The Camp Hulen Searchlight (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1941 Page: 3 of 8
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THE CAMP HULEN SEARCHLIGHT
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MOSQUITO WORK
FOR CAMP SHOWS
RAPID PROGRESS
Situation Relieved
! In 3-Month Period
On Huge Project
In three months’ time the mos-
quito situation at Camp Hulcn has
been materially improved, and the
past week saw the beginning of
the major portion of the huge
control project, Lt. Col. Eli E.
Brown, Camp Surgeon, who is in
charge of mosquito control, stated
today.
Work began the past week on
the Turtle Point area where 13
ditches of 40 feet in width are to
be dug. Draglines are at work
- clearing the area at the end of
the point which will eventually
be leveled off.
The entire project is expected
.to last from the end of the camp
to the end of Turtle Point.
Marsh land areas along the
Tres Palacios Bay and along
Turtle Bay are to be filled in and
leveled off. Levees have been
thrown up along the water line
and swamp areas. The mosquito
breeding “duck pond” has been
completely eliminated.
A total of 56 men are now at
Work on the project, and it is
expected this number will be in-
creased. Many more trucks and
heavier equipment will eventually
be put into use.
The entire Hulen shoreline and
any mosquito breeding “spots”
will be worked so that the Can>P
will be comparatively free of the
pesky insects.
Piles, checks and records of the
Work being done are kept, and
another allotment to further the
work now started has been asked,
Col. Brown said.
PAGE THREW
NEWS and NOTES
From Co. A
72nd QM
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Commissions May
Be Regained Under
New Army Setup
203rd Chaplain Is
Promoted to Rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel
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...The War Department has an-
nounced that former Reserve offi-
cers of junior grades, who for
business or other reasons, were
forced to relinquish their com-
missions, may be reappointed as
Second Lieutenants provided they
satisfy the following conditions:
Original appointment as a Re-
serve officer was made susequent
tom
They were in an eligible status
Sat the time their Reserve appoint-
ment was terminated.
Their appointments were not ter-
minated because of misconduct or
Other similar cause.
Major Cliff Titus, Chaplain of
the 203rd C. A. (AA), in orders
issued by the War Department
the past week, was promoted to
the ^ank of Lieutenant Colonel in
the Chaplain’s Corps.
Col. Titus has been a member
of the Houn’ Dawg regiment for
the past twenty years, and is
Camp Hulen’s chief guest dinner
speaker. He has appeared at ban-
quets in nearly every town in the
vienity of Camp.
Col. Titus is a native of Ne-
braska, and volunteered for ser-
vice in the World War when he
was assigned to the 14th Infantry
as chaplain.
Joplin, Missouri is home to
! the Colonel now. He has been
I very active in civic affairs of that
city for a number of years. He
was elected to the Missouri state
senate, was president of the
Chamber of Commerce, was for a
number of years chairman of the
Joplin Fiesta Board, and in addi-
tion has been connected with the
public school system as chairman
of the board of education.
NEWS and NOTES
from the
204th C. A. (AA)
By Pvt. Geo. R. Johnson
With tent flaps drawn .and
street silent, quarters of the 2nd
Bn are like a ghost city today.
Soldiers of the Bn. departed
Colonel Loustalot
Becomes Center’s
Executive Officer
Col. Albert L. Loustalot arrived
at Camp Hulen the past week to
assume the duties of Executive
Officer for the Anti-Aircraft
Training Center.
Col. Loustalot came to Hulen
Monday for three weeks of firing . from Hawaii, and replaces Lt.
at Indianola carrying with them;Col. Maurice Morgan, who is serv-
ail equipment and clothes except | jng as umpire in maneuvers.
cot and mattress. The men will j___
make their quarters in tents sit- r,L11-.L
uated permanently on the bay. A_hurch J>erVlCe8
This marks the second firing For Co. <4L” Men
period for the battalion which i Church services for troops of
completed two weeks of firing on, Co. “L\ 29th Quartermaster have
Turtle Point last month. If the, been announced as follows:
battalion’s performance this
July 20th—Chaplain McRaney.
July 27—Chaplain Elliott.
August 3rd—Chaplain Titus.
August 10th—Chaplain Herd.
Service Club En joys
Another Busy Week
The Service Club again proved
the most popular spot on the
Reservation the past week with
They pass a physical examina- i two dances and a songfest draw-
tion. ing the soldiers through its doors
They have the approval of the
jCorps Area or Department Com-
mander or Chief of Branch con-
cerned. 1
They attain a new certificate of
capacity,
Five Baker Boys
Do Their Bit For
The Army
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The Baker boys are doing their
bit for national defense.
Not the cooks and bakers, but
the five brothers of Friona, Texas.
One of the five Baker brothers
of Friona is Lieut. George F.
Baker, Q. M. C., property officer
for Camp Hulen.
The others are 1st. Sgt. Oliver
W* Baker, top kick of Co. B, Re-
eption Center at Fort Bliss; Sgt.
Imer L. Baker, a 1st. Sgt. in a
!o.,"St -the Infantry Replacement
Center, Camp Wolters, Texas; Cpl.
Arthur Baker, 77th F. A., Fort D.
Russell, Texas and Pvt. Ray-
mond B. Baker, 28th Engineer Co.
Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri.
And the chances are good that
a sixth brother, Gilbert Baker,
will be inducted this summer. He
is registered and subject to call.
The boys are the sons of Mr.
and Mrs. George M. Baker.
On Sunday night approximately
300 men blended voices in ’sing-
old and new songs. Tuesday night
a large crowd enjoyed folk danc-
ing with young ladies from Free-
port as guests.
Wednesday night the men of
the Station Hospital held their
first dance since the club was
opened two months ago, and all
concerned agreed that it was one
ol' the best dances yet.
month is a repetition of the Tut
tie Point firing, a few records '
should come back tucked away
in the soldiers’ field bags.
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Congratulations go out this B this week welcomed the return
week to the first selectee in the of Capt. Rentz who has been on a
204th to be made sergeant—Form- 10-day leave at Shreveport. The
er Pvt. DeWitt Jones, Btry. E, Btry. was commanded during his
who last week was made supply absence by 1st. Lt. Pringle,
sergeant of that battery. Jones, j * * *
a Natchez, Miss., youth, was an Other recent promotions in the
accountant before his induction 204th are:
into the army. Another selectee, Reg. Hq. Btry.
Pvt. Homer L. Gray, was" recent- To be Sgt.—Cpl. Leon A. Davis;
ly made corporal in Reg. Hq. to be Cpl.—Pfc. John C. Phillips.
Btry. Band
* * * | To be Sgt.—Cpl. Lawrence Koe-
The 1st Bn. last week wentjlemay, Jr. and Cpl. William C.
on another convoy to Indianola. McKinney, Jr.
The convoy really began Tliurs- Btry. B
day at 12:30 a. m. when Btry. D To be Sgt.—Cpl. Raymond W.
went on an alert, arriving at In- Norwood; to be Cpl.—Pfc. James
dianola and setting up guns and B. Nelson,
equipment by 4 a. m. The Btry. Btry. D
participated in a blackout be- To be
tween Port Lavaca and Indianola.' Schoolfield
The remainder of the battalion Btry. E
arrived at the firing point later j To be Sgt.—Cpl. Arthur H. Gil-
Thursday and remained until Fri-jbert and Pvt. DeWitt Jones; to (
day afternoon. However, the be Cpl.—Pfc. Henry C. Brewer,
nearest the bn. came to firing Pfc. Floyd F. Long, Pfc. Jack F.
was to watch the 211th fire ma- Martin, Pfc. Davis M. Turner,
chine guns and 37 mm. guns. Pvt. Prentice K. Parker and Pvt.
The officers and men of Btry. Theron P. Slack.
Cpl.—Pfc. Alvin J.
Each Soldier to Have Blood Test Made,
Type Will Be Recorded on Collar Tags
Each soldier on active duty in
the U. S. Army* will receive a
! blood test to determine his blood
type, in order that transfusions
may be given quickly in case of
an accident. A record will be
kept and eventually each man’s
blood type will be recorded on his
^identification tag.
By using newly-developed dried
preparations of blood grouping
sera obtained from rabbits, it will
be possible to identify the various
types of human blood for the en-
tire Army personnel more exped-
itously and more economically than
with the human blood grouping
sera previously used. ,
The Medical Department was
authorized about a year ago to
determine the blood types of all
Regular Army personnel. Prepar-
ation was delayed, however, in
order to coordinate the makings
of these tests with facilities for
recording the results on the in-
dividual identification tags and to
develop a more satisfactory source
of blood grouping serum for per-
forming the tests.
Under the previous method of
using human blood sera which
were in liquid form and had to
be kept refrigerated—an average
observation period of Half an
hour was required for results. In
| the process microscopic readings
were made.
The new method gives results
in about 30 seconds. No micro-
scopic reading is necessary. A
further advantage of the dried
sera is that they can be kept
without refrigeration and are more
stable over a longer period.
At least 100,000 men a week
can be blood tested, according to
Medical officers, and the tests will
be conducted as vapidly as sera
are made available.
The International or Landsteiner
classification will be used, and the
results recorded by the symbols,
A, B, AB, or 0.
By D<ck Braveler and Bob Sooftl
We take this occasion to extend
a cheery welcome to Cap"?. Bust.
, That is, as cheery a welcome as
; visions of ten or fifteen miles of
walking can permit... Rumor has
it that the Capt. is considering
transferring the tires and wheels
of our issue trucks in for the good
feet of Company A. It has al-
ways been a source of wonder
(and blisters) to us how that
long-legged pace of his can get
down to a 120 to the minute, 30-
inch step without the indignity of
[a fall.
Bernard Cullen, soulful devotee
of the brew, is leaving our fold,
for the staff Hq. office of the
Third Army in San Antonio. We
never knew that quiet lad wqs as
capable with pencil and type-
j writer as he is with the flip of
Conviviality. Ha ha! San An-
tone!
Basically speaking, Hal “Call
Me God, To The Girls” Koren Is
I quite the man of accomplishments.
•We always took him to be the ex-
pert pitcher, hand ball and pino-
1 chle player, but this last outburst
jef his is one at which we marvel.
He is actually a carpenter, at
! least we judge so, for he has been
beating his head against duck
! boards all week. Make like a joke,
‘■Hal. i
A visit to the shops any day
j will find a group of neophytes
crowded around Cpl. Sherman
and Pfc. Tupper, mentors in me-
chanics, who recently have re-
turned from their Army Alma
Maters at David Rankin and
Holabird respectively. They real-
ly know their stuff, but who can
tell Max Obshatko anything.
We don’t know whose fine,
: melodious, resonant, voice that is
coming from the grease pits over
at the shop but it has been
brought to our attention that
a baritone can repair a differen-
I tial. By the way, and by no
means connected with the above,
Brother Brandin has suddenly de-
veloped into a specialist on rear
ends.
After searching the Table of
Organization from top to bottom
we still find no mention of the
j ratings of “Superintendents of In-
dolence” which Frank Gaddis jjnd
Paul Brown are holding down.
There must have been, a lot of
requisitions for vacuums filled for
us, because the “Curators of Nil”
are • spending a lot of time pil-
ing them up in their store room.
Don't get lost in all that noth-
ing, fellows!
Of course we don’t know much
about these things, being ardent
squares at heart. Brahms, Bee-
thoven, and Bach appeal to our
long haired (pardon the retreat-
ing brow line) instincts. From
what we hear the “joint” was
jumping over at Club the rthfer
night when Archie “Nimble Foot”
Chuisano, Alligator N. 1, returned
from his furlough with a batch
of hot recordings. The "cats”
were gathered from miles around
and there wasn’t any “ickk” in
sight. Oh. beat me daddy with a
cadence count! ’
We are faintly suspicious cf the
long siege of illness that George
Keller had. It was concurrent
J with his home town Brooklyn
! Dodgers.’ occupation of oeo-
ond place in the National League.
No sooner than they hit the top
rung of the league ladder, George
was back in whoop-it-up shape...
For the sake of George's frailty of
fan temperament, they had better
| hold on to that pennant c-lutch.
ALber Erath, straight shotting,
hard riding, two gun chicken
rancher from up-state New York
has hitched his Stetson to a kitch-
on post and is now forsaking his
career for one with the skillets
and grills... Give him a bird,
boys . . . Another good man going
' wrong.
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Witt, William H. The Camp Hulen Searchlight (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1941, newspaper, July 18, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth719783/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Palacios Library.