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About Regimental mirror. (Fort Benning, Ga.) 1943-194? | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1944)
PAGE TWO Academic Men Started ERRC l^ast summer the Communi cations Section of The Infan try School decided to set up a new course lor enlisted radio repairmen of coinhat Infan try regiments. Eight members of A Com pany, assistant instructors in other parts of the Section, were picked to attend the Sig nal Corps school at Camp Crow der, Mo., where they finished the 17 week repair course in three months flat. When they returned to Benning they got to work, together with the com missioned instructors headed by Maj. S G. Ashdown, to organize the new course for the Infaai try Firet they altered two build ings, across the street from the rest of the Section on the Main Post, and installed their equip ment. Then they "took the course” themselves as an experi mant and smoothed out all the “bugs" Finally, on February 23rd of this year the first regu lar class was convened. TOPNOTCH STUDENTS AU students of the new Enlist ed Radio Repairman’s Course an* graduates of the Enlisted Communications Course or at least hare its equivalent in prac tical experience. Most of them have been picked because of their high ratings in a special aptitude and achievement test. They have to be topnotch radio men because the concentrated six week course is one of the toughest given for enlisted men in the School. A technician fourth grade rating awaits each student who later qualifies as a radio repairman in his line out fit The first two weeks of the course are devoted to the ele ments of radio. Most of the "theory instruction" is given by T Sgt. Edward L. Goldsmith, Sgt. Matthew Wizmirski and Pvt. Jules Milton, who lecture on the principles of electricity and vacuum tubes and analyze the circuits in radio sets used in the Infantry regiment. For the remainder of their course the students work un der tne “practical" instructors, learning first the use of the tools of the repairmen, assembling and disassembling telephones, tel- SGT. PAUL MOYER (left), RADIO REPAIRMAN SINCE 1932, instructs an ERRC student in the Communications Sec tion. (Official U. S. Army Signal Corps Photo.) WHEN THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN A FEW WEEKS BACK CPL. DONALD C. WOLF (second from left) WAS ONE of the lop-ranking students in the Enlisted Radio Repairman’s Course, The Infantry School. Since then he has joined Sgt. Jerome Stevens (left) and Cpl. Roswell Parker (second) from right) as an assistant instructor in the ERRC and as a member of the Academic Regiment. Cpl. Lawrence Williams (right), fellow student of Wolf in the first ERRC class, has since joined a line regiment as a trained repairman. (Official U S. Army Signal Corps Photo.) egraph sets and receiver units. In rapid succession, working on each sub-topic for an hour at a time, the students cover circuit tracing, testing of the sets, align ment. changing of frequency and signal tracing. All of this leads up to their "grand finale”—lo cating and eliminating any trou ble in any Infantry radio set. One theory instructor and one practical instructor remain each night to assist those students who come back after supper to do extra work. PROFS LEARNED HERE More than half of the present staff of 11 Academics teaching the ERRC knew nothing about radio repair work before the war Sgt. Goldsmith, the ranking en listed instructor, was an English teacher in Baltimore. Md. in civ ilian days. Three of the enlisted instruc tors, however, are radio men from way back—Sgt Wizmirski was a repairman in Philadelphia and Pvt. Milton, one of the new men, was a civilian technician with the Signal Corps in New York City. Sgt. Paul C. Moyer, one of the “practical" teachers, started out in radio 14 years ago while serving with the Regular Army in Panama. He earned his civilian “ham" license in 1936 in his home town of Laureldale, Pa., where he worked as a re pairman until two years ago, when he rejoined the Army. All of the other ERRC enlis ted instructors have learned their radio technique since Pearl Harbor. In civilian life Sgt. William Nendza was a steel mill worker in Canton, 0.; Sgt. Je rome Stevens worked for the Department of Agriculture in Washburn, N. D.; Sgt. Stanley C. Greenberg was a truck dis- REGIMENTAL MIRROR Here's Lowdown On Law To Give, Vote To Soldiers- (CNS) —After months of Congressional debate, the hot ly-contested servicemen’s voting bill has become a law, pro viding for a limited tise of Federal “Official War Ballots” in the November general elections. Under the provisions of the bill servicemen and women may also apply for state absen tee ballots in conjunction with state laws un primary, special and general elections between now and November A United States War Ballot Commission has been established to help ad- minister the act. “The Official War Ballot,” however, covers only the Na tional election in November of President, Vice President, sen ators and representatives. Its use by soldiers with voting res idence in any state depands upon whether the laws of that partic ular state allow the Federal (“short”) ballot to be counted. It will be impossible to determ ine which states will okay the ballot and which will not until July 15th, when the state gov ernors will certify to the War Ballot Commission the provis ions of their laws for voting by state absentee ballots and wheth er their laws authorize Federal ballots. FEDERAL BALLOT . Anyway, soldiers who will be able to use the “Official War Ballot” are the following: I—Soldiers inside and out side the U. S. from states who have no state absentee ballot but do allow tne use of the Federal ballot. 2—Soldiers outside the U. S. from states permitting the use of the Federal ballot who take an oath that they applied for a state absentee ballot be fore September Ist and have not received it by October Ist. STATE ABSENTEE VOTE There is nothing in the new law to restrict the right of sol diers to vote tnder State absen tee voting laws, which cover primary and special elections pateher in Baltimore, Md.; Sgt. Leroy H. Cooley was a clerk for the Federal Reserve Board in Washington. D. C.^and Pyt. Vic tor Davis, of Pocomoke City, Md., was a nylon worker in a DuPont plant. Supplies for the ERRC are handled by Cpl. Roswell C. Parker, who was connected with General Electric before the war in Haverhill, Mass. The first graduate of the ERRC to become an instructor in the course is Cpl. Donald Wolf, whose civilian days were spent as an electrician. as well as general elections and make it possible to vote for state and local officials as well as National officials. Any soldier who is uncertain about his eligibility to vote should write a letter to the sec retary of state of his home state right now and find out. NEW TYPE POSTCARD Once voting eligibility has been established, War Depart ment postcards may be used in further steps to get a ballot. The law provides for a new type of postcard, but the Army has a large supply of the old forms (WD AGO Form No. 560) on hand and they are acceptable. In applying for a Primary ballot, any GI or WAC using the old card must remember to write in his party affiliation. Except for the possible use of the new WD postcard, no chang es have been made in the proced ure for obtaining and voting by state absentee ballots. Soldiers unable to vote in person may ap ply for an absentee ballot either in the manner prescribed by the G-host Party Attracts Men From Company C By Sgt. Mike Kehoe The Ghost of Old Company G, now officially dead almost a month, resurrected itself and came back to Ft. Benning to en tertain at its final party, Friday nite at the Polo Hunt Club. Leaving the actual real live host ing to Lt. Wood and Ist Sgt. Carlson, the socially minded ghost sat back and enjoyed him self with the rest of the lads and lassies. Practically every, com pany of the Regiment was rep resented as invited guests. The Range, Reproduction, Weapons aud even the casual company men turned out for the evening s fun. With a full larder of Ballen tines and coke;, and a delicious supper featuring chicken salad and accessories few could deny their Ghost Friend had put over one of the best parties ever giv en on the post. Just before mid nite, our Ghost Friend put on bis extra heavy sheet, bid every- Thursday, April 20. 1944 law of his state, or by sending a postcard (new or old form) or a letter bearing the text of the NEW form to the secretary of state of his home state. Some states will then send the GI the absentee ballot which he must fill out, get attested by an officer, warrant officer or non com (not below the rank of ser geant) and return immediately Other states will send the GI a formal “application for state ab sentee ballot" which must be filled out according to in structions and returned before the state will send out the actual absentee ballot itself. Postcards to be used in the November general elections will be delivered before August 15th to Gls overseas and before Sep tember 15th for soldiers in the United States, when that is practicable under military con ditions. The procedure for ob taining Federal ballots for use in the November general elections will not be announced until the state governors have certified to the War Ballot Commission whether their states will permit the use of the Federal (“short") ballots. Additional information on the new law will be found in WD Circular 128, April 3rd, 1944 (Also see editorial, page 4.) one adieu and returned to Ghost dom, with satisfaction that his last attempt at Hosting had been a grand success and determined that he would lie in peace and wait for future assignments to other company parties held in the future. Now that the Profs have cracked the ice and opened their 1944 baseball season with a smashing victory of 7 to 0 over The Parachute School last Sun day afternoon there appears be fore them a long and full sched ule in The Infantry School Leag ue. We noted with pride the large number of Academic root ers (particularly those from Co. C). Now let’s keep up the good work, as the games' go along the Profs will get better From first appearances they show good possibilities of cop ping the post title. They have the hitting and the pitching staffs, which promise many hours of relaxation and enjoyment for you baseball lovers. So when the umpire calls “Play Ball", let’s see you all sitting in the stands in back of the Profs root ing them on to victory! BUY WAR BONDS
