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M I RRO R
Office: Building 73 Phone 3646
Published Every Thursday by and tor the Enlisted Men of the Academic
Regiment, The Infantry School. Fort Benning. Ga
THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1944
The REGIMENTAL MIRROR receives Camp Newspaper Ser
vice material. Republication of credited matter prohibited with
out permission of CNS, 205 E. 42 St., N. Y. C., 17.
COL E. P. PASSAILAGUE LT. VERNON C. HOYT
Commanding Advisor
SGT. WALTER MILLER Editor
Cpl. Johnston C. Woodall Assistant Editor
PFC June Freed Secretary
SAVING "JUICE" RELEASES
MEN AND FUNDS FOR WAR
When you’re in a big light to the finish you can’t take
any unnecessary chances. You check your personnel and
positions, reserves and supplies. Just before the BIG PUSH
you find you have to “tighten up” all along the line. We
have felt this increasing tension even here at Benning in one
of the furthest “rear echelons.” There have been manpower
slashes to convert the war from a defense to an offense;
tremendous quotas set to raise funds from frequent bond
drives; larger donation quotas with each new visit of the
blood bank.
And now the final checkup for the final fight has re
vealed another place where we can tighten up. It seems
that if we can cut our post electric bill by a reasonable 15
percent we can save $40,000 a year, which can be used on a
more active front in the fight against the Axis. A vast corps
of manpower, huge sums of material and money Ae involved
in the generation of electricity and its distribution to its mil
lions of “outlets.” This means that any cut in its use re
leases men and funds. If we cut our overhead, and lend the
government money in the form of buying bonds, then cer
tainly we cannot sabotage our own efforts by wasting elec
tricity that in turn wastes overhead and money.
A checkup throughout our regiment has revealed that
the personnel in all offices, shops and squadrooms have al
ready noted many places where they could save “juice.”
These ideas have been toyed with and talked about but no
body organized them into action and so we have to wait for
a “drive” to get things going. Every practical man knows
a dozen little places where he can save electricity with no
inconvenience—except that of reminding himself and others
to “flip it off” whenever they forget.
The last man out of a latrine, for example, must turn
out the lights. We are in the habit of taking our light for
granted. A survey has shown that one out of every seven
lights in the regiment is in a latrine. If we can turn them
out when they’re not needed we have a good part of our 15
per cent of savings right off.
Note, too, how we take “lights on” and the radio going
in the day rooms almost completely for granted. We often
wander out leaving lamps lighted and the radio blaring.
The present drive puts great responsibility upon latrine and
day room orderlies, but this is one of those matters where
we ALL have to remind each other, because waste is almost
a national habit in America and hard to overcome.
Men in many supply and store rooms were asked to see
if they could work well with lights of fewer watts. The
results were surprising. Nobody had ever thought of it be
fore, but it worked.
The chances are that we often leave many machines
running when they’re not in use—just for a few seconds,
perhaps, but multiplied by other such acts of thoughtless
ness all over the post, those few minutes of unused “juice”
mount into thousands of dollars.
ELECTRICITY DRIVE OPENS
WITH SIX PERCENT SAVING
The first seven days of the all
post campaign to conserve elec
tric power on the reservation
brought a savings of six per cent
of the total electric power con
sumption, Lt. Col. Edward L.
Littleton, post engineer and pow
er conservation officer, announc
ed Monday.
The post engineer expressed
himself as highly pleased with
the result of the first week of
the campaign which ended May
14, and declared that the coop
eration of Benning personnel
thus far in cutting out unneces
sary lights and eliminating other
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non-essential power-consuming
devices promises to bring an
early accomplishment in the re
duction of electric power con
sumption at Fort Benning to 15
per cent, the goal set by Brig.
Gen. William H. Hobson, post
commander, in announcing the
program on May 6.
Col. Littleton said that all
areas using electric power prin
cipally for lighting showed a re
duction in consumption. The
Main Post showed the greatest
reduction with 11.4 per cent.
“This is indicative of the fact
that Army personnel and their
REGIMENTAL MIRROR
Religious Services
FRIDAY: Jewish Services
7:30 p. m., Children’s school,
comer Baltzell avenue and
Lumpkin road. Main Post.
SUNDAY: Jewish Services:
9:30 a. m., Theater No. 9.
Catholic Mass: 9:30 a. m.,
Theater No. 2.
General Service: 10:30 a.
m., Theater No. 2.
Holy Communion: Chaplain
Reddick’s office, 11:30 a m
WACs Mork Second
Birthday of Branch
Washington (CNS) —The sol-
I dier in skirts observed the sec
i ond birthday of her branch of
I the Army May 16.
The occasion actually marked
the anniversary of the Women’s
Army Corps’ forerunner, the Wo
men’s Army Auxiliary Corps,
! created by Congressional legis
lation May 14, 1942. Two days
: later Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, of
Houston, Tex., took the oath as
I director of the WAAC. It was
! more than a year before the
■ Auxiliary was actually taken in
’ to the Army and its name chang-
I ed to Women’s Army Corps
WACs Commended
On 2nd Anniversary
The following message has
been received from Lt. Gen. Les
lie G. McNair, Command Gen
eral of the Army Ground Forces,
on the occasion of the second
anniversary of the Women’s Ar
my Corps:
“My congratulations and deep
appreciation to the WAC on
their second anniversary. Their
helpfulness, devotion to duty,
and efficiency have been out
standing. I wish AGF had more
of them."
PROMOTIONS
COMPANY B
Pfc. Wilfred Beaudrie to Cpl
Pfc William C. Punzel to Cpl.
Pvt Jasper D. Cox to Cpl.
Pvt Walter' P. Sammon to Cpl.
Pvt Elmo K. Whatley to Cpl.
Cpl. Arthur E. Owens to Tec 4
COMPANY E
Cpl. David A. Mallory. Jr. to
Tec 4.
Cpl. Glenn N. Flint to Tec 4
Pfc. Ottie J. Cloyd to Cpl.
Pfc. Theodore Plewa to Tec 5.
WAC DETACHMENT NO 2
Pvt. June E. Freed to PFC.
Tec 4 Bonnelynn I. Sutherland
to Tec 3.
Tec 5 Almaurine W. Kane to Cpl.
Tec 5 Vera M. Brading to Cpl.
Tec 5 Virginia E. LattintoCpl.
Pfc. Kathryn E. Laing to Tec 5
Pfc. Mildred S. Musegades to
Cpl.
Pfc. Edith N. Sayer to Cpl.
Pfc. Ila P. Hartley to Tec 5
Pvt. Satenick Ermoian to Pfc.
Tec 4 Arleen P. Glick to Tec 3
Pfc. June A. Whalen to Cpl.
Pfc. Leota L. Hancock to Tec 5
Pfc. Alberta N. Barkes to Tec 5
Pfc. Katherine L. Brown to Tec 5
Pfc. Geneva R. Thompson to Cpl.
families have also joined in the
drive with enthusiasm,” Col
Littleton asserted
Other areas of ’the reserva
tion showed the following per
centages of reduction in con
sumption for the week ending
May 14 as compared with meter
readings for the week ending
May 6: Sand Hill, 10%; Ala
bama Area-Lawson Field, 6.6%;
and Harmony Church 0.9 per
cent.
Post Movies This Week
MAIN AND NO. 8—
Thurs.-Fri., 18-19: Gaslight
(Charles Boyer, Joseph Cotten).
Sat., 20: The Yellow Rose of
Texas (Roy Rogers, Dale Evans).
Sun.-Mon., 21-22: The Story Os
Dr. Wassell (Gary Cooper, La
raine Day). Tues., 23: Three Men
In White (Lionel Barrymore,
Keye Luke). Wed., 24: Cobra
Woman (Maria Montez. Jon
Hall).
NO 4 AND NO. 5—
Thurs.-Fri., 18-19: Show Busi
ness (Eddie Cantor, Joan Davis)
Sat.-Sun., 20-21: Gaslight (Char
les Boyer, Joseph Cotton). Mon.,
22: The Yellow Rose Os Texas
(Roy Rogers, Dale Evans).
Tues.-Wed., 23-24: The Story Os
Dr. Wassell (Gary Cooper).
NO. 9 AND NO 11—
Thurs., 18: And The Angels
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By Sgt. Ralph Alkire
Sunday morning there were
quite a few men who would have
appreciated sleeping a little
longer in preference to going to
the malaria lecture and pictures.
But we all admit that the first
two hours were very education
al. When it was ali over Sgt.
“Good Time” Andrick was over
heard saying “It was a waste of
time, they didn’t say a thing I
didn’t already know.” We real
ize that Andrick is very intellec
tual but he must remember that
there are others in the company
who do not know ali these things.
(Some of us were given looks
instead of brains.)
Sunday evening, as they were
returning to camp, Sgt. Epperly
and “Willie” Masters had a rath
er unusual experience. I’ll let
them tell you the story but the
thing I'd like to know is, What
the reaction would have been if
they had accepted the young
lady’s invitation!
By the time this issue reaches
the public, Pfc. Manari will
probably be on the way to his
new station But in going he
says he leaves the farewell of
the ladies of the WAC detach
ment to Sgt. Pete Fenlon who
has been observed hovering a
round that neighborhood quite
a bit.
The other morning S. Sgt. Her-
The Wolf Sansone
"If you spent less time in bed n' more time study in
you’d make PFC too!"
Thursday, May 18, 1944
Sing (Dorothy Lamour, Fred
Mac Murray). Fri., 19: Yellow
Canary (Anna Neagle, Richard
Greene). Sat., 20: Seven Days
Ashore (W’ally Brown, Alan
Carney) Sun.-Mon., 21-22: Once
Upon A Time (Cary Grant, Ja
net Blair). Tues., 23: The Yel
low Rose of Texas (Roy Rogers.
Dale Evans). Wed., 24: Show’
Business (Eddie Cantor, Joan
Davis).
USO Show At Main
Post Two Nights
“Hats Off,” new USO Shows
production, hits Doughboy Sta
dium Friday and Saturday nights
at 8:45. In case of rain perform
ance will be given in the Main
Theatre.
schel Nelson and Tec 4 Grits
Terry were seen in a rather len
gthy discussion with the WAC
Tec 4 who works in the Provost
Marshal’s Office. The conversa
tion took place near the rose
garden but I’m quite sure roses
were not the topic of discussion.
WHO WORKED IN SGT. GIA
SONE’S PLACE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON???
How To Get A Gig:
Wear A White Belt
Academics who are wearing
white belts will soon find their
names on the gig-list, accord
ing to regimental headquar
ters, which pointed out this
week that white belts are
manufactured for wear only
with officers’ white uniforms.
Under no circumstances can
they be considered “as issu
ed.” which is the rule-of
thumb for judging the correct
ness of clothing worn by enlis
ted men.
Former ISD Sarge
Now A Lt.-Colonel
Oldtimer Academics who
served in the Infantry School
Detachment will be glad to
hear that William F. Dodson,
former I.S.D. sergeant-major
and basketball coach, has been
promoted to the rank of lieu
tenant-colonel at his present
post im Charleston, S. C. Col.
Dodson was one of the first
enlisted men of this command
to be commissioned from the
ranks after the national emer
gency was declared.
