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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY SOUTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1963
Army National Guard’s Mobilization
Termed ‘Most Successful’ in History
WASHINGTON—Now that
the period of the “Berlin
Mobilization 1 ’ is coming to an
end—now that the active serv
ices have had time to increase
their striking power and the
immediate need for the reserve
forces is over—many people
are asking: “How effective
were these National Guards
men and Reservists, anyway?
How long did it take them to
become truly combat-ready?”
The answer from one high
Pentagon source: “This was
th* most successful mobiliza
tion in the histozy of the
United States.” Thus states
Major General Donald W.
McGowan, Chief of the Na
tional Guard Bureau.
General McGowan is a man
who ought to know. He has
spent a lifetime in the Na
tional Guard and has been
through three mobilizations
himself. His accomplishments
include leading an armored
cavalry regiment through the
Normandy invasion, command
ing a Guard combat division,
and guiding the entire 470,000-
man Army and Air National
Guard through the most cru
cial—and fruitful—years of its
existence.
“To see how well the Guard
did in this mobilization,”
General McGowan said re
cently, “you have only to look
at the record of the two divi
sions that were called to active
duty: the 32nd Infantry Divi
sion of Wisconsin and the 49th
Armored Division of Texas.”
Here are the facts that bear
out General McGowan’s claim.
Back in 1955, both the 32nd
and the 49th were among i>ix
National Guard divisions se
lected for a new high-priority
status by Gen. Maxwell D.
Taylor, then Army Chief of
Staff. General Taylor called
Ihis his “Six-by-Six” plan be
cause he required these six
divisions to be combat-ready
within six months after they
were mobilized. All but for
gotten by the general public,
the plan is significant .iow by
the contrast that it offers to
the events of the past ten
months.
Instead - of taking six
months, the 32nd and 49th
were declared completely com
bat-ready in four months—
and this included the two
weeks it took them to get to
camp and two weeks to leave
at Christmas time. If the
world situation had required
it, they could have made it
in three months.
HIT THE BEACH!—Jeeps and tanks of the mobilized 150th
Armored Cavalry Regiment of the West Virginia National
Guard roar down the ramp of a landing craft at Ft. Miles on
the Delaware coast. The swiftness with which the 150th became
combat-ready last winter earned it a place in the Army’s elite
Strategic Army Corps (STRAC).
It was a grueling experi
ence, not soon to be forgotten
by the members of these units.
At Fort Polk, Louisiana, the
49th Armored was challenged
in the dust and mud with rug
ged combat exercises requiring
its tanks and men to maneu
ver and fire exactly as they
would on the battlefield. At
Fort Lewis, Washington, the
32nd was challenged in the
tall pines and in the moun
tains, day and night, against
a tough, clever aggressor who
turned a routine tactical exer
cise into an infantryman’s
nightmare.
But all this seemed worth
while when, immediately after
being declared combat-ready,
both divisions were assigned
to the Army’s Strategic Army
Corps (STRAC), the first Na
tional Guard units ever to be
assigned to this elite fighting
force.
So impressive was the
Guard’s performance, in fact,
that General James Van Fleet
reported: “The quality of these
units is far above any previous
mobilization that took place in
World War II or Korea.”
Are there any specific rea
sons for such a marked im
provement in our citizen-sol
diers ?
“Yes,” says Gen. McGowan,
“and the primary one is the
six months training program
which provides active duty
basic training for every non
prior service man we enlist.
This has raised National
Guard training to the unit
level across the board.
“Then, too, we avoided our
mistake of both world wars
of reorganizing Guasd units
after they were called up. In
1959 we converted the entire
Army Guard to the new Pen-
tomic structure and when the
Berlin crisis came upon us,
we were able to provide the
Army with the type of units
it really needed. All they had
to do was finish their training.
“And finally, this was the
first mobilization in modern
history in which we were able
to preserve the integrity of
our units. In Korea, you will
remember, many of our key
officers and NCOs were pulled
out of their units to beef up
overseas-bound active Army
units. This helped the Army
but it sure weakened our
Guard units.”
These are the facts of the
Berlin Mobilization. But they
do not tell the whole story.
It remained for Sen. Henry
M. Jackson of Washington to
put the overall effect into
words.
“This is the first time,” he
said, “that a President _ has
been able to use the military
power represented by our re
serve program to achieve a
foreign policy objective.”
National Guard "Operation Muster 1963”
Recalls Practice of Early Colonial Days
CLOSE SUPPORT J—An Army National Guard infantryman frags the
ground as jets scream low overhead providing close battle support Field
training exercises with emphasis on realism help keep Guardsmen at a
high state of readiness.
97.3% of Ar
II
Guard Units
Rated ExceUent or Superior
Of the some 3600 Army Na
tional Guard units rated by the
Regular Army during their 1962
Annual Field Training session
last summer, 97.8% of them re
ceived Excellent or Superior rat
ings, the highest percentage in
Guard histozy.
The Guard spends two weeks
In tiie field each summer sharp
ening their combat ability and
being rated under the tough eye
of regular Army evaluators. But
this is just one part of National
Guard training which has en
abled it to earn the reputation
of a ready reserve force in every
sense of the word.
At the very time these Army
National Guard units in State
status were earning their high
ratings, two Guard divisions, one
armored and one infantry, and
some 260 non-divisional units
were proving that their years of
training had paid off. These were
the units called to active duty
during the Berlin crisis. Their
performance is a matter of
record including the fact that the
two divisions were designated to
STRAC, our fast-moving, crack
combat command which is ready
to move into combat anywhere
in the world at any time.
The high state of readiness of
the National Guard stems largely
from the fact that since October,
1958, all of the elements of the
Army Guard have been fully en
gaged in unit training, learning
to function as an effective mili
tary team through application
< l platoon and company tactics.
'a his is* possible because every
C rv-dsman. with no prior mili
tary service is now required to
get his basic military training
through a tour of six months
active duty at an active Army
training center soon after he en
lists in the Guard.
General George Washington,
whom we traditionally honor on
Muster Day, would most cer
tainly be astounded at the mod
em missile-age equipment, the
morale and professional training
level of these Up-to-the-Minute
Men.
“"The fact that all Guardsmen
now have six-months of active
duty under their belts or are
veterans of active service is no
small part of the reason why to
day’s National Guardsman is the
best trained, most ready militia
man in history. But there are
other ways Guardsmen keep
themselves ready at all times.
For example, last year more
than 7000 Guardsmen took ac
tive duty courses at U. S. Army
service schools. These courses
range from one week refreshers
to xullscale resident courses of
ten months duration. More than
50,000 Guardsmen were enrolled
in Army extension courses
last year.
Potential National Guard of
ficers must attend an accredited
State Officer Candidate School
or the active Army’s Fort Ben-
ning Infantry School. Almost
every State OCS now applies the
rugged Fort Benning standards
to their course.
All these facets add up to a
more effective force today and a
more effective force tomorrow.
National Guardsmen all over
tace as they observe “OPERA
TION MUSTER 1963” during
the month of February.
With what has been termed by
Major General Donald W. Mc
Gowan, Chief of the National
Guard Bureau, as "a great chal
lenge to he met,”
the Guard is
opening wide its
doors to new re
cruits, men with
out any previous
military service.
“In a sense,”
Gen. McGowan
comments, “this
takes us back to
the old purpose
of Muster Day,
as the day desig
nated each year Gen. McGowan
when all of the able-bodied men
assembled on the village green
for a roll-call. Thus, in every
community, it was known ex
actly how many men could be
counted on in the event of an
emergency. Today we again have
a situation which requires young
men to stand up and be counted
—to show they are trained and
ready should they be needed by
their country and community.”
“Operation Muster” marks the
start of an intensive year-around
recruiting drive designed to keep
the Army National Guard at a
strength of 400,000 and the Air
National Guard at about 72,000.
In every community where
there is an Armory or an Air
Guard base, both officers and
noncoms will be on hand, to an
swer questions and to outline de
tails of National Guard service.
The origins of the Guard are
rooted deep in the country’s past.
A number of present-day units
can trace their ancestry back to
the “trained bands” which pro
tected the colonies in the middle
1600’s, well over 300 years ago.
So many National Guard out
fits celebrate their own “Muster
Day” on or around February 22
in tribute to the memory of one
of the most famous militia sol
diers in history—George Wash
ington.
It was Washington, as Presi
dent and former commander of
the Continental Army, who first
called national attention to the
need for a strong and effective
militia system.
Just how strong and effective
this system has become was ex
pressed recently by the military
analyst, George Fielding Eliot,
and underscores the particular
significance of “Operation Mus
ter 1963,”
Mr. Eliot writes: “The days
when the National Guard went
into action a year and a half be
hind the Regulars are long gone;
we might easily see a situation
in which the first available rein
forcements for a NATO emer
gency would be Guard divisions.”
Bookmobile Gives
Pleasure & Profit
And Asks No Pay
(The following article was writ
ten by Mrs. Essie M. Hawkins,,
Route 1, Box 48, Prosperity, S.C.)
A great man once said “All that
mankind has done, thought, gained
or been, is lying in magic preser
vation on the pages of books’..
We realize the truth of that state
ment when we consider the tre
mendous influence the thoughts,
deeds and beliefs of the past ages
preserved for us in books have
had on the growth of our civiliza
tion. By reading books men have
been inspired with new ideas,
made new inventions which have
brought about world progress.
Through this magic that lies in
books far away places and long
ago people come alive again and
we see how they lived, the clothes
they wore, what their homes were
like, the arts and skills they had,
and so many other things—-all
waiting on the pages of books for
our finding. Who then would not
enjoy reading, and cherishing
good books, especially when they
can be had for the asking from
our Bookmobile. Yes, it is ours
and we should be proud of the
wonderful service it offers. We
all have a part to perform and a
responsibility to bear in making
this service a success—such as
patronizing the Bookmobile, read
ing and preserving the books, re
membering the old adage: That
which we fail to use, we lose.
Our Bookmobile is on the road
three days of every week bringing
to the people of Newberry and
Saluda counties books for their
reading. If not to your door, to
some place near and quite con
venient for you to get books. En
ter the Bokmobile and you will
find a cozy room with walls lined
with hundreds of books. Books on
every subject and for all ages—
men, women and children, and
two friendly ladies, Mrs. Ruby
Johnson and Mrs. Lurleen Shinn
waiting to welcome you. You will
find them very kind and helpful.
They love books and they love
people and it is their job to bring
the two together. And they are
doing it very efficiently.
When the Bookmobile stops at
my house all the people of the
community have an opportunity to
get books. If they are unable to
meet the Bookmobile at that time
at their requests books are select
ed for them. Among the group
served at my home are two shut- J
ins, Misses Myrtle and Cordelia i
Bowers. They are much interested
in the Bookmobile. “We look for
ward to the coming of the Book
mobile with pleasure,” said Myr
tle. “Yes,” added Cordelia, “we
spend many pleasant hours with
the books. The ladies are so kind
and lend us such a great supply,
we are never without something
to read.”
Among the books selected for j
them are books on religion, novels, !
detective stories, biography, and j
others. One which they enjoyed
very much was Earl Julian’s
splendid book of pictures of fam
ous old homes in South Carolina.
The youngest patron in our
group is Vickie Stuck, aged 5, who
has been an ardent patron for a
year now. For her and her sister,
Wanda, who can read there are
children’s books with wonderful
stories and pictures which they
enjoy immensely. As Vicky says,
“It is funny to see Epaminoudas
stepping on the pies.”
It is not easy to find words to
express what our Bookkmobile
has meant- to me over the ten
years it has been stopping at my
door. From its shelves I have
gathered books to read which I
could not have had otherwise—
books of poetry, religion, history,
philosophy, etc., as well as early
issues of best sellers. Great books
that have enriched my life more
than I can say. To my thinking
our Bookmobile ranks high among
the public services given our peo
ple.
Another great lover of books
has said: “Books are the masters
that instruct us without rods or
ferules; without hard words and
anger. If you approach them, they
are not asleep; if investigating
From Robert S. Hawkins, Hick
man, California: I remember when
we lived on a farm which in 1860
was the town of Empire City, the
County Seat of Stanislaus County,
California. The town had passed
on but some of the buildings were
left and we lived in the old hotel.
It had many rooms. Even the old
barroom remained, with its big,
homemade bar, which my father
moved outside. I remember one
dark little room upstairs, with
several buffalo robes in it I sup
pose they were brought across the
plains. The moths had almost fin
ished them.
We lived on the Tuolumne River
and in those days the river would
rise in the winter and spring and
sub-irrigate the bottom land. We
had a beautiful orchard with a
great variety of fruit and a large
vegetable garden.
I was about ten when we lived
there. I used to peddle fruits and
vegetables with a horse and cart
in a little town called Ceres. I
made two trips a week and got
about $1.25 to $2.00 a trip. Sweet
corn was sixteen cents per dozen
ears, peaches and tomatoes, half
a cent a pound, and watermelons,
five to ten cents apiece. One sum
mer I made $55. Eleven five-dollar
gold pieces. One day I took them
to school to show the kids and
brag about how much money I
had. There was a boy at school
whose father owned a large grain
ranch. When be saw my money,
he pulled out five twenty-doUar
gold pieces. That squelched me.
The old river is nearly gone,
due to the dams which have been
built cm it, and those old days are
gone forever, but I still remember.
By LINDA NORRIS
IT DIDN’T take Capitol long to
* nab young George Chakiris for
a recording contract and it prob
ably has been one of their wisest
moves in the music world . . .
Few screen performers become
first-magnitude stars cm the basis
of a single performance, but
George laid the foundation of a
brilliant motion picture career as
a result of his Oscar winning por
trayal of Bernardo, a young Puer
to Rican gang leader in the Acad
emy Award winning version of
“West Side Story.”
This is a rare talent—a fresh,
young personality who not only
smgs and dances with vibrancy
and skill but who accepted the
challenge of a difficult and strenu
ous role and handled it with the
poise of a seasoned veteran . . .He
had been drifting about HoUywood,
appearing in bit parts of movies
hardly worth mentioning, then he
joined the overseas cast of “West
Side Story” and became a sensa
tion in London where he appeared
for 20 triumphant months.
When Hollywood was casting
the movie version of the play,
George was called for the part of
“Riff,” which he played on the
stage, but instead he was cast as
Bernardo, a part he didn’t espe
cially care to play but he did with
the Oscar as his reward ... He is
from Norwood, O.. is 28 and of
Greek descent ... He is perhaps
best remembered on T TT for his
d?nee segment on ti e optcial ‘‘Sa-
luie to Cole Porter.”
you question them, they concede
nothing; if you mistake them,
they never grumble; if you are ig
norant, they never laugh at you.”
Through books we are able to
commune with great minds of all
ages; to pry into the mysteries
of creation, to enter into the lives
of other peoples and other lands
right in the privacy of our homes.
So, with the New Year just un
derway, join the wonderful world
of books. Meet your Bookmobile
and gather from its stock and
store that which will maye your
life richer and fuller and better
equipped for living the days that
are ahead.
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FOR AND ABOUT TEENAGERS B y C. D. Smith
Can Couple Be Happy ll They Argue Constantly?
THE WEEK'S LETTER: “I
have been going steady with the
same boy for three years. It
seems to me that two people who
go together for a long period of
time should at least show each
other how they feel. We continu
ally argue, about any issue that
arises. We care for each other,
and both have a fear that we may
lose one another. But, when things
never work out, what can a girl
do? Every time we break up. we
manage to get back together with
very little trouble. Please give me
your opinion of the situation and
a solution.”
OUR REPLY: Some individuals
argue “merely for the sake of
argument” Your plight brings to
mind a couple who have been
married for twenty years and
have yet to have their first con
versation. They have had a “run
ning argument” going since their
wedding day—probably even be
fore that They may argue twenty
years into the future. I leave it
to you to decide whether or not
they are really happy. You are
certainly not happy with your sit
uation—and you are not married.
Since you obviously care for this
boy, why not make the effort
needed to put the bickering to an
end? How can you do this? Begin-
by saying to yourself, “I will not
argue with him today.” Say this
to yourself, not to him. You may
have to bite your tongue a time
or two, but you’ll be surprised at
how agreeable you can be with
a little effort. You may also be
surprised at how soon he may
adopt a change in attitude.
As we have noted in this space
several times, even the happiest
of couples will have their little
disagreements, but happy couples
are that way because one of them
realizes that it takes two to keep
the argument going.
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SERVICE. FRANKFORT, KT.
“But the word of the Lord endureth forever."
—Isaiah 28; 16
In these modern, troubled
ttmea too many of us set our
lives to a schedule that includes
only a small amount of time for
the pursuit of eternal salvation.
We accept religion as a part
of our lives, yet too few display
an eagerness to know as much
as possible about our God and
the messages of faith and salva
tion that should be our guide-
pobts for daily living.
It is not enough merely to say,
“I believe.” We should look to
the word of God, for faith and
for inspiration in each and every
undertaking.
The complexities of uiis mod
em world only increase our need
for God and for the blessings of
guidance and wise counsel.
R«od your •lilK doily
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OO TO CHURCH
SUNDAY
Rev. ROBERT H. HARPER
A NEW WORLD
R eferring to the discovery
by Columbus of a new world
and the kindling of thoughts that
shook mankind, we may be re
minded that we are living in a
new world now.
We can see changes on every
side among the things that we
have known from childhood. Who
would have thought a few years
ago that the time would soon
come when he would no longer
hear the scream of a great steam
locomotive? Yet now the diesels
are pulling all the trains.
JUST A THOUGHT:
Isn’t it true that so often our
first impression of an individ-
ual tarns ont to be everything
but tiie truth? We cannot judge
others merely by the way they
walk and talk. It is only after
we get to know them, only after
we observe their actions and re
actions that we can really form
a worthwhile opinion.
As it is with the familiar things
about us, so has it been among
the nations and throughout the
world at large. There was a time
of colonization and empire-build
ing in the past. But that time is
rapidly passing and empires are
being resolved into their elements.
And the disturbing thought is that
we seem unable to figure how and
when it all wiU end with new
groupings of nations and new and
more horrible ways of making
war.
Still “the captains and the kings
depart, the tumult and the shout
ing dies. Still stands the ancient
sacrifice, a humble and contrite
heart.” Let us believe that Kip
ling was right and that the cross
that was lifted on a lonely hill
will yet vanquish all the evil
forces of the world.
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ACROSS
1 Pierce with
pointed
weapon
5 One who
plays
certain wind
instrument
10 To walk
14 Miss Turner,
actress
15 Fatuous
16 To weary
17 Cupid
18 Toward the
center
19 Remainder
20 Opposes
to fsce
22 French for
summer
23 God of war
24 Greek letter
26 Wriggling
28 Swift animal
(Pi.)
32 Bavarian
measure
36 Venerable
37 Kind of
duck
39 Prefix:
three
40 Bitter vetch
41 One who
lobhs at
intensely (pL)
43 Atmosphere
44 American
writer
45 Mine veins
46 Alms box
47 Mechine for
spreading
49 Lithuanian
money of
account
52 Askew
54 A Georgian
of the
Caucasus
55 Food (slang)
58 Ever (poet.)
60 Make
possible
64 Assemblage
of cattle
65 Father of
Tenth (Bib.)
67 Noisome
68 Spoken
69 Woody plants
70 Sea eagle
71 Corn bread
72 Trap
73 Perceive
through ear
DOWN
1 Thick fist
piece
separation
5 Church
celebration
6 Hotel
7 Destiny
8 Growing out
9 One who
makes
amends for
10 Wanders
away
11 Row
12 Scottish
Gaelic
13 Fondles
21 Period
25 Forward
27 Etruscan
title
28 To defraud
29 Swarm
forebears
33 Stiff
34 Genus of
evergreen
shrubs
35 Italian
coin
(PD
38 Writing
tables
41 Killed
42 Rushing
stream of
water (pi.)
45 An oriental
rug pattern
48 Waste time
in idle
lingering
50 Reluctant
51 Color
53 Long for
55 To hew
58 Central
male
character
57 City of
Algeria
59 Oetrichlike
bird
61 To drill
62 Moon
goddess
63 River of
Europe
68 Over (poet.)
2 Domesticated 30 Alleviated
3 Ox ohthe 31 Male
Celelps
4 A line of