The Camp Hulen Searchlight (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, April 4, 1941 Page: 4 of 8
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PAGE FOUR
THE CAMP Htll.EN SEARCHLIGHT
NEWS and NOTES
from the
203rd C. A. (AA)
By Cpl. H. L. McCurry
One of the moat rapid climbs
of men in the enlisted ranks of
the 203rd C. A., former Missouri
National Guard regiment, is that
of 1st. Sgt. George A. Bejoes, 23
years old, of Webb City, Mo.
Sgt. Bejoes received his third
promotion this week from a
“buck” sergeant in Btry. G to
“top-kick” of Btry. B.
Sgt. Bejoes enlisted in Btry.
G last September 16 at Webb
City, Mo., two days before the
regiment was inducted into feder-
al service. ,
Last Oct. 1 he won advance-
ment to the grade of corporal,
and on December 9 was made
sergeant. This week he was made
1st. Sgt. of the gun battery in
the first battalion.
Sgt. Bejoes has won admira-
tion of officers throughout the
regiment for his excellent sol-
diering qualities.
He is an expert rifleman and
pistol shot.
There are men in the regiment
who may have gone higher than
Bejoes, but none who have pass-
ed through all the stages, from
buck privtae at $21 per month,
to “ton-kick” at $84 per, in six
months.
His battery commander, Capt.
J. T. Herrod, was formerly com-
mander of Btry. G. Capt. Herrod
and Capt. Paul Hardy of Btry. G
both speak high of the sergeant,
especially of his work as a non-
commissioned officer. ,
BROOKLYN BOYS
SEE “DODGERS”
INACTION
Upon returning from Indianola
firing point last Saturday, the
men of the 1st. Bn. told such tales
of woe, rain, mud and cold, that
Cpl. John S. Laster couldn’t re-
sist penning the following story
in ryhme: ,
Fitfy soldiers from Brooklyn in
the H.Q. Btry. of the 33rd Brig,
and the 69th C. A. (AA) were
guests of Fred Ankenman, Pres,
of the Houston Ball Club and
Mr. McDonald, secretary of the
Brooklyn Baseball club at a game
between the two teams, held in
Houston on last Saturday.
The Brooklynites from the Hq.
Btry. were led by 1st. Lt. David
IP. Gededs end joined at the
ball park by the 69th contingent
Prior to the game the soldiers
were allowed on the playing field
where they were introduced to
Brooklyn Manager Leo Durocher
and the members of the team,
and were given the opportunity to
obtain autographs and personal
pictures of their favorite players.
Several representatives of the
Houston and New York newspapers
were on hand and took several
pictures, one of which appeared
in the Houston Chronicle the next
day. ,
An exceptionally good time was
had especially when the final
score read Brooklyn 11 and Hous-
ton 0 because it gave the Brook-
lynites a chance to practice their
world renown cheering.
It was through the efforts of
Pvts. Mailer and Buchbinder,
who communicated with the Hous-
ton and Brooklyn Ball Clubs, that
invitations were extended.
Stunt Nite Winners
“B” Battery's Dilemma”
To spend two weeks upon the
beach,
Was something we’d been dread-
ing;
But came the day that we should
leave,
So we packed up all our bedding.
t rained all day, it rained all
night, ,
The water stood in lakes;
Oh what a curse, to make it
worse,
We had to live with Bates.
Prizes for the 211 th’s stunt
night held March 20 went to Pvt.
Robert E. Rutledge, Med. Det,
for his singing; to Pvt. Clarence
D. Lund, of the band, for eccen
trie dancing and to Pvt. Harold
J. Kaswell of the band for a
piano monologue.
“I’ll see that they’re all busted.’
We tried in vain to sleep again,
But to trouble we were heading;
We arose once more in dire dis-
tress,
Because of our soaked bedding.
The first dawn came, and we
arose,
With the bugles’ bold, clear
notes.
Heaven help those who couldn’t
swim
For we surely needed boats.
The water flowed within our
tents
Like any stream or river.
Without a fire, we donned
clothes,
My how vve did shiver.
our
We wondered now about our
chow,
So we stomped out through the
mire;
When we arrived at that cook
shack,
A sign read, “Cooks for Hire.”
For once again they’d overslept,
And this time to their sorrow;
They'll do squads right and col
umn left
Out on the field tomorrow.
The ton kick yelled, with all his
might,
Until his face grew red;
But deen within, we held a. grin
For we’d all gone back to bed.
We didn’t care, as we lay there.
This verse, we were composing;
We we’-e trying to tell of this
awful hell,
For the truth we were exposing.
HI
Our Captain tried to route us out,
Until he grew disgusted;
As he went away, he was heard
to say,
As we closed this verse, we heard
a curse, i
“O, Dam! It has stopped rain-
ing,”
So out we went to ditch our tent,
Thus goes our two weeks training.
* * ik
This last week end saw a large
number of soldiers’ relatives from
Missouri visit camp. The weath-
er man must have got miSed up
on his days somehow, for we
did have sunshine.
Among the out-6f-stat? visi-
tors were Mr. and Mrs. Asa A.
Stark of Aurora, Mo., parents of
Major Charles R. Stark, executive
officer of the Second battalion,
and Capt. E. Ray Stark, intellig-
ence officer.
Others were Mrs. Warren Per-
ry, Sr., mother of Pvt. Warren
Perry, Jr., of Btry. A.; Mrs. E.
Moijet, mother of Pvt. George
Moret of Hq. Btry, and Miss Ruth
Walters of Pierce City, Mo.; Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Steele of Monett,
Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Mc-
Canse of Mount Vernon, Mo., par-
ents of Pvt. T. C. McCanse of the
band; Mrs. Grace McCann of
Monett, mother of Pvt. Paul Mc-
Cann of the band and Mrs. Clar-
ence Gibson and Miss Nancy Gib-
son, mother and sister of Pvt.
Charles Gibson of the band.
* * *
Miss Dorothy Smith and Miss
Coleen Kugel of Palacios high
school were featured on the regi-
mental program last Wednesday.
Miss Smith did two tap dances,
and Miss Kugel played several
numbers on the accordian.
The program also featured a
“Dr. I.Q.” quiz of ICt soldiers,
with Band Sgt. Ransom Asbury
Ellis winning the Grand Prize of
65 dollars in scrip.
This week the band presented
“Lone Rounder Joe” in another
adventure of the present series,
this time he was put through the
rounds as "Plnnoccio. Joe.”
NEWS and NOTES
from the
22nd STATION HOSPITAL
1
By Tom Upton.
Sports Activities
Mount in Daily
Routine of 105th
By Sgt. Ralph S. RousSell .
Sports activities have become
a part of the daily activity of
the 105th Sep. Bn. Although the
weather has been inclement, the
men of the Med. Det. succeeded in
finishing their horseshoe tourna-
ment last week.
Sgt. Verdler and Pfc. Wegener
were first prize winners. The
first prize was a Camp Hulen
polo shirt, and the second, a can
of 50 Chesterfield cigarettes, will
be awarded to those who are still
battling for second place.
Last week Btry. C took on the
band of the 197th in the Pala-
cios H. S. gym and defeated
them with ease. Although the
men from the 105th had little
warming-up, they showed up in
their regular form.
Most of the men, however, have
had experience in the hoop-hook-
fng art, as several have been
chosen on Louisiana All-State H.
S. teams or received honorable
mention.
During the first half of the
game, the bi.ys from the 197th
failed to tally while the 105th
garnered 22 points. The musi-
cians picked up their four goals
in the last half. The Bogalusa
five added five and four in the
last two quarters respectively,
with a final 36-5 scor? for vic-
tory.
It is planned to begin baseball
and softball practice on Sunday
afterr^Lon. Gamlas are desired.
Any team wishing to schedule
games is asked to please contact
Lt. Frank Stupka, Athletic Of-
ficer of the 105th. .
197th Alerted at
Midnight for 110
Mile Night Convoy
Initiating a new scries of tacti-
cal exercises being undertaken in
addition to the proscribed training
program 17 officers and 649 enlist-
ed men of the 1st Bn., 197th C. A.
(AA), alerted at midnight by or-
ders of Col. Albert E. Colburn,
completed a 110-mile night motor
movement on March 28.
Lt. Col. Arthur L. Smith, 1st
Bn. commander, issued orders for
the march at 12:15 a. m. to unit
commanders summoned to his
quarters.
At 1:30 the 1st Bn. Hq. Btry.
moved through Central Ave. gate
bound for El Campo, Wharton,
Bay City and the return to camp.
This serial was followed at five-
minute intervals by Btry. A
(Searchlight), Btry. B, Btry. C,
Btry. D, Bn. Med. Section, and an
observing detail from Regtl. Hq.
The Bn. used 102 vehicles for
the movement, 15 of which were
furnished with drivers by units
of the 2nd Bn.
As outlined by the regimental
commander the problem stressed
Inspection last Saturday marked
the half-way mark in the 22nd’s
training schedule. , Capt. Butler,
detachment commander, in a brief
talk, commended the men on a fine
showing, outlining training plans
for the future. For the bulk <>f
the 22nd’s personnel, these plans
included a course of advanced
training to be taken up in the
wards, clinics, warehouse, shops,
mess and administrative offices of
the Station Hospital. For the few
there were specialists’ courses.
* * *
Last Friday Pvt. Leon M. “Doc”
Hart broke the ice. The Doc left
at 12:10 p. m. for Carlisle Bar-
racks, Penn., to take the course in
Field Sanitation, as his portion of
advanced training. Pvt. Hart was
the envy of the detachment. If
luck is with Doc, he may be able
to squeeze in several visits to Eb-
bets Field.
* * *
On Sunday a contingent of 13
men left for William Beaumont
General Hospital, El Paso, Texas.
Pvts. Harry M. Leber and Harold
Yachnes will study there as dental
technicians. Surgical technician
training will be taken by Pvts. Jo-
seph Meola, Samuel Goldstein, Ed-
ward B. Hislop. Pvts. Julius Holz-
man, George Kaperofsky, Samuel
Koplowitz, Jack Lustman, Alfred
D. Moyer, Anthony Salvato, Simon
Vertun will take instruction as
medical technicians. Pvt. Lewis
A. Babinski will train as an X-
ray technician.
Pvt_Block, fortunately, will re-
main to tickle the boys’ funny
bones and do a bit of plumbing on
the side. Notwithstanding early
reports to the contrary, Pvt.1
Salpeter will not train as del
ment baker. He will NOT|
the kitchen at all.
There was talk of seeing
boys off with a bit of appropr
music, but Louis “oneHif&n-ifl
Circirelli, the detachnAit bugler,"
who doubles in harmonlfh, held out
for the union scale. To 'the boys,
65 cents looked better in beer than
it would sound in music, so Bac-
chus was served and the music was
spurned.
It has been observed that the
weight of responsibility rests heav-
ily upon Corp. Dunlap's posterior,
during the lean-rest exercise at
rapid and quiet assembly of the I >1101'ning calisthenics. After
C|og Catcher Receives
Gift from Admirers
' i
The new camp dogcatcher, Lt.
O. E. Teague, was the recipient,
last Saturday of a professional
gift from his many friends in the
office* of the Constructing Quar-
termaster. The gift was a new
dog net affixed to a long pole to
facilitate the capture of fleet
canines.
The gift was acccompanied by
an appropriate note setting forth
certain sailent advice from vet-
erans in the field of canine cap-
ture and was acknowledged with
gratitude by the recipient.
HYMNALS RECEIVED
The 211th Catholic Choir has
received a supply of hymnals
from His Emminenee William
Cardinal O’Connell. Members ________ ____„
expressed their thanks for this j ried out and complimented the men
courtesy. ' AVOAlInni mnj;__1!
troops for the march with all prep-
arations completed with minimum
use of lights. , *
Automatic weapons were em-
ployed as anti-aircraft protection
at halts.
Traffic control was by the 1st
Bn. Hq. Btry. which placed guides
at all critical road junctions and
covered all railroad crossings.
Convoy control was by radio with
sets operating in the car of the
Bn. commander at the head of the
column, another in the Bn. Execu-
tive’s car in the center of the col-
umn, and a third in the car of the
1st Bn. Hq. Btry. commander, at
the rear of the column.
The time length of the column
was 29 minutes at the start of the
movement and one hour at the
completion of the movement. The
loss of time by convoy serials dur-
ing the movement was due prin-
cipally to a delay of 20 minutes
for certain units caused by a train
at a railroad crossing in El Cam-
po.
The movement was completed at
7:05 a. m.
Difficulties with two vehicles
were corrected by Btry. mechanics
and both rejoined the column prior
to completion of the march.
The entire movement was ac-
complished with verbal orders.
At his critique following the
completion of the march Lt. Col.
Smith commended all units for
the speed and efficiency with which
the verbal instructions were car-
25th count the Corps anatomy takes
on the appearance of an overload-
ed sway-back dobbin.
It was recently reported that the
sartorially splendid Sgt. Sartor
lopes with the agility of a drowsy
three toed you-know-what, when
there is work to be done. But the
moment show is mentioned, the an-
telope had best look to his laurels.
'for excellent march discipline.
The detachment continues to
quarter in Wards 7 and 12 at Sta-
tion Hospital, pending completion
of the tent colony “out back.” Con-
siderable rivalry has developed be-
tween the two barracks. Satur-
day’s soft ball game between the
two wards was played “by the num-
bers.”
It was the first game of the sea-
son, and was played with brand new
equipment. The score ran into con-
siderable numbers, and ended in a
stalemate. The recruits at ”7”
played a ringer in the shape of Sgt.
Kramer, whose trusty right arm
had the soldiers of 12 waving at
each other, in cadence.
"Oscar” Maybaum slammed a vi-
cious tricklet that dribbled into the
pitcher’s box. The disconcerted
pitcher overthrew himself and Os-
car mounted first in the jfeilitary
manner. Maybaum, manager
athletics, and bat-boy deluxe, hurls^^
the challenge at all comers. “I
have every confidence,” observed
the opulent Oscar, to the 1st Sgt-.
“that this year’s team will go down
in tho books as Camp Hulen's
mightiest.” Soft-ballers will please
take notice of Oscar’s confidence.
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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/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Palacios Library.