THE NEBRASKAN
Sunday, February 13, 1944'
Army
Editors
Pfc. Bill Cliisoltu
News
Pfc.Bill Calkins
Company A, B
Commanders
Transferred
Company commanders of both
A and B companies were ordered
out this week, as well as three
other officers formerly connected
witn UN s military staff, accord
ing to an announcement from Col.
James P. Murphy, military com
mandant.
2nd Lt. Francis M. Hesler, who
rode herd on the engineers in
Company B, has. been transferred
to the college of medicine in Oma
ha. He will take over command of
the medical students there. His
place as company commander has
been taken by 1st Lt. Joseph J.
Cook, who was previously sta
tioned on Ag with the STAR unit.
Company A's commander, 2nd
Lt. John P. Northcut, has been
shipped to Camp Carson, Colo.
2nd Lt. John D. Yoxheimer, who
was recently made comrr.ander of
the Field House's Company F,
will take over Lt. Northcut's duties.
Also transferred were Captain
Leo W. Pinard, commanding offi
cer ot me med students in Omaha,
to recruiting service at Ft. Des
Moines, la.; 1st Lt. Kenneth M.
Thompson, of the STAR classifi
cation office, to Brooklyn, N. Y.;
and 2nd Lt. Preston R. Armstrong,
also from the STAR unit's classi
fication office, to Ft. Sam Hous
ton, Tex.
C Mere
We are really In no position to
report on current news of Com
pany c today. Since so-called
"newsy" columns are comprised
as much of rumors as of anything
else, and since we've been out of
touch with the company for a
whole ten minutes or so, we feel
completely incompetent . . .
Inow that the moving from 402
to 308 is all over with and the
long-yea rned-for lights have been
obtained, comparative serenity
rules the company. Only one thing
puzzles us: When the heck are we
' ''""p time, to be in
the barracks, to use the lights?
j, ui.s is the fourth
or fifth moving we've had since
the course has started. Put don't
get us v rong we love the Army.
Which brings to mind the old
old story of the inductee who
walked around his reception cen
ter picking up scrap after scrap
ol p:iper; only, upon scanning eacli
one, to shake his head sadly an;l
say. "Nope, this ain't it."
After days of this behavior he
was finally called to the medical
officer's office and questioned
about it. He made no protests of
innoience and the officer was re
luctantly forced to write out his
r, - i ri :( hare. The draftee
took one look at it, jumped out of
t oitue, shouted, "Yep. this i.s
it."
We sincerely hope that a state-'
ment of the company command
er's will prove to be far from
prophetic. The statement, which
sent little quivers up and down
our back, was his never-tobe-for-gotten,
"I want you all to get
ready to move . . ." Shades of POE
were upon us then.
Our own legendary Jake Mon
duras took the Major at his word
yesterday, was heard making a
rapid "estimate of the situation"
concerning his current favorite on
sorority row. He skipped the first
four paragraphs, mainly because
hia mission was quite plain. Para
graph No. 5 was occupying him
when we spied Jake. He was
merely debating the who, what,
when, where and how of a date
for Saturday night. The morning
communique will prove whether
the Major really had something or
not. Tacticians take note.
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Slale Quarter-Finals
The quarter-final round of
the AST division of the All
Military ping-pong tournament
it scheduled to be played this
week, with a deadline for all
third round matches set for
Saturday. Company champions
will vie for the AST crown at
a later date.
All but two of the Aviation
Students' class champions have
earned their laurels. The play
offs for the detachment title
will follow the selection of the
remaining class winners
AST Men Get
Muster Out Pay
On Discharge
ASTP students will be eligible
for mustering- out pay, with only
a few exceptions, under the pro
visions of the recently-passed law
contrary to an erroneous interpre
tation seemingly prevalent on the
campus.
The law stateb that among
those excluded from receiving pay
ment are ''those whose total pe
riod of service has been as a stu
dent detailed for training under
(the) Army Specialized Training
Program." Asked to interpret this
statement. Colonel Murphy, head
of the ASTP at Nebraska, de
clared that this provision did not
include those students who have
had basic training or longer serv
ice in the Army, but only medical
or dental students who have never
taken basic. AST Reservists are
not eligible for these payments.
The law provides for the pay
ment to each person discharged.
Bats in Our Belfry
Fluttering in the F9 House
BY BILL SHORE.
Order of the Day: Sgt. Clerc
will hold an atlas rolling class
on the M101 Atlas at 0100 tomor
row in his study. Storage and
carriage of the M101 will be dis
cussed. Best suggestion for stor
ing: hang it on a hanger. Now
or relieved from active duty under
honorable conditions of one of the
following sums: $300 to those who,
having performed active service
for 60 days or more, have served
outside the continental limits of
the U. S. or in Alaska, $200 for
those with 60 days or more of ac
tive service who have served no
part outside the U. S. or in Alas
ka, $100 to those persons who have
performed active service for less
than 60 days.
There's a new prerequisite for
designated as "hello walk," tak
ing its name from the tradition
that all persons passing one an
other on the walk g.'e out with
a lusty greeting.
w know why there a toilet Us
sue shortage.
The EM of tlita command will
no longer walk sideways. Ship,
ment of some of the men to other
quarters, has left enough room
between beds for the men to face
forward.
Indicative that AST men have
more to say than they have
chances to speak are the numer
ous sleeping soliloquies we hear
every night. At least two men
are talking in their sleep at any
one time. Blackmail ought to be
a profitable business.
Surprise of the week: The lad
who took iron sulfide and hydro
chloric acid to rive his friend
a smelly treat. The solution
wouldn't give off its customary
odor. Someone had replaced the
acid with water, which it closely
resembles.
Question of the week: How the
1st Sgt. can tell when a mattress
hasn't been turned over from one
day to the next.
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