The future outlook., 1942-12-19
"Shoot the Gas
To Me, Tojo!"
CONTINUED From poce one)

The men used TO ask fnvors OF him
with colossal flnttcry. They called
him Captain" every breath Now
that he's become captain. he has
10 suppress grin when the same
men nmblc In and ask him for Il
pass, sprinklIng their plens with
please, Colonel"
Every man In the unit is nuto'
mailcally II member OF the lIalf'
penny club, and must cnrry u hair
penny nj all times. II caught without
one, Il member must forfeit some
thing To the one catching him. Thus
there is n constant exchange OF Ties,
haudkerchicfs, socks and other
handy articles one fellow caught In
the middle Of the camp area had to
forfeit his pants. In town, beer Is
q proper forfeit. The club is 80 well
= sown that townspeople occasionally
sfsT colored soldiers on the street to-
ask II they are Halfpenny Club mem
bers
Going through one after another
Of the camouf1aged barracks Of thei
units concealed hush camp. We met
some of\its members. Most respected
OF all is FIRST Sgt. Leslie Meadows
from Charleston, West Virginia He's
been In the regular army for II
years, and graduated from cavalry
school No. man In his class In
horsemanshIp. HE really knows his
business" say his men.
Pvt Ulysses Graves. from Phila-
aelphia, company clerk, has more to
be proud OF than his first name.
Back In high school he learned to
type go words n minute. That man
can type like woodpccker on
lmb," the men say.
Meet our paper train soldier" Sgt
Corbett said. He's Pfc. Robert Red.
mcnd, from York. Pennsylvania, and
earned the monicker because he gets
reyille passes and arrives back In
camp on the train carrying the
morning papr. just In time to grasp
the camp bugle and blow the first
ntg laaati
bueling Job He was catching X. =.
little too often Siding up to thel
buglcr he asked II he could be taught
to blow the thing In case the bugler
wanted TO move out on one day
pass Redmond learned 30 we'll thnt
the buglcr lest the job to him.
They call Cpt, Frank Gordon from
baltimore Flash Gordon" and for
good reason At Morgan college, In
Baltimore, he sparkcd his footbnll
team TO ~ consecutive victories. In
eidentally. hefty Flash Is not the
only college man In the outfit. which
has plenty OF BA's and BSs
The unit also hns an anonymous
gossip columnist. This mystery re-
porter types out n scandal sheet nnd
tacks II on the messhnll wall lie
calls himself Triple Sight" aud
claims 10 have three tipstcrs, who
are reading from left to right, Peep
Sight. Rear Sight, and Front Sight
He exposes latest bits about everyone
In the outfit. including the Officers.
Chief barracks diversion Is card
game. called tonk. similar to knock
rummy. Crnp games are II thing OF
the past to this unit. which considers
craps kid stuff or TT only for loaf
crs. From the barracks American
swing music blares over radios the
ncn chipped In for, There's ping
pong table In Sgt Corbett's supply
room. but games usually end abrupt.
iy when the ball bounces behind n
stack OF equiment Must be severnl
dozen balls there now" he sad.
Rhythm is as big In Negroes life
nv tea In an Australians. and Sgt.
Corbett capitalized on the fact. lie
collected Paper Train Redmond. Cpl.
Raymond Harding from Portsmouth,
Virginia, and Pvt iJames Mayberry'