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Show The DESERET SAMPLER, Fri., Sept. 25, 1970 A black man fell first in Americas fight for freedom f by Private James Toms The entry inside the j tattered and timestained reads: 7th, 25th, journal A liste of the men ; 1689. that was slane in a fite at jffalmouth & all soe how many was wounded in said An Indian. An Nay- j figjit. of Cola Tyng. gro This is the earliest known of a Negro battle jjj record ij casualty on the North Am-j- jj erican continent. THE ENTRY, logged in i; the records of the Massachu- setts Bay Colony, does not make it clear whether the ;j: man was killed. It indicates ij: only that he was a Negro v slave of Colonel Tyngs. i f&r.r. X t ... This was the scene of an accident on Stark Road last August 28. The ambulance traveled nearly COO feet after first leaving the roadway. EDITORIAL Worst Accident Record in Years by THOMAS DONNELLY, Information Officer BANG! CRASH! Thats the way the Deseret Test ter is beginning Fiscal Year 1971. In die first quarter of 71 the Test Center has experienced its worst accident recCen- ord in years. SEVEN ARMY motor vehicle accidents and four disabling injuries are already on the record books. In fact, the total estimated cost of accidents recorded by the Safety Division for the first three months of FY 71 already totals $52,480. If this amount is projected for the remaining three quarters of FY 71, the estimated accident cost would be in excess of $209,920! Thats a lot of money, especially at a time when the Deseret Test Center is feeling a budget cut back and a reduction-in-force. The estimated accident cost could pay the yearly wages for twenty-on- e employes! Motor vehicle accidents have accounted for nearly $3,000 and according to the Safety Division, six of the seven accidents were caused by operator failure. Failure to follow safe driving practices learned from the beginning of their driving experience! CIVILIAN disabling injuries have accounted for $14,000 of the Test Centers accident loss, and here again the Safety Division notes that the causes .usually can be related to the victims while performing common, tasks. every day High winds caused the remaining $35,522 in damages and might have been prevented or lessened if building construction years ago had consistantly followed all engineering requirements. a failure of personnel, according Again to the Safety Division. Each government employee, military or civilian, is potentially affected by accident losses. Obviously we are personally affected by any accident we are involved in; but, we must realize the other guys accidents affect us too. Any loss no matter who of equipment or funds causes it can affect our mission and ultimately our jobs. W1IAT CAN we do? First, practice the concept of ZERO DEFECTS. Do your job with the idea of eliminating loss through waste of time or material, and always keep accident prevention in mind. Second C" around you and B sure. Keep your eyes open for problem areas and potential hazards. Report all accidents to your supervisor so causes can be determined and preventive measures carelessness Thirty-fiv-e yean later, another record book from jjj the same colony provides this j;j bit of evidence, An account of the dead, jij killed and taken dismist, jjj X belonging to his Majties Ser-vice horn December ye 25th 1 1724, to April ye 24th, iji 1725, Dead. . . Primus, iji jjj X Negroe IT IS NOT surprising find to Negroes among those who served as defenders of the early American settlements. Manpower was limited, and dangers in the small towns were great. Each able man had to do his part. The early settlers were eager to use Negro slaves as defenders against Indian attacks, but British Colonial authorities found that to arm the slaves was to invite a slave revolt. Consequently, their use was limited in early colonial yean. SOUTH Carolina used in its colonial Negroes while militia, Virginia, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Connecticut exempted them. Then the situation changed. As the French and Indian Wan (1689 - 1763) drained off increasing numbers of white main, the Negro freemen and slaves symbol of the Negro hope to share in that freedom. fact Its a little-know- n that the Negro volunteers were among the group of Minutemen who responded to the alarm raised by Paul Revere; and among the the group which barred march of the British Grenadiers on Lexington and Concord in April, 1775. BUT THE use of Negro Revolumanpower in the a clear-cnot was War tionary became much more important to the colonial rulers and to the colonists. A solemn peal of chinch bells rang out across Boston. It was March 8, 1770. Behind die coffins of five Americans walked militiamen of all ranks. THE FIVE men had been slain by British Redcoats three days before in a small street battle that was to lead to the Revolu-tionWar. One of the men killed in that was Massacre Boston al now-famo- ut issue. us Appointed by the Second to Continental Congress command all the Continental General George forces. Washington made one of his first orders to recruiting officers: You are not to enlist. . . any stroller, Negro, or vagabond. The decision was in accord with the recommendations of a civilian committee of Continental Congress, which had considered the black. His name: Crispus Attacks. Attacks is the same man who in 1750 was advertised as a runaway Negro slave from Framingham, Mass. A stranger to Boston, he led a group of men and boys which converged on a British garrison quartered in Boston to help enforce Colonial rule. WHEN THE mob began to throw stones, one of the soldiers panicked and fired. Attacks was the first to fall Hie British soldiers were later tried for matter in heated debates. Then, after the British made strong efforts to enlist the aid of Negroes, Wadiing-to- n reversed his order and gave recruiters the power to sign up free Negroes. THE MOST common way for Negroes to enter the fighting, however was to serve as substitutes for murder and acquitted. The death of Attacks as the first man to fall in the fight for American freedom has been viewed as a first What reality? How does it feel to be with reality? Who determines whether an individual has lost his touch with reality? In essence, reality is the quality or state of being real, or, the totality of real But how does this things and events. definition fit the lives of the average, everyday citizen and the typical service is ch can be taken. Remember, DTC cannot continue to suffer losses similar to those experienced in the first quarter of FY 71. The life and the jobs you save may be your own! MOST INDIVIDUALS feel that their awareness of reality cannot lie questioned and that, in their own minds, they are living fully within the realms of realism and cannot be considered as an outcast from reality. Hunting Season Approaches And yet, despite the definition of reality that Websters Dictionary provides, individuals, both young and old, tend to visualize and associate different ideas with realism and reality. Who or what is responsible for comments like, Man, youre just not with Whats the matter, dont you dig it, it? Youre just turned off with the times, or Youve completely lost touch well-defin- by ALFRED L. LAMB, SAFETY OFFICER , ; ; 1 I J I ; happening. I FIRST, we should start doing some ; walking, jogging or other type of ex- -; ercise to get ourselves in good physi-- : J cal condition. Too often we read or hear 1 of hunters who are overcome or die from J - heart attacks brought on by over-exer- -. - tion. If we will take a few preventive 2 measures before heading for the fields I or hills, we could avoid such an inci- dent or accident from happening to us. ! Next, lets check our equipment to i make sure its in good condition. We . ) ; j : should inspect our firearms to assure that they are clean and working properrifle is a ly. A clean, safer weapon. We should try to get out and do some practice firing to check the ourselves sights and to with our firearm. We should make sure our pickups, cars, jeeps, trail bikes, or whatever we use for transportation are in good condition and working properly. We should also check our camping gear to assure that it will function properly. An important part of your camping equipment should include a first aid kit and the knowledge to use it if needed. OUR EQUIPMENT should include adequate clothing and other emergency equipment in case we should run into unexpected bad weather, and above all, when you get into the field or hillside, be sure of your target before you fire. A hunter is usually a safe and successful hunter. well-lubricat- ed well-equipp- well-prepar- ed A by SPC VINCENT MADORE con-trfliut- would say, a mission accomplished. I found that the team (society) depends on the action of its individuals (officers and men) for survival (life). It is this dependence and learning to work with all types of people, for which I am particularly grateful. These lessons were learned in the first two and a half years of my enlistment. The last six months was the payoff. In these last six months, with the great help of company supply and S4, 1 ran a resupply operation for the of the 53rd Signal Battalion, assigned to the Headquarters of III Corps in Vietnam. This dependence on me taught perseverance. And perseverance, I know now, is what life hinges on. MY RECORDS jacket is on file, but nowhere in it can be found a record of what the Army has given me except school at Ft. Gordon and some advances in rank. I highly recommend the service, the Army in particular, to any undecided young man upon graduation from high out-statio- ns school. Many thanks to your Army. : : : : Washington after the war. THE BATTLE of New Orleans temporarily brought to a close the Negros chances to serve in the new United States armed forces. A general order from the Adjutant and Inspector Gen- end's Office said: No Ne-- : gro or mulatto will be re-ceived as a recruit of the And Movin Right Along . Court Bars On-Po- . . Dissent st The U.S. Army has won another contest in its battle dissent. to limit e A 4th U.S. Circuit Court panel has ruled the Army can forbid antiwar meetings and publications on military posts to preserve discipline and morale. In its decision the court upheld a verdict of a district court judge earlier this year that the Fort Jackson commanding general did not violate the First Amendment by refusing to permit anti-wnewspaper distribution on and post, restricting participation in demonstrations by on-po- st three-judg- ar troops. I Assignment Clerks Getting Word COMMENTS LIKE these are usually spurred by one individual responding either to a situation or to the feelings of another The d person. parent is continually being confronted with such statements from their children. When questioned about current teenage fads and the use of drugs, beads, far-ofashions, and open minded attitudes almut sex, the common quip is that Mom and Dad are getting old, no longer understand their children or what its all about and that they fail to understand the real world. Have they forgotten how long their parents have braved the storm of the real world and managed to survive? Although this is the most frequent example and situation of evading reality, it must likewise lie extended to include individuals of the same peer level and age group. One young soldier recently returned from a three week leave and re-moral-minde- ut . . The only authorized medium for tequesting deferments or deletions, they say, is a correctly punched Assignment Information Card Messages letters and telephone calls are not acceptable substitutes even though these may play a part in the justification process. GI Bill For Mobile Home To Gel Support Legislation permitting active duty personnel and veterans to buy mobile homes under the GI Bill is expected to lie approval by the Veterans Affairs Subcommittee of the Senate Lalxir and Public Welfare Committee on Septem-lie- r 10. The legislation is expected to have little difficulty clearing Congress since it lias the support of the Veterans Under the bill, those who buy a mobile Administration. home wouldn't lose entitlement to buying a GI home at a later date. Then, on April 12, 1861 batteries in the control of South Carolina secession- ists fired upon the United States flag that was flying over Fort Sumter. The Civil War had beand the black man gun was to get yet another chance to fight; this time for his own freedom. of courtesy (Reprinted VERITAS, Ft. Bragg, N.C.) marked almut his acceptance into the old group at home. I really couldnt lie my eyes. There were all of my old friends with long hair and wearing love beads, lie said. After talking and arguing with them, they decided that I had become withdrawn, and in general had lost touch wfk e outside world anH I since ,ci . me Army. was draft They then proceeded to call me a Middle-age- d Suburbanite because they felt that I no longer thought like a young person and instead, I tended to think and react like their mothers and fathers. Its really a strange feeling to discover that you have more or less been ousted by friends that you were once fairly close to. AND YET, if they think that Im the one whose turned off with the times and has slipped away from reality, I feel sorry for them. In my own mind, Im the only one of the bunch who still has his feet on the ground of the real world and whose head is not floating in a dream world of fantasy. I too must side with the young soldier. If Im going to lie labeled as a Middle-age- d Suburbanite merely because my ideas dont coincide with other people my own age, then I sympathize with those individuals doing the conIn my own demning and mind, I honestly believe that I am not the one who has lost touch and can no longer grasp reality. Instead, I feel that the situation is just reversed; that is, it is the pot smokers and rebellious youth who are hiding from reality behind a mask of drugs, long hair, love beads, and narrow-minde- name-callin- d, g. overall sloppiness ami unconcern. If this means that I have become an- other brainwashed and contented cog in the wheel of American society, then thats fine with me. Id rather lie a cog worn smooth from rulbing reality than a piece of driftwood floating needlessly in the Unknown Sea and waiting to be washed ashore on the rugged reefs of The DTC Deseret Sampler PuMnhed in Ihc interat uf the military and vivilian personnel at Deseret Test Center. Sal. Lake City and Duptiay Pronin Cround, Dugway, Utah, Publishing Co., Tooele, Utah. every other week liy the Policiea and statement! reflected in the new and editorial com men ti reprerent view o( liar imkvidual writen and under no ciresanttaneei are to he conrider-r- d those uf the Department of the Army. Advertisement! in thfi pubBcatfc dn not comtitute an endorsement 'Iry the Department of Defense of the products end service? advertised. All newt matter for publicktion should be sent to the Information Office, Deseret Test Center. DESERET SAMPLER, Dug-waUtah 84022, (Telephone B0 The paper il an off-spublication and is not an official Army newspaper. How aver, this publication receive Aimed Font Press Service poo Army .Saws Features materials and papers ere authorized to reprint without written AITS and AAfF.-nitterpermhawn. Dist riliution: Oie copy per five tailittry pciaonoCl one copy per family unit and one copy per five dvilib em players. AAtrtUni copy should lie lent to: The Transcript Bullet iu FuhMiing Co 58 North Main, Tooele, or PA Boa 3H0 to place classified ads. ' All pictures are qffktal U.S. Army photographs unless otherwise noted. The puUicatfan of these to not restricted except in cues Involving repuMteatiou fur advertising purposes at which time permission of the Department of the . Army most lie oiitaiimd. i Chaplains Corner Fortitude: A Moral Virtue by CII (LTC) JAMES B. RONAN To begin we might mention the virtue of fortitude. It is a moral virtue which gives us strength of backbone and will and inspires us to undertake great difficult works. A man of fortitude was for example a Christian Martyr ad enduring tortures and execution bravely, a soldier in a bunker facing peril tsnd death without cowardice. Fortitude will wipe out one of lifes evils and that evil is human respect. Worrying about the opinion of others; keeping always in mind, if I do this what will so and so think, what will they say. Many times this human respect acts as a governor on our conduct. It throttles good deeds and impulses and confines our efforts to low or mediocre standards. Human respect has kept many a person from asserting the best that is in him, has all but frozen the genial and good intentions of his soul. He shrinks from standing out from the herd and its easy going worldly ways. Such a person needs fortitude. So on your part do not be fearful of going against the mob, strive in a way j j ; ;j Army. method. Former Soldier Speaks A letter thanking the Army for what it instilled in me recently was received by the UJ. Army Recruiting Command from a former soldier who is attending North Texas presently State University. It tells its own story while reading in part as follows: . . The Honorable Discharge is certificate the as awarded, says, as a testimonial of honest and faithful service. However, civilians freshly discharged are not afforded such a certificate to award to the Army for such services rendered to us individually. It is the purpose of this letter to certify and make testimony to the fact that the Army has benefited me immeasurably. IT IS SAID that one receives as much from an undertaking as one I can truthfully say that in this received much more from the I regard than I gave. When I joined the Army know much about giving, I didnt Army, or life, or teamwork. I found this out quickly throughout my tour of duty. I found that giving to (hone about, and their contributions to a common effort makes for a job well done, or as you ed with reality! Deferments and deletions from assignment instructions aren't handled the way they used to be for enlisted men in grades E--6 and below. Officials in Washington running and Deletion SysCADS (Centralized Acknowledgement tem) are trying to get the work to all units about the new Career Counselors Corner ly as militiamen, but also as spies and guerillas. And the black soldiers served well. Their perform- ance received long public from General accolade Worn Cog or Driftwood? Safety Zone sportsmen and hunters! Its nearing the time of year again when we take up our firearms and head for the fields and hills for a day of hunting. This year, as usual, we can expect an accident to happen to some of us. I realize it is hard for us, as individuals, to accept the fact that an accident can happen to us; but it can and does. How-- ( ever, if we take a few steps to help pre- -' pare ourselves for our hunting trip, per-- . haps we can prevent an accident from i MELKYSER personnel? Fellow their slave- - masters a; common all j practice i through the Revolutionary War. It is unlikely that more ' than 5,000 Negroes were in- eluded in the 300,000 men j who comprised the Revolu-- 1 tionary forces. They served throughout the war main-- : still under Gods law to lie different. You know few persons have ever done anything worthwhile without in some measure going against human respect. The herd penalizes excellence. Did you ever notice the fondness we have for such words as average, par, regular, the average man, a regular guy, GI Joe, John Q. Public. We make a virtue out of being indistinguishable from the mass. But since excellence is not standard of the mass, one cannot strive for excellence without getting away from the crowd and its ways. In our private and social lives we are challenged to practice the virtue of fortitude by displaying courage against the spirit of the times, against the line of least resistance, against the idea everybody Is doing it. We need fortitude to lie patient in times of privation or misfortune to make laudable efforts to resist temptation and to pull ourselves up after reversals. It requires fortitude to mount alxive the dead level of average, complacent, comfortable Christianity. jp ; |