European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday sop Lomber 4, 19b7 the stars and stripes Page 3 autumn forge strives for realism but transportation units expected to Cut costs by Cituk Vinci a Ashi Mukiri Bureau Washington while players in inc autumn forge Maneu vers strive to Slick to wartime contingency plans in the interest of realism the system Tan never be fluxes As fully As ii would be Tor he real thing. Thai s a peacetime fact of life for everyone involved including inc military traffic management come that moves stateside reinforcement units and equip ment from their Home Haws to ports and then on to Europe As part of pc forger the Clurn of forces to Germany. The command began testing its pm of the pipeline weeks ahead of the Start of Field exercise certain strike which runs from sept 14 to 25, in Northern Ger Many Bui officials admit that everything did i to cd holy the Way it would if Western Europe were under attack. The main consideration is usually Cost if we went to War we d use Commer Cial transportation assets and Public highways to get much of the equipment to the ports and we d need commercial Slevc docs to some Cost Cal just As we did for this year exercise said la. Col Tom Mills chief of the command s Ocean terminal division. But the command occasionally de Viates from wartime plans to hold Down expenses. For example the ports used this year were Baltimore. My. And Galveston and Beaumont Scias. The Texas ports were used mainly because most of the units involved in a forger Are from Iii corps at fort Hood Texas. But Iii corps units May or May not use those ports in wartime. Milts said. He could t be More specific because such information is classified. Mills said every unit has a wartime designated port but in an exercise such As re forger inc command uses an informal Rule of thumb stating thai units May be directed to a port other than the one that would be used in wartime if such a move would result in a Cost savings of More than ii percent. In an exercise it makes sense to use ports closest to inc majority Olyou Runels to hold Down Inland transportation combat troops arrive Polo re sets try sufi so Ken while maj. Gen. John j. Ycu suck right Eum Manilca of the 1st cat div Al fort Hood Tenas Ftp cats cur Bat Irons arriving at Hie cell obit Bonn Airport tin trips arc nil their nay a Lake part in this year s reformer Man Euver. Costs said maj. Thomas pick jr., the command exerciser planner. It s a peacetime Factor this is taxpayer Money after All. In wartime Many of the Cost considerations would t  the Cost Factor stretches to other areas of the stateside end of re forger. Tor sex us pc. The loading of ships at the Beau Mont port did not Goon around the clock because officials wanted to hold Down overtime pay for commercial stevedores. Obviously your sense of urgency would he much higher in wartime so i would expect to have loading done1 around the clock in i Lull situation Mills said. And we have done thai in pre Vious exercises such As re forger 86." while a Corner or iwo May be Cut in the interest of holding Down costs. Mills Feick and other officials say inc scenario is As realistic As possible. Even if a unit does t use ils specific wartime port everyone involved still gets to exercise their  functions just the same the Only difference is the place of business Mills said. Conceptually we do the exercise the same Way we would in wartime the units get their notice inc troops grab i hair stuff we All do what we have to do and off we  the command finished loading the last ship for this year s reformer on aug. 28. The ships hauling 3.900 pieces of equipment Worth $1 billion began arriving in Rotterdam. Netherlands on aug. 27. Outraged by maiming of protester mob damages University s Roth building Concord Calif. A a mob of 400 people angered about an anti War demonstrator s maiming by a munitions train stormed an Roth building smashing windows and defacing Walls police said. No arrests were made in the Demon stration by chanting protesters wednes Day night Al the University of California at Berkeley said ton Debley University spokesman. The crowd dispersed after about two hours. The activist who lost his legs pro testing . Arms shipments to Central America at a Navy weapons depot got a phone Call in the Hospital from Nicara Guan president Daniel Ortega expressing sympathy his wife said. Demonstrators smashed iwo windows and damaged the front door of Callaghan Hail Headquarters of the University of California Roth. Said a Berkeley Ohve spokesman. Several protesters ran through the Halls others surrounded the building police said. Slogans protesting . Support of Nicaragua s Contra rebels Alio were Spray painted inside and out. Authorities said. They Are angry at Over what was done to the activist. 46-year-old Viet Nam Veteran s. Brian Wilson. Suid Tanya Brannan a spokeswoman for the protesters. Leaflets were distributed throughout Berkeley earlier in the Day urging people to gather about a half mile from Callag Han Hall to March against Contra Aid and Willion s maiming which they alleged was intentional. The Reagan administration is support ing Contra rebels who arc trying to Over throw Nicaragua s Sandim Sta govern ment which Onega Heads. Willson was struck and dragged 25 feel by a train Al the . Naval weapons station Here tuesday As his wife and Stepson looked on in horror. . Rep. George Miller. A Calif. Said the station commander told him wednesday that a Security worker had determined that there were no protesters on the track and that k was Safe to cml .1 train through. Earlier wednesday somber demonstrators returned to the Hinnd up jul Raj trucks where Wilson was injured. Wit Nesses denounced the Navy and Law enforcement  for not slapping he locomotive and two cars. Willson s wife of ii Days. Holly Kaun said that Ortega called wednes Day morning at the Hospital. There was no immediate confirm Avion from Nicaragua. Wilson was listed in serious but stable condition thursday Al John Muir Hospi Tal in Walnut Creek Calif where one leg was amputated below the knee and a Skull fracture was repaired. Willson s other leg was severed by the train lie has no memory whatever of the Tram Hilling him or of even being there said Michael Kroll a Friend who was standing behind Wilson when he was hit. There was a crack in his Skull that Jou could  said Kroll. Rauen said Ortega whose leftist government is fighting the -supported Contra rebels talked to someone in will son s room who Speaks Spanish. Orti ii mud the people of Nii Fragua Are thinking and  my fur Han and  his act of Solidarity a in l he in vain " said Mike f it iwo j spa Konoian i r Willynn. Alter a news conic Rente j tiie munitions depot wednesday Fin Prii Peiu is tried to Block a a truck h Silling in i Roadway. A Marine guard ran ahead to warn the fuck. Which swerved to avoid them Navy spokesman Dan Tikalsky said no trains were scheduled to run on the tracks wednesday. Thai train thai ran into us. Was a death Irain said Duncan Murphy who was my to Wilson As the train approached. It was quite obvious that there was no intent to Slop. They were thinking in was a game of Chicken he said. An aide to . Rep. Ron Nellums told about 50 sign toting demonstrators that the California Democrat will ask the Secretary of the Navy for an investigation the congressman sent a Telegram to the protesters saving. I am shocked to learn of the Navy s reckless action. There it absolutely no excuse for what Happi  i jul.  Cagle. Umi Mander of the Hasi 4s Nuli i East t l san l Rancis Cit. So id the Engineer of the train was under no orders i proceed Uii Hull slopping. Tiki Kos mid the  itch had been instructed to step if anyone was on the