European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1959, Darmstadt, Hesse I " a. I of a 1 stars july at -1959. In in qualify for pro Heidelberg German is a total of 855 Usa eur Soldier achieved passing proficiency Marks and qualified for $30-a"month skill in july Usa eur he has announced. The results of the military occupational specially testing in May Are being announced in three groups. In the first increment 855 of 1,443 in Usa eur an average of 59 per cent qualified an adjutant Gen eral spokesman said. The command s batting average remained about the same As in the three previous1 test months. Usar eur skill qualifiers averaged 64 percent in january 68 per cent in March and 58 per cent in april. A Soldier s proficiency score is combination of his mos test score and the efficiency evaluation by his commander. The first group of cutoff score sin the May testing were announced earlier by the army. Qualifying scores ranged from 89 to 142 and included these four digit mos categories 112.1, 112.2, 112.6, 112.7, 112.8, 286.1, 286.6, 342.7, 823.1 and823.6. The spokesman said the rest of the mos tested in May will be announced for award of proficiency in August and september. The second group will cover mos 205,206, 332, 981, 294, 131.1 and 131.2, and the third increment will in clude mos 131 6 and 131.7. The next proficiency examinations will be conducted in aug ust. Now that the program is i full swing tie army will give pro tests quarterly in augus november february and May. Army gets new rail pm store.--. A. V 7 a. By Howard Colb staff writer Giessen Germany is the army has unveiled its latest convenience to Usa eur troops stationed along the Border area i Remote is a modern railway Quarter master clothing sales store de signed to serve where permanent Type pm stores Are not considered practical. The store on wheels was turn Dover Here monday to ool Clifford t. Rior Dari 6th pm up co balt col Dan l. Smith co of the army transportation Center a Frankfurt which supervised its construction. Made from an obsolete austrian Zais named 7th army g3 Stuttgart Germany special col Melvin Zais Deputy go a Usa eur he for the last year has assumed duties As 7th army assist ant chief of staff g3. It was announced Here. He replaces col Patrick f. Cassidy who has been reassigned to the schools division of the continent army come s g3 Section at it Monroe a. Zais a master parachutist an Veteran of several airborne com mands previously served As chief of the combat developments Divi Sion in the department of the army s g3 Section in world War ii operations in Europe Zais commanded the 517thparachute inf regt. Other com mands included the 505th an inf regt and the 187th an inf s 2d Battle up. A col Everett appointed Ijo construction Post of. Paris special col Warren , formerly chief of the War r games Section at the army War College at Carlisle Barracks pa., As been appointed director of the . Army construction Agency prance with Headquarters in Paris. � he succeeds a. Bedell As head of the organization responsible for the supervision of the f multimillion Dollar construction program for All . Military organizations in France in support of nato. Bedell has returned tothe . For a new assignment Ata army he at it. George , my. Quartermaster unit fetes German workers ,._ Jen Germany special v thirty German employees of the17.s. Army quartermaster Supply Center Giessen were Given certify Viates for their outstanding services presentation ceremony is no monetary Premium w Ith the awarding of certificates of service but Many recipients of these documents have at one time or another awards in the incentive it col Dan l. Smith second from left co of the army transportation Center at Frankfurt presents keys to the new railway quartermaster clothing store to col Clifford t. Riordan 6th pm up co. Also present at the Giessen Germany ceremony were it col Charles a. Easton right14th pm in co and 1st it James r. Love officer in charge of the store. Is photo by Coley . Horsemen impress europeans is by Paul Spier staff writer London is the .scoring lots of Good will Points due o its equestrian team participating in european horse shows a ording to one of the world s to riders. Team Captain Bill Steinkraus said the team s Success during the past four months have had much greater Impact than the successes of for example our Champion track teams. He figures this Way europeans expect the . To Winat. Track and Field events. Horse shows though Are generally considered a european sport and standards Are highest in is a popular sport with Royal and cultural overtones. Television coverage in Britain i extensive and the press gives it considerable space. A few a dra Auto shippers stretch hours Bremerhaven Germany special col Irving vow. Brooks to of the Bremerhaven p6rt of embarkation has announced Newl ours of operation for the vehicle processing Branch. Effective aug. 1, until further notice personnel May deliver or ick up their vehicles from the port of embarkation from 8 am o 4. Pm including saturday an sunday. Related services at the p Ort the european Exchange system Gar age pm Gas station vehicle Regis ration office and insurance com rahy representatives have also adjusted to Weir hours of operation9 include weekends graphs about the sport is usually the most that appears even in new York papers and television of the National horse show is limited to the new York area. Opposed to this Steinkraus said about 150 newsmen and photographers covered a recent shown Germany. Europeans grow up with horses. Bill Steinkraus can t win Emall .51, lauded for generosity to Eslingen Germany Spe Cial the 7th army support come was presented with a certificate of Honor by the american red Cross for distinguished achieve ment in the 1959 fund Campaign the horse is still an important economic Factor. Not so in the states where the economic Factor is pretty much at racetracks Steinkraus a 32-year-old resident of Westport conn., said the . Team s numerous prizes since the european tour began in March have been about evenly split be tween Hugh Wiley Frank Chapot George Morris and himself top award he won the top award at Aachen considered the German Champion ship. The team has. Been Riding to Gether Lor four years and Accord ing to Steinkraus is steadily improving. He compared horse show Competition with Golf you cant win pm all.". The team is competing this week at the Royal International horse show Here. Also entered a riders from Ireland Norway Spain Poland Hungary Italy the Netherlands Belgium Germany France Northern Ireland an South Africa. Hospital Ward car the streamline unit replaces an old German baggage car which Haa. Been rented from the German Federal rail roads and used the past 10 of the new coach represents a considerable annual saving to the government Flor Dan said As he accepted the. Store keys on be Haft of it col Charlesa Easton 14th pm in car is a great improve ment. In army service an Supply procedures Riordan stated. a wide selection of items to troops in these areas instead of units having to truck the men to Distant Points to make clothing and equipment purchases it also was pointed out that i addition to. Saving the monthly rental fee on the old railway store the new one is Able to serve the Border areas adequately thereby eliminate ing. The need for Perma nent pm stores which would mean carrying split Stock and employ ing numerous personnel at five locations. the car will operate five Days a week at army installations along the East Germa Border area returning to Giessen for restocking on will be transported at night enabling purchases from its Stock of 1,200 items of pm clothing and equipment to be accomplished Dur ing Daylight hours. Included in the services is Complete fitting room. The new rolling store will replaced into service soon according to 1st it James r. Love 14th pm in who will act As its officer i charge. It will follow a tentative sched ule of bad Kissinger of mondays Wil Flecken on tuesdays Fuldain wednesdays bad Hersfeldt on thursdays and Kassel on fridays. Point uniform for St. Cyr Orleans France s West Point will receive a Cadet Captain s uniform from the . Military Academy com z officials announced Here. The presentation is scheduled Tobe made by . D. Eddleman Usa eur commander in chief ina1 ceremony at 3 pm Friday at the Euple inter armes St. Cyr locate Dat Coet Quildan near Rennes. As Eddleman presents the uni form to the school a battalion of St. Cyr cadets will Parade for the ceremony. A welcoming Honor guard Cere Mony by the Cadet corps of the school and a noon luncheon will precede the presentation. Eddleman will be accompanied by his aide maj George s. Patton iii and Cadet r. R. Glass from . Military Academy who is vis iting his father col r. R. Glass Usa eur Deputy assistant chief of staff g3, at Heidelberg Ger Many. Liaison officer named Stuttgart Germany special capt Jacques Clementin has succeeded capt Guy de Bourquenez a first French army Liaison officer to the . 7th army. De Bourque Nyhas been assigned to the French War College in Paris. Wiley cops London event London up. Hugh Wiley of the ., Riding nautical won the manifesto stakes first of the International jumping events at the Royal International Horseshoe which opened at White City stadium monday. Clocking 50.6 seconds for the fastest Clear round in the jul Upoff Wiley beat Britain s smythe on Flanagan. She was second in52.2 seconds. Third was another British horse woman mrs. Dawn Paletti Orpe Wofford on Hollandia with 52.8seconds. -. . Team Captain Bill Steinkraus also qualified for the decider Buthis horse cutting a Sharp Corner slipped and crashed. . Rider Warren , com Peting individually was the Only other non British competitor in the Upoff incurring seven faults in 61.4 seconds. George Morris eight faults and Frank Chapot four fault failed to reach the final of the u.$,
