European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tow sees 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 55 35c thursday june 11, 1992 d 8693 a life s a Holiday for soldiers Over july 4 weekend by the stars and stripes sometimes it pays to be a Soldier. One of those times will be the upcoming fourth of july Holiday when soldiers will be Given an extra Day off. Department of defense employees will observe july fourth on a Friday this year because the Federal Legal Holiday Falls on a saturday. It will be Back to work monday july 6, for service members assigned to the air Force coast guard and Navy commands in Europe no announcement has been made if service members assigned to the european come will have july 6, off said air Force maj. Mack Mclaurin a Neucom spokesman. But soldiers assigned to . Army Europe will have that monday off because it has been declared a Usa eur training Holiday said Usa eur spokeswoman Millie Waters. Usa eur civilians Are encouraged to take annual leave on the july 6 training Holiday Waters said. . Team heading for Sarajevo Airport Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr a . Observer team left for this War torn capital wednesday in Hopes of securing the Airport to allow Relief flights to bring in desperately needed food and Medicine. Sarajevo quailed under another Day of intense shelling. Officials said at least seven people were killed. The team of about 50 technical observers led by Canadian Gen. Louis Mackenzie left in a Convoy of vehicles from Belgrade the serbian capital. The journey would take a few hours in peacetime. A their Job will be to inspect the Airport and general Mackenzie will first see related Story on Page 2 meet the representatives of All sides to try to restore the cease fire a agreed to Friday . Spokeswoman Barbara Shannon Boyd told the associated press in Belgrade. She said the . Hopes the Airport can be secured within 10 Days. Serbian militias controlling the Airport agreed Friday to allow Relief flights to bring in food and Medicine for the capital but fighting in and around the City has intensified since then. Sarajevo was shaken wednesday by rounds from multiple barrelled rocket launchers and heavy artillery As serbs and Muslim defenders traded fire. Flames consumed numerous buildings including some in the old turkish Quarter of Bas Casija. A Genera Alert was in effect for the third consecutive Day and senior government officials took shelter in the basement of the bosnian presidency building. Sarajevo radio said the Northern bos see Sarajevo on Page 2 t i Quot a it / a it a a a Long Convoy leaves Belgrade Early wednesday carrying food gasoline and other supplies for the . Headquarters in  of welfare funds for flags has unit in Flap by Luke Britt staff writer Frankfurt a the 103rd area support group diverted $2,000 from an mar fund to buy flags for a change of command ceremony held tuesday despite concerns by a contracting official that it violated army regulations. Regulation 215-1 states that morale welfare and recreation funds will not be used a to subsidize any expense involved in a change of command retirement or other such  the regulation also prohibits the use of mar Money to Purchase a individual or organizational  . Moore the area support groups non appropriated fund contracting officer who signed the Purchase order said wednesday that his initial reservations about the expenditure were overruled by superiors whom he refused to identify. Moore said that when the Issue came up in the first week in May he believed it was not appropriate to use mar funds for the flags. However a management was looking for an Angle in the regulations that would allow this Quot he said. Quot when your Boss tells you to go to the Corner Ami be quiet Well you do it Quot Moore said. He added however that in the end he Felt that the Purchase was appropriate because a soldiers get a morale boost when they see those  Moore a supervisor is Alan Smith the support groups director of personnel and Community activities who Moore said is often involved in decisions about the expenditure of Community mar funds. Smith contacted sticker i Funk the company that made the flags on at least two occasions after the order was placed said company manager Gunter Hofmann. Several attempts to reach Smith by phone wednesday were unsuccessful. Sticker i Funk made four flags for the support group at a Cost of 3,100 Marks Hofmann said. The Bill was paid from the 103rd area support groups mar account Moore said. The flags were displayed tuesday during ceremonies in which col Kenneth Hibl turned Over command of the support group to col. William Alexander. A spokesman for the support group said command offi a a Ion \ Quot a cats could not respond Issue. Until they had researched the mar funds Are generated by non approx plated fund services such As cafes Craft centers and Bowling alleys. Army guidelines require that mar funds be used to Benefit soldiers their families and civilian members of the military Community generating the funds. In addition the Purchase of the flags violates army regulation 840-10, which governs the design and Purchase of military insignia said Marjorie Seid of the defense departments Institute of heraldry in Wash see flags on Page 2