The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1944-05-25
i. 5. Scouts and Raiders
Make Warfare History
Specialists inyGuerIa Tactics Practice Blood
less Raids in Preparation for
Big Battle to Come.
By BAUKHAGE
Netos analyst and Commentator.

benefits derived from guerillas
would be "of the greatest assistance
to an army opening 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 q vital part in the battle Of Ger
many. The part our 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 our personal
history. The day after the bloodless
raid which l described to you,
captain from the raided airbase was
visiting at raider" headquarters.
Said the captain, after his third
coca cola: About your raiders run
ming hog wild over 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 the was still un-
shaven-got up and picked up a
rifle, shining like 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 1t stands in the
rack right outside his door and IL
you have an inspection worth a
nickel, it's been missing about nine
hours"
The captain cooked an eye.
Yep said the raider, II
plucked 1t from the bush and would
have. had the name plate of the
shippers door too II | hadn't heard
step in the hall. Want to see a
sketch OF your layout" He tossed.
sodden notebook on the table.
Yes, 1t was just play" But the
young officer who had been pushing
the pigskin around for one 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 commandments
door, stole the rifle, inched his way
back to q 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 flash OF a
knife and some blood--and SEN
try's last groan, stifled by 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 Cd
those industries are discontinued or
converted to peace-time operations,
~ millions OF men come home
from the war looking for jobs7
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 recommendation to
War Manpower Chief McNutt.
The women's committee says
that:
Employers should give their wom-
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.