European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 19, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday july 19, 1959 i infantrymen to get pro pay this month i Washington is the first proficiency pay for infantrymen will Start going out this month the army announced. Heavy weapons men in five skill Levels of military occupation Spe Fialty 112 will be the first foot soldiers to get the extra $30 a month proficiency pay the army disclosed in making a total of 3,145 new pro pay Grants in four mos categories. The Grants were determined by Thev results of May testing. In addition to mos 112, other Job skills affected were 342, 286 and 823. As of aug. 1, the army said an additional 2,400 Grants will be made to eligible personnel taking the Poler route i with mos 205, 206, 332, 981, 294, 131.1 and 131.2. The mos category rank and Cut off scores for july pro pay Are mos 112.1112.2 112.6 112.7 112.8 342.7 286.1 286.6 823.1 823.6 Grade e4 e5, e4 e4 e6. E5, e4 e7 thru e4 e7 thru e4 e5. E4 e7 thru e4 e5. E4 e7 thru e4 Cut off score 84 86 109 97 109 142 88 98 89 88 mos categories listed for Pacific Heidelberg Germany is Usa eur he has sent out an expanded list of 125 primary military occupational specially categories in which Usa eur personnel May re enlist for duly with the 8th army in the far East. Personnel who re enlist for the 8th army May be assigned to a unit in the areas of Japan Korea Guam and the Philippines a spokesman said they will not be promised an assignment in a specific area he said. Usa eur is authorized to re enlist 100 soldiers each month for duty with the 8th army. These Are the mos Fields open in. The far East . 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Equestrian team begins its defense of two major championships at the Royal International horse show Here monday. % Captain Bill Steinkraus and the three other team members have arrived Here to compete at White City stadium. Last year Hugh Wiley won the King George v Challenge cup the most prize award for individuals. The team won the Edward Prince of Wales cup. Other members Are Frank Cha pot and George Morris. Show officials said that the . Team again is one of the most highly rated. The . Equestrian team inc., is a non profit organization de voted to the support and training of teams to represent the . In International competitions p r o Vides teams for representation in the olympic and pan american games. Representatives to International events were formerly the army s responsibility through the cavalry school at it. Riley Kan. With the dissolution of the horse cavalry the army disbanded the team after the 1948 olympics. In 1950, a group of sportsmen organized the corporation. French military rider open annual Carousel Saumur Frances a to health Carousel de Saunier an annual demonstration of equestrian skill by France s _ Best military riders has opened  year 350 free tickets were made available to personnel of the nearby . Army general depot. The show has been a tradition atthe school one of the oldest and most respected institutions i France since 1828, when the Duchess of Berry passing through Saumur watched Young French cavalry students putting on a Showoff horsemanship to celebrate their graduation. She suggested that the show be an annual event and it has nearly every year since total of 472 Points. Final tabulation showed that in Williams edged out his closest competitor sp4 Paul a. Maag he Del 15th chemical up by Only on Point Maag earlier in the tests took first place in the Quarter to class contest while Williams earned top spot in the Sedan  place in the Overall Point score went to sp4 John j. Reinck of \ the 5th trans co whose first place in the 5-Toh category brought him a total of 466 Points. Dinner in the 5-ton tractor class was pfc Emit Stas of the 57th ordnance  Gen Thomas l. Sherburne cg4of the 7th army sup com presented awards to the winners. Two adj my privates manipulate a servicing platform to grease Flag pole rope pulleys at Vicenza Italy. The platform nicknamed the Cherry picker is normally used to service upright Corporal mis Siles. Operating Ifie picker Are pvt Tommy Jackson left and pvt Glen o Brian both of 80th arty firing Battery  army photo 2 generals 6 colonels be assignments army halts 1, 2-year extensions Heidelberg Germany is enlistment extensions for one or two. Years have been abolished by the army it was announced Here. A Usa eur . General spokesman said extensions of three six nine and 11 months Are still authorized. He said Only one Extension per enlistment will be permitted unless approved by army he. The new policy also prohibits extensions of six year enlistments. The curtailment of tour Exten Sions is spelled out in the hew a 601-210, which governs army enlistment procedures another change provides that All Active army personnel in Grade e4 and above with less than 15 years of Active Federal service May apply for qualification test score waivers. The old regulation had limited waiver requests to regular army personnel. Reservists draftees and National guardsmen on Active duty Are now authorized to apply for such waivers. 22-month tour for civilians okd Heidelberg Germany is the army has authorized 22-month overseas Tours for army civilian employees to enable scheduling vacations at regular intervals do firing Slack periods and school vacations it was announced Here. Such Tours established at 24 months by the army May be administratively reduced to 22 months for employees who sign a transportation agreement for an additional duty tour. A personnel spokesman said civilian employees who go on re employment leave after 22 months Are not entitled to leave free travel time. They Are considered to be in a leave status from the time they leave the command until they re turn to duty. Those who Complete the full two year tour Are entitled to leave free travel time it was explained. Washington special new  two army general officers and six army colonels nominated. By president Eisen Hower to the rank of brigadier general have been announced by Secretary of the army Wilber m. Brucker. Maj Gen William h. Hennig cd air anniversary noted Aviano Italy special two flights of fido s from the 615th and 355th tactical fighter so participated in Turin celebrations of the 50th anniversary of the first flight of an italian made aircraft. Reid Cross sponsors baby care courses i Baum older Germany Spe Cial the. American red Cross Here will offer six two hour periods in ins t r u c t i o n on Mother an baby care which will Range from prenatal care through the firs year of a new born child. Classes will be held every tues Day afternoon at the dispensary Annex and will begin with a mini mum enrolment of eight parents or prospective parents. Tempelhof airmen boost Bond program Berlin special one out of every five air Force members of Tein Zelhof Central Airport Pur chased nearly -$2,000 in savings Bonds during the 1959.campaign., just it James w. Alford of up Imbus ga., savings Bond Prpic i officer said 10 per cent we Refl increases to Bond allotments Al in effect to tiffs Are Kaiserslautern Germany of a a Bunch of Bakers have risen to the occasion. / they be tackled a whale of a Job replacing the biggest army Bak Ery in the world while it undergoes a three month renovation. Filling in for the Kaiserslautern quartermaster bakery is the 2dplatoon, of the 134th pm bakery co. The Small outfit directed by it Frank a Preston has moved into town and is now working Atwo shift 18-20-hour Day turning out All of the troop Issue bread formerly produced by the big  Plant. A quartermaster spokesman said the platoon will bake approximately 200,000 pounds of bread a month during the three month assignment. He said troop Issue bread makes up the major part of the Kaiserslautern output. While the Plant is being modernized and expanded commissary read needs West of the Rhine will be filled by the Verdun bakery. Commissaries in the Mannheim Heidelberg and Karlsruhe areas will be supplied by the Glessen quartermaster bakery. 2d Region army air defense come it. Meade md., has been As signed to the . Army element North american air defense bad ent air Force base Colo Rado Springs Colo. He will report to his new position in november. Maj Gen Marshall s. Carter chief of staff North american air defense come ent fab. Has been assigned to 8th army he Korea effective dec. 14. The following six officers with their new assignments were nominated to the rank of brigadier general col Louis a. Walsh jr., . Army element Caribbean come canal zone has been assigned to the infantry Center it. Berthing ga., effective in september. Col George. M. Powell co Womack army Hospital it. Bragg n.c., will become cd Madigan army Hospital Tacoma wash., effective aug. 10. Col James a. Norell adjutant general 2d . Army it. Meade md., has been designated chief of military history Washington d.c., effective aug. 1. Col Robert h. Adams he . Continental army come it Mon Roe has been designated artillery co 4th inf div it. Lewis wash., effective sept 1. Col Charles s. Hays signal corps Board it. Monmouth n.j., has been designated signal officer 8th . Army Korea effective aug. 15. Col Richard l. Jewett 5th army he Chicago has been designated Engineer 8th . Army Korea effective aug. 15. 8th inf div tops Drivers Wuerzburg Germany Spe Cial eighth inf div Drivers took a one two three in 5-ton tractor trailer Competition during the final Day of v corps Driver proficiency tests to win 11 out of the 18 possible awards in the meet. Final tabulation Stowe d the 3dinf div took three first places and a second in the meet 3d army div Drivers a first and third while v corps arty placed with Only on Driver. Pfc Floyd t. Wilson,.of the 8th inf div totalled 362% Points to Ladall other Drivers of the 5-ton truck trailer class. Also 8th div. Drivers .sp5 Calvin t. Russel with.-366%Points and sp5 Lonnie b. Woody trailing with 356a/a, took second and third spots in the Competition. Possible High was 485. The three Day contest saw est Drivers from four major v corp units assemble for Competition. Seventy two men participated the top 18 of whom will go to 7th army finals. Anniversary marked Frankfurt special the 3darmd div s 52d, inf celebrated its 42cl anniversary with organization Day activities for members of the battalion their families and guests. . Consulate guards draw new assignments Mehlem Germany is the traditional Marine guard complements stationed at four .consulates in Germany Bremen Hamburg Dusseldorf and Stuttgart have been withdrawn for unspecified assignments elsewhere an american embassy spokesman said Here _ he added that the usual Security precautions involved in the functions of the consulates would in no Way be impaired by the change Ini Marine assignments