The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1944-05-25
U.S.. Scouts and Raiders
Make Warfare History
SPECIALISTS in Guerilla Tactics Practice
BIood|ess Raids in Preparation for
Biq Battle to Come.
BY BAUKHAGE
Analyst and Commentator.

~ bAS
benefits derived from guerillas
would be of the greatest assistance
to an army opening a bridgehead.'
Well. not only the land guerillas
but also the men who come up out
OF the sea by night are of greatest
assistance" whether you call them
by the romantic name OF COM
mandos'' or the more prosaic
American designation Of scouts and
raiders" The French have their
land guerillas who are already play
ing a vital part in the battle OF Ger
many. The part VI scouts and RAID
ers have in the same epic event
will some day be sung in appropri-
ate measures.
But let's get back to u personal
history. The day after the bloodless
raid" which I described to you. a
captain from the raided airbase was
visiting at raider" headquarters.
Said the captain. after his third
coca cola: About your raiders rum
ming hog wild owe our joint last
night. We caught them all-four OF
them. They walked right into the
sentry's arms-and darn near got
drilled"
The raider officer who lived his
part and looked 1.-THE was still I'M
shaver. got up and picked up a
rife. shining like a ~schoolboy's
morning face, that was standing In
the corner.
The Colonel Errs
Take this back to your colonel"
he said. land have him check its
number. He knows it stands in the
rack right outside his door and II
you have an inspection worth a
nickel, it's been missing about nine
hours"
The captain cooked an eye.
Yep" said the raider. Il
plucked it from the bush and would
have had the name plate off the
shippers door too if I hadn't heard
a step in the hall. Want to see a
sketch Of your layout" He tossed
a sodden notebook on the table.
Yes, it was just play" But the
young officer who had been pushing
the pigskin around for n Of our
storied gridirons only two years ago
had played at more serious games
in Africa before he came back to
be an instructor-he had landed on
more than one enemy beach. wig
gled past sentries. human and can
inc. just as he had when he worked
his way up to the commandant's
door. stole the rife, inched his way
back to a clump Of bushes. dug out
his debated rubber raft, blew it up
and padded back to safety.
Duck soup for him. He'd done it
all before in earnest - once when
there had been a quick hash Of a
knife and some blood-and a sem
try's last groan. stihed by a hand
that had to. wipe some enemy blood
from it. And for that, he wears a
little ribbon on his dress tunic which
you can't buy by the yard.
Women and the War
What is going to happen to the mil
lions Of women who are now filling
jobs in war industries when Q)
those industries are discontinued or
converted to peace-time operations,
t2) millions of men come home
from the war looking for jobs?
A group Of women who meet in
Washington frequently. have been
hard at work for months on plans to
deal with such an emergency. They
are the women's advisory commit
tee of the War Manpower commits
sion, headed by Miss Margaret A.
Hickey, and they have just made
some specific recommendations to
War Manpower Chief McNutt.
The women's committee says
that:
Employers should give their WON.
en- workers notice of cessation OF
work as far ahead as possible;
Women to be laid off first should
be those on the split-shift, including
mothers of children for whom part
time working arrangements have
been made:
Women who wish to resign from
their jobs voluntarily should be
asked to do so as soon as possible;
Women who have to be dismissed
because of the curtailment Of work
should be given consideration as to
skill, seniority and dismissal pay.
based on length of service;
Plans should be made for advis.
ing women who are dismissed about
such things as transferring to other
jobs. retaining for other jobs and
their social security rights.
What action the manpower com.
mission will take along these lines
remains to be seen. But at least the
women have spoken up.