Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, July 2, 1971 Page: 8 of 24
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Page Eight
Today marks the 45th an
niversary of the Army Air
Corps even though the Corps
became the U.S. Air Force by
virtue of the National Security
Act of 1947. But the history of
Army aviation goes back to 1907
when an Aeronautical Division
with one officer and two enlisted
men was established in the Of
fice of the Chief Signal Officer.
The War Department opened
bids for a "heavier than air
flying machine" and on
February 10 1908 the Depart
ment arrived at a contract with
the Wright Brothers for an
airplane costing'25000 dollars.
The airplane was delivered on
August 2 1909.
In 1911 several aviation
The method which may gain
even wider use in the future
was developed by scientists
he N a a a
a or at or he re an a
already undergone extensive
testing in various harbors and
rivers in several parts of the
country.
Naval Research Laboratory
chemist William Garrett who
conceived the use of oil-displac
ing agents to control oil on the
at a he is to
Some Delay
In CHAMPUS
Payments
Payment of numerous claims
for care received under the
Civilian Health and Medical Pro
gram of the Uniformed Services
(CHAMPUS) is being delayed
a a
beneficiaries are not completing
their portion of the claim form
properly.
Item 5 Identification Card
Data causes particular dif
ficulty officials said. Sponsors
and beneficiaries have been
reminded to include the card
number and both the effective
and expiration dates. They must
also be careful CHAMPUS of
ficials said not to confuse the
issue date witti the effective
date of a dependent's card
which is on the reverse side
of the card. In the case of
retirees the effective date is the
date of retirement.
Uniformed services sponsors
have also been instructed to!
keep the ID card for their
families current. When care is
provided after the expiration
date of an outdated card CHAM
PUS fiscal agents reject the
claim.
CHAMPUS officials also said
that CHAMPUS has no authority
to issue ID cards or make
eligibility determinations. These
functions are a responsibility of
each uniformed Service and are
usually handled through local in
stallations.
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TREASURE HUNTING TODAY
Spec. 4 James P. Moore of the 2nd
ArmcL Div.'s 502nd Admin. Co. is con
fidently at the controls of a highly
sophisticated metal-detector during a
hunt this last week-end for buried
gold. The Killeen area is rich in ru
Since oil tends to spread and
disperse when spilled on water
he pi to
pressure reverses this action
and corrals the oil into a smaller
area where it can be drawn
off more easily by other means.
One of the secondary effects
of NRL's light transparent
piston film chemical is that so
long as it remains on the surafce
of the water any oil spilled on
it will not disperse but will
remain contained in a thick fluid
pool which can be readily
retrieved.
mors of hidden treasure but somehow
digging never quite substantiates leg
end. Moore's friends Spec. 4 Arthur
Alt (left) and Spec. 4 Jerry Law dig
as the detector demands. (Photo
courtesy of Dick West and the Killeen
Daily Herald)
Army Air Corps Celebrates
schools were established and in
1913 the 1st Aero Squadron was
organized.
The squadron numbering fif
teen aviators served in the
"Punitive Expedition" in Mex
ico in 1916-17. Most of the ob
solescent aircraft broke down
in preliminary reconnaissance
missions.
At the time the United States
entered World War I it could
muster only seven flying squa
drons or 103 planes none of
which was suited for combat.
Besides that there were only
112 qualified pilots. In July of
1917 Congress appropriated 640
million dollars to start an air
plane industry. Soon after the
U.S. was able to furnish near-
Oil Spills Cleaned Up
By Chemical Process
A novel chemicai technique to
clean up oil spills from harbors
and bays developed by the Navy
has been approved by the
Environmental Protection Agen
cy.
films" because they exert
lateral pressure on the surface
of the water 'and push against
the spilled oil.
ly seven hundred planes and in
September of 1918 Col. William
Mitchell led a fleet of 1500 Bri
tish French and American
planes in support of the Me-
use-Argonne offensive.
The total expenditure for the
war came to nearly 870 million
dollars fbr the 'aeronautics part
of warfare alone. Of course Al
lied losses totalled only 289
planes and 48 balloons while
enemy losses were confirmed at
781 planes and 73 balloons.
On July 2 1926 the Army Air
Corps was created as was the
post of assistant Secretary of
War for Air. During the early
1930's a large scale air train
ing program was undertaken.
By August of 1937 the Air Corps
received its first B-17s or "Fly
ing Fortresses."
In May of 1940 President
Franklin Roosevelt called for
an air strength of 50000 planes
and in June 1941 the Army Air
Force was created. On the eve
of Pearl Harbor the AAF con
sisted of roughly 300000 men
a number which would swell to
about two and 'a half million men
during the war. And the number
of aircraft would increase io
about 80000 which would form
243 combat groups.
In 1947 the Army Air Force
became simply the Air Force
'a separate entity.
Army aviation continued how
ever. The Vietnam war has been
called the helicopter war nnd
the helicopters have been the
Army's. The pilots were train
ed at the Army aviation schools
at Ft. Wolters Tex. and at Ft.
Rucker Ala.
Ft. Hood operates two
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Buried treasure very often
not where you dig for it nor
is it often there when you look
for it. And there is only one
unhappiness greater than not
finding treasure when you really
look for it: burying it and not
being able to find it. But few
people have treasures to bury
or lose and most people decide
early in their lives that they
will never be the ones to find
more than a nickel on the
sidewalk or a dime on the phone
booth floor.
Still some people are en
thusiastic diggers and Spec. 4
James P. Moore 502nd Admin.
Co. 2nd Armd. Div. is one of
them.
Moore not only is a digger
he has almost reached a pro
fessional status in this oc
cupation. Two weeks ago he was
asked by a local resident to
help in locating what might have
be re as re
search was unsuccessful but the
technique was purely pro
fessional.
Today's digger needs one
valuable item of equipment a
metal detector. Moore of
course owns one and during
the course of the last six years
has become an inveterate dig
ger. The treasures he has sought
have been the long buried rifles
buttons buckles of the Civil War
fields. Hood Airfield has about
five thousand feet of runway
while Gray Airfield has rough
ly ten thousand feet of run
way. Air trafic at Hood num
bers nearly 15000 air craft each
month.
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is in his home state of Virginia.
Moore has dug for relics near
a
re a a a
Chancellorsville Spotsylvania
Courthouse and Arlington where
both the Army of the Potomac
camped as well as Washington's
a in a
before.
With a metal detector Moore
claims he can tell the dif
ferences in consistency of
various metals that buried in
the earth. Brass he says
sounds different from lead
which has the greatest con
sistency. Of course gold is the
object of treasure hunts and
that is what the Killeen resident
asked Moore to find if he could.
Who could refuse such an
entreaty?
Now you can scoff at rumors
of buried treasure in the Killeen
area but the legends remain.
For instance the Lost San Saba
Mine legend reports a rich gold
mine discovered by a Spaniard
in the 1750's. The mine is sup
posed to be located somewhere
along the San Saba or Llano
Rivers. Or take the legend of
Karl Steinheimer a German im
migrant ex-pirate and ex-slave-
trader who as a miner in Mex
ico accumulated a large fortune
in he 1 8 3 0 I 1 8 3 7
Steinheimer loaded ten burros
with gold and set off for St.
Louis only to be ambushed by
Indians in central Texas.
In the 1850's a large treasure
was found near what today is
the Laimpasas River where
Rarch Road 440 crosses it. Most
diggers feel this was not the
Seninheimer gold however. But
then there is the "Legend of
Owl Creek" to keep imagina
tions fertile. In the 1870's the
Younger and James Boys were
supposed to have passed through
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Dutiful Diggers Dig Detectors
Killeen after a hold-up staged
somewhere to the south. The
loot was supposed to have been
buried just north of Killeen.
These legends were reported
in a feature article by Gra'delle
Duncan in the Sunday June 27
1971 Killeen Daily Herald en
titled "They May be Following
'Pipe Dreams' But Treasure
A $1000 U.S. Savings Bond
awaits the talented tosser of a
FriSbee who wins the 3rd Annual
National Jr. Frisbee Cham
pionships as local competition
gets underway on July 15 at
West Fort Hood Community'
or A S
Playground for youngsters
A spectacular ceremony Tues- for the 1st Cav. Div.
day afternoon June 29th mark
ed the official change of com
mand of the 1st Bn. 8th Cav.
1st Cav. Div. The ceremopy
complete with full color guard
and all troops from the 1st Bn.
8th Cav. plus the 1st Cav. Div.
band was staged on Gaffey
field.
Lt. Col. Robert E. Joseph Jr.
assumed command of the bat
talion. Joseph previously the ex
ecutive officer of 4th Bde.
replaces* Lt. Col. James P.
VanSickle as the battalion com
manding officer VanSickle
becomes the inspector general
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Hunters Keep Up Search."
According to Moore "A friend
of mine who works at the
S it so an I it in
Washington got me interested
in digging and through him I
a
powered detector."
Moore commented that the
people who dig call themselves
Community Center Has
Plastic Platter Contest
through age 15. The Frisbee is
a plastic platter that is
aerodynamically designed to sail
through the air in spectacular
flight patterns depending on the
skill and technique of the tosser
Boys and girls will be eligible
to participate in age groups 11
and under and 12 through 15
ChangeOf Command Held
At Gaf ey With Color Guard
Included among the list of
distinguished guests were Brig.
Gen. Frederick C. Krause assis
tant div. commander and his
wife. Col. Thomas D. Ayers 4th
Bde. commander was also
present.
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almost a fraternity. They are
clannish and reticent when it
comes to describing possible
locations of treausre whether
historical artifacts or gold. 'It
is kind of like a sicknesr.
You find yourself collecting
buckles and buttons and pieces
of scrap metal. You'ye got to
Contest supervisor Mary J.
Selvaggio of the Recreation
Department advises that all con
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Fnsbees will be supplied with
on winning provided gratis by
the Wham-0 Company who
sponsors omit the event.
All State titlists compete in
Regionals throughout the U.S.
with all Regional Champions
earning a $100 U.S. Savings
Bond a free-all-expense trip
with parent to Las Vegas
Nevada and the right to compete
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Friday July 2 1971
is be very patient when you dig
up beer cans pop-top rings and
tin foil."
Moore intends to travel to
Austin and to explore the Shoal
Creek region where Robert E.
Lee and a company-size unit
bivouacked and where Gen.
George A. Custer and his mpn
camped after the Civil War dur
ing a period when war crimes
were being tried. Moore believes
that such camp sites should be
veritable treasure troves of civil
war artifacts.
Moore also hopes to use his
metal detector on the beaches
of Padre Island in the Gulf
where Spanish ships were said
to have sunk.
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for top local honors in
liminaries both winner
runner-up getting a shot at the
title in State Championship
Finals. Inerested youngsters
should contact their Recreation
Center. It is estimated that at
least 750000 younsters will com
pete in this year's contest ac
cording to Irv Lander National
Contest Director.
But last Sunday Moore made
what he considers to be his very
best dig. The find took place
at what has been called Ft.
Griffin and Ft. Smith and still
later Little River which is
so he as of el to
Moore unearthed a uniform but
ton which dates back to the
time when Texas was a» Republic
struggling to resist the Mexican
armies. The button according
to Moore who checked with the
Texas Ranger Museum in Waco
probably came from a Texas
army uniform sometime in
4:he
1830's.
If one were to talk to Moore
now he would find that the but
ton is more than a souvenir to
Moore. It is a new burst of
inspiration which in turn is
really a simple matter for wild-
eyed diggers.
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