Camp Lejeune: The Camp Lejeune Globe

Zhe CftlTIP G L€J€Une Written For Marines By Marines VOL. 1 CAMP LEJEUNE, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1944 NO. 37 Lejeune Gains Third Victory Camp Changes To Greens Waiting For Green Light U. S. Marine Corps Photo Crouched for protection and ready to spring at the enemy, these Marines stand by for the signal to hurdle the small ridge between them and the northwestern end of of the Japanese airfield on Peleliu, prime objective of the Leatherneck drive. Houses At Holly Ridge Made Available, Le jeune Personnel With some vacancies at the Hol¬ ly Ridge Housing Project made (Bedrooms) 1 2 Regulations For Uniform Of Day Announced Now that Camp Lejeune has shed its khaki for the greens of the Winter service uniform, the following uni¬ form regulations for male Ma¬ rines are now in effect: UNIFORM OF THE DAY a. Officers <1> Winter service with either Winter service caps or garrison caps. The overcoat will be worn when prescribed or when required by the weather. (2) Regulation field jackets may be worn during working hours in lieu of the Winter service coat. Coat or jacket may be dispensed with during working hours in¬ doors. (3) At the Officers' Mess, the field jacket may be worn in lieu of the coat on week days until 1800. (4) The blue uniform may be worn after 1700 and on Sunday. b. Enlisted (1) Winter service, with either Winter service caps or garrison caps. (2) Regulation field jackets may be worn in lieu of coats during working hours. Coats and jackets need not be worn indoors. (3) Overcoats may be worn when the weather requires. (4) Organizational commanders will strictly require that only regu¬ lation articles of uniform are worn and that such uniform is prop¬ erly worn and kept in a proper state of cleanliness and repair. (5> " Caps wiU not be distorted into swayback or other unsightly shapes or be worn at a rakish angle. (6) Enlisted men will not wear articles of officer’s uniform, either altered or unaltered. (7) Unauthorized battle blazes or campaign ribbons will not be tolerated. * LIBERTY UNIFORM a. Officers Uniform of the day. b. Enlisted Uniform of the day. The blue uniform may be worn on liberty. DRILL AND WORK a. In lieu of the uniform of the day organization commanders may prescribe appropriate regula¬ tion articles of uniform, including utility garments, and may also permit field scarfs to be dispensed with and shirts to be open at the neck. b. The authority herein given to organization commanders extends only for men engaged as noted in the caption of this section and only while actually so engaged. c. Uniform of the day for even¬ ing mess formations will be en¬ couraged. d. Nothing herein permits any- Continued on page 15 In This Issue Amusements Page 11 Divine Services _ 14 Editorials 4 Help, Ma tes _ _ 14 Male Call _ _ ... 3 Picture Layouts .. . ... 9 Sighting In _ _ - г Sports 12-13 Strictlr Scuttlebutt ... . 5 What’s Cooking? __ _ .14 available for civilian and military personnel of Camp Lejeune. camp authorities have established a pri¬ ority of occupancy for assignment of these housing units. The priority of approving appli¬ cations, as outlined in a recent camp memorandum, is as follows: First:- Personnel of Tent Camp, Rifle Range. Courthouse Bay and Tank Park in the following order: 1st— Civilians 2nd— First three pay grades 3rd— Reminder of pay grades 4th— Officers Second: Personnel of all other points on the base in the follow¬ ing order: 1st— Civilians 2nd — First three pay grades 3rd— Remainder of pay grades 4th — Officers APPLICATIONS Personnel desiring quarters in this project should subqiit their applications through official chan¬ nels to the G-4 office of Camp Headquarters. Persons will be no¬ tified by the G-4 office when their applications are approved and, aft¬ er the application is approved, must make all other arrangements with officials of the Housing Proj¬ ect. Located near Camp Davis, the housing project is ten miles from the Rifle Range, 15.5 miles from Courthouse Bay and 25.5 miles from Hadnot Point. Rental schedule for these units is as follows: 3 Civilians *23.00 $25.50 $28.00 Enlisted 23.00 25.50 28.00 Officers 29.50 32.00 34.50 These figures include a $2.00 utility charge that covers all costs. The only additional expense is the purchase of fuel. Appliances in houses are all coal burning with the exception of the refrigerator which is electric. None of the units are furnished. SCHOOL FACILITIES As to educational facilities, first and second grade children attend a school at the housing project which is staffed by Onslow Coun¬ ty teachers. Children of the third grade and above attend the Dixon School, eight miles from the proj¬ ect. Transportation is provided by the Army. Shopping facilities at the town of Holly Ridge include a general clothing store, restaurants, amuse¬ ment stores, a bank and post of¬ fice. The office building of the hous¬ ing project has a recreation hall, library, a small assembly room and a small room for a clinic. An athletic field is in the rear of the office building. MAIL GLOBE HOME Slit an envelope, wrap it around this Camp Lejeune Globe, and address it. A tftree- cent stamp is all that is neces¬ sary to mail it anywhere in the United States. Thursday Last Day To Get “A” Books Thursday, 9 November, is the deadline for obtaining new basic "A" gasoline ration books. To obtain a new book you should submit, with your ap¬ plication, the back cover of your old “A” book and your old tire inspection certificate to the Ration Board office in the basement of Building One. Camp School Closed With Polio Threat To prevent any spread of infan¬ tile paralysis on the base, the Commanding General has directed that the Camp School be closed for two weeks and that Sunday School be temporarily discontinued.. Sunday School for November 5th and 12th has been called off at Paradise Point, Trailer Camp and Midway Park. The Commanding General de¬ sires to stress the importance of discouraging gatherings of child¬ ren on the base during the in¬ cidence of polio here. Three cases of polio were dis¬ covered recently on the Camp Le¬ jeune reservation but Camp medi¬ cal authorities said all three had been isolated and every precaution was being taken to prevent the spread of the disease. Two cases of polio also were reported in Onslow County in the vicinity of Camp Lejeune. Kinston Air Field Team Loses, 33-0 Camp Lejeune’s burly Ma¬ rines experienced little diffi¬ culty with a willing but out¬ classed Kinston, N. C., Marine Air Group eleven last Sun¬ day afternoon, belting their Leatherneck cousins, 33 to 0, on the Hadnot Point field. Five different men crossed the Kinston goal line, three of them in the first period. The win gave Lejeune its third victory of the season as against one defeat. SCORE QUICKLY Lejeune’s Marines wasted no time, marching 76 yards following the opening kickoff. The score came when Junie Kleinhenz shot a short pass over the line to left end Oliver Poole, who shook off two tacklers and galloped 35 yards for a touchdown. Several plays later, Mike Hines recovered a Kinston fumble on the visitor's thir¬ teen-yard stripe. After a loss of two yards, Kleinhenz again faded to pass, and this time he hit John Yonakor just as the giant Notre Dame end crossed into the end zone. Ellis Paulk, who had missed his first conversion try, added this point to jack the score to 13-0. Following Lejeune’s subsequent kickoff. Burger fumbled a lateral on the Kinston 23 -yard line and Paulk recovered. Joe Geri and Potsy Graves carried the ball to GAME AT A GLANCE: CL K'ton First downs . _ 9 1 FPasses attpd. . . 16 10 FPpasses compd _ 6 3 Yds. passing _ 107 23 Yds. rushing _ 179 -10 Total yardage* _ 286 13 Yds. penalized _ 115 55 * — All yardage net. the twelve, and Kostynick added five more for a first down oa the five. Geri, former Georgia freshman star. rammed through right tackle for Lejeune’s third score, and Kostynick’s conversion made it 20-0. Lejeune’s attack slowed a bit at this point, until midway through the second period when they be¬ gan a 57-yard touchdown drive. Geri and Graves split seventeen yards to the Kinston 40, and Kos- tynick galloped 23 more for a first down on the seventeen. Geri made one and Graves two, to the twelve. Geri then started toward right tackle, faded back, and shot a twelve-yard scoring pass to left end Ed Ford, in the Kinston end zone. Kostvnick missed the try, and the score stood 26-0; at the half. Back in the ball game for a short while in the third quarter. Coach Frank Knox's starting eleven chalked up an¬ other touchdown. Gus Fra- cassi and Bill Ward smashed through to block a punt, and Lejeune took over on Kin¬ ston's eight-yard line. Klein- « henz and Aldridge smashed into the line, taking the ball to the one, and Aldridge socked through right gtiMd for the touchdown — his thirl, •f the season. Paulk convert- Continued on page 13