B.  Non  addicts  of 
such  rustic  symphonies  might 
club  together  and  buy  up  all 
available  stringed  instruments  as 
a  preventive  measure). 
YOU'LL  BE  SURPRISED 

You  smart  young  things  who 
have  houses  here  on  tlie  post  and 
_  _  'getting  along  on  a  shoe- 
string, my  dear"  might  hike  over 
and  haunt  the  Thrift  Shop  from 
time  to  time.  In  case  you  didn't 
know  it  the  smartest  interior 
decorators  get  considerable  ma- 
terial, from  just  such  sources  and, 
after  applying  a  little  paint  and 
imagination,  sell  it  to  you  at  re- 
spectable prices. 

Most  of  those  chic  furniture 
props  you  see  as  a  background 
for  Balenciaga  models  in  Vogue 
and  Harper's  Bazaar  were  sal- 
vaged from  some  second-hand 
shop  on  Second  Avenue  (N.  Y.  C.),. 
whooped  up  a  bit  with  a  can  of 
paint,=  a  few  yards  of  cotton  fringe 
or  striped  sateen. 
To  be  perfectly  specific:  there 
a  marble-topped  Victorian  par- 
lor table  there  at  the  preseit  writ- 
ing. In  its  present  state  it  is 
more;  curious  than  useful.  How- 
ever, if  it  were  cut  in  two,  painted 
a  flat  .white  or  pastel  shade  and 
the  carvings  picked  out  in  gold 
you'd  have  a  very  smart  pair  of 
consoles  to  attach  to  the  wall  in 
the  foyer  or  dining  room.  You 
have  to  be  on  the  ball,  girls,  when 
you're  an  army  wife.  After  all 
it  doesn't  cost  any  more  to  live 
in  a  smart  and  comfortable  house 
than  a  stiff  and  stupid  one  if  you 
put  that  briUiant  imagination  of 
yours  to  work  and  add  a  bit  of 
elbow  lubrication. 
PROFITS  TO  CHARITY 

It's  always  a  comfort  to  know 
that  you're  doing  good  to  others 
at  the  same,  time  you're  benefit- 
ting yourself.  The  personnel  of 
the  Thrift  S"-op,  which  is  man- 
aged by  Mrs.  Hamilton  Thorn, 
assisted  by  Mrs.  W.  R.  Desobi-y, 
includes  but  two  paid  workers, 
the  rest  being  volntary. 

The  merchandise  sources  are 
just  where  they  find  them  though, 
of  course,  most  of  the  items  come 
from  residents  or  persons  at- 
tached tothe  Fort.  Some  com- 
modities are,  donated  outright, 
'hile  others  are  placed  uon  con- 
:gnment  by  the  owners.  The 
shop  authorities  will  place  these 
on'  sale  for  three  months.  If  sold, 
the  shop  takes  10  percent  of  the 
selling  price  and  the  former  owner 
gets  the  balance. 

The   proceeds   from   the  shop 
„jve  been  contributed  to  the  ob- 
stetric ward  of  the  _^hospital.  the 
Red  Cross,  furnishing  of  a  day 
om,  and  other  worthy  causes. 

Seniority  "in  U.  S.  decorations 
belongs  to  The  Congressional 
Medal  of  Honor.  It  is  given  to 
officers  and  enlisted  men  of  all 
the  services  for  conspicuous 
galantry  in  actual  combat  beyond 
the  call  of  dutj'.  < 


Bondsman  Blizzard  Blows  Blasts; 
Aims  At  Alligator  Aggregation 


"Of  course' swing  is  in  my  blood, 
why,  even  my  corcuscles  are 
Hep." 

That's  the  way  Pvt.  Albert  D. 
Blizzard,  Headquarters  Company, 
Third  Battalion,  124th  Infantry, 
testified  about- his  musical  back- 
ground. 

Pvt.  Blizzard  comes  from  a  long 
line  of  musicians.  His  .  mother 
beats  out  on  the  piano  and  organ; 
his  Dad  slides  along  .with  a  trom- 
bone; while  his  brother  blew  a 
hot  trumpet  in  Charlie  Barnett's 
band,  before  he  enlisted  in  the 
army". ,  Blizzard,  himself,  swung 
an  alto  sax  in  Artie  Shaw's  ag- 
gi^gation  until  he  auditioned  be- 
fore his  localjiraft  board  doctors. 
Now  his  rhythmical  background 
is  being  put  to  use  on  the  manual 
of  arms,  as  he  is  one  of  the  new- 
est recruits  in  the  Gator  Regi- 
ment. 


At  the.  age  of  16,  -while  still 
attending  high  school,  he  joined 
a  band  which  was  on  tour  for 
the  .  entire  summer.  Winding  up 
the  one-night  stands,  he  returned 
to  his  scholastic  studies  in  the 
fall.  But  the  caU  of  the  wild  and 
hot  melodies  won  out  over  the 
tame  and  cold  facts  of  high  school 
learning,  and  Blizzard  quit  school 
the  following  year  to  follow  in  the 
footsteps  of  the  jive-masters. 
■  Blizzard  has  tooted  his  sax  in 
such  famous  places  as  the  Mea- 
dowbrook,  N.  J.,  Hotel  Sherman, 
Chicago,  Strand  Theater,  New 
York, "  and  several  spots  in  Green- 
wich Village. 

When  BUzzard  completes  his 
basic  training,  he  expects  to  join 
the  124th  Infantry  Band  and  tlien 
really  get  in  the  groove  with  the 
Gators. 


Corporal  Aiken 
Writes  Song 

Lyrics  To  Be  Published, 
played  Over  Network 

A  song,  "Just  lor  the  Sake  of 
a  Memory,"^ which  has  been  ac- 
cepted for  publication  by  a  West 
Coast  music  firm  and  which  soon 
will  make  its  debut  on  a  nation- 
ally broadcast  radio  program,  has 
been  composed  by  Cpl.  Earl  L. 
Aiken,  a  clerk  in  the  personnel 
section  of  the  Third  Student 
Training  regiment's  headquarters. 

Apparently  very  well  pleased 
with  the  quality  of  Corporal 
Aiken's  spng,  the  publishing  firm 
has  offered  him  a  contract  for 
publication  of  any  other  songs 
he  now  has  available  and  those 
he  may  develop  in  the  near  fu- 
ture. 

An  indefatigable  ti-acer  of  new 
melodic  patterns,  the  corporal  de- 
clares the  disjointed  fragments  of 
"Just  for  the  Sake  of  a  Memory" 
occurred  to  him  as  far  back  as 
two  years  ago.  It  v.-as  in  the  Head  - 
quarters Company  day  room,  at 
the  company  piano,  however, 
where  he  recently  eradicated  the 
rough  edges  of  the  song  and  added 
the  fill-ins  and  modulations  which 
give  it  the  smooth  .dreamy  qual- 
ities it  possesses. 

Corporal  Aiken  had  his^  own 
band  while  a  student  at  Lenoir 
Rhyne  college  in  his  own  home 
city  of  Hickory,  N.  C,  and  as- 
sisted in  the  production  of  the 
first  of  a  series  of  "Campus  Ca- 


Eight  Finance 
Men  Promoted 

Eight  enlisted  men  of  the  De- 
tachment Finance  department, 
Fourth  Service  command,  have 
been  given  promotions  upon  the 
recommendation  of^their  detach- 
ment commander. 

Technician  Fourth  Grade'  Rus- 
sell S.  Emig  has  been  promoted 
to  technician  third  grade,  and 
Technicians  Fifth  Grade  Frank  J. 
Hundt  and  George  W.  Keegan 
have  been  appointed  technicians 
fourth  grade.  Privates  First  Class 
Carmine  C.  Di  Donato  and  Walter 
J.  Malle  have  been  advanced  to 
technicians  fifth  grade,  and  Pri- 
vates Leslie  C.  Schrage,  Oscar  D. 
Cummins  and  Calvin  H.  Oslin 
have  been  promoted  to  privates, 
first  class. 


;"  shows  which  have  become 
at  annual  event  at  Lenoir  Rhyne. 

here  he  was  graduated  with  a 
B.  A.  degree. 

He  composed  the  music  for 
three  Army  shows  produced  at 
Camp  Croft,  S.  C,  where  he 
underwent  his  basic  training.  Sev- 
eral of  his  unpublished  pieces 
have  been  broadcast  from  North 
Carolina  radio  stations. 

Corporal  Aiken  writes  both 
words  and  music  for  his  songs, 
and  inspiration  for  the  lyrics  in- 
riably  arrives  Simultaneously 
th  his  discovery  of  a  novel 
tone  structure.  "W^hen  free  of  his 
duties,  he  usually  can  be'  found  m 
his  company  day-room  working 
out  the  myriads  of  ideas  for  songs 
which  flash  through  his  brain  at 
odd  moments  during  the  day. 


Twenty-two  bucks  a  month  are 
deducted  from  servicemen's  pay 
under  the  S.  D.  A.  A,  This  deduc- 
tion is  made  whether  his  depend- 
ents are  in  class  A  (wife  and 
child,  or  children)  or  class  B 
(parents,  brother,  sister  •  and 
grandchild).  However,  if  an  al- 
lowance is  paid  to  dependents  in 
both  class  A  and  class  B,  $27  will 
be  deducted  from  his  pay.  * 


Soldiers  Entitled  , 
To  Rationed  Goods 
While  Furloughed 

Under  Office  of  Price  Adminis- 
tration rationing  regulations, 
soldiers  on  furlough  for  seven 
days  or  more  are  entitled  to  ob- 
tain quantities^ of  rationed  foods 
which  may  be  used  to  supplement 
the  rations  of  the  soldier's  family 
or  friends  with  whom  he  is  spend- 
ing his  furlough,  'aCcording  to 
word  reaching  Fort  Benning. 

The  soldier  may  have  one-half 
poimd  of  sugar  and  16  points  for 
processed  food  for  each  week  or 
fraction  thereof  of  his '  furlough. 
He  is  also  entitled  to  one  pound 
of  coffee  for  each  ration  period. 

The  extra  rations  may  be  ob- 
tained by  the  soldier  by  present- 
ing his  furlough  papers  to  the 
local  War  Price  and  Ration  Board 
functioning  m  the  area  where  he 
is  visiting.  The  board  will  write 
or  stamp  its  designation  upon  the 
furlough  papers  and  will  tlien  is- 
sue, certificates  in  Ihe  proper 
amount  for  each  of  the  commodi- 
ties requested  by  the  soldier.  The 
certificates  so  obtained  may  bej 
used  at  all  grocery  stores  in  the 
same  fashion  as  are  ration  stamps 
and  will  be  worth  -  the  same 
quantity  of  food  products  or  the 
number  of  points  written  thereon. 

It'  is  expected  that  the  forth- 
comirfg  regulations  covering  the 
rationing  of  meat,  cheesQ  and  fats 
or  oils,  and  canned  fish,  will  con- 
tain similar  provisions  for  soldiers 
on  furlough,  except  that  the 
soldier  need  be  on  furlough  only 
three  days  or  more. to  obtain  them, 
receiving  eight  points  for  each! 
three  days  of  furlough  or  fraction 
thereof. 


crochets.  He  says  it  calms  his  scarf  ,  and  now  is  working  c 
nerves.  He  has  finished  a  dresser  bedspread. 


Gowen  Field,  Ida.  (CNS)— 
Square  -  .jawed  M-Sgt;  George 
Yuhas,  a  heavy  bomber  gunner. 


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FOR  22  YEARS 


nomQ  A  V/ARim^  m  -  ■  - 

UNDER  WAR  TIME  CIRCUMSTANCES 

HOWARD  BUS  LINE 


900  BROADWAY 


COLUMBUS,_GA. 


,»,You  can  spot  it  every  time 

THE  fashion  magazine,  ^*Hairper^s  Bazaar**,  publishes  two  pages 
showing  a  row  of  young  models « •  s  each  in  an  original  dress  creation* 
Each  is  drinking  an  original  creation  in  refreshment  •  •  •  ice»cold 
Coca-Cola^  Thumb;  the  pages  of  magazines  and  you  see  Coke  in 
picture  after  picture*  Note  how  shops  and  stores  feature  "Coke-  | 
Bars^*  for  their  customers'  refreshment* 

Coca-Cola  had  to  be  good  to  get  where  it  is*  The  finished  art  of 
57  years*  experience  is  in  its  making.  The  result  is  a  different 
kind  of  refreshment—all  the  difference  between  something 
truly  refreshing  and  just  something.to  drink* 

The  only  thing  like  Coca-Cola  is  Coca-Cola,  itself— the  trade- 
marked  product  of  The  Coca-Cola  Company*  There's  no 
comparisoii* 

It's  natural  fo*  popular  names  to  acquire  friendly  abbreviations. 
That's  why  you  hear  Coca-Cola  caUed  Coke.  Both  mean  the 
same  thing .  .  ."coming  from  a  single  source,  and  well  known 

to  the  community- *. 


Wfien  you  must 
oiioose  onljf  one,  it  is  wise  to  . 
Glioose  tlie  best . . . 


NOW  wu  cm  mri 

BICTCK£  < 


O.P.A,  has  relsxeed 
ulations  on  the 
sale  of  Bicy- 
cles. Kow  .voii 
ran  r  i  d  e  a 
bike  —  and 
the  new  Fire- 


clone  War 
mode!  Bicycle 
is  your  best  buy: 
c  IVill  last  for  years 
c  Weighs  only  Si  lbs. 
%  Built  to  jrovernment  specifi- 
cations 
©  Adjustable  seats 
Come  in  —  let  us  explain  the  new 
government  regulations  and  help 
you  fill  out  an  application  for  e 
rationinc  certificate. 


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FIRESTONE  STORES 


Ut  Ave.  fit  ISth  St. 


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The  most  miksd-abMit 
shoes  in  Amertea.  They're  built 

of  tiie  best,  iSesiped  for  walbinE,  Md  backed  by  ever  fifty 
years'  skiV  is  ffiakins  walkine  brogue^ 


Buy  only  the  highest  quality  with  your  precious 
No.  17  Coupon. 

Miller-Taylor  Shoe  Co. 

Where  the  New  Styles  Are  Shown  First 


Here,  Miss  Bonnie  Cashin,  designer  for  Adler  &  Adier, 
Inc.,  of  New  York,  starts  on  a  model.  She  knows  that 
Style  and  fit  make  a  gown  a  success.  And  unique,  deli- 
cious  taste  plus  energy-giving  refreshment  explain  why 
Coca-Cola  stands  first  in  the  public_esteem. 


Studio.  Just  s^few  moments  to  relax 
with  ice-cold  Coca-Cola  puts  cus- 
tomer, designer,  and  ouidel  in  isood 


TTie  best 
is  always  the  better  buy! 


Go  out  to  the  busy  workrooms  of  the  city.  There 
you'll  find  hard-working  men  and  women  enjoy* 
ing  the  pattse  that  refreshes  with  frosty  bottles  or 


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COLUMjUS  COCA-COLA  BOTTLING  COMPANY 


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finemy  klm  Has  Hard 
Uphill  Climb  to  OCS 


prioa. 
in  Dieuze,  one  of  the 
in  France,  v/ith 


Weill  Thought 
jvlagifiof  Line 
Wai  Impregnable 

vrom  French  solaier  to  Ameri- 
i  'mmigrant  to  "enemy  alien"  to 
it;^ican  solaier  to, American  cit- 
^fl  to  future  officer. canaidate  m 
Army  of  the  United  States- 
%^^e  saga  of  T-S  George  C 
rvu  of  the  Division  Finance  Of- 
i'ce  lOth  Armorea  Division. 
Geo'ge  Wc  1      as  Dom  in  Al- 
1^  years  ago,  ana' he  grew 
^t' like*  any  other  French  boy  of 
^4  post-war  — 
l-i£  schooling 

,Ve£t   tOV.T.E    —    -  , 

f'toT  d£tin£  "^sck  to  Roman 
< Vies  Alter  finishing  school  he 
Tr'^red  the  "Credit  Lyonnais,"  a 
^r-'  banking  insUtution  with  1400 
Cr-nches,  end  in  seven  years  he 
r^er  to  the  position  of  as- 
fXj-tto  the  head  of  the  commer- 
^raft  department.  All  in  all, 

doing  well  for  himself, 
"  To  Louisiana 

n  TcS  at  this  stage  of  his  life 
♦iiEt  f-te  prepared  his  first  tum- 
point.  An-  uncle  in  Louisiana 
.2nd  asked  him  to  come  to 
-mericE  to  live,  ana  after  weigh- 
vr  *he  matter  carefully  the  young 
v-rke'-'gave  up  his  ]ob  and  bought 
•^'TpsE^age  to  the  United  States, 
iic  arri'-ed  in  Nev.'  York  early  in 
1925  and  proceeaed  on  to  Louisi- 


At  first,  of  course,  he  was 
vjj'jjicEpped  by  his  igrterance  _  of 
^j.jli£h  but  he  soon  found  a  job 
%iht  accounting  department  of  a 
i.«e  store,  v.-here  ne  got  along  all 
^ijht  because  "figures  are  th.- 
care  in  any  language.'.'  Three 
var"-  passed'ana  then  came  Pearl 
Hjrbor.  V/eill,  to  his  consterna- 
Vi,  found  himself  listed  as  an 
enemy  alien,  but  four  months 
Etc-  his  status  nad  been  suffici- 
(.r.-w  clsritiea  to  permit  his  in- 
duction into  the  army.  In  July, 
19^2,  he  became  sn  American  cit- 
ijer  ard  tne  cvcle  was  completed. 
Specialists 
1e  Officer! 
Uniforms 


C  A  \T    B  r. 


Officers' 
WOOL  GABARDINE 

SHIRTS....$S,S0 

Kewlv  authorized  light 
(pink)  and  dark  (green) 
shades.  Also  m  Sun  Tan 
shade. 


4th  Floor  -  Flowers  Bl&e. 
1st  Ave.  and  12th  St. 
Columbus,  Q&. 


his  background  that  he  was 
promptly  sent  to  the  anny  finance 
school  at  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  for 
special  training.  '  And  now  Sgt. 
Weill  has  been  accepted  for  O. 
C.  S. 

DEEPLY  GRATEFUL 

For  the  good  fortune  he  has  en- 
joyed as  a  resident  and  citizen  of 
the  United  States,  Sgt.  Weill  is 
deeply  grateful.  He  would, 
deed,  be  very  happy  if  it  were  not 
for  the  fact  that  his  mother,  father 
and  three  brothers  are  stOi  in 
France.  Up  until  September  he 
heard  from  them  regularly  since 
they  were  in  Unoccupied  France, 
but  there  have  been  no  letters 
since  the  Nazis  moved  last  fall  to 
occupy  the  entire  nation.  One  of 
the  brothers  was  a  lieutenant,  and 
in  the  brief,  tragic  Battle  of 
France,  he  was  wounded  three 
times. 

Weill  served  his  year  with  the 
French  army  after  he  reached  kis 
20th  birthday,  and  lie  saw  and 
learned  enough  to  convince  .him 
that  the  defenses  -of  France  were 
impregnable.  For  seven  months 
he  served  as  secretary  to  a  colonel 
whose  mission,  in  wartime,  was 
to  defend  a  sector  of  the  Maginot 
Line,  and  in  connection  with  his 
duties  Weill  spent  one  month  in 
this  tremendous  fortification.  Th? 
Line_  was  incomplete  at  that  time 
but  '  Weill,  nevertheless,  was 
"amazed  at  the  strength"  of  the 
structure. 

IMPOSSIBLE  •  HAPPENED 

"I  never  thought  I  v/ould  live 
to  see  the  day  when  Germany 
would  invade  France  again  after 
I  saw  those  fortifications,"  he  says 
today,  "but  the  impossible  hap- 
pened." 

^  Weill  believes  that  the  great 
mistake  of  France  was  her  "insis- 
tence on  a  war-  of  position  instead 
of  a  war  of  movement  and  speed." 
He  attributes  her  defeat  to  ineffi- 
ciency and  corruption  in  industry 
and  to  the  work  ol  the  fifth  col- 
umnists. The  French  .  army,  he 
stoutly  maintains,  was  a  good 
army,  v/ell-trained  and  disciplined. 

"■The  loss  of  the  war  was  cer- 
tainly not  the  soldiers'  fault,"  he 
holds. 

Today  Weill  has  two  great  ob- 
jectives: to  give  his  best  as  an 
American  soldier  to  the  cause  of 
the  United  Nations,  and  to  bring 
his  family  to  the  United  States.  As 
he  expresses  it: 

■'I  can  only  hope  and  pray  for 
i  best,  having  confidence 
Uncle  Sam  and  in  a  quick  inva- 
sion of  Europe  by  the  Allies." 


WAAC's  Allowed  ' 
To  Aflot  Pay 
For  War  Boilds 

Members  of  the  W^omen's  Army 
Auxiliary  Corps  are  authorized  to 
make  allotments  from  their  pay 
under  the  provisions  and  regula- 
tions governing  allotments  of  pay 
for  officers  and  enlisted  men  of 
the  army,  according  to  an  an- 
nouncement received  at  post  head- 
quarters today. 

A  full  interpretation  of  this 
new  ruling  was  not  available. 
However,  .Major  George  Fink, 
post  war  bond  officer,  said  that 
members  of  the  WAACs  are  elig- 
ible to  participate  in  the  pay  res- 
ervation plan,  and  urged  all  to 
invest  regularly  in  war  saving 
bonds.  The  same  limitations  as  to 
minimum  amount  dedudible  pre-- 
vails  as  for  army  officers  and 
men. 

At  the  same  time  it  was  re- 
vealed by  Lt.  John  W.  Inzer,  post 
insurance  officer  that  WAACs  are 
not,  under  the  present  interpre- 
tation, eligible  for  National  Serv- 
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A  story  of  corruption,  drab  daily  existence  in  training 
camp,  and  low  morale  in  general  in  the  Army  of  one  of  Hit- 
ler's satellite  nations  was  unfolded  Wednesday  by  •  O.  C. 
Douglas  Schultz  of  the  First  Student  Training  Regiment.. 
Schultz  adopted  this  name  when  ' 


he  received  his  citizenship  papers 
recently.  His  true  name  is  with- 
held for  the  protection  of  his  rel- 
atives still  in  Europe. 
,  At  twenty-three,  he  was  draft- 
ed into  the  army.  Due  to  his  edu- 
cation, he  was  given  the  opportu- 
nity to  study  for  the  rank  of  offi-, 
cer  and  was  made  the  equivalent 
of  our  rank  of  second  lieutenant. 
What  follows  of  the  description  of 
conditions  in  that  army  should 
make  the  readers  of  this  article 
grateful  for  the  privilege  to  serv( 
in  our  arrhy.  Describing  condi- 
tions, he  said: 

'Due  to  corruption  and  poor 
planning,  funds  destined  for  "food 
went  to  the  officers'  mess  or  into 
their  pockets.  The  poorest  types 
of  food  were  furnished.  Frozen 
potatoes,  spoiled  and  cheap  grade 
meat,  and  low  grade,  black, 
stickey  bread  were  not  uncom- 
mon. Fresh  fruits  and  vegetables, 
milk,  butter  and  eggs,  fowl,  and 
dtamins  were  not  a  part  of  their 
rations.  As  a  private  I  required 
food  from  home,  as  I  couldn't  get 
along  on  the  food  provided.  When 
a  soldier  wanted  a  package  from 
home,  he  wanted  bread  and  salami, 
not  trinkets.  These  were  not  un- 
usual conditions  to  the  privates 
.because  their  condition'  in  civil 
life  were  no  better. 
NO  SHOWERS 

"Conditions  generally  were  of 
similar  character.  No  showers  or 
baths  were  provided  in  camps  for 
the  private  and  he  managed  a 
bath  perhaps  once  a  month  in  the 
public  baths ''in  nearby  towns.  I 
was  issued  on  induction  one  pair 
of  wraps  to  serve  as  socks.  These 
served  the  purpose  well,  but  the 
soldiers  had  no  laundry  service 
and  as  an  officer  on  inspection  of 
barracks  at  night,  I  can  assure  you 
that  the  stench  was  ahnost  un- 
bearable. .  . 

"Few  soldiers  carried  toilet  arti- 
cles to  promote  his  personal  hy- 
giene. There  was  much  sickness, 
but  not  so  much  reported.  Treat- 
ment given  them  was  rough  and 
unwilling.  Consequently,  a  soldier 


reported  only  when  absolutely 
necessary.  When  he  recovered,  he 
was  restricted  for  a  period  equal 
to  the  period  of  illness  as  punish- 
ment for  being  sick.  There  are  no 
dentists.  If  a  tooth  is  bad,  the 
doctor  pulls  it. 
DRAB  EXISTENCE 

"No  attempt  is  made  to  give  the 
soldier  an  enjoyable  existence. 
There  are  no  libraries,  no  service 
clubs,  no  day  rooms,  no  theatres, 
or  Chaplains  to  help  them 
with  their  troubles  and  no  ath- 
letic equipment  furnished.  He  is 
paid  the  equivalent  of  two  dol- 
lars per  month  and  with  it,  he  is 
able  to  afford  about  six  packages 
of  cigarettes  or  an  evenings  en- 
tertainment in  the  nearby  village, 
without  many  of  the  ordinary 
American  soldier's  idea  of  trim- 
mings. 

"There  is  on  teaching  of  indi- 
vidual leadership  possible,  for  two 
reasons.  The  first  is  that  the  aver- 
age intellect  of  the  soldier  is  very 
low.  About  twenty  per  cent  are 
illiterate  and  another  forty  per- 
cent have  an  equivalent  of  a  few 
grades  education.  They  can  bare- 
ly read  and  write.  Their  inborn 
intellect  is  normal  but  undevel- 
oped, and  for  this  reason,  it  is 
very  slow  and  difficult  teaching 
them. 

NO  INITIATIVE  ALLOWED 

'The  more  important  reason, 
however,  is  that  they  are  afraid 
of  individual  leadership  and  do 
not  want  the  soldier  to  have  abil- 
ities along  that  line.  Their  train- 
ing is  along  lines  of  mass  follow- 
ing of  the  leader.  There  is  no 
encouragement  for  individual 
ideas,  and  it  is  unheard  of  for  a 
private  to  speak  up  with  an  idea. 
He  speaks  to  his  officers  only 
when  spoken  to  and  then  only  an- 
swers qeustions.  This  failing  was 
apparent  to  me  in  all  of  the  fascist 
armies  of  Europe,  including  the 
German  army,  and  I  believe  this 
failing  will  be 'their  downfall  on 
the  field  of  battle.  This^  differ- 
ence also  creates  a  soldier  whose 


heart  is  no^  as  strong  in  defeat 
as  it  is  in  victory. 

"I  participated  in  one  occu- 
pation, and  can   assure  you 
that  the  spirit  of  those  taken 
over  wa«  not'  favorable,  as 
you  at  that  time  were  told,  ' 
and  that  the  soldiers  under 
me  had  no  stomach  for  the 
task.   They   were  interested 
,  only  in  getting  home,  and  in-' 
directly,  requests  to  tliat  ef- 
fect reached  me  daily. 
"The  invasion  of  Poland  con- 
vinced mfe  that  further  resistance 
to  the  Germans  was  useless  and 
that  only  by  getting  to  America 
could  I  work  toward  the  downfall 
of  Nazism. 

"Arriving  in  New  York  in  1940, 
I  took  a  job  as  a  dishwasher.  In 
my  sparqe  time,  I  studied  at  night 
to  gain  proficiency  in  the  Ameri- 
can language.  My  lack  of  knowl- 
edge of  English  caused -me  to  lose 
many  jobs.  In  fact,  I  had  twelve 
different  jobs  'jrior  to  my  induc- 
tion in  August,  1942. 

'After  Pearl  Harbor,  I  realized 


Yea-Ha  Spurs 
War  Bond  Sales 

1st  STR  Buys  More 
Securities  For  Cash 

Putting  "Yea-Ha"  into  "War 
Bond  and  Stamp  sales  to  officer 
candidates,  "Certainly  gets  the  job 
done,"  according  to  Lt.  Norman 
D.  Martin,  14th  Co.,  3rd  Bn.,  1st 
STR. 

'Yea-Ha!"  originated  by  Lt. 
Col.  John  S.  Roosma  for  his  3rd 
Battalion  means:  "Be  alive,  work 
hard,  be  loyal,  never  quit,  think!" 

It  is  exactly  this  progress 
which  was'  applied  to  our  initial 
March  War  Bond  campaign,"  Lt. 
Martin  explained.  "Most  6f  the 
C.  S.  of  our  company  were 
already  buying  bonds  on  the  al- 
lotment plan 'but  we  felt  that  a 
spirited  drive  might  produce  in- 
creased results  and  it  did! 
NO  SALES  PRESSURE 

"There  was  no  sales-pressure  of, 
any  kind;  it  was  all  on  a  'Yea-Ha!' 
basis.  We  spent  five. minutes  in 
talking  it  over  and  the  first  day 
sold  approximately  a  thousand 
dollars  worth  of  bonds  and  stamps 
on  a  cash  basis.  And  these  sales 
were  made  to  a  small  company. 

"Of  course,  we  intend  to  con- 
tinue the  program.  O.  C.s  are  sold 
on  the  investment  value  of  war 
boilds;  they  simple  need  a  little 
'Yea-Ha!'  and  convenience  in  pur- 
chasing to  jump  at  the  opportunity 
to  buy.  From  our  initial  results 
we  would  say  that  Benning's  of- 
ficer candidate  classes  offer  an 
extensive  and  neglected  market," : 
Collection  of  the  money  for  the 
war  bonds  and  stamps  and  pur- 
chase of  them  for  the  men  was 
made  by  Lt.  Martin. 

"Encouragement  of  officer  can- 
didates in  habits  of  thrift,  certain- 
ly has  a  place  in  our  training," 
believes  Capt.  John  J.  Wrinn,  14th 
Company  commander,  "and  we 
don't  know  what  better  direction 
we  can  turn  ..this  training  than 
to  war  bonds." 

NEW  NOTARIES  PUBLIO 

Sergeants  Leonard  A.  Spector 
and  Barslow  Gibson  of  the  Pro- 
vost Marshal's  office,  have  been 
commissioned  notaries  public  for 
the  State  of  Georgia  at  large, 
Major,  Willie  D.  Veal,  provost 
marshal,  announced  today.  Sgt. 
Spector  is  in  charge  of  the  in- 
vestigation section,  and  Sgt.  Gib- 
son is  in  charge  of  the  registra- 
tion section  at  the  provost  mar- 
shal's office. 


Bootblacks  In  Top  Hak 
Attract  Wide  Attention 


3rd  STR  Private 
Built  Up  Chain 
Of  Elite  Polishers 

Anyone  would  look  twice  at  a 
bootblack  plying  his  trade  while 
faultlessly  attired  in  a  mess  Jacket 
and  top  hat. 

^Capitalizing  on  this  Idiea.  Pri- 
vate, First  Class,  Mearon  Harper 
of  Company  A,  Third  Student 
Training  Regiment  Service  Bat- 
talion, built  up  a  chain  of  "TOP 
HAT'  shoe  shining  parlors  in  San 
Francisco  which  were  patronized 
by  celebrities  of  the  sports  and 
entertainment  worlds.  ^ 

Harper's  well  dressed  bootblacks 
drew  the  attention  of  the  local 
press  and  even  the  radio.  Among 
his  patrons  were  Ted  Lewis  and 
Duke  Ellington,  the  band  leaders; 
Bob  Hope  and  Jerry  Colonna,  the 
comedians;  Henry  Armstrong,  the 
fighter;  Joe  DiMaggio,  the  Yankee 
slugger,  and  GeOrge  Bowles,  the 
manager  of  the  Golden  Gate  The- 
ater. Girls  of  the  "Vanities"  cast 
likewise  sent  all  their  shoes  to  the 
■'TOP  HAT"  for  shining. 

Harper,  a  native  of  Chicago, 
opened  his  first  shop  in  a  San 
Francisco  neighborhood  where  a 
top  hat  was  certain  to  be  a  sen- 
sation. This  shop  later  was  en- 
larged and  business  grew  to  the 
point  where  it  was  necessary  to 
open  two  more  shops. 

While  on  a  well-earned  vacation 
in  Chicago,  Harper  was  taken  into 


the  Army  via  Selective  Servliia. 
He  spent  two  months  at  Fort  Mc- 
Clellan  before  coming,  to  Fort 
Benning. 

Recent  addition  to  the  quaint 
initial  groups  in  national  war  ef- 
fort are  the:  WIRES,  a  body^  of 
civil  servants  being  trairied  as 
radio  Instructors  and  technicians 
to  replace  meh.  If  you  haven't 
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Sergeant  Produces  Art 
Designs  On  Typewriter 


Bauer's  Work 
Makes  Ripley's 
'Believe  \f  Or  Not' 

They  look  like  tapestries  as 
they  hang  on  the  walls  of  Mastei 
-Sergt.  Kenneth  L<.  Bauer's  quar- 
■  ters  but  closer  inspection  shows 
that  they're  actually  objects  of 
typewriter  art. 

Turning  out  original  designs 
end  reproductions  of  art  works 
with  .lOnly  a  typewriter  as  his 
mediu^  is  a  hol^by  of  Sergt. 
Bauer  ivhich  he  took,  up  several 
years  ago  and  found  so  fasci- 
nating that  he  has  kept  it  up 
ever  since. 

Sergt.  Bauer  is  manager  of  th; 
Post  Theater  and  his  quarters,  in 
true  tradition  of  the  theater,  are 
in  a  revamped  dressing  rc 
hind  the  stage  of  the  old  post 
theater,  nov.^  being  utilized  for 
tiie  Army  Post  Office.  There  he 
has  hung  up  his  masterpieces,  to- 
irether  v.-ith  other  mementoes  of 
an  army  career  that  dates  back 
to  his  enlistment  in  ,1917.  He 
served  v.ith  organizations  guard- 
ing the  Mexican  border,  was  just 
about  to  go  overseas  with  a  newl; 
trained  division  when  the  Armi' 
stice  was  signed — and  then  de- 


cided to  remain  in  the  army.  He 
came  to  Camp  Benning  back  m 
October  1921  when  the  only  per- 
manent building  was  the  Service 
Club. 

HOW  HE  WORKS 

He  makes  his  works  of  type- 
writer art  by  first  preparing 
detailed  working  drawing  or 
blueprint,  using  a  magnifying 
glass  to  pick  out  the  pattern.  lie 
then  follows  it  on  the  machme, 
generally  using  the  Ampersana, 
or  @  sign,  unlike  most  typewriter 
artists,  who  favor  the  X.  He  does 
use  the  X  for  some  pictures,  how- 
ever. 

He  spends  many  hours  prepar- 
ing the  pattern,  then  more  hours 
go  into  the  amazingly  detailed 
work  of  producing  the  finished 
picture.  Some  are  done  to  look 
Uke  crocheted  tapeitries;  other: 
to  reproduce  works  of  art  such  as 
Whistler's  Portrait  of  His.  Mother; 
others  are  original  studies  such 
as  pictures  of  birds  or  animals. 

Sergt.  Bauer  won  an  army 
hobby  contest  with  his  unusual 
pastime  and  also  has  been  used' 
as  a  subject  by  Ripley's  "Believe 
It  Or  Not"  cartoon. 


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Wmners 


The  winners  of  the  two-dollar 
prizes  in  the  BAYONET'S  week- 
ly contest  include  O.  C.  James 
Wilson,  18th  company,  1st  STR, 
for  his  editorial  cartoon,  "Old 
American",  .and  Lt.-  Paulson  for 
his  cartoon,  "War  Dept.  of  In- 
ventions". 

Checlcs  mav  be  caUed  for  at  the 
Public  Relations  Office,  Head- 
quarters. 


DAY'S  TAXI  CO. 

DIAL  3-3611 
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Newton  D.  Baker  Village  Reporter 

Mrs.  Dorothy  Troutman,  Reporter— Phone  9604  or  8332 


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This  week  several  new  families 
have  joined  us  in  the  village, 
They  are  Lt.  and  Mrs.  Thohias 
V.  McCarthy,  120  Fox;  1st  St. 
and  Mrs.  St.  Clair  Little,  150A; 

and  Mrs.  Harold  G.  Lutz, 
39A;  1st  Sgt.  and  Mrs.  Loiiis  E, 
Turnipseed,  72B;  Mr.  Sgt  and  Mrs. 
Ernest  Costello,  37C. 

PERSONAi; 
Capt.  R.  L.  Boswell,  122  Clif- 
ton, as  returned  home  from  the 
hospital   following  an  operation 
for  appendicitis. 

Staff  Sgt.  and  Mrs.  Stewart 
Smith,  HOC,  are  the  proud  par- 
ents of  a  daughter,  born  March 
9  at'  the  Station  hospital. 

Sgt.  and  Mrs.  Marvin  Binion, 
18E,  are  the  parents  of  a  son  born 
recently. 

Mrs.  Earl  Pheifer,  of  Baltimore, 
Md.,  was  a  recent  visitor  of  Sgt. 
and  Mrs.  O.T^.  Greene  of  52H. 

Capt.  and  Mrs.  F.  E.  Barrett, 
14  Court,  have  left  for  a  few  days' 
trip  to  New  Orleans,  La. 

Mr.  Thomas  Davison  is  at  home 
this  week  with  his  parents,  the 
Rev.  Mr.  and  Mi-s.  C.  C.  Davison, 
3200  Benning  road.  Mr.  Davison 
will  leave  next  week  for  Fort  Mc- 
Pherson,  where  he  will  enter  the 
army. 

Friends  of  Mrs.  Lamar  Ashe, 
86-B,  will  regret  to  learn  that  she 
is  confined  to  her  hoine  with 
mumps. 

Nash  Lee  Young,-  18  Keating 
avenue,  is  improving  following 
a  serious  illness  of  bronchial 
pneumonia. 

Mrs.  Jack  Furcorn,  55-A,  has 
been  ill  for  several  days.  Her 
friends  hope  lor  her  a  speedy  re- 
covery. 

FUN  AND  FROUCS 

The  Teeners  ,  club  was  host  to  Sunday  morning  in  the  audito- 
the  young  people  of  the  village irium  at  9  o'clock,  EWT.  Confes- 
Friday  night  when  a  party    was'sions  are 'heard  before  Mass. 


given  in  the  Recreation  hall. 
Around  fifty  young  people  gath- 
ered and  played  games  and  danc- 
ed for  several  hours,  after  which 
refreshments  were  served.  Thej 
hall  was  beautifully  decorated'^ 
in  green  and  white  in  honor  of 
St.  Patrick's  Day. 

The  enlisted  and  civilian  fami- 
lies are  invited  to  the  dance  to  be 
given  in  the  Recreation  hall  Sat- 
urday night,  March  27.  Plans  are 
being  made  for  a  large  dancfe,  and 
all  of  those  who  come  will  be 
assured  of  a  good  time.  Dancing 
will  begi9  at  9  o'clock, 

Little  Dickie  Harper  celebrated 
his  fifth  birthday  with  a  party 
given  for  his  friends  in  the  nur- 
sery school  Monday  afternoon  in 
the  "Recreation  hall.  Eighteen 
children  were  invited  to  the  party 
and  participated  in  games  and 
songs  led  by  Mrs.  Harper  and 
their  teachers,  Mrs.  Minnie  Trapp 
and  Mrs.  Berta  'Wilson.  The  table 
was  beautifully  decorated  with 
chocolate  cake  and  white  icing, 
and  red,  -white'  and  .  blue  favors 
and  nut  cups.  Cake  and 
cream;  were  served. 

Ladies  interested  in  sewing  for 
the  Red  Cross  will  meet  Thurs- 
day afternoon  at  2:30,  EWT,  at 
the  home  of  Mrs.  O.  L,  Greene, 
52-H. 

The  Men's  Brothediood  of  the 
Benning  Park  Baptist  church  will 
meet  at  the  home  of  Sgt.  J.  A. 
Strozier,  65-A,  Thursday  evening 
at  8  o'clock,  EWT. 

The  Girls'  Auxiliary,  Pvoyal  Am- 
bassadors,   and    Sunbeams  will 
meet  at  the  Baptist  church  Sat- 
urday at  2  o'clock,  EWT. 
Catholic  services  are  held  each 


Drunken  Bondif  Hobs 
Boozed-Up  Aftendonf- 


Starting  Comedy  Of 
Errors;  Gives  Back 
Money  To  Get  Gun 

During  his  tour  of  duty  with 
the  San  Francisco  metropolitan 
police  force  as  radio  patrolman, 
Major  Daniel  W.  Danielson,  stu- 
dent member  of  the  Third  Com- 
pany, First  Student  Training 
Regiment,  Fort  Benning,  recalls 
most  peculiar  incident, 
concerns  the  case  of  a 
drunken  robber.  This  '  culprit, 
niuch  in  his  cups,  entered  a  fill- 
ing station  at  4  a.  m.  and  held 
up  the  operator,  taking  all  money 
that  was  in  the  cash  register.  He 
then  sauntered  down  the  street 
swinging  the  money  bag  in  one 
hand  and  fumbling  with  a  cigar 
with  the  other. 

.  But  the  station  attendant  did 
not  call  for  the  police  when  the 
intruder  left,  Instead  he  joined 
the  robber  in  his  walk  and  per- 
suaded him  to  surrender  his  gun. 
The  two  then  returned  to  the  fill- 
ing station,  and  the  thief  was 
about  to  exchange  the  money  for 
the  gun  "when  Officer  Danielson 
arrived  in  response  to  a  telephone 
call  from  a  bystander  who  had 
observed  the  robbery.  ' 

Major  Danielson  states  ..... 
stick-up  man  was  holding  out  for 
some  small  change  —  car  fare 
across  town.  "I  believe, 
major  explains;  "had  the  trade 
been  effected,  the  hold-up  scene 
and  its  aftermath  would  have 
been  repeated." 

Lt.  McNamara 
Heads  Machine 

Records  Unit 

First  Lieut.  Thomas  McNamara 
has  been  named  officer  in  charge 
of  the  Fort  Benning  machine 
record  unit  to  succeed  Capt.  Bur- 
ton E.  Moore,  according  to  ar 
announcement  made  at  post  head- 
quarters. 

Captain  Moore,  who  assumed 
command  of  the  unit  seven  months 
ago.  will  leave  shortly  for  'Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  where  he  will  be 
assigned  to  the  Machine  Record 
Branch,  Adjutant  General's  Of- 
fice. 

Lieut.  McNamara  comes  to  Ben- 
ning from  headquarters  of  the 
Fourth  Service  Command  in  At- 
lanta. 'With  him  is  Warrant  Offi- 
cer Arthur  Fritz,  who  will  take 
over  duties  as  assistant  to  the 
officer  in  charge,  a  position  for- 
merly held  by  Warrant  Officer 
E.  D.  Lewis,  recently  transferred 
to  Fort  Bragg,  .N.  C.  ' 


The  Officers  R.  &  R.  Club 
on  Cusseta  Road  is  by  f&r 
the  most  popular  place  in 
Columbus  for  commission- 
ed officers  and  their  guests. 
Ask  ai^'one  on  the  reserva- 
tion who  has  been  there,  i 


WRBL's  Bond 
Drive  To  Start 
In  Wooden  Tank 

Radio  Station  WRBL  will  get 
its  War  Bond  radio  auction  under 
way  Saturday  with  a  broadcast 
from  a  novel  booth  to  be  set  up 
at  Twelfth  iStreef  and  Broad\yay. 

The  program  will  begin  at  4:39 
p.  m.,  Benning  time,  from  the 
booth  which  will  be  in  the  form 
of  a  wooden  tank.  The  tank  will 
be  termed  an  auxiliary  of  the 
Tenth  Armored  Division. 

Major  General  Paul  W.  New- 
garden,  commanding  officer  of  the 
Tenth  Armored,  will  extend 
greetings,  and  many  post  officials 
will  make  short  talks  during  Ih- 
course  of  the  program: 

Ex-Fort  Veteran 
On  Duty  In  Africa 
Gets  Merit  Award 

Master  Sergt.  H.  T.  Gurley,  vet- 
eran  of  22  years*  service  at  Fort 
Benning,  has  been  awarded  the 
'Legion  of  Merit"  while  stationed 
m  Africa,  according  to  letters  re- 
ceived by  his  wife,  who  Hves  at 
833  First  avenue,  Columbus. 

The  awarde  was  made  in  recog- 
nition of  long  and  exceptionally 
faithful  service,  his  commanding 
officer.  Col.  S.  R.  Hinds,  declared. 

Sergeant  Gurley  has-  been  on 
foreign  service  since' Dec.  12,  1942, 
and  is  erititled  to  wear  the  Ameri- 
can Defense  Medal  and  the  Euro- 
pean-African  Middle  -  Eastern 
campaign  medal. 

Enlisting  on  Aug.  7,  1920,  he 
was  a  private  with  Company  "I" 
of  the  9th  Infantry,  and  with 
Company  "G"  of  the  22nd  In- 
fantry. From  April  5,  1928, ,  to 
Sept.  29,  1940,  he  ser\'ed  as  a 
sergeant  with  Company  "E"  of 
the  29th  Infantry. 

He  served  as  sergeant  major  of 
the  Second  Battalion  from  Sept. 
1940,  to  Sept.  10,  1942. 


Soldiers  Told 
How  To  Get 
Back  To  Farm 

No  Furloughs  Planned 
For  Individuals;  Units 
May  Be  Utilized 

Procedures  by  which  individual 
soldiers  may  obtain  discharges  to 
relieve  the  farm  manpower  short- 
age was  outlined  by  the  war  de- 
partment this  v.^eek,  although  full 
details  have  not  yet  been  received 
at  Fort  Benning,  according  t( 
Lieut.  Marvin  L.  Holland,  assist- 
ant chief  of  the  Military  Personnel 
Branch  at  the  post. 

Simultaneous  with  '  this 
nouncement,  it  was  reiterated  that 
■ar  department  does  not  con- 
template giving  furloughs  to  indi- 
divual  soldiers  to  work  on  farms, 
but  in  case  of  emergencies,  troops 
under  command  of  their  own  offi- 
cers, housed  and  fed  by  the  Army 
and  subject  to  military  control  may 
be  sent  into  the  fields. 

Although  the  discharge  of  any 
appreciable  number  of  soldiers  un^ 
der  38  is  not  contemplated,  th( 
War  Department  has  set  up  a  pro- 
cedure by  which  individuals  in  this 
age  group  may  be  discharged 
cases  of  extreme  emergency.  The 
soldier  himself  initiates  htis  pro- 
cedure by  submitting  written  ex- 
planation lo  his  immediate  com- 
manding officer  who  will  advise 
him  as  t6  what  evidence  he  will 
need. 

The  aptilication  goes  through 
military  channels,  to  the  Selec- 
tive Service  System  in  Washington 
which  refers  it  to  the  soldier's  lo- 
cal draft  board.  Each  case  is  de- 
cided on  its  own  merits,  largely  by 
the  soldiers  neighbors,  and  a  dis- 
charge ,  will  be  given  only  if  the 
ser\'ices  of  the  individual  are  more 
important  to  agriculture  than  to 
the  Ai-my. 

Soldier-farmers  over  38  years  of 
age  should  make  out  discharge  ap- 
plications before  May  J.  These 
requests  must  be  accompanied  by 
a  letter  or  statement  from  local 
farm  agents  to  the  effect  that  the 
soldiers  will  be  employed  in  essen- 
tial agricultural  activities  if  dis- 
charged. Such  requests  are  made 
by  the  soldier  to  his  immediate 
commanding  officer.  A  soldier 
meeting  these  requirements  will 
be  discharged  promptly  Unless  bis 
release  will,  affect  seriously  .the 
efficiency  of  his  unit. 

CURRENT  EVENTS 
CANCELLED 

The  Current  Events  group  o 
Woman's  Club  has  been  forced  t( 
cancel  its  regularly  scheduled 
meeting  due  to  circumstances  be- 
yond its  control.  Plans  for  the 
next  session  will  be  announced. 

An  army  uniform  may  be  worn, 
complete  with  insignia,  for  90  days 
subsequent  to  discharge.  There- 
after, provided  ,  buttons  and  in- 
signia are  removed:  it  may  be 
worn  indefinitely. 


Class 'A' Pay 
Reservations 
Stop  April  ^ 

Concellation  Will 
Be  Automatic;  New 
Class 'B' Substituted 

■  Military  personnel  were  remind- 
ed today  by  Major  George  Fin^, 
post  war  bond  officer,  that  all  class 
A  pay  reservations  now  in  effect 
will  automatically  terminate 
April  1. 

It  v/ill  not  be  necessary  to  fill 
it  a  Change  or  Cancellation 
Form  ,  304-5.  By  War  Department 
order  all  reservations  of  this  type 
held  by,  military .  personnel,  will 
cease  with  March  deductions.  No 
new  class  A  deducations  will  be 
accepted.  ■ 

Supplementing  ,  the  older  sub- 
scriptions, is  a  class  B  reservation, 
operating  similar  to  the  former 
type.  Under .  this  system  enlisted 
man  may  authorize  deducations. 
starting  at  $3.75  monthly,  and  de- 
ductions for  .officers  range  from 
$18.75  to  $375.  In  aU.  there  are  11 
different  plans  offered  enlisted 
men,  and  seven  for  officers.  Al- 
lotments authorized  under  this  set- 
up will  commence  with  the  April 
payroll. 

New  Plan  Urgred 

All  persons .  now  holding  class 
A  reservations  are  urged  to  fill 
out  form  29-6,  authorizing  class 
B  allotments,  so  that  purchase  of 
war.  savings  securities  will  con- 
tinue uninterrupted.  Those  forms 
may  be  secured  through  unit  war 
bond  officers,  or  directly  from  the 
post  bond  officer. 

The  new  plan  was  inaugurateQ 
to  facilitate  certification  and  de- 
livery of  bonds  to  soldiers.  It 
will  no  longer  be  necessary  that 
actual  cash  be  forwarded  to  the 
army  War  Bond.  Office,  Chicago, 
111.  -A  statement  from  an  author- 
ized certifying  officer  will  be  suf- 
ficient to  start  the  mechanics  into 
action. 

Reservations  now  held  by  civil- 
ian personnel  will  in  no  way  be 
affected  by  the  Class  B  allotment 
program.  Their  pay  reservation 
plan  will  continue  as  previously, 
according  to  Major  Fink. 

He  noted,  at  the  same  time, 
that  under  a.new  streamlined  sys- 
tem of  bond  delivery  to. civilians, 
most  January  and  February  pur-, 
chases  had  been  delivered,  and 
that  there  was  a  noticeable  .  in^- 


Work  As  Usual 
Slated  At  Post 
For  Army  Day: 

.  April  6  is  Army  Day— and  Fort 
Benning  will  celebrate  the  day 
by  maintaining  the  high-pitched 
tempo  of  its  training  of  thousands 
of  soldiers  rather  than  take  even 
a  minute  off  to  make  the  occa- 
sion. 

This  was  announced  today  by 
Brigadier  General  Walter  S.  Ful- 
ton, commanding  general  of  the 
post,  who  .stated  that  "because  of 
the  extreme  urgency  \yith  which 
our  forces  must  be  prepared  for 
combat,  neither  the  War  Depart- 
ment nor  Fort  Benning  officials 
consider  it  appropriate  to  dimin- 
ish training  ,  activities,  even  to 
celebrate  this  annual  event." 

He  further  stated  that  diversion 
of ;  any  troops  or  equipment  froni 
essential  ,  war  activitiies  to  parti- 


cipate in  parades  is  consideijV^ 
by  the  War  Department  to  be  in-r* 
compatible  with  the  present  wa?' 
effort  an0  national  fuel  and  trant 
portation  shortages,  ^' 
Large  public  dinners  or  otlier 
events  in  which  military  ,  person, 
nel  would  predominate  also  arl 
considered  out  of  ordir  this  vpa- 
General  Fulton  stated,  because  f 
the  restrictions  on  food  that  havf 
been  applied  throughout  the  Z 
tion.  =  na- 


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