The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 5, 1934, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT “Army Day’—Purpose Of Its Celebration Army Day, April 6, 1934, is set} constitutes a purely civil organi-| Varotta had married pretty. An-| his home, aside by general orders from the adjutant general of the Army for the purpose of the celebration which was originally sponsored by the military order of the World War. The question is often asked just what does the Army consist of? How many officers; how many men and what are their duties? This is answered in the following extracts from the report of the chief of staff, U. S. A., and fur- nished The Citizen through the courtesy of Major W. W. Rhein, commanding officer at Key Westj barracks: The strength of the Army as fixed by congress in the National | Defense. Act was 300,000. This objective has never been obtain- ed, due primarily to lack of funds for meeting the expense incipient | to maintaining such an Army. The present strength of the Ata | is a grand total of 12,402 officers! and 125,000 enlisted men. About 1600 of the regular Army was normally assigned to instructional © work with — the civilian components. About 460 are normally assigned to the of- ficers’ reserve corps in which some 85,000 men carry active commissions. Another 460 are on duty as in- spector instructors of the Nation- al Guard, which comprises rough- ly some 1400 officers and 75,000 enlisted men. Six hundred and ei are allotted to the Reserve ficers’ Training Corps for a student strength of 114,000. These men and officers are seattered far and wide over the continental United States and our foreign possessions, including the Panama Canal Zorie, the Philip- pine, Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Alaska and detachments in China, Enlisted Forces In the continental United States there is today a total of some 87,- 000 enlisted men of the regular Army. Normally, about 56,000 of these, widely scattered in. mili- tary stations throughout the whole country, are available for assign. ment to combat units. In emer- Army in time of peace is upon for a great many ‘aside from the military: pro- m, Under conditions is the intention that all of the time would be devoted to training the personnel to ‘be effective ‘in This, of course, in- training of the civilian components of the Army, Nation- al Guard, Officers Reserve Corps, re Officers Training and the Citizens Military ining Corps. It is not well known, but it is a fact that many of the officers are on civilian work other than mili- All our rivers and harbors Recruiting of Unite Beginning with the present un- employment emergency, the Army ‘was called upon to reeruit and place in the field some 300,000 men under the CCC, This in it- self was a parallel situation con- fronted by the Army in 1917. The Army was called upon to issue necessary clothing and equipment, administer immuniz- ing treatments for all recruits and organize companies of ap- proximately 200 men each, There- after the Army’s duty was to transport each unit to the rail- road’ nearest its particular forest project and there turn it over to the proper agricultural or interior officials. Because of its experience in or- ganizational work, the Army en- countered no unusual difficulty in complying with every require- ment of the restricted mission as- signed it. Subsequently the Army. was called upon to assume, under supervision of the director, com- plete and permanent control of the Civilian Conservation Corps project, excepting only the func- tions recruits and of supervising | technical work, in the forests. Tt became a problem at this time to supply available regular Army personnel of officers to ad- minister the 1450 camps eventual- ly authorized. To supplement regular available personnel. the president authorized the use of a limited number of officers from the junior grades of the Reserve Corps, Some contingents were the Marine Corps. Conservation Camps Although administered by mili- also provided from the Navy “| Cen AAA AA hdd de hd didi dd didedidadaddd di MD, FRENCH BRIDE And Activities A few months after Salvatore zation. Officers have no definite toinete Serrata, a French girl, he authority ie odapal individuat| left Tunis, Africa, with his bride obedience to regulations promul- and sailed for France. It was there gated for the collective good. Nev-|# 80” was born to them. And when ertheless, disciplinary troubles the baby was old enough to make have been insignificant, largely the journey, the Varotta’s headed due to the high order of leader- for the country about which they ship displayed by the officers in had heard so much and where they immediate charge and to the co-; 8d, for so many years, yearned to operative attitude of the men|live—America! themselves. Settling in the Italian district Every phase af the Army’s re-|°f New York, on East 13th street, sponsibility in the Civilian. Cons the Varotta’s quickly became ac- servation Corps programs has been quainted with people in the neigh- discharged expeditiously, econom-]0rhood. The Marino’s, across ically and efficiently. Not a sin-|the way, and the Cusamano’s, gle man certified for enrollment | Who lived just a few doors from by the Department of Labor or|*e™, were their best friends, the Veterans’ Administration has; Salvatore had been fortunate, been delayed, through failure of | also, in securing a job at once. any agency of the War Depart-|He was an automobile mechanic ment, in reaching his final destin-| and chauffeur and received good aion. wages. As time passed the Var- In spite of the need for haste,|"0tta family increased until there no measure has been adopted that; Were four children: Adolph, who has exposed individuals of the! had been born in France, was ten; Civilian Conservation Corps to un- | Johnny was six; Guiseppe was five necessary hardship or avoidable; #%4 little Mary Rose was two. Yes, discomfort. the Varotta’s were very happy, in- Contrast Shown es aay ja deere. 1919 These results are in striking Ret cgohien Fe aNaaceead = contrast to those attending the re- ponkggcnty eg fey 34s in the truck before returning to Wien the gecla capella business and both were seriously ‘Apti ¥ | injured when another car collided Yai ida pril 6,:1917,, volun=! with, the truck. For many days throughout the United Sturn gc | Salvatore and his son stood within June 7, of that th nh Y\the shadow of death, but slowly of volunteers heonctad hy ee Shox tinpeased. gid; after; same Army’ approximated the strength ao in a hospital, recovered of the Civilian Conservation Corps 8 J attained. during the same period Action Brought in 1933. ' An action was brought by Sal- In 1917, our organization ef-| vatore for damages in the sum of fort was characterized by exces-| $50,000, and after hearing the tes- sive cost, confusion, delay and in- | timony in the case, the jury award- efficiency. Recruits —_accepted| ed him a judgment for $25,000. THE KEY. WEST. CITIZEN - : 23 DEPICTS STORY OF VAROTTA AND REACHING (By R. J. LEWIS, JR.) : drove up to the curbing ,outsi The children, except Guiseppe, who was not present, jumped with glee and Mrs. Varot- ta beamed with pride. Yes, the. Varotta’s were very happy, indeed. Causal inquiries were made for Guiseppe. He was around some- where; he had been there only a moment ago. But Salvatore could wait no longer. He drove away to do a few errands and when he had put the car in the garage for the} j;, hai | night and returned home at 6 hangs > prareee been: apprehended. + o’clock, he found his wife in aj, highly excited state because Gui- seppe was not to be found in the neighborhood, Searched Streets Salvatore searched the streets for his 5-year-old son without finding a trace. And as + the minutes grew into hours, his anx- iety gave way to terror. Quiy- ering with fear, he rushed into a police station for assistance. Pa- trolmen on beat were notified and Salvatore was told to go home. In- stead he walked the streets look- ing . . . looking . . . looking, For two days there was no word of Guiseppe and then, on the morning of May 27, 1921, a let-; ter was delivered to Salvatore which stated that his son had been kidnaped and would be re- turned to him when he had paid $2,500. The letter instructed him to deliver the money in small bills to a man who would call ‘at. his home. And it contained «a warning that the boy would ‘be drowned if the police were noti- ‘fied or if the money was not de- livered. The letter was signed, “Black Hand.” AMERICA $500 and implored him to. take wé8i that and return his son. A tew| CBOE LOLS 8 Notice To Subscribers door was opened he said bluntly:} “Have you get the money ready?”! Salvatore told him he had only| moments of dickering and the $500 was accepted, but before the} paper. ..He ‘The Citizen fellow could stuff it into his; .15.cents a pei for the pa- pockets and make his get-away, per and_sells it to you for 20 he was in'the clutches of the| cents.. His profit for deliver. police. And down on the street,| _ ing is 5 cents weekly on each after receiving a signal from De-| subscriber. If he is mot paid | tective Nicolette, police rounded HE loses. Not The ‘Citizen. i up the rest.of the gang which, Bye ae m iH strangely enough, included Sal.|\ OM OOOO OL DD vatore’s two friends, Marino and ee Cusamano .who, believing Sal- NATIONAL PARK IS } vatore had collected a large sum NOW BEING SOUGHT | of money from his accident case, { had instigated the conspiracy. The! (By Associated Press) ; BURLINGTON, N. C., April 5.. ing. i interest federal authorities in a Locates Body {movement to make a_ national John Drozda lived in a small) park of Alamance battleground, fi is} called the site of''the first skirm-! fl} from New York} ish leading to the American revo- | town called’ Piermont which about 25 miles pea City. On days when he did not) lution. 2 j Historians say the king’s forces: have to report at’ the Piermont’ iyder Governor Tryon clashed} Paper Factory, where he was em-| with the pioneer Regulators there ! ployed, John would arise’ early! May ‘16, 1771, four years before! and walk along the bank of the} the ‘battle of Lexington. \ Hudson river, his eyes always of ee ean Tiel le marked alert for drift wood that could be; crested with private. funde in| used for fuel. One morning, early | 1880. é in June, when the sun was dap- a 2 rd SF Pling through the trees and glis-| - Alaska, which the United States tening on the dancing water,} bought from Russia for $7,200,000 John’s keen"eyes beheld a hideous} has prodiced $600,000,000 worth sight that sent him racing breath. | of minerals since 1880. | lessly back. to town and into the! ——— police station. He returned with| that could not return little Gui- several men ‘and pointed out the seppe. scene and’ then watched as they} No, the Varottas aren't tenderly placed the drowned body happy.’ No, indeed! of a small-boy in an automobile very | that. was to-carry it to a Nyack Salvatore’s two friends, Marino}; and Cusamano, were told of the letter and they advised Salvatore to pay the money and under no circumstances should the matter. were often compelled to undergo | But he was unable to collect .any| be brought to the attention of the considerable periods of compara-|0f the money. This he told to the tive hardship. without adequate | Marino’s and the Cusamano’s, his food and shelter. neg kage head they considered Regarding Efficienc is story lightly, believing that The causes for the patittanting Salvatore was making an effort to results in these’ two mobilization | C°cea! his suddenly acquired efforts are readily discernible. wealth from inquisitive neighbors. The first and most important is} Shortly after, on May 24, 1921, our more favorable position now| Salvatore, who had given up his with regard to the number and ef-| Jb as chauffeur to go. in the ficiency of regular officers. In| fruit business for himself, left this respect the assets of the regu-| home as usual for work. But in his lar Army for this last mobilization | ©¥es there was a twinkle of hap- were more than double those of| PY anticipation of the delight his 1917, and the War Department] family would show when he re-' was able to throw almost instant-| turned that afternoon with an au- ly a force of about 3,000 well-|tomobile. He knew where he trained leaders into this emer- id buy @ good second-hand car gency task. This number of offi-| for $250 and he was going to get cers was made available by order-| it that afternon. ing early graduation: at schools,} Had the car been an imported by striping regular units, and by|make from Italy instead ofa sec- Tee at large amber of igh oy i age model of the 2 the re-|low price, fi watore. could derve: aeheer? trcinires ‘ors, “they not hive" been more proud as he officers’ reserve corps, and the National Guard, upon its efficiency in coping with The success of the Civilian|problems incident to war, to Conservation Corps mobilization |earthquake, fire, flood and has attracted attention to the | drought. American Army’s readiness to} Its latest accomplishment has perform important tasks incident | demonstrated its value as an agen- to emergencies of peace. Ourjcy splendidly trained and organ- people have always counted with|ized to meet and solve, upon a complete confidence upon the|moment’s notice, administrative loyalty, devotion to duty. and pro-;and organizational problems of fessional ability of the Army, and| nation-wide scope and magnitude. hakeke dekh dndknddn dd ddd deddidide diddddar S Try One At Our ' turned. | police had been informed, the let- But Salvatore not having any such sum of money in the first place and fearing that Guiseppe would be drowned, took the letter, without telling his friends, to Detective Michael Fiaschette, ‘Woman Detective Fiaschette immediately de- tailed a woman detective, Mrs. Ray Nicolette, who spoke Italian fluently, to Salvatore’s home ‘to pose as a cousin of the Varotta’s. Photographs of the child were: printed in all. newspapers and every human effort was made to find the boy. The newspaper pub- licity and police operations sent the kidnapers into temporary silence. Then, on June 4th, @ second letter was received. This ‘letter was longet and stressed the importance of with- police. undertaking. establishment. For over ‘ten ‘ days~ Detective Fiaschette and Salvatore had been trying every ‘possible means to make the kidnapers reveal the hidig place: of the boy, but with- out success,:. They were still try- ing when a young policeman open- ed the door: and spoke to Fiasch- ette: “May I see you a moment?” The detective told Salvatore that he would return directly and stepped oytside. “We just had a call from Nyack,” the cop began, “and they,told us that Guiseppe has been found—Dead! Fiaschette never changed his expression, but} as he turned to join Salvatore | O n 190 ere ‘ there was a noticeable sag to his 107 tu losis bene broad shoulders. | a s pon| times as many. Marino, Cusamano and Raf- USA:) faele? They were convicted ‘of about murder in the first degree. But} « holding the contents from the}. police. A man was to be sent to Salvatore’s home and ‘he was to|’ be given the money. Two hotits following the child would be re- Any indication that the ter said, and Guiseppe would be drowned. Salvatore turned the letter over to Detective Fiaschette. At 10 o’clock that ' evening |.a young man wearing a cap pulled well over his eyes knocked on Salvatore’s door and when the MT. Expense . We have already installed thirty-five per cent of the ranges we expected to put out for the year under this plan. You don’t know what you're missing without one of these four burner, triple auto- matic, Crawford Electric Ranges in your home. Our trial plan makes it possible for you to try this modern way of cooking at our expense, because if you decide to buy, all of the pay- ments made on this plan are credited tewards the initial price of the range. OF ITS MERITS IN HAVE YOU EVER AN ELECTRIC RANGE? 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