Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 18, Ed. 1 Friday, July 10, 1959 Page: 2 of 32
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Page Two
Fourth U. S. Army has been
announced as winner of a first-
place plaque in the Department
of the Army Incentive Awards
Program.
Lt. Gen. G. S. Meloy Jr. Fourth
Army commander speaking at a
Fourth Army Commanders Con
ference at Fort Sam Houston
said the award was for having the
highest suggestion adoption rate
among continental armies in Fis
cal 1958.
He read a letter to the as
a
received from Gen. Bruce C.
Clarke U. S. Army Continent
al Army commander lauding
Fourth Army on its achieve
ment.
The Army Incentive Awards
Program is a program under
which constructive ideas are so
licited from employes for designs
to make a job easier faster and
less expensive. The program pays
cash awards to those civilians
whose adopted suggestions have
resulted in tangible savings or
intangible benefits such as im
proved efficiency safety morale
and welfare of employes.
Commenting on Fourth Army's
a is
said:
"I wish to express my appre
ciation to you your staffs and
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Fourth Army First
In DA Suggestions
every member of the work force
that make up the Fourth Army
team for the work and effort that
is responsible for the recogni
tion and distinction accorded the
command by the Department of
the Army and our own Continent
al Army commander.
"Your accomplishment rep
resents not only improved
management and efficiency of
operations but direct and in
tangible savings of about one
million dollars. In this era
CC Unit Leaps
In Purchases Of
Sayings Bonds
Headquarters Company Com
bat Command "C" has jumped
from 36 per cent to 95 per cent
participation in savings bond pur
chases June 1.
Of 45 officers and enlisted men
of the unit 43 are buying bonds.
Lt. Edward S. Rybat is credited
by CC "C" officers lor sparking
the increase. The lieutenant has
talked to every member of the
organization to explain the ad
vantages of systematic savings.
He also is urging all enlisted
men of the unit to put a part of
their pay in Soldiers Deposits.
Specialist Reenlists To
Fill His Own Vacancy
For the second succesive month
Headquarters Company Combat
Command C attained 100 per cent
reenlistment when Sp-5 Shirley
Sheets reenlisted to fill his own
vacancy.
Specialist Sheets son of Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Sheets Fadden of Rt.
3 Swanton Va. reenlisted so he
could stay with the company and
also attend communications
school.
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Closing Out
Complete Stock of
Maternity wear
of the 'squeeze on manpower
spaces' and emphasis on mak
ing every dollar count the
savings realized are signifi
cant."
Special credit was given by
Gen. Meloy to Fort Sill Okla.
where almost 50 per cent of the
suggestions submitted paid off in
estimated savings of a quarter
million dollars. Fort Sam Hous
ton Tex. was congratulated for
having a suggestion submission
rate that was significantly better
than any of the other installa
tions in the command.
"Our objective" Gen. Meloy
said "is to be a winner each
year both with respect to the
volume of suggestions submitted
as well as the quality of sug
gestions. I am pleased to an
nounce a command-wide plan of
compeition which is to be placed
in effect beginning with Fiscal
1960."
The plan provides for annual
recognition at an appropriate cer
emony at Headquarters Fourth
Army to installations that make
the most and best contributions to
the suggestion program curing the
year."
Robinson
(Continued from page 1)
inson was assistant G-3 82d
Airborne Division where he
qualified as a paratrooper.
From 1947 to 1950 he was en
gineer in the U. S. Army An
tilles Command in Puerto
Rico. He served as professor
of Military Science and Tac
tics at Clarkson College of
Technology Potsdam N. Y.
from 1951 to 1954.
In 1954 he was assigned to the
Korean Military Advisory Group
as Engineer Advisor Korean
Army Training Command. He
later served as G-4 Advisor Sec
ond Republic of Korea Army.
From Korea he was transferred
to Japan as Chief of Rebuild Op
erations U.S. Army Engineer
Supply Center.
Col. Robinson has been award
ed the Silver Star with Oak Leaf
Cluster the Bronze Star Medal
with two Oak Leaf Clusters the
Purple Heart and the Korean Dis
tinguished Service Medal Order
of Chung Mu with star.
Besides graduating from the
U.S. Military Academy he grad
uated from the Engineer School
in 1942 Command and General
Staff College in 1944 and the Uni
versity of California in 1951 with
a msters in civil engineering.
Col. Robinson the son of Mrs.
Ethel Sullivan Robinson of Wich
ita Falls Texas is a member of
the Society of American Military
Engineers and the Sports Car
Club of America.
He and his wife Vivienne live
at 6776 24th Ave. Patton Park.
They are the parents of two chil
dren Michael 9 and Patricia 8.
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WORLD TRAVELERS—Performing
Assistant Band
Leader Ready
Capt. Robert L. Bierly the as
sistant conductor of the U. S.
Army Field Band has been
ready with baton since the group
first ventured on the road in 1946.
Capt. Bierly helped shape the
"Kings of the Highway" into the
elite nationally-known traveling
band it now is.
The band will present a concert
at Fort Hood tonight at 7:30 in
Hood Stadium. Residents in the
Fort Hood area are invited to at
tend the free performance.
Capt. Bierly entered the service
as a warrant officer bandmaster
in 1940. At the time he was direct
ing the 246th Coast Artillery Band
of the Virginia National Guard.
During World War II he was
assigned to the 38th Infantry Di
vision then known as the "Blue
Devil Division" which participat
ed in the Rome-Arno Campaign
in Italy. While with the 38th he
organized both the Division Ar
tillery Band and the 38th Division
Band and still found time to com
pose the official division march
Blue Devils."
He was awarded the Army
Commendation Ribbon for his dis
tinguished wartime service re
cord.
Capt. Bierly took a Bachelor of
Science degree from Ithica Col
lege in Ithica New York where
he studied instrumental music.
After college he taught in the
Pennsylvania school system and-
was later director of music at
Lynchburg Va. high school.
Three Receive Pro Pay
In Communication Work
Three members of Headquar
ters and Headquarters Company
Combat Command C 2d Armored
Division recently received pro
ficiency pay in the communica
tions field (MOS 312.10 and 312.-
70.)
M-Sgt. Robert J. McGraw com
munications chief joined the com
pany in 1955. He is the son of Mrs.
Octavia McGraw of Spurgeon
Ind.
THE ARMORED SENTINEL FORT HOOD TEXAS
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The "Kings of the Highway"
scheduled to perform at Fort Hood
tonight have been led many thou
sands of miles by their organiz
er Maj. Chester E. Whiting.
He first assembled the now-
famous group in 1946 and has been
commanding officer and conduc
tor continuously ever since. First
known as the U. S. Army Ground
Forces Band it was redesignated
the U. S. Army Field Band of
Washington D. C. in 1950.
A native of Boston Mass.
Maj. Whiting studied at the
New England Conservator}' of
Music in that city. He had
been director of instrumental
Major Conrad
Receives Cite
Maj. Eugene S. Conrad last
week received a Certificate of
Achievement for his service at
the Fort Hood Army Hospital
from October 1954 until his re
tirement June 30.
While he was at Fort Hood Ma
jor Conard was responsible for
administration of the medical
service clinics and physical ex
amination section.
As administrative assistant to
the chief of medical service "His
effective coordination between the
various hospital sections insured
management of the highest cali
bre" according to the certificate.
"Particulary is he commended
for his expeditious processing of
annual physical examinations for
approximately 1500 Reserve Offi
cers Training Corps personnel in
a two-day period. Major Conard's
outstanding leadership and per
formance of duty reflect great
credit upon him the Medical
Service Corps and the United
States Army."
Major Conard and his wife
Dorthy and their two daughters
Kathryn Anne and Cheryl Marie
will reside in Lufkin Tex.
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'Kings Of Highway' Are Led
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music in the high schools of
Maiden Mass. when called
into Federal service just be
fore World War II.
He has been active in military
music for more than 35 years. In
1923 he was appointed a warrant
officer bandmaster by the govern
or to organize and conduct the
110th Cavalry Band of the Massa
chusetts National Guard. This was
the last mounted band in the
Army when it entered Federal
service and was redesignatd th
180th Field Artillery Band.
Under Maj. Whiting's command
the same group served in the
lines during the Battle of Guadal
canal. The major served almost
three years in the South Pacific
and was awarded the Legion of
Merit and the Bronze Star Medal
for meritorious performance of
duty there.
In late 1944 the Army called
him back to the U.S. to organize
and conduct the First Combat In
fantry Band composed of musi
cians from all theaters who were
a so at in an is
band toured the nation during war
bond drives with the label "The
Million Dollar Band."
Maj. Whiting is a member
of the American Bandmasters
Association and an honorary
member of Phi Beta Mu na
tional music fraternity. He is
an honorary lifetime leader
of the Zembo Temple Shrine
Band by Washington D.C. a
distinction shared with John
Philip Sousa.
Maj. Whiting is also the only
U. S. Army band director to ap
pear as guest conductor of the
famous Guarde Republicaine band
of France.
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He is now the group's opera
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Sgt. Nicholas holds the
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A veteran of 22'/2 years serv
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