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The Island Trotter
PAGE 2 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, NOV. 17, 1945 ARMY-NAVY MERGER
CONTROVERSY

~ Continued from Page 1 What do you think would be be so long, and a man could get
the greatest inducement the Navy out at a reasonable age.
Navy leaders were irked because
Official Treasure (!land publication distributed every Saturday without cost to the officers, confidential testimony, predomin- could offer for you to ship over * * *
enlisted personnel, and employees' of Treasure Island. All communications and contribu- into the regular Navy? Henry Gilbert, RM2c, General
tions should be directed to The Editor, Welfare Division, TADCEN, Treasure, Island, San antly in favor of merger, had
Francisco, California. Telephone: EXbrook 3931, Extension 69. The Masthead IS published been made public by the Presi- Ollie Bolner, Cox, Ship's Com- Detail. If they made me a chief,
in compliance with regulations of SecNav letter of May 28, 1945, and is produced com- gave me sea pay, and put me on
mercially from non-appropriated Welfare Funds at no expense to the Navy Department dent. pany. I believe they should grant
or Government. The Masthead is a ·member of the Twelfth Naval District Press Association, a man a 90-day leave as an in- a shore base in my own home
~he Ship's Editorial Association, and receives material supplied by Camp Newspaper Sid Shalett, in a N. Y. Times town! In other words, no soap.
Service. Reproduction of credited material prohibited without permission of SEA and CNS. ducement. That, plus five cents a
article, asserted the Navy is Things may be tough on the out- .
counting on a powerful "Navy mile for traveling expenses might
COMMODORE R. W. CARY, USN side but I have just as good a
Commander U. S. Naval Training and Distribution Center bloc" in both the Senate and help _to change a man's mind chance as the next person. What
House to block the merger. He about leaving the service for good. I want is independence, and that's
Carolyn N. Brown, Ylc, Waves Editor Edward L. Levitt, SK2c-Features and Activities went further to say, "Responsible If they gave me that 90 days, I
Robert H. Perez, BM2c, Sports Editor WIiiiam J. Martin, RM3c, Reporter might be willing to ship over for what I'd have as a civilian. Noth-
Navy sources are confident ... ing can take the place of the
Jack E. Corrigan, SM2c, Contributor Navy supporters in Congress will a couple of years. freedom a civvy has.
defeat the (merger) bill if it * * *
Ed Miller, TM1c, General De- * * *
TREASURE ISLAND, S. F., CALIF., SATURDAY, NOV. 17, 1945 comes to a vote." Jim Chapman, Cox, Ship's
tail. I can't see the idea myself.
It would take more than pensions Company. A good inducement
or other benefits to make me take would be to make the present
Editorially Speali.ing . . . Navy Would Train interest in the regulars. I've had rates permanent ones. Right now,
51 months of service so far, and if a person ships over into the
regulars he stands the chance of
Of the countless columns of print devoted to the heroic Youths Under think that's enough. A guy who being dropped one rate. He should
ships over because he gets a few
experiences of America's .fighting vessels in w odd war II, T rum a n p I an extra days of leave should have be allowed to have his rate main-
his head examined! tained, regardless of change.
there is little mentioned about the "little ships" of the Navy. The Navy expects to train an-
* * *
It was always the major combatant ships whose tales of nually 2 2 Louis Maffei, General Detai I.
3 ,000 18-year-olds, if
Congress approves President Tru- VA FINDS VETERANS
heroism were spread in glaring banners across the pages of man's plan for universal military For every tw'o years spent in the
regulars, give a man at least six A GOOD INVESTMENT
American newspapers. It was always the big ships · whose training. Each man would get a months shore duty, if not in his
full year of training.
"death-dealing broadsides crumbled the enemy into submis- These men- who would not be hometown, then somewhere in. the WASHING TON (CNS) - The
same state. Provide him with ade- Veterans Administration balanced
sion," but hidden somewhere in the depths of a long paragraph in the Navy, ·but merely civilians quate housing facilities for his up its accounts and discovered
belng trained for a military re- wife and family, if he has any, that it has lost less than $10,000
were the magic words, "preceded by auxiliary vessels." serve- would be given three
when he does get shore duty. I while endorsing $41,000,000 worth
The crews who manned America's mine sweepers, and months boot training, three think these two things would be of ex-servicemen's notes. Pro-
months class A schooling or the a good incentive for a sailor to ducing scores of figures, the VA
those who manned the LCis,' LSTs, merchant vessels, and equivalent, three months opera-
take a crack at the regulars. revealed that the typical vet get-
patrol and escort craft, were men who fought a long, tough tional training and three months * * * ting a loan under the GI Bill oi'
sea duty. At the end of that year, Leland Lindsey, GM3c, General Rights is 31, married, has 2 chil-
war, without glory and withOll;t publicity. Inspired by a spirit they would be in the general re-
Detail. I wouldn't mind it if they dren, had 6 years business ex-
synonymous with cleaner, nobler living, they fought-and serve for six years, during which offered double time for overseas perience before entering service,
time they would not be subject to duty. Twenty years in this outfit possesses $739 in savings but
died-unglorified. any further military duty, except
is a long time, and most of the values his worth at $2785, and
We salute t~e "little ships" of the Navy, and the crews in case of national emergency de- men have more overseas time borrows an average of $2499,
clared by Congress. than they have stateside time. If which he pays off at the rate of
upon whose shoulders rested the responsibility of taking them Pay would probably be less than
a man's been over there three $73.44 monthly. He expects to net
into enemy fields, and bringing them back unharmed. The for Navy enlisted men, but train- years, credit him with six. The a yearly profit from his business
ees would receive many of the time spent in the service wouldn't of $4,451.
things they've accomplished are written in the successes qf
same benefits, such as medical
every American invasion, and in the numbers of .men who care, hospitalization and educa- -----------------------1
tion. .•. THE 0/Rl 8/ICI( HOME, , , I
have lived to fight because of what they've done.
The Navy's share of the esti- [
No greater glory could be . theirs. mated 850,000 men eligible each ··········~~~~~······
year would. be divided 193,000 to
the Navy, 39,000 to the Marines.
Each man would have his choice
RADIO MATERIEL SCHOOL of which service to enter, so long
as the prescribed 8-3 ratio be-
:: :: tween Army and Navy and 5-1
ratio between Navy and Marine
Victory Loan Campaign who gave a creditable perform-
Corps are maintained.
The RMS Victory Bond Drive ance against Murray, classy 137-
opened on October 29th and will pounder from Co. 83. Other out- Similarly, each would have his
continue until the end of Decem- standing bouts on the card were choice of which branch of Navy
ber. One of the features of this . Mellish, Co. 90, matched with service - aviatio~. amphibious,
drive will be the $200 Franklin D. Shauer, Co. 96, Gilkey and Staun- submarine, and so forth- provid-
Roosevelt War Bond, in which a ton of Co.'s 81 and 94, and the two ing he qualifies and the quota is
$200 bond may be purchased for fast welterweights, MacMullin, open.
$150. There are also the usual $25 Co. 83, and Moore, Co. 84, whose
and $50 Bonds and those of a 'three-round slugfest turned into
NAVY TO TRANSMIT
higher value which may be pur- a colorful exhibition.
chased from the Bond Officer, In the entertainment which
Building 28, Room 107. No quotas preceded the bouts, a 5-piece URGENT PERSONAL
have been set, no competition is swing orchestra opened the show
planned, and personnel will not be .with music, followed by seven MESSAGES
solicited. However, the Bond Offi- acts which included everything
cer wishes to encourage the pur- from dancing, singing, jokes, to (SEA) .-Urgent personal and
chase of bonds which make an women and laughs. Refreshments emergency messages may be
ideal Christmas gift for family or concluded the smoker's evening. transmitted by overseas and ship-
friends. RMS Basketball board radio circuits to Navy per-
A profitable investment, Vic- Basketball is in full swing this sonnel an:JlWhere in the world be-
tory Bonds provide security
season at RMS. After losing to ginning November 15.
against future needs.
· Pre-Com in the finals of the Com- Messages may be telegraphed
RMS Boxing Smoker modore's Cup Tournament, the or mailed to the Naval Communi-
RMS fight fans hit the jackpot Radio quintet has won three
cations Office, Washington, D. C.,
in the way of topside boxing straight contests. Victories have
for free transmission to New
bouts Thursday evening, Novem- been scored over • the Baptist
ber 15, before 900 radiomen. . Service Center, the T.I. Hospital York FPO addresses, and to 12th
Bandy, weighing 190 pounds, and Receiving Ship, whom RMS Naval District Communications
pride of Co. 97, and Davis, Co. 81 trounced 51 to 18. Office, San Francisco-, for San
slugger, also the same weight, Mabry, Martin, Robinson, Ma- Francisco FPO addresses.
headed the fistic card with a lott and Kimball make up the Personnel with FPO addresses
thrilling contest of lethal belting. starting five, backed by the re- may use the service to reach U . S.
It was one of · the fastest per- serves which include Roe, Wil-
addresses. Free transmission is
formances yet presented in RMS son, Tackaberry, Wollery, Leo,
available also for messages to
boxing shows. Other popular bat- Felhofer, Clark and Hughes. Soon
and from naval addresses outside
tlers were Messersmith of Co. 84, to leave because of graduation
the United States.
whose artful dodging and swift are Malott, Tackaberry and Wol- BE I NG A BOOT might not have been pleasant for some sailors, but
jabs showed to good advantage lery. Anyone desiring to try out The Navy reserves the right to for Arthur Swajian, S1c, it was Just that. During Art's recruit train-
against Polasek, Co. 83, and ·Teel, for the team contact Haugh, reject lengthy and not strictly ing in San Diego he met Mary Getsoian ... Now the two are engaged.
Marriage bells will be chiming as soon as Art gets separated from
Co. 84's fleet-footed lightweight, Sp (A), Barracks 17. urgent messages. -the Navy.