The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-02-16
BY DILLON GRAHAM

BY DILLON GRAHAM
Sports Editor, AP Feature Service
CAMP UPTON, N. Y.-This long
Island army camp has at least one
barracks room orderly who doesn't
get any backtalk. He is Private j.
L. Barrow.
AS room orderly for mis- barracks,
Private Barrow, better known as
Joe Louis, is required to see that
order is maintained, that the room
is kept clean and that there are
no loud takers to disturb the other
soldiers.
This is the chief individual duty
at present assigned to the world
heavyweight boxing champion who
was indicted into the military SER
vice here January 16.
So far as the Army is concerned
he is Private Barrow and not
Champion Louis. Joe asks no IA
vors or Partially and gets none.
Lieut. E. S. Mcknight, the COM
pany commander, says Louis is
popular with the other soldiers and
that he is friendly but not intimate
with anyone.
Louis is one soldier who doesn't
find the 6:25 A. NJ reveille hard
to take Joe is so used to getting
up before dawn for long hikes at
his boxing training camps that this
routine doesn't bother him.
Here is Private BarroW's daily
schedule, after reveille 7 A. M,
breakfast; 7:45 to IL A. M, drill;
1870 A. M. lunch; 1245 P. M, to
445 P. NJ, drill; 4:45 P. M, re-
treat Through for the day.. S P. M,
supper.
In the morning drills Louis is
presently engaged in learning the
school of the soldier and the man
ual of arms. In the afternoon he
gets instruction in the stripping,
cleaning and assembling OF his
rifle. He also is learning gas mask
drill, instructions for interior guard
and now to make up his pack and
field equipment.
Louis, says 1t. Mcknight. is mod
est and cooperative. He appears
freely at the service club and at
the Opry House to let the new
soldiers see him. He wants TO be
a good soldier.
Louis has had no passes save
those for radio performance and
for his appearance at the New
York Boxing Writers banquet to
receive the Edward j. Neil trophy
as the fighter who contributed most
to boxing in 1941.
After chow in the evening Joe
is free to do as he pleases. He
often goes to the Better Ole,
post exchange near his barracks,
to sit around and chin. He some
times attends movies on the post.
He does not have his car at camp
Joe gets lots of mail and enjoys
reading. His tastes lean. toward
sports and comics magazines, which
he trades around the barracks with
his fellow soldiers. Those at his
table say Joe isn't a great eater
and seldom asks for double portions.
He hasn't had the kitchen police
job yet, but will take his turn as
soon as it rolls around.
Louis has donated quite bit
of sports equipment to the post,
such as boxing gloves, punching
bags, footballs, baseballs, medicine
balls and table tennis outfits. He
is not at present engaging in any
athletic pursuits or coaching but
he is trying to master the basic
training job of becoming a soldier
Whether Joe does any ring fight
ing this year is up to the Army
He has said he wants to defend
his title for the benefit of an
Army fund Che donated the pro-
ceeds of his last fight with Buddy
Baer to Navy fund.- and there has
been talk around New York OF
several possible opponents for 6
fight sometime within the next
/ few months.
But Joe isn't talking. A gooe
soldier waits for orders from higher
up.
I That's what Joe is doing.