The 64th General Observer v1 n7 July 15th 1943

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Vol. I, Ho. 7 ---6-t~-TH GEHERAL H·O·SP-IT-.A-J.. . ,- F-O-RT- J-.A-CIC-S·0}-7, S. C. 15 July 1943 ·- - -- ------"----'-----'-~
ACTIVATION DAY
Last 15 July 1942, the 64tl1 General
Rospi tal vms activated a..'1cl receive::'.. a
cadre of 200 Eli fron the 56-Gh G0nore.1
Eosl?ital, it's parent organizntion. T"nis
\·m.s the culmination of rumors t~.1.nt had
been spl'ea.cling for severol \veeks • . Prior
to the uctivation, the nei·.1'uers· of the
56tl-. had been given mass furJ.ol~ghs. Af­ter
five deya of revell"J" ~1ci. fun t!1e
boys bec;an to drift back to coJ:IJ.? VOl";.T
sorry that the furlouehs uere ovr3rJ
Houever, they i'lero fortu.;.1o.te in not hav­ing
to go through that sfeg~ 'of home- '
sicl:ness that usually sets in \•1l1e;.1 me;.1
return to camn. They 1·rere ir.n.:ediat.ely .. . . ···~. -· . . . . thrown into the process of p;eth...-!.g,the
ne\v 64th started; that provc.c1. to be
quite a task, the boys soon founcl. out~ .
3cfore the men returned fror,1 their
furlouGl•s on the 15th, Colonel Faust,
the Co~v.1anding Officer of the ne\'1' +1os·­}?
i tal, had alree.cl.~r arrived anc1. ·s tarted·
the administration \vorl:: flo\·rinG• :
At first, one ·of the nany r:1·oblems
•.vaG t:1at of hou~sfng. As t:1e cac1re of
the 64th \·.rt\O conmosed of most .of the 56- ·
th, the former l;catecl its 0.Lf i:1 "tlHJ 56.rs
area until SeJ?tGr,1ber. ~1.e;r t:1en mov~d
to our presen·c area, the old :il' A l1ut­ments.
Tile first 6 . .:1y ·we r:\rl·ivecl and took
ove..: by sq_uattor 1s rights, . the hutJ:~ents
were a disap110intiUcnt, after the ra;~bl.:..
ing barracl:o, where everyone 1 s "uusiness
vms everyone else's. The li t'~lo htl.tneats­look.;
d rather neag.re nml tlle '~;lo\:t.,~jl t of
being sequeotered in one of . t~GIU with
total stranc:;ers caused·.'a mad scr[tliiblo ,
for tl1e choice huts v1itl1 bost poJ.s •. Af-:-­t
er about 10 r.1onths llere. we o.l~e e.,J,reed.
~1at hutrJenta are a vnst inproveuent
over barracks.. :Especially on :l'riclo.Y
nic..ht. Could you possibJ.y thro\;' 2 bucl~
etsful of water over a bo.rro.O:~ floor,
spreD.(l it \'lith a broor.1 and bo ready for
a Snturc1.C~,y inspection? i'iell , this is
eas~r L1 the lmtr.:ents anc1. to this clay it
is hou mnn:r of us snrnount the difficul­t~'
of 11rer;_.,1;inG ·for inspecUon. (Capt.
' Jonai t~s . please overlook.---Ed. Ho te)
.Uso, in· this· ten·ific lloat, a fev; buck­etc;;
of wnter or a quick washing of t~1e
el~tire·lmtmm1t l·enve it con1;nratively
coo:L •. · 6c.._r present locntio•1 .. at first \'las
anno;.ring becnu.oo of lack of b"J.s acconod­o.
tions; no\'!, ~10\JOVer, the men h~VO 00-
COf:.lO ~tsod to it and freely call their
"inc1.ivid"llal lYatnents 11homc 11 • 11\'ro\v)ll
.AdJiinistra'Give vro:~k of the hospitnl,
t:leam-;hiJ.c, clicl not flag. Severa.l G. I. 1 s
were run r::t,;;~;ecl 'Gr:jring to set up tl1eir
sections. SGt 11 ~'L1i tey 11 Burbridge tio'\·ed
his 911pplies anc1. equipment at leas 'li six
tines 'oeforo finally settling in our
pr.eseilt locntion. Tl1nt, no c1oubt, gn.vo
11 i\Thi tey 11 croci t for :..aving the oigt;est.
hoaclnche of t1JJ. and caused hin to get
. cl.ocirlecl.1~r s!.dnn~r in n stream-linec. Nay.
:S:: the way, 111.'/:liteyn, have you as yet
·found those fonr flas:lliGhts you lost
''rhU e no·,rin&7
Sgt Reisin.:~ar in a tteupting to set
up his 5orgoo.nt ~-iajor'a office, melted
to o. noro shnc1ou of his foroer shadoiv•
:·TJ.i.o midnight oil began to burn in enrn­ep
·t;. Sgts Russo, COj_111olly and Braun,
t!1e last of Hi::on is no\·T a lucky civil­inn,
workecl late e~:~.c~1 night trying to
cntch 1..cp on the 1)rovious duy 1 s \o;ork.
Ra.vo ~rou fell o \·lS 7
· i.lhilo t!1is Has going on, Officers
& lTnrses \'lore a:i.·riving frOL1 liew Orleans.
Soon a, trni:.1L1.::; 1)ro~ram \ms organized
for the r.wn in their hutnonts, which en­a1)
led the o;fficers to got to lm0\11 the
pen and give encll one prac-:;ically in.ii­vidual
inst)."'Uction.
Speo.king of the officers. hoiv about
Con 1d on :rage 5. ..