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PAGE TWO TIS Sets Serviced By Co. A Crews The radio repair and distri bution shop of the Communica tions Section is kept busy all night and day to insure a steady supply of serviceable radio sets to classes of The Infantry School. Wtien am officers or enlisted radio class has returned from a day-long problem in the field, its radio equipment has taken a lot of punishment—many .4tu dents have handled each set, have taken it across country in jeeps and other carriers, have set it up and taken it down, mov ed it, and started all over again countless times during each problem “That's pretty bad on the set," says M Sgt. Edmond M. Juneau, who heads the A Company crews who must get those sets back in shape “We put anywhere from 30 to 60 sets in working order each day," Juneau estimates. "It's routine after you’ve worked here a few months, though,” explains T. Sgt Ear! R Rapp, enlisted chief of one of the shifts “Occasionally a rough Ist Sgt. KISSEL (Signal Corps Photo Veteran Topkick Likes New Outfit And Profs “The Academic Regiment is a great outfit," declared Ist Sgt John Kissel this week, after he had completed almost a month of understudying Ist Sgt. Libren D Cox of C Company. “I've been in the Army 22 years, and 1 find these Infantry School boys are as good a bunch of soldiers as any I’ve met. I’m with a very large company, but I find less trouble than the average-sized company has. Good police, good soldiering, good all-round job.” Not the least of his delights with his new outfit is the ball team he has seen practising out in the Prof cuartel for the past few weeks. "What a club!” exclaims Kis sel, who played first base forthe 1 Bth Infantry team that won the Charleston. S. C. city champion ship and the Fort Moultrie title in 1937. “I’ve never missed a ball game in my life if I could help it—with a team like that in the league I expect an excit ing summer” Enlisting in the field artillery in 1922, Kissel has also seen ser- COMPANY A MEN OF THE COMMUNICATIONS SECTION AT WORK IN THE RADIO REPAIR SHOP. (Left to right) Sgt. Nethan H. Glenner, service man; T. Sgt. Lincol n Chann. repair crew chief, and M. Sgt. Edmond Juneau, shop foreman, iOfficial U. S. Army Signal Corps Photo.l job will take us half a day." Rapp, who took a communica tions course at Benning in 1941 and has been here ever since, says that his men get to know the peculiarities of each set and—like a doctor remembering each patient’s troubles -can put their fingers on a set’s usual vice in the ordnance and the In fantry. and has been stationed all over the United States While on the 1943 Carolina maneuvers he was getting set to “go over” with his outfit when he was in jured in the leg and disqualified for foreign service. During his eight hitches top kick Kissel has met most of the big names in the Army. He serv ed under General Marshall when the present Chief of Staff was a regimental commander “The general never forgets a face,” Kissel says. "Four years after he left my regiment he came back to inspect the outfit one day and he still knew me by' name.” Commended for the ef ficiency of his company on that inspection in 1942, Kissel had also been commended by Gener al McNair for a “company in at tack” problem he conducted in 1940. Sgt. and Mrs. Kissel now re side in Columbus where their eight-year old daughter is at tending school. REGIMENTAL MIRROR complaint as soon as it comes back from the field. A telephone and radio repairman for Western Electric for eight years before he entered the Service,* Rapp says he’s gained a lot of valuable experience at the Section. T. Sgt. Lincoln Chann, whose parents are in a Japanese-occu pied area of China, heads the other repair crew which relieves Rapp’s shift every day. He held an FCC and a commercial op erator’s license in civilian life, and once served as a radio op erator in the merchant marine A graduate of the RCA Radio Institue at Chicago, he was cho sen by the Communications Sec tion to attend a special frequen cy modulation radio repair course at the Signal Corps School in Lexington, Ky., last summer, and since his return he has taught “FM" repair to the rest of the shop men. Each shift, in addition to its repair men, has a distribution crew to set up the equipment needed for each class and a couple of battery men who run the battery-charging plant “First we see if the low bat tery has enough distilled water to cover the plates," explains Cpl. Edwin Hunsicker, one of the battery men. “Then we connect it up with the charger and keep checking it until it reaches the proper specific gravity. We al so have to make up the solu tions of acids and distilled wat er which are used in the batte ries.” Confirmation of the success of the School’s system in the field has been brought back to the Section by T. Sgt. William Radik, formerly a student here who has returned as a radio repair man after having headed the entire communications set-up of the 131st Infantry during its lock guard-duty in Canada. All of his communications men were graduates of the Communica tions Section, Radik says, and “every one of them was a good man.” Need Any Help With Tax Forms? Academics who must file 1944 declaration^ Os estimated Federal income and victory tax had better hop into head quarters and see Lt. Vernon C. Hoyt right away if they need any help. The due date of the declaration is Saturday, April 15th. NCOs, Backbone Os Army, To Get More Recognition Non-Com Course Graduates Join Line Regiment (Continued, from Page 1) icates were to be awarded to those non-commissioned officers who had assimilated the instruc tion given. Maj. Jared then put the detail at rest and told them that the regiment was “very proud of the class.” PURPOSE ACCOMPLISHED “I understand the course was n't so easy," he said. “You men a month ago were mainly spe cialists—you had earned your stripes because you could do one job to perfection—but in a line outfit you have to do all jobs well. It was our intention that you men have and keep your stripes when you joined your new outfits. 1 believe that our purpose has been largely accom- plished.” CREDITS TIS The major gave most of the credit for the success of the course to the officers of The In fantry School who planned the project. Maj. B. L. Learman, School assistant director of train ing. was in charge of the course. “You are also indebted to your company officers,” Maj. Jared pointed out, referring to Lt. Powers and Lt. John C. Greer of F Company who super vised close order drill (the non com’s forte), and map reading, in addition to handling the large casual company. “The majority of you men are getting certificates,” the major continued, “but all of you are going out better equipped than you were a month ago.” T. Sgt. Josph B Rudd, rank ing member of the class and for merly an Automotive Section in structor, was the first to receive his diploma. As each man’s name was called out by Lt. Greer he came forward, saluted, shook hands with the major, and received his certificate. The diploma stated that The Infantry School, United States Army, certified that the soldier named had completed a refresh er course covering certain mili tary subjects, which were listed. Thursday, April 13, 1944 (CNS) -Great care in the se lection and promotion of non commissioned officers in the U S Army is urged by Gen Mar shall in War Department Circu lar 70, recently released, which provides for the thorough train ing of noncoms and the removal of those who fail to attain or maintain acceptable standards. “It has been clearly demon strated in this war, as in past wars, that noncommissioned of ficers are the backbone of the Army,” the circular states. “Suc cess in combat depends upon the character and qualification* of the noncommissioned officers commanding small units. They must be outstanding leaders with a high sense of duty and a strong will. They must be re sourceful and willing to assume responsibility In order to assure that our noncommissioned officers are equal to the tasks that lie ahead of them, commanders of all ech elons will give their personal at tention to improving the quality and prestige of those noncom missioned officers who exercise command responsibility." That these results may be at tained, the order makes the fol lowing provisions: 1. That machinery be estab lished to provide for the careful selection of noncommissioned officer material and a system of promotions that will be recog nized as sound and just by all concerned. 2. That appropriate noncom missioned officer schools be es tablished and operated. 3. That noncommissioned offi cers who fail to attain or main tain acceptable standards be re moved. 4. That the prestige of the non commissioned officer grades be enhanced by the extension of ad ditional privileges and liberties to the holders of those ranks. WD 70 also calls for public recognition of the accomplish ments and importance of non coms, and, lastly, for the thor ough indoctrination of every non com with the importance and responsibility of his grade and position.
