September-October - Air Defense Artillery

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C9ast Artillery Journal
Fifty-fourth Year of Publication
COLONEL E. B. WALKER, Editor
LT. COL. ARTHUR SYMONS, Associate Editor
The JOURNAL prints articles on subjects of professional
and general interest to officers of all the components
of the Coast Artillery Corps in order to
stimulate thought and provoke discussion. However,
opinions expressed and conclusions drawn in articles
are in no sense official. They do not reflect the opinions
or conclusions of any official or branch of the
War Department.
The JOURNAL does not carry paid advertising. The
JOURNAL pays for original articles upon publication.
Manuscripts should be addressed to the Editor.
The JOURNAL is not responsible for manuscripts
unaccompanied by return postage.
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The United States Coast
Artillery Association
OFFICERS
LIEUTENANT GENERAL LEROY LUTES
PRESIDENT
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN T. LEWIS
VICE PRESIDENT
COLONEL E. B. WALKER
SECRETARY-TREASURER
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
BRIG. GENERAL EDWARDA. EVANS
BRIG. GENERAL BRYAN L. MILBURN
BRIG. GENERAL RUPERT E. STARR
BRIG. GENERAL EDWARDA. STOCKTON, JR.
BRIG. GENERAL LAWRENCE B. WEEKS
COLONE~ FRANKLIN E. EDGECOMB
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COLONEL E. B. WALKER
The purpose of the Association shall be to promote
the efficiency of the Coast Artillery Corps by maintaining
its standards and traditions, by disseminating
professional knowledge, by inspiring greater effort
towards the improvement of materiel and methods
of training and by fostering mutual understanding,
respect and cooperation among all arms, branches
and components of the Regular Army, National
Guard, Organized Reserves, and Reserve Officers'
Training Corps.
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Group Subscriptions
The end of the actual fighting has brought numerO\t
changes in the military picture, but many officers realize:
that the usefulness of the JOURNALhas not ended becaUl(
the war has stopped. In fact, with the easing of censorshi d
regulations and with the lessening of the pressure on hu a,
dreds of soldiers who should be authors but never had th .
time, the JOURNALwill be better and more valuable thar,~
ever.
Lieutenant Colonel William H. \-Varrick, for inst~nc n
sent us 83 subscriptions from individuals of his 863d ~
A\\1 Battalion. The 56th AAA Brigade, Colonel R. H
Grinder, Executive, reached the 100% group with 20 newra
subscriptions. Lieutenant Colonel I-Iarry C. Bailey's 61J'
AAA Gun Battalion sent in seven subscriptions. ~
The larger units, too, are doing their share. Head,~
quarters, Third Army, sent in 255 subscriptions; Four-_
teenth AA Command, as part of a continuing effort, ac-a
counted for 85 since the last issue; and the Special Services.
Officer, Panama Coast Artillery Command, ordered 16,
subscriptions.
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Army and Navy Club of Manila
The Army and Navy Club of Manila, fonned more
than forty years ago but quiescent by necessity during the
three years of Japanese occupation of the Philippines, is
no,,, being reorganized. ~
Plans are being made to rebuild the club's once-handsome
home on Manila Bay, now roofless and badly battered
as a result of the bitter fighting that took place in and
around it last February.
The club continued to function after war broke out 7
December 1941, but under blackout conditions. Manila was
declared an open city 27 .December and the club was
closed on New Year's eve 1942. The Japs then took,it over. I
Major General \Villiam F. Marquat, antiaircraft officer of
Anny Forces in the Pacific, has been elected president of
the reactivated club. Other officers are: Captain M. L.
Hersey, USN, first vice president;J\'lajor General C. L.
Sturdevant, second vice president; Colonel Harry Adamson,
secretary-assistant treasurer; and E. B. Ford, civilian member,
treasurer-assistant secretary.
The Club, a private corporation, has $32,600 on deposit
in three banks in the United States and has in addition
$20,000 which was donated by the Noumea Officers Club,
after SWPA went out of existence.
The Club held its first meeting since the recapture of
Manila on 5 August in the Normal School Building, and
elected a Board of Directors. The meeting was called by
General Marquat, who was a director at the time the club
had ceased to function after the war began. He said many
requests had been made for prompt reorganization because
there was an apparent need in l\llanila for recreation facilities
for officers.
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