European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 18, 19bo the stars and stripes Page 11 Ca Fakilis nostalgia Charm of Irish Alps under need by the years by Hugh a. Mulligan East Durham . A the dinner Gong still clangs joyously in the Irish Alps the Northern catskills and the guests in their White Wool aran Island sweaters come flocking Over the Hills like stampeding sheep. I had t been nere since i was a boy but miraculously nothing essential had changed. Nostalgia was Here and now the Way it ought to be. Of to be sure the Beds were More comfortable Many of the rooms had Baths and we weren t called boarders anymore because the Long family style boarding House table had been replaced by a Fine glassed in dining room. The old swimming Hole had Given Way to an almost olympic sized Pool and there were even some ten Nis courts which i never saw anyone use. But the food was As robust and plentiful As Ever Oatmeal and flapjacks for break fast fresh milk from nearby cows farm eggs from chickens that still strutted in the barnyard instead of roosting in hideous file cabinets Lamb Stew on tuesday fish on Friday and every thursday a Formas Irish dinner corned beef and cabbage with the potatoes wearing their jackets for the  catskills where rip Van Winkle and Mckenna s Irish  addition to gorgeous Mountain View gaelic football three Square meals a Day and softball games Between the various hotels they try to outdo each other with bands imported directly from Ireland and As the Fern Cliff House recently advertised live broadcast Kerry is. Offal a Telephone relay of an Irish match which emptied out the Yankee Baltimore game in the to room. Since Irish bands tend to play into the wee hours with everyone up pumping away at the old fashioned Waltzes until the Hall resembles an Oklahoma Oil Field a number of the hotels now serve something called an Irish breakfast Between the hours of Midnight and 4 a.m., a custom unknown in Ireland. No one seems to get Back to the rooms before Dawn but no one misses breakfast either which is How the Irish plan differs from the american plan. I m still amazed it the Richness and variety of the accents and brogues you hear in the dining room. It s As if the boats were still Docking at Castle gardens and Ellis Island although most of the people you Converse with have been Here a dozen years or More. The lilt of the language never leaves their tongues just tis even the most ancient rotund or mountains anywhere on Earth. What they Lack in height they Peak at a Little Over 4, 000 fee they make up in International Charm. If the map of the Hudson Valley were carved up Swiss style you would find a jewish Canton in the Liberty Monticello area Home of Gros singers and the con Cord the italians around Palenville the Irish from the River West to Durham the germans North toward Albany and Var ious cantons for the greeks lebanese hungarians and  the Irish Alps the hotels pubs Road houses and restaurants All have names like the o Neill House the Irish Rover Shan non View Killarney House Mcgrath s Motel Gavin s Golden Hill Buratty pub Duro Peah Momoh col. Rose 1tauser.usa.lt. Col. If. Ctr kit sap my Rev Muer pc chef Mart Proctor men Kiei Eow Olmem d. Prank prot Dumn Manet Henry s. Kit Cox Uttman Manew this swim or h an or Horsted unofficial pub Catlon Tor us. Armed Force Overway the. Start mid sir Cwi up i fwd in conjunction Wilhma Arnol Force info Bratton program of me department of of Yefim. Contents of the Start and Stromar. Not Noc Murov me official i a of in. In. I. Of no Tel Recert ment of a thu or it . 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Circulation Offu Man pm Browner Civ two a. A Voo i uti Munich at table you can spot the most recently arrived from Ireland. They eat with the Fork in the left hand shovelling the peas aboard with the knife. One glorious constant in this sadly changing world is the twice weekly softball game with a rival Irish House. The playing Field in the Meadow is a trifle less Rocky than in the Days of my youth Aad with tractors replacing the Craft animals there Are no More surprises sliding into what one thought was second base. I watched just such a game a week or so ago but it might have taken place in an other generation. I Felt like a reverse rip Van Winkle going Back in time. Summer was hurrying to a close. Already the hard Woods on the surrounding Hills were put Ting on their Donegal tweeds against the first Frost. The enemy Call them Tippe Rary House arrived in a motorcade of blaring horns and strolled across the Lawn by the dining Hall with menacing Macho gait softball bats and Beer cases tilted at a belligerent Angle on their shoulders. They brought their own cheering Section wives kids old ladies even their own priest. Since no Brave Volunteer could be found to Umpire it was decided to forgo balls and strikes and allow each Batter two swings foul fair or whiff. A fair Fly Ballint the Woods was a Home run a double if it bounced first or went into the Poison Ivy or near the Hornet s nest North of third base. Both lineups included Cooks dish washers and hotel handymen As Well As guests sober or not. Each player had a Beer can parked at his fool and the first argument was Over a scorching liner that took out the third baseman s thirst Crad Nicator. One of the rival batsmen late of the county Cork assumed a Cross handed stance at the pm i. Up to a month ago he had wagged nothing More menacing than a hurling stick at an opponent but first time up he blasted one Over the can Ter fielder s head. It might have been a Homer had he not eliminated second base in his anxiety to be reunited with his Beer can on the Bench. Final score us 3, them 16 game called at the Bottom of the sixth because it con letters to the Erff Tor Bas intent explained to writer Ever since oct. 1, 1978, we have not received our full Benefit from our separate ration allowance. I think we receive this allowance to be Able to eat in the dining facilities. Ever since the above Dale we have not been Able to do so. On that same Date the separate ration allowance was rated to s3 a Day. When we received this increase the Cost of meals in dining facilities went up to s3.2s a Day. Exactly a year later we received another raise in separate rations. This brought us up to s3.21 a Day. Again the Cost of meals in dining facilities went up this time to $3.50 a . By my calculations we have been shortchanged a total of $91.25 for 1979, and a total of si06.14 if this practice is not remedied. Everyone in the military is guaranteed three meats a Day. The members who do not draw separate rations arc receiving these meals. I do not see Why personnel drawing this allow Ance do not receive the same three meals. Sgt. Paul e. A Bonnard Karlsruhe Germany editor s note col Clifford d. Crofford. Chef seniors division he liar eur replies the current meal rates tre based on daily worldwide weighted avenge Rattan Cost and not on the Toul entitlement of  Soldier May be authorized by commander approval to subsist separately away from the dining facility or when a dining facility is oof readily available. The Basic allowance for subsistence Bas b not specifically intended to cover the Cost of meals consumed in the dining facility but to provide subsistence foods for those soldiers not living in the Barraud where dining faculties Are convenient . Married personnel living with their families or personnel whose working schedule or other billeting arrangements make it impractical to use the dining facility. Personnel living in the Barracks or hating convenient Access to a dining facility should not request has if they routinely consume Toab la tit dining facility. In summary the complainant is Correct the Bas dots not and u not intended to cover the dining facility food Cost and All soldiers should consider their individual situations before requesting to subsist  cleanup detail in the Barracks several months ago 1 decided to move out of the Billet end onto the Economy. I just became tired of people defecating and regurgitating on the floor and 110 Watts of music when i go to bed and when i Wake  did t live with animals As a civilian so Why should 1 As a Soldier i am a specialist four and not authorized to receive separate rations and cola. I can Sec the reasoning behind that. What i can t understand is Why 1 am forced to come Back to the billets at 6 30 a.m., which Means i have to drive instead of using Public transportation and clean up other people s messes. I Don t even live there.1 just can t see Why the  make it More difficult than necessary for people in my situation. Spec. 4 Dion l. Waring  Germany editor s note Usa eur c. Sgt. Maj. Waller w. Kraeger replies if the situation in your Barracks is As bad As you say the inconvenience of your having to return for clean up detail at 0630 each Day is not the real problem. To my a Omen b us set of cd Razar Issace which made Yoa fed cop bed to Tore oat of the Barracks. I d like to address that part of it problem in More detail right after explain ing something about tie monies clean a detail. That  commander s policy and Only be can change in now Back to the conditions in the Barracks. The no Chain of command b responsible for order in the Barracks. If living conditions Are deteriorating it s their Job in recognize the symptoms and come up with solutions. And if these cos Aren t doing their lob. It s time to ask the first sergeant and command sergeant major to take a hand in the problem solving. I m a Hawk about no professional ism. Any no from Corporal to command sergeant major who in t looking after the welfare of fell or her soldiers in the Barracks As Well As on the Job during training exercises or of a live Battlefield in t Becq � total professional. And any cos who fit Tato hat category had better get their priorities straight. Magazine says a War real possibility by 2000 m w. Jiaw. ".,�,Norm German Rowten. Rhein Maln my Jim of Stul twirl ci.i1s�2. Mil 03a or co Aii Wii Chi Man Lulu. Keme Civ Nacim i will Mirld Cly Cun tans to. Urt a  common Civ new Surv 035mullary the bar. You know in those entire three hours despite All the auctions and the Raz zing i can t recall a single foul word. A Golden gentler Era still survives in the Lovely catskills. New York up a nuclear War is a real possibility by the end of the Century with Israel and the Arab nations the most Likely combatants say a panel of experts on weapons and International affairs. The results of a next Magazine poll of 32 civilian and military experts published in the Magazine s october Issue paint a chilling scenario of potential nuclear con  unanimously the experts said they Taw no Way to reduce the threat of nuclear War. We Are not trying to scare people said an editor s preface to the findings in next a new monthly that explores possibilities for the future. We Are trying to open up discussion on a subject that Many people would prefer not to  they agreed there was Only about a 5 percent Chance of nuclear conflict before1985,.but in the latter part of the decade and during the 1990s, the chances will Dou ble. Among the panel s consensus conclusions was that nuclear wars most Likely would be regional As opposed to global. The experts predicted the first such War probably will be fought Between Israel and the Arab nations with Hracel the eventual Winner. But they said a nuclear confrontation be tween India and Pakistan was almost u Likely a War India would win. In the third most Likely the soviet Union would defeat China they said. They said a global conflict involving the russians and the United states was 40 per cent As Likely As an israeli Arab nuclear Exchange