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PAGE4 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1944
EX New Chief Staff
Armistice Day, 1944-A New Symbol
POTINTIA Assumes T. t Post
(Continued from page 1)
Captain . Schonland's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Schon-
land, reside at 534 Cumberland
Avenue, Portland, while his wife's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. · George A.
Mills, reside at 54 Vauxhall Street,
------" New London, Conn.
RADIO MATERIEL SCHOOL Although Captain Schonland
maintains his official residence in
Welcome Aboard New London, Mrs. Schonland and
RMS is happy to welcome aboard their six-year-old daughter, Dianne
Lt. (jg) Robert R. Holmes, who Morgan, are living in San Francisco
will be assigned to the Regimental at 1369 Hyde Street. Mrs. Schon-
Staff. Mr. Holmes is a native Cali- land is a native of St. Augustine,
fornian and it goes without saying Fla., and was married to Captain
that he is very happy to return to Schonland in 1932.
the West Coast. Ens. Elizabeth W . Memo.randum Issued
Thomas joins our command from A memorandum issued by Com-
Plattsburg, N. Y., where she was ~odore R. W. Cary, USN, Com-
assigned to the Welfare and Rec- mand'er U. S. Naval Training a_nd
reation Department. · Distribution Center, under the sub-
Athletics ject- "Changes in the Staff of
A new Treasure Island basket- Commander, U. S. Naval Training
ball league is in the making and and Distribution Center," is as fol--
Ens. Coach Jessup announces that lows :
RMS will enter a team in the com- 1. Captain Herbert E. Schonland,
petition. The call for material has USN has reported for duty and will
gone out and the response to date assume the title of Chief Staff Of-
has been good. Cooper, Sp(A)lc, ficer with duties broadly outlined
and Barnett, Sp(A)2c, -are helping as follows : Supervision and co-
to round the squad into playing ordination of the work of the vari-
condition. In a pre-season warm-up ous divisions of TADCEN which
game, the RMS team defeated ·the include the common services to all
Tre&.Sure Island Docs 52 to 34. units of this command; and the co-
RMS combined a fast break with ordination of the requirements of
some good shooting out on the the various activities comprising
court to take the decision. For the command, to the end that they
RMS, it was Nuthall and Ander- can achieve the maximum effici-
son who carried the load-while ency in the accomplishment of the
Atwell and Van Alstyne looked functions for which each was
good for the Docs. Both teams were established.
ragged at times with RMS hitting 2. There is hereby established
a better percentage of their shots Navy Men Cited For Heroism * the Offioe of the Commanding
which decided the issue. More About Officer of the Administrative Unit.
In the 12th Naval District Vol- Commander Grover A. Miller, USN
leyball Tournament which got un- Blood Bank (Ret), is hereby assigned the duties
der way last week, the RMS team as Commanding Officer of the Ad-
lost a close decision to the Naval (Continued from page 1) ministrative Unit. His functions are
Auxiliary Air Station of Oakland, cc. of blood are withdrawn under broadly stated as follows: Com-
21-17 and 21-16. The visitors dis- sterile technique. Blood for sero- mand of all enlisted personnel as-
played smooth teamwork all the logical purposes is drawn at this signed to TADCEN as distinguished
way. Our boys gave a good account time also and is sent to the labora- from personnel assigned to the
of themselves but lack~d the ex- tory. The donor is allowed to rest separate command units of this
_perience of their officer opponent,;;. for ten minutes and is then served center; responsibility for the berth-
In the second game of the week, either coffee or fruit juice before ing, messing, discipline and cleanli-
the RMS team profited by their leaving the bank. ness of berthing spaces assigned to
earlier defeat and walloped the T ADCEN personnel·; allocation and
The whole blood is stored in a
USN Dry Docks team from Hunt- modern temperature-recording re- general superv1s10n of working
. ers Point, 21-5 and 21-8. The im- frigerator to wait the report from parties formed from the va_rious
provement in team work was much units of this command for the main-
the laboratory. Upon completion of
in evidence ~d the team is ready the report the -blood is labeled as tenance of buildings, grounds and
for their next game with the Sea- to type and Kahn. The blood is services of TADCEN plus requests
bees representing the Camp Parks r.eceived from visiting vessels re-
then available for transfusion or to
Construction Replacement Depot. be centrifuged and pooled as quiring additional personnel for
Changes in Rate plasma. The plasma is cultured for emergency ship loading purposes;
November 1 saw a number of general supervision of maintenance
bacteria and is stored for ten days
changes in rate among members of before bottling in 250 cc. units. and cleanliness of all buildings and
Ship's Company, which indicates a grounds used by the various divi-
desire to improve under the guid- Ensign Furnari Appointed sions of TADCEN; and supervision
ing hand of the Educational Officer. When the Treasure Island Naval IT WAS AN "ALL-U. S. NAVY" show Saturday morning, when these of adequate officer and enlisted
Those who added new crow's Hospital decided to establish its officers and men were honored for outstanding service. Left to right: personnel watches within the ad-
tracks are: Jay Witz, Ylc; Muriel own blood bank, it wanted a cheer- Captain Elmer F. Helmkamp, Ens. Lee Hugh-Jean McNeil, frank F. ministrative command.
Spangler, SC1c; Edgar D. Davis, MM1c; William Houlder Smith,
Birmingham, Y3c; D. L. Bailey, ful, efficient nurse to be in charge
CMM(PA); Jefferso.n D. Sexton, BM2c; Harry K. Turner, MoMM1c;
SK3c; J . W. Barkley, SK3c; M. M. of operations. So hospital authori- Arthur G. Mallett, TM1c. See story for individual awards.
Bondroff, SK3c ; B. A. Ma.in, SKlc ; ties selected Ens. Mary C. Furnari Navy Day Meeting
W. D. Russell, SK2c; C. F . Doyno, of Mountainview, Calif. Ens. Lee Hugh-Jean McNeil,
EM3c; L. 0. Kirk, CEM; W. M. As yet, the new blood bank is not Captain Helmkamp USN, of Long Beach, Calif.,. in- Kick-Off For
Hall, CM3c ; C. A. Payne, Cox. Con- on full-scale operation but Ens. structor of special courses at the
gratulations! Furnari expects that it will be in Awarded Coveted Bronze Radio Materiel School, was awarded War Bond Drive
the immedate future. the Presidential Unit Citation for At a War Bond meeting in the
Navy Can't B~y "We have had hundreds of in- Star at Island Ceremonies serving with the First Marine di- St. Francis Hotel on Navy Day,
qui:s:i.es from both civilian and naval For his cooperation and perse- vision from August 7_ to December Commodore R. W. Cary, USN, .
Solomon Islands personnel on the Island wanting to verance in insuring standardization 9, 1942. Ens. McNeil, then a chief Commander U. S. Naval Training
know ·when they can make appoint- of training methods and indoctrina- radioman, had charge of a radio and Distribution Center, was guest
For Scant $24 ments to give blood," stated Ens. tion which were of vital importance station on Guadalcanal, and ren- speaker. Thirty-five officers, rep-
Furnari. "I expect w~ will be very to our expanding Navy, Captain dered invaluable service during the
You may be able to buy the Elmer F. Helmkamp, USN, Com- hard-fought battle for that impor-- resenting the sixteen largest ac-
busy," she added.
Brooklyn Bridge from $mooth- mander, Receiving Ship, San Fran- tant island. tivities in the Twelfth Naval Dis-
tongued gip salesmen but you can't Ens. Furnari, whose ambition is cisco, has been awarded the Bronze William H . Smith, CMM(PA), trict, were present.
buy the Solomon Islands from the to visit the European theatre of Star Medal by _Admiral Chester W. USN, of Pikeville, Ky., as a crew Commodore Cary gave an inspir-
Natives of the Central Pacific, for war before the conflict is over, took Nimitz, Commander in Chief, Pa- 1 member of a destroyer, received a ing talk and related some of his
they don't fall easy for the line of her nurse training at the O'Connor cific Fleet. Presidential Unit Citatfon "for out- experiences in invasions overseas.
"lip music" that the GI traders Sanitarium at San Jose, Calif. Prior Presentations to Captain Helm- standing performance in combat This meeting served as a "kick-off"
give them anymore. to joining the Navy on March 8, kamp, another officer -and six en- against enemy Japanese forces in for the Navy's approaching Pearl
As an example of how hep the 1944, she was a nurse at the Palo listed men were made last Satur- the South Pacific from October 7, Harbor Day War Bond drive. Com-
natives have becoµie, Sgt. McGurn, Alto Hospital at Stamford for two day morning by Commodore R. W. 1942, to October 7; 1943." modore Cary stressed in his talk
a YANK staff correspondent, re- years and then went to Redwood Cary, Commander, U. S. Naval Purple Heart awards went to the post-war security of men in the
lates this story which is a standing City for four years. Navy through the war bond savings
Training and Distribution Center, Harry K. Turner, MoMMlc, USN,
joke in the Solomons: Following her appointment as at November citation ceremonies. of Burlingame, Calif.; Jefferson D. program. Captain George C. Tasker
Lt. (jg) . Eugene L. Burdick, a Nurse in Charge of the blood bank, Captain Helmkamp was re- Sexton, BM2c, USN, Colton, Calif.; introduced Cqmmodore Cary who
Navy skipper, recently offered a Ens. Furnari was given a special warded "for meritorious service as Arthur G. Mallett, TMlc, USN, of spoke at the invitation of the Com-
native a watch in trade. The native course of training by the Navy, Chief of Staff of the Commander, Roslindale, Mass.; Frank F. Spang- mandant of the 12.th Naval District.
wound the stem, held the watch visiting many of the major blood Fleet Operational Training Com- ler, SClc, USN, of Winamac, Ind.,
. to his ear and handed it back. "No donor centers in the Bay Area.
mand, United States Pacific Fleet and Edgar D. Davis, MMlc, USN, Officers who are granted term-
spring," he said. . Bluejackets of this command are from February 14, 1943, to April of• Bessemer, Ala. inal leave, pending discharge or _re-
McGurn's article, which describes urged to become regular · blood 8, 1944." turn to inactive status, may wear
how a Navy boat tours the Solo- donors at this modern equipped He has been commanding officer civilian clothes during the leave
mons to buy native grass shacks blood bank and help save a ship- of the Receiving Ship since May of A true musician is the man who period, according to a recent Bu-
for GI use, is featured in the Oc- mate. Make your appointment to- this year. Captain and Mrs. Helm- puts his ear to the keyhole when reau of Naval Personnel circular
tober 13 issue of YANK. day! kamp live on Yerba Buena. he hears a lady singing in the bath. letter.