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X NEWS FROn FT. JACKSON
By Bobby Sloan.
On maneuver in Tennessee Due
to go down as immortal after the
maneuver is over, is tr- group f
yodellers from Company H, known
as Capt. Plott's. They have been
very generous with their voices
and have made many long hours
seem shorter. The three who have
become the best known are Lewis
(Texas Ruby) Mathis, C. 0. (Col
umbus) James, and Elmer (Pneu
monia) Simpson, The first two
these are, as you all know, Hay
wood boys mountain yodellers if
they are the real thing Bhould after
all come from the mountains 1 Keep
up the good work, boys.
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Last Saturday morning when we
were bivouaced beside the Second
Battalion (Company H was across
the field from me) I chanced into
conversation with Sergeant Ed
Hill. When I asked him if he had
anything which might be of inter
est to you folks, he pointed out
something which I followed up
and found to be unique. During
the entire maneuver period, there
has not been a single soldier in
Company H to fall by the way-side,
although some of the marches
through rain and mud have been
as long as twenty-five miles. This
speaks for itself. This is the
only company to my knowledge
which can point to such a record.
It needs no elaboration to point to
the credit it reflects on the train
ing which this company has re
ceived, because it Bhows not only a
good physical condition to start
with, but a hardened type of men
Who (Although they may complain
and "jgrtmse" about food, and
everything else in the company ) are
deriving considerable benefit from
the "stretch" in the army.
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I won't mention any names but
here is something which I thougkt
humorous. It is told of a certain
Sergeant in H Company that he
ordered a barrage laid with a 50
calibre - machine gun a gun, for
your information, gentle reader,
which should be fired m short bursts
or it becomes overheated. This
may not be humorous to you, but
A
THE HJIMYS
ON THE MOVEl
Army maneuver on scale vastly
greater than ever attempted in chit
country are underway and will con
tinue for several months. The teen
, of these maneuvers is the nine south
era states served by Southern BelL
I Jt will be both a test and training
for the army at well as for the civil-
' iaa population which provides the
vital meatot of communication.
: transportation and supply.
Essential' to the success of these
maneuvers is an adequate, depend
able system of telephone common
! icatroo. This the Southern Bell Coat
1 panyit providing whenever, wher
f ever and in whatever amount the
: fast shifting armlet require. This
, meant that the Telephone Company,
like the army, it keeping its sources
, of supply, transportation facilities
: and man power ready day and night
! so it can act On the moment. Past
I years of training and expedience la
; meeting emergencies have already
prepared our army of telephone
kprorkers for this big task.
It is the Telephone Company's
, plan to take care of tha army's needt
with little, if any, serious interfer
ence with the public's accustomed
: Owof the service. During these ma
: aeuvers, however, there may be oc
' casiooa when for short periods of
time our facilities will be mainfy
required to meet the army's sudden
and unexpected needs. Should this
happen in your community, your
wholehearted cooperation will be a
helpful contribution to the success
ful advancement of preparedness.
Southern Bell Telephone
and Telegraph Company
Incorporated
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it has given a lot of innocent fun
to those who understand about the
guns. There was also an order
to fire a gun at a 90 degree angle.
So much for that. '
I can't mention everything which
has happened and is happening all
around me, but I wouldn't like to
leave out a : few of the things
which Company H is credited with
having done' in this war against the
REDS. They captured three heavi
ly armed armored cars last Tues
day afternoon. They have been
in every major engagement which
the regiment has participated in,
and have been right in there at the
front where the action was the
thickest. Beyond reach of tele
phone and telegraph and radio com
munication, there have been instan
ces where we have used aeroplanes
to get information to them as to
enemy situation and positions, a
plane dropping a note with the nec
essary information in it. ;
Last Thursday' morning was a
battle in which the company would
have covered itself with glory had
this been something other than a
simulated war. Entrenched on a
hill, Company H was holding a sec
tor which was opposed by an over
whelming number of tanks and
enemy personnel. The REDS at
tacked. It must be remembered by
you folks at home that while this
is "Slay" war, that often we get
worked up to a degree where if
umpires don't come in and atop it
and remind the soldiers that it
is all in fun, soldiers from the op
posing armies will clash with rocks
and fists. Thus it was that when
the hill was attacked by the enemy
that Company H stood it's ground
and refused to retreat Even after
the order was given for a withdraw
al, the men enthralled by the spirit
of the morning, stayed at their
posts until the last. In fact, when
the "smoke of the batfle" cleared
away, three-f ourtha of the com
pany were either causalties or
prisoners. That, folks, is the spirit
which has given the 30th Division
in the past her brilliant military
reputation
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A humorist in Company H iias
coined a bon mot expression which
I think deserves a great deal of
repetition. You know the mechan
ized division which came from Fort
Benning (Tanks, Heavy and Light,
Mechanized throughout, Aromored
cars, et., with a special mechanized
corps of engineers) have a reputa
tion and a nickname "Hell on
Wheels." This goldier said the 30th
Division should be called, "Hell on
Feet!"
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The stop-gap has been opened
at last and for the final phase of
the Tennessee maneuver, which
we are now in the midst of every
thing has been thrown into play.
Tanks are now an old story with us,
and all the remaining ammunition
has been issued so that in this
last week we are to have plenty of
fireworks. A battalion of para
chute trbops arrived over the last
week-end the last troops, inci
dentally, to be brought to the field.
These of course add as much ex
citement to the maneuver as did the
arrival of the tanks last week.
There is so much to write about
and so little space to put it in. As
far as news i concerned, it is just
like arriving at a fertile valley
after a long journey over desert
wastes. Every minute of every day
is filled with something new some
new development, an incident of
interest, and all the things which
go to inject color into what has been
generally a drab period this last
three weeks. When I write of
interesting happenings, remember
generally these took place in about
an hour of the week. . I don't men
tion the other hours when you sit
in a lethargy wondering what is
happening and what you are going
to do next. The private in the
front lines knows very little of the
general picture of the fighting front
as a whole it will be remembered,
for even the officers of a company
know very little of the general
situation and many times not very
much about even the eituation of
the battalion. (Of couse, Captain
Plott with his association with
battalion headquarters is an ex
ception to this rule, and the of
ficers of Company H are probably
better informed of the local situa
tion and even the general situa
tion than are most company offi
cers). But it should be further
remembered that maneuvers of this
type are for the training of officers
of field grade and better. Besides
the element of hardening the indi
viduals, there is very little train
ing for companies which hasnt
been gleaned from maneuvers back
at Jackson. , The individual soldier
and company is not as important
on a maneuver of this size as is
the training battalion, regimental,
brigade and other commanding
officers on up the scale. Why do
they bring troops this far and go
to so much trouble? I didn't mean
to minimize the training the indi
vidual soldier or company or the
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physical hardening and tougnen
ing such a maneuver brings with it,
but it is in shuttling back and forth
these large bodies of men and
fio4itinr eauinment that the officers
tret their training, without whose
direction the best individually
trained soldiers would be of little
use in combat, for it is the super
vision by higher authority, and the
right and correct meeting of situa-
tinna in comDai wnicn wuo vv-
tles, and wars.
Maneuvers' of this type are be
yond the comprehension of the
average layman back home. Sol
diers come home and talk about
marches, fatigue details, food
(good or bad), early rising, firing,
etc., but there is no way of fully
telling anyone about the army and
army life, . There is contentment
here, ereater than you can expe
rience oatside. because here values
are different than elsewhere, and
there is discontent, unimaginable
discontent, whicfc comes over
like a wave and last perhaps a
few hours, perhaps a few days.
What I am trying to say is that
there is nothing little about the
army. Happy or unhappy, you
experience your feelings in a large
way. You have more friends and
they are closer friends; supreme
happiness (because it takes so lit
tle in the army to change despair
into hope, dejection in to exultation)
comes over little things: A cool
drink after being without water
for a few hours, sunshine' after a
night march through .heavy rain,
etc. Do you see what I am trying
to explain? It is something which
no one -can tell you' about, and if
you ask a soldier about it it will
be the one thing he is. most reticent
about.' But it is th.
oldier re-enlists after th? J
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