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      VOL.  IV -  N,o.  23                                 TREASURE  ISLAND,  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.                                          JULY  21,  1945

      Armed Guard Uncovers New Champ lather Rehabilitation                                     Leave  Expenses  Will  be  Paid



                                                                    Navy  enlisted •  men  returning  est  the  point  to  which  he  is  going   · Formerly  personnel  returning
                                                                  from  overseas  for  rehabilitation  on  leave.  The  cost  of  this  journey  from overseas for reassignment had
                                                                  leave  prior  to  reassignment  will  to  the  naval  establishment  will  be   to pay their own travel costs when
                                                                                                paid but he won't lrave· to get there  they reported after leave to· various
                                                                  travel  at  government  expense  un- until  his  leave  (plus  travel  time)  naval  establishments  throughout
                                                                  der  new  regulations  approved  by  has expired.  He will  also draw pay   the  country.
                                                                  the Navy Department.
                                                                                                and subsistence during his absence.   The  new  plan  will  not  apply  to
                                                                    Under a  new plan, sailors will be  The  Navy  Department  said  about  men  going  on  leave  who  remain
                                                                  o·rdered  to  temporary  duty  at  one  25,000  men  per  month  would  be  assigned  to  ships  entering  coast
                                                                  of 36 establishments- the one near-'  affected.             ports.

                                                                  THEATRE  No.  3 IS            "Su<cess  Story"  or  "It·  Maternity  Care  for

                                                                  HOST  FOR  THREE              Could Only Happen Here"  Families  of  Men  in
                                                                 OUTSTANDING  SHOWS               Everyone has heard the one about  Four  Low  Pay  Grades
                                                                                                "I've  got  the  captain  working  for
                                                                   That  the  show  world  and  the  me  now,"  but it seems  that condi-  "The EMIC program-Emergency
                                                                  theatres of Treasure Island are not  tions  are  in  the  reverse  for  Jim  Maternal  Infants  Care-for  the
                                                                  far  separated  is  witnessed  by  the  Noble,  RT3c,  of  Radio  Materiel  wives  and  infants  of  men  in  the
                                                                  crowded  calendar of entertainment  school.  The  story  goes  something  four  lowest  pay  grades  of  the
                                                                  here.   Three  outstanding  stage  like this:               armed forces should  be  utilized  by
                                                                  shows followed  each other in  rapid   Before  entering  the  Navy,  Jim  the  qualified  men,"  stated  Lt.  G.
                                                                  succession last week.  \      was superintendent of a  branch as- Allen O'Neal,  Coordinato·r  of Bene-
                                                                   Thursday,  July 12,  featured  one  sembly  plant of  the  Atlee  Lansing  fits  and  Insurance  for  Treasure
                                                                  of the best USO units we have seen  Co.,  of  Los  Angeles,  which  was  Island,  "for  it  can  be  obtained
                                                                  recently.  It  was  a  hospital  unit,  then  manufacturing  certain  naval  where  similar  care  is  not  readily
      PEMBLETON  WESLEY,  S1c,  ,!ttending  Armed  Guard  Center's  re- headed  by  Harry Ross,  emcee and  detection gear. Now Jim is learning  available  through  Army,  Navy,
      fresher course  pri,or to embarking  for sea duty, smiles  knowingly  as  he  comedy  vocalist.  Among  the  cast  how  it  works,  but  that  is  not  the  State, or local health departments."
      reads the article stating that an Army private with thirteen children was   were  the  five  Harmonica  Rascals,  highlight  of  the  story.   The  program  provides  medical,
      the champion father of the armed services. Wesley  is th-e  father of four-
      teen,  none  of  them  twins,  and  his  Wife  is  expecting  again.  Can  any of  doing  everything  but  knocking   While  acting  as  superintendent  nursing  and  hospital  service  for
      you  bluejackets beat this -one?                            themselves out by way of  illustra- there it seems  that a  certain  man  wives  throughout  pregnancy,  at
                                                                  tion  for  their  musical  arrange- worked  in  this  plant  under  Jim's  childbirth, and fo·r  six weeks there-
                                                                  ments.  Perhaps  the  act  most  en- authority.  However,  things  have  after.  Furthermore,  for  all  babies
      Navy  Fat~er  Claims  Fourteen                              joyed was one  in which the  acto-rs  changed,  and  upon  arrival  at  the  under  one  year  of  age  treatment
                                                                  made  not  a  sound.  They  were  the  fifth  mon_th  of  the  training  pro- such  as  immunization  against
                                                                  Bobby Soxers, who pantomimed re- gram,  Jim's  instructor  was  none  smallpox, diphtheria, and whooping
                                                                  cordings of Spike Jones'  "Cocktails  other  than  his  former  department  cough  can  be  arranged  through
      Dep·ende-nts; Draws $364 Mo.  for Two,"  "His Rocking Horse Ran  membe·r.  The f~llow  is  Bill  Knipe,  health departments.
                                                                  Away,"  by  Betty  Hutton,  and   RTlc, Fifth Month instructor. They   Those eligible are all those ,rates
       Last  week  an · article  appeared  month  (more than a  captain's  base   others.          th
      in the San Francisco Chronicle pro- pay),  Seaman  Wesley  estimates                      are  e best of friends,  though,  and  up  to and including privates in the
                                                                    Keeping the boards warm on Fri- we don't  think Bili took any unfair  Marine  ~orps  and  all  third  class
      claiming  an  Army  Pfc.- one  Wil- that  his  pre-war  earnings,  coupled
                                                                  day night, July 13,  was Kay Kyser  advantage _of his authority  .   ratings  in  the  Navy  and  Coast
      bert  E.  Fleury- as  the  champ  with  the  proceeds  from  his  farm,
                                                                  and  his  troupe  of  feminine  enter-                      Guard.
     father  of  the  armed  forces.  With  equaled  or  surpassed  this  amount.
                                                                  tainers.  Mary  Meade,  Marguerite                           The service is available in all  48
     thirteen children, including two sets  Prior to  his  entry  into  the  service   Campbell,  Deanie  Best,  _and  Jean  Subsistence  Allowance
     of  twins,  he  was  drawing  mo·re  in May,  1944,  he was working as a                                                 states,  District  of  Columbia,  Ha-
     money  than  a  colonel.       structural  line  repairman  at Beth-  Fo·reman, coupled with gags as only  Raised  45-cents a Day   waii,  Alaska,  and  Puerto  Rico.
       But  just · the  other  day,  Chief  lehem Steel.  He is looking forward   Kay can  tell  them were  welcomed          Neither length of residence, income
     Yeoman  Vincent  of  the  Armed  to the day of his return to  the  role   with unbridled enthusiasm. Kay and   Effective  the  first  of  June,  en- nor  race  matters.  The  program  is
                                                                  the  girls  left  for  overseas  shortly  listed  men  of  the  Navy,  Marine  carried on by the State Health De-
     Guard  personnel  office  was  check- of  a  civilian~ and  a  father,
                                                                  after  the  date  they  kept  with  Corps and  Coast Guard  received  a  partments with funds  appropriated
     ing  records  and  suddenly  with  a                         Treasure  Island.             45-cent  increase  in  the  daily  sub- by Congress.
     glad cry pulled forth the record of a
                                                                   Joe Stabile and his top-notch Air  sistence   allowance   authorized   It  has  been  estimated  approxi-
     real  man!  For listed as dependents   HOWDY PODNER
     of  Pembleton  John  Wesley,  Slc,                           Transport Command Band scorched  where  no  Government  messing  mately 75 per cent of Navy enlisted
                                                                  the air with such an array of music  facilities  are furnished.  '-  personnel are in the lowest four pay
     were · no  less  than  fourteen  ( count
     'em)  children.               Treasure Island  Sailor        seldom heard here.  At Theatre No.   Executive Order No.  9561,  which  grades  and  hence  eligible  for  ma-
       Possessed with an overwhelming   Wins  in  Fleet City     3  on  July 16,  they renewed an  ac- raised  the  total  subsistence  allow- ternity  aid  under  the  EMIC  pr-o-
     desire  to  shake  the  hand  of  this                      quaintance that began some months  ance  to  $2.25  a  day,  is  effective  gram.  For  further  information  re-
     newly  discovered  champion  of  the   Rodeo Saturday and  Sun.   back when they performed at The- until  June  30,  1946.  The order also  garding  EMIC,  Lt.  O'Neal  urges
     armed services,  Chief Vincent con-                         atre  No.  1.                 extended  a  similar  increase·  to  y,ou  to  se-e  the  Benefits  and  Insur-
                                     Indians,  rangers,  Spanish  Dons,   Generally  considered  one  of  the  Army  personnel.   ance  officer _of  your activity.
     tacted Wesley, and uncovered these
                                   frontiersmen- all  contributed their  best bands in the armed service, the  -~~~------------'----~~----------~
     facts:
                                                                 arrangements,  imitations  of  well- Change in  Rules Limits Sea, Foreign Pay;
       John  is  five  feet six  inches  tall,  share to the evolution of rodeo, and   group  were  a  hit  with  their  "4.0"
     weighs 137 pounds, and is a  smiling  Gordon Davis, S2c, of the Pre-Com-  known  orchestras,  and novel  coke-
     brown-eyed  sailor  38  years  of  m1ss10ning  Training  Center  of
     age. Of Indian descent, he was born  Treasure Island did his share in up-  bottle  blackout  numbers.   Here's a Summary of the New Regulations
     at  Tuscaro•ra  Reservati.on,  Lewis- holding the age-old tradition. Davis,   Suvprise  of  the  evening  was  a
                                                                 troupe  of  several  GI's  who trotted   ·Changes  in  regulations  govern·- How  Sea  Pay  is  Figured
     ton,  N. Y.,  on May 2,  1907.   a  cattle rancher from  Paso Robles,
                                                                 out  garbed  in  dainty  pink  outfits  ing sea and foreign-duty  pay have   The·  Pay  Readjustment  Act  of
       The  children  range  in  age  from  Calif.,  before entering the  Navy,  is
                                                                 and  did  an  authentic  chorus  girl  been issued by the Secretary of the  1942  provides  additional  pay  for
     18  years  to  eight  months.  The  the proud owner of a  beautiful sor-  routine.
     eldest,  Fleta  Carmen,  was  born  in  rel  horse  which  he  purchased  last            Navy,  under Which  personnel  who  personnel  of  the  Army,  Navy,
     May, 1927; John, Jr., was presented  year at a  cost of $2,800.                           have  been  receiving  sea  pay  for  Marine  Corps  and  Coast  Guard
                                                                                               duty  in  inland  waters  and  on  ves- while  serving  on  sea  duty  or  be-
     in  December of  19_44.  Sanford  and   Davis'  coµimanding  officer  down
     Wallace  celebrate  their  birthdays  at Pre-Com gave him time  off  last  Survivors  of  USS  Bates   sels  not  in  commission  are  due  to  yond  the  continental  limits  of  the
     in  the  same  year- February  and  week  end  and he  made the  best of                  lose  the  10  or  20  per  cent  extra  u. s.
     November,  respectively.  Ralph,  the  it  by winning  a  number  of  events  And  LSM-13 5 Arrive   compensati-on  for  which  they have   Enlisted perso·nnel receive 20 pe·r
                                                                                               been  eligible in  the  past.
     eldest  son,  plans  to  enlist  in  the  in  the  annual  rodeo  sponsored  at                                         cent of base pay;  officers and chief
     Navy  on  his  soon-to-arrive  seven- Shoemaker  by  the  welfare  depart- At  Treasure  Island   Personnel is not considered to be   warrant officers receive 10 per cent
                                                                                               on  sea duty for  pay  purposes:
     teenth  birthday.  Most  startling  ments  of  Fleet  City  and  Camp                                                   as  additional  compensation.
                                                                   Their  fight  against  the  Nippon-
     news of all was that his wife, Kath-'  Parks.  Calf  roping  is  a  specialty               1.  While  assigned  to  or  serving   Submarine  duty  brings  an  addi-
                                                                 ese  ended  at  least  temporarily  by
     leen,  is expecting again.    with young  Davis and  he  won first   Jap suicide planes, several hundred   with shore-based administrative or  tional  50  per cent  of  base  pay for
       Although  not  ignoring  his  re 0  place  Saturday by  having  his  calf   survivors of the USS Bates and the   maintenance  o·rganizations  of  any  the  enlisted  men,  plus  20  per cent
     markable  Navy· wage  of  $364  per  roped and tied in  15.8 seconds flat.   LSM-135 have arrived at U .  S.  Re-  unit.   of  their  combined  base  pay  and
                                   Sunday  he  did  not  come  up  to  his   ceiving  -Ship,  Treasure  Island,  en-  2.  While  attached  to  receiving  submarine·-duty  pay  as  .sea-duty
                                   Saturday's  record  but  did  take   route  home  on  30-day  "survivor"   ships  or  station ships.   pay.  Officers'  pay  is  figured  the
     OK to Collect Tobacco         third  place  in  calf  roping,  com-  leaves. The ships were sunk during   3.  While  attached  to  or  serving  same way,  substituting 10 per cent
     Ration  for  Dependent        pleting the task in 22 seconds. Also   the  fight  for  Okinawa.   in  a  vessel  which  is  not  in  com- for  the 20  per cent.
                                   on  Sunday Davis  tried his hand  at                        mission,  or  one  that  is  restricted   Personnel  on  flight  duty  receive
                                                                   The  sinking of the  USS  Bates,  a
       Holders  of  military  tobacco- bulldogging,  coming  out  second                       to  service  within the inland waters  flight pay and sea-duty pay, figured
                                                                 fast  transport,  ended  a   brief,
     ration  cards  may  make  purchases  with  a  time  of  6.4  seconds  to  his             of  the  U.  S.,  or  in  a  non-self-pro- on  the  same  bas-is  as  for  those
                                                                 though  colorful  career.  The  first
     for one  adult dependent, using that  credit.                                             pelled vessel,  except for those  days  serving  in  submarines.
                                                                 ship to be fired at by German shore
     dependent's  card,  if  they -.do  so  at   At  the  recently  held  Livermore            during  which  the  vessel  actually   Members  of  the  Insular  Force
                                                                 batteries  on  "D"  Day  in  Europe, . .   t   t  'd   f  .   d   t   (   h   th  Ch   G'   )
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     the same time that they are making  rodeo the Pre-Com seaman won all  she  bombarded  two  small  islands  opera es  ou sr  e  o  man  wa ers.   sue  as   e   amorros on  uam
     purchases  of  tobacco  allowed  by  around.  He  has  taken  active  part  off the Normandy-Coast, paving the   Personnel  is,  likewise,  not  eli- receive  20 per cent increase on the
     their  own  ration cards.     in similar events in New York City                          gible  to  receive  sea  pay  while  base-pay rates which are applicable
                                                                 way for their occupation by troops                               h               ,,
       This ruling was issued to all sta- and  Cheyenne,  WJ"O.,  home  of  the  from an accompanyi':ng patrol craft,  awaiting  conviction  for  a  court- to  sue  personnel.
     tions  in  the  continental  U.  S.  on  rodeo.  Over  20,000  people· attended   a  task which was accomplished lit-  martial  offense.  Neither  will  they   Midshipmen, aviation cadets, and
     June 2, by SecNav in an all-station  the Shoemaker event over the week   ..  . .          receive  pay  -while  confined  in  a  Coast GU:ard cadets are :i;iot entitled
     communica.tion.               end.                               .. ·::, :;-,,·  ~riti:nll_e~  on  pa,ge  ~ "  brig or prison..   •--.---·-··--- ....   to  sea-duty  or foreign-service  pay,f
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