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TASTING HIS OWN SOUP (PURELY IN THE LINE
of duty!) is Cpl. George Lozano, oldest cook in the Academic
Regiment main mess. (Official U. S. Army Photo—The Infan
try School.)
GI Cooking Is "Doing
Things In A
The most exciting tiling about
cooking for the Army, says Cpl.
George Lozano, of the main
mess, is that you do things in a
big way He looks forward to
the mornings he has to make
30 gallons of soup or prepare al
most 200 pounds* of roast meat
in a few hours, with only a stu
dent cook for an assistant.
“Roasts are my favorites,”
says Lozano, who is the oldest
cook in the main mess from the
point of view of service. He
cuts down his own meat, pre
ferring the hindquarters, and
cooks it in some of its own fat.
Adding water and salt and pep
per. he gets his first oven of
roast meat going at 8 o’clock in
the morning. When his work is
at its height, he has six large
ovens cooking at a hot pace.
Every half hour or so he turns
each roast over, keeps it “wet"
by adding more water whenever
necessary, and has his first roast
Jewish Chaplain
Assumes Duties
Chaplain Benjamin H. Gor
relick has arrived at Fort Ben
ning to assume the duties of
Jewish chaplain, succeeding
Capt. Samson Aaron Shain,
according to Lt. Col. John W.
Westerman, chief of the chap
lain’s corps
The new chaplain is a recent
graduate of the Army Chap
lain's School, located at Har
vard University, and holds the
rank of first lieutenant.
I
Big Way"
“on the counter” for “early
chow’ at 11 o’clock. Freshly
cooked meat is ready, on the
“stagger system”, for each crew
of men that comes into the mess
halls during the next two and
a half hours. The meat is kept
warm in a big baker’s mixing
bowl, which is set in hot water.
If there’s no roast on the
menu Lozano would just as soon
make soup, especially vegetable
soup. A day's supply will take
about 15 gallons of all the dif
ferent vegetables he can get hold
of, plus “beef stock", which is
obtained by boiling meat bones
and adding the “syrup" to the
soup. When all of these ingred
ients are cooking in water, 30
gallons of soup are on the stove,
or enough for dinner and supper
for all the men who eat in the
main mess.
Lozano is one of the thousands
of young Americans who have
learned new trades in the Ar
my In civilian life in Chicago
he worked as a binder, lining
albums, portfolios and cases,
but when he entered the service
almost three years ago classifi
cation decided he should attend
cooks and bakers’ school after
his basics at Camp Croft, S. C
His first and only field assign
ment so far (!) has been in the
Academic Regiment main mess,
where he represents C Compa
ny in the kitchen.
Lozano differs from most
cooks bn two respects, he hasn’t
gotten fat since he’s been in the
kitchen, although he likes his
own cooking; and when he’s
home on furlough he refuses to
do any cooking for his friends
•nd family
REGIMENTAL MIRROR
Enlisted Insurance Experts*
Advise Academics To Take
Out Maximum GI Insurance
three enlisted men of the Academic Regiment, all in
surance experts in civilian life, got the new National Service
Life Insurance drive off to a flying start this week by offer
ing their services and experience to all Academics who have
questions about the government’s low cost policy protection
for soldiers’ families and 'deoen- • • — —
dents.
Pfc. Herman N. Bundesen and
Cpl. Willard E. Blake, of Com
pany C, and Sgt. James A. Free
ly, of Headquarters, are (irmly
convinced that more Gls will
take out government insurance
if they can first get sound pro
fessional advice on its valuesand
advantages. Informal consulta
tions can be arranged through
the Mirror at any time starting
now, or questions can be left in
the newsroom for the advisers'
consideration. Starting with the
next issue, they will conduct a
question-and-answer column on
insurance for the newspaper
The establishment of a volun
teer enlisted committee on in
surance was hailed by the regi
mental insurance officer as an
important development in the
current policy drive. Insurance
officers have already been ap
pointed in each company and de
tachment, and Academics with
out policies or without the max
imum coverage are now being
interviewed by their company
officers, and encouraged to apply
for GI insurance. The regimen
tal goal is 95 per cent personnel
covered with an average policy
of S9OOO.
"NSLI Rates Hard
To Beat Anywhere"
“My only regret is that sol
diers can’t buy MORE than $lO.-
000 worth of government insur
ance,” said Pfc. Bundesen, form
er Bridgeport, Conn., brokerage
manager for Mutual Benefit,
when he offered his help in the
campaign. “National Service Life
Insurance is the best in the mar-
ket for all persons of military
age, with rates that are hard to
beat anywhere in civilian life.
Men going overseas should lose
no time in signing up for the
full amount. But even men who
know that they are going to stay
here should realize that they
can be injured or disabled at any
time, and once that happens, it
will lessen their chances of ever
getting good insurance at low
rates. Before the war I special
ized in life insurance, helping
my clients build estates for
themselves and their families,
and I’m convinced that insurance
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is the best PROPERTY a man
can own.”
Bundesen has suggested that
men discuss insurance at their
company orientation meetings,
and he has offered to help an
swer any questions that come
up.
"Too many people have the
wrong slant on insurance to start
with," said Cpl. Blake, who sold
life insurance in Chicago for
seven years before entering the
service. “They think of insur
ance as something to pay for
your burial expenses. Since sol
diers know the government will
take care of their funeral, if and
when necessary, they get the
idea that that ends the need for
insurance.
Might Be Ineligible
For Insurance Later
"Actually insurance is a sound
investment. The wealthiest peo
ple, who have enough cash an
hand to pay the undertaker, are
still the largest buyers of insur
ance because of its investment
value. But most important of
all is the fact that INSURANCE
ISN’T FOR OURSELVES—IT’S
FOR THE PEOPLE WE LEAVE
BEHIND. With the second front
opening up soon, some men will
return in a state of health that
is uninsurable. Their worries
and their families’ grief will be
needlessly complicated by the
fact that they have no insurance
and can get none. Failure to
take out insurance is, in my
opinion, selfishness, and shows a
lack of responsibility. Young
men mho have never thought a
bout their responsibility toward
their families can get a good
start by taking out insurance
right now. Also an important
consideration is the fact that
while we are young we can get
the lowest premium rates—why
wait until we get old and have
to pay enormous rates, when we
could have gotten in on the
ground floor. inexpensively,
while still in uniform?”
Blake also stressed the fact
that government insurance can
be converted to civilian insur
ance. with cash value and with
out examination, at any time
after one year. He personally
Thursday, May 11, 1944
advises servicemen to wait un
til after the war to coinvert in
surance, and is willing to go into
the matter of the future of the
government policy with all Aca
demies who are interested in the
problem.
Beneficiary Assured
Os Regular Income
"A lot of men object to gov
ernment insurance because it
doesn’t pay off, in a lump sum.”
remarked Sgt. Freely, former
insurance adjuster and agent in
Chicago. “In my opinion that
should actually make a soldier
feel better His beneficiary can
not lose all of the money in some
bad investment or even through
court order in the case of legal
difficulties. No matter what hap
pens. his beneficiary is assured
of regular spaced-out payments,
in some cases over $50.00 a
month for life."
Freely also pointed out that
often this monthly income will
spell the difference between a
mere existence income and a
comfortable mode of living. If,
for example, a soldier’s benefic
iary earns SIOO a month, the
additional monthly insurance
benefit payment will turn mar
ginal living into security.
National Service Life Insur
ance is available to al) members
of the Army, including the Worn
en’s Army Corps. Low premium
rates are made possible by' the
fact that the government does
not depend upon premium col
lections to pay out policy ben
efits Congress has made special
funds available for that purpose. ‘
Pontifical Mass
Set For Sunday
A military pontifical mass
will be celebrated in Dough
boy Stadium at 10 a. m. on
Mothers’ Day. Sunday, May
14. with the Most Reverend
Gerald P O'Hara. Bishop of
Savannah-Atlanta officiating.
The procession with Bishop
O'Hara will form in front of
Service Club No 1 and march
into the stadium Bishop O’-
Hara will be assisted by the
pastors of the Catholic church
es in Columbus and Phenix
City and by the Superior of
the Holy Trinity Monastery in
Alabama.
