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Know Your Army
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THE IMPORTANCE OF
THE SOLDIER
The Army will never be any
better than the quality of the
young men who compose it. It is
an established prl nc i pie of
ground warfare that success in
battle depends upon the proper
combination of firepower, mo
bility, and able people. The final
and decisive element in warfare
is not the weapon, not the
equipment, but is the men who
operate and use the hardware.
While a ship may symbolize
the Navy and an airplane the
Air Force, the only adequate
symbol of the Army is the com
bat soldier. He is like the cutting
tool moved by a great machine
behind him. It is the quality of
the cutting edge-the combat
soldier-which determines the
performance of the entire ma
chine. He must be a little better
“THE PONTIAC MAN"
MARTIN H.
COPELAND
CANDIDATE FOR
MAYOR
YOUR VOTE AND INFLUENCE WILL BE
APPRECIATED
—ELECTION DEC. 14, 1957—
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than most people, a little
tougher-not in an unruly sense,
but in the sense of having more
character, stamina, fortitude,
and discipline—to assure that
our Army will be victorious in
the future as it always has been
in the past.
However, ti e Army also reeds
many other talents. Behind its
cutting edge, the Army machine
must have the gears and wheels
and belts which drive the tool.
Today’s soldier has the opportu
nity of entering one of the more
than 500 different types of work.
The Army needs skilled techni
cians in many fields, and has
the schools and the training ex
perience to develop them from
I the young men who enter its
1 ranks. Together, then, the com
bat soldier and the specialist
form an inseparable team—both
’ essential to a successful modern
PFC. FLOYD HYDE
STATIONED IN ITALY
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Pfc. Floyd Hyde, son of Mrs.
Annie Lou Hyde of Summerville,
Route 3, took basic training at
Fort Jackson, S. C. and surveyor
schooling at Fort Sill, Okla. He
is a graduate of Summerville
High. He was home for the
Thanksgiving holidays and has
-left forservice overseas. He will
be stationed in Italy.
Army,
The Army’s personnel policies
and practices are designed to at
tack good men to join this team
and to keep them in service.
Army job assignments are deter
mined by careful consideration
of both the Army’s needs and
the individual’s abilities. The
training and personnel place
ment system in the Army work
closely together. “The right man
in the right job’’ aptly describes
the Army’s personnel manage
ment program.
To further the career oppor
tunities of the individual, the 1
Army continually stresses the 1
importance of training and
schooling. Army schools teach
more different subjects than
any single school, college, or
university in the world. These
courses and our training prac
tices and procedures are under
constant study to keep them
abreast of the latest edevelop
ment in techniques, tools, and
equipment, This up-to date
training is of the highest value,
not only to the Army, but to the
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' individual throughout his life
j time. Furthermore, schooling
I and training continue as long as
I the individual demonstrates the
| desire and the aptitude required.
In addition to its efforts to
improve the operational effi
ciency of its soldiers, the Army
works constanely to better the
moral, physical, and intellectual
quality of its men.
The soldier’s moral develop
ment is not left to chance.
Character guidance is a specific
program in the Army. Conistant
with each individual’s personal
freedom, religious development
is encouraged. The Army’s rate
of church attendance exceeds
the rate for the public as a
whole.
The Army enecurages physical
improvement. It takes each sol
dier’s basic good health as the
starling point and seeks to in
crease his vigor and stamina
through carefully planned pro
t grams of physical training, aug
■ ; mented by an extensive program
> of leisure-time athletics.
■ In the intellectual area, the
' Army offers its members many
; opportunities for off-duty edu-
I cational advancement. In addi
tion, it strives, through both on
and off- duty programs, to raise
the educational level of those
. । who require it to acceptable
minimum standards. We realize
L that the qualitative improve
ment of the individual soldier is
as important to the Army as
■ having enough soldiers.
i Our Army today is largely a
■ | “family” Army. The belief that
families should be kept together,
j whenever possible is an impor
tant part of the Army-career
concept. Community life and ac
tivities at Army posts, both in
the United States and overseas,
arc much the same as those in
nonmilitary communities. The
i m any facilities available at
Army posts are designed to help
the soldier maintain a normal,
happy family life. The Army is
acutely aware of the personal
and family needs of the service
man and is continously trying to
increase career attractiveness by
improvements in fringe benefits
and personnel programs. To
maintain progress already ac
complished in this field, the
Army will continue to seek legis
lative help from Congress.
Advancement opportunities
for the career soldier are unlim
ited. The office boy who worked
his way up the ladder and be
came president of the firm is a
standard American success sto
ry. Equally standard, but not so
well publicized, is the story of
the private who became a gen
eral. The careers of Privates,
now Lieutenant Generals, Clar
ence Huebner. Thomas F. Hickey
and James M. Garvin provide
convincing proof that in the
Army an individual can advance
as high as his abilities will take
him. A lifetime in the Army not
only provides a self-satisfying
opportunity to do an important >
job in the defense of America.'
but answers the questions, i
"What’s in it for me?” for the l
ambitious young man in search!
of a career.
In summary, the good soldier I
is the key to the Army’s success. ।
At the same time, the Army can
i be the key to the soldier's suc
i cess. There is nothing so satis
fying as the pleasure of a job
। well done, and the Army,
I through modern personnel pro
iccdurcs and training methods,
places its soldiers in jobs they
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•i ’ bit, it seems that the effects
of the sputniks can be somewhat
evaluated. About the only thing
the Russians could have done to
stir up more world excitement
than they created with the sput
niks would have been to declare
war on somebody.
One assumption is probably
worth the making. The Russians
used the launching of the satellites
to impress both friend and enemy
with the strides they have made
and are making in the missiles
field. Whether or not the United
States is capable of launching a
similar satellite became a side
issue after Sputnik No. 1. The Rus
sians were there, “firstest, with
the mostest.”
It is interesting to note however,
that some of our activities with
missiles subsequently received a
bit more publicity than they had
been getting pre-sputniks, which
might lead to speculation that
strict security has kept us from
knowing just how well our own
program compares with that of the
Russians. Some facts do stand out.
Our leaders knew that the Rus
sians would launch their first sat
ellite during the International Geo
physical Year, yet this led to no
apparent all-out effort to beat
them to the punch.
While it is interesting to note
that the Russian successes have
impressed our military leaders
and scientists, it is equally im
portant that they have shown no
signs of panic. Concern, perhaps,
but no panic. Our military leaders
have asked for a speedup of our
missiles program; scientists are
advocating greater use of scienti
fic advisory committees and re- ।
appraisal of our instructional and
research activities in the field of |
POINTERS GIVEN
ON YULE MAIL
Postmaster John Stubbs today
outlined ten basic pointers for
users of the mails to follow in
order to assure prompt and safe
delivery of their Christmas cards
and gifts this year.
1. Address mail fully and clear
ly. Write legibly or print plainly
and always use a complete ad
dress. that is, name, street name
and number, rural route num
ber or post office box; city, zone
number if applicable, and state.
Avoid abbreviations since this
may lead to confusion.
2. Use the 3-cent letter rate
on cards and letters. Be certain
a return address is printed in
the upper left hand corner of
both Christmas cards and par
cels. This will prevent any un
delivered mail ending up in the
dead letter office. Cards mailed
at the 2-cent third class rate
cannot be returned or forwarded
if undeliverable as addressed.
3. Do not enclose coins or hard
objects of any kind in letters.
Cancelling machines cannot pro
cess such letters and often dam
age the letter and contents.
4. Do not mail money in
Christmas gifts or letters. For
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come experts. Today, the Army
offers its members advantages
which no other occupation can
offer and presents unlimited ad
vancement opportunities, based
solely on merit.
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expected.
It could well be possible that the
arrival of the sputniks signalled
the end of the emphasis of the
“cold war” of political maneuver
ing and propaganda and the arriv
al of a scientific war. The cold
war must continue, of course, but
its importance is at the moment
somewhat diminished. The eyes
and the attention of the world
have become focused on the once
imaginary and unattainable world
(or worlds) that we cannot see.
Our scientists believe that this
nation can keep pace with, or sur
pass the Russians, if we move
wisely and promptly. If we are to
do this, they add, we must have a
unity of action and we must make
major reforms in the field of ed
ucation, both w the manner of
training our youth Bhd in the public's
attitude toward, and support of,
education.
This is certain: our future must
be carefully charted. If we are
far behind the Russians in mis
sile work, we must catch up—and
pass—them. Yet, at the same
time, we must be effecting a long
range program that will put and
keep us out front scientifically.
This is the thinking of some of
our foremost scientists.
The achievements yet to bo
made in the field of science will
amaze us as much as the machine
age amazed our forefathers. The
Russians have sent forth a chal
lenge with their sputniks. We must
meet that challenge, not by fol
lowing in their steps with r. similar
satellite, but by initiating a pro
gram designed to surpass their
every effort. World leadership, and
perhaps more important, world
peace, hangs in tire balance.
safety’s sake, use postal money
orders or cheeks. If money is
mailed, be sure to register the
letter.
5. Separate your cards and
letters to “local” and “out-of-
I town.” ‘Local” means Sum-
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PESTERFIELD'S
NORIII COMMERCE ST. PHONE Hl
merville, post office boxes, city
and rural routes and “out-of
town” means any other post
office. Labels for your bundles
of cards and letters are avail
able at the post office or from
your carrier and have been dis
tributed to every city, rural, and
post office box. If everyone will
do this, it will speed all the
mail and relieve much of con
gestion in post offices.
6. Make certain that parcels
arc well packed and securely
wrapped in strong containers.
Cushioning material, such as
excelsior, shredded newspapers
or tissue paper should be evenly
and firmly placed on all sides
of the Christmas gift. The car
ton should be wrapped in heavy
paper and securely tied with
strong twine.
7. Gifts of a delicate nature,
such as glass, china, electrical
appliances, radios and musical i
instruments, must be marked [
“Fragile” by the mailer. Food;
stuffs should be marked “Per- j
ishable” if subject to spoilage. ■
8. Insure parcels. Register
letters of real value. Where only
proof of delivery is desired for
letters of no intrinsic value, use
Certified Mail. Use Combination
Mail where a letter or message,
otner than a gift tag. is to be
enclosed inside a Christmas
package.
9. Mail Christmas cards and
parcels early to avoid the last
minute rush and waiting in line
at the post office. The best times
to avoid crowds at stamp and
parcel post windows at this of
fice are between 10:00 a.m. and
2:00 p.m.
10. Every postal employee is
happy to answer questions on
postal rules and regulations.
Anyone with problems about
mailing Christmas parcels and
cards should avail himself of the
opportunity of discussing the
problems with postal employees,
and take advantage of their ex
perience.
Mr. Stubbs further emphasized
how important it is to start
planning now to shop early and
mail early for Christmas. "The
postal service and its employees
must depend upon public co
operation to help get their job
done, especially during the
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1957
Local Man Assigned
To Herne Division
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Private Robert N. Little Jr.,
age 23, whose parents, Dr. and
Mrs. R. N. Little reside at 104
Taylor St., Summerville, has re
cently been assigned to the 3d
Infantry Division, Fort Benning,
Ga., where he will undergo mili
tary training and accompany the
“Marne” Division to Germany
next spring.
The Pentomic Marne Division,
a new type of Army Combat
Force designed to fight and sur
vive on the atomic battlefield,
will assume North Atlantic
Treaty Organization defense re
sponsibilities in the American
zone of Germany.
The Marne Division, which
earned its unique identification
as the “Rock of the Marne” dur
ing World War I. is one of the
most senior and most decorated
divisions in the United States
Army. Some of its major units
trace their military histories to
the War of 1812.
Tax officials say some of the
tax refunds and credits for
mally allowed last year may
have been paid by the Govern
ment as long ago as 1941.
Christmas season. We know that
all citizens will recognize the
importance of this, and will
again extend us this cooperation
and help." the postmaster added.