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Thursday, February 24, 1944
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BKBjLABMjOO
(This swry _
XWNS readers by ifa«
Public Relations, Wmr Depart
ment.)
Soldier-historians of -the tits-
torical 1n«neh, 0-2, military tn-
telligenee ^Shrision of the ^war de
partment .general Staff, aare busily
at wotk. in 'the battle wraas and
mong the documents in : Washing-
ton, D. C M ascertaintng and re
cording the military events of
this many-sided global vwtr, m
uhey occur, for present and post
war official pnblicatton, the war
department announced.
General functions of the . his
torical branch, which was estab
lished by order August 3, 1943, Of
the secretary of war, are to plan
and supervise the compilation of
he military history Of the pres
ent war.
Four days after the Japanese
attack at Pearl Harbor, arrange
ments were made by the , histori
cal section of the army war col
lege to index the operational
papers of this war. A detailed
chronology of events was begun.
The chief task of the branch is
•writing. Particularly, writing the
history Of military operations in
:the field. There mte three im
mediate objectives, -ail of which
are under way.
One Is the preparation of pam
phlets to be distributed to con
valescent wounded soldiers, giving
them -accounts of the actions in
which they took part. Another is
writing detailed narrative ac
counts of individual operations
and campaigns -against the ene
my.. A third is prepartion of a
one or two-volume .popular his
tory of the war to be published
as soon as possible after the
cessation of hostilities.
One of its long-term objectives
is an official history in several
volumes. Another is the publica
tion of official documents, which
United States and particularly
in overseas operations.
To achieve these objectives the
branch has a staff of military
and civilian personnel, nearly ail
of whom have been drawn from
the ranks of professional histori
ans; They are aided by an ad
visory committee Of-eminent his
torians.
Members of the branch now -are
-functioning in this country and
abroad to ‘achieve the task of
preparing adequate combat nar
ratives. 'i’he job has been con
siderably -aided by -the fact that*
the army air forces historical sec
tion is covering the combat ac
tivities of that service, and also
by formation of headquarters his
torical sections in several theaters
of operation. It was found, how
ever, that for the adequate prep
aration of narratives Of combat
in all theaters, the records avail
able in Washington were insuffi
cient, and men who had seen
neither the terrain nor the ac
tion were not equipped to do the
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So it was proposed to send of
ficers and men to the various
theaters to obtain fuller data on
operations. They were to inter
view fighting men and, on oc
casion, observe operations at first
hand. Lieut. Col. John W. Kem
per, first tested the idea him
self. He went to the Aleutians
and acompanied the Kiska opera
tion. So satisfactory were the re
sults that three-quarters of the
military staff are now in the ov
erseas theaters working in teams.
They are writing preliminary nar
ratives to be forwarded to Wash
ington for editing.
Special efforts are being made
to cover the activities of batta
lions, companies and even smaller
units since the whole field of
minor tactics has been much neg
lected in military literature. The
objective of this endeavor is to
produce case-history material ol
technical value to troops in train
ing and to students of military
history.
It is believed that the first
public publication proceeding from
the work of the branch will be
projected popular history, which
may be ready a few months after
conclusion of the ,war.
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Caught from Recent Reports df
County Farm Agent
Cherokee, S. C. Stribling.—As a
result of oAr neighborhood meet
ings, farmers have already order
ed about 3,000 tons of limestone,
have placed requests for about
one million linear feet of ter
races, and have planted about
25,000 kudzu crowns.
Orangeburg, R. D. Suber.—Thf
South Carolina Hampshire Breed
ers Association held a sale of 46
animals which sold for $3,260.00
The breeders were well pleased
and the farmers purchasing the
animals are owners of good here
stock.
. Anderson, E. P. Josey. — Tlr
liming program is going over in
a big way. Already the AAA of
fice has taken applications for a-
bout 30,000 tons of lime and a-
bout 10 carloads have alreadj
been delivered.
Williamsburg, R. A. Jackson.-
Twenty-one farmers were assistec
during the month in obtaini i
seeds and fertilizers to start or v .n
ovate pastures.
Sumter, J. M. Eleazer. —
farmers are really preparing t
plant lespedeza this year,
tons of seed have been bre
in, and much more is on ore. r.
Newberry, P. B. Ezell.— ',
erative shipping of poultry
proved to be a great benell
our farmers. Up to date this
son 360 farmers have sold j
pounds of poultry amountin
$3,582.34.
Jasper, N. ft. Davis, Jr.—' uit
a few farmers have placed l ?er
on feed during the past 6 w~eks
The total number now on feed ir
approximately 150, the larges'
number we have put on feed ii.
recent years.
Chester, M. C. Crain.—Meetings
are being scheduled in every com -
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munity to continue the organiza
tion of all farm labor, machin-%
ery, material and other equip
ment to meet the war goals set
up for 1944.
Hampton, J. c. Anthony.—In
January we placed group orders
for 3,600 pounds of lespedeza seed
for pasture and soil building
crops, 250 pounds of Dallas grass
for pastures, and 7,000 kudzu
crowns.
Barnwell, J. T. Graves.—Four
farmers were assisted in develop
ing permanent pastures for beef
eattle grazing. A display, showing
permanent pastures and the AAA
payments, set up in the hall of;
(,he agriculture building, attracts
attention. \
Greenville, W. R. Gray.—On,
January 12 the Soil Conservation
Service and AAA reperesentatives
met for a conference regarding
plans for making the 1944 Triple-
A terracing, lime, kudzu, and*
sericea programs as effective asj
possible
-AAA Payments
Offered On An
nual Lespedeza!
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Darlington, Feb. 19.—Hie seed ?
ing of annual. lespedeza for hay.
and grazing is rapidly 'gaining in
favor among South Carolina
farmers. To further encourage the 1
development of this crop, the
Triple-A in 1944 is offering
farmers payments of $1.50 pe
acre for “Establishing a satis-1
factory cover of spring seeded
annual lespedeza”, according tc
J. M. Napier, Clemson extension-;
AAA specialist.
Payment will be made only for
that acreage artificially seeded ir
1944, and payment for this prac
tice must come within the soil-
building allowance established for
the farm, Mr. Napier explains. A
satisfactory cover will be deemed:
to be established when the !
growth would justify harvesting
for hay. The lespedeza must b
left on the land (not cut for
hay) or, if turned under, must be
followed by a fall-sown crop.
Seed may be harvested. The les-.
pedeza may be grazed provided a
satisfactory growth is turned un
der or left on the land, or the,
crop is handled in such way as to
assure natural reseeding the fol-.
lowing year.
The following points, he says,
should not be overlooked in the
eeding of lespedeza; Plant on
heavy soils; the crop responds to
lime and phosphate; if well inoc
ulated lespedeza or cowpeas has
iot grown on the land during
the previous two or three years
it should be inoculated; seed 4C
icunds per acre broadcast be
tween February ! and March 31
on a firm seedbed.
County agents and county AAA
offices are in position to give fur
ther information on the estab-
ishment of lespedeza and speci-
'ications relative to Triple-A
payments.
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lcinq the biggest food production job of all . 4
time, you will need cvery pGtmd 6f-soda you
can get. It is coming in faster and, while ships
are still the big problem, there is reason to believe
thereiwill be enough for every eSSentialreqmrement.
1,000,000 tons of natural Chilean nitrate—
the tonnage U. S. farmers used last year
—properly applied, would produce 250,-
000,000 bu. of oats or 100,000,000 bu. of
wheat; 125,000,000 bu. of corn or 4,800,000
tons of forage crops; 6,000,000 tons of
vegetables, or 2,500,000 bales of cotton
a»d 1,100,000 tons of cotton seed.
These figures show why farmers need all the Chilean
Soda they can get to smash ’44 goals and help
make Victory sure!
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