Vol. 1, no. 9 (June 1943) - Oregon State Library: State Employee ...

June, 1943
ON GUA RDI
Page Eleven
Blood donors at Newberg contribute 155 pints of precious fluid.
North Africa Victory Day
Bloody Day in Newberg
Co. D, 8th Bn., Ladies Auxiliary, and
committee of Lester E. Reese Post o£
American Legion Auxiliary, with 160 l'edblooded
citizens of Newberg Rnd vicinity,
really celebrated North African Victory
Day, May 19, with hlood. We had a date
with the Red Cross Mobile Blood Bank
for that day. and the two Ladies' Auxiliaries
plus Co. D, had not let any grass
grow under their feet and for several days
had been working on the setup. The Red
Cross unit was scheduled to arrive at the
Legion Hall at 9 :30 A.M. and had to be
out by 2 :30 P.M., so that the blood could
be started for San Francisco on tilne.
otherwise it would spoil. .They jumped
the gun on us and arrived 30 minutes
earlier than expected, but they didn't catch
any one off base. The old sarge, with his
detail and the Auxiliary committee had
also j ' umped the g;un and were waitin'g for
them. It was a beautiful day and old
Mother Nature was giving us her most
gracious smile as the big Red Cross tr' ! ck
and station wagon with five nurses, wlth
Capt. Wagner in charge, wheeled up and
spotted for unloading. The first blood
donors were due to arrive at 9 :45 A.M.
We soon had the big truck .unloaded
and 12 big beds set up for the donors o
lie on while giving their blood ; the bIg
tanks in place in which the blood was to
be stored 15 recovery cots on the floor
and two iong tables at which coffee, fruit
juic"e and other eats were served the donors
after they had been l'eleased from the l'ecovel'Y
cots. Co. D and Auxiliary fUl'­
nished the l'ecovel'Y cots and five tramed
nurses. The American Legion Au iliary
committee under the chairmanshIp of
Mrs. Rahh Otis, furnished the .
l'efreshments.
Mrs. Paul Newton, preSIdent of
the Guard Auxilial'Y, was in charge of
that committee.
Co. D had details of uniformed men
working on' the floor assisting donors to
the ' beds and cots and to the refreshment
tables. Capt. Gawel', with Lieuts. Gibbs
an';',. Eggert were here, there and every
place keeping things moving ill a smooth,
orderly manner. .
At 9 :45 A.M. the first don'ors hit the
beds, and from then on until 155 (count
'em) . 155 full pints of blood were taken,
the largest amount ever taken by the
mohile unit. 'rhere was not a slow-up or
bottleneck developed at any point. Capt.
Wagner and nurses of the unit said that
they had never been given bettter cooperation
01' had worked with a bettel'­
natUl'ed bunch of blood donal'S. And right
on the dot when the time was up, the last
donors off the heds, as if by magic, Co.
D details stepped in, the truck was loaded,
with a wave of hands and "We will see
you next trip," they were wheeling back
to POl'tland. ,The Ladies of the Auxiliaries,
God bless 'em, were tired : the men of Co.
D were tired, but as we looked at each
other we smiled, we laughed, we were
happy we had bl'oken the l'ecord for the
blood hank. We had celebrated North
Africa Victory Day with our blood, with
not a Gestapo, not a gun, no billie clubs
01' dicta tal's. They just came, these free
men and women, from all ,valks of lifre,
with smiles, hut they gave their blood that
your boys and our boys, may have that
extra chance to live and come home to
us again. Yes, the 01' Sarge was tired
but he was proud of his town and vicinity
and Co. D and the Auxilial'y ladies.
Co. D has been working and drilling
hard, evel'Y man in the outfit doing his
part. As the old saying goes, the proof
of the pudding is in the eating. Well, we
have the proof. We put on a parade for
war-bond drive last month. Gen. Ralph
P. Cowgill was in the l'eviewing stand
with Capt, Gower. The 01' Sarge's spy No.
14 repol'ts that the Genel'al was quite well
pleased with the showing made by Co. n,
and the boys were sure strutting when
they learned of the compliment fl'om theil'
commanding general. A few days later
General Cowgill went to Willamina to l'eview
the boys over there at the bond drive.
Lieut. Gibbs acted as aide to the Gen'eral,
Lieut. Newton as M.C., with others from
Newbel·g. On the l'eturn tl'ip, Genel'al
Cowgill entel'tained the boys at McMinnville.
Now, here is a little tip from the 0 I'
Sarge for all you birds helonging to the
Guard outfits in Oregon: Spy reports are
that there is just a wee possible chanM
that we may lose out on our Han Guard"
Magazine if more interest is not shown
by sending in al'ticles of the activities
of your companies. So come on, boys, we
don't want to lose our Han Guard" Mag­
.azine. IThere isn't a Guard company in
Oregon but what can send in stories every
month that are of interest to all of us.
Surely some one can write in your outfit.
Snap into it, let's go !
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MILITARY COURTESY
(Continued from paIt) 3)
them for counsel and assistance,
not only in military and organizational
matters but in personal
01' family distress 01' perplexity,
This relationship may be gained
and maintained without relaxation
of the bonds of discipline
and with great benefit to the service
as a whole.
22. Importance of obedience.­
a. Discipline is evidenced by
obedience, the first and last military
duty of a soldier. To be effective,
obedience m u s t not be
blind; it must be intelligent and
trained. As such, it is the foundation
on which all military efficiency
is built. Without it, an army
becomes a mob. Obedience
is demanded from every person
in the Army from the highest to
the lowest.
b. Obedience must be prompt
and unquestioning. When a person
in the military service receives
a lawful order, it is not
for him to consider whether the
order is a good one 01' not, or
whether it would have been better
had such an order never been
given, or whether the duty ordered
might be better performed
by someone else, 01' at some other
time, 01' in some other manner;
his duty is, first, to understand
just what the order requires, and
second, to proceed at once or as
ordered to carry it out to the best
of his ability.
c. When by continued training
and subordination, obedience becomes
second nature and a habit,
the military individual may be
said to have acquired discipline.
23. Loyalty. - Obedience and
loyalty are necessary attributes
of the disciplined soldier. The latter
must not only obey willingly,
cheerfully, and to the letter the
orders he receives, he must also
strive to carry out, to the best
of his ability, their intent. The
known desires of superiors must
always be considered in the execution
of an order. The soldier
must also be imbued with a propel'
spirit of loyalty which he
must display not only toward his
organization, arm, or service, and
superiors, but to his subordinates
as well,