THE. SAIPAN POST DISPATCH

A Newspaper for Enlisted 1len

. Published by Army Garrison Force

VOL I NO 41 (MAINLAND ISSUE) SAIPAN, M. I.J. THRUSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1944

EDITOR: This issue of the SAIPAN POST DISPATCH has been prepared for the folks at home. Today's hsue contains in capsule form an historical resume of the l!i.ariana s. Certain portions of the masthead have been d6l£;;ted to meet Cbnsorship req_uirer,1ents; subsequent daily issues of this pap£;;r are not to be rr~iled until furth0r notice , ---- -----,----,-

SAIPAN: Tht: lil!arianas, of vihich Saipan wa s the capital form a cha.in of )Ji. islands and one group of three small islands. All are of volcanic origin. Thoy con,:. stitute together viith th~ karshall, Caroline and Gilb..,rt Islands, t he insular o.rt:a of the Pacific known a s J.,acronesia . Tho four principal islands of t he- lharianas a r o Saipan, Guau1, Tinian .:i.nd .rtotn . It is bvlieved, that the k,.ariana s Vv(;) rE;; originally pt:oplod by the: migration wavv from Indonesia ... hich s t..ttl-bd in th.._ r vst of 1..icro­nesia , nam0ly tho Carolint-, Marshall and Gilbt-rt Islands . Thwr1;, ar e many r bs ... m­blancus bvtwoen the lticronosians and the PolyaesiDns. Th\,; l attvr settlud in t h0 remot0r parts of thu Fc:1.cific a nd diffe r in l anguag e, c..nd culture . I n tho l½..::i.ri a.nas, the Chamorros , of all th0 v a.rious hdcr on1;:si an pcopl.0s, str ongly r (.; s 1;;;mbl w in physiclue culture :;nd l nnguagu, thu inhabit~i.nts of t ho Philippintis and t he Dutch E.a st lncihs.

In Dec'-'mber 1520, Mc;g8llan ,vith thrE-t- ships sailod into th1;;; Pc.cific, and on h.nrch . 6, 1521 discov1;.;r cd thi;; isla nds of Guam, .r1.ot,~, SG.ipc.n, and Tinian. Eltc.no, iv.ag wllan 1 s subdt ..,rn, r 0visited Rota in 1524. Tht- Spanish explor0r, Loaisa , r t-a ched Gurun in 1526. Admira l Leg :ispi l anded on ScJ.ipun i n 15o4 c.nd procla imed sovvr oi gnity over the l.ie .. rianas. Quiros , c.nother Spanish uxplorer, r ea ched Saipan in 1596 . In 1668 Spnin dispatched soldiers c.nd miss ionaries to bring the;; Mc.rianc:.s unde r Spanish control. Tho i sl..1.nds 1,e r c then nam0d th~ 1~c.ri2.na s in honor of t;;:ucun 1..ur ia Ana, widow of Philip IV of Spain, by the J 8suit missione.r y , Di ego Luis de Sanvitor0s, v,ho a rriv"'d in Gu,:: m from th"' Philippine s. ThG Spania rds ruh,d until 1898 when t he Am-.,rican cruiser, Charle ston, coiiJIIW.ndod by c~~p tain hbilry Glass, s t E:l !JJW.;.;d into the harbor at Gw:w1 and open <:;d fir(;; upon Fort S;:,nta Cruz . Thr ough its Ci.lpt un; , Guam we.s s epo.r at 1..; d f :i;-orn tho rest of t h0 Mariana s. In 1899, thl- GcrnDUs p ur chas8d tho 11arianas from tho Spi.lnish for $4,500,000 und r ul e d t ht::,m, Gu~m oxc'-pt0d, until 1914.. In October 1914, a J o.pclll<.; s (;.; navD.l s c.u2.dron took pos s 0s s ion of t h l.;: G0rr,D.n fuariana s Islands, ThG principal objoctiv1.,; of t he Spnnish administration wns r0lig i ous proselytism; t he Germans wnntt...d conmwrcic.l t-xpr,.nsion; t hv p rillle. r ;i,· t;nds of J npanes e policy wer e p ol itical an d milita rJ, . Gr 0.::tt Brit,1in b:, s1;..; cret ;:gr1.,;(.;Jitent in karch 1917, rt1cognize d th(;; cla.:i.ms of J apon t o c:ll fo:rrnt- r G0r rnun pos s0s s ions i n t h s.; Pacific north of tho equator. The e.pprovul of Fr anc0 an d iiussic, was obtuinod by J t~pan , At Vtlrsaill0s , An11:,rican pr t.:; ssur1,;. v,.:s appe:J.s od by t hv origin of thl.;: Class C r.i.andat 0 v1hich differ ed from outright c.rmt;;:xation only by ir~.pos rng on the r.1/J.Ildator y power a nur:1b~r of obligations . Th0 Mc.riana s ri.ttna cted littl"' ,S;.tt0ntion until 193:C.. 1,hcn rui~ors gain(:.d curr i;;;ncy thn t J ;.1.pn.n was fortifying Tr uk una scvvr al other i sl r"nds. J 2pan d"'ni od t hi s o.nd ,, hen sh0 wit hdr E..w fro1.1 t hv Leagu<.;: of I'iat ions in h.i.~rch 1935 , most .A;,ttirican jurists opint-d tha t she should forfi.;it h'"'r 1~1und.s.h, 2..nd the isl ands r ENert to the L02.gu'-' . J .::i.pnn , how€.:V1;.;r, h,pt th(;; r~1and.3.tl,d t;.;rritor y , defining i t a s 11 an intcgr<il. pa rt of th" J.::.pam,s bt1pirt.. 11 A.ft01 1931.., , wht-n J ;::.pan disaont.inud t h.._ subnd.ssion of an ~nnual r~port to th0 1(;,ngub, all prett..nse of int'-'rnation~l supur­vision v ,.J1ished, an d t he isl'.l.nds w0r e inc rt:Jasingl y tr0utt;d a s a closc,;d r,1i l itary 1.1.re .1. .

Thv na.t i v o Chamorros at onE:l time wer e s killt;d nav i g::..tor s ::Uid ca10.., buil de;r s ; wnt..n intE;risl and corn1,1erc" wa s supprosst..d by t h(;,; Spcnia r ds, t h(;, Cha jiJ.o rros l ost thwir skill a nd m,v 1.:i r r egc.ined it. Th(;; Carolini t.ns W(;; r ;;; (;:;Xpcrt n.-:;.v:Lgators and when thuy we r e.::: ,: llow(.J d to S(;;ttlv on Sc:.ip . .n during t h0 n i net 0unth c 0ntur y , th'-' Spilllish gov\.irru,1<.;:nt, which ho. ct p r a cti c.::..1.l y no r,.1.;arn:, of t n .nsport ation at its dispos al, s tipulat <:; ci t hat t h ... C:~rolin.::.icn sottl(;, r 5 shojld 1nt:k(;, o.n a rmUL\l voyage; to Guum via Tinian ca rrying the produc 0 of t he r 0g i on.

Sa:ipan wa s coJ.onized b .; Captain Brown, an American , be tween ~i..810 and l i{L5 " 13:::·own brought a long s everal Ameri:::ans a..'1d a f ev, f ac.ilies of Hc1:wa~.:i.an::: :~nt.'3ndi ,1g tc set up e" colony to traG.e with t h e v1haler>il . E,;;c:.~,~-<'.rci0 t:r·.u t' t'cct 0~1+, this enterprise in L.:,15 . Whalers visited the ¼e.:.: _,_.; :a s :Eron· l L~.3 u:1til 1850, but th·eir ap:)ea.ra11ce ho.d little ef­f ~-:: ct U t) on the eccmomy of the Marianas . In .1869 , an I r ishman nru;,ed ,Johr.:;cn ~:ea.SE;d Tinian and did a prolific business in cattle and pigs U'.~.tiJ_ J.875 •

The na ti-:e Chamorros vrho nw,1be:ced be b1t,en 70, 000 and 100, 000 in the ].6:,J ::ie·,· i o:i lnvc decr<:.;ased t h rough war , f amine arid discuse to a lit­t i.e 0-1-s::.~ 1;,, ) UGv ~ n t.h1;; ent i r e ·rn'Mari2na.s to day., An J..nfusion of FiJ.i µ jno a i1d. ;3:p ':l.1lls ,1 b1.1cd l'.r~lpe d to savf, the Cllanor r os from e:xtcor1-11.na.tion . :i:,>·,,:i 1.,h 0 mi.xed gr-:)u i= , which j_s now doLi r.ant , when ac.cied to the full­b:'...00 ,.lc:d C;n :".;no.rrc; pcpub.t:;.on G.00 s not vXC0e d the 5, UO tot ai. Tho tu·n d c.cc-a t ed by the Sp2.nisll conc:i_uest virtutlly deiJopui.c:.ted the rn.i~:.:i:<r,,3 of :::,he h.c:r1an2.s . Severs epidemics of sme.llpox, it:eD.slos ,

._..wb,c:.,or,:: n,;;_s;.,2,.1J,;b "Ud__s_c_ulat .,, v:-0.r: _ · 0 -t. ro.duc.e.d ~;y: ~- • :rnict,--ing­wb,~:1 '-' ::·s , r an rc?Jnpo.1.t through the M2..rianas and scrv0Ci to offs0t t he n .11·, u.,·al 1:;opul r.tion incr "'asos .

SAIP, J\! SHORTS : Ti nian h/J.S b ,.;en conquE::red . Th e 1:;xpect Gd ban zai n1.:i-v·c !' d•.:J,-e l oped ••• The first mot ion pictur e show for Ar,ier i can troop s 0:1 T.i.niLli was huld Zuly 31st,. Scv0r al thousm,.d yards for,var d d0r.th s trJ_:Gs d f riend &nd foe .. . The sup6r man h2..lo a.tta chod to the Ni ps d11:;:·.i..:1;:; the early days has disapI,ics.red . The bur i a l of ov\,:; r 22 ,000 LT2.pa:1t.:s 0 soldit::rs on Sai:pan brought home to Tokyo f a ctua l ev icl.0nce of: A;.wricc:..n powvr in the Pa c i f ic . The fsnatic fight of t he J z-,ps to s 'J.do.,,m c'.oa th makGs the "ar in tl1; · Pacific . one of t he bloodiest i n t he a.nn, .. ls of Arac.rican history. On Sa ipan, ./lJncricc1.n cc.esu2.lti 0s i,y...,re over 1 5 , 000111 Over 50 movi0 spots a r 1;.; OlJ<-r a.t..,d on s a ipan; so,.10 da :G.y , others p0riodically . ThE- Ga rrison ThE:.a tor has c.. pot en-t L:..:.1 :::1:.po.city of 7, 500 t wo- iugh sandbc,g seu.ts f c.1cing a r:i.isC;;;d scr"'en in frort, of whi ch is a r ugula tion boxir:g c.,rt;;lla . This ar8nD. vvhen cor.·~·>i '. t (j :'l will f aature boxing bout s buti': 80D ,..,_rmy, Nc.·.v3r and lvio.rinu .P,J,,,:l 1.i s t s ,, • It v1ill also bv use o. b y- cl12.pl a.ins for relii;ious s trvic .__ s . 'I, ' ;--. ,, ,,, -~v "t ·· c- , ,nr1 -. .. ,.L· l'i 't) ' '· ::1 a' d·-- d w:1'·'1·· ;1.1· iv··" ·" '1·10' ·s ,, ~,ri·v· · on Q···i·,-, ·· r: ..,_ ... !'-' _, V .L. c.l u , ... t:, .J..J. c::, JW ..,___ V c:. . V V',J . ...,. .I, ....., u v~ -....1, J,. \..i - 1..)1.... , ....,1_. .. l e

'i'i i , . L 3 .. D."lct vn .L bG c1oe,t ,.c:o. hiti1 tl1c.,2.ters construct.__d sirnil r:::.rly .•• 'i.'' ,:..; _·1 '_'(: -1:,::nut e ro.infc=.ll L.st ni6ht fr.ih,d to C:isloQ£v 3, jOv Garrison T:,t·,1 ~:,r pc;t:ron s , It se0,:1s t i1i. .t nothing short of c1n t...iJ.rthq_uake; will d i s co•.:rc.; 0 t;1e cro-i< C.S th,,t att 0nd t Le out door movi,.,s c.;V1:.ry ni5ht •• • Chi.:.l,~O":Ton , Kor\., 2.n a nd J c.pan1;.; s c.; ,yout hs b0t,,00n th0 ag c; s of 8 and 15 aro · gr,;on c o.listh0nic .:; da ily ..• A J e suit miss i orL ry c1nd 6 nur.s es­capcci ·co th0 civilia n cu ap a f -.;;W d:,ys bvf ore: Sa i p&n I s f o..11. The Chan:J:>.':::'o basobc,.ll tt;;cl.lll 2t the civilian crunp h-..s C..Lr0ady tr:i.1wn0d illl

AY'Hj' 2.nd & N::.vy t ec.m. R ::.scball s couts shou..Ld incl.uw.;; thb spot in t l1L,ir l vor y hunting it i n e r a r y • • . une word <vVt;;r y Charnorro bo;y and g :Lri kn ows is 11 okuy rt and t ho;r us <- it habitually. The COI1¥11Unic c:.tion rr: i r a cle ·wired t hr oughout th\;.; t>ntir0 i slc:.nd is colos s Gl enough to sucu:'.'c EL bm,i from i.. T & T ••• The Engin\..ers hnvo r L- ctJiv0d m:1ny com­mcr:dations , including one from the; Nc:.V'J ••• The Signnl Corps R0pe.ir S:1op hc'. S dons an out s t r:;,nding job in the Ma i ntonan c c, of motion pic­t ure ,.:, quipmont . They hav e gon i::l out of th0ir way on innum"'rc:.blc oc­casio:1s to r .:::ndf-)r t Gchnic:~.l a-a.v ice o.nd l a bor in ord0r tl1:ct 11 thc shovi might go on 11 . , . The record of medical unit s on Sc.ip,:-:n ::;t ands out i n b o1d n l ief . Duri ng tho cha ngoov 8r from foxh ol0 opera t ion s i;,o p 0r ma..1.wnt hospit2.l L .:.cilitic::; , v1ith Amur icon nurs0s , ·t h1..:;y h2..v~) W:!.~.1.-::-':-on a n 0w epoch in mGdic[,l history . Tho dispa tch vdth which t h r:;s e w1i ts hc:\ndlod cc.::u altios iri the bl.oodivst b attle i n th0 armtls of Ar1K,1·i c:,~;n 'rn:r f a r e r0flocts the; extrc:.ordina ry :.tbili ty and skill of t'10.s z:; :c-cspon s i.blE:J f or its org r:ni1:,a t i on and opera t i on • •• CongratuL:.­t i cic s t o Connie ~i .. ck on his 5Uth c.hniv0rsd.r y in bus l:b c..ll. .• The SAlPAN PC/:'_L' T.1.-CSPJJ.TC~ d-,dic2.t vs this i s sue to the ST . i,OUIS F0ST DISFATCH as f ;uJ pc.y:i1t·-:-1t for usurping part of t heir f amous rn.t1i1e and incor por e:.ting i t :;_nt .e, tho 111astht;i(d of the first Ai'.lt-rican d2..ily on Sni pan , which h a.s b c:,cn p11t)lis h 0c. sinc e July l . If vvv can approo.ch in bxcelL:::nce the di :::,t .0.:1.t. sh&do,~ s c2.st from Pulitzer I s bulw2.rk of litc;\~ S r0porting , t h en Ra:1.p~1 C:ogl:1-:1.n . Fi t ~pc:.t r ick . t!tc . , Cfin r t; s t, assur1;.. ci thc..t t he tradi­t i c.':.2 uf thei r p l:r <c:nn ic.l sh ee t will not be r av agi;;; d by e. mimeog r aphed upst e.:::'.'t on b~Loody Scti pc.:.n . We salut e the St Louis lv.uny upvr2. , J o.ck Shur,1aclrnr ' s f amous turtlt soup , Phil Hi tchcock, Lc:.rry Good,un I s st Chc.rl0s St . Lounge , Lwrn St.:wE-11 1 s Browns , Card1rw .. i.s , Rugg,t;ri ' s Stt;2k House v,ihGrb t he l a tu O. O. l1Icintyrt: d.int:;d, Pc:.rkv i "'w Hotel , Corona do ,

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