The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-11

tIsatese recruiting slogan ts: Join elae Army andgget 8 humps of sugar a1yoer coffees. Any, man caught tossing . cigarette butt on the ground at Camp Shelby, must carry abound a. keg in which to put the
 zeshss When he encounters another offsndefs he can pass the keg on to him .s. At. Fort Brady to make 1t e9eser tO get out of bed-sWing yntl- sic lssplayed after the piercing bugle blasts !s . If you're q recruit 9t the eeceptlo Ion center In New Cunnbs srlaIld, 9a.. after you put on your new uni- form = you inspect yourself in Q long mirror. A sign on At says: ''YOu are now looking at the finest soldier in the Worldl". At Max well Field don't laugh when you meet m air force cadet who is ac- tJallyi named Jerman Hunter ..,s, Don't get gay with Pvt.J. w. Mar tin Of Fort because he carries a lace sndkerchief. tItis . gift from Olivia DeIzayilland.
 The reason .a soldier gets all those beans isn't. that they are cheap. Army dieticiaf1s recommend them because they build body tissues, etc.,. You might meet a soldier ct Napier Field by the name of Har- ward Yale Princeton The most popular soldier at Camp -Chafee is Cpl. Geo. Russell of the 9th Ar- niured Division. His sister is Rosa land Russell and she visits there often ... At Camp Callan they toot an auto horn instead of blowing the bugle for chow calls =. The Garbo of the Army is Pvt. Leo Gulezewski. The shoes issued to him at Fort Niagara were size 16-C .a.3. The TT" under a soldiers chew ronS stands for Technician v al- though blonde who visited Fort Knox said that in her opinion 1t stood for Technique.
 The neatest trick of the war was when Cpl. Richard Willett of Lowry Field recently put on "The Wo- men" with an all soldier cast !. :. .. You can thank the boys in the This Is the Army" show for this tip. on. growing hair. It. c. H. Cherrington of Fort Bliss, who was bald, experimented by applying wool fat fused on horses) and after a month his cor1k blosSoned with fuzz Remember FDR's letter to a future President requesting Colin Kelly, Jr's, appointment to West Pcint2 ... When Capt. John Drum was killed In the Spanish American War, the President requested that his boy be considered for West Point. That son is It. Gen. Hugh A. Drum, head of the First Army.
 At Scott Field you should not do douhle4take upon being introduced to Julius Caesar, and Napoleon Bcnaparte. They are privates there .... Don't think you are too young or too old for the army. The 70th Diyikion at Camp Pickett includes Pvt. Harley J. Dewey, g years young, who is "raring to get active duty anywhere in the South Pa cificl" ..,.. Ills son, an air force pilot was killed on Batan Don't envy the cast of 'STllis Is the Army" which is attracting heavy coin for the Army Emergency Fund. They drill every morning, too. Three of them tainted from the humidity while drilling the other day .s.,,. Mirrors are placed at promin- ent spots aroSnd Camp Livingston with placards reminding: ITO be a good soldier-look like one!"
 If you try for the paratroops this silouId, comfort you. No army air force chute has ever failed to func- tiun properly :. :. Every parachute Is .Uppacked once every sixty days, thoroughly dried, inspected and re- packed =. Once 8 worker has be- gun repacking chute, he cannot leave the job except in extreme emergency. And when he returns to 1.-the must start at the begin- hing again. Even if he completed the repacking to the final opera sions Each chute must be drop-tested (attached to a man. like dummy weighing 150 lbs.) once yearly <. You might get lucky and be assigned to the 43rd Division at .Ee Signal School, Atlanta, Ga. They are quartered in the towns best notel and receive the de luxe hotel service. Shoes are shined by porters daily. Instead of reveille, there's light tap on the door with a bell hop announcing: "It's T:3O, sir!" 7. what! No breakfast in bed???
 Don't waste your time eying End Ct. Rosemarie Hayden, an Army nurse at Fort Slocurn. She's been assured by her boy friend back home that HE will wait for HER untiI SHE ""gets out of the Army!" .. If you are a churnp for celebs or their escendants-don' annoy Lawrence Custer, 19, for his auto- graph. He's the last male descend ant of General Custer of Little Bighorn renown. Larry is in train- ing at Augusta Field The long, est name in the army belongs to Cpl. Polycarpos Thronumoulopoulos ;. Remember Uncle Don, who amused the kiddies over the radio by reading the funnies? He's Private First Glass Al Tllaup and he lec- tuires on chemical warfare The full pack 6 soldier carries weighs 62 lbs. At Camp Butner you can't be portly. Every officer there must do road work three days weekiy-often 25 mile marches.
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