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PAGE SIX S. SGT. HUBBLE LEAVES OH RETIREMENT FURLOUGH After 14 years at Fort Benning and 28 years in the Army, Staff Sgt. Charles F. Hubble, F Company, Academic Regiment of The Infantry School, nas left on four months’ retirement furlough. The veteran Infantryman, who has served in a dozen regiments in posts all over the United States, plans to see still more of America before returning to Co lumbus, Ga . where he has made ! his home with his wife and | where he will ' settle down” | when he finally retires in July. । A Kansan by birth and rear- | ing, Hubble signed up at the age of 20 in 1916. and served through World War 1 in the act ivating cadre of several new reg iments. In 1921 he was a mem ber of a unit that marched from Baltimore, Md., to Fort Ham ilton, N Y , in two weeks flat At the height of the march while passing through Pennsyl vania, Hubble’s company cov ered 34 miles in 13 hours During the 20's Hubble served with demonstration regiments which took part in the instruc tion of reserve officers, college ROTC units and CMTC boys Always a lover of the rugged outdoor life, Hubble recalls very fondly the 1929 maneuvers in South Carolina, when his com pany lived in pup tents during a solid week of rain, and then packed up and marched 100 miles to their home base During the current war he rose to the rank of stall ser geant when he was made enlist ed chief of the Bloomfield Ml and BAR range ri 7^^ By Sgt Walter E Castle Boys of building H are happy to have Capt. McKim and Ist Lt. Porcher as their new officers. We h^pe to be able to keep them a long time. The wedding bells are still tolling Cpl. Sladky was married while on furlough the past week Why can’t we have Congress pass a bill to prevent the folks back home from asking every soldier when he has to go back to camp while he is on furlough? Tec. 4th Grade Rex F Sowle, Pvt. “Young blood” Holman and Tech. Sgt. Rudd have left us for combat. We hate to see them leave and hope to see them back. I suppose by now everyone has met Ist Sgt. Harpe’s under study, Ist Sgt. William H Jase mann When Sgt. Nemec packed up to move into town, he looked at his barracks bags and said, “Why, this is the first time they ’ve ever been out of tne bar racks!” What, no laundry!? Male Call r WHAT HAPPENED THEY'RE IN THEIR I I TO THOSE GENERAL*? \ WORKING CLOTHED UTVII -PO YOU ALLOW STRIP \ Ml** LACE... YOU / L?*® POKER IN THE ARMY? I WOULDN^T WANT X" MAY I EEE WHAT TO GET TOO CLOEE V MT ■ THEY'RE DOINO ? > TO TWEM-THEY-AH-A. IMm la CMrwfci IH< L Mfa. CwH. AmJiM H Cm»TCw«w» S SGT. C. HUBBLE (Official U S. Army Photo TIS.) Yes, That Was Sgt. Wolpin's Sister's Picture! The pretty SPAR with the camera who beautified the col umns of The Ledger-Enquirer last week. Seaman 2-C Beatrice Wolpin, of Columbus. Ga. is the 'Sis’ of Sgt. Daniel Wolpin. Hqs. ?0.. Academic Regiment The winsome lass, according io the Columbus dailies, “is more than just another pretty girl who has heard the call of her country and has joined the ranks of patriotic women to hasten the end of the war She is performing her duties with efficiency and alertness which justify the pride of those who know her.” Seaman 2-C Wolpin deftly and professionally snaps the shutter of the camera for all future SPARs at the SPAR Training Station, Palm Beach, Florida. She prints each recruit’s picture on an identification card to be carried throughout the SPAR's term of service. Meanwhile, Sgt Dan Wolpin has been besieged and surround ed by Academic ’wolves’ who keep asking “Was she your sis ter?" To this, he beams and answers in a proud affirmative way. Who wouldn’t!, choruses your reporter by Milton Caniff, creator of "Torry and the Pirate#" REGIMENTAL MIRROR D Company Men Find Infiltration Is Dirty Work By Sgt. Ralph E. Alkire Bright and early Sunday morn ing the men were lined up out side the barracks, ready to go through an experience which they had heard some hair raising stories about. There was quite a bit of chatter and joking go ing on. But just as soon as ev eryone was loaded into the “cat tle-wagons” most of the talking stopped. I say "most” for there was a lot of noise coming from Martino, who kept up an inces sant line of chatter in an endeav or to bolster his courage Upon arrival at the area of the Infiltration Course we learned that D Company had lost the flip of a coin and would be the last group to go through the course. So most of the men assumed the position of a good soldier, asleep in the grass. Finally the ’Top-kick' got us lined up to receive our assault equipment. Tackett was in such a hurry to get started that he forgot his grenade. And Bur ton didn't want to use a steel helmet until someone told him that he had forgotten to get one. Everyone had a rifle, bayonet fixed, and grenade, and was just rarin' to get going: Then the order came to take the startin’ positions. When those bullets started going by overhead no one had to be told to keep close to the ground. Halfwaj across the course J came upon an old watch, which at the end of the run was re turned to its owner Downs seems to have a lot of trouble keeping track of that watch. The worst casualties of the morning were Crawford and Martino, both of whom were nearly undressed by the barbed wire entanglements. There were a lot of coveralls ready for sal vage on the trip back that were in good condition earlier in the morning. All we can say about it is; “It’s quite an experience and very hard and DIRTY work ” Just a couple of news notes and a request: Sgt. and Mrs. Temple are now very proud parents. S. Sgt. Gordon Hyde wants to ‘Shack Up’ but here is the de lay: From two old washing ma chines he has salvaged parts enough to make one in worka ble condition. But the catch comes in that he hasn’t any legs to put under it. 1 don't know why he would let an old wash ing machine keep him from ful filling his desire unless he in tends to have the Mrs take in ‘washings' to keep him in cigar ette and beer money CONSERVATIVE BOUGAINVILLE (CNS) — Pvt. Sebastian Porretto, of Brooklyn, is a thrifty fellow. He used only 12 bullets to kill nine Japs here recently. REGRET* Tot THE \ / COLONEL/TELL HIM IM X 5W ( MW L IN MY WORKING CLOTHES , lai’ 7-HE WOULPNT WANT TO I ( SET TOO CLOSE TO ME / MP Ao vx*i SUPPLY SERGEANT STANLEY SCHOONMAKER, of H Company, makes Pfc. Julian J. Santarelli sign on the dot ted line for a bit of salvage. <Official U. S. Army Photo The Infantry School.) Schoonmaker Liked Supply Even In Civvies Anybody who knew Stanley C. Schoonmaker back in the days when most men in Kingston, N. Y.. were civilians, would say that the natural place for him in the Army would be in supply. The Army agreed Although he has been in the service only three years, and supply sergeant of H Company, Academic Regi ment, about half that time, sup ply has been his chief concern ever since he was graduated from Saugerties high school. N Y., in 1937 His first job was with a chain store as stock clerk. In his free hours he studied a correspon dence course in accounting from LaSalle University, which gave him .sufficient knowledge of bus iness procedure to enable him to handle food supplies for hotels and restaurants in upper New York state. At the time that he was drafted, in February, 1941. he was a salesman for a thriving electrical appliances concern. After the war he plans to go into partnership with his brother-in law in a new concern that will handle large-scale supplies of ra dios, refrigerators and other elec trical contraptions. His brother in-law, incidentally, was wound ed at Pearl Harbor, and is now stationed at Denver, Col., as a tech, sergeant in the Air Corps. After being “processed” at Camp Upto i, N. Y.—where "I learnt the difference between Army and civilian life, but fast” —Schoonmaker came to Ben ning with the first group of se lectees ever assigned here. He made corporal in the old 29th and when he came to the Aca demic Regiment in August, 1942, he held down the personnel job He'll Have To Co Through Chanel's Thursday, March 9, 1944 for D Company. Good things came all at once. First, he was married to the former Miss Hel en Petherbridge, of his home town, who is now head of the passenger section of the Rail Transportation Office here; then he made buck sergeant, and when H Company was activated, he joined the cadre as supply. “The secret of keeping an or derly supply room”, Schoonmak er reveals, “is simply to do the work as it comes in. Be waiting for the next batch of work and it can’t snow you.” Baker Village Commission To Meet Tomorrow The commissioners and coun cilmen of Baker Village and Benning Hills will meet tomor row (Friday) night at 8 p. m , EWT, in the auditorium of the administration building. All residents of the project are urg ed to attend, according to M. Sgt. Alozy A. Wonsick, D Com pany, Academic Regiment, who is the new Commissioner of Police and Safety. Regular business of the pub lic welfare is on the agenda, ac cording to Sgt Wonsick. Other members of the commission are Maj. H. M. Craig of The Infan try School, commissioner of wel fare and domestic relations; Mr. James R. Grayson, of post engi neers, commissioner of recre ation; and Lt. R. W. Crossley, Quartermaster Corps, commis sioner of housing and grounds.
