Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1944 — Page 12
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By TOM WOLF NEA Staff Writer LONDON, March 29.—Unless the folks back in the States fully understand the story of the “T. O."— the Army's Tables of Organization —a lot of good and deserving soldiers who haven't been promoted
are going to be badly underrated
and unjustly maligned at home. The T. O. contains’ the army's hard-and-fast rules for promotion. Every unit in the U. 8. army has a table of organization. It states specifically how many men may hold commissioned and non-com-missioned ranks in this unit. It also states specifically how high these ranks may be. Assume that the T. O. of a certain unit calls for seven enlisted men in grades not to exceed one technical sergeant, one sergeant, ane corporal, one first-class private, three privates. Assume that Joe Jones is one of this outfit, he never can be promoted until one of the non-commissioned officers leaves the unit, Stop and let that sink in. Un-
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'{few units are formed, Therefore,
less one of the non-coms leaves the unit, Private Jones never can be promoted—not if he has been in the army 10 years, not if he has been in 50 major campaigns, not if he has won 100 medals. The only exceptions to this are that a soldier in any enlisted grade is eligible for Officer Candidate School; and in battle he is eligible for battlefield appointment to lieutenant.
Promotions Few
In practice, this comes to mean that a man's chances of promotion are better at home than overseas. This is true because at home new units are frequently formed. Any enlisted man may be promoted to any non-commissioned grade.
In our expanding army, when a new unit is activated at home, there will be places in the tafle of organization for non-commissioned
officers. If Pvt. Jones is transferred to this new unit when it is formed, he may become a master sergeant overnight. Overseas, however, comparatively
once Pvt, Jones leaves the States, his chance of being transferred are less. Thus his chances for promotion overseas are smaller than they would be at home, What goes. for enlisted men goes for officers as far as the T. O. are concerned, with one extremely important additional qualification. No officer may skip a grade. For in-
stance, a captain cannot become a lieutenant-colonel without having served as a major.
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The film stars Dennis Morgan and Irene Manning. ig It's playing today at the Vogue and Zaring and opens tomorrow at the Granada
Sunday at the Daisy. ® 4 » “Lost Angel”
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magic of life with the help of Marsha Hunt and James Craig. It's playing today at the Rivoll and opens tomorrow at the Bel‘mont and Irving. ss = @ Terror runs amuck in “The Lodger,” with Laird Cregar defying Scotland Yard with his murders of beautiful actresses, Also starred are George Sanders and Merle Oberon, It’s playing today at the Irving and opens Saturday at the Fountain Square and Sunday at the St. Clair, Strand and Uptown and Monday at the Rivoli.
“Mexicali Rose” and “Lost An
CINEMA—Through Saturday: “Banjo on
My Knee" and “Rangers of Fortune.” DAISY—Through tomorrow: “True to Life’ and “Falcon and the Coeds.” EMERSON—"Affectionatel “Doctor Takes a wi through Saturday: “Pistol Packin’' Mama.’ ESQUIRE—Through Friday: “So Proud. ly We Hall” and “Three Hearts for a’
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Juli FOUNTAIN SQUARE—Through Friday: “Harvest Melody” and “False Colors.” GARFIELD—Through tomorrow: “Pale con and the Coeds” and ‘Hostages. GRANADA-—“No Time for Love" and “Minesweeper.” Tomorrow through Wednesday: ‘The Desert Song” and “Rookies in Burma,” HAMILTON—“Gang's All Here." Tomorrow through Saturday: “Dixie” and ‘““Harrigan's Kid.” HOLLY WO OD —Threugh tomorrow: “Heaven Can Wait” and “Adventures of a Rookie.” IRVING—Through Sunday: “The Lodger’ and “Lost Angel.”
MECCA—Through tomorrow: “Isle of:
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mo:row® through Saturday: All Here" and “Hostages.” PARAMOUN T—“Varsity Show" and “Raiders of Sunset Pass.” Tomorrow and Friday: “What's Bugsin' Cousin” and “Great Impersonation.” PARKER—"Fallen Sparrow” and “Campus Rhythm." Tomorrow through Saturday: “Army Surgeon” and “Qangway for Tomorraw. REX—Through tomorrow: “Shantytown" and ‘Trade Winds." RITZ—Through Saturday: aNorth Star” and “Pistol Packin' Mam RIVOLI-"Old Barn Dar ‘and “Minesweeper." Tomorrow Mrough Sunday: “Desert Song” and ‘Lost Angel.” ST. SAI -Thioush Saturday: ‘No Time for Love” and inesweeper.”
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months before being eligible for promotion to first feutenant; a first lieutenart must serve six! months; a captain, six; a major, | nine; a lieutenant-colonel, one year. The war department can promote a full colonel when it sees fit.
Experience Counts
There is one other qualification for officer promotions. Before an
officer is promoted he must occupy for three months the position he will occupy when he gets promoted. Assume that a major has served the full time when he gets promoted. Assume that a major has served the full nine months required for promotion to lieuten-ant-colonel. Suppose, too, that the T. O. for his unit lists the job which he has been doing as one carrying the rank of major. He
| cannot be premoted to lieutenant-
colene! until he has served three months more as a major.in some position for which the T. O.
{authorizes a leutenant-coloneley.
In battle there are several modifications to the rules of promotion. Most important of these is that any man who shows out= standing ability in battle can be promoted to the next higher rank, without having served his time tn
igrade—IF a vacancy exists. Thus, if Captain Smith, the
‘company commander, is killed in| Klein takes|
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' THREE EXCEPTIONALLY good pictures make their movie debut at the neighborhood theaters this week. “The Desert Song,” is a modernized version, in technicolor, of the musical stage success, with all the original.Sigmund Romberg music.
SANDERS— “Sweet Rosie O'Grady” and Jachre.” Tomorrow through Saturday: a venth Victim” and _ “Santa Fe
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ALAMO-—Through tomorrow: “Marshall of Gunsmoke® and - ‘Here Comes Rimer."” AMBASSADOR-~-""No Time for Love" and “Happy Land.” = Tomorrow through Saturday: “Whistling in Dixie” and “There's Something About a Soldier.”
FRANCES LANGFORD BRINGS BACK NYLONS
HOLLYWOOD, March 29 (U. P.). ~Torch singer Frances Langford has returned to Hollywood after a trip to military installations in the Caribbean area—with several pairs of nylon stockings. She got. them in the Panama canal zone, she said, where “you'd never know therecwas a shortage.” Miss Langford also acquired a new song, a Peter De Rose composition based on a poem written
by Lt. Gen. George C. Patton, “God of Battles.” Patton wroté the poem while leading the American 7th army in Sicily
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HOLLYWOOD, March 29 (U. P.). —Alice Faye announced today that she will take a prolonged vacation after the birth of her second child in April and will not appear in any more pictures unless 20th CenturyFox insists on holding her to her
to run, Miss Faye, the wife of band leader Phil Harris, refused a role co-starring her with Betty] will
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