European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes sunday March 17, 1991 at a glance toasting St Paddy. Or How to Cele rate the most Irish of holidays a even if you re not in Ireland. Sunday Magazine. Health care in shambles a humanitarian group of doctors finds Iraq s health system has at most completely broken Down. A Page 4 hostages remembered senators journalists and former hostages Honor Terry Anderson and other americans held captive in Lebanon. A Page 5 jazz great Dies Lawrence Quot Bud Quot Freeman who helped make Chicago the jazz capital of the roaring 20s, is dead of cancer at age 84. A Page 6 outcry Over dogs death an Ammal rights group has accused a subway Motorman of intentionally running Over a stray dog that had eluded capture and tied up subway traffic for four hours Friday. A Page 7 pos accuse professor former French pos want a Paris history professor tried for indochinese War crimes. Pages a a a y a a hazards of credit overseas Consumers need to keep a close Eye on credit ratings that could be adversely affected by slow mail delivery. A Page 15 Index Abby Ann Landers. 14 commentary. 13 letters. It. 12 Money matters. 15 Mutual. 16-17 sports a a a. A 18-24 to listings. 18 weather. 11 in the Gulf this mess sergeant kept Wheeli not stealing to keep his diners fed by John Millar Middle East Bureau Northern Kuwait stick and move. That a what sgt. 1st class Timothy Ferguson wants diners to do when they come to his mess Hall in Northern Kuwait. Those three words have become the motto of the 3rd army div main area dining facility. A get in there get it get the hell out. Stick and move a Ferguson said. The divisions head mess sergeant Isnit being rude to his diners. Rather he simply wants to serve the Large volume of soldiers who come to eat in his mess  we feed an average of 450 to 550 during each meal a Ferguson said. A where they re coming from we done to know. We have 375 on this compound. They just keep coming from  some of the extra customers Are pilots flying in officers for divisional staff meetings. Others Are Supply truck Drivers stopping at the compound. Most Are stopping in to get hot meals that their units done to serve Ferguson said. The dining facility which consists of a Mobile Kitchen trailer and two tents used As a dining area serves two hot meals a Day with Only a few exceptions. Its Art exception to the Rule in the desert where Many soldiers can forget about the Chicken and hamburgers that Ferguson serves. Instead they live on a strict diet of prepackaged meals ready to eat. When officers and troops of the division Headquarters moved Forward in the ground War the Kitchen was left behind Ferguson said for three Days of the ground War the troops diet consisted of res and water. But then the Kitchen on wheels moved Forward and served a hot meal for dinner on the third Day he said -. A a serving that meal was quite a feat Ferguson said. With no food available Ferguson and the assistant mess sergeant. Staff sgt. Charles Brown relied on the old Swap and Trado Supply system to round up fresh meat vegetables doughnuts and soft drinks. A while the Battle was going on we were out bumming Chow from other units a Ferguson said. A a mess sergeants have to do their Homework and get out there and do a Little scrounging a Little humping find out who a got what and do a Little wheelin. I ainu to Gonna say  a v. A scrounging groceries a As Ferguson called it was Only needed when the Supply troops were hauling ammunition. Quot we were Lucky we had enough pull with people and they gave us  Ferguson and Brown came Back with six Days Worth of food and groceries which started to dwindle just As the sup a amp or John Millar Senn eth William left and spec. Ian Murray surrounded by dirty containers find there s no escape from up duty not even in the desert of Northern Kuwait. Port unit started delivering again. Finding food is just one of the problems that Ferguson a Force faces though a they work some Long tedious hours a the sergeant said. A Cooke a Day can Start As Early As 2 . And continue through 10 . �?o1 put them through a lot of crap a Ferguson said. A while most people Are bedding Down at 7 30 or eight o clock we re still out Here doing pots and pans cleaning lip the area and getting read for  a a a a. The Long hours done to really bother spec. Bernadette trisby one of Ferguson a Cooks. But sometimes the customers do. Quot they expect miracles a she said explaining that some complain about the often limited menu. A they fail to realize that we have no control Over rations we  criticism gets worse if they can Only serve one hot meal a Day said trisby 25, from Gary ind. Despite the gripes the Crew has cooked up one Way to add some mirth to the Days work. A we have a couple of benches in the mess Hall that we done to Tell anybody about a Ferguson said. A the legs will give out and  slide off. We see How Many we can catch in each  like changes in the menu the Cooks enjoy adding a Little variety to their trick. So they make a Point of moving the defective benches around. Won t let More Dinah ran saudi Arabia apr the kuwaiti government is temporarily keeping More journalists from entering that country but it denies it is trying to stifle criticism some recent dispatches by foreign reporters have concerned residents complaints about the governments Effort to restore the country. Kuwaiti officials have traditionally been sensitive to critical reporting. However a government spokesman who announced the order Friday said it was motivated by the Lack of Basic services such As food and water. In a we have too Many journalists to handle Quot said Hassan in Sanad Deputy director of the kuwaiti information office in Dhahran. A there Are More than 1,200 journalists there a Western reporters and photographers who recently returned from Kuwait City questioned How the kuwaitis could know the number of journalists since there has been Little Border control for the past two weeks. Al Sanad said the decision by the kuwaiti information ministry to temporarily Stop issuing entry visas to journalists had nothing to do with what the Media have been reporting. Reporters a Are writing anything they like. This is just to set a ceiling a maximum a Al Sanad said adding that kuwaiti authorities have not asked any journalists to leave the country. Al Sanad said the visa restriction was a Only temporary for a Day or two until they set up certain formulas for replacing reporters. Although journalists have taken generators drinking water and food to sustain their operations Al Sanad said Many have complained to the government about not getting Basic services such As water and electricity