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Camp Barkeley News
For All Units On The Post
lVOL. 1, NO. 34.
CAMP BARKELEY, TEXAS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1942
Our Own Orientation Course
Smell of Moth
Sails Soon to
:ill Camp Air
npHIS is one of that vanishing species cailed a civilian. He is a
1 homo sapien in Latin,-a jerk in Brooklyn, a darb in Dubuque, a
Rotarian in Rockingham, a Kiwanian in Kankakee, a Lien in Law-
renceville. He wears funny clothes with colors which he selects him-
self. He knows the cop on the corner and has a speaking acquantance
with the banker. He pays a few taxes, puts his two-bits in the
church plate and uses a wood occasionally in the mistaken belief he
can knock a golf ball out of the cabbage. He owes six payments on a
V-8 which is about ready to go into the barn by the ghost of his
grandfather’s Victoria. He eats what he wants to—and can buy it—
and does what he pleases after he punches the time clock or closes
the desk. He is a picture of what the well dressed man Will wear
when let alone—AND—he’s the gleam in his draft board’s eyes.
One Mans Family fUn(J Aid
Goes In Service 1
Without Holdout
Former Mess
Sergeant Gets
5-Year Term
Marshall Ray Peterson, former
mess sergeant at Station hospital,
Wednesday was sentenced to five
years in a federal penitentiary by
Federal Judge T. Whitfield David-
son. in an Abilene court session.
The sentence followed a plea of
guilty to charges of conspiracy to
defraud the government' in food
purchases for the Station hospital,
and was the climax to a case made
“Get ’em out of the moth balls!
It won’t be long until you U be
wearing ’em again!”
It’s O. D. uniforms we’re talking
about. Cool, crisp air during re-
cent mornings and evenings has
reminded many officers and enlist-
ed men that the pleasant season of
khakis (and wasn’t it great going
without a necktie some of the
time?) soon will be over for a few
wintry months.
Camp officials gave some help-
ful advice this week as they looked
forward to an order changing over
to O. D.s. They said: “While
no definite date has yet been set
for wearing of the winter uniform,
it’s a good idea to get ready.”
Farewell to Summer
“Getting ready” will mean several
things to many soldiers.
It will mean sewing on chevrons
and shoulder patches. Non-com-
missioned officers who were pro-
moted in rank or grade last sum-
mer (of busted) have the job of
sewing chevrons on sleeves or get-
ting some one else to do it.
Most of the woolens wil ha ye to
be cleaned and pressed after a
summer of hanging, in tents and
barracks or being laid away in foot
lockers. Better get ’em to the
cleaners right away, boys, and avoid
that last minute rush. There are
lots of clothes to clean and it’s a
good idea to get your’s cleaned so
you’ll be ready when the day comes.
You may wait on the cleaner but
the Army won’t wait on you,
October 15 Is Good Bet
MRTC officials said the change
in that unit likely would be on or
about October 15, depending on the
weather. Soldiers of MRTC will
have some changing to do-so far
as shoulder patches are concerned.
The red, white and blue star will
be substituted by an eight-pointed
white star on a blue field.
MRTC now is under the Eighth
Service Command.
A definite date for changing to
O. D. uniform will be announced
by various units at later dates—
but if you’re smart, you’ll be ready
when the orders come through.
' Get ’em out, soldier, and get ’em
ready!
For Month Is
Over $13,
Pvt. Patrick Mills
Five in and one to go!
Briefly, that tells the story of
Pvt. Patrick J. Mills' family, who
are all out in the War effort, if
ever any family was all out.
A member of Co. A, 53d Med. i jjefiebower said.
Tng. Bn., Mills is 44 years old and J Loans B<
comes from Los Angeles. He was
Ben#fits from loans under Army
Emergency Funds in September
totaled more than $13,000, with
most of the needed funds granted
in $50 and $75 amounts, Col. Henry
A. Finch, Camp Commander, an-
nounced Thursday.
At the same time, the commander
commended men in division and
non-divisional units who voluntar-
ily dropped more than $3,000 into
boxes on the September 30 pay
table, for donations to the Army’s
own “helping dollar’ fund.
.In MRTC, Brig. Gen. Roy C.
Heflebower announced that dona-
tions on the last pay day and from
all other sources during the month
of September, totaled $4,150.16. The
.August total was $1,985.18 for MRTC,
which alone has raised $13,277.44
for the fund since its inception,
$1,460.53 of it at the benefit stage
show and the rest in contributions
from officer's and men, General
Loans Being Repaid
—* — -—o----- — — | Loans made since the program
proceeded into service by two sons started are being repaid satisfac-
and a scn-in-laW, with three torily, Colonel Finch said. In several
branches of the service represented, i instances, checks sent home by a
His son, Kenneth, 19, enlisted in soidier because of delay in receiv-
New Division Set
For Activation
Monday Free. Day
For Service Men
At Big Exposition
Monday will be Army Day at the
West Texas Victory Exposition at Thg g4th Jn{ wm be acfcivated
Fair Park, Abilene, and throughout j October 15 at Camp Howze, near
the day and evening all service men i Gainesville, Texas, it has been an-
wili be admitted to the grounds and | trounced by Third army Hq.
to the grandstand show free of! Lieut. Gen. Walter Krueger, un-
charge.
A display of military equipment
will be at the grounds Monday with
an escort from Camp units, and
biovuac will be made in the center
of the race track. In addition to ex-
plaining equipment to exposition
visitors, troops will carry out regu-
lar duties and formations.
Some buses on the regular Camp
the Marine Corps last year and is
now a Pfc. stationed at San Diego.
An adopted son, John Davis Berk-
ley, 27, has enlisted for a second
hitch in the Navy, and is a Boat-
swain’s Mate Second Class, station-
ed at the Naval Training Station
at Paschal, Wash. A son-in-law,
John Angelin, 28, is an aerial pho-
tographer in the Navy.
“I have another son, too, “said
private Mills. “Richard will be 18
in February and is going to enlist
in the Marine Corps soon after his
birthday. And this week I learned
my wife has taken a war job with
the, Lockheed plant in California."
And the story didn’t end there,
either. It seems Private Mills has
another son-in-law engaged in war
work in Tacoma, Wash.
Mills enlisted September 2 as a
prospective MAC officer candidate.
He arrived at MRTC September 13.
In civilian life, Mills was employed
by a dental manufacturing com-
pany, instructing dentists in “the
psychology of handling patients.”
Born in Burlington, Vt., he attend-
ed the University of Vermont be-
fore going to California,
run will be routed past the Fair
sensational by the self-inflicted I grounds, so men will not have to
"death of V. R. Allen, Abilene mer- j go downtown in Abilene and then
der whose supervision the division
is being formed, served with the
84th in World war I. General Krue-
ger was first plans and training of-
ficer of that division and served
later as chief of staff.
Major Gen. John H. Hildring,
who served with the 3d Div. in the
last' war, will command the new
unit, which will be a part of the
Third Army.
chant, named in the original in-
dictment.
Robert Floyd Bean, civilian, em-
ployed at the V. R. Allen Food
Store, also charged with Peterson
and who also entered a guilty plea,
was given- one year and a day in
the federal reformatory at El Reno,
Okla., by Judge Davidson.
Twelve points were covered in the
indictment as summarized by Clyde
O. Eastus, federal district attorney.
The frauds extended over a period
of a year, during which time money
illegally obtained through incorrect
invoices was divided between the de-
fendants, the prosecution charged.
When it was discovered fradulent
claims were being filed at Camp,
the case was investigated and dis-
closure delayed to obtain additional
evidence. When it was broken, mili-
tary authorities 'consented to its
being handled by the federal bureau
of investigation from that point and
to its trial in civilian instead of
military court because civilians
were involved.
A civil suit by the government
against the Allen estate for recov-
ery of funds allegedly obtained by
fraud, is to be settled, court attaches
said, ^
to the big show, officials said.
The grandstand show, presented
in the afternoon and at night, is
“Forward America,” a revue with a
cast of 40. On the grounds also is
the Supper club, with Vic Allen's
Cosmopolitans and a floor show,
but the regular admission price is
in effect for all visitors, in uniform
or out.
Proceeds of the week’s run for
both the Supper club and for the
grandstand show will go to the three
USO clubs in Abilene, to help carry
out their activities, officials said.
Operating expenses of the exposi-
tion will be paid from proceeds of
the midway, where Dodson's shows
will be operating, and from other
concessions.
PHYSICALS DELAYED
Henceforth applicants for officer
candidate schools will be examined
by the medical examing board at
station hospital only after they
have been interviewed by their
respective boards and recommend-
ed for school. Before an enlisted
man can take his final type phy-
sical examination, he must have a
statement signed by a member of
the board, certifying he has been
, approved for candidate school.
DIES—Col. A. E. Be-
dicke, commander of the
359th Inf. and a veteran
of 25 years service,- died
early Thursday morning
Of a heart ailment at Sta-
tion hospital, following
about a week’s illness.
This Isn't All-
The General Can
Roll a Pack Too
Speaking about setting a goed
example—any* motorist who is
grousing about the new nationwide
speed limit of 35 miles an hour
should take a lesson from this.
The' other night, while leaving
Camp by the East gate, five MRTC
men, two officers and three enlisted
men, spied an army staff car ahead
of them, proceeding very slowly. As
the officer's car approached the
green military vehicle, one of the
enlisted men exclaimed: “Wow,
three stars on the back of it— a
lieutenant general!” The staff car
was moving along between 20 and
25 miles an hour.
Wonder why they’re going so
slow,” remarked the officer behind
the wheel.
‘The general must be sticking
close to the hew speed limit,” sug-
gested one of the enlisted men.
Sure enough, the officer's car
followed the staff car all the way
into Abilene, and never once did
the speed of ,the official car exceed
30 mph.
It was learned later that the oc-
cupant of the staff car was Lt.
Gen. Walter Krueger, commanding
the Third army.
ing dependency allotments, have
been returned uncashed when the
federal check arrived unexpectedly.
Types of cases usually involve
strain from overloaded budgets due
to the delay in allotments or for
other valid causes. Some of them
have been occasioned by a change
of station, such as 30 loans to mem-
bers of a large cadre sent westward.
Of that number, all but one have
been heard from, Colonel Finch
said.
Four cadres in the 67th Med,
Regt. contributed on the bassi of 100
percent at the rate of $1 per man
last pay day. An infantry regiment
hit a new high for doughboys with
more than $1,400, and a number of
units rang the $100 bell.
Company Adds $288
In MRTC, the leading battalion
contributor was the 64th, which add-
ed $658.74 to coffers of the Cen-
ter's fund. Second was the 59th Bn.,
whose members laid out $621.74.
Company B of the 64th Bn. alone
contributed the large amount of
$288 for what is believed to be a
company record for all units on the
post.
Funds still are available to men
who are in actual distress. Action is
fast and checks are written when
pei’sonal applications are made by
either the soldier or his depend-
ents to the Army Emergency Fund
officer at Camp headquarters. In
MRTC, applications may be made
to that headquarters.
Car Wreck Fatal
To Artilleryman
One Gets Three
Pvt. Wallace Mayer, Co. D, 56th
Med. Tng. Bn., just returned from
furlough with a three day exten-
sion, puts it this way: “I asked for
five and got three, because I had
acquired one.” Interpreting the am-
biguous statement he said, “I asked
for five extra days furlough but
was only given three. As for the
one—well, that meant I acquired a
wife while in Cleveland.”
Pvt. Charles F. Sikes, 21 years
old, was killed in an automobile
accident Saturday night 12 miles
east of Albany on U. S. Highway
80-A.
Private Sikes, a member of Btry.
A, 344th F.A. Bn., was killed when
a light pick-up he was driving
crashed into a concrete bridge.
Sikes was passing a truck and
wheels of his vehicle dropped onto
a shoulder that was under repair
and muddy. His pick-up skidded
across the road and struck th©
bridge.
Two other soldiers and an Al-
bany girl, Frances Martin, 18, were
injured. The soldiers were Dewey
Munez, 22, and Cpl- Guy Richards,
25, both of the 54th Sta. Hosp.
Miss Martin suffered a broken arm,
Munez cuts and bruises, and Cor-
poral Richards a broken leg and
arm. The party was driving east
from ^Albany toward Breckenridge.
All were taken to a Brecken-
ridge hospital in an ambulance
ordered to the site of the wreck
by two Abilene highway patrolmen,
Paul Oder and Mack L. Glasscock.
Accompanying Private Sikes’ body
to his home at Sulphur, Okla.,
Monday was Pvt. LaFaye^te F.
Whitmore. also of Btry. A
Sikes’ mother, Mrs, Mary Belle
James, was listed as nearest of kin.
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Camp Barkeley News (Camp Barkeley, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1942, newspaper, October 9, 1942; Camp Barkeley, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601128/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Grace Museum.