A Record of Events, Prepared in the Office of the Adjutant General, the Artillery Center, Fort Sill, Oklahoma

A record of events, prepared in the Office of the Adjutant General, The Artillery Center, Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

LIBRARY The Art:llery Schooi Fort S'II. Oklahonlil Twenty-cnv :ort Sill l~jors received orders promoting them to Lieutel1£'.ntColonel with rank from December 28 this week. And conGratulations are in order for 28 officers who exchan/3:eo,their railroad tracks for the gold oak leaves of majority.

The Officer Candidate School for Artillery will be reactivated at Fort Sill next month, lLaj Gen Aurthur M. Harper, CG, TAC, announced this week. The duration of the course is 22 weeks. The OCS, expected for some time, has finally been officially approved for Fort Sill. As was done in ~orld War II, this Officer Candidate School will train selected young enlisted and inducted men for corx~ission as second lieutenants of field artillery. OCS will move into buildings no'/{occupied bJT the Reception Center, in the 3000 Area.

Chaplain (Capt) Leon Henr~l, formerly pastor of the First Bapt:1st Church in Leedy, Okla, is a recent addition to the ?ost Chaplain Staff. Recalled to active duty in November, Chaplain Henry attended a four-weeks refresher course at Carlisle Barracks, Pa, before coming here.

The Army Education Center plans to becin the mw year vdth some 12 off-duty classes, Lt Col C'.eorgeJ. Helms, 'I'rocp I & E Officer said tode.y. These courses, intended to l:l",ot the nOGclG of ndli tar~' pcrsonnoJ, ":,ill sot ",:ador wa:; as 800Ii t'l.3 a min:imuc(of 10 students are enrolled in the courses concerned.

Sixty-seven men from the 46th Engineer Oonstruction 5attalion are attending or are on their way to schools at For'!; Bolvoir, Va, Camp Gordon, Ga, :ort :Tournouth, !T.J. and Fort Lee, ·~ra. 'rIle courses c-O"!,1r"tJ:C <1\rery't11illG f'roln still p}l()"tc~=:C9.P:-l;Y"+0 ut:lli t~r repair. Fifteen men will receive diplomas this week j~ gra.duation e)';:ercises at the F'ARTC I\Gcreation Hall as ::nOSh"-,l";:; of' thef'irst class through t'he Leaders School. Sol TI. "S. Liebe, Corn.:1andingOfficer, FA.'1tTC, will be principal speaker at the graduation ceremony.

Four ve"terill1S of the Korean fighting received Purple Heart medals from r.la.j Gen A. :t. TTarper, Command- ing General at Fort Sill. They are Capt L. B. Mitchell, Pfe ~illis A. Drjskill, Pfc C. ~. Parker, :~ Sgt C. Pagano. ~1iitch'31l received his third and Pagano his second Purple Heart at the ceremony.

The Post Transportation :;Iotor Fool passed the 2,000 mark in days without a "lost timall accident.

Two men from l'.ussis:;ippi' s 631st Arjud FA Battalion have rt"lcei ved appointments to the United Staten ;,.:ili tJar:c' Acadomy at ~est Point, N.Y. They are Cpl C. ~. Russell and Cr1 .~'~.3. :3attox:~ Jr.

The first course of' the Fort Sill typist schoo!.'; - ~18t)isned to tr8.in unit adrni:r;.1strutivo clerks- will begin soon 'here. Students will be taught typing, militarJ corresponden08 and use of appropriate personnel s.l1d supply forms. Additional courses are to be conducted as lons us the n,::;;edfor suc'h traininG exists.

For~ Sill t S sa f'ety record .for 1950 set a new threo year hiGh mark. A moetinG of the Post Safety Council this wcek broUGht to light these fiGures along with the record of 11>3 nili tar~r ver.icle accidents, 202 accidental injuries to ,:dE tar;,/ personnel and 63 injuries to civilian per::;olUlol employees. Fort Sill officials were hosts this week to Maj Gen Mansour lJozaayeni. Iranian Army. The General arrived here January 15, for a 3-day tour of The Artillery School.

Troop Ini'or:nationand::':ducationhas installed a United Pross Telet~~ machine. Over this machine comes the latest available news at all times. The machine runs 24 hours a day. To get the latest possible news to units. I&E publishes a bulletin which is a re-cap of the highlights. The most applicable briefs are then mimeographed and distributed through co~~nd channels. Fort Sill has been host thir \':'':01; to ::'111j Gen GeorGe L.. Shea, tho artillerJ' inspector, I.FF, Fort Monroe. Va. Gen Shea inspected various acti ';'i ties 9.rcund the post.

L~c 5.n.g 14te G011eral vtere Co] \~i.nn.• Lt Col 8mi tr.l.. Col Swager, Col Nelson, Col Dasher, Jr, and Lt Col Dellert.

Tho CO..J:;.~?,L.il and General Staff College opened at Fort Sill \\'1th 30 officers enrolled- three colonels, six lieutonant colonels, 15 inQjor.::> c.ml six captains. The course at Fort Sill is a 1.-'ranch of' tr.,e schoel at 1"01'1> Leavenworth, Kan, and is identical wi tb. tho:;:o taugU .• othor s.r-r[,~'- ~roa3.

e,:; 1 :,J:\;:':/ ::. Phillif';-;, Chl'Ji' Arn;;' iJur:::c Corps, 'Hashington, J.C. is 'v'isiting Fort Sill ;;:11110 '.::1].~ +-OU.l" cf inSp0ction mld obsQ1"yntion of nur"i21C aC+,:ivi ties at b~,scs in the F0urth ,A,r1:L~ares.•

Uaj Gen 1\. ...~.fIarpor 'tvi11 l,8~:l.VC: Ft Si 11 for the COIrJ'l8.11deut's Conferonce at thA t,n

Fort 3ill' s 1.:Srch of Dines gainod momentumthis ..•.•eek us total cO!ltr::'bu1.·lOrlr and pledges arriounted to vrell ,')ver ~2000 Ivith prospects of a grand finale nearer tho end of tho month and pc.yday.

The '.'.3d .AIB he] Q e. formal re'd,ew in honor if its Ba.ttalion Comrnander, Lt Col lUehard 2. E. Shro;y-, who has besn ordered by the Deps.rb;crt of Army to dut;)' with the U. 3. i.:Ui tar~ AdvisorJT group b. Athens, Greece. The new ba.ttalion commander is ~JfajLarue H. Ritter. The United States Army Nurse Corps. the oldest and most celebrated of womens military organizations. observed its 50th anniversary on February 2. Forty-eight members of the second class in the Food Servioe school graduated on February 2. Major Daniel S. Van Meter, post food service supervisor. addressed the olass. Chaplain Daniel W. Fielder offered the graduation invocation and 1st Lt Raymond P. Ruppel gave the introductory address.

Fort Sillt s March of Dimes campaign went rolling over the top Wednesday afternoon with a last-minute flood of contributions. Dimes officials said the pay-day surge of dimes would run the Sill total oontribution to over $15.000. The second class through the Leaders School received diplomas Saturday in ceremonies at FARTC Recreation Hall. Twenty men completed eight weeks of schooling designed to produce potential non-commissioned officers and officer candidates.

Five brigadier generals from the Iranian army arrived at Fort Sill this week for a visit to The Artillery School The group included Brig. Gen Bijan Guilanshah. military attache Iranian Embassy. Washington. D. C.; Brig. Gen Resa Azimi. M.P. commander; Brig. Gen. Thmad Baharmast. Assistant minister of war; Brig. Gen. Esmail Riahi, assistant division commander; and Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vossough. deputy commander staff college. The generals will spend their time here visiting various departments of The Artillery School.

Classwork began Monday night in a special Leaders Course for permanent cadre of the FARTC's 1st Tng Gp. with thirty men enrolled. Qualifications for the school are based on potential leadership ability. The course includes sessions in lecture and demonstration methods of instruction. preparation and use of training aids. lesson planning and practical work in conferences. The school staff consists of two officers and six enlisted men. Fort Sill gained its first Corps Artillery headquarters since WW II days when the VI Corps Artillery Headquarters was recently activated. The new unit is commanded by Col. Thomas E. Lewis. The unit will be quartered near Gate 4.

A new and expanded program schedule is in the planning stage at radio station KFS, the uBedside Network",.at the U. S. Army hospital. The station broadcasts only through pillow speakers with which beds in all wards are equipped. KFS receives daily and weekly transcribed programs from the ArDled Forces Radio Service. It also has one of the most complete libraries in this part of the country, numbering thousands of popular, olassical and semi-classioal seleotions.

The annual inspeotion of all privately-owned vehioles at Fort Sill will get underway February 12. In addition to the safety inspeotion, a ohange will be made in the type of identifioation tag for vehioles authorized to operate regularly on the post. The inspeotion will insure that the vehioles meet the safety requireroonts of the post, that they have proper- registration, oarry adequate insurance and that the drivers have current lioenses. The new type of identification will be an oval-shaped sticker, for both the windshield and rear glass.

The second class for supply room and oompany olerks in the olerk typist school graduated Friday. The third olass, a four week oourse, is soheduled to begin Monday. About 50 students have been enrolled. These classes will oover speoial training for particular type jobs. Fi1't'1'-f'our otfioers rauging in grade trom oaptains to oolonels started Phase III of' the Assooiate CODIJD8,Ildand General Staff' oour.e, lroncla.yof'this "Aek. The group was nlcomed 1;0Fort Sill by' Maj. Gen. A. M. Harper. commanding general. TAC. The prese.1; group will be the firs1; 1;0 gradua1;e trom. 1;hecourse in 1iheFour1ihArm::rarea. They will finish in two weeks. The reason for 1;becourse is 1;0prepare aelec1;ed officer. for dU1;yaa 4ivision comnanders or s1;aft positions a1; division leTel. The majority ot 1;hegroup are oollege graduates and range in age frOJll28 1;049 years. Bone of 1;hem. have 'Qllder8 years serTioe and wo ha'ge been in service 21 yeara.

Post Field is 1iaking on a Dewlook with 'the arrival of 'the first s• .,.n of 60 plues from 1;heCesana.plant, Wichita, Kansas. !he new 1,.:19 i8 the tirs1; tao1;ioal airoraf'1; specifioally buil1; for the &rIl7. !he all-metal ships were designed for ease of maintenanoe in 'the field. Visibili1;y trom 1;hepilo1;'. and observer's aeats is exoellent. There is a larger eng1J:le and iDs1;rUJDen1;a1;io:m.forall ••• a1;her flying is inoluded on 1;he new ships. Helioopters are changing styles 1;00. The firs1; R-13Doonversion has been comple1;edhere and is flying. There is a larger engine and 1;he fuselage has been stripped of' fabrio and the new helioopter roos1;s on skids instead of wheels. Fold-up wheel. are provided on 1;heskids in order 1;0tow the machine on the gr01.1Dd.It _y be landed on a hillside, aoross a ditch, on railroad traoks. plowed fields and the like.

TU largest helioop1;er olass tc graduate thus tar by' the Depar1nDentof Air Training, graduated the past "Aek. This olass, Ar1Jr;rHelioopter Avia1;ioDTao1;iosClass 6. "Are the first 1;0 reoeive all of 1;heir ro't;ary wing '\;raining from the Anq. The course oovers be1;weeD15and 100 flying hours plus ground training.

Fifty-seven national guard offioers arri'ged a1; Fort Sill this week :for a three-day vilSit. The officers represent six national guard divisions in various parts of the country. They 11111observe traiDing methods and devices and demonstrations of Artillery fire. .TheArtillery Center 1bseumre-opened this week. The l1Dlseumhasbeen revamped from one end to the other and exhibits have been put into logical groupings. The various changes were designed to make the museumcenter around field artillery instead of being just a war museum.

Fort Sillts Officer Candidate School got underway this week. It marked the second time within a decade that Fort Sill became a training site for officers in an expanding army. The students will begin their classwork Monday.February 26. Men will cometo Fort Sill t S oas from all army areas in this country and overseas. Graduates of the 22 week course will have completed between 900 and 1.000 hours of study and practical work. Then they will pin on the gold bars of a second lieutenant in the field artillery. General O'YidioQuiroga, oommander-in-Ghief.t Bolivian armed foroes _de a tour of Fort Sill last Friday. The General and his par\v' seemedmuohinterested in the infiltration course and training deTioes in use here. The group to11ow", a tight sohedule throughout the daY'all they- hurried frQlll0_ department and 01a.8 to another. The General and his aooompanyingofficers are on an exteaded tour ot the United States.

Following the national slogan of -Mobilize for Defense", the field otfice of the AmericanRed Cross on the post, this .• ek, laUDcheclit. part in the 1951 drive for hmds to carry- on an expanded program.during the oomingyear.

Fort Sill soldiers haTe been invited to a birthday- party. Hunting Horse, one at the original Indian scouts, i8 105 years old. and friends and relati vel in the Kion. tribe are having a birthday party- tor hia SatuJ'uy-, )(arch 3. at the little ranch house near .ers. H\mting Horse will hold court in a tent. Be will reoei Te gifts from manY'of the guests, and when asked.what he would like to have, he expressed a preferenoe tor oranges and grapes. During the past week Fort Slll had one ot 1158busiest periods ot entertaining visitors fraa other oountrie •• Foreign oountries represented. are Cuba. Canada. France and SpaiD..

Church goers ot~ 'NewPost Chapel Sunday will hear something DeW'in the JllUeioalprogram. lIass ohapel ohime. are being installed 15hisweek and will be played as a part of the worship service.

Classes in spoken German. spoken Russian and fundamentals of typing are sohedule. to open 80an at the Eduoation Center. it was &mlouncedTuesday. Claues will run for 16 .eka and will .et twioe a week.

Folks at llo'Nair hall had an unexpected "atom bomb" rehearsal last Thursday morning. when an automatic gas-burning boiler in the basement exploded. jolting 'the headquarters building. There 1r8re DOinjuri"s r"portlld. / /

Fittymembers of 'be fourth 01a8s in the Food Service sohool graduated Friday. Lt RaymondM.Robertson a4dressea the 01a8s. Chaplain Gardner A. Johnson offered the graduation invooation and benediotion. At the present time there are 291 students enrolled at the sohool. this inoludes 18 in the baking 01a8.es and 16 in :meatoutting. fhe remainder are in the four oooking olass.s.

A trio of Fort Sill dootors pertormed a rare exchange ·transfUsion tor a newbornbaby at U.S. ArmyHospital in an operation Friday. !he ohild. a boy. had an RHoond!tion. whioh ns notioed when the ohild 1I'&S one hour old. The operation oonsisted ot draining the baby's blood gradually. replaoing it nth blood trom the donor at the same time. Eighty-fift peroent ot the baby's blood was exchanged in three hours. Week ot 18 Maroh - 24 Maroh 1961

S.ethiDg nflif' in the wa7 of tratfic satety effons 1s DOW' WIlderwa7at Fort. S1ll. It is the Safety Patrol. organized through the cooperation of the post transportation otficer. lIaj. Frederick St. JohD. It is not a part ot the Provost Marshal's otfioe and not an enforoement agency. the patrol il to make"oourtesy oorrections" of driving infraotions whioh it observes. It will affect both military and private whio1es.

Fort Sill is host this week to Fourth Armybasketball tourney. Somel'5 basketball players gathered at Honeyoutt gymna.siumJIonda.ymorning tor the opening. The Brooke Arm7 Medical Center. Saturda7 night. raced paat Fort Sill'. Cannoneerato oapture their third straight Fourth Army basketball title. The Special Senioes officer aDDounoed1ihis.ek tha1; a new library will be opened 801;Fert Sill in about i;wo weeka. With an initial oonsigDJDentof 8.000 'books. 'the library will be a branch for the 80U'thpart of the pos1;. Booksrill 'be added to this oollection as they oOlleilh

the largest Bingle 018os8of tae ,ear graduated tr •. The Artillery Sohool Tuesdaywhen~.'ber. of the Artille!'7 Officers Advanoedclas. receiyed their diplomas. Seven Marines and 1'7 Allied officers .re, amongthe graduates. Jlaj. Gen. A. D. Bruce .•••• oGllllD8neem.entspeaker u.d he was introduoed by lIaj. Gen. Harper. and Lt. Col. J. A. Seits. secretary. ~rAS. assisted Gen. Harper ia presenting the diplomas.

Lt. lacundo Casso. Jr., has beea appointed chemioal officer in oharge of the Fort Sill ohemical section. BOW operating as a separate un1t for the first time since 1945. /,=-, f ;. ~ I / I

Four hobby shops. inoluding wo04W'orkiDg.plastios. photography and leathercraft. were opened this week by Speoial Services.

!be first oorps artillery offioers oourse sin.. WWII days is undern.y at Fort Sill. The class started Mondaywith 13 swdents. One of the students, Col. John T. Honeycutt is 8. son of Brig Gen Franeis W. Honeycutt. for whomthe post gymnasiumis named.. The elass ftS designed to provide ad- vanoed refresher training to field grade officers in the dutdes and. responsibilities of corps artillery oommanders and staff offieers. It is to b. a four ..••• k eours•• providing instruotion in gunnery. materi.l. motors, observation. air training, oombinedarms. oODll1UD.ioations.oODlDl&D.dinspeotions. fire support ooordination and :methodsof instruotion.

Southwestern Bell Telephone companyh&s installed a pair of the most modern PBXswitchboards and 11 phone booths at the Reception Center. This phone Genter .•.•nt into partial operation this .•.••k, and is .xpeoted to 'be in full operation by this .••• k end. A lOU1l.geoompletewith soft drink machines and magazin•• has also beeD installed at the phone c.nter to make any waitiDg easier. Fort Sill will HITe as 1training oampfor the lS01;hlAP Bn of OklahQlll&andthree Texas un1t8- the XLI Corps Artillery. Hq8 and Hqs Det of the 8th FAGpand the 414th Obsn BD..'tmis summer. Encampmentdates are August 12- 26. The two nek Cloampmentswill concentrate on field and specialized training tor the guardsmen. Fourth A..rm.yheadquartersannounced.

FiDal totals ot the 1951 American Red Cross fund oampaign showthat 14.155 JUDl.bershipsnN subsoribed and total contributions b7 mili tar7 and civilian personnel of the post were $16.155.49.

A .tagehouse and oontrol tower on Southeast Corner Field- landing strip on the east raDge- nr •• completed this nek by men of the 83DEngineer Construction Battalion. '!'he struoture was completed in 120 days. The stagehouse :measure. 40 D7 25 teet. It will serve as a cla;tsroom for briefing pilots. The lG-teet square tower. standing 35-teet off the ground. will be used tor signaling and control of airoraft using the strip.

Sixteen men in the first meat-outters' olasa were graduated Friday trom the 412lst Food Service Sohool. The 01as8 inolucled seva Air Foroe .en trom base. as far _y as Westover Air Force Base. Massaohusetts. The oourse lasted eight weeks. A seoond.01a88 in meat cutting entered the sohool last month. They will graduate lIay 180 Weekof 22 April- 28 April 1951

1'M Direotor of Royal Artillery ad. other high ranJd DC Bri 1i1ahoffioers recently visited the Artillery School at Fort Sill. For two days the group toured various departments of the sohool observing tr&i.ning methods and aids in use. FinAl evet ot the tour was an artillery shoot whioh inoluud major army field foroea 'Rapons. tram amall mortars through the largest howitzers.

!his was a buay aek for departments ot TAS. TRlTe classes are scheduled for graduation either during the week or over the week end. .Among olasse. finishing this wek area Associate Field Artillery Battery Officer Course 6. Ball1stie Meteorology 5. Enlisted Communications41. Countermortar Radar 4, SOWldandFlash 6. Artillery Survey ". Operations Chief 3, Intelligence Chief 3. Battery Offioers' Refresher Course 1. SoundRanging 4. Survey Chief 6. Corps Artillery Otfioers 1. The Artillery Center Museum is still receiving exhibits to make its displays more complete than ever before. .Among the latest received is a display trom Frankfort arsenal which includes cut-aways 01'.30 •• 45 and caliber .50 ammunition. It shows each step in the process of manufacture. The 82nd Airborne Di.vision is sending parachutes and other jump equipment whioh will be displayed in the airborne section of the museum, Annex 1. Also in that exhibit will be a model C-1l9 or "Flying Boxcar," trom Fairchild Airoraft Co. An M-7 self-propelled howitzer has been painted and readied tor exhibit on the lawn and a color picture of Hunting Horse, early Indian scout, will soon hang in the museulh The National Arohives are sending World War I photos of artillery in action, and the U. S. Navy Bureau of Ships is lending a $500 model of an LST No. 1100 for exhibition.

The newly reactivated 595th FA Bn reoently started a program of recognition for outstanding trainees. Eaoh man selected will be designated as "Soldier of the Day" for one of the duty days of the week. Seleotion is based on proficienoy in all basic subjeots covered in training, with partioular emphasis on military appearance, oarriage and bearing. On that day that the trainee servas as ItSoldier of the Day," he will aooom.pany the battalion CO and selected staff officers throughout the entire duty day in order to orient the soldier on the scope and mission of the battalion. and thereby instill within him a keen desire to play his part on the team. Each battery will nominate three candidates weekly for the honor. The:men will as~emble each Saturday at battalion headquarters for further inspaction and final seleotion of the six honor soldiers.

Major General Hobart Gay, new deputy commanding general of Fourth Army, arrived at Fort Sill for a command inspection this week. It was his first visit to Fort Sill since his appoint- ment to the new job. Prior to that time he oommanded the 1st Cavalry Division in Korea. The command inspection lasted two days.

MOre than 50 officers from the military districts of Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana attended a pre-oamp planning conference at Fort Sill Tuesday in preparation ot ORC Camp 2. The camp will be held July 8 - 22 wi th units including the 95th Infantry Division, 429th Transportation Corps Highway Division, Math Trans. Corps Highway Group, and 978th Army Postal Unit.

;0 i 10i}' School fr;' (l'!'f ;, Okla.hom;:; Week of 6 May - 12 May 1951

Settling down in their new home on Gunnery Hill. the personnel of the 145th FA Bn are rapidly orienting themselves to everyday living at Fort Sill. The 145th. a Utah national guard outfit, arrived here from Fort Hood, on April 17. Called to federal service in September 1950, the 145th was attached to the 2d Armored Division at Hood. It is one of four Utah Guard units now in federal service. The other battalion at Sill is the 653rd FA Oben Bn, a Salt Lake City unit.

Army pilots from the Department of Air Training flew to Fort Leavenworth. Kansas, to demonstrate the capabilities of their craft to the Army War College and the Command and General Staff School recently. Lt. Col. Erdie Lansford was in charge of the demonstration. The following day, 50 advanced students of the Department of Air Training flew students of C & GS on a reconnaissance for a three-day problem. With a colorful history dating back over 200 years, one of the oldest field artillery battalions, Fort Sill's own 2d FA celebrated its birthday this week. The battalion observed the occasion with a holiday picnic at Rucker Park. Athletic events and a special morning review conducted by the NCOs preceded a crack battery platoon competition. Marching under the motto, "The Second First", the 2d FA Bn has participated in every United States military action since the War of 1812. During this war, the 2d FA, commanded by Lt Col Winfield Scott, fired the rockets and bombs that Francis Scott Key wrote about in the "Star Spangled Banner" while he was being held prisoner on a British warship in Baltimore Harbor, just off shore from Fort McHenry. "B" and "c" Batteries were annihilated by Indians in the Dade massacre in Florida in 1836. The Indians were led by Osceola. After figuring prominently in the Mexican War, the 2d FA Quelched Indian attacks along the Western Frontier. During the Civil War, the outfit served in all battles of any consequence. The unit was organized at Fort Russell, Wyoming on May 31, 1907, in compliance with a War Department order. It participated in action against the Philippine Insurrection, World War I and World War II, winning battle honors in Northern France, Central Europe and the Rhineland. The Battalion was inactivated lfurch 29, 1946, at Camp Kolmer, New Jersey, and was again activated at Fort Sill on August 1, 1946, where it served as School troops for TAC until it was redesignated the 2d Rocket Field Artillery Battalion on January 20, 1948, with station at Fort Bliss, Texas. Battery "AU ren~ined at Fort Sill. On July 31, 1949, the battalion was re- organized and redesignated the 2d FA Bn (Rkt) with station at Fort Sill and on December 15, 1950, was redesignated as the 2d FA Bn on December 15, 1950.

The Department of Materiel gained a new director when Colonel lfurold S. Vihiteley was appointed to the position. The former director, Colonel H. J. Crigger, will continue as Director, Department of Motors. This is Colonel vVhiteley's third tour of duty at Fort Sill. It was 40 years ago Tuesday, June 5, that General Orders Number 73 established the School of Fire for Field Artillery. From that day in 1911, The Artillery School has grown to its present size and job of training artillerymen for the United States Army. A branch has been established at Fort Bliss, Texas, where guided missiles and anti-aircraft classes are held. The present Commandant, Major General A. M. Harper, is the 22nd commandant. Brigadier General W. H. Colbern, is the 21st assistant cormnandant of The Artillery School. From its small scale beginning as The School of Fire, the school's name was finally changed to The Artillery School. A few of the officers and men responsible for activities in the school's early days are still active. Among them are W~jor General Ralph MeT. Pennell, (ret) president of the Fort Sill National bank. Another old timer is Master Sergeant Morris Swett, (ret) the school librarian. ltMike" has been with the library since he came to Sill as a private. ilis career as a librarian started on April 1, 1915 and continues 36 years later. The first commandant of the school was Captain Dan T. Moore, since deceased. Other firsts include 1st Lt. Roger S. Parrott, who was the first supply and range officer. The first senior instructor was Captain Augustine McIntyre, who later served as commandant. First lieutenant Leslie J. McNair was the first statistical officer and later served as assistant commandant; he later became Chief of Army Ground Forces and was killed in Europe during World War II. McNair Hall, headquarters of The Artillery School was named for him. The first course at the school started September 15, 1911, when 14 captains and 22 noncommissioned officers arrived for training. Among those first student officers was Captain Henry W. Butner, who was commandant of the Field Artillery School and a major general in 1536. Until 1915 students lived in tents. The school was located in the old post during most of its early period. World War I created a great expansion in the school's training activities. A total of 3215 student officers were graduated from the various war courses. Post field was established at Sill in 1917. In 1919, the school's offieial name was changed to the Field Artillery School. World War II was another period of tremendous expansion. At present, with a war in Korea and an uncertain world condition in general, The Artillery School is busy turning out new artillerymen and giving refresher courses to reservists and national guard members, along with regular army personnel. This week Fort Sill joined other Ar.my installations all over the world in commemorating the l76th Anniversary of the founding of the United States Army. Congress authorized the organization of ten companies of riflemen on June 14, 1775. Six companies were from Pennsylvania and two from Virginia. On the foll~nng day Congress unanimously elected George Washington as commander in chief and two days later the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought near Boston.

Quick action by the 521st Transportation Truck Co~pany helped the Red Cross to meet an emergency situation at Colony, Oklahoma, Friday night when a tornado struck the town. The call from the Red Cross was received at 10:30 p.m., and four trucks were irr~ediate1y dispatched to the Quartermaster warehouse and loaded with blankets and cots needed in the disaster area. Leaving Fort Sill at 1:00 a.m., the trucks reported to the Red Cross at Colony at 4:00 a .m.. Nine men made the trip •

Eight plane loads of men and equipment went through their paces in Saturday's air drop before 2500 spectators. No mishaps occurred, although one ammunition trailer chute failed to open, and the strong winds made landing rough for the 100 men who made the jump. The drop was completed under combat conditions. Five planesloads of heavy equipment were in the demonstration, including four 105mm howitzers and jeeps. For this heavy equipment, two 100-foot chutes were necessary to bring them safely to earth. Military personnel, including staff and faculty members of TAS and their guests, viewed the drop from Hummell Knoll.

Fort Sill's Post field was the scene of an aerial invasion Wednesday when six DC-6s and 17 C-47s landed with the United States ~lIfili.taryAcademyclass of 1952. Some 545 cadets were in the group. They came to Sill follovdng a visit at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The senior class is flying to various posts and schools to give the cadets an idea of what branch of service they will want to enter after their graduation in June 1952.

An eighth chapel has been opened in Fort Sill this week and services will commence this Sunday, it has been announced by Post Chaplain Daniel W. Fielder. The new chapel is located near the Cantonment Hospital, the Cantonment Quarters, the Post Field, and the troop area now occupied by the ROTC. Fort Sill chapels were recently given a superior rating by the Department of the Army, and it is expected that the new chapel will maintain the same high standard. Fort Sill this week shook itself free of the debris left by ~fundayts early morning big wind and proceeded on its training missions with little loss of time. All available units were pressed into service in the posts biggest policing detail in history. As many as 20 trucks at a time were unloading at the dump area. Estimates of the damage costs were placed at $750,000. An estimated ~200,000 of the total loss was in aircraft at Post Field, with an additional $50,000 damage to the control tower. Sixty-two men were checked through the dispensaries for treatment of storm injuries while only four men were hospitalized. Most injuries were bruises and minor cuts sustained from flying timber.

A new program to provide Sill personnel with better fishing facilities is expected to get underway this summer. The Fort Sill Wildlife commission will restock many of the tanks and ponds as a result of a fish survey recently completed. As a result, nine of the lakes and ponds will be stocked and all but three will be closed for probably a year. The whole program of stocking post lakes and ponds is done by the Fort Sill Wildlife commission to provide good fishing here for military personnel. In a year or so it won't be necessary to drive all the way to Lake Texoma to catch fish.

A group of officers from Army Field Forces arrived at Sill Wednesday for a short visit. Najar General G. D. Shea, Artillery, headed the group. He was met at Post Field by Brigadier General W. H. Colbern, assistant cOIJIllandant,TAS, and Colonel E. B. Edwards, Chief of Staff, TAC. Some 15 classes of the Artillery School viewed a convincing argument last Saturday for being on the sending end of artillery. Starting with a simple gunnery problem in which one battalion fired on a target selected by the forward observer, the demonstration built to a five-battalion mass fire. Probably the one problem that impressed the spectator most was a time-on-target mission. Combined arms had the second part of the demonstration. Sixteen F-5l fighter planes from the l67th Fighter-Bomber squadron Godman AFB, Ky, flew the exhibit of close air support.

Chaplain (~aj.Gen.) Roy H. Parker, Army chief of chaplains, arrived at Fort Sill Tuesday to attend the two day conference VITlichopened Wednesday morning. Chaplain Parker is one of three chaplains who have seen service in both World War I and II and is the seventh Chief of Chaplains receiving the post in 1949 while serving on General Douglas L~cArthurls staff in Tokyo. The number of motor vehicle accidents on the post during the first six months of 1951 is less than the number of accidents during the same period of time last year, it was announced recently by Col. Joseph L. Driskell, Provost Marshall. This decrease in accidents has occurred in spite of the faot that the number of vehicles registered on the post has increased from 7,000 last year to 13,000 privately owned vehicles registered by June 30, 1951, acoording to the records. Causes of motor vehicle acoidents are discussed, and every aid to stress the importanoe of good driver training programs are used at the regular monthly meeting of unit safety officerso Week of 8 July- 14 July 1951

The 95th Infantry Division invaded Sill this week when about 1,500 reservists from three states opened their two-week summer camp. High spot in the training will come next week vdth a division maneuver on the range, a problem in defensive tactics, which will take the units out into bivouac for a couple of nights. The reservists are from Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. A few of the men are recent recruits but the bulk of them are veterans to whom the jobs of setting up unit headquarte~s and starting a training program are nothing new. Forty years old Thursday, July 19, and still growing! That is the record of the nation's Artillery School at Fort Sill. From a meager beginning in the summar of 1911, The Artillery School has grown to a sprawling giant training thousands of artillerymen every year. The uniforms of many nations are evident in the many classes conducted by the school. Students have increased from 14 captains and 22 non-coms who reported for the first class in September, 1911, to a high of 8,902 in February, 1943. The School of Fire for Field Artillery, as it was originally named, was at one time housed in an old trading store. In 1916, all of the staff and faculty were sent to units on the l~xican border. Early students have one thing in common with today's ROTC summer campers- they lived in tents. In 1915 more permanent quarters were available. The present Commandant, l~j Gan A. M. Harper, is the 22nd in line. Brig Gen G. H. Colbern is the 21st assistant commandant of The Artillery School. Capt Dan T. Moore was the first commandant. Post field was added to the school in 1917, and now houses the Army's only flying school. In 1919 the School of Fire was changed to the Field Artillery School, and in 1946, it was given its present name. A branch of the school is in operation at Fort Bliss, Texas, where anti-aircraft and guided missile classes are held. The motto of the school is "Cedat Fortuna Peritis," or "Let Fortune Yield to Experience." More than 2,000 students of the Fort Sill Artillery School viewed a Tactical Air Command fighter-bomber demonstration and it role in modern warfare Saturday afternoon. The Combined Arms Department directed the demonstration, which featured close air support to ground troops and field artillery fire by fighter aircraft. The scene of the show was the West Range. Flying in tight formation, speedy F-5l, "Mustang" fighters from. two squadrons of the l23rd Fighter Bomber Wing at Godman Air Force Base, Kentucky pounded tank and vehicle targets on the rolling, wooded artillery range while artillery fire and ground troops moved into action. The planes attacked targets with high explosive bombs, Napalm (jellied gas), and .50 caliber machine gun bullets from low level strafing runs. Taking part in the show were elements of the l56th and l65th Fighter Bomber Squadrons, who, before their recall to Federal Service last October, were components of the North Carolina and Kentucky Air National Guard. Purpose of the aerial demonstration was to train and indoctrinate Fort Sill Artillery School personnel in techniques and capabilities of fighter-bomber aircraft in support of forces in the field.

The largest ROTC enc~~pment in the history of Fort Sill ended its summer training with a two hour full dress review at the Polo Field Thursday morning. The commissioning ceremony took place at 1:30 p.m., at ROTC headquarters. Twenty colleges and universities from the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Army areas in addition to the University of Hawaii had contingents here. Week of 'S July- 4 August 1951

It was a great day for the 28 members of OCS class I, when they walked across the stage Tuesday morning and received their diplomas. The graduation took place at 0930 hours in the patio of the Officers' Mess. The graduates, after a rugged 22 weeks of training. heard Maj Gen A. M. Harper, Commanding General. The Artillery Center. say that the requisites of a successful army officer were the same as those necessary for success in any other field of endeavor.

The 4121st Food Service School will graduate its 14th class of cooks and its fourth class of bakers Friday. with ceremonies scheduled to start at 0900 hours.

Lt Col Thomas R. Bruce, Jr., took over as Deputy Chief of Staff. TAC. Wednesday. succeeding Lt Col I~x L. Pitney, who became Assistant Chief of Staff. G-l. Stationed here since April of last year, Colonel Bruce has been instructing in the Department of Combined Arms. He came to Sill from GHQ Far East Cmnmand. where he was in the G-l Section.

The Artillery Officers' Advanced course of 1951-52, got underway Tuesday with an opening ceremony at 1100 hours in Theater 1. More than 300 officers heard the welcome speeches. Approximately 350 students are expected to attend the class. ~~ny of them are allied officers. The class will be at Sill until October 24. when it will move to the AAA and GM Branch at F'ort Bliss. staying there until December 22. The students will return to Sill January 7 for the remainder of the 11 month course. Graduation is slated for June 25, and is generally the most colorful of the year.

Fort Sill's swiwfiing team, led by hard working Sgt Bob Sohl, won the Fourth Army swimming championship Saturday at Fort Bliss, nosing out Fort Hood. 26~ to 26. A group of instructors from the Department of Airborne and Special Operations parachuted into the Punchbowl early Tuesday morning. Also making the jump were two men from the 11th AB Division, Camp Campbell, Kentucky. The group stepped out of a C-82 at 0715 hours. Wind velocity at 1,000 feet was 30 miles per hour but dwindled to a safe nine miles per hour on the surface. Four officers and five enlisted men made the drop.

A new allied liaison officer has been named to fill the job recently vacated by Major Wilson K. Dickerman. Major Dickerman is pres~ntly taking refresher work preparatory to reporting on a new assignment. He has been liaison officer for the past 19 months. l~jor John Moses, Sandwich, New rfumpshire, is the new liaison officer. The major moved to the new job from the Department of Extension Courses where he had been since attending the Advanced class of 1949-50. More than 400 Texas National Guard members are holding a two-week summer oamp at Fort Sill. The oamp started Sunday, August 12. The camp includes Headquarters, XLI Corps Artillery, Headquarters, 8th FA Group, and the 474th FA Observation Battalion. This is the second summer that the units have come to Sill. Formed since the end of WWII, they spent their first two summer camps at Fort Hood, Texas. The Texans are quartered in the ROTC summer oamp area. They have had classwork each day since the oamp got undervray. Next week they will head for the range.

Lt E. A. Treadwell and his men from the Signal Corps Eneineering laboratories, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, are this week, demonstrating the newest Signal Corps gear -- new standard series of radio sets and light weight walkie-talkies. The lab men installed the new equipment, gave a demonstration and are currently giving a 40-hour oourse on the new equipment to instructors and personnel of the Communications Department. With half the weight and twice the frequency of the old set, the new walkie-talkie set is a revolutionary development. Conversation can be picked up eight to ten miles with good weather conditions. The battery life also is increased with the new type plug in units.

Thirty-eight unit I&E instructors ended a 40-hour discussion leaders' oourse last week at the post I&E centers. The unit instructors attended class for 10 mornings, four hours a day over the past two weeks. The course was designed to give training in discussion leading to men who have not attended the Armed Forces I&E school at Fort Slocum, New York.

Oklahoma's National Guardsmen -- an abbreviated unit compared to former years -- moved briskly into training Monday. This year the camp is being attended by the 160th MP Battalion and Hq & Hq Detachment, a total of 200 men and officers. They are quartered in the 5400 area on the post. Brigadier General Roy W". Kenny, state adjutant general, is in command of the guard camp. The units are not part of the 45th Division. Guardsmen will complete qualification and familiarization firing on ranges, specialists will receive on the job training, and classroom lectures and training films will be utilized to bring the latest nnlitary developments to all men. The]~ battalion will bivouac in the field and conduct a formal retreat before the guardsmen return to their home stations August 26. Personnel of FARTC, this Saturday, celebrated the organization's first birthday with "due ceremony." Colonel Liebe was the first officer assigned to FARTC when it was still in the planning stage. A year later the unit has trained thousands of men and is still grovnng. A new soldier's stay in FARTC was originally eight weeks, then 14 and now 16 weeks. At present, a group of picked officers and men from the organization are taking a special course with the Department of Observation to qualify them as instructors with the planned sound and flash batteries. Every member of the staff can look back on a year of great accomplishment.

Safety Week will be observed at Fort Sill from August 26 through Septenilier3, in cooperation with the state of Oklahoma's efforts to promote safety measures and education. Unit commanders have been enjoined to help the post safety observance by every possible means. Among ideas suggested to unit commanders for use in their safety programs are: Hold- ing of intra-unit safety contests when practicable; discussing safety practices at commanders' periods or other appropriate formations; showing available training films on safety; dis- playing safety posters to be supplied by the PM Safety section and cautioning each man leaving on pass regarding safe driving practices.

The baking course of the 4l2lst Food Service School opened a new phase of instruction here this week when a field bakery was put into operation in the 3,100 area. It is the first time the school has made use of the field bakery. Each 18 man baking class now will put in approximately two weeks in learning to operate the field setup. The bakery normally calls for nine men to operate it but the students will work in six man groups. The remainder of their time in "practical" baking will be spent in learning garrison work in the post bakery and the more fancy aspects of the trade in the central pastry shop at the school, 912 Randolph. The students get 11 weeks of instruction, seven weeks of it in practice. Basic equipment for the field bakery consists of two gasoline burning ovens, one mixer and four fermentation cans. Both the round field bread, with half-inch crusts, and the newer "sheet bread" are turned out by the students.

Thirty men in the first class since WWII were graduated Saturday from the Enlisted Artillery Track Vehicle Maintenance Course. Twenty-one of the graduates were from Fort Sill. The others came from Fort Devens, Massachusetts and Fort Bragg, North Carolina. With a lusty cheer, thirty six new second lieutenants wound up their arduous course of study following commencement exercises Tuesday. Thirty six of the original fifty three members of Artillery OCS Class No. 2 received their diplomas during the ceremony at 0930 hours at the Officers' Mess patio. The speaker for the occasion was Brigadier General W. H.Colbern, assistant Commandant, The Artillery School.

A class in citizenship for the foreign-born dependents of service personnel will open at the Army Education Center on Tuesday, September 11, Lt. Col. E. F. Resek, TI&E officer, announced this week. The class will meet two nights each week, Tuesday and Thursday at 1900 hours, and last until 2100 hours. The class will run approximately six weeks. It was "business as usual" Tuesday when the Fort Sill Reception Center celebrated its first birthday. The men of the unit are working to process rotation combat personnel, inductees and reserves who are just re-entering the service as well as those who are being discharged. The Reception Center was organized by a TAC General Order in August 1950 and was manned by Regular Army personnel from Fort Sill until September 4, 1950, wlwn it was officially turned over to the 4050th Organized Reserve Area Service Unit, an Oklahoma reserve unit. The Reception Center was first housed in the 2800 area in which the Artillery Officers Candidate School is now located. In January 1951 it was moved to its present location in the 3500 -- 3600 area. The Reception Center has a Headquarters & Headquarters Company, four letter companies and a Casual Company_ The four letter companies, Company A and Company B are for the processing of rotation coniliat personnel, Companies C and D for processing inductees and Company E for discharges. Casual Company processes men that have been called to active duty in the reserves.

Colonel Joseph DeRita has arrived at Sill to J01n the staff of the Department of Combined Arms, where he will head guided missile instruction. He was stationed with the 4052nd ASU, Fort Bliss. Fifteen Cushman motor scooters have been added to transportation facilities at Fort Sill. The motor scooters are said to achieve fifty miles to a gallon of gasoline thus saving thousands of gallons of gasoline per year. Consider- ing their small size, the scooters will do a man's job. They carry a maximum payload of 550 pounds, with a gross weight including driver~ of l~035 pounds. There are two speeds forward and one reverse. They even have knee action and three-wheel brakes~ providing comfort and safety. The motor scooters are expected to save money on maintenance as well as on gasoline.

Twenty-six students graduated from AAOC Class 6~ during a ceremony at 0930 hours, Wednesday~ in Theater 5. The class started May 28. Diplomas were presented by Brigadier General w. H. Colbern~ AC~ TAS, who also gave the address.

Under the direction of Captain Robert E. Rich, co~nanding officer of Company "B"~ 46th Engineers, five barbecue pits~ two pavilions~ a special service boat house and other improvements at Lake Elmer Thomas were recently completed. The construction was done for military personnel and their dependents at Fort Sill. Week of 16 September- 22 September 1951

A complement of highly trained officers for command and staff jobs in the U. S. Army will be provided by a special associate course. which will be conducted at Fort Sill, January 13 to March 8, 1952. The Fourth Army course, in three phases, is taken from courses of the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Qualified officers of the Regular Army, Organized Reserve Corps and the National Guard, under 44 years of age, are eligible to attend. Practically every phase of command and staff functions will be taught during the course. The special associate course will consist of 155 extension course hours and six weeks of progressive instruction given in three two-week periods apprOXimately one year apart. Each two-week period will consist of ten days class room instruction of approximately 7 hours each dayo The 46th Engineers successfully completed rigid 4th Army tests here last week. The tests were under tactical conditions wi th the I'enemy" attacking several times during the two and one-half day tests. They build, under combat conditions, an air field, laid a concrete floor in the post printing shop, a timber trestle bridge, railroad stub, observation shelter and other construction jobs. The timber trestle was built in about two and one-half days and will hold a load of about 50 tons. About two feet of dirt was removed from the print shop to enable the Engineers to lay concrete floor about 5 inches deep. During the operation of the rock crusher, the Engineers crushed about 415 cubic yards of rock.

Fort Sill officials were hosts to a number of visitors this week. }~jor General Charles D. Palmer, inspector of ArtiJ.lery, OCAFF, is here on his first visit since his appoint- ment to the position formerly held by Major General George Shea. General Palmer was formerly Commanding General of the 1st Cavalry Division in Korea. He is visiting various departments of The Artillery School. Another visitor on the post this week was Brigadier L. G. H. Dyke, C.B.E., D.S.O. Australian army representative fram Washington, D. C. Brigadier Dyke visited school departments and conferred on techniques used by corps artillery. Another visitor is General Efisio ~~rras, chief of staff for defense, from Italy. General ~~rras toured the post Wednesday.

Colonel Otto Ellis, Commanding Officer of Service Group, will terminate over 32 years of active military service Sunday, when he steps do~n from his command position to enter retirement. As a matter of coincidence, he is leaving the service on the same post at which hebegan his soldier's career in 1916. Upon retiring Colonel Ellis plans to move his family to Sarasota, Florida.

Fifteen newsmen of Allied nations were guests of The Artillery Center, Wednesday. They were here to inspect and compare defense methods of this nation with those of their own countries. The tour of inspection began with the Department of Communication. Other installations visited during the morning included Training Publications and Aids, a permanent NCO quarters building and finally to the student officers' mess for lunch. The work simplification program at Sill got under way at 0900 Wednesday when a group of 24 key supervisors attended an orientation meeting at T-2181 in the Ordnanoe area. Twelve supervisors each from Ordnance and Transportation heard various speakers explain and comment on the training they would receive, its aims and expected results. The program here is a part of an Army-wide program which is planned to increase efficiency of operations by the use of modern management techniques which have been proven in both industry and the military forces. Two instructors, or trainers, will teach Sill supervisors.

Lt Col D. D. Rasco has been assigned as Staff Judge Advocate of The Artillery Center, succeeding Lt Co1 Fred H. Morris, who was transferred from the post.

Fort Sill's 46th Engineers recently received a new insignia. The new coat-of-arms consists of a fleur-de-lis imposed on a rail spike centered on a red and white shield. The winged wheel of the Transportation Corps has been ommitted from the original insignia. A little over one year has passed since the 46th Engineers made their home at Fort Sill. The battalion was reactivated on 22 September 1950. Engineers moved into the Wherry Housing area this week and began carving roadways in the stubble. E. B. Hill of Sherman, Texas is the subcontractor for the road work, and his crew are hard at work shaping the roads and clearing storage areas. The first houses, all individual units, will be built in Area A, which lies just east of Sheridan Road and at the north edge of the site. The total project will include 285 buildings -- 215 duplexes and 70 single dwellings. They will be constructed at the south edge of the reservation be~veen Fort Sill Boulevard and Sheridan Road.

A plaque representing the coat of arms of the Republic of Korea Artillery School was presented to The Artillery School in a ceremony at the OCS Parade ground this week. The plaque was sent here by Brigadier General Kim Key Wan, chief of artillery of the Republic of Korea army. He is also commandant of the Korean Artillery School. The plaque is a work of art. ~~de of hardwood, it is beautifully lacquered in black, with the coat of arms inlaid in mother-of-pearl or shell. The school's motto, "Ahra Yah Handah, II or liVremust kn01.'l, tlis inlaid below the emblem. The emblem itself is the swne as that of TAS. General Harper accepted the plaque and thanked the Koreans on behalf of Fort Sill. The plaque will be hung in a place of honor in TAS library where a number of coats of arms of famous artillery units hang. Week of 7 October- 13 October 1951

The 46th Engineers celebrated their birthday at Rucker Park this week. Featured in the one half day holiday was the award of battle streamers to the battalion by Colonel E. B. Edwards, Chief of Staff, The Artillery Center. Events that drew con- siderable attention were the driVing contest, rope tying contest and skits presented by the various companies. RefreShments were served in the Battalion area after completion of the events.

More than $10,500 has been turned on Fort Sill's COJmnunity Ches t fund, Colonel D. M. Whi te, chairman, announced today. The drive has not yet reached the half way mark, and it is believed that collections will be heaviest toward the end, with the 1 November payday contributions putting the campaign over the top.

The Post Blood Donor program ended its second week with flying colors. To date, the quota of 120 pints of blood per day has always been met and usually topped. The Center had its 1000th donor this week. Fifty nine OCS candidates pinned on gold bars after a graduation ceremony at 0930 Tuesday in the Officers' Mess Ballroom. They were members of the fourth class to graduate here since OCS started its first class last February. It was also the largest class in number of graduates, with 26 states represented. The 97th Army Band played for the graduationo Col F. G. Smith, OCS commandant, introduced the speaker, Col R. A. Gordon, Commanding Officer, TAS Command. The new officers were sworn in by Col D. M. White and received their diplomas Maj Gen A. M. Harper, Commanding General, The Artillery Center.

A large Italian flag was presented to Fort Sill in a ceremony at 1145 Monday in front of McNair Hall. Capt Ennio Franco, Naples senior officer of the Italian students, presented the flag to 1~j Gan A. M. Harper, CG, TAC, on behalf of Gen Efisio Marras, Italian chief of general staff, who visited here last month. The flag will be displayed in TAS library, MCNair Hall.

Co~onel L. L. Manly was named Adjutant General of the Artillery Center this week. He replaces Col D. M. White, who is on overseas orders. Colonel I~nly comes to Sill from Headquarters FECOM, where he was assistant Adjutant General.

A school which the 77th FA Gp started this week is thought to be the first of its kind in the army. It was set up to teach battery motor sergeants and mechanics the differences in old and new army vehicles. The first seven weeks will see every motor sergeant in 77th Group and one mechanic per battery attending the 44-hour course. The second cycle will train battery motor officers and battalion motor sergeants. CWO Chris Nelson, Group Motor officer and Jess A. Goddard, civilian ordnance technician from Preventive Maintenance office, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md., are in charge of the school's operations.

Mr. Eliot V. Parker, U.S. Army Safety Director and Mr. H. T. Buchanan, Fourth Army Safety Director made an annual inspection of Fort Sill's Safety Program here this week.

Lt Col Agnes Maley, chief of Army Nurse Corps Personnel, Surgeon General's Office, Washington, D. C., and Lt Col Augusta Short, Chief Nurse, Fourth Army, made an inspection of the nurses corps at the Station Hospital this week. Week of 28 Ootober- :3November 1951

Lt Gen leRoy Lutes, Commanding General of the Fourth Army, arrived at Post Field at 1100 hours, Monday, for a routine inspection of training being oonducted at Fort Sill. General Lutes expressed himself as being highly pleased with the state of training.

The Artillery School staff has under~one a number of ohanges during the past two months. Out of 18 directors and executives assigned to the instruction departments, there have been eight ohanges. Col. Edwart T. Whiting has been named the new director for General Subjects. TAS Command has a new exec, who "'''asnamed to the position vaoated by Lt Col D. W. Hayes. He is Lt Col John R. Magnusson. Fifty six aircraft and 86 officers and enlisted men from the Department of Air Training are taking part in a terrain exercise at C &: GS College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, this week. The planes took off in four flights at half-hour intervals Monday morning. They included 50 L-19s, 3 H-13 helicopters, one LC-126, one 1-17 and one T1-2l. The helicopters flew by themselves, since they have a lower cruising speed and range than the fixed -wing craft. One of them was seen scouting the Missouri river near Kansas City, hunting for the bodies of men killed in a recent B-25 crash there. More than 400 students were to be flown during the exercise.

A group of senior ROTC instructors from 11 schools and five Army areas attended a conference at Fort Sill this week. The purpose of the conference was to bring them up to date on the latest training trends, ideas and new developments at The Artillery School. During the week the group visited the Departments of Combined Arms, Gunnery, Materiel, Communications, Observation, Motors, Training Publications and Aids and Air Training and The Artillery School Board. Weak of 11 November- 18 November 1961

ORC sohoo1 oenters allover the United States are represented among the 120 reservists attending a week-long orientation olass here for ORC school instructors. The class is similar to one held here a week ago for ROTC instruotors. Members of the olass are stationed in sohool centers in major cities. They will instruct ORC members on inaotive status who are not assigned to units. The course was designed to bring instruotors abreast of latest ideas at TAS so they may be passed on to the thousands of reservists attending sohool oenters in every part of the country. Range offioe reoords shaw there have been 77 fires on the range sinoe July 1. Some 40 of them were in impaot areas, while 30 were the result of oarelessness. The remaining seven were from unknown oauses. Personnel have been warned about the use of warming fires during oold weather. New regulations for the use of warming fires inolude the following: No fires will be built except by order of a troop commander, instruotor or offioial in oharge of an exercise and he must be present at the time with the troops or students in the field. There are to be no open fires; they must be built only in a metal oontainer and the area around the fire must be cleared of all grass and vegetation. The fire must be extinguished with water or dirt or both. The officer or nonoom in oharge of the unit will personally inspeot the site of the fire to be sure that it is oompletely out before the unit leaves the area.

Thirty one volumes from the library of Brig. Gen. Augusitne A. MoIntyre (rat) former Sill commandant, have been received at TAS Library. Gen. McIntyre was the first permanent instruotor assigned here when the Sohool of Fire was organized in 1911. He is now a resident of San Antonio, Texas. Graduates of the first I1elicopter Transport Pilots' oourse in U. S. Army history reoeived their wings at 1030 hours. Saturday in Room 305 MoNair Hall. The 28 graduates received their wings from Maj_ Gen. Frank A. Heileman. Chief of the Transportation Corps. who gave the graduation address. Twenty.rive of the graduates were sworn in as warrant offioers (jg) by Captain Leo B. Osterhaus. Assistant Adjutant General. The other three students already held warrants.

The Department of Motors. TAS. oelebrated its first anniversary of its re-establishment Saturday with an open house and a display of equipment used by the departments. Host for the festivities was Col. Herman J. Crigger. the director of the department. who has been the head of the organization for almost seven years. Excavation began today at Fort Sill for construction of a $440.00 grade school building for the Post Children's School. The structure will have 20 classrooms and has been designed to accommodate 525 pupils. The current enrollment is 339. Site for the building is South of Sheridan Road and immediately east of Geronimo Road. It is a clearing just south of a wooded section. The school is being constructed by the Housing and Home Finance Agency of the Federal Security Agency.

The post blood drive passed the 5.000 point mark Tuesday. This week is the 12th that the blood donor center has been in operation. The 17th FA Group topped the post in donations last week with a total of 62 pints. 53 of them given by donors from the 522nd Infantry Battalion. Week of 16 December- 22 December 1951

Rotated Korean veterans have teamed up in the 77th FA Group to describe to their fellow soldiers, lessons learned in combat. The "Korean Veterans Instruction Program," in operation since November 1, gives all enlisted men an eye- witness account of the Korean conflict. Discussion is in- formal, direct and to the point. The instructors were told simply to impart their individual observations and experiences so that the troops can better understand the nature of oombat. Seasoned veterans from every division and regimental oombat team in Korea describe what they saw, where they fought, and what happened to them individually. All types of oooupational specialists are represented.. The program includes two periods of instruction for all enlisted personnel monthly.