The Camp Hulen Searchlight (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 1941 Page: 3 of 8
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THE GAMP HULEN SEARCHLIGHT
PAGE THREE
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NEWS AND' BH0TES
From the I97tht C. A. (AA)
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Reg. Hqs. Btry.
Pvt. Walter Jatkwicz was dis-
charged from the battery. He
left for his home in (Nashua on
Thursday.
Corp. Horace Andrews has been
relieved of duty as General Al-
len’s chauffeur and- is now back
with the battery.
Corp. Joseph Callahan was
transferred to Chanute Field and
into the Air Corps last week.
With the spring-like weather
that started in the middle of the
week, men were on the parade
ground getting their throwing
arms into shape and; their eyes
sharpened up.
Friday morning Pvt. Boilard
rushed into the office of the mo-
jpr Park, he asked breathlessly,
is a gyp?” Sgt. Naples
(‘Why a gyp is a thief.” “Oh
cert “*ys Pvt- Boilard» “a gyp is
/ne mover, I. read it in Col-
magazine.” Note—He hasn’t
^.iced said magazine yet.
le IHfehen force has been bol-
stered with the coming of three
new men, they are, Pvts. Simard,
Sirios and' Gray.
Hq. Btry. was defeated in their
baseball debut Sunday afternoon
by Btry. A, losing 7 to 5. Sgts.
Proulx, Geary, McClure, Ouillette
and Pfc. Stanley were in Hous-
ton Sunday and saw the New
York Yankees defeat the Houston
Buffs 4 to 3. i
_ ftn ”1 Btry. 'and Am. T.
Two events in the Ammunition
train have been crylhg for form-
al recognition. One was the wel-
come to our new battery command-
er, Lt. Minkler, and the other
was the acceptance of the selec-
tees as full fledged soldiers. Last
Thursday evening such an event
took place. The mess hall was
the scene, a turkey supper was
the pice-de-resistance and the
regimental band dance orchestra
plus various battery performers
furnished the entertainment. Dis-
tinguished guests included. Lt.
Col. Smith, Major Edes. Capt.
Tracy and Capt. Wendell.
After the delicious repast of
roast turkey, stuffing, hot rolls,
mashed potatoes, peas, and. cake
and ice cream prepared; by those
incomparable cooks, Sgt. Fourni-
er, Mike Andriski,. Frank Ingram,
and Inky Hangsrud, Lt. Minkler
made a few pertinent remarks
and turned, the speech making
over to Lt. Col. Smith and Major
Edes who delightfully entertained
with humorous stories. Then the
band’s dance orchestra got hot
and more entertainment was un-
derway.
Sgt. Biarton capably filled the
duties of Master of Ceremonies
and introduced. Singing Sgt: Four-
nier. Coroner?1 Corp: Marek, Corp.
(McMamara) Sycette, Corp. Bte-
ault, and the one and only Bob
Gould, with his breathtaking-dis-
play of colbr. nrojected nhoto-
granhs. To top it- off; Capt. WOn-
dall, the silver tenor, consented
to render to songs in. his own
inimitable way. After the- party
broke up the Nftn-Coms- volun-
teered for the KIP'. duty; !
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Shortly afterward the turkey-
stuffed contented crew dragged
their bodies to their bunks ask-
ing only a full night’s sleep, but
such was not to be. About 12:30
in the morning Sgt. Brewster
wsnt down the line and inform-
ed the men that they were to get
up, dress and prepare for a con-
voy. Without lights or noise the
battery turned out properly uni-
formed and equipped for the night
maneuver in fifteen minutes. So
be it remembered: “He who eats
heavily of turkey before retiring
shall suffer from insomnia all
night long.” I ♦
The other day Sgt. Tatro was
quizzing the men on infantry
drill regulations and, during the
course of events, asked a selec-
tee the positions of a soldier at
attention. The man thought an
instant and then began. “You
stand with your heels together
and your chest on your hips’’!
Another inspection story is be-
ing told of Pfc. Storer. Last Sat-
urday morning he fell in, spick
and span, for inspection in ranks.
As the inspecting officer approach-
ed he snappily brought up his
rifle, reached for his bolt handle
and found nothing! He had left
it in his tent!
The sympathy of the whole
battery is extended to Corp. Pilotte,
who recently underwent an op-
eration at the hospital.
Corp. Thibault has returned to
camp after attending the funeral
of his father.
Btry: C. i i
The boys of this battery went
on a surprise bivouac this week,
they were awakened at 12:10 and
were given 90 minutes to get
ready in and with as little light
as possible but in spite of the
great handicap there was very
little confusion.
Two more of our boys are leav-
ing on furlough. They are Pvt.
Lee Roy Carpentjer and Corp.
Lawrence Clairmont, Pvt. Lee Roy
Carpentier is going to visit his
folks at South Berwick, Me., and
Corp. Clairmont to Belmont, N.
H.
It is rumored in this battery,
that Sgt. Edgar Page is going to
join the cavalry, so far he has
all the equipment but the horse
and he may get that this pay day.
Btryi..D.H
The following program was
given at the party which was ten-
dered: last Monday for the selec-
tees. Capt. Ladd’s address of
welcome, group singing by the
battery, accompanied by Pfc. Bob
Gould of the Band, tap dancing
by Pvt. Bob Whitham, selections
on guitar by Pvt. Leo Gallian,
song and dance by Corp. Ancil
Clark (the A1 Jolson of the bat-
tery), “My Wild Irish Rose” by
Corp. Joe Cohen, “Carry Me
(Back to Ole Virginia” by Lt.
Normand, Pvt. Perkins and- gui-
tar, Itnmitations of Jim Small,
selections by Pvt: James Senter,
Ex “D”' of the Band, wHo sang
“Trade Wind*”’ Refreshments of
sandwiches, cake, cocoa and
tonio- were served at the olose of
the program by Corp. Zeidman
and his kitchen staff.
Sunday morning Pfc. Deacon
(Bring them back alive) White
rescued a pet raccoon from the
top of a telephone pole. The pet
was A.W.O.L. from Btry. C of
the 204th. i
2nd. Bn. Hq. Btry. & Am. T.
Last Monday the selectees were
turned over to the battery as full
fledged members with their
rookie training completed. Three
of them started off the week with
K.P. which was a welcome relief
to the men who had been serving
in that compacity. The rest of
the battery spent the week doing
routine training in headquarters
battery functions. The “sniff set”
was in the battery last week and
a lot of amusement and beneficial
training was received from it.
Two of the battery drivers were
picked to go to Midland, Texas
with Battery A, for a period of
six weeks. The drivers who were
selected are Pvts. Richard Rug-
gles and Jbhn Harold. Saturday
the “ten series” of the Army’s
Extension Courses came in.
Eighteen members of the battery
received them and more applica-
tions are expected later. The
battery spent a very quiet week-
end in the expectancy of a Mon-
day payday but match the pass-
book in the approaching week-
end.
Btry. E.
Sgt. Marqquis returned from a
sojurn in the hospital and is feel-
ing much better. He says that
he is glad to return to the battery
and was welcomed back with
open arms.
Here are a few of the accomp-
lishments of various members of
this vattery in civilian life.
SVtt. Marquis—Politics.
Pvt. icl Hart—Lecturer on the
“Ideals and Hopes of this Gen-
eration”. What a talker. We al-
ways wears boots when he comes
around.
Sgt. Patinsky—One of the few
Candid Camera Ffeinds left.
Set. Bechard—JUst a traveler
at- Heart
Sgt. Valley—The Romeo of Bat-
tery E and Old Ladies Home.
Your correspondent finds him-
self at loss to name the accom-
plishments of all the members
for they are so numerous that it
is hard to remember them all.
Just name anything-and we have
it;
We understand that soon there
vwll be a redhead riding with the
garbage detail. How about it Joe
Borwn? ,,
Btry. G. I:
Corps. Gerald Brown and David
Prevost and’ Pfc. , Robert Held’s
term of enlistment ended in March
27, 1941: Paul Brown, a former
Sergeant- of the Battery, and
brother of Corp. Brown, drove
down from Kenne, N, H-. to take
the boys back home.
Battery G had top form in
their first league game last Sun-
day. The victim was Btry. F to
the tune of 23 to5. Games with
other Batteries are gladly accept-
ed; We refer you to Sgt. Waters.
The spirit of competitive drill
is taking hold of the boys in - the
morning during infantry drill
period. The separate platoons are
doing their best to lead the bat-
tery in perfection of their move-
ments. Will have a rating for
you next week.,
Med. Det.
Staff Sgt. John J. Stancik,
Pfc. John J. Leary, Pvts. Robert
Lessard and Albert Coffey left
Wednesday for Midland,’ Texas,
whelre Searchlight Batteries of
Camp Hulen are going on inten-
sive maneuvers. Staff Sgt. Stan-
cik will be the acting First Sgt.
of the Medical units while at Mid-
land. I
The Detachment plans to have
a baseball team.
Ccrp. Shea and Pvt. Demers no
longer boast of being the bridge
champs in the Detachment, being
beaten twice by Sgt. Dean and
Pvt. Avers.
Band i i
Members of the band were
quite pleased this week over the
basketball results at the high
school gym in Palacios the first
game against the 1st. Battalion
Headquarters ended in a score of
38-26 in favor of the tunesters,
result of the second game was
24-12 for the band-men much to
the disappointment of our friend-
ly neighbors who were confident
they could win with a revamped
line-up. They recently beat our
team at sotfball by a two point
margin and for a long time we
were often reminded and ribbed
about it, but now all is quiet on
both fronts-or is it?
In honor of our first six months
together a banquet was held at
the Green Lantern Cafe. High-
light of the party were speeches
made by every NCO in the band.
“Tyrone”, the drum major, con-
tributed a few songs accompanied
jbfir the nickLeodeon. “Zombi©”
the noisy drummer also contri-
buted with a well rehearsed
speech that even surprised the
most talented members.
Before adjournment all agreed
that more such get-together meet-
ings, should be held in the future.
Btry. A. ,
Tuesday morning at 6:00 a. m.
Btry. A left- for Midland. This
trip was promised to the men
several weeks ago and since that
time everyone has been looking
forward to it.
The convoy will consist of forty
five trucks, twenty-two of which
will, be searchlight trucks. Btry,
A. received several new search-
light units.
Capt. Wesley Haynes who has
been studying at the Staff School
at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas,
will return to Texas and join
Btry. A at Midland within the
next two weeks.
Lt. Charles Bear who is now
convalescing at the station hos-
pital with a broken leg, has been
'temporarily assigned to 2nd. Bn.
Hq,
Lt. Wm, Hubbard formerly of
Btry. E has been assigned to Btry.
A. Lt. Hubbard was 'with a
searchlight batery once before in
the 66th C. A,
Pvt. Collin* will return to Btry.
A- in the near future. He ha:^ been
studying at the motor trans.
UNCLE EGBERT
Dear Uncle Egbert:
We saw your black eye, cut
lips, and bruised face after your
tangle with O’Flannagan. If
you’re the scrapper you brag
about, how come you let that flat-
cheslec!, bow-legged, puny Private
do you like that?
Disappointed. I .
Dear Disappointed:
Hush, fella, don’t speak disre-
sectful of the dead.
Uncle (Killer Diller) Eg-
bert.
* * *
Dear Uncle Egbert:
. T work here in Camp and would
like to attract the attention of the
soldiers by wearing some bright
spring clothes. Do you like loud
skirts?
Miss Dumwon.
Dear Miss Dumwon:
Naw, I like a goil who keep her
trap shut.
Uncle (Silence Means
, CJbitlfent) Egbjert.
* a *
Dear Uncle Egbert:
Sergeant Ticheli in Battery G
has been going around here cut-
ting off our buttons with scissors
whenever our pockets are un-
buttoned. What can we do about
that? I
Careless 204thian. (
Dear Careless 204thian:
What are you kicking about?
I thought I’d fool him by getting
a zipper but then I forgot to zip
up. Doggone that Sergeant.
Uncle (Indecent Expos-
ure) Egbert.
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Dear Uncle Egbert: ,
I notice where women are again
taking over big jobs in business
while we are all away soldiering.
Don’t you think it will be hu-
miliating to come back and find
yourself working for a woman?
Woman Hater.
Dear Woman Hater:
What’s wrong with that? Per-
sonally I would get a big kick out
of being under a woman who is
at the top of the ladder.
Uncle (Star Gazer) Eg-
bert.
« a *
Dear Uncle Egbert: |
The new Lieutenant we get
over here sure is stuck-up. How
can they expect us to like ai
fellow who walks around with his
nose in the. air? (
203fd Veteran. *
Dear 203rd Veteran:
That Lieutenant ain’t stuck-up,
Veteran. You’d walk that way
too if you just transferred from
the Cavalry.
Unclf* (Horseplay) Eg-
bert.
school at Baltimore, Md.
Sgt. Hogan attended a baseball
game with Sgt. Nelson Maltais
this week end at San Antonio.
Sgt. Maltais met an old friend1 of
his from his tome town in Pen-
acook, N. H. It was “Red” Rolfe
who plays third base for the*
York Yankees. The game was be-
tween the N. Y. Yankees” and the
Houston Buffs. , j
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Witt, William H. The Camp Hulen Searchlight (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 1941, newspaper, April 4, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth720342/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.