Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-12-19

a fast driver. Petrol may be gaso-
line to Australians, but it's slang
for whisky among the decontami-
nation crew. "Bl9" doesn't mean
BIO airplane, but a fine for pun
ishment. And, in town, men of the
outfit holler "Wallaby" at each
other.
Every man in the unit is auto
matically a member of the Half
penny Club, and must carry a half
penny at all times. If caught with
out one, a member must forfeit
something to the one catching him
Thus there is constant exchange
of ties, handkerchiefs, socks, and
other handy articles.
Going through one after another
of the camouflaged barracks Of the
units concealed bush 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. l man in
his class in horsemapShip. He
really knows his business" say his
men.
Pvt. Ulve"eS Graves, from Phila-
delphia, company clerk, has more
to be proud of than his first name
Back In high school he learned to
type eighty-two words a minute.
"That man can type like a wood
pecker on a limb" the men say.
Meet our paper train soldier, "
Sgt. Corbett said. He's Pfc. Robert
Redmond, from York, Pennsylvan-
la, and earned the monicker be-
cause he gets reville passes and ar
rives back in camp on the train
carrying the morning paper, just
IN time to crap the camp bugle
and blow the first call. There's a
story behind his bugling job. He
was catching K P. little too Of
ten. Siding up to the bugler, he
asked if he could be taught to blow
the thing in case the bugler want.
ed to move out on a one day pass
Redmond learned SO well that the
bugler lost the job to him.
GRIDIRON STAR
They call Cpl Frank Gordon
from Baltimore Flash Gordon,
and for good reason. At Morgan
College, in Baltimore, he spanked
his football team to So consecutive
victories. Incidentally hefty Flash
is not the only college man in the
outfit. which has plenty of BAs
and BS's.
The unit also has an anonymous
| gossip columnist. This mystery re-
| porter types out a scandal shee
| and tacks it on the meSshall wall
| He calls himself Triple Sight,
/ and claims to have three tipsters
who are reading from left to right
Peep Sight, Rear Sight. and From
Sight. He exposes latest bits abou
everyone in the outfit, including
the officers.
Chief barracks diversion is
card game called tonk, similar t.
knock rummy. Crap games are
thing of the past to this unit
which considers craps kid stuff, o
fit only for loafers. From the bar
racks American swing music blare
over radios the men Clipped in fol
There's a ping-pong table in SGT
Corbett's supply room, but game
usually end abruptly when the bal
bounces behind stack of equip
ment. Must be several dozen ball
there now" he said.
BEAT ALL COMERS
l The unit formed softball team
/ and issued challenges to all corners
Australian and American team
from miles around accepted tn
challenge-much to their regret
The colored nine won Is out of l
games and then had to quit. 1t RAJ
out of opponents.
The outfits mess is tops in Arm
grub because Mess Sgt Willis Mul
lens, from Clarion, Pennsylvania
left a job as Pullman cook to joil
the Army. He collected a kitche,
crew from men who used to wor
! in restaurant or hotel kitchens
Sgt. Samuel Curry, from Phil
J adelphia, is fisrt cook, and Sunda
! dinners of southern fried chickel
with all the fixins including ic
cream are the weeks highlight.
When Sgt. Corbett and his bud
dies cornered YANK'S correspon
{ dent and started throwing chemica
] formulas at us, explaining the de
3 contamination process, we remem
{ bered We flunked chemistry Il
t school and said goodbye. We d
know enough chemistry, however
to warn the Japs that they'd bet
ter stay on the alkali side, becaus
Uncle Sam has solution to tn
&c problem.