European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 14, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july my 1959 stripes far seeing by Homas r. Henry North american newspaper asian be Washington the problem of seeing in the dark is almost solved. Night vision devices now Are available for reasonably Clear vision up to 3,500 Yards Ami also for re Mote vision such As would be required to Survey a Battlefield or Maneu vers of enemy  was reported to an army science conference Here by or. John Johnson of the Engineer corps research laboratories at , Vul. This country seems to be just in time with night seeing devices. Re cent intelligence reports or. John son said indicate that certain other nations Are placing very considerable emphasis on develop ment of night combat capability through such devices and extensive troop training at night. Essential capability present concepts of atomic War fare he said with emphasis on High mobility of troops and ability to concentrate and disperse rapidly make it essential that the army have a night surveillance capability comparable to Day Cap Abil  even in the darkest night he stressed there is some Light. The new instruments Are designed essentially to magnify this Light to the Point where it is meaningful to the human Eye. Details Are extremely complicated but the Gen eral principles Are evolved from intensive study of the human Eye supermarket in the Field Grafe Woehr Germany special food a subject near and dear to the hearts of All sol Diers is keeping personnel of the 4th pm in Well occupied these Days. To keep the men of the 4th army div Well fed while undergoing Field training Here the battalion has set up a class i breakdown which dispenses everything from the. Pro Verbial soup to nuts to division units. Quartermaster trucks Load up daily with foods for division meals the following Day. Fully loaded the pm trucks then proceed to the breakdown area a Large Fieldine up in a roughly semicircular formation arid drop tailgates. Then food Supply trucks from the individual units Roll by this Supply line picking up potatoes at on Estop milk and Dairy products at another and so on until the circuits completed. The breakdown will be conducted throughout the division s stay at Grafe Woehr and is in operation six Days a week. Pm personnel get a Brief rest sundays by passing out double Day rations on Satur Days. Mid East stations win army trophy Washington special the George i Back trophy for ,1958 has been awarded to. The communications personnel of the Middle East area for outstanding operational f f i c 1 e n c a in the world wide army communications administrative network. " degree of proficiency of communication Center operations is deter mined from analyses of telecommunications engineering reports submitted to the chief signal offi cer by All network stations. A from 1958 reports it. Was deter mined that the Middle East area with relay stations at Asmara and Ankara Turkey had displayed the greatest degree of proficiency in fixed  Center opera Tion.  a mechanism evolved Over millions of years to a High degree of performance Over a Light rang of. 10. Orders of  ,. At present Light intensification of 5w" of 2600-fold have been achieved and intensification up to50,000-fold Are believed possible. Of requests More slots for majors Washington special the department of defense has sent legislation to Congress asking for 3,000 More air Force major slots than presently authorized. The air Force estimates about7,400 senior captains with at least 14 years Active commissioned serv ice will become eligible for pro motion during fiscal year 1960 and1961. Under existing Law Only 2,500 to 3,000 promotions to major can be made during this two year period the air Force said. Originally the Bureau of the budget was asked to Okay 5,000 additional major billets for fiscal year 1960 through 1963. The re Vised plan approved by the budget Bureau Calls for 2,000 additional promotions to the Grade of Majorin fiscal year 1960 and 1,000 in 1961. If Congress approves the Bill the air Force s commissioned officer strength in grades above Cap Tain will climb from 31 per cent to 33 per cent the air Force said. Keating assumes 8th inf div Post bad .kreuzn.ach, Germany special Brig Gen John  ing has assumed his official duties As 8th" inf d5v assistant cd succeeding Brig Gen i avid w. Gray now assigned As v corps chief of staff.  " a graduate of the . Militar Academy and former commander of the 223d inf regt in Korea Keating was the executive officer of the National War College for two years before being assigned Here. During world War ii Keating was the chief of staff of the g6thinf div. His decorations include the legion of Merit the Bronze Star with two clusters the Republic of Korea presidential citation the commendation ribbon and the French legion of Honor. Southern area come col Earl l. Edwards of Silver Spring md., was awarded his third Oak Leaf Cluster fourth award to the commendation ribbon by maj Gen j. F. R. Seitz the chief of staff of 1st army he  . Edwards has been ordered to Usa eur for assignment As pro Vost marshal of the Southern area omd. Brig Gen John w. Keating it col Joseph c. Bau Cloin former assistant chief of staff for go personnel at Saco he has assumed the duties of co of the Garmisch recreation area. 3d army div col Calvin s. Hannum formally presented com Mand and colors of 3d army div s tout Indian tribe to hit sea Trail Toul Frances a. Toul s Small band of american indians the a Kiconas will roam the Mediterranean lands of Italy Greece and Turkey for two week this summer. By Mike Lucas stuff writer head Stop capping spot jumping by the 1605th inf at Mainz Germany was this heavenly descent by one of the contestants who seems to be on the head of a Soldier spectators a photo by grimly actually members of air scout Squadron 57, they la cruise on the destroyer escort Darby from july15 to aug. 1. The Young Bucks who have Learned 15 american Indian dances under the Tutelage of big chief Tom Willoughby will per form at stopovers and aboard the Darby. Airman Willoughby born in Trinidad British West indies anymore recently of Brooklyn organized the a Kiconas Sioux for leading in december. Indian fun since 12 i be admired the american in Dian since i was 12," the 25-year old Willoughby declares. One Clay he stopped at an Indian Craft stall in Brooklyn to buy material for a War Bonnet. He struck up an acquaintance with Grey owl the owner who taught him much of his Indian knowledge. Since then i be had the India Bug Willoughby admits. He has always been associated with the scout movement although he never Rose above scout firs class. Willoughby s second in command air policeman Don Williams tells of the tribe s activities. They make Toul air base their reservation and the scout Center their Tepee. Every saturday be tween 9 and 11 am they hold pow wows. Usually they rehearse dances or try to learn new ones. Some of the tribal dances Are comical others Are  Emblem is Eagle the a Kiconas adopted the Oagle As their Emblem. They put on their first show during a february Western night at the officers club. They be also performed before Pat meetings on the flight line during open houses and at a French scout gathering in the nearby town of Toul. The mayor Rei outed a Parade for that occasion. They be also entertained at amp Freedom Pir Masens Ger Many where they were invited on the Mediterranean junket. Jazz concert slated Regensburg Germany Spe Cial the 83d army band will present an open air jazz. Concert july 16 on the Terrace of the Regensburg athletic club Here. The concert is sponsored by the German american Institute. Combat come c to col John . Hannum who took command of acc a year ago was presented a commendation ribbon with Meta Pendant first Oak Leaf Cluster by maj Gen Frederic j. Brown 3darmd div co. Hannum s new assignment is at7th army he. Carlson came to Europe and com Mand of the 3d army div unit from the position of chief of schools in the g3 of the Continental army omd Vii corps col William f. Lewis has assumed duties As Vii corps g2, succeeding col Norman g. Reynolds. Reynolds is now serving As corpsg3. Lewis was co of the 1st Btl up 21st inf 24th inf div before com ing to Vii corps he. 10th trans up change of command ceremonies at flak Ca sern marked Assumption of new duties by col Marzelle f. Boyd from col a. J. Montgomery out going commander of the 10th trans up. Boyd had been serving As Deputy transportation officer 7th army since August 1958. Col Montgomery commanded the10th trans up since Jum. 1958. He has been named commander of the3d terminal come it. Eustis a. 8th inf div. It col Albert f. Myers has been assigned to the 8th inf div As aviation officer re placing it col James h. Lee new assistant aviation officer at 7tharmy. Myers was previously assigned to the 24th inf div where he commanded the 34th Field arty  col Leo j. Neilson jr., has been assigned to tire 8th inf divas g4 officer replacing it col Ger Hart o. Romstedt who has re turned to the . To attend the armed forces staff College at it. Monroe a. Neilson came to the division fro Southern area come where he served As information officer. It col Robert a. Agnew has Bee assigned to the division As g3 officer replacing it col a j. Gates who has been reassigned to usar eur where he will assume the duties As the Usa eur  previously served with the 505th inf As executive officer. It col Samuel e. Mccann has been assigned new duties As the8t.h inf div go after serving As the assistant division go since july 1957. Mccann replaces it col l. V. Troiano who has been reassigned to Providence College Providence r.j., where he will assume duties with the Roth  col Warren r. Phillips has been assigned As the division s new brigade executive officer replacing col George i. Stoeckert who has been assigned duties As the assist ant Deputy brigade commander. Phillips came to the division from the 7th army information Section. Northern area come it col Gustave h. Frankejr. Former Darmstadt Germany Post co has been  to it. Monroe  arrived in Germany in March 195fi As a member of the Lith an div. In january 1957 he transferred to v corps arty serv ing As co of the 553d Field Artyn at Darmstadt. In july 1958 he assumed duties As Darmstadt pos commander. It col Joseph p. Mcelligott former Kaiserslautern Post executive officer has been assigned to it Baker calif.. Army port of embarkation it col. Marvin r. Scott has been announced As Post quartermaster Bremerhaven. Prior to his new assignment Scott was the Deputy chief of staff army office of logistics washing toil . 51st Ord up col Robert , former co of Wingate ordnance depot at Gallup n.m., has taken Over command of this group in Germany