Granada Pioneer, Vol. I, No. 68

              Granada P I O N E E R
Vol.   I,   No. 68		Amache, Colorado              May 25, 1943
Commissions
Are Remote
   Under present Army regu-
lations, chances of condi-
tional volunteers being
offered commissions is re-
mote, according to word
received from E. M. Rowalt,
acting WRA director, by
Walter Knodel, Selective
Service  officer.
   Said Rowalt, "...only
way to earn commission, now,
if under 35, is to enlist
in combat team and take
chance on earning appoint-
ment of Officers Candidate
school.   These regulations
apply throughout Army and
not only to Japanese Amer-
ican combat team.”
APPLY FOR SPECIAL
PLACEMENT NOW
   Evacuees who are inter-
ested in outside employ-
ment not covered by job
offers, are urged by the
WRA to discuss their prob-
lems with the local employ-
ment office.   There is a
possibility that these ap-
plications for special
placement  will be referred
to the field relocation
offices in the cities where
employment   is   desired.
CRYSTAL CITY
DESCRIPTION  GIVEN
   Crystal City, Tex.,
where the family intern-
ment camp is located, has
a mild climate except for
the excessive heat during
the  summer   and
southwest of San Antonio,
according to th Rohwer
Outpost.
   Buildings  are made in
individual family units of
duplex, triplex, or quad-
ruple  types.   Each unit
has gypsum board partitions
and concrete floors and is
equipped with a kitchen,
cold running water, an oil
stove with oven, and es-
sential cooking utensils
and dishes.
  Schools  up to high school
are    expected   to     open in
the fall with internees
as instructors.   A library
is   also  being  planned.
   Other features of the
camp include a canteen
which is already open,
power-operated laundry for
sheets, pillow cases, and
work clothes, motion pic-
tures twice a week, pro-
vision for outdoor sports,
and hospital and dental
facilities.
   Rules include the de-
positing of money and checks
with the official finan-
cial officer, censorship
of mail and packages en-
tering or leaving, and a
limit  of post cards and
letters to two per indivi-
dual  per week.
RESTROCTOPMS  EASED
ON  ARMY  EMPLOYMENT
   Modification of War  de-
partment     restrictions     on 
employing American citizens
of Japanese descent at Army
posts and establishments
was announced by Donald
Harbison, acting project
director.   Procedures were
established to employ them
in civilian jobs at any
Army project except those
in the  Western Defense
command.
   "The     principal     effect
will be to widen employ-
ment opportunities for ex-
evacuees,”  Harbison said.
"Large numbers of Civil
Service civilian workers
are now employed by the
Army.    This step is also
significant from a public
relations   angle."
   Conditions under which
employment  is permitted
are American citizenship,
eligibility  for employment
under   ordinary Civil Serv-
ice regulations, permission
of the commanding officer
of the establishment seek-
ing to employ the evacuee,
and clearance of the ap-
plicant by the provost mar-
shal general.
BLOCK  AIR  RAID
HELD  SUNDAY
   Demonstrations of arti-
ficial  respiration, gas
masks, and the method of
extinguishing incendiary
bombs  were   held   during  the
mock air raid  in    Block 8H
Sunday.     The  event    was   a
part  of  the center - wide
alert.   Assistant     F i re
Chief  Jerry  Sullivan su-
pervised the affair with the
with aid of the fire depart-
ment, the 335th Escort
guard, and the hospital.
EMPLOYMENT
   Special efforts are be-
ing made to secure outside
employment  opportunities
for combat team volunteers
who    were   not  accepted  be-
cause of physical  deficien-
cies   or   age.
   Willis Hanson, project
leave officer, is sending
to each relocation office
a list of the names, occu-
pational preferences, and
background of all volunteers
who did not pass the physi-
cal examinations .
   Men on this list will
be given first  priority
both in clearance through
the War Department Joint
board (which establishes
eligibility for war plant
work) and in connection
with ordinary employment
opportunities which are
received  at the   center .
NO TROUBLE IF All
WERE  LIKE AMACHE
   According to Police.
Chief Harlow Tomlinson,
Dies committee members who
visited the center last
week declared that "if all
the other centers are like
Amache, there should be no
trouble  at all."