The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-06-05
News From
CAMP HAM

AG |
with great deal more success and
although my taste for salt water Is
not the best there is 1t never the
less was a great deal Of fun swim
ming among the waves. The water
was just right, the air was perfect
with not a cloud in the sky, and the
beach was very crowded so what
more could a guy ask for? At a
o'clock everyone had to leave and
many Of them against their will.
Leaving at four sharp we went
back to Camp HAN over the same
route whence we had came arriv-
ing back at camp around $50.
Seargeants Art Rosenwald and
Pete Billman were also among
those who went on the convoy and
all day long they weren't to be
seen anywhere and the boys were
beginning to wonder whether or not
something had happened to them.
The time was drawing near to the
hour Of departure and on return
ing to the trucks the two SCARCE
ants were found in the "jeep" with
a couple Of gals they had apparent
ly picked up. Upon questioning
them they said they been there all
day and were pretty wrapped up in
their conversation with the girls
and thus were completely ignored
when we asked to be introduced.
A 4 o'clock they were forced to
part company and they did so with
tears in their eyes. The two scar
geants went back to Camp Haan
and the two little 12-year-old girls
went home to their mothers.
On this convoy as they do on all
conveys, they had markers for the
purpose of directing the convoy at
purpose of directing the convoy
Gus spots in the road. At a par
ticular corner in the city of Elsin-
ore where the convoy had to turn
to the left and the oncoming traf-
fic had to be stopped as to not in
terfere with the convoy, Leonard
Matthias got out to do his duty. AS
the convoy was rolling by a pretty
girl caught his eye on the street
corner and naturally his attention
wandered from his work. Just
about that time a sporty convert
able coupe came speeding down the
highway and as Leonard made no
attempt to stop him he kept right
on coming, apparently not noticing
the marker. It slipped right past
Leonard, pretty near got him and
soaring the daylights out of him
as it had come so close to hitting
him. He swears that never again
will he take his eyes off his work.
When eating at the mess table
and someone says, pass the mus
Gle grass, he means please pass
the spinach and not a new kind
of hay.
Last Sunday Harold Keldahl and
Richard Foquette decided to go
deep sea fishing out in the briny
deep. Leaving camp quite early
they wound up about 10 miles
away from shore somewhere in the
Pacific Ocean. All day long they
fished and fished but met with very
little success as all they had at the
end of the day was two tiny fish
not more than three inches long
for there efforts. About the only
thing of Importance that really hap
pened is that on the way back to
the mainland the sea became a
little breeze and Kelly came up
with a terrible case of sea sick
ness. But neither of them are any
the worse for their experiences and
they both arrived in camp pretty
safe but not sound.
H*
An order came out that gladdens
the heart of every soldier in camp
because finally they have decided
to do away with the army pack.
Now there wasn't too much object
ion to this thing the boys had to
carry on their backs because it
really wasn't very much and all
that was in it was a few blankets,
mosquito netting, tent, a lot of
little sticks, little rope, the SOL
dier's personal clothing and equip
ment, a pair of working coveralls,
rations, mess gear, raincoat, helmet
and overcoat. But once in a while
they made us carry a heavy pack
but now as they are doing away
with it will never even have to
carry the above mentioned light
one. The army has issued every
man field bag and it looks like
very handy thing and the pur-
pose Of it is to carry only the
mans personal equipment and mess
gear but there is only one thing
wrong with it. It seems as though
no one can figure out how to at
tach them to the person or where
they are carried. Many different
methods have been suggested but
as to just how it is really done we
are still in the dark. Also the men
in the battery have all ordered
bed-rolls so as to do away with
the pup" tents and thereby this
will eliminate a lot Of unneces-
sary work whenever we go out on
conveys or manuvers. Pretty nice.