The Apache sentinel., 1943-11-19
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Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor:
Impressed by the selected topic
in your contest, I selected SOL
dier Conduct" as the one 1 would
write on if I were eligible for a
prize AS a civilian / realize that
1 cannot compete for a prize. If
1 won one I would donate it to the
local Red Gross Chapter 1 sub
nit my contribution gratis.
Bert Carey.
To my mind, the Ft. Huachuca
military reservation is the most law
population in the State of Arizona.
All one has to do to keep abreast
of the times is to read the Arizona
press and become convinced that
there are fewer major crimes and ].
certainly less misdemeanors at Ft.
Huachuca among its military and
civilian inhabitants than in the
cities of Tucson, Bisbee, and even
Phoenix, the capital of Arizona.
Estimating Ft Huachuca's popula-
ton at 10000 military and civilianl
what city of this size in the south
eastern states can compare with Ft.
Huachuca for good conduct?
% NV family has resided on the
reservation one year this month. 1
have been here eight months longer.
I have yet to experience the law
lessneSs that some of my friends
predicted L would have to endure.
On the contrary, my wife and
daughter on their travels around the
post at all hours have yet to meet
a soldier who was not a gentleman.
AS a PIX manager I have had
ample opportunity to refute reports
circulated to the detriment OF the
Negro on military posts particularly.
The latter is no place for intoler-
ant people, especially those super"
Americans who secretly agree with
some of Hitler'S race and creed pro-
grams. Thank God we have few OF
their ilk fofi the pest. They. do not
remain long on their jobs when they
realize that in the PX's the word
/" Service" means more than profit
hand is synonymous with American
ism.
I believe statistics will prove that
soldiers who run afoul Of the law
do so while off the post and that un-
patriotic civilians are the cause.
The much needed cleanup at Fry;
directed by our military command
ers, is commendable The situation
there was stencil in the nostrils of
all clean-minded military and civil
ian persons. I am sure the mothers
of our soldiers back home (son1e as
far off as the Atlantic COAST will
be pleased to learn of the election
of the female hazards from Fry and
the imprisonment of its extortioniSt
bootleggers.
The exemplary conduct of the SOL
dierS of FIT. Huachuca can be att
tested by the presence of SO few
MP'S around our PX'S. 1t is not u1l- :
common to count as few as a pair Of
them in a PIX serving over 5000 SOL
diers at the time. PX's, to my mind,
are a more powerful agent in pro-
noting good conduct than the hard
est MP club or holstered gun. The
PIX is the serviceman'S club, rec
reation point where he can meet his
buddies; in fact, safety valve or
outlet for the pent-up energy of our
American youth, including some Of
the finest specimens of maturing
manhood.
/ The presence of so many night.
and-day working Army Chaplains;
the educational, programs, etc., con-
Quoted by the Special Service Divis-
ion and sponsored by our generals
and Post Commander, the untiring
efforts of our Post Exchange Off
Ger to make the PX's better places
to spend leisure hours and meet
every need from a merchandise
point of view, and the continuous
seaSonable sports events, are reSpon-
sible, I believe, for the good con-
duct of FIT. Huachuca soldiers
B.C.-PX Mgr.
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the great SOU team. All wish