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Show i ? Ii Blazed trail to West Grantsville Man Visits, Recalls 1919 Motor Trip By Larry Olson v' e came to the North Platte River in Nebraska and went skinny dipping." George M. Ogden thus described a 1919 photograph of soldiers swimming in the buff as the crossed the country from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco. According to the Grantsville resident, the 258 soldiers in the Transcontinental Motor Convoy were constantly looking for such opportunities to bathe. In the desert regions of Utah, according to Ogden, the men saw and eagerly awaited a lake visible on the horizon. We waited and waited, he said. We never did reach it. It was just a mirage. George Ogden related many such anecdotes as he met with Colonel Roliert A. Shade; former DPG commander, June 21. Ogden first l)ecame aware of local interest in the motor convoy when he read of the Malcolm Greany collection of mem- orabilia on display in Post Headquarters. Then Ogden was a mechanic during the 62 --day trip designed to evaluate highway needs for long distance motor e travel. The distance was traversed along the old Lin- before. But in Cheyenne, Wyo., the tables were turned. That coln Highway. Ogden noted that often the roads west of Ohio city put on a Frontier Day Rodeo for the convoy contingent, consisted of nothing more than two ruts made Ity n and for many of the men it was the first time they had ever vehicles. seen an Indian. There were literally hundreds of them, Ogden ' As the convoy wound its way westward their arrival in many recalls. towns became a local holiday. Bedford, Penn., for example,' sponAs a mechanic, Ogden commented, his work on the motor sored a band concert and dance for the men as they encamped march was confined to repairing broken down vehicles. It was for an overnight stay. the engineers who had to put forth the greatest effort. They A Columbus, Neb., announcement proclaimed the arrival of had to contend with the road conditions and bridges, often conthe transport convoy and noted that the members of the convoy structing roads and bridges as we went along, he explained. would be treated to shower baths at the Y.M.C.A., followed by Ogden recalls that the mechanics had to walk the entire an open house. distance over tlie Great Divide and the Sierra Mountains. NormalSimilar displays of local hospitality occurred throughout the ly, however, the men could select the vehicles they wanted to trip. Ogden rememliers that in most cities and towns the convoy rale in. would camp at the local baseliall park or fairgrounds. They were In East Palestine, Ohio, Ogden joined a driver whose vehicle the only areas in most towns which could handle sixty vehicles. kept stalling, which of course meant the driver had to get out Ogden remembers with amusement that in many areas of and crank it up to get it started again. the country the townspeople had never seen a real, live soldier After a few minutes of oliservation, Ogden discovered the 3,300-inil- problem. For the entire distance from Washington to the eastern liorder of Ohio the driver had failed to push in the clutch when going into neutral. How he ever got to lie a driver, 111 never horse-draw- know, Ogden laughed. George Ogden reiueiuliers quite vividlv the experiences of 55 years ago on the motor march, often of rememliering the faces in the Greany collection of photographs. But, many perhaps, Ogden's greatest impression of the motor march is a speech made by Dr. S. M. Johnson, a civilian who accompanied the transcontinental march. Ogden reflects with a great deal of satisfaction on the aptness of Johnson's 1919 message: For the past 90 years the railway has lieen the chief factor in the country s development. are now entering on an era in which the highway will take the lead. The next step in the progress of civilization will lie construction of roadlieds upon which the motor vehicle may lie operated with efficiency and economy. In this development the first thing to do is to create a system of national highways. 'e Q, seri; Published in the interest of the personnel of Dugway Proving Ground Published by the Transcript-BulletiPublishing Company, Tooele, Utah, a private firm, in no way connected with the Department of the Army. Opinions expressed by publisher and writers herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression bv the Department of the Army. The appearance of advertisements in this publication does not constitute an endorsement by the Department of the Army of the products or services advertised. n Vol. 7 No. Dugway Proving Ground 1 End 232 Years Service From Jobs at DPG Retiring Friday, June 28, retired after 27 years of govwith a grand total of 232 years ernment service. Ending 25 of federal service were nine years of federal service was Ivan . Department of the Army civil- Hale of Grantsville, an engiians who were employed at neering equipment operator in the Test Divisioa Dugway Proving Ground. The nine men ended their Raymond L. McNamara of Lake City, chief of the InSalt careers with an average of formation Office, retired after nearly 26 years each in gov2 career that began a ernment service. CIA with the during World careers Ending were James L. Logsdon of War II. He later served as an officer at Ft. Orem, a motor vehicle operator information with the Services Division, and George G. Meade, ML, and still Allen R. Maloney of Tooele, an later as information officer for the Deseret Test Center at Ft. employee of the Facilities EnDouglas, Utah. gineering Division. Allen A. Poulsen of DugRetiring with 29 years each were Eugene R. McClure, way, a supply clerk with the Tooele, logistics management Services Division, accepted his retirement papers after comofficer with Logistics Directorate, and George L. Palmer, aLso pleting 20 years of government service. of Tooele, an electronics develALso retiring with 20 years with technician Life the opment of service was Maiben O. JaScience Laboratory Division. Frank C. Herrera of cobson pf Oak City, a locksmith Tooele, a security guard with with the Facilities Engineering the Provost Marshal Division, Division. 30-ye- ar , Maiben O. Jacobson of Oak Gty, above, a locksmith with the Facilities Engineering retired Friday, Division, June 28, after 20 years of government service. Friday, July 5, 1974 Colonel Shade Retires 9 Civilians Retire . Dugway, Utah 84022 Frank C. Herrera of Tooele, above, a security guard with the Provost Marshal Division, retired June 28 after completing 27 years of government service. 20 Army Members Leave Post On Completion Of Duty Tours Twenty members of the U.S. Army completed their tours of active duty during the last two weeks of June and left Dugway Proving Ground to return to civilian life. The depart ees included five officers and 15 enlisted men. Bringing the total to 21 leaving during the period was Colonel Robert A. Shade, DPG commander, who retired at the end of June after 28 years of Army service. He had been commander of the Deseret Test Center and U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground since 1972. ceremonies Retirement ceremonies and for Col. Shade were held Friday afternoon, June 28, at Brantley Field, across the street from Post Headquarters. Col. Shade turned command of Dugway Proving Ground over to Lieutenant Colonel Andrew J. (Jack) Armstrong formerly chief of the Plans and Studies Directorate. change-of-comma- Officiating at the retirement and Mrs. Riddle To Appear On Hill AFB Program M. Pohjola, also a dental officer at the hospi- Captain Herbert EL Jacob Jr., M.D., a medical officer at the . hospital. Captain Robert W. Owens, also a dental officer with the USAH. ti Enlisted men who completed their tours during the period from June 15 through June 30 and left Dugway included the following: Specialist Four Robert Carlson, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, assigned for duty with die Equipment Pool Brandi; Sp4 Michael Scala, HHC, assigned at the Recreation Center; Private First Class Roger L. Wangness, 65th Military Police Platoon; SP4 Gardell W. Jensen, HHC, Chemical Technology Branch; Sp4 David Gruttier, USAH; SP4 Kenneth Henderson, HHC, Equipment Pool Brandi; SP4 Emmett Alford, 65th MP Platoon; PFC William Schluter, Meteorological Team, Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory; PFC James L. Robinson, 65th MP Platoon; SP5 Larry J. Olson, HHC, Information Office; SP4 Jeffery Graham, HHC, Recreation Center; SP4 Kenneth Watkins II, HHC, Chemical Assay Brandi; Sp5 Garland G. West Jr, HHC, Information Office; Sp5 Gary A. Tomasello, HHC, Information Office; and SP4 Steven Hoek, 65th MP Platoon. Seven additional departures of military personnel completing their tours of duty, including one officer and six enlisted men, were scheduled for the period from July 1 through July 15. They were listed as follows: Major Lockwood S. Young, M.D, a medical officer with the USAH; SP4 LaRue Washington, USAH; Pvt-- 2 Joseph Masarone, USAII; SP4 Donovan D. Buckentin, HHC, Military Personnel Division; Sp4 Charles Hedden, HIIC, Officers Open Mess; SP4 Daniel Kubinski, HHC, Equipment Pool Brandi, and SP4 Donald R. Morrell, HIIC, Test Division. . CHANGE OF COMMAND Colonel Robert A Shade, Brigadier Ceneral Olin' E. Smith and Lieutenant Andrew J. Armstrong (left to right) are shown following the change of command ceremony at Brantley Fidd Friday, June 28. BG Smith, deputy commander of the U. S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, officiated at the ceremony, in which LTC Armstrong took command of Dugway Proving Ground from the retiring COL Shade. (Photo by SP5 Greg Environmental Protection Agency By Victor Pratt of the waste is household refuse, which is not normally combined with industrial waste. Solid waste is most commonly disposed of in sanitary land An Interagency Agreement between the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) and the National Environmental Research fills, an approved technique which is rapidly replacing open Center of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Cincin- burning. IN THE sanitary land fill process, layers of waste approximanati, Ohio, assigns a $105,000 solid waste research project to the U.S. Army Dugway Proving Ground (DPG), Dugwav, Utah, a tely two fee thick are compacted and covered at the end of each subordinate installation of foe U.S. Army lest and Evaluation day with six inches of soil. Alternate layers of waste and soil Command (TECOM), Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. are deposited until the predetermined depth is reached. A final The Interagency Agreement was the culmination of an initia- cover of two feet of compacted earth is then emplaced to top tive begun by AMC with the Environmental Protection Agency the site and form a base for light structures or a recreational in 1972. At that time, the Environmental Protection Agency was area advised that AMC Laboratories were encouraged to participate However, casual view of a completed land fill does not reveal in Interagency Agreements where their expertise could help solve the complex changes taking place there. The compacted wastes domestic problems. are undergoing a dramatic change. Through biological and chemiTHE EPA responded favorably to this initiative, suggesting cal reactions, the wastes are lieing transformed into other solid, that their published extramural contract program be examined liquid, and gaseous products. Metals are oxidized, organic wastes for suitable tasks. are consumed by microorganisms, first through aerobic and then The examination produced several candidate tasks including by anaerobic processes. Carlion dioxide is released which affects one with the Solid and Hazardous Waste Research Laboratory the acidity of the fill, further stimulating chemical transformations. in Cincinnati related to characterization of the effects of various The exact course of the transformation process varies from site soils in land fills on leachate composition. (Leachate being the to site and depends on the fill composition, the compactness of liquid resulting from the percolation of surface water through the fill, and many other physical and chemical factors. a land fill area.) Ground or infiltrating surface water, moving through the fill, After much negotiation with the EPA and subsequent review produces a leachate - a liquid containing dissolved and finely by AMC, this task was formalized in an Interagency Agreement suspended solids and microbial waste products. This lkjuid will lietween AMC and the Cincinnati EPA. which assigned the project leave the fill and percolate thnnigh the rock and soil surrounding the sire and may ultimately enter water supplies or streams. to Dugway Proving Ground. THE NATURE of the soil at the site affects the composition BEFORE DESCRIBING Dugway s contribution to this task it is necessary to briefly examine the overall problem of solid of the leachate which leaves the fill by attenuating or removing undesirable elements. This is accomplished through processes such waste disposal. was the tliat reveal 1967 nation available in generat- as ion exchange, filtration, adsorption, complexing, precipitation, Figures indus- and of million 4(X) of tons household, commercial, biodegradation. Many studies have been done on the attenua- -' ing upwards (Continued on Page Two) trial, and municipal solid wastes per day. The principal source Program Control Office A Dugway resident, Mrs. Michael (Josie) Riddle, will appear on the program at Hill Air Force Base next week during observance of a Cultural Exchange Program known as WIMBO Week. WIMBO is an acronym for White, Indian, Mexican, Black and OrientaL WIMBO Week begins Monday, July 8, and runs through Saturday, July 13. A different cultural group will be featured each day with dishes displays, special traditional to that group in the cafeterias and mess halls, and a food Raymond L. McNamara of Salt Lake City, Chief of the Information Office at Dugway Proving Ground and a veteran of 22 years of government service, receives a certificate of achievement from Colonel Robert A. Shade, retiring post commander. The same day, June 28, Mr. McNamara received his retirement papers from Lieutenant Colonel Andrew J. Armstrong. cere- change-of-comma- monies was Brigadier General Olin E. Smith, deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. Martial music for the ceremonies was provided by the 23rd U.S. Army Band, Utah National Guard. The band was directed by Chief Warrant Officer Ralph Vanderlinden, its commanding officer. Some 30 members erf the band, representing National Guard musicians from Salt Lake City and the surrounding area, made the trip to Dugway in an Army bus. Numbers played during the ceremonies included Garry Owen, Ruffles and Flourishes, Yellow Ribbon, the National Athem, Auld Lang Syne," El Capitan March, the U.S. Army song and The Stars and $tipes Forever. Other officers departing Dugway during the last half of June included the following: Captain Ronald C. Neider, a dental officer with the U. S. Army Hospital. Captain James P. Burke, chief of the Dental Clinic at the USAH. Captain Randall tal. program of entertainment each evening from 6 to 9 p.m. in Thornton Ilall on Hill AFB. The White cultural group will be featured Monday, with Indian culture on Tuesday, Mexican culture on Wednesday, Black culture on Thursday and Oriental culture on Friday. Winding up the observance at Fam Camp" on the base Saturday, July 13, will lie a free picnic featuring food, grilles and family entertainment from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. Mrs. Riddle, the former Josie Valdez of Houston, Texas, will present a traditional Spanish and Mexican Flamenco dance during the program in Thornton Hall Wednesday evening, July 10. Now serving as secretary in the DPG Information Office, Mrs. Riddle recently was named Spanish Speaking Program Coordinator at Dugway. She has been involved in numerous community and church activities in her home town and at Dugway. She has studied dramatic arts and has been involved in plays and musical productions, inchiding the well-knoUp With People group. She was selected as Senorita Houston of 1969 in a beauty pageant sponsored by the Spanish-speakin- g population in Houston. As me result she was given a screen test and a. part in the John Wayne movie Hellfighters. Mr. and Mrs. Riddle live at Dugway Proving Ground, where he is employed in the Finance and Accounting Office. w . 1 I ; i |