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� HIGHLIGHTS FROM ARMED FORCES DAY 1960

Parades, epen heuse, community clean up pro.­jects, equipment displays and tactical demenst­rations, all added up to. the Oregon National Guard's participation in Armed Forces Day 1960.

Here is a quick run dewn of the Guard's activ­ities based on Armed Ferces Day final reports submitted to The Office of The Adjutant General:

Portland On Friday, May 20, Dr. Ja.mes H. Wake lin , Jr. , assistant secretary of the Navy for research and development, discussed the role of civilian research in its relation to the dev­elopment of space age weaponry at a public lunch­eon in the Multnomah Hotel under the sponsorship of the Portland Chamber of Commerce.

On Saturday, Portland Army and all Air National Guard units joined forces with the other compon­ents in staging a large downtown parade. Grand Marshal of the parade was Colonel Younger A. Pi t ts, Jr. , commander of the Portland Air Base and the 337th Fighter Interceptor Group. He took the salutes from a reviewing stand located at the Pioneer Post Office. An open house at the Port­land Air Base featured a static display of air­craft, National Guard weapons and communication equipment, and ether military attractiens.

Highlight fer 31 Natienal Guard cadets was the graduatien of the third class of the Oregon Nat­ional Guard Officer Candidate School at cereme­'

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JUNE 1960

OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL GRADUATES 31

The Oregon National Guard Officer Candidate School graduated 31 second lieutenants in cere­monies held at the Clackamas Natienal Guard Arm­ory, Saturday, May 21. It was the third class to. graduate since the erganizatien of the scheol in 1957.

This year's honor and distinguished graduate was SP5 Erik]'. LaDoe, Headquarters and Head­quarters Battery, 249th Artillery Group (AD), Portland. LaDee was presented with the honer plaque and a $100 gift certificate from a Port­land clething stereo

Graduation speaker was' Majer General Alfred E. Hintz, Oregon Adjutant General and Cemmanding General, 41st Infantry Division. He was intro­duced by Colenel Paul L. Kliever, Assistant Ad­jutant General and Cemmanding Officer, 1st BG, 162nd Infantry. (Centinued en Pg. 6)

HONOR GRADUATE AND OCS OFFICIAl,S - Shown above, from left, Col Edward C. Snow, OCS Cemmandant; M/General Alfred E. Hintz, TAG; Lt. Erik F. La­Doe, honor graduate ; and Lt Col Fred C. Rice, Assistant OCS Commandant.

(ARMED FORCES DAY, Cont'd from Pg. 1)

nies held at Camp Withycombe in the armory.

Lebanon - Company A (-), 2nd BG, 186th Infan­try conducted a well organized tactical demon­stration in lieu of a local parade. Aggressors were placed in control of City Hall in a fortif­ied position. Co A (-), supported by organic machine guns and 105mm recoiless rifles, made a successful attack against the aggressors and turned City Hall back to the local aut�orities. Members of the local unit also relieved local police of responsibility for traffic control, since the demonstration included the use of Leb­anon's Main Street and several side streets.

PORTLAND ARMED FORCES· DAY - Marching units of the Oregon Army and Air Guard joined with many other service units in a parade through Port­land's downtown streets. (Lflst Div Photo )

Eugene Hq & Hq Co, 2nd BG, 186th lnf, dis-played military equipment in the Bon Marche de­partment store, participated in a successful pa­r�de, and attended an Officers Formal Ball in the Eugene Hotel that evening. An Oregon National Guard helicopter added to the success of their downtown parade.

Klamath Falls Battery B & C, 2nd Bn, 249th Arty, held an open house in their National Guard Armory, participated in an equipment display with the Air Force at Kingsley Field, and attend­ed Military Balls at the Kingsley Field Officers Club, NCO and EM clubs. There was also a dance and dinner sponsored by the local Civil Air Patrol, as well as a fly-over by the U. S. A. F. An estimated 2500 spectators watched the parade, while over 5,000 people attended the events at Kingsley Field.

Medford - Company E, 2nd BG, 186th lnf, pitched in and cleaned up Riverside and Central avenue in Medford as part of the community deve19pment sponsored by the Medford Junior Chamber of Comm­erce.

The unit was to start at the south end of both streets and proceed north, cleaning all places

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previously marked by the Jaycee members. Armed with shovels, rakes, and lawnmowers, the unit earned a vote of thanks frem the city.

Company E also sponsored a rifle safety pro­gram at the Camp White Rifle Range for all per­sons between the ages of 14 and 18.

A short safety program was given and then par­ticipants were allowed to fire military rifles at a previously specified range of 200 yards.

Astoria - Participation in a series of lunch­eons, dinners, and meetings held at civilian and military service clubs, as well as a parade at Astoria and Seaside, all added up to a success­ful Armed Forces Day 1960 for Company E, 1st BG, 162nd Infantry.

�----------------�e PORTLAND AIR BASE - Equipment part of the Armed Forces Day Portland Air Base. Howitzer 218th Arty, 41st Inf Div.

displays were a activity at the belongs to the

(Air NG Photo)

Salem - A static display of military equipment in front of the Marion County Court House was the keynote of Armed Forces Day at Salem. An additional feature was the Angel Flight drill team from Willamette University and a fly-over by a group of 102-A jets from the 337th Fighter Group out of Portland.

Colonel Carl W. Nelson, USMC (Ret) was the Sa­lem Armed Forces Day speaker.

Elsewhere in the state, Oregon National Guard units participated in local Armed Forces Day ob­servances. In eastern Oregon, the Umatilla Ord­nance Depot at Hermiston held an open house that drew spectators from Pendleton, Hermiston, Stan­field, Echo and Umatilla.

Included in the static display was equipment loaned by Pendleton's Company B, 1st BG, 186th Infantry.

Principal guest speaker was Brigadier General Chester W. Clark, Assistant Chief of Ordnance for Research and Development, Department of the Army, Washington, D. C.

(See Page 3 for additional details and pictures of Armed Forces Day activities around the State)

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SALEM ARMED FORCES DAY - Ceremonies were held on the steps of the Marion County Courthouse with Colonel Carl W. Nelson, USMC (Ret) as the main Armed Forces Day speaker. Gentleman in above picture at speakers stand is Mayor Bone­steele, Salem.

SALEM - Static display of equipment brought a host of questions from the small fry and a lot of evasive answers from confused fathers who wished they had kept up with the advancement of military technology after World War II. In above photo, a smart father acts as moderator between small son and National Guardsman when it came to a question on the operations of an H-23 helicopter. Rain showers kept many from attending equipment displays in valley area.

EASTERN OREGON Umatilla Ordnance Depot was the scene of the largest Armed Forces Day held in the eastern part of the state. Pendleton National Guard unit joined forces to partici­pate in the big Open House events. (Army Photo)

HELICOPTER AND NATIONAL GUARDSMEN AID IN MEMORIAL DAY SEARCH AND RESCUE

An Oregon National Guard helicopter put down in shallow water atop a series of rocks in the Sandy River about two miles below Dodge Park, May 31, to recover the body of an 18 year old youth, who drowned late Memorial Day when a rub­ber raft overturned.

Captain Jack Deahl, 41st Aviation Company, Portland, put the helicopter into service at the request of the sheriff's office after the body had been discovered near where the raft over­turned. The current was so swift that the party could not maneuver a boat to where the body lay off the sand and rocks.

The youth had gone to Dodge Park with a party of high school seniors, celebrating their coming graduation. He and a companion rode a rubber raft down the swirling Sandy, got past the first rapids, but met disaster when on the second rapids the raft was flipped over.

The companion managed to cling to the raft un­til it beached on a sandbar.

Volunteer GUBTdsmen from Silverton's Hq & Hq Troop, 1st Recon Sq, 82nd Armor, assisted in a search for the body of a 9 year-old Portland boy lost in Silver Creek Falls State Park during the Memorial Day afternoon.

The youngster had gone to the park with his parents for a Memorial Day outing. Later in the afternoon, the youngster disappeared from the main picnic grounds. Park authorities were no­tified and a search was made where the boy was last seen playing.

Sheriff's deputies surmised that sometime dur­ing the night the boy lost his footing and fell about 100 feet to his death.

An Explorer Scout, one of several in the search party, stumbled over the body about 300 yards downstream from the spectacular 177-foot South Falls late Tuesday afternoon.

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GOVERNOR MARK O. HATFIELD COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

MAJOR GENERAL ALFRED E. HINTZ THE ADJUTANT GENERAL

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COM�MNDING GENERAL, 41ST INFANTRY DIVISION

COlONEL WALDO E. TIMM ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF FOR AIR

LT. COLONEL LAURENCE M. BLAISDELL COMMANDING OFFICER, 249TH ARTILLERY GP. (AD)

MAJOR HARVEY L. LATHAM EDITOR

WANTED: MORE OFFICER CANDIDATES

It seems strange that more qualified enlisted men of the Army Guard are not taking advantage of a National Guard commission through the state­operated Officer Candidate School. Both the candidate and the National Guard benefit from this arrangement. Here's why:

First, the enlisted man who takes his cadet training through the State OCS is the finest officer material available. He's fine material because,he's growing up with the Guard and sees the Guard through the eyes of the enlisted man • • • and that, believe us, is vitally important.

Secondly, a National Guard trained officer is indoctrinated in the peace and war mission of the National Guard as only the National Guard can train him. He receives his officer training by qualified National Guard officers who labor him into working, thinking and acting as a good Guard officer must • • • to make personal sacrifi­ces of his time with a minimum of griping, and to exercise pride and loyalty in his organiza­tion.

Third, commissioned service can be attractive because the demand for lieutenants far exceeds the supply. Right now, there are 68 vacancies for lieutenants in the Army National Guard with more vacancies looming up on the horizon. In the period May 12, 1959, to May2l, 1960, officer losses for all grades in the Oregon Army Nation­al Guard totaled 49. Out of this total, 37 were of lieutenant grade. In the same period, the Oregon National Guard Officer Candidate School graduated a total of 56 new lieutenants.

It seems to us that a smart unit commander would do well to encourage his best men to undertake this valuable officer training. The sharpest officers we have ever seen are those who were lucky enough to graduate from our own Officer Can­<j.idate School.

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The OREGON GUARDSMAN is published monthly for the personnel of the Oregon National Guard as an authorized publication of The Office of The Adjutant General. Offices are located at 2150 Fairgrounds Road, Salem, Oregon, Telephone EMpire 42171, Extension 1194. Edi­torial views and opinions expressed in this pUblication are not necessarily those of the Military Department, State of Oregon. With the exception of copyrighted or syndicated material, all material may be reprinted without expressed permission, provided credit is given. Unless otherwise credited, all pictures are Oregon Na­tional Guard photographs. The OREGON GUARDSMAN is dis­tributed free to all military personnel, civilian em­ployees, interested individuals, and editors of select­oed military and civilian pUblications.

A LOOK AT THE SOVIET ARSENAL

Editor's note: This is the third in a series of articles on Soviet. manpower and equipment.

Modern war, like modern civilization, is becoming ever more complex. The scientific and technical pro­gress of the Sovip.t Union thus becomes a vital factor in assessing the Communist threat, and must be con­sidered along with strategy and military forces.

One of the most significant characteristics of Soviet education is the emphasis placed on mathematics and other scientific subjects in the first 10'years of Soviet schooling. The curriculum prescribed for all primary and secondary school students includes algebra, geometry, and trigonometry, as well as five years of physics and four years of chemistry. It should be no­ted that in many of our States the mlnlmum require­ments for graduation from high school includes only .0]1e year of mathematics and one year of some other science.

Soviet scientific-technical manpower is growing both in quantity and quality. One reason for this growth is that a scientist's salary is several times that of an ordinary worker. In addition, he receives incentive benefits such as automobiles and other lux­uries, usually inaccessible to the average worker. In addition, the Soviets allocate large sums as prizes to encourage individuals to excel in science and tech­nology, and to stimulate original ideas which will materially assist the Soviets in achieving their goal.

Basically, the Soviet Union has inherited a scien­tific history which is rich with achievements in the basic sciences. Russian scientists have made signif­icant contributions in such fields as mathematics, chemistry, electromagnetics, and psychology. Stalin, in 1931, sounded the keynote of all scientific and technical endeavor - "technology decides all. " Science is now o�e of the main bulwarks of Soviet power.

Since the early 1900's, an impressive scientific­technological machine has emerged.' Despite the crip� pling effects of World War II, and the unevenness which h�s resulted from rapidity of growth, the USSR has developed from a technologically inferior nation to a nation whose research �d development structures are geared for two basic activities: First, massive sup­port of top priority research and development pro­grams; and second, long range planning in science and engineering with the goal of ultimate technological supremacy.

Although closely shielded from public view, the So­viet achievements in high priority research and de­velopment fields are immensely impressive. Of equal significance is the evident Soviet determination to initiate early mass production of the products of their research and development programs.

Obviously, the Soviets have neglected much of their economy to stress weaponry and heavy industry; the consequent limitations on consumer goods prod�ctio]l are accepted by the Soviet people. Thus, we foresee that the Soviet Union will continue to push forward in selected critical areas with grim determination for many years to come.

Next month, THE OREGON GUARDSMAN will feature Sino­Soviet Bloc capabilities, the Soviet military estab­lishment, European satellites, and Communist China.

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AIR GUARD NCO's GRADUATE Striking a graduation pose are the members of the Oregon Air National NCO Scbool's fourth class. Front row NCO's from left, are MSgt Warrer. E. Mott, CAMROKj SSgt Claude R. Dudas, CAMRONj TSgt Raymond W. Dragowsky, GEEIAj MSgt Joseph Holas, CAMRONj SSgt Robert E. McMillan, CAMRONj SSgt Gary L. Moberly, 142nd FTRGRU Hqj TSgt Harold W. Copple, 142nd FTRGRU Hqj and SSgt George E. Woolley, ABRON. In the middle row, from left, are SSgt Frank C. Johnson, ABRONj

aTSgt Harold J. France, GEEIAj SSgt Ronald E. Hillel', GE:B;IAj MSGt Richard M. Finch, ABRONj SSgt ,..,Eugene A. Harris, ABRONj TSgt Lyle B. Evans, FINCEPTRONj and SSgt Wilfred E. Arseneault, ABRON.

Back row members are, from left, SSgt James F. Hall, CAMRONj TSgt William L. McCallister, GEEIAj TSgt Raymond G. Dahm, CAMRONj SSgt Henry W. Brelje, AC&Vij TSgt Armel H. Freed, CAMRONj SSgt Charles M. Estey, CAMRONj and TSgt Ronald F. Radke, ABRON. Sergeant Raill�e, shown below, was declared the honor graduate in the class graduating Marcb 9. (OreANG Photos)

ORmON AIR NATIONAL GUARD NCO SCHOOL'S FOURTH CLASS GRADUATES 22

The graduation of 22 NCO's from the Oregon Air Natio12al Guard NCO School, March 9, marks the fourth class to graduate since the inceptio12 of the school in September 1958.

Designed along tbe lines of Active Air Force NCO schools and academieE, the Guard NCO Scbool is conducted 012 a voluntary basis, and on the participant's own time. Administration of the school is handled through Headquarters, Oregon Air National Guard by Warrant Officer Clarence C. Rylander, Educ2,tion Officer.

The course length is set at 16 weeks, with three-hour meetings beld each Wednesday nigbt. Since its founding, the school has turned out four classes (March 9). A fifth class is pre­sently in session and a sixth will corrmence on July 20.

According to Air National Guard,spokesmen, the school' EO purposes are to (1) make NCO's more fully conscious of the leadership positions they hold and of their relation to the miEsion of the Guardj (2) better equip them to attain more rank and responsibilitYj and (3) cultivate, learn and un-

/ derstand the attitudes necessary to an effective NCO corps.

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(OCS GRADUATION, Cont'd from Pg, 1) In his graduation remarks, General Hintz said,

"These diplomas will signify for you an end and a beginning. It should put to an end, once and for all, any doubts as to your l�adership capab­ilities no matter whether those doubts were en­tertained by you or others. In that sense, your diploma "ends" all uncertainty. At the same time, it opens the door to an entire new era. Frcm now on there is no longer any question of can you lead men. The question is twofold: Will you and how well? The answers to those questions reside in each of you, nowhere else."

The 1960 graduation class receiving diplomas were: Sgt Ernest W. Atteberry, Hq & Hq Btry,3rd How Bn, 218th Arty, Portland; Sgt Alfred B. Aus, Cmbt Spt Co, 1st BG, 162nd Inf, Oregon City; PFC William F. Berry, Hq & Hq Btry, 41st Div Arty, Portland; SFC Richard A. Booth, Co D, 2nd BG, 186th Inf, Roseburg; Ssgt Alan L. Cole, Co C, 241st Trans Bn, Portland; MSgt Donald M. Damk.a­er, 41st Adm Co, 41st Inf Div, Portland; SFC Roll�nd D. Davis, Co B, 2nd BG, 186th Inf, Cott� age Grove; SSgt Donald A. Dunevant, Hq & Hq Btry, 249th Arty Gp, Portland; Sgt Charles W. Fitz­gerald, Jr., Hq & He:. Trp, 1st Recon Sq, 82nd Armor, Silverton; Cpl Fred R. Flint, Btry B, 1st AW Bn, 249th Arty, Redmond; SP5 James P. Fowler, Btry C, 1st AW Bn, 249th Arty, Gresham; sp4 Loren W. Franke, 1042nd Trans Co, Salem; sp4 John C. Graham, 3670th Ord Co, Camp Withycombe, Clack­amas; SFC David H. Hennessy, Btry C, 1st AW Bn, 249th Arty, Gresham; Sgt Thomas A. Hill, Co C, 162nd Engr Bn, Camp Rilea, Warrenton; SFC Fredd­ie N. Krecklow, Cmbt Spt Co, 1st BG, 162nd Inf, Oregon City; Cpl David A. Kribs, Btry D, 1st AW Bn. 2�·9th Arty, Bend; SP5 Erik F. laDoe, Hq & Hq Btry, 249th Arty Gp, Portland; PFC Richard H. Lee, Co E, 1st BG, 162nd Inf, Asteria; Sgt Don­ald E. Locs, Co B, 241st Trans Bn, Portland; SFC

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Gerald E. Mitchell, Co B, 2nd BG, 186th Inf, Cott-age Grove; Sgt Roger W. Morley, Hq & Hq Det, Ore ARNG, Salem; SFC Richard L. Powell, Co D, 2nd BG, 186th Inf, Roseburg; SP5 Clyde J. Reynolds, Co D, 1st BG, 162nd Inf, St. Helens; sp4 John E. Rudi, Btry B, 3rd

"Gun Bn, 249th A�ty, Newport; SFC �j

Leslie C. Seeley, Jr., Hq & Hq Co, 162nd Engr Bn, -Portland; PFC Donald L. Smith, Co A (-2nd Plat), 2nd BG, 186th Inf, Lebanon; Sgt John R. Sohrt, Btry C, 3rd Gun Bn, 249th Arty, Albany; Sgt Don-ald P. Tonack, Trp C, 1st Recon Sq, 82nd Armor, Salem; and SP5 Frederick A. Vogt, 41st Adm Co, 41st Inf Div, Portland.

Refreshments were served to the more than 500 guests attending the graduation exercise.

The Oregon National Guard Officer Candidate School was founded in 1957 at Portland. Head­quarters for the unit and classrooms are located in special buildings at the Portland Internat­ional Airport.

Commandant of the school is Colonel Edward C. Snow, Operations and Training Division, Oregon Military Department. He is assisted by Lt Col­onel Fred C. Rice, Assistant Commandant; Lts Howard A. Reeher, Jr., TacticB.l Officer; Macil L. Flye, Tactical Officer; and Thomas C. Jamie­son, Jr., Administrative Officer.

According to the school authorities, 33 cadets have been accepted for the fourth class starting in June 1960. Their first classes will be held during the 1960 field training at Ft. Lewis in June.

June 14 is Flag Day, observed in the United States to commemorate the adoption on June 14, 1777 by the Continental Congress of a resolution making the Stars and Stripes the flag of the Un­ited States.

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NCO ACADEMY GRADUATES 38 DURING CEREMONIES AT PORTLAND

� The Oregon Military Academy graduated 38 Army �Guardsmen during ceremonies held in the Oregon

Military Academy classrooms at Portland, May 15. It was the second class to graduate since the official opening of the NCO Academy on October 13, 1959.

Honor graduate at the afternoon ceremony was SP7 Gerald L. Green, Headquarters and Headquart­ers Detachment, Oregon Army National Guard, Sal­em. Green, an employee of the USP&FO for Oregon for the past five years, is also an honor gradu­ate from the U.S. Army's QM Supply Course at Ft. Lee, Virginia.

Graduation speaker for the exercise was Colonel Edward C. Snow, Commandant of the Oregon National

� Officer Candidate School, who said, "Each member � of this class should be justly proud of sat­

isfactorily completing this course of instruct­ion. That is an achievement. He should also have a feeling of self-respect in that he has earned, by his efforts, a place in the noncomm­issioned officer corps. "

Receiving diplomas from Lt. Colonel Fred C. Rice, NCO Academy Commandant, and Capt. Roger Barnhart, Assistant Commandant, were: sp4 Leroy F. Arnett, Cmbt Spt Co, 1st BG, 162nd Infi PFC Dwaine C. Brandt, Btry A, 1st How Bn, 218th Arty; PFC Harold W. Brimm, Btry A, 1st AW Bn, 249th ArtYi Cpl Lyle F. Burgoyne, Btry B, 3rd Ho\'l Bn, 218th ArtYi Cpl Allen T. Clark, Co B, 241st Trans Bn; SP5 Bernard E. Elliot, Btry A, 1st AW Bn, 249th Arty; SP5 Gerald C. Freeman, Jr., Trp A, 1st Recon Sq, 82nd Armor; SSgt Herman R. Ger­icke, Btry B, 2nd How Bn, 218th Arty; SP7 Gerald L. Green, Hq & Hq Det, OREARNG; sp4 Henry R. Hermes, Btry A, 1st How Bn, 218th Arty; SP5 Law­rence H. Hook, Hq & Hq Co, 41st Inf Div; Sgt Fayette E. Ladd, Hq & Hq Trp, 1st Recon Sq, 82nd Armor; SSgt Elmer E. Liebhart, Cmbt Spt Co, 1st

BG, 162nd Inf; Sgt James K. Linderman, Btry A, 1st AW Bn, 249th Arty; PFC Raymond G. Lorenz, 41st Adm Co, 41st Inf Div; PFC Gordon R. McCall, Co D, 162nd Engr Bn, sp4 Leonard O. McCracken, Hq & Hq Co, 41st Inf Div; PFC Patrick E. McGowan,

�Co D, 1st BG, 186th Inf; Sgt Richard L. Merrell, �3670th Ord Co; SFC Raymond F. Nannini, Hq & Hq

Btry, 41st Div ArtYi sp4 David A. Norris; Co D, 1st BG, 186th Inf; Cpl Clyde W. Nunn, Co D, 1st BG, 186th Inf; PFC Dennis D. Olson, Hq & Hq Co,

241st Trans Bni sp4 Carl L. Prokop, Btry A, 3rd How Bn, 218th Arty; PFC Donald L. Pryor, Cmbt Spt Co, 1st BG, 162nd Inf; Sgt Loran D. Ranieri, Btry C, 1st AW Bn, 249th Arty; PFC Elmer D. Rie­mer, Trp A, 1st Recon Sq, 82nd Armor; PFC Errol F. Riley, Btry A, 1st AW Bn, 249th Arty; PFC Carroll C. Rock, Btry A, 3rd Row Bn, 218th Arty; Cpl Robert D. Ross, Co A, 241st Trans Bn; PFC Daniel R. Snow, Co D, 162nd Engr Bnj SP5 Jack W. Sossaman, 3670th Ord Co; Cpl Daniel R. Swift, Co C, 241st Trans Bn; Sgt Richard S. Willard, Hq & Hq Btry, 3rd How Bn, 218th Arty; sp4 Robert L. Wimmers, Co D, 162nd E�gr En; SSgt George W. Wolchesky, Btry B, 1st How Bn, 218th Arty; and MSgt Roy W. Wold, Btry A, 1st AW Bn, 249th Arty.

More than 300 relatives and friends of the graduates attended the ceremony. Refreshments were served following the graduation.

Class No. 3 is tentatively scheduled to start in September. A letter of instructions will be fur­nished all unit commanders sometime in July.

TWO I,EAVE MILITARY DEPARTHENT - Dorothy Penhor­wood, left, and Wilma Enyart resigned from the Office of The Adjutant General, effective May 31. Dorothy, who has been employed since August 19, 1957, left to accept a position \'lith the F'orestry Department. She was formerly secretary to the Assistant Adjutant General. Wilma, who has been employed in the Army Personnel Section since April 1959, has maternal plans. Both were given a party by office employees May 27.

NEW TANKS ARRIVE Three of the first new M-41 tanks for the 82nd Armor arrived at OMS #4, May 19. Seven additional tanks are expected from Mt. Rainier Ordnance Depot sometime after summer field training.

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CHANGING THE GUARD • • • • •

24Sth COAST ARTILLERY - Loading a 12" mortar at Fort Stevens in the old days was accomplished with much grunting and swearing by the gun crew. Hard on eardrums and tempers, this beast had an effective range of between 10,000 and 12,000 yards. Used to guard the entrance to the Col­umbia River, it never fired a shot in anger dur­ing two World Wars. Coast Artillery history began in Oregon on July 9, 1908, when First Company, Oregon Coast Artillery, was organized at Astoria -the first National Guard Coast Artillery in the Pacific Coast. There were eight units by 1916, all of which were mobilized for war service at Fort Stevens on July 25, 1917. The designation "249th" was applied to the Coast Artillery on December 12, 1923. It was inducted into the active Federal service with the rest of the Ore­gon Guard, September 16, 1940. Both Fort Stevens and the Coast Artillery have disappeared from the Oregon National Guard scene.

249th ARTILLERY (AIR DEFENSE) - Men of the 249th Artillery load a 75mm "Skysweeper" during field training at Camp Rilea. Units of Oregon's Army Air Defense Command are presently equipped with radar-controlled guns and self-propelled artill­ery equipment. They are located at Portland; Oswego, Redmond, Gresham, Bend, Ashland, Burns, Klamath Falls, Salem, Coos Bay, Newport, and Al­bany. The Oregon Army Air Defense Command is un­der the command of Lt Colonel Laurence M. Blais­dell, Salem.

EDITOR'S SCRAP BOOK

Why does a Lieutenant General rank a Major Gen-eral? ..

When Cromwell I s "New Model Army" was raised in" 1645, it was commanded by Captain General Sir Thomas Fairfax. The cavalry (being the "senior service") was commanded by Lieutenant General

. Oliver Cromwell and the infantry was under Ser­geant Major General Skipon. That's why a Lieu­tenant General ranks a Major General. The rank we now call "major" was originally "sergeant major."

Old Oliver was a regular tornado in a showdown fight. When Charles I started a second Civil War in 1648, Cromwell and his Model Army stomped on Charlie so thoroughly that poor Charles found himself getting beheaded before the Banqueting House at Whitehall on January 30, 1649 • • • a sort of after dinner treat for the local boys.

Later, when Ireland and Scotland got to acting up, England's "Great Protector" stepped in and knocked them both flat. When Parliament got to dragging its feet on soule of Cromwell's policies, he simply dissolved th� law makers (twice) and thenceforth ruled Engl�d alone.

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1,990 years ago, Mark Antony and Cleopatra com­mitted suicide under some pretty silly circum­stances.

Cleopatra, a forerunner of today's juvenile de-e linquent, was having a ball with old Julius Caesar in Alexandria and Rome, until Brutus pulled a knife on Julius one day in a crowd. Leaving the late Roman Emperor and his bloody toga, the little lady hot footed it back to Egypt where she fell into the arms of Mark Antony, who was no kid either. Their association and ambition finally got them into a fight with Augustus at the Battle of Actium (31 B. C.)

At Actium, Augustus had 250 ships of War; An­tony 500 ships. Antony's ships, which included some of Cleopatra's, were large and heavy, and were provided with engines for pi tching missiles; Augustus' were small and agile. Augustus, by a clever maneuver, got Antony to over extend his battle line, broke through and scattered his ships. When Cleopatra saw how things were going for Antony, she promptly pulled anchor and lit out for home.

Hot to get on the side of the winner, Cleo spread the word to Antony that she was dead, whereupon Antony, who hadn't bothered to check his latest casualty list, promptly stabbed him­self with a borrowed dagger. Unfortunately, Cleopatra's good looks failed to impress August­us, and when it looked as though he was going to carry her captive to Rome, Cleo-decided to JOln Antony with the first thing she could find. An�

. . asp obliged her with his sharp teeth and a pOi-.., sonous bite. She was survived by four kids.

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