(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, APril
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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
State Guard Here
Outstanding Unit
(Continued from page 9)
headquarters art-: Major M. H.
BowK's, adjutant and supply offi
cer Lt. A. P. Le.lbuter, Lt. Stanley
Brailin.
Cnl. HmMll former head of the
local unit is now in command of the
Second Regimental Headquarters
staff and Capt. Ralph Prevost and
Capt. W. A. Bradley, both local
guardsmen, aiv also on the staff.
In addition to the men who have
been promoted in the state Kuard,
dozens of 1 A-year-ohis have had
their fust taste of what army life
would b , in the ranks of the State
Guard here, which has served as
their initial step to military train
ing. A few of the original group after
serving a year received an honor
able discharge in routine regula
tions, as the nien enlist for a year's
duration, with the privilege of re
enlisting. The majority have re
enlisted and tither remained in the
unit or have gone into the regular
army.
The members of the unit devote
around three hours a week of in
tensive training, drilling on Tues
day nights at the Armory.
The unit serves as headquarters
and service company for the second
regiment and is also a combat unit,
which is a double load of respon
sibility. The headquarters and ser
vice company is made up of four
sections: Intelligence, Communica
tions, Supply and Headquarters
section.
From the local company, clerks
are supplied to carry on the work
of the entire second state regiment,
also communications, intelligence
and supply sections for the 20 com
panies in the regiment.
Captain Byrd insists that with
out the spit ndid work of the non
commissioned officers the local unit
could never have reached or now
maintain its high prestige.
The State Guard has taken the
place of the National Guard in
North Carolina, and it's purpose is
to preserve internal security and
law and order in times of war and
peace.
The local unit is ready to give
every protection the home front
may need, and is keeping on tip
toe by training so that when the
emergency arises they will give
the service needed.
First Lt. Ben Sloan, local con
tractor, and one of the original
State Guard unit, attended the Gas
tonia School for officers and non
commissioned officers in 1942 and
also the school held at Fort Bragg.
Second Lt. Tom Campbell, Jr.,
who was elevated to his present
rank after Lt. Roy Ruff entered the
Navy, attended the school at Gas
tonia and also the special training
at Fort Bragg.
The present roster of the com
pany as it stands today is as fol
lows: Captain Byrd, Frank C.
1st Lt. Sloan, Ben J.
2nd Lt. Campbell, Thomas L.
Master Sergeant, class 1 Whit
ner, Carrol W.
1st Sergeant, class 1 Messer
Guy W.
Sergeants, class 3 Lemmings,
Rufus C, Moody, Willard L.
Sergeants, class 4 Bradley, Sam
A , Bridges, Marion T., Williams,
Hobert G.
Sergeant Tech., class 4 Sherrill,
Willie D.
Corporals, class 5 Howell, Rob
ert VV., Lowe, Kenneth P., Miller,
"William D., Snyder, Jack H.
Private First Class, class 6 Cal
houn, Sam L., Constance, Robert
H., Garrett, Noble W., Mehaffey,
William D., Miller, Linuel E.
Private, class 7 Curtis, Bruce
V., Frazier, Thomas E., Gibson,
Robert IL, Gifford, Robert L., Han.
nah, Wingate E., Hyatt, Charles F.,
Isley, Charles L., Kirkpatrick, Al
bert, Leatherwood, Robert J.,
Leatherwood, Sam, Pressley,
Vaughn J., Rathbone, James G.,
Teague, Charles R., Wyatt, Andy
A.
Enji
Commander
(Continued from page 9)
the State Guard at a banquet given
in honor of General Jenkins by
the local headquarters and service
company last year.
That, too, is the opinion of the
members of the Second Regiment,
composed of companies from all
over Western North Carolina as
far east as Charlotte and beyond.
Seasoned in the first World War
in which he commanded a battalion
in the 30th Division, Colonel How
ell has demonstrated coolness of
judgment and a knowledge of
handling men in difficult circum
stances that has won him the re
spect and confidence of the mem
bers of his regiment.
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joy Benefits Of
Guard Training
(Continued from page 9)
just march riffht into the Major's
office, salute and fdve it to him or
to the other jruy in the office called
his adjutant.
Going over to the General's office,
we aie a lot more respectful. We
knock before we go in, give him the
best snappy salute in the book,
hand him the stuff we've got and
get out quick. That place has too
many guys in it with bars and
leav s, and two or three with birds
on; if 1 stayed around there long
I'd salute every three minutes
until my arm snapped off or I
went to bed with a disjointed
shoulder.
We do a lot of the things Joe says
made him a sergeant quick like.
Down at Bragg we went around
tlie post and saw a lot of airplanes
and W'acs boy, boy.
And one afternoon we watched
an Army lootnant put on a tear
ga.s show. And once we got out on
the firing range and fired those
new fangled automatic rifles. Boy,
you could sure kill rabbits with
them if you could hold 'em down.
And we learned some about march
ing too.
Joe says that all the marchin' 'n'
stuff he learned put him in better
condition for the regular army life,
and I guess I'll be ready too. But
in the meantime I'm looking to that
time at Fort Bragg again this year
a vacation with pay and march
ing and saluting and stuff. '
Maneuvering It
Why The N. C.
State Guard
(Continued from page 9)
officers have given of their time
unreservedly. In this connection
it is pertinent and proper to state
how the puard has met and car
ried out its responsibilities. In
44 states, the territories of Puerto
Rico, Hawaii and Alaska approxi
mately 150,000 guardsmen have
been enrolled. Since 1941, the date
of organization they have respond
ed to many calls. Immediately fol
lowing Pearl Harbor, they were
called into service on the west
coast and in some states on the
east and patrolled the coast until
the army could relieve them; they
have guarded mines and done res
cue work in mines and flooded
areas; fought forest fires and done
guard duty in connection there
with; put down race riots in several
sections in all of which service they
have received the commendation of
all concerned.
Another vt ry important service
which they have performed and
which has been highly commended
has been the training givefi men
subject to service in the army and
who have been called. How many
of these have gone through the
guard is not known; but army offi
cers state that these men are more
easily oriented in the army and
have received more rapid advance
ment because of the training in the
basic course. Many are now in
actual command of units in action,
Approximately one hundred men
have passed through one unit in
this section and of that number
seventeen are now commissioned
officers. We of the guard who have
given our time and thought to it
feel that if we have done nothing
else, we have been of some ser
vice to our country.
Now why is this publicity and
why are wo appealing to the men
who are at home to join the Guard.
Originally men between the ages
of 18 and 45 were ejigible, and the
younger men took advantage of the
opportunity. Now those who were
available for service in the armed
forces have been activated and it
has been necessary to raise the age
limit to 50 and to secure recruits
from those who are not subject to
service in the armed forces. It
may be argurd that conditions are
not the same now as when the
guard was organized; that the dan
ger of invasion-paratroopes and
other action of enemies have pass
ed. That may be true, however.
we do not know it. However, that
may be, the maintenance of law;
the supiession of disorders: the
protection of life and property are
of as vital importance to vour
home and your state today as they
have ever been. They are the
things for which those men who
have gone before are fighting and
it is our duty to see that they are
here when they return. I was
deeply impressed by the answer of
an enlisted man in a unit being in
spected by Major Bowles recently.
We were passing down the line
Major Bowles doing the inspect
ing. I had noticed this man before
getting to him, his apparent age
Major Bowles took his gun; found
it in perfect condition, and said to
him. "How long have you been in
the guard?" "Six weeks, Bir,
"Why did yon join?" "Because I
could not serve in the army, I want
ed to do my part and help protect
my home and family, sir." These
are the men to whom William L.
Brittian refers in his article in the
March issue of the American Leg
ion Magazine Monthly, entitled,
"The Home Front Guardian," as
follows: "The State Guard of the
sovereign states, direct descendents
of the fighting militia of America's
youth, are carrying on, despite
public apathy; despite misunder-
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Waynesville, N. C.
This detail of members of the North Carolina State Guard is shown crossing the bed of a dry
stream while on tactical maneuvers in a Fort Bragg wooded area where last July all State Guardsmen
encamped for 10 days of active army life. The State Guard will go to Fort Bragg again this year, in
July, for another 10-day active training period. (U. S. Army Photo).
Waynesville Unit
Is Backbone Of
Second Regiment
(Continued from page 9)
Through this section pass all the
rations and supplies for the entire
regiment. They conduct and man
age the regimental store room to
which the battalion supply officer
must come to secure their daily ra
tions for feeding their men. A
representative of this section is
also supposed to receive the sup
plies of ammunition for the firing
range and issue it to the battal
ions as they use the range. Staff
Sergeant Guy Messer had direct
charge of this section at Fort
Bragg. Lt. Roy Ruff (now in the
navy) was the officer in charge.
It was also his duty to supervise
operation of the regimental mess
hall on the alternate days that the
Second Regiment prepared the
mess for the headquarters of both
regiments. Mess Sergeant Rufus
Lemings had direct charge of the
mess.
Because of these duties the mem
bers of the local company have the
opportunity of seeing the regiment
as a whole. There is a responsi
bility that no other company in the
Western part of the state has. Each
man can be proud of the fact that
he has therefore an exceptional
opportunity of serving his state
and nation.
standing of their mission and an
occasional charge of political ma
nipulation, despite a chronic lack
of equipment, they go on doing an
unsung but vital job in winning the
war. They can do no more."
More Men Needed
By Local Guard
(Continued from page 9)
men their work will be quickly re
warded by promotion. Men who
know that the training develops
them physically and makes them
more alert mentally, if need be,
gives them a greater chance for
advancement if called into the
armed forces. Men who are will
ing to give themselves not only for
their own protection but also for
the protection of the loved ones of
the men on the fighting fronts.
MEN the State Guard meets at
the Armory every Tuesday night at
7:30.
8th Battalion Head
(Continued from page 9)
State of North Carolina was made
by Major (then captain) Madison
H. Bowles at the State Guard Offi
cers Training School at Fort Ben
ning, Ga., last spring. Better
known locally as the acting super
intendent of schools in Haywood
county, Major Bowles enlisted as
a private in 1941 and is now com
mander of the Eighth Battalion of
the North Carolina State Guard.
The Eighth Battalion is composed
of companies in Canton, Asheville,
ganton. Major Bowles established
nnton. Major Bowles established
himself as a commander in the
field as well as in the class room
at Fort Bragg last July, where the
Eighth Battalion was outstanding
in conduct on the parade grounds
and on maneuvers.
State Guard Has
Congratulations
On 3rd Birthday
(Continued from page 9)
lion a superior record.
Citizens enlisted in the State
Guard are rtndering the finest type
of patriotic service to their com
munity, state and nation. They
carry on the domestic economy,
which is the life blood of a nation
at war, and make the additional
sacrifice necessary to qualify them
selves to preserve the integrity of
our government by maintaining
law and order and protecting life
and property within the state.
The efficiency and general ex
cellence of the North Carolina
State Guard is such that it has
been included by the Federal Gov
ernment, not only in its internal
security plans, but in plans for re
pelling invasion, should an organiz
ed enemy appear within the state.
Very truly yours,
WILLIAM S. PRITCIIARD,
Colonel, F. A. Commanding.
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