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ENLISTED MEN REPLACEMENTS ARRIVED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH
AS FOLLOWS:
3RD - ONE FROM SCU 1959, FT MAC ARTHUR, CA
7TH - TWO FROM VANCOUVER BARRACKS, WA
- TWO FROM STOCKTON ORDNANCE DEPOT, STOCKTON, CA
8TH - FOUR FROM HQS NINTH SERVICE COMMAND, FT DOUGLAS, UTAH
9TH TWENTY FROM FT ORD, CA
- SIX FROM ECU 1913, CAMP WHITE, OREGON
10TH - ONE FROM SCU 1930, PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, CA
- SEVEN FROM CAMP ADAIR, OREGON
- SEVEN FROM SCU 1908, CAMP COOKE, CA
- SIX FROM HQS EASTER SECURITY DISTRICT, SALT LAKE
CITY, UTAH
- FOURTEEN FROM FT LEWIS, WA
- FOUR FROM NORMOYLE ORDNANCE DEPOT, SAN ANTONIO, TX
- TWELVE FROM 2ND SV COMMAND UNIT, GOVERNORS ISLAND, NY
- FOuR FROM NINTH SERVICE COMMAND, FT DOUGLAS, UTAH
- FOUR FROM POMONA, CA
- ONE FROM CAMP WILLIAMS, LEHI, UTAH
12TH - TWO FROM PRESIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA
15TH - ONE FROM 91ST INFANTRY DIV. CAMP WHITE, OREGON
28TH - ELEVEN FROM ERTC, FT LEONARD WOOD, MO
ON THE 24TH A REGIMENTAL TRACK AND FIELD MEET WAS HELD.
COMPANY "F" CARRIED AWAY THE WINNERS TROPHY BY PLACING FIRST
IN NINE OF TWELVE EVENTS.
UNIT STRENGTH: 60 OFFICERS - 1316 ENLISTED MEN
MARCH 1943:
UNIT TRAINING PERIOD STARTED ON THE 3RD.
ON THE 17TH THE BULLDOZER BASEBALL TEAM LOST TO THE 1ST
MEDICAL REGIMENT BY A SCORE OF 11 TO 5.
ON THE 20TH AT 1100 THE 1ST BATTALION WAS ASSEMBLED
ADJACENT TO THE COMBAT VILLAGE, WITH THE BAND ON THE RIGHT
FLANK, TO OFFICIALLY TURN THE VILLAGE OVER TO GENERAL
THOMAS, COMMANDING GENERAL, CAMP WHITE. AS GENERAL THOMAS
DESCENDED FROM HIS CAR, THE BAND SOUNDED THE RUFFLES AND
FLOURISH AND THE BATTALION WAS BROUGHT TO PRESENT ARMS. THE
BATTALION COMMANDER CAPTAIN DARYLL C SPEARS WAS PRESENTED TO
THE COMMANDING GENERAL BY REGIMENTAL COMMANDER COLONEL
WENDELL P TROWER. CAPTAIN SPEARS THEN CONDUCTED THE GENERAL
AND HIS STAFF ON AN INSPECTION TOUR OF THE VILLAGE. AFTER
THIS INSPECTION THE GENERAL IN AN ADDRESS TO THE TROOPS.
ACCEPTED THE VILLAGE AND PRAISED THE WORK OF THE BATTALION.
THE COMBAT VILLAGE WAS CONSTRUCTED AS A PERMANENT
INSTALLATION TO THE CAMP WHITE RANGE GROUP FOR THE PURPOSE
OF TRAINING TROOPS IN THE VARIOUS PHASES OF STREET FIGHTING,
HOUSE CLEARING AND OTHER COMBAT PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN
