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Show THE BULLETIN. BINGHAM. UTAH Army Prepares to Rule Occupied Countries; Officers Taught Characteristics of Beaten Nations to Assure Efficient Administration Specialists in Law, Finance and Communication Recruited for Service Training; Aim Is to Win Conquered Foe's Friendship. Looking ahead to the time when land now under Axis dom- - ination will be wrested from them, the army is operating a school of military government under general supervision of the provost marshal general at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Designed to train officers for future duties in military gov-ernment and liaison work, the school provides a highly inten-sified 16 weeks' course for qualified commissioned officers in the army of the United States and to a small number of civilians with specialized training. The members of this lat-ter group are commissioned in the specialist reserve section, Officers Reserve corps, prior to their attendance at the school. When the United States army captures territory from the enemy, it is the responsibility of the commanding general of that particular theater of operations to set up a military gov- - ernment over the occupied land. He 3 becomes military governor and is in supreme control until such time as it is possible to a civil government. It is extremely difficult for the commanding ceneral's regular staff , .V 1 to handle the countless details involved in the ad-ministration of a military govern-ment due to the press of their oth-er duties and the specialized knowl-edge required in many cases. Thus the war depart-ment, through the school of military & tary government, courses in military government are offered at the pro-vost marshal general's training cen-ter, Fort Custer, Mich., to selected Junior officers and enlisted men of the corps of military police. These courses are designed to train men for future assignment to occupation-al police units in areas taken over by our armed forces. Washington Determines Policy; Army Administers Such Policy Since the army's mission Insofar as military government Is concerned Is primarily an administrative one, many underlying policies of such a government cannot be determined by the war department. The polit-ical policy will be set by the state department, the fiscal policy by the treasury department, the Federal Reserve board, etc. Because of this limitation, the army selects a cer-tain number of technicians for mili-tary government work from the nom-inations of certain government agen-cies such as state, treasury, and commerce departments, Board of Economic Warfare, etc. These technically qualified civil-ians are formed into a pool. They are commissioned in the specialist reserve section, Officers Reserve corps, but kept on an inactive status until needed. They may be called to active duty for a training period, not to exceed four months, during which time they will receive army indoctrination courses and special instruction at selected colleges and universities on the areas to which they may subsequently be assigned, as required. In addition, certain civilian agencies have been asked to make special studies in the field of international law and economics, the results to be incorporated with ex-isting information on military gov-ernment. Besides training officers for mili-tary government, the provost mar-shal general also trains liaison of-ficers. With American troops sta-tioned in many United Nations coun-tries and territories all over the world, friendly contact between our soldiers and civil governments and civilian populations is of prime im-portance. To further this relation-ship and to promote a better under-standing between these groups, is the important duty of our army's liaison officers. Brlg.-Ge- n. C. W. Wickersham b . tain selected cities, countries and regions. This affords students prac-tical experience in applying the prin-ciples and methods they have studied In the lecture program. Many factors must be taken Into consideration before determining the particular type of military govern-ment to be set up in each territory. Location Is important whether it lies in the combat lone, in the zone of communications, or is an occupied country after the armistice. This condition greatly affects the proce-dure on questions having to do with protection of food and water sup-plies, rationing of food and clothing, .guarding of banks and public build-ings, establishment of blackouts, etc. The final' exercise in the course given at the school consists of draw-ing up plans for military govern-ment of the principal enemy coun-tries. These final plans are put to practical use by the army. They are studied by the proper authorities for any valuable suggestions they may contain as regards to actual methods of operation when enemy countries are occupied. Students' solutions are studied by research groups at the school for the purpose of perfecting and refining them for future consideration and employ-ment. The commandant of the school of military government is Brig.-Ge- C. W. Wickersham, a prominent law-yer in civilian life. General Wicker-sham is a veteran of the last World war in which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal and the Legion of Honor. Prior to his ap-pointment as commandant of the school, he served as assistant chief of staff, G-- 2, first army. In addition to the school of mili- - government and other special schools, is training officer personnel to act as top administrative officers and as Junior officers in military governments under the direction of a theater's commanding general. A pool of technical talent has also been established, the members of which are called upon to fill tech-nical and advisory posts. Military Government Designed To Win Conquered People The experience gained in d occupations during our history is valuable, as is that gained by other of the United Nations whose experi-ence is available to us. The policy of the United States army in regard to military government, nd the one on which the teachings of the school are based, is as follows: "The military government should be just, humane, and mild as prac-ticable, and the welfare of the people 0nvi-rf-ipf1 ehmilrl ilwavR he the aim of every person engaged therein." The school of military government obtains its students from recommen-dation- s of the 10 service commands, various supply ' and administrative divisions of the war department, the commanding generals of the various armies, from personal applications of officers between the grades of captain and colonel, and from a se-lected few of the specially qualified civilians commissioned in the Spe-cialist Reserve section, Officers Re-serve corps, who are members of the reserve pool of technical and professional specialists created by the provost marshal general. Those with experience and train-ing in the fields of public works (transportation, gas, electric and water systems); finance (taxation, monetary systems, etc.); public health (sanitation, medicine, disease control); education (supervision of school systems); public safety (maintenance of order, prevention of crime); legal (supervision of mili-tary and civil courts); communica-tions (postal service, telegraph, tele-phone, etc.); public welfare (care of Infants, children, the needy and aged); and economics (supervision of agriculture, manufacture, and trade) are selected for further de-tailed instruction at the school. Teach Principles of Government, Character of Enemy Countries Instruction at the school of mili-tary government is of two types: a lecture program, and a program of practical problems. Under the first, students are taught the principles of military gov-ernment military courts, proclama-tions, ordinances, state and munic-ipal governments, international law and public administration. They are also given detailed information re-garding the conditions and charac-teristics of the countries and regions which may be occupied. Under the second, the class, divid-ed first into small committees, actu-ally conceives plans for the setting up of military governments in cer- - Ever Think of tI Nearly ried on by ujgj of them remain jj Money has winj,. homing pigeon. Nothing U so uptta,. poise as worrying At Least It, Cot Isn't it a pity a pose of his experien The success of . depends upon its pi Many man Uktpl undo the thing, ht $ ' By VIRGINIA VALE Beleased by Western Newspaper Union. little town of Brawley, THE woke up'one morn-ing recently to find a motor-ized battalion of German troops, armed to the teeth, lin-ing the streets. As the Mexi-can border's only 25 miles away, the townsfolk were a bit jittery. Then they took an-other look at the "invaders" and recognized them as Brawley high school boys, drafted by Columbia Pictures to represent a unit of the Nazi Afrika Korps in the picture "Somewhere in Sahara." Humphrey Bogart's starred in it. Janice Gilbert, who's twenty, has been acting since she was eight, has been on the radio since she was ten. On "The O'Neills" she plays "Janice O'Neill" and also an infant jut. . I i 4 1 1- - M JANICE GILBERT and four children. But her most famous Juvenile role is "Little Or-phan Annie" when she tours army camps, entertaining the boys, she gets vociferous requests for a ses-sion with "Annie." The night Ann Ayars, Metro star-let, sang for the boys at Fort Mac-Arthu- r, Calif., she got a rousing reception, but could have dispensed with part of it. Arriving in a pour-ing rain, she was escorted to the hall by a new recruit who led her smack into a deep puddle at the stage door. Ann fell in to her hips. She says that most of what the soldiers saw of her was mudl Any Hollywood personage who dis-covers Lupe Velez watching him In-tently is likely to be uneasy; experi-ence shows that Lupe's just gather-ing material for a devastatingly fun-ny impersonation of him. Her Imi-tations seldom reach the screen, but in "Redhead from Manhattan" she does several imitations of fellow stars. She plays identical cousins, both of whom are revue stars. Lionel Barrymore was In a dan-gerous spot a while back, and it wasn't one of those things that are part of a scenario, when the actor knows he'll be rescued. Driving home, he miscalculated the depth of flood water near his ranch, and found himself sitting in his stalled car in water up to his neck. "The swift current started moving the car toward deeper water. But neigh-boring farmers came along with chains and hauled the car back onto the highway. The car was ruined, but the famous Barrymore wasn't damaged. When Robert Ryan Joined the army he knew that he'd have a job when he came back; he has a con-tract with RKO that assures his re-turn to the screen at the war's end, at a salary exceeding the one he was getting when he left. His work in "Bombardier" and "The Sky's the Limit" was responsible for the scrapping of the old contract and the writing of the more favorable new one. Bob Hope's set for another of those cross-countr- y tours of army, navy and marine posts and bases, which Is good news for the men who'll benefit; he gives them a swell show. In fact, he probably works harder at entertaining servicemen than at anything rise. Jack Miller, orchestra director for Kate Srmth and "The Aldrich Fam-ily, can drop off to sleep any time. He dozed off in the studio before a recent "Aldrich Family broadcast, so the cast slipped out and sent a page i to wake him and explain that the program was over and all frPSn,0rSH leave- He spent a five minutes before he caught up with the truth The Congressional Jokes: It has been reported that House legislative leaders intend to pick a few nimble - witted Congressional sharpshooters, who would be in con-stant attendance during sessions to make clay-pigeon- s of those who try to spread smears across the Cong. Record. It's about time. We hope their rapier-retort- s will help enliven proceedings. Congressional history is crowded with swift repartee-hee-ing- . Like some petty humans to-day, a small-tim- e politico was once trying to make a name for himself by picking on an important Amer-icanwho happened to be a Sena-tor. The human mosquito annoyed the Senator for months, who finally lapped him into oblivion with this story: "A skunk once challenged ,a lion to a fight. The lion declined. When the skunk asked loudly if he was afraid, the lion said: 'Very much so. For you would only gain fame by having the honor to fight with a lion, while everyone who met me for a month would know that I had been in company with a skunk!" A lawmaker with a sensayuma once told this about himself. He sent a constituent a Cong. Record with a note stating that the Govern-ment prints and distributes speeches made by Congressmen without the slightest profit. The voter returned the note with this flip addition: 'They are also read the same way!" Huey Long was called a dema-gogue after he concluded a teejus filibuster. Hooey foamed at the mouth, daring his critic to define the word. Which his critic did. "A demagogue," he snapped, "is a man who can rock the boat himself and persuade everybody that there's a terrible storm at sea." Here are some of the facts of life about Congress every citizen ihould know . . . Before times got too serious for such levity, a group of legislators organized a "Dema- - gogues" Club, which met daily In the House cloakroom. After a Repre-sentative made a particularly dem-agogic speech for home consump-tion, he was haled Into the cloak-room and compelled to make the BDeech he would like to have made. Then he was asked to repeat the club pledge: "Vote for all appropri-ations and against all taxes," and inducted Into full membership. The badge was a safety pin, worn un-der the coat lapel . . . Some fun, eh? Then there's the one about the Congressman's wife who woke up in the middle of the night, "Jim," she whispered, "there's a robber in the house" . . . Her sleep-befogg-hubby replied, "That's impossible. In the Senate, yes, but in the House, never." This Is one of the Congressional favorites . . . House Speaker Tom Reed had a barbed-wir- e tongue . . . One day one of the biggest bores in Congress got up, drooled out a lengthy diatribe and concluded by stating: "Mr. Speaker, I am like Henry Clay. I would rather be right than President!" Reed merely intoned: "Don't wor-ry you will never be either." Rep. "Uncle Joe" Cannon loved to tell tall tales about his fishing. ' He once told a friend about a fish he caught Trying to beat him to the punch, the chum asked: "About the size of a whale, wasn't it?" . . . But the Congressman wasn't stopped: "Heck, no," he replied, "I was baltin with whales." In 1914 the House of Representa-tives was evenly divided between both parties. The vote for House Speaker resulted in a tie. One in-dependent Progressive could cast the deciding vote. That man was Cong. Thomas D. Schall, who was bUnd. He felt handicapped in not being able to judge rival candidates by seeing their faces. So he asked a newspaper man who had "an hon-est voice" for counsel. The reporter suggested that with a war going on the House Speaker should belong to the same party as the President The blind Congressman took his suggestion and Champ Clark be-came Speaker. In that position, Clark played one of the most vital roles in world affairs and turned the tide of history. Contrary to popular belief, most Congressmen don't like to have the power of giving political jobs. Through bitter experience a Con-gressional maxim has evolved: "Ev-ery political appointment means one ingrate and a dozen enemies." No column of legislative anecdotes would be complete without the classic about the tot who visited the House of Representatives with his father. The youngster pointed to a man, standing on the dais and asked who he was . . . The father ex-plained he was the chaplain of the House . . . "Does he pray for the members?" the child asked with logical reasoning. The father informed: "No, my son. When he sees the members sitting there he prays for the coun-try!" Out of the In a collection of records recently prese university are the Queen Victoria, Fiora gale, Mr. Gladstoni Twain. Washington, D. C. PRESIDENT LISTENS The President did the listening. In-stead of the talking, when he con-ferred on farm manpower and food with three prominent farm leaders Albert S. Goss, master of the Na-tional Grange, H. E. Babcock, vice president of the National Council of Farmer and Ezra T. Nelson, its executive secretary. The farm spokesmen spent about 30 minutes of the confer-ence expounding their views on what caused the food shortage now facing the country and what has to be done to remedy it. The President con-fined his remarks chiefly to asking questions. He began by telling his visitors that the food situation was "ex-tremely serious." "That's why I invited you gentle-men here today to get your opin-ions on what has to be done," the President said. "Go ahead and be as frank as you like." The farm leaders accepted the challenge. They charged the ad-ministration with "shortsightedness" in dealing with farm labor defer-ments and contended that govern-ment price policies also had con-tributed to the farm manpower shortage. Local Draft Problem. ."If you want my views, I'll give them to you, Mr. President," spoke up Ezra Nelson. "Two things have to be done and done immediately. First of all, someone in authority here in Washington must tell these local draft boards where to head in. "They must be told that they have almost as much responsibility to see to it that we have sufficient man-power to produce food for the war effort as they have to provide men for the fighting forces. Food is Just as important as munitions In my opinion. We can't fight the war without it, and we can't let our civil-ians starve. "A lot of these local draft boards still feel that they must fill their induction quotas," Nelson continued. "The boards have been assigned quotas, but they don't have to meet them, at least not in sections where there Is a crying farm labor short-age. You, or someone 'else should tell them this." The President pointed out that many young farmers don't want to be deferred. "This isn't the fault of the draft boards," he said. "The young men themselves are so patriotic that they do not want to remain on the farm while a war is going on." It was agreed that steps would have to be taken to convince se-lectees that they could serve their country as well on the farm as in the army. Goss suggested that one "way out" would be to induct farm hands and then "furlough" them back to the farm at prevailing farm wages, instead of army pay. This would require legislation, but the President said it was an idea worth considering. Stop Selling Cows. "The second thing that has to be done is for the government to step in and stop the widespread selling of dairy cows and other stock and farm equipment by farmers who are unable to continue in business at present farm price levels," Nelson continued. "I'm as much opposed to inflation as you are, Mr. President," he add-ed, "but we have got to make it possible for farmers to operate at a fair profit If we are to lick this threatened food shortage. They have got to be assured fair prices in order to pay wages that will keep their help from migrating to Jobs in in-dustry." The official contend-ed that farms had lost two-third- s of their manpower to war industries because of low farm wages. The President said that he, too, was deeply concerned about this fac-tor, suggested to his callers that they get together with Secretary of Agriculture Wickard and map out a program embracing their recom-mendations. "Then come back and see me again," urged the President "I want to continue these discussions." CAPITAL CHAFF C. The super-cabinet- 's careful con-sideration of how big our armed forces should be was actually a sham battle. FDR has the "old dutch up" over the size of the armed forces and wouldn't take anybody's say-s- o on this point except the army's own plan, conceived way back in 1938 . . . The army in 1938 had no idea whether we would have the ships in 1943 to transport troops abroad, but is sticking to its original plan just the same. And FDR is 100 per cent behind it. C John McClintock, assistantco-ordi-nato- r of inter-Americ- affairs, is off to the 'Amazon, to inspect food and health programs for rubber tap-pers. ft When General Marshall turned down the rank of "Field Marshal" he also knocked over a carefully laid plan whereby Admiral King would become "Admiral of the Fleet" ... To date only three men have won the title "Admiral of the Fleet" Dewey, Farragut and Por-ter .. . 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Through the jagged jungle of Bataan a small, open car bearing a white flag chugged toward the Japanese lines. In the car were Maj.-Ge- n. E. B. King and Col. E. P. Williams who were tp announce the surrender of 35,000 American and Filipino troops. Since January, these troops had been waging a valiant battle against a numerically superior and better equipped Japanese army in the tropical fastness of Bataan. From the foxholes dug out of the earth; from behind the towering from Corregidor April 9. He said: ". . . With heads bloody but un-bowed, they have yielded to the su-perior force of the enemy. "The world will long remember the epic struggle that Filipino and American soldiers put up in the jungle fastnessess and along the rug-ged coast of Bataan. They have stood up uncomplaining under the constant gruelling fire of the enemy for more than three months. Be-sieged on land and blockaded by sea, cut off from all sources of help in the Philippines and in America, these intrepid fighters have done all that human endurance could bear." After paying due respect to the gallantry of the American army in a speech February 20, President Manuel Quezon of the Philippines then stressed the role the Filipino played in the courageous struggle on Bataan. "By our decision to fight by the side of the United States, by our heroism and by our loyalty to the American flag, we won a battle greater than we lost," Quezon said. "Our decision and our heroism have won for our people real freedom for all time. "You know what President Roose-velt said In his proclamation to the Filipino people on December 28 1941. These were his words: 'I give to the people of the Philippines my solemn pledge that their freedom will be redeemed and their inde-pendence established and protected The entire resources in men and materials of the United States stands behind that pledge.' "In the name of the Philippines I am a signatory to the Atlantic charter. We are one of the United Nations. And whether the war is over before or after July 4. 1946 the date fixed for the establishment of the Philippine republic, I am cer- tain we shall have our own repress tation in the peace conference " 'li brush; along the scraggling moun-tains and hill-sides, and under the torment of blazing sun, these men fought off the invaders for four months. Those four months gave the United Nations precious time to 'Manuel Queion feverishly reform their ranks in the Southwest Pacific. Those months oc-cupied the bulk of a Japanese army that might otherwise have driven into Australasia. By April 9, however, the limit of their resistance had been reached. Their numbers dwindling, their sup-plies running low without adequate support of aircraft tanks and guns they were being pressed farther and farther back toward the sea. A few managed to escape to the rockbound fortress of Corregidor, which also later surrendered. The spirit of this army was best described by Lieut. Norman Reyes, a young Filipino officer broadcasting Real Cooking Problems Abound on Guadalcanal Housewives who think it a burden to plan and prepare meals for the average American family might grow old in a week facing the prob-lem of marine corps cooks on Guad-alcanal. With no electric or gas appliances, and without American markets and chain stores, these uniformed cul-inary experts have to feed the bigges-t- eating, bardest-to-pleas- e fami-lies of all. With no electric power plants or natural gas supply, all meals have to be prepared on wood or kerosene stoves. Because the tropical heat makes storage of fresh foods difficult canned foods must be used almost exclusively. This reduces the possi-bility of variety in the fare. Troops served by the galley are continually on the move. Each troop move-ment means a change in galley site. A part of the unit is generally on some special detail which makes it late for meals Among the canned rations hash stew and beans predominate li takes genius to make hash anything but hash, stew anything but stew and beans anything. One cook who baked pies before he ever thought of joining the ma-rines, has manned to enhance the hash and stew by disguising it in the folds of some of his excellent pastrv and calling it meat and vegetable pie. And another ean at least make soup from the b.ans ... ODDS AD ENDS the brm,dca,t, g0lng inU A Jl Wsecond i.me, lhe 'r Xn;,"" Stirrer DonleT V "7!' Brian 9 "rner Bros Jit Wn, 'To the I arrinf Errul R LT TFnwh S Trunk" " " "Saratov |