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VOLUME II
Contest For All Amateur
Photographers Announced
“Alligator” Offers Cash Prizes For
Best Monthly Entries With Best
Picture of Each Week Published
Snapshots of interest and amateur talent is being sought
by the 124th Infantry Alligator for their new contest, which
starts today, June 10. The newspaper is offering a monthly
prize of $5.00 for the best picture, with a second prize of $2.50
for the second best picture. Each week the outstanding entry
will be run in the columns of this newspaper. At the end of
the month the entire lot of entries will be judged and the best
picture will be printed, along with the second winner. All pic
tures printed will be given a credit line to the photographer.
The Alligator Snapshot Contest
is open to every officer and enlist
ed man in the regiment that takes
pictures. The camera may be
either owned, borrowed or rented;
however, the picture must be snap
ped by an amateur. This, of
course, means a person who has
never received a salary as a pho
tographer, although he may have
won in other contest similar to this
one.
Winning snapshots will be judg
ed according to the interest of the
picture to the entire regiment,
which caters to no certain com
pany or individual. The entry,
however, may show only one sold
ier, or company, as long as the
picture contain interest.
The Alligator staff urges all
soldiers in the 124th to enter the
contest, as the judging of the win
ner will be from the idea that he
is strictly an amateur. The judges
Os the contest will be Pfc. Edward
J. (Jack) Hamilton, editor of “The
Alligator,” who will judge accord
ing to news value and interest;
Pvt. William W. Wilson and Sgt.
Ralph H. Cammack, staff photog
raphers, who will decide as to
clearity.
The following will be the rules
governing the contest:
1. All entries will be sent,
brought or mailed to The Alligator
Office, 124th Infantry Recreation
Hall.
2. Snapshots will become the
property of the 124th Infantry Al
ligator and may be used at any
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CHAPLAIN EDWIN C. WILLSON
ON LEAVE FROM CHAPEL
Chaplain Edwin C. Willson is on
a 15-day furlough to attend the
funeral services of his mother-in
law in Athens, Ga. From there he
will go to the annual Methodist
Conference, held this year at
Southern College, Lakeland, Flori
da. The Chaplain will be greatly
missed by members of the regi
ment. Sympathy is extended to the
Chaplain upon his recent bereave
ment.
Attention Cartoonist
All men of this regiment who
possess art ability are urged to
contribute to the Alligator.
Cartoons and drawings of any
kind are needed for the paper.
They should be drawn on white
art paper, and inked with black.
Place them in the Alligator mail
box at the Recreation Hall. All
credit will be given the contri
butors.
THE 124TH INFANTRY^ I
Alligator
Plans Being
Completed For
Third Show
Sue Lauderdale, WRBL
Star To Lead “Star
v 'Studded Revue”
Plans are being made by Cor
poral Jack Randall for a third
show at the 124th Infantry Recre
ation Hall Thursday night, June
18th. This time Sue Lauderdale,
who broadcasts over WRBL Mon
day and Wednesday afternoons,
7:00 to 7:15, is going to be the
featured singer on this program.
A number of other girls will also
be on the program, Jack told the
Alligator, including Evelyn Mc-
Gregor, Jolly and Sara Mathews
and Betty Foster.
There’ll be comedians, hillbillies,
dancers, singers and just every
thing entertaining packed into one
hour and a half entertainment,
that won’t cost the boys of the
124th a cent.
The show will be called “Star
Studded Music Revue,” which will
have talent from Columbus, along
with local talent. Complete details
will be carried in this paper next
week.
School Days For
Promotion Seekers
Second Bn. Headquarters
Training Group Physically
And Mentally
Headquarters of the Second
Battalion is conducting a bat
talion school, since the new Table
of Organization authorizes many
new promotions. Under this new
table, each of the promotions are
granted to the soldier who has the
most knowledge of his position and
additional knowledge also, as he
may be required to take over other
jobs if necessary.
First Sergeant R. L. Dobbs, as
sisted by Staff Sergeant W. E.
Johnson, are training approxi
mately 15 men for operations of
all different phases. Their classes
began June 4 and will continue for
several weeks. While most of the
course is on office work, other
subjects are being added for
good measure. Sgt. Register of
“HP Gonipany is offering a course
for the instruction on the light
machine gun.
Not liking in physical training,
the detachment has a schedule for
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FORT BENNING, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1942
Huge Party
To Be Held
Sunday
Colonel Safay’s Birthday
To Be Celebrated By
Regiment All-Day Outing
An invitation has been extended
to every member of the 124th In
fantry and their family to enjoy
one of the largest birthday parties
ever, Sunday, June 14. The occasr
ion will be to celebrate the birthday
of Colonel Fred A. Safay, Com
manding Officer of the Regiment.
The all-day program is being ar
ranged for the enjoyment of all
enlisted men and girls from Colum
bus, Phenix City, and other nearby
towns, that are being invited.
To accommodate the huge crowd
expected, the Special Units’ Pond
Area has ben selected for the cele
bration.
Every soldier is urged to bring
his wife, girl or family to the
Colonel’s party and wish him a
“happy birthday.”
The tenative program as the
“Alligator” goes to press is as
follows:
10:00-10:45 AM—Band Concert.
ll:0Q-ll:30 AM—Church Serv
ices.
11:30-12:30 PM—lnformal Ath
letics.
12:45 PM—Dinner on the Ground
2:00-3:00 PM—Talent Show.
3:00-6:00 PM—Organized Ath
letics.
3:00-6:00 PM—Dancing.
The music for the dance will be
furnished by the popular 124th In
fantry 15-piece orchestra. Plenty
of girls are expected to accompany
the popular tunes played in popu
lar style. The spacious pavilion
will be “the spot” for boys and
girls who love dancing. And every
thing is free.
With the full program in store,
everyone is * insured of a good
time. It is trusted that a huge
crowd will turn out to enjoy the
festivities.
150,000 Cadets
Needed Annually
Army Air Forces Asks
Unit Commanders To
Encourage Applications
The aviation cadet training pro
gram of the Army Air Forces de
mand the entry of 150,000 aviation
cadets per year and they must
come from the men in service now
as well as from the civilian popu
lation, states an announcement
from the War Department Head
quarters of the Army Air Force of
Washington, D. C.
Unit commanders are urged to
encourage men for aviation cadet
appointment whenever possible, so
that this need might be met. Where
an enlisted applicant for aviation
cadet appointment is disqualified,
the applicant should be informed
of the Army Air Force Officers’
Candidate School.
Major Earle M. Shine presents Major T. T. Long with the
Regimental “8-Ball” as the spectators look on.— Staff Photo by
Pvt. William W. Wilson.
Eight Ball Rolls Into
Hands Os Major T. T. Long
Regiment Plans and Training Section
Greeted Friday Morning by Band’s
Mornful Tune and Ceremony
Like the soldier that couldn’t leave his mother, the eight
ball came home to roost this week, flying into the extended
hands of Major T. T. Long and Capt. James H. Johnson, Plans
and Training officers of the Regimental Staff.
Flanked on both sides by rifle bearing guards, Major Earle
M. Shine led the band and a group of mourners from the
124th Recreation Hall, around the
curve in road and on to Regimental
Headquarters.
Here, eight guards were station
ed to hold back the surging crowd
gathered to see the spectical of a
lifetime.
Wanna Go .
Swimming In
Russ Root?
Transportation Problem Is
Cleared As Group Will
Be Furnished Rides
In recent issues the “Alligator”
has carried numerous items re
garding transportation to and
from different activities on the
post. At all times, there has been
transportation to programs, ball
games, etc., when the crowd was
large enough to make a convoy
practical. The same is true of
swimming, now that the season is
here.
Transportation for individual
enlisted men to and from Russ
Pool cannot be furnished and regu
larly scheduled convoys are im
practicable. However, transporta
tion will be furnished swimming
groups upon the request of Unit
Commanders to Battalion Trans
portation Officers.
If you would like to go swimming
some afternoon, or to any other
recreational activity, the thing to
do is to get a group together, de
cide your time for leaving and re
turning. Turn this into your Com
manding Officer, along with the
number of men, and he will secure
transportation for you. '
PALCHER NOW CORPORAL
Pfc. Edward B. Palcher, Com
pany “C,” has recently been pro
moted to rank of corporal. In ac
tive duty since May 1941, Corporal
Palcher is a native of Maryland.
Take It, Major
At exactly 11:47 a. m., Major
Shine held the eight-ball out to
the outstretched hands of Major
Long.
Wearing a black arm band, and
looking quite dejected, Major Long
accepted the “prize” and expressed
his hopes “that never again would
he be found in such straits.”
Colonels, Majors, Captains, Lieu
tenants and enlisted men lined the
streets hoping to get a glimpse
of the eight-ball as it changed
hands.
“Imagine,” said one officer, “I
hear that Major Long has given
up his golf game for a week. I
wonder why?”
“Oh, I know,” said another, “He
wants to catch up on his tennis
and movies.”
What may have brought about
this sad affair is as yet unknown.
Colonel Fred A. Safay, 124th Com
mander, could not be reached for
a statement.
All members of the 124th In
fantry Regiment that hail from
Onio are asked to print their
name, rank and organization
on a sheet of paper and turn it
into the “Alligator” office at
the Recreation Hall before Fri
day, June 12, 1942.
NUMBER 6
From Ohio
