Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1942-06-19
SERGEANT Hill
IS NOTHING OF A
STUFFED SHIRT
Is Son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. I. Hill
and Is Stationed At Fort
Macarthur

The following clipping is taken
from California paper, and the Sgt.
Hill referred to is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William T. Hill, of this city, Mr..
Hill being connected with the Mary
land Light and Power Corporation.
Sgt. Hill is stationed at Fort Mac
Arthur:
First impression we received in in
terviewing Battery AS new topkick
for this column, was that here is a
man with nothing stuffed shirt"
about him. Affable informal, Sgt.
Hill talked sensibly and straight from
the shoulder. And not too much.
Il guess the fellows would like to
know what sort of a Joe l am" he
said to us with an easy smile on his
face. "Well, Pm not tough and Pm
not rough. The men will get the
breaks with me. All ask is that
every soldier in this outfit do his job
to the best of his ability. There will
be no Sinking of duties, and any vio-
lations of rules and regulations on
duty will be dealt with Immediately.
On the other hand, the orderly room
door will be always open to the men.
Beefs will definitely find sympathe-
tic ear. If they're legitimate and
Justified, I'll back the man to the
limit and fight for his rights to the
bitter end. If man is wrong | won't
hesitate in telling him So"
Asked what he thought of the Bat
terry, Sgt. Hill unhesitatingly de-
clared that they were a great bunch.
"From what I've been able to see they
work hard and we'll. I'm surprised at
the small amount of gripping they do"
he said, "They may not realize it, but
their morale and spirit are tops. Yes,
they're as fine a group of men as I've
ever seen. And I'm going to go the
limit to see that they stay that way!"
George w. Hill is the 1st sarge's
full name and he was born on Hill
Street, in Snow Hill, Maryland, just
% years ago. He's seen plenty of
soldering, 9 and a half years of it,
in fact. Enlisting in the army in
Wilmington, Delaware in '32, he was
assigned to Co. c., 1st Engineers,
with whom he served for six years,
attaining the rank of corporal. Sign
ing up again he choose the coast
artillery and was sent to the Philip
pines, ticketed to G. Battery, Coast
Artillery. In this branch of the serv-
ice he rose rapidly and when, in
October of III, he took the last sched-
1iled transport back to the States, he
proudly wore the stripes and diamond
of a first soldier. Make no mistake,
Sgt. Hill knows his coast artillery
from A to lizard, having served as
gun commander on the IA inch dis
appearing guns, 75s, 6 inch guns and
3 inch AAs.
On the 26th of November, 1912,
Sgt. Hill arrived at FIT. Macarthur
and soon reported to Headquarters
Battery. He was assigned to Hypo
station. And now, he's taking over
where Sgt. Ellington left off.
We asked him about his old outfit
back in the Philippines. He wouldn't
talk much about it. "The boys there
gave a good account of themselves"
he said. His eyes had hurt look in
them. "Not many left, I guess" He
didn't say any more.
The sarge likes this post. Says its
the finest he's ever seen. Personnel,
climate, layout etc, all came in for
high praise. A bachelor, he also gave
a soldiers typical expert opinion on
the scores of lovely California gals
about. He likes 'em.
A Battery men will be very much
interested in hearing the good sews
that Sgt. Hill is ball player of no
mean ability. He didn't say 80, but
we deduced it, for he told US that he
had held down left field on the c. A.
nine in the Philippines, which outfit
won the Department Championship
while he was there. In concluding,
Sgt. Hill said that if time can be
found for it, ga Battery" will have q
ball club again. Yes, Sgt. Hill is glad
/. to be with us. In the name Of the
men, this column welcomes him. Wen
back him up solid. For it looks like
he'll be in there swinging for US at
all times.