VOLUME 1_ P MURPHY, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1943 _ NUMBER 2 COLONEL A. B. COX Colonel Albert B, Cox the Com- manding Officer of the S0ist Siz. ‘Tag. Regt, is commonly referred to as “Brooks” by his intimates. Col, Cox has crowded Into 37; years, wide experience and such ‘accomplishments ss an A.B, Do- gree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Chie Operator of the Roosevelt Dam, ‘a Doctorate of Jurisprudence, and & Professorship at Tulane Unt versity. Born in Certhage, Me, on Aug. 2, 1885, Col. Cox, in’ his ov! Words, says now, "large for my age.” ‘This was something he app: ently put to good use, for, at the age of 12 he began’ work as a Dlaeksmitl’s Lelper duriag is school vacations. Col, Cox still has a pair of tongs which he forged when he’ "was 14 years of age. Besides continuing as a bla smith's helper until ne graduated’ ‘from high school, Col, Cox dem onstrated another branch of tal font by winning the annual gehoo!| ‘oratorical contest. After high school, Col. Cox Grove a Wells Fango Express| ‘wagon, and worked as a black smith’s helper in railroad shops| ‘and legging camps ia weste:n cities such ap Prescott, Ariz, and Batts, Mont. He also’ worked ax a riveter and rigger foreman for| the Great Western Power Co, ; Later, Col. Cox returned to this “company with an Ar, degree| “in Blectrical Engineering and] took jod a# a day laborer. Col. Cor explains simply “The| oly job available was that of a laborer, and after all, aman must eat.” In @ short walle he became an electrician, & construction fore-| ‘man, and in a yoar‘end a halg be was’ superintendent of construc- "tion and operation of the Sxcra- | mento Division for the company. (Continued On Page Six) NEW ATHLETIC COUNCIL BEING FORMED Special Service Office asks all company commanders. to| select = atbletieally-inclined enlisted man, preferably from their| permanent party-men, to act as his company’s representative on the| JCamp Murphy Athletic Counel! now being formed. ‘This council is being fermed for the express purpose of planning, scheduling end rormulaling yolicles on all sports and game programs for this Post. Upen selection of such a man please notify the Spocial Sovice [Officer ‘hat you have complied and give the man's name. When all [companies have been heard from, a meeting will be held and cificars will be voted upon tS Must be organized We need the co-operation of Com- mamande:s and First Sergeants 1 getting this project under ke note and pitch in, American sports have tong held an important part of every community frem the smallest. to the largest, What shall we do? [pany € way. Lat! |Capt. Richards Leaves: |NEW MUSICAL jLt Reade Takes Over AT ‘REC’ HALL! |New Responsibilities Reassigned to dutles at @ new station, Captain Charles W. Rick Jards, camp sthletio officer, who| Jalsn served as special service and theatre officer, was toasted last week at the Caribbean — officer| quarters, ‘Since “the Inception of Camp| JMurphy, July, 1012, Capt. Rich: Jards, his wife, Nr, Richards, and Jdauzhter, Peggy Ann, have been jexeeodingly sctive In thelr re- spective local military and c| filian affairs, First. Ll. Bruce M. Reade, for- merly in’ charge of the Officer's Jctub and Mess, is Capt, Richards “may, Gomge!” tie “sal ‘musical variety show epon- sored by Co. “T will be pre- sented Thursday night, Octo- ber 14, at tho “Ree” Hall, ‘The show features the mu- ste of Stan Vestal and his 11- plece band, and is uullizing talent from several compa: nies on the post ae well at feminine talent frem West Palm Beach, Estimate American War] Material Lost In Sicily! ‘The War Department has made public the persentages of certain Important items of American military equipment lost curing the sucessful Sicilian etmoaign Tn operations in Siely ws let Js er cont of all tho. 155 sem. 5 cance at the new) omits we laned: 46 per cent servicemen; dance at the new|tr all T jum, gues, 96 bet cont service club in Stuart, Fla, on|f the motor carriages for our 75 the opening night, Seturdey, Oc-|mm. guns; 22 per eent of the tober 9 |carviages for our 105. men. howit- “Dedication ceremonies an |2ers; and 64 per cent of the car-| soyan House" will be Exar to B |plages for cur 37 ram. ume, Wal Ip. m, on October 10. | also lest 7 per cent of our light Col, James W. Green, Jr, wil|tanks; 8 per cent of our medium| speak cs Camp Murply repre-| tanks, and wo lost nearly 13 per sentative, ‘cent of our 37 mm. guns, Dance At New Stuart Service Club Rain Washes Lead Story Right Off the Front Page ‘Tris space was supposed to contain the results of the boxing match last Tuesday night, Tt seems that this long streteh of rainy weather prevented any matches from taking place, ‘The boxing exhilition was washed out and so wae the story. "Thore will be another match next uesday (arring mone rein course) and we'll bring you [the results in the next issue. Soldiers Invent Better Ways To ‘Lick The Enemy England (CNS).—Setdiors of an American. Air Serves Command hhere are an ingenious bunch of Gls. A piece of machinery never satisfies them until they make it jwork better than before, Take S/Sgt. Robert Hammel, for instange. Honanel, a me. ehanic from Pitisbungh, figured that a lot of time was wasted in polishing the booster Coils of bomber engines. So he Gevised a 3-way tool and fitted it to a duill press, making a power- driven. polisher Another inventive OT, accord ing to the Stars ard Stripes, is /S/Sgt. Arnold Bruns who dreamed up & new way of filling oxygen tanks, ‘This operation used to be performed by two men working a pressure gauge and a hose |Bruns built an oxygen cart that | Would earry two cylinders of oxy | gen instead of one. Then ~ he moved the gauge doser to the ‘cart so that one man could work hit S/Sgi, Russell Schick of Cleve- |1and recently started to wonder |zhout deticioneies in gun sighte which were not adjustable for long-range firing according to [seme pilots. Schick inventad a (Continued On Page Seven)THE CAMP MURPHY MESSAGE ‘amo MESTAGH te edited and pyblighed each Friday, by, ond for the mee cmst At Galen, Magouy “ender theseapervision: ot Guo seule Sot ida officer in Chaves: "Ist bts THE GAMP_MURPHY MESSAGE SELF-AID IS MODERN ARMY of our goes to great Iengths to, train ite ‘men. Under the preseat program, it is only a matter of a few short months before men jn most branches of the service are quali: : FRIDAY, OCTOBER & 1913 IN THE WATER ‘is rerrornel of Came, APY smenty ges, Chieh, 4n8, Sel HR Boch, ike ag Berens, {fed marksmen, aro versed in'eombat tacties, can administer as well ‘as receive dtill instructions: in fact, are well capsble of funtioning fs all-around top-notch soldiers as woll as efficient technicians, ts surprising to Jearn, however, the propartion of E. M. who) fare unable to hanille themselves in the water. The present program stressing the importance of Sclf-Aid as well as First. Aid for wounded mon is mastly highly commendable Tt will doubtless result in the saving of countless lives on future fictds of battle {A lange pereentaze of the ai in are comprised of rivers, swamps, mention the coastlines. The finest physical specimen of « soldier mnpomrns: Col, Dol “sohm Talo, See hertncteen Cp Maat see iri! Be By oe we are fighting in and will fight Takes, ponds or bogs, not 10 Hey, comer trained in the art of Pan aetractive cxticiss combat, becomes & hopeless. struggling mass of arms and legs in Ged he water, if he has not mastered the art of swimming. Handicapped by the additional weight of his Back and arms. the task of saving Himself or asisting hs comrades Yooms even greater “We Tead today of one Sgt. Westphal who risked his Me saving a fellow sole” attempting to escape from a burning landing toa. ris ceammae ne saved wes’ aregued under Aneuwalar ite atest et his pads. ‘Swimming provides ono of tho best forms of physical exercise in adatien to providing a soldier with training which may prove of jneatimatle value all through eiviian Tile as well as during bis tine in serve. ‘We are all well aware that the present training program is pri- marily designed to produce the finest scldier technicians possible, ‘We are fortunate here at Murphy, to nave avalble one of the finest swimming beaches on the coast “Any possible Tuture ineerporation of & planned swimming trae tng picgtam Would certecly be welcoried by Tatge majority of DM. suxdaus to Team how, or to improve thir potent style of onan FAITH IN OUR LEADERS feyrorony THROUGH ATR POWER.” Diney’s dnema version of] De Soversiy’s formula for winning the war, raises several in-| teresting and important questions, De Soversky's thesis that alr power, with only minor emphasis upon the other branches of our military machine, can alone win the war, Ik a matter of opinion about whien reasonable men can diffor, But the film Teft no such | ‘option to the viewer. Tt made no effort to present the other side fof the argument and ignored the tremendous development of our! fair arm during the yast two years. Therefore, it would stem that | ‘the film was not only intended to apprise the public of De Soversky’s plan, but also to duce tat same pAlbic" Co" Work for Its adoption | by all democratic processes available for translating populer will into reality. Tt is seriously open to question whether matters of military fpilley should be decided or even influenced by groups who do not} Dear the responsibility either for their pexformanes or for the wine hing of the war. That is not to deny to,an individual the privileges Of indulging in arm chsir strategy, but this privilege, 1t would seem, Fhould mot be extended to advocacy as to the means of winning ‘the war, In this connection it should be noted that Great Britain twas influenced in its pre-war military program hy the erticles of Captain Liddell Hart, a retired armysfticer. For years he preached, both in his corn in the London ‘Times and in numerous publica- tons, that defensive armament hed rendered the attack too costly. fand consequently urged that Great Britain should concentrate on the by Sansone Getense. The fallacy of his arguments need hardly be proved in| fhe light of the cxperionce in this war. But his teachings, backed | by populer support, hal disastrous elfect on Great Britaln's pre ‘war progran. Our military leaders have been appointed by our commander- incchief, who in tum is responsible to the people. Failure of our generals to conduct their asks successtully will reeult in thelr Tombval, a satisfactory method of securing efficient leaders. How: ven, fog oulsige groups or for individusls to insist, for example, that fan army should be of a certain size, that emphasis should be placed fon one thester cf war as ageinst another, or that one branch of ferviee should take precedence over another, is to substitute the qudg- Ghent of the layman for that of the expert. Those who bear the Fesponsibility for the success of our armed forces should mot bo fubject to the pressure of self-styled military experts and their Cohorts, Plans for future sporation: must be made many months {fn advance, and uncertainty on the part of our generals as to thelr power to carry out their proposed program can only hamstring ear military effort }JAM STARTS With 10 Years In Army, AT 8:30 P. M. Sergeant Asks No Leave THE INQUIRING LINE FRIDAY NITE San Jaa, P. R. (GNS)—Ast Sgt, [pean Jam whet am! | Joe Nittino, stationed bere) has) q. 1 want to vote nest month tinerant) ee" ja the Army ten years and] ig my home state. How do T go creas he cae in ene|be's never hada furlough. Hel cout itt Bec oe toe wr creep eka, erlniad. In Plenaant Valley, |" a" tp stna (oligos do se B88 em |S, 1880 and spem les han] god out it yout states hading If you've a singer, musician, or|S* months of his service in the] an election this year. lino, for fan actor of any sort, you are wel-|omtinemal U. S, Instance, has no election sehed- come to pit the show across | Recently he marcied @ Puerto|yied for 1943, Congressional elec- ‘T75 Jack Omerod is host, whie| ican gicl and now he's lost in-|tions will be held in two con pl Jacke Maclaile leeds commun-|‘erest in getting a’ furlough. “Lm gressional districts, the second in ity singing at 9:30, {saving up my time,” he says, “for | California and the second in Kan- —————_| big vacation after the wa.” |sas. Many other states are hold- musicians who assemble in the othe me clots you are cull peas, |Favor The Home Front\tea to vote in these, your tsi Praitet Ractdation | wet oe narten te ue laepent oa cee mw ere | friends feel closer to you by send-|C"4 with which you may apply es ie ic oul me weet ee cera figs conta oe cau oa SE eager ‘commanding officer in developing| 17 you haven't time for mailing, | t. fad maintaining the mental anl| jaa Sane the nase aoa ak]. What the pomanent cet ene oP eates, ak ec ee, See, eee oe et ies be innis ween |e eet Soko ute and proper “ucuvilbs d|”"Yhen we reve this we wil| Ar” Proton Rooovet rent facilities, to keep military per gladly mail out the latest edition|ly @mounced the designation of. pe ale cr ceive cones [Rae ile Boeke eeu, (ay Camp Revapaper Servien ceived & previous permanent pro- ‘motion to colonel, his ranie priot ‘0 Ost. 1, 1940, having been eu tenant-colonal Q. What's the best way for my folks to send me money oversaas? A, Since it is practically im- possible for an American soldier overseas to cash a check, the ‘American Red Cross hag advised relatives to send money to terve jcemen abroad ky post office money order. Monoy orders may be cashed wherever there is an army past office. Q. Are members of the Mer ‘chant Marine subject to court martial? ‘A, Although officers, petty of ficers and seamen of the Mer chant Marine do not hold actual military or naval rank, they may Jn some circumstances be tried by court martial, Officers may be {tied by gengcal court martialoniy and petty officers and seame to offer opportunities for educa- IT’S A DEAL Gen, Fisenhower now holds the general, special of umm i tion in subjects of value to them during thes carsens iv the ansey|H8v@ cash for small sedan—any| es hey lala Be Permanent ranks are those which ivilian ore were, ‘army. personnel prior) fang thelr retum to eViian Oe ee eee oer ace| vere held by army personne! px ‘temporary rank of full genera. court martial depending sam | / nature of the case, Q. Can K.P, be given as com ation; and to provide reereation| Trt Dr. ‘Lowell R. Stele | Oetober 4, 1940, and most pro-| pany punishment ? find ‘entertainment daring thoi) onthe, off-duty hours ys porary. Gen, Elsenhower hed 1 Tee te ant ty fake RT| wilt buy five-pamenger —auto,| Bites we want to include eve) e540, Telephone 227, FL one in Our activites, Tf you BRS | tree Ottcer. sak fer Sergeant| The Wot @ project in mind stop in the) 4,7 ' “ase Special Service Oftiee, just north)” of the Post ‘Theatre, and. salk it over with us. When we Tern your neds thon we have a foun- dation for action covering your interests, és ‘The door is always open for sensible ideas that Include your| 10s! on south Guill eld, Elgin Pn ee Winer pies neta eas ae: Special Service Office. [For Sale: ’34 Ford, excellent tires,| 22 miles per gallon, uses 10 oll. Susan Dodd, Main PX. Ext. 20, MARINE MAKES BRANDY One 268 for sale cheap.—Anony- FROM GI PRACHES ee Southwest Pacitie (CNS)—Ma-| Want to rent, buy, loaso, steal or) rine Pfc. Norman Peterson of] “HIRE one or more intelligent] Atlanta, Mien, built a still of] (not compulsory) Pin Boys for) empty cans, kegs and a steel coll] px Bowling In case some irate from « wrecked bomber, Into the| powiers have any hard feelings stil he poured canned peachee) tout having to walt until the and the resulting concoction, says] Gre pin-boy. finishes another Peterson, ‘was the best peach} game, may we call their atton. brandy Jn the Sclomons.” lion to the “Roy-Power Short-| | sayeen? iy tion to the “Roy-P rf Tm ghd T am an. American, | And Im glad that Cam free; | Some gals wear black garters—in I mish X wore a ttle pup ‘memory of those Whe have passed “And Hitler were a tree, ae rotons after that aate are ton| A. Yes. Seo J, A. Desisions, ‘Vol. 1, No, 3, Aug., “43, Page 105,