The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-25
by Dre1C Pearson

given to officers ,
 Here Is the Army score-card:
 Punishment of officers-col James A. Kiian' reprimand and $500 fine; Maj. Richard B. LoDuono' s2OO fine; Mai Herbert Bluhm, acquitted; O Gaps SU seph A. Robertson acquitted; It Leonard .1i,c reprinand and forfeiture of $350 pay; bt' Si"44'A Cubage, reprimand and $2SO tlne'
 G1 nunishments-Corp. Louis L. Robson, repTl- mand and forfeiture of $15; T/5 Ellis D. Aocock' forfeiture $8O; Pfc. Thomas warren, %lUO' ovs- Austin D. Gheens, acquitted; FIG Wmii n m, A-tnIr less $1OO; Pfc William B. Norris, $6O; PIC AFVii0i B Duncan $5O Pfc. Adolph zortz, reprimand.
 lot of little things went on at LchtieAd wnaCn never came out at the court-martlal OIicerS oVop ping at Idchfield tell how Colonel k1lan passed the hat to collect $4 400 for plate glass window TOT the staffordshire regmental headquarters at Acn- field Known as the coonel's pet project was Al- piled that everyone had to contribute
 At Iichfield every officer was supposed to pc permitted two bottles of whisky per month howevet they didn't get them Instead the whisky was soao over the officers Club bar at 40 cents drink
 One visitor tells how he was awakened at 4 o'clock one morning during the war to LOOK oown ' at the spectacle of Colonel Kilan stanolng III HIS car making the round of his troops review He was receiving their salute at A. M before going 10 Lon- don to receive decoration!
 NOTE-Back in 1884 when the regular Army wanted to oust Kilian under class regulations. President Roosevelt re-lnStated nlni' Oohioao ASA done some wire pulling
 Conpressmen returned from the Pacific report that an estimated $50 Jap soldiers are still at arge on the Island of Okinawa, living Robinson Crusoe existence in the hills American authorities are not seriously troubled A lone Jap fugitive was picked LID couple of months ago on Salpan, a1ter naV1ng been at large for over year. When asKeo where he had been getting water the very dry portlon of the island to which he had been confined, the Min replied that he had gone at night to large mouse in an isolated sector drinking from the tap and 1li- ing his canteen. The home that of the A1nercan commander Returned Congressmen are worried that lower ranking commissioned officers are tax ing the Japs to their hearts" The Congressman rear that many occupation officers have forgotten that the Japs were our enemies only 8 year ago. The Japs the Congressmen say have not forgotten thelr dead but some of men have forgotten the Amer jeans who died battling these same Japs
 One of MacArthur's difficulties is the great snort- age of Jap-American interpreters. Result In Jap anese towns without any interpreter reports on con ditions written by Jap authorities, are sent to U B. headouarters as official reports. Plans to recruit 5O 900 Ffpinos for Army have fallen through because of lack of money. The present goal 5oOOO with the training under way. Worst areas in the Pacific for troop morale are Korea and the Aleutians Korea is the center of political intrigue and because it at the end of the supply lines, the food served troops is hardly better than 1elo rations In the bare treeesS Aleutans, the pig Wsn of U S. troops is for 12-month rotation system They are now sent on a two-year hitch with scant chance to get back to the comparative gayety of Alaska.