Page 107 - Mastheads July-Dec 1945
P. 107
•
Intra-Mural THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, SEPT: 29, 1945 PAGE 11
TEAM POINTS WANT ADS
Here's Your Chance- PSYCHIATRIST REVEALS MOST PREVALENT
Radio Materiel '· .... .. . .... 54
Pre·-Commissioning ........ 38 WANTED - Experienced photo-
grapher, rated man (not froz- Can You Write Stories? DISEASE OF NAVY PRISONERS AT Y. B. I.
Tadcen .. . .... . .. . ........ 28
Armed Guard . . ........... 26 ½ en). Apply at Ship's Service Can you write poetry, short
Naval Hosp . . .............. 23 No. 1 Photo Lab immediately. stories, newspaper articles, or "They have records of shifting
Delivers HourTalk jobs, and they even have a social
Naval Air Aux .. .. .... ..... 14 ROOM and BOARD for service- even fiction? In other words "can record of arrests and apprehen-
O.T.S ..................... 12½ man's wife in exchange for light you write?" All ye members of Before Doctors at sions for this and the other thing.
Receiving Ship .... ........ 8½ housekeeping assistance and the fourth estate who have a few When a situation arrives these
Pre-Embarkation ... . ..... . 5½ part care of child. Call MA7749. months left in the service before T. I. Naval Hospital men usually try to meet it by run-
Frontier Base . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 going home, or even you men who
Marines ......... ........ .. . 2 OPERA GLASSES in brown case have decided to make the Navy a The Medical staff of Treasure ning away.
left in car of Coast Guard Lt. Island's Naval Hospital assem- "The same problem exists when
(jg). Reward offered for return. career and who can tell the top bled Friday afternoon to hear Lt. pressure aboard the ship becomes
l)on't Use ''T. I." on Leave at main desk in the Offi- from the bottom of a newspaper Commander Louis D. Boshes too mu.ch or when the routine on-
Return Postal Address cers' Club. come in and see the Editor of The (MC) discuss the subject of "Psy- a shore establishment becomes so
Masthead and your name will be chiatry of the Naval Offender." · acute that leave is taken without
"T. I." on postal return ad- WANTED- Late model car in proper authorization."
dresses often causes loss and mis- good condition. Contact Lieut. on the masthead of The Masthead Doctor Boshes, fo-rmerly asso-
placermmt of mail. Since the two (jg) J . N. Rozycki, c/o Captain as a reporter. We need personnel ciated with the Department of Psychiatric Cases
Speaking of psychiatric cases,
Nervous and Mental Diseases at
initials.: n1ay stand for either of Yard Office, Navy Yard, Mare with at least two years newspaper the Doctor explained that they
Treasure . qr Terminal Island, Island. experience. Our men are going Northwestern University and now were in a minority. This group
Calif., .service men are asked to home, one by one, and we need Neuro-psychiatrist at the Naval comprises the psychotic, prepsy-
spell out the entire name and WANTED at once, stenograohers good replacements to keep our disciplinary establishment, Yerba chotic, the neurotic, the person-
avoid the : con:f;usion caused by and office clerks fqr Red Cross publication up to par. It's a Ship's Buena Island, delivered an hour
Field office. Building 174 Treas- long address in which he empha- ality disorder, the neurologically
routing and rerouting of improp- Company deal men, a lot of work,
ure Island. Permanent employ- sized the importance of disciplin- disordered and also those who are
erly addressed mail. but good liberty. See us today-
ment. Good pay. Excellent op- topside, Recreation Center build- ary psychiatry. of the fatigue state·.
portunity for advancement. This ing, Rooms 129 and 130. Touching on the subject of of- "The great bulk of these," the
Said a sailor from Iowa: "I've will be excellent opportunity for Doctor went on, "are so-called
spent so many years working in Waves expecting discharge or fenses of the navy prisoner, he 'psychiatrically well.' _ Although .
stated that only five per cent have·
a dairy back · home that I still for relatives of m'en attached to Sailor: "We're coming to a committed offenses which would they are normal, they do exhibit
catch myself shaking hands with Treasure Island. Telephone EX- tunnel. Are you afraid?" have landed him in civilian courts. personality difficulties or· emo-
people one finger at a time." brook 5915 or call at Office, 4th Wave: "Not if you take that tional and behavior reactions
deck, Building 174. cigar out of your mouth." "In other words," Doctor Boshes which bring them before the vari-
said, "ninety-five per cent of the
Gob: "Wou~d you turn off the ous courts eventually.
Navy prisoners hav,e committed
light if we were on the daven- purely military offenses involving "Most of these men are theore-
port?" Comdr. Flaherty Mt1/tes Presentt1tlon unauthorized leave, whereas the tically salvageable and we bring
these cases forward so that there
Girl: "Of other five per cent have commit-
thing!" ted offenses which include theft, can be interest manifested in an
attempt to save as many man
assault, sex offenses, property
days in the service as possible.''
damage and other misdemeanors.''
Cross-Word Solution M,ost Prevalent Disease Combat Fatigue
Special care and attention is
Speaking further on the most given to those men who are · suf-
prevalent disease of the Naval fering from combat and opera-
offender, that of unauthorized tional fatigue. Ev,ery effort is giv-
leave, the Doctor went on ...
en to restore the man to his pre-
"One can readily understand service personality. And in many
that perhaps certain over-depend- cases this may be achieved with-
ent wives or the occasional over- in a short time.
indulgent mothers often influence "Any prisoner at Y.B.I., feeling
husbands and sons to remain at his nerves are impaired. can ask
their respective homes despite the or request a neuro psvchiatric in-
fact that they know they must be terview," Doctor Boshes added.
H U E considered unwittingly accom- Such advice has aided many to
ABET plices to a military misdeed. assume normal patterns again.
MESS "Many relatives soon find their
allotment lost as the result of the
SOFTBALL CHAMPS-A beautiful trophy was awarded to Armed sentence imposed upon a man by
WeeklyGym Schedules Guard softballers by Commander Flaherty, commanding officer, at the General Court Martial. Some Increase Purchase
a recent banquet honoring the softball and baseball team.
Gymnasium No. 1 even write in personal letters to Of Recreation
Skating-1400-1600 & 1800- the commanding officer of Naval
Armed Out1rd Pitcher Sought •• , Equipment
2100. activities to ask that payment be
Bowling-0800-2100. continued.
Boxing-0800-2100. "They cannot understand that By Ships'. Editorial Association
Ping Pong-0800-2100. their husband or son has offe nded Expanding its morale program.,
Badminton-0800-2100. the Navy and as such his all,ot- the Navy has purchased more
Body Building-0800-2100. ment has been discontinued. Cer- than a million dollars worth of
Handball-0800-2100. tainly he cannot be fairly con- recreational equipment for per-
Basketball-0800-2100. sider,ed in the same status as a sonnel on ships and bases in for-
Volleyball-0800-2100. paid employee who gives services. ward areas, according to BuPers.
Trampoline-0800-2100. N,o Service-N,o Pay This equipment is being stocked
Tumbling-0800-2100. "He is contributing no service at supply depots at Pearl Harbor,
Judo-0800-2100. when he is a Courts Martial pris- Guam. Subic Bay and Okinawa.
Tennis-0800-2100. oner, and he is receiving no pay. Welfare and Recreation officers
Swimming-0800-1500, week Should pay be continued that at supply depots will supervise
days, Welfare Aquatics; 1500- would be· the same as offering a distribution .and make reports of
1600, week days, officers · only; pr.emium for the commission of materials needed in each area.
1600-1800, week days, colored an offense, and as such more men Stock piles contain all items in
personnel; 1100-1500, Satur- would offend. the "sports and recreation" cata-
day, recreational swimming log. In addition, early delivery will
"Finally, what is more · impor-
for colored personnel. Sunday, be made of weatherproof speak-
tant, is the fact that one who re-
1300-1800. ceives · a Bad Conduct Discharge ers, fishing kits, sport uniforms,
Gymnasium No. 2 or even a Dishonorable Discharge 20,000 radio sets, archery gear,
Recreational s w i mm i n g, will be deprived of his mustering 300,000 recording machines with
0800-1600, 1700-1900, ' 2000- out pay and the benefits provided discs, golf clubs, hobby shops and
2100 (enlisted); Saturday, by the G. I. Bill of Rights." hobby kits.
The Navy and Army are get-
0800-1600, 1700-1900 ( enlist- Shown Weakness ting the full production of sport
ed); Sunday, 1300-1600, 1700- Doctor Boshes said that the av- equipment manufacturers with
1800 (enlisted). erage prisoner in naval custody is the Navy sharing from 25-50%
Recreational swimming,
1600-1700, 1900-2000 ( officers not a vicious criminal. "For th e on these items, according to
most part," he stated, "he is only usage.
and Waves); Saturday, 1600- inadequate and irresponsible. He
1700 (officers and Waves); has ,shown traces of weakness
Sunday, 1600-1700 ( officers over a long period of time and A soldier recently transferred
and Waves). we see in many cases the usual to a carrier pigeon outfit was busy
Boxing-0800-2100. home which is dislocated and full cleaning out a cage. He sang as
Body Building-0800-2100. GLOBE TROTTER-Vernon Stone, husky pitcher of the Armed of strife. he worked. A passing captain
Basketball-0800-1900. G-uard, has spent just about as much time on board a ~rain as ~e "Poverty, neglect, and lack of commented. "Good heavens, don't
Volleyball-0800-2100. has -on the baseball diamo•nd. Stone has traveled extensively while
performing with Bost,on, Ci,ncinnati, Brooklyn, Montreal, Georgia, security during childhood, la.ck of tell me that you enjoy doing
Badminton-0800-2100. Ogd,en, and many -others. The end of the trail came in 1943 when ~e affection, truancy from school, the that?"
Judo-0800-2100. enlisted in the Navy and decided to play ball f.or Uncle Sam. His failure to adjust properly voca- "Sir," replied the soldier, "be-
Tumbling-0800-2100. 3-2 win over Camp Parks brought Boston Red Sox scout, Charles
Trampoline-0800-2100. Wallgren (right), down on the field for a little pow-wow as t-o his tionally and in the community is fore coming here I was in · the
plans after the war. generally the rule. cavalry.''