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VOL. 111- No. 29 TREASURI;:: ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. SEPTEMBER 2, 1944

Armed Guard Center l rains many Thousands for 4.0 Service

Safety of Ships

Carrying Cargo Up
to Armed Guard
"Cease firing! Good work men."
This is the report that reaches the
Armed Guard Center concerning
the behavior of Armed Guard men
under fire. That would seem to be
the end of the story, but wait a
minute! It was no accident that the
Armed Guardsmen did good work,
they were trained to do that. Let
us take you behind the scenes here
on Treasure Island and show you
how the Armed Guard Center
(Pacific) is behind the man behind
the gun aboard a merchant ship.
Preliminary Training
From various training stations
men are received at the .Afmed
Guard Center for assignment to
merchant ships. Their job aboard
those ships will be to insure the
fact that the cargo they carry
arrives safely at its destination.
They arrive as seamen second
class just through boot training
ready for first assignment. They
have many things to learn before
they will be able to carry out their
duties aboard ship and so the first
step is school. Their classes include
gunnery instruction, plane spotting,
what to look for on sea watch,
physical drills, swimming lessons
( of .importance to every sailor if
he wants to come back) , and all
the skills that go to make the
Armed Guardsman a per:fect cog
in a wheel that is a gun unit. These
lessons learned, our men stencil
their gear, receive their orders,
"lash up", and their first cruise
begins.
Sea Duty
ARMED GUARDSMEN prepare to go to seal They are pictured at lower left one of the busiest of Armed Guard offices, the Education Office which advances
receiving gunn1iry instruction. Scene at upper left shows them stencilling their and prepares men for advancement in rating. Pictured in the insert is Armed With every gunnery unit that
gear, while the men seen at upper right are members of the communications unit Guard Commanding Officer E. D. Flaherty, Commander, USNR, who has served goes to sea you will find a com-
busy learning "how" and "how not" to hoist signal flags. Lower left shows as an inspiring leader of this heroic unit--the Armed Guard (Pacific) .
munications unit which has been
trained in blinket, semaphore, flag
Foodstuffs in Small GALLEY K OPENED THURSDAY Radio Materiel Buys hoist and radio. These then are the
men who must stand gruelling
Pa(kages Banned for w1rH MANY NEW FEATURES $30,000 Worth of watches day after day, keep their
ship trim and in fighting shape,
Overseas Mailing Treasure Island's main mess hall and galley, familiarly and most important of all, see that
No more small packages con- known to bluejackets as "Galley K" opened Thursday noon to ~~~u~!~e~! ~Oc~!~!r Radio the vital supplies they carry arrive
taining candy, foodstuffs or other thousmds of men who regularly eat there. The huge building Material School personnel have on time an.d intact. The rewards
perishables will be accepted for has been closed for several days, during which time numerous allotments for War Savings Bonds. for their service can be seen in
mailing to personnel in the Armed This is believed to be the highest one of the pictures above where
Forces overseas, the Post Office repairs and alterations have been made. percentage attained by any of the the Commandant of the Twelfth
Department announced this week. The huge curved roof has been strengthened and the larger organizations on this island. Naval District is seen compli-
The new ruling, made at the bulkheads have received new coats of gleaming white and These allotments amount to menting an Armed Guard Unit
request of the War Department, blue enamel. The lighting arrangement has been changed to $22,743.75 a month, and buy more who had been awarded a special
applies only to the packages not give a more uniform light over the entire building, and the than thirty thousand dollars worth trophy for the quality of their
exceeding eight ounces in weight deck of the mess hall has been of bonds. In addition, these men service.
which are accepted for mailing covered with a rich maroon colored spacious ship's kitchen, dying bought bonds with a maturity What They Did at Home
overseas at first class rates. duskily away in remote corners; value of $106,000 during the Inde- What goes on while our cre,w is
The arrangement under which linoleum. The tables have all been except where they settle in mellow pendence Day drive. at sea? At home their records are
small p·ackages w e r e accepted refinished with glistening varnish radiance on the broadside of a Men throughout the service are kept carefully and any awil.rds,
without the presentation of a and the atmosphere is one of flitch of bacon, or are reflected showing this same faith in War equator crossings, or changes are
request from the addressee was cleanliness and simplicity. back from well-scoured utensils, Bonds, and the desire to build up noted. Their pay accounts are
established in order to facilitate The dishwashing equipment in that gleam from the midst of an emergency reserve fund for the credited with sea pay, and allot-
the sending of small essential arti- the sculleries has been overhauled obscurity. "Galley K" is again future. Navy allotments in effect ments and insurance are kept in
cles such as uniform accessories, and new parts installed where they open, feeding many thousands of as of July 31 were 1,389,300; good order. Recreational equip-
eyeglasses, prescriptions and simi- were needed. bluejackets well prepared food. Marine Corps allotments 232,000, ment has been· provided for their
lar items. However, so many pack- Galley Changes Made During the period the galley was and Coast Guard 84,745. Allotment leisure hours aboard ship, as-
ages containing perishables were The galley underwent the more being repaired and altered, the sales for July were $9,531,768.75 by sembled while they were at sea
sent that many mail pouches were important changes. On the deck a North and Federal galleys ab- Navy, $1,299,131.25 by the Marine or in training. The orders which
contaminated by the spoiling food- thick coating of concrete was run. sorbed the bulk of those usually Corps, and $1,204,362.50 by the will bring them home, give them
stuffs. The large refrigerator rooms were fed in "Galley K"; and others, by Coast Guard. leave and eventually reassign them
painted with gleaming white en- their own choice, ate in the various have. been set up, and their mail
DANCE SLATED FOR amel. A new rotation oven, used Ship's Service cafeterias. has been handled and sept to them
COLORED PERSONNEL especially for the cooking of meats, New Officers' Arrangement CARRIER BAGS 65 JAP PLANES with speed and accuracy.
Commander, U. S. Naval has been installed and the entire A new arrangement in the feed- PEARL HARBOR-Commander Men who go to sea are anxious
Training and Distribution appearance of the kitchen has been ing of officers and civilians has David Mccampbell of West Palm to .be advanced in rating, and the
Center announces that •plans changed by paint and re-arrange- been inaugurated. The officers' Beach, Fla., downed seven Japa- Armed Guard is constantly pre-
have been completed for the ment. sections in the North and Federal nese planes on June 18 as his car- paring new study courses which
second station dance for the The galley is complete with vari- galleys remain open but no dining rier group wiped out 65 for an will enable . them to study for
Colored Personnel Wednes- ous kitchen vessels of resplendent facilities are now provided in the official one-day record, the Navy advancement while on board ship.
day, September 13 from 2000 brightness, among which steam "new" Galley K. The former officers' has announced. On their return to the center they
to 2400. Lovely hostesses, hisses from the huge cookers. Well mess is now being used to feed Mccampbell, flying a Hellcat, will be examined and advanced if
good food and music by the arranged fixtures throw a mass of chiefs exclusively. Two-thirds of knocked down five Japanese planes they warrant advancement.
T. I. Swing band will give light upon the group, bringing out the former chiefs' mess hall has as the grou_p downed 43 out of the Armed Guard ships have toured
the affair prominence. many odd features in strong relief. been turned into a dining room for 80 which streaked in to attack the our globe fro:qi Alaska to the lower
The rays of light illuminate the per annum civilian workers. American task force. Continued on ...l!,ge 4