The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, September 22, 1944 Page: 1 of 8
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Scenes such as these shown in the above
panel layout are as familiar to the average
Woiters GI as Main Street in his own home-
town. For that reason they are worth record-
ing.
For example, at the extreme left Mr. F. D.
Eskew, soft drink agent from Fort Worth,
makes three trips every week to supply PXs
and Service Clubs here with over 300 cases
of moral-boosting refreshment. Mr. Eskew,
shown delivering two cases to PX No. 3 in
the 58th Bn., was a corporal at Presque Isle,
Maine, for over six months before receiving
a discharge under the Army's over age direc-
tive.
Mrs. Arthur Lowen, Chicago, 111., is a firm
believer in the theory that there's nothing a
GI likes more than "home cookin'", so in the
photo second from left she boards a bus
bound for Mineral Wells, after paying her
weekly visit to the commissary. The "chow-
hound" Mrs. Lowen prepares for every eve-
ning right after retreat is Pvt. Arthur Lowen,
Co. B, 62nd Bn., who completes his ninth
week of basic Saturday.
Nothing puts a GI more in the mood for
personally killing every son of heaven in
Japan than a nice friendly visit to the dentist.
In the photo, center, Cpl. Ben Citro, Co. C,
57th Bn., from Bayoone, N. J., has one of his
uppers gently but firmly removed in Dental
Clinic 1 by Capt. Leroy C. Bledsoe, Cullman,
Ala. Capt. Bledsoe has been practicing den-
tistry for 10 years and has been at Woiters
since Oct. 3, 1943.
A second Signal Corps photographer
caught T-5 George Welch, Minneapolis,
Minn., "shooting" Private James *W. Gates,
Co. A, 54th Bn., from Logansport, Ind. Pvt.
Gates was being interviewed by a Longhorn
reporter for this weeks "My Opinion" column.
As the photographer passed Fire Station
1 he spied Mr. Larry Kahlbau, driver for
engine number 2, out grooming his "baby".
Mr. Kahlbau is from Mineral Wells and had
rather drive a fire truck than see Gypsy Rose
Lee in one of her famous acts. Well, every
man to his own tastes! (Signal Corps Photos)
Ex-Trainee ‘Arranges’ Surrender of 20,000 Nazis
The Lonlhorn
CAMP WOLTERS ® TEXAS
CAMP WOLTERS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1944 VOL. 4. NO. 13
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Interest in the World at War Orientation
Center, opened last Saturday in front of the
Area 3 Service Club, ranges from soldiers
who soon will see action overseas, to sons
and daughters of GIs in training here. The
Center is another function of Camp Orienta-
tion under Lt. Melvin Sakolsky, temporarily
away at school. Shown above, from left to
right, are: Mrs. John Cramer, wife of Pvt.
John Cramer, Co. A, 67th Bn., and their son,
Jackie, 2; Sgt. Staley McBrayer, assistant
to Lt. Sakolsky who arranged for the display
of maps; Mrs. Leon Wadsworth, wife of Pvt.
Leon Wadsworth, Co. D, 56th Bn., and their
two children, Leon, Jr., 3, and Nancy Lee, 2;
Dennis Larson, 8, and his sister Janese, 5,
children of Pvt. Leonard Larson, Co. B.,
56th Bn.; Sam Yrazsity, Rockford1, 111., Co.
D, 55th Bn.; and Pvt. Edward D. Weller,
Philadelphia, Co. D, 55th Bn. (Signal Corps
Photo).
Paratroopers Demonstrate Saturday
All Woiters trainees inter-
Germans Capitulate To U. I. Ninth Army
Commanded by Former Welters General
Another former Woiters trainee broke into the
news this week, with the capitulation of 20,000: German
troops to the American 9th Army in France, without
firing a shot. The surrender was arranged by Lt.
Samuel Magill, former Wolterite from Ashtabula, Ohio,
who, with 18 other men, patrolled a 1,200-mile stretch
ested in becoming paratroopers
will get a chance to receive in-
formation first hand relative
to qualifications required and
the type training employed,
when members of a paratroop
team arrive in Woiters tonight
to give actual demonstrations
and facts regarding the Para-
troop School at Fort Benning,
Ga.
Saturday morning the 65th
Battalion will view the demon-
stration at Theater 1. Monday
evening at 7:15 all cadre and
trainees of camp are invited to
attend a demonstration held at
the Sports Arena.
During the demonstrations,
which last one and one-half
hours, every detail regarding
the school will be described.
In addition, there will be two
short films shown outlining
the entire training schedule
which is now being used at
Fort Benning. The demon-
stration consists of a display
of all equipment used by the
paratrooper, including the
packing of a parachute.
In order to qualify for this
branch of the service you must
first finish your present train-
ing cycle. Your age must be be-
tween 18 and 32 years. Your
eyes should check at least 20-
40. You must be between five
feet two inches to six feet in
height and pass a physical ex-
amination upon the completion
of your cycle.
of German-occupied territory in<§>
which they were the only Amer-
icans. There were 20,000 Nazis
in this area with only one idea
in mind—to surrender intact to
American forces, and not to lay
down their arms until they had
done so—the reason being that
the Germans were afraid of sur-
rendering to the French because
of reprisals they thought would
be committed as a result of
their treatment of the French
people.
Accordingly, and after some
bartering with Lt. Magill, it
was arranged for the armed
German troops to march 200
miles to where the main body
of American troops was sta-
tioned.
September 16 at 3:25 PM
found Lt. Magill standing be-
hind his commanding general
when immaculate and bemedal-
ed German General Erick Eis-
ner and his staff surrendered
their troops and all arms to the
9th American Army.
Lt. Magill trained here in
Company D of the 51st Bat-
taTion in 1941. On completion
of his training, he was sent to
the first cycle of the bugle
school here and from there
was assigned as bugler to
Company D, 57th Battalion,
along with Cpl. Paul Urias of
the 93rd Army Ground Forces
Band now stationed here. Be-
fore receiving his commission
in the fall of 1942, Lt. Magill
was stationed for a time at
Camp Joseph T. Robinson.
Lt Magill was a ministerial
student before entering the
Army. While stationed here he
spent much of his spare time
helping to entertain other sol-
diers training at Camp Woiters,
and on many occasions emceed
soldier shows at the Main Ser-
vice Club.
Surrender of the German
troops to Lt. Magill recalled
that the 9th Army, to which
the Germans laid down their
arms, is commanded by Lt.
Gen. William H. Simpson, who
was the first commanding
general of this Infantry Re-
placement Training Center.
GI Problems Drew
Official Acta
Vital information pertaining
to the welfare of soldier's of
Camp Woiters is being made
available by Major Murray B.
Jones, one time judge of the
County Court of Harris County,
Texas, recently assigned here.
Major Jones, who also serv-
ed in the capacity of assist-
ant district attorney in the
Houston district, will be avail-
able for inrormation with re-
spect to soldier voting, allot-
ments, allowances, war bonds,
government and commercial
insurance, pensions, employ-
ment, vocational rehabilita-
tion, hospitalization, local
housing facilities, and the
hundreds of other problems
that daily beset the lives of
Uncle Sam’s soldiers.
He arrived here Tuesday,
Sept. 19, after attending the
School of Special and Morale
Services at Washington and
Lee University, Lexington, Va.
Prior to attending that school,
he functioned as the Assistant
Inspector General, Camp Gru-
ber, Okla.
Major Jones is a graduate
of The University of Texas and
Princeton University, and a
member of Phi Delta Phi leg’al
fraternity. He was commis-
sioned captain in the Field Ar-
tillery in 1917, serving for a
time as Judge Advocate at Camp
Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky.
Major Jones will act as
Camp War Bond Officer and
Camp Voting Officer in ad-
dition to his soldier informa-
tional duties. His office will
not function in an adminis-
trative capacitv. but purely
as an aid to the soldier in
adjusting his problems.
FA Colonel To Give
Far East Lecture
Col. George A. Hutchinson,
FA, who served as a training
officer with the Chinese armies,
will address camp personnel on
China and Far Eastern prob-
lems at 7:15 PM Tuesday in
Theater 2. IRTC personnel are
invited to attend the lecture.
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Eddins, Howard B. The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, September 22, 1944, newspaper, September 22, 1944; Camp Wolters, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601212/m1/1/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.