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iBHE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE'
75 YEARS
SERVICE TO AMi*!££
1883 -1958
VOL. 13 NO. 7
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41st Infantry Gets
Last Of Its Trainees
The 1st Armored Rifle Battalion
41st Infantry received the last of
its 660 trainees this week and
following an orientation which in
cluded a bus tour of Fort Hood
the basic training program got
underway.
The 41st was the fifth 2nd
Armored Division battalion to
receive trainee packets. The
50th Infantry 51st Infantry
and 78th Artillery already are
well into their training pro
grams.
^Col. Kleitz
Memorial Is
Established
Friends of the late Colonel An
thony F. Kleitz who died Jan.
31 in a helicopter accident in
Germany have set up a pro
ject to provide a memorial to
him at St. Christopher's Epicso-
pal Church Killeen.
Col. Kleitz who was the 4th
Armored Division's chief of
staff here at Fort Hood and
in Germany until his death
was active in St. Christopher's
Church as a lay reader and
usher and was deeply in
terested in the Christian edu
cation work of the church.
Col. Kleitz was active in church
work not only at St. Christopher's
but also during his tour of duty
with the 4th Armored in Ger
many and in previous assign
ments in Germany he played a
key role in providing for regu
lar worship services for Episcopal
servicemen and families.
Hie memorial will appropriate
ly reflect his activity in the
church. It will be a large lectern
Bible to replace the borrowed
worn Bible now used in St. Chris
topher's.
Any balance remainig after the
lemorial is provided will be given
in the colonel's memory to the
Episcopal Diocese of Texas Book
of Remembrance a fund to.aid
theological students.
The Col. Kleitz memorial
project chairman is Major
David P. Smith III Corps
chemical officer. Anyone inter
ested in contributing should
contact or send contributions
to Maj. Smith at 156-4 Mc-
Nair Village telephone FH
44146.
St. Christopher's established in
1951 is a mission church of the
Diocese of Texas with Rev. John
A. Desel as vicar-in-chief. The
congregation includes many fam
ilies of servicemen stationed here
at Fort Hood at Killen Base and
at Gray Air Force Base.
Fifteen Fort Hood Soldiers have
successfully passed the first hur
dle on heir way to the top in
the 1958 All army Enertainment
Contest.
In the Wednesday night finals
of te Fort Hood Entertainment
Contest winning entries from
londay and Tuesday's prelim-
lary contests competed for first
and second place awards.
The fifteen winners are
scheduled to enter the Fourth
U. S. Army Entertainment
Contest May 5-8 at Fort Sill
Okla. Winners there will go
to the All-Army Final at Fojtf
Belvoir Va. in June.
The "Live" division of the con
test is divded into seven cate
gories.
In the vocal solo category the
first place trophy went to Spe
cialist Third Class Neal Nixon
Headquarters U. S. Army Garri
son. Sergeant First Class Jose
Nauman Headquarters and Head
quarter Company 2nd U. S Army
Missile Command took second
place.
The accordion playing of Pri
vate Chuck Johnson 2nd Armor
ed Division Band won him first
place in the instrumental solo
division. The second place trophy
went to Specialist Third Class
Carlos Delarosa Headquarters De
tachment 96th Quartermaster Bat
talion for his flamenco guitar
styling.
The vocal group category
was topped by the Four
Crystals Privates First Class
Joseph James Clarence An
derson Jeyroye Solomon and
Carl Cardwell representing
'the 53rd Signal Battalion.
Second place went to the Zion
Spiritual Singers Sergeant Robert
E. Lee Specialists Second Class
Alvin Cobbs and Hrold Houston
and Specilist Third Class Alvin
Hollinquist all of the 35th En
gineer Group.
Specialist Third Class
The 67th Armor has filled two
training companies and the 17th
Engineers have filled one.
Major Andrew Andersen chief
of the 2nd Armored Division
Trainee Processing Center said
3105 trainees had arrived by
Monday morning. By the end of
the week Major Andersen said
at- least 3500 will have arrived
He added that by the end of April
8400 trainees will have passed
through the center.
The caliber of trainees was
described by officers and non
commissioned officers of the 41st
as "remarkably high". Captain
E. S. Clarke commander of A
Company which filled first said
he was greatly impressed with
the appearance attitude and "gen
eral sharpness" of the trainees.
Similar expressions came from
Company commander Captain
James C. Nix and Company
commander Captain John Creech.
Company and Headquarters
Company of the 41st will not re
ceive trainees but will conduct
training for the other three com
panies in a committee arrange
ment.
The reason for the impression
made by the trainees was explain
ed by Major Andersen.
"All these trainees have
been especially selected for
packet training" he said
"and consequently they are of
the highest caliber both men
tally and physically. They are
the cream of the draft quota.
I think it is only natural that
this is going to show."
Major Andersen said the train-
(See 41ST INFANTRY Page 3)
Tomorrow Is
Military Academy
Founder's Day
Graduates of the United States
Military Academy in the Fort
Hood Area are reminded of the
annual Founder's Day Dinner
tomorrow at 7 p. m. in the VIP
Mess.
^thfe 'Fo r' Day Com
mittee headed by Colonel Fran
klin F. Wing Jr. Chief of Staff
III Corps urges any West Point
graduate whose name may in
advertently have been omitted
from the invitation list to con
tact Colonel Leo W. Catcher de
puty Chief of Staff HI Corps
at 41205.
Remarks by Major General
William S. Biddle III Corps and
Fort Hood Commander and by
the oldest and youngest graduates
present as well as a movie en
titled "Making the West Pointer"
will highlight the dinner.
This year marks the 156th an
niversary of the founding of the
U. S. Military Academy.
Entertainment Contest Aces
Set Sights On Sill Victory
Johnny Army Garrison.
Col. Martinus
Two Ft. Hood
Officers Get
New Duties
Two Fort Hood officers have
been assigned to new jobs re
cently.
Lieutenant Colonel John L.
Martinus has been named exe
cutive deputy post commander
under Colonel James J. F.
Delaney an office previously
held by Lieutenant Colonel
F. A. Kercher now assigned
in Turkey.
Lieutenant Colonel Vernon
Scott was selected to fill the va
cancy left by Colonel Martinus
Assistant Chief of Staff G-2.
Colonel Martinus arrived at Fort
Hood from Korea in November
1957. He served on the U. S. Mili
tary Advisory Group as senior
section advisor 2nd ROK Divi
sion. This is not his first assign
ment at Fort Hood However.
From June 1954 to July 1956
he served with the 4th Armored
Division Artillery and the III
Corps Artillery participating in
Exercises "Sagebrush" and "High
Seas."
Colonel Scott comes to Fort
Hood from Sandia Base. N. M.
where. h$ was assigned to the
omce Of the Director of Se
curity. He first entered the
Army in 1940 at Camp Bowie
Texas.
A native Texan he grew up in
Borwnwood and attended Howard
Payne College there.
When the world situation be
came tense in 1940 he entered
active service wth the 36th In
fantry Division and took part in
the Salerno landing and the South
ern France fighting after the
outbreak of the war.
Colonel Scott says that he is
happy to be stationed in Tex
as at last" having been assign
ed to various posts in Europe
the Orient and other parts of the
United States since January 1942.
A WINNER—The nimble fingers of Private Chuck Johnson 2nd
Armored Division Band won him first place in the instrumental
solo division of the 1958 Fort Hood Entertainment Contest as
well as a chance at the Fourth U.S. Army crown at Fort Sill
Okla. May 5-8.
Gonzales 48th Medical detach
ment a tap dancer won out in
over singer-pianist Private Cornell
Muldrow 24th Engineer Battalin.
In the instrumental group top
honor went to Private Carl John
son's progressive jazz combo con
sisting of Specialist third Class
William Smith 266th Army Band
First Lieutenant William Jensen
319th Military Intelligence Bat
talion Private First Class Thom
as Cook Headquarters and Head
quarters Company 1st Reconnais
sance Squadron 16th Sky Caval
ry 2nd united States Army Mis
sile Command and Private John
son Headquarters Company U. S.
The second place trphy in the
instrumental group category was
won by the Louis Wells group
featuring Sergeant First' Class
Louis Wells 266th army Band
Private First Class Richard John
son Headquarters 2nd Armored
Division Trains Private Cornell
Muldrow 24th Engineers Private
First Class James Lindsay 67th
Armor specialist Third Class Ed
win Pleasants 266th Army Band
and Sergeant First Class Aus
tin Christian 266th Army Band.
Specialist Third Class Jim
Fitzpatrick 266th Army Band
and Specialist Third Class Dan
Piekarski Headquaiters Com-
(See ENTERTAINM#iT Page 8)
The origin of "Retreat" used
in the American Army since the
time of the Revolution apparent
ly dates back to the Roman Le
gions and before. "Retreat" as
it is now seems to be closely
related to some signal that must
have been given in the days
when armies fought during the
day and retired to their respective
camps at night.
This signal probably preceded
the withdrawal from battle of the
standards and battle flags of the
embattled princes and kings of
antiquity.
"Retreat" and the evening
gun although undoubtedly
"utilitarian in origin have
come to symbolize the sold
ier's devotion to the Flag
and to the Republic for which
it stands." It is at Retreat that
he is reminded most force
fully of his obligation and
privilege to serve his Nation
and of the satisfactions oi that
service.
Because of the deep meaning
the Retreat ceremony has many
soldiers feel that recorded music
is inappropriate that the entire
ceremony should be conducted in
exactly the same way it has
been since the time of the Re
volution.
Recorded bugle calls continue
to be used for other calls through
out the day but on Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays the
266th Army Band assembles at
Former Provost
Marshal Cited
Colonel Harold M. Bowman Jr.
Military Police Corps received a
Certificate of Achievement from
Major General William S. Biddle
III Corps and Fort Hood Com
mander in recognition of his out
standing service as provost mar
shal III Corps.
Colonel Bowman has been trans
ferred to Fort Meade Md. to be
come Provost Marshal 2nd United
States Army.
In the words of the citation "as
president and later as senior mil
itary advisor of the Armed Forc
es Disciplinary Control Board
Colonel Bowman displayed a dip
lomatic and cooperative attitude
which fostered cordial relations
with civilian law enforcement ag
encies throughout Central Texas
and in the Louisiana maneuver
area."
Colonel Bowman's service as
president of the Fort Hood Safe
ty Council and his "competent
professional planning" of the Pro
vost Marshall phases of Exercis
es King Cole Clover Leaf II Gulf
Stream and Strong Arm were also
cited.
Colonel Bowman served as Pro
vost Marshal III Corps and Fort
Hood from October 23 1956 to
July 1 1957 and as Provost Mar
shal III Corps until March 10
1958.
Killeen's Police
Chief Honored
Colonel H. M. Bowman III
Corps provost marshall before
leaving for Fort Meade honored
Killeen Police Chief Cubby Hea-
ton with an honorary appointment
as Fort Hood's provost marshal
Saturday March 8. The award
aclsiowledged Chief Heaton's co
operation with and courtesy to
military personnel from Fort
Hood.
In the presence of the city man
ager and the Justice of the Peace
Colonel Bowman made the award
in the office of Killeen's Chief of
Police.
Colonel Bowman stated that
this gesture was indicative of the
fine relationship which exists be
tween Fort Hood personnel and
residents of the nearby city.
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FORT HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY March 13 1958
Bugler and Band
Play For Retrea
To restore color dignity and]Fort Hood Headquarters to sound
meaning to the ceremony buglers "Retreat" and play the National
and the 266th Army Band are Anthem as the Flag is lowered
sounding bugle calls and provid
ing music for retreat ceremonies
at Fort Hood.
This re-establishes a custom
which fell into disuse during
World War II when it became
the practice at Fort Hood and
most other Army posts to use
recorded bugle calls played
through a public address system.
The "canned" bugle calls
are quite satisfactory for the
"utilitarian" calls that signal
the time for the beginning or
end of some particular acti
vity. But "Retreat" to the
soldier has a much deeper
meaning than marking the end
of duty for the day.
It is probably more than any
other call a ceremony in itself.
A bugler sounds "Retreat." The
evening gun is fired and then
the Flag is lowered while the
band plays the National Anthem.
If a band is not used a bugler
sounds "To the Colors" while the
Flag is lowered.
Major General William S. Bid
dle III Corps and Fort Hood
commander has three import
ant speaking engagements in the
nex* ten
As a past commander of
the famous "R Horser"
Group so caled because of
its distinctive shoulder patch
design General Biddle has
been invited to Des Moines
as a special guest of the
reunion. He was Group Com
mander from March 8 1943
to June 13 1945.
Accompanying General Bibble
in the flight to Des Moines will
be six other former members of
the 113th now stationed at Fort
Hood. They are: Chaplain (Lieu
tenant Colonel) Richard F. Wer-
sing 2nd Armored Division Maj
or Ramon Benedetti 319th Mili
tary Intelligence Battalion Maj
or Harold F. May Headquar-
Chaplai
in Staudt
To Be Honored
Chaplain (Major) William S.
Staudt assistant III Corps Chap
lain soon to depart for Korea
will be honored by the Fort Hood
Lady of Perpetual Help Society at
a luncheon Thursday March 20
at 12:30 p.m. at the Killeen Base
Heights Officers' Club.
This occasion will replace the
regular monthly meeting.
Guests of honor will be Chap
lain (Colonel) and Mrs. Carl F.
Gunther III Corps Chaplain
Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel)
Richard F. Wersing 2nd Armored
Division Chaplain (First Lieuten
ant) Ardell A. Sodawasser 1st
Armored Rifle Battalion 41st In
fantry:
Chaplain (First Lieutenant) Am
brose McGuire 58th Infantry
Chaplain (Major) Francis Gor-
ham Killeen Base Chaplain (Cap
tain) John F. Brennan 57th Field
Artillery Group 2nd (J. S. Army
Missile Command and Chap
lain (Captain) Edwin Rogers
Headquarters 2nd U. S. Army
Missile Command.
Father Staudt has been father
director of the sodality since April
1955. The members wish to ex
press their gratitude for his time
and effort in their behalf.
All members and their friends
will be welcome to the luncheon
March 20 to say farewell to Father
Staudt and to wish him continued
success and happiness in his future
assignment.
Reservations may be made by
calling Mrs. Jo Bakke Fort Hood
38257.
A door prize consisting of a
floral centerpiece will be awarded
by Father Staudt and a hand
made rosary the product of one
Father Staudt's hobbies will
given away.
Master Sergeant Quintin Perez9 266th Army Band9 Plays "Retreat."
Commander's Calendar
Lists 3 Speaking Dates
ters and Headquarters Battery
6th AW Battalion 2nd Artillery
Master Sergeant J. L. Emer
son Headquarters Company III
Corps^Sesgepjit: ChaMesJL. -Home-
U. S. Army Garrison and Ser
geant Jack E. Schutz 1st Re
connaissance Squadron 15th Cav-
alary 2nd Armored Division.
v.
He first addresses the reunion
of the 113th Cavalry Group vet
erans in Des Moines Iowa March
15 then the Oklahoma City Cham
ber of Commerce and a new
chapter of the Association of the
United States Army in that city
March 2L
The comrades of World War
II days will gather for an in-
53d Signal Bn.
Goes To Polk
Officers and men of the 53d
Signal Battalion Left Fort Hood
yesterday morning for two and
one-half month stay in the Loui
siana maneuver area near Fort
Pokl La.
The 180-vehicle convoy carry
ing the men of the signal batta
lion and the equipment they will
use in establishing the complex
communication system needed for
Exercise Strong Arm began roll
ing from Fort Hood at 4 a. m.
yesterday morning.
The first vehicle was schedul
ed to arrive at North Fort Polk
at about 6:30 p. m. yesterday.
With the 53d was one team of
signal repair specialists of the
54th Signal Company. The rest of
the 54th and the 518th Ordnance
Co. are scheduled to move to
North. Fort Polk next week.
Before the opening of Exercise
Strong Arm scheduled for May
1 the 650 officers and men of
the 53d commanded by Lt. Col.
Howard G. Annas must install
telephone teletype and radio cir
cuits to provide efficient signal
communication throughout the
maneuver area. They will main
tain and operate the systems dur
ing the exercise.
Army Guests At
OF Banquet
Major General W. Paul John
son 2d Armored Division com
manding general and acting com
mander of III Corps and Fort
Hood in the absence of Major
General William S. Biddle Tues
day extended greetings in be
half of the Army to Gatesville
Chamber of Commerce members
attending the group's annual ban-
quet.
General Johnson and other rank
ing Army guests including Brig
adier General Philip H. Bethune
2d Armored assistant division
commander and Colonel James
F. Delaney Jr. Fort Hood deputy
post commander witnessed the
introduction of the Chamber's
1958 president Erie Powell and
heard tributes paid the outgoing
president Jack Straw.
Principal speaker for the oc
casion was Dr. Arthur A. Smith
Dallas banker and economist.
Retired Army colonel Alfred
Hopkins also was honored with
an award for meritorious service
as chamber of commerce man
ager since 1956.
National Health Agencies
Fund Drive Begins Here
formal reunion in the afternoon
and in the evening at a reunion
dinner General Biddle will ad
dress the gathring.^
Besides reminiscing over the
achievements of the group he
will discuss developments in the
cavalry since World War H such
as the Sky Cavalry and what
the future offers in the wqy of
equipment and activities.
A week later on March 21
General Biddle will arrive in
Oklahoma City for two other
important appearances. At
noon he will attend the
Chamber of Commerce lunch
eon where he has been in
vited to discuss missile de
velopments the III Corps
Fort Hood in general and
North Fort Hood in particular.
Oklahomans are particularly in
terested in North Fort Hood as
so many young men from that
year in the Reserve and Na
tional Guard programs.
In the evening General Bidle
will join members of a newly
formed chapter of the Asociat
tion of the United States Army
at Tinker Air Force Base near
Oklahoma City for a dinner at
which he will be guest speaker.
Since the chaper has just been
organized General Biddle will
make appropriate comments con
cerning the importance of the as
sociation and its mission then
he will point out significant fac
tors about the modern Army and
terminae the address by sum
ming up the new developments
and aims in the field of missiles.
523rd Soldier
Wins USAMC
Man Of Month
Corporal Francis J. Robinson
523rd FA Missile Battalion (Cor
poral) 2d United States Army
Missile Command (Medium) was
recently named Soldier of the
Month for the 57th FA Missile
Group an element of the Missile
Command.
Prior to arriving at Fort Hood
with the 523rd Missile Battalion in
January Cpl Robinson was sta
tioned with the unit at Fort Bliss
Texas.
He was assigned to the Corporal
battalion the first to be stationed
at Fort Hood fololwing eight-
weeks of Army schooling as an
electronic repairman.
The 23-year-old soldier current
ly serves as assistant section
chief in the assembly and test
section a portion of the firing
battery.
His duties consist primarily of
checking the electronic stages of
the Corporal missile before firing.
Cpl Robinson's home is in Fen-
ton Michigan where he operated
a trucking service prior to entry
into the service in December 1956.
Of particular interset to Army
planners was arrangement of final
details for the use of Air Force
aircraft in dropping a reinforced
company of the First Battle
Groupe 325th Airborne Infantry
Fort Bragg during Exercise
Strong Arm.
Plans call for the Airborne
company to paracheute into a
critical area during the exercise
in order to assist the rapid ad
vance of Combat Command A
1st Armored Division the princi
pal tactical unit in the exercise.
Officers of Exercise Strong Arm
Fort Hood who attended the con
ference at Waco were: Lt. Col.
Arland E. Bigelom G-3 Air for
Exercise Strong Arm Lt. Col
Joseph J. Jenkins Test Evalua
tion Group Major William H.
Loren G-3 Plans Major John H.
Grinnell Army Aviation Officer
Major John F Williams G-2 Air
and Major Reps D. Jones Air
Liason Officer Twelfth Air Force.
Colonel Bigelow on temporary
duty with Headquarters Exercise
Strong Arm is Deputy Command
er of Special Troops at Fort Bliss
Texas. Colonel Jenkins is Exe
cutive Officer First Battle Group
325th Airborne Infantry Fort
Bragg N. C.
THEf^DERAL CIVIL
75 YEARS
OF SERVICE TO AME"!££
1883 1958
—12 Pages—
CARE Freedom Crusade
Will Share In Contributions
American soldiers and their
families here will join next week
with millions of their fellow ser
vicemen and citizens throughout
the nation to "express our inter
national concern" through contri
butions to the Federal Service
Crusade and help maintain nation-
Strong Arm Top
Planners Meet
Officers of exercise Strong Arm
Ninth Air Force and Twelfth Air
Force met Tuesday at Headquar
ters Twelfth Air Force (TAC)
Waco to develop details of Army-
Air Force coordination during
Exercise Strong Arm and the
concurrent Air Force exercise.
al health by supporting the Na
tional Health Agencies fund drive.
The Fort Hood campaign
will run from March 19
through April 30 with contri
butions being received by "key
men" in sealed envelopes
from donors. Some 800 key
men will blanket the post to
ensure that everyone has a
chance to give. Each key man
will contact 25 persons dur
ing the six-week fund appeal.
In a letter to members of the
Army» community here Major
General William S. Biddle III
Corps and Fort Hood command
er called for "generous and un
derstanding support" of the Fed
eral Service Joint Crusade in be
half of CARE and the Crusade for
Freedom and the National Health
Agencies drive benefitting nine
voluntary health organizations.
President Eisenhower earlier
this year endorsed the campaign
in a letter to governmental de
partment heads calling for par
ticipation by all branches of the
Federal Government and mili
tary installations throughout con
tinental United States Alaska
Hawaii and the Canal Zone.
Robert B. Anderson Secretary
of the Treasury is serving as
chairman of the national health
appeal and Walter Williams Un
der Secretary of Commerce heads
the Federal Service Joint Cru
sade.
Fort Hood chairmen of the
campaign is Brigadier Gen
eral John A. Berry III Corps
Artillery commanding gener
al.
Voluntary health organizations
included in the campaign for Na
tional- Health Agencies are the
National Society for the Preven
tion of Blindness Texas Society
for Mental Health National Mul
tiple Sclerosis Society United
Cerebral Palsy Association Inc.
Texas Society for Crippled Chil
dren and Adults Inc. Muscular
Dystrophy Association of Ameri
ca Inc. the Arthritis and Rheu-
(See FUND DRIVE Page 3)
General Biddle Cites Aid
Supplied By Joint Crusade
"The period 19 March through 30 April 1958 has been set
aside for the National Health Agencies and Joint Crusade Cam
paigns at Fort Hood.
"The National Health Agencies make substantial contribu
tions to the improvement of the health of our nation. They
serve in many ways including that of research.
"The Crusade for Freedom brings—to the satellite countries
of Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary Romania and Bulgaria-
truthful news of the Free World. This is done through Radio
Free Europe and the Free Europe Press.
"While the Crusade for Freedom thus fights for truth CARE
seeks to combat hunger through supplying the needy of 12
Free World countries with more than 60 million pounds of U.S.
surplus foods yearly.
"I trust that all personnel and units at Fort Hood will give
generous and understanding support to these worthwhile ac
tivities."
William S. Biddle
Maj. Gen. USA
Commanding
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FIRST PLACE winner' in the Armored Sentinel fuel conserva
tion contest was submitted by Private First Class Malcolm C.
Lawson. It won him $15 in prize money and his second entry
published last week won him second place and an additional
$10. Pfc. Lawson is with Headquarters Company 142d Signal
Battalion 8d Armored Division.
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