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        President  Truman  has  confirm-
       ed  rumors  as  to  his  stand  on  the
       Army-Navy  merger  question  by
      his  recent  message  to  Congress.   VOL.  IV -  No.  47       TREASURE  ISLAND,  SAN  FRANCISCO,  CALIF.             SATURDAY,  DEC.  29,  1945
      Main  requests  were  a  single  de-
      partment of national defense with   Sweets For  Tl,e Newlywed Sweet
  ,-.   one  cabinet  member  as  head  in-                                                  HUGE SLASH IN NAVY PERSONNEL
      stead  of  the  present  Secretaries
      of Navy and  War ; an  equal foot-                                                     PROMISED FOR COMING YEAR
      ing  within  the  department  for
      Navy,  Army  and  Air;  a  single                                                                                    New reductions in discharge re-
      military  chief of  staff  to  head  all                                                                            quirements  were  announced  by
      three departments. There were no                                                       Sailor Gets  Caught          the  Navy  Department last  week. ·
      indications  that  Congress  would                                                                                   An  estimated  237,000  Naval
      change  any  of  its  views  on  the                                                   With His ,Pint Down          personnel  will  be  affected  by  the
      subject  which  have  been  so  far                                                                                 change  between  now  and  Feb.  2.
                                                                                               When it came his turn to enter
      fairly well divided for and against.                                                   the  T.  I.  main  gate,  the  sailor   The  Navy's  schedule  calls  for
      Coupled with the merger question                                                       looked  about  uneasily  and  held   release  by  Feb.  2  of  half  the  3,-
      was a  repetition of the President's                                                   his  arms  stiffly  against his  body.   000,000  subject to  demobilization,
      earlier request for  universal mili-                                                     The  Marine  at  the  gate  eyed   and by April 1 of two-thirds. One-
      tary training. Experts thought the                                                     him for a  brief moment, searched   third  is  out  no,w.
      waiting  period  might  be  long  be-                                                                                Alnav  442,  besides  stating  the
                                                                                             for  a  possible  bottle,  then  passed
      fore the combined plan was adopt-                                                                                   reductions, indicates to command-
   r--,                                                                                      him through.
      ed  or  rejected.                                                                                                   ing  officers  their  obligation  "to
                                                                                               Three yards inside the entrance,
                                                                                             the  carefully  hid  pint  slid  from   transfer  eligible  personnel
                *  *  *  and  Army
        Good  news for  Navy                                                                 the  sailor's  jumper,  and  crashed   promptly after they become eligi-
      veterans  alike  was  the  Congres-                                                    on  the ground.  The sailor jumped   ble  by  processing  records,  pre-
      sional  approval  of  a  revision  for                                                                              paring  orders,  etc.,  in  advance."
                                                                                             and turned pale, but thinking fast,
      the  G.  I.  Bill.  The  new  improve-                                                                               Following is  a  complete  listing
                                                                                             he  swung  around  and  shouted  to
      ments  would  make  government                                                         the Marine:                  of reductions:
      loans  bigger  and  easier  to  get;
                                                                                               "Who threw that bottle at me?" I Enlisted  Personnel
   ,,.--_  raise  subsistence  allowance  for
                                                                                                                           Male enlisted personnel  ( except
      men going back to school;  remove                                                                                   those rates specified below) : pres-
      the 25-year age limit for the edu-                                                     200,000th MAN                ent score  37;  on Jan.  1  change to
      cational  provision  and  repeal  a                                                                                 36;  on  Jan.  15  change  to  35 ;  on
      part of the bill which compels the                                                     ARRIVES  AT T.  I.           Feb.  2  change  to  34.
      government to deduct benefits al-                                                                                    Female  enlisted  personnel  ( ex-
      ready  granted  from  any  general                                                     INTAKE  CENTER               cept those rates specified  below):
      bonus given in the future. The bill                                                                                 present score 24; on Jan. 1 change
      now awaits Presidential approval.                                                        Treasure Island's Intake Center  to  23;  on  Feb.  2  change  to  22.
  -"
  /             *  *  *                                                                      greeted its 200,000th arrival from   Exceptions
        Returning  veterans  faced  the                                                      overseas in  the person  of Earl T.   Male  Watertenders  (except
      prospect  of  New  Year's,  in  San                                                    McKay,  Slc,  last  Tuesday.   WT(CB)),  Machinist  Mates  (ex-
      Francisco,  Los  Ange l es,  San I PREPARING TO  CUT A  SLICE from  the wedding cal<e  is  Bill  Gray,   'McKay,  overseas  since  April,   cept EM(CB)):  present score 37;
      Diego  Seattle  Tacoma and  Port- S1c,  ,of  Armed  Guard,  while  his  l,ovely  bride,  Jean  Cannon,  looks  was  given  a  $25  War  Bond  by   on  Jan.  1  change to 36;  remains
           'all   t'   f   .   Th  happily on. They were recently married at the Treasure Island Chapel.
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      la  d  -  por s  o  arriva .   e                                                       Captain  E.  F.  Helmkamp,  Com-  36  up  to  and including Feb.  2.
                            1
      transportation  tie-up,  worse  in                                                     manding  Officer  of  the  Receiving   Male  Yeomen,  Specialists  (C)
  _,,-.  San  Francisco  than  other  ports,  SOCIAL NOTE·     1 It's  Official-             Station.                     Classification,  a n d  Storekeepers
      became  more  serious  daily  with                •                                      With  27  months  service,  the  (except  SK(D)  and  SK(CB)
      little  chance  of  a  let-up  before                     Free  TO  Express            bluejacket  is  returning  to  Little  Stevedore):  present score 44;  re-
      January.  Many  arriving  ships  THOUSAND  WEDDINGS                                    Rock,  Ark.,  for  discharge.  His  mains  44  up  to Feb.  2;  on Feb.  2
      were serving as floating hotels for                       Views  On Merger             parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  R.  B.  Mc- change to 41.
      troops aboard and emergency tele- AT T • I. CHAPEL                                     Kay,  live  in  Story,  Ark.   Male  Mailmen:  present  score
      phone  facilities  and  Red  Cross                          Naval  personnel  may  express   First  thing  on  McKay's  list  44;  remains  44  up  to  Feb.  2;  on
      canteens were  being set up.  Civic  .  The  number  of  weddings  held  their  views,  pro  and  con,  on  the  when released is a  "good long va-  Feb. 2  change to 36.
      authorities asked citizens to share  m   th e  Treasure  Island  Chapel  proposed unification of the Armed  cation."   Male  Electricians  Mates  ( ex-
   ,,-..  Christmas  dinner  with  a  service  went over  th e  one  th0 usand mark  Forces  without  fear  of  prejudice
                                                                                                                         cept EM(CB)):  present score  37;
      man. Unexpectedly, morale among  last  week  with  the  impressive  to  their  service  care~r,  according   The  secretary  of  the  Navy  or- on Dec.  15  change to 37;  on Jan.
      veterans was high. One was "glad  Episcopal  ceremony  of  Alice  J.  to a  recent Tadcen memo.   dered  Naval  personnel to  remove  1  change to 36;  remains 36  up to
      to  see  women  with  shoes  on,  Ingersoll, daughter of Adm.  R.  E.   The  station  order referred to  a  stars from  the World War II Vic- and including Feb.  2.
      again."                      Ingersoll,  ComWesSeaFron,  and  recent  statement,  approved  by  tory  Ribbon  this  week.  So  far   Male Storekeepers  (CB)  Steve-
                *  *  *            Lt.  Arthur  C.  Nagle,  formerly  Secretary  of  Navy  Forrestal,  by  there is no way to indicate sea or  dore,  Watertenders  (CB),  Ma-
        Captain  Charles  B.  McVay,  111,  with  the  Army  Air  force  head- Admirals King and Nimitz.   foreign  duty  in  connection  with  chinists  Mates  (CB),  and  Elec-
      former  skipper of  the  cruiser In- quarters  in  Naples.   The  memorandum  also  stated:  the  wearing  of  the  ribbon.  It  is  tricians  Mat es  (CB):  present
      dianapolis,  heard  a  Navy  court-  Th            .      "It is  expected that comments  on  assumed that men with such duty  score  37;  on  Jan.  1  change to 36;
          .           .   .            e  coup e
                                             1  were  married  by
      martial  board  acquit  him  on  one  R  ear   Ad  m.   W  N  ,  Thomas,  chief   this subject will be of a  construc- will  wear the appropriate theatre  on  Jan.  15  change to 35;  on  Feb.
                                                             .
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      c  h  arge an  d fi  d  h1m  gml y  on the  of   , .:     tive  nature."               ribbons  to  show overseas service.  2  change  to  34.
      second  for  his  part in  the loss  of   Navy  chaplams,  who  came                  1                            Wav,e  Exceptions
      his  ship  and  880  lives  last  July.  from  Washington  to  perform  the                                          Female Yeomen, Specialists (C)
      He  was  found  guilty  of  not  or- ceremony.            NO  TRANSPORTATION  TIE•IJP ON  T.  I.                   Classifications,  M a il m e n  an d
      dering  a  zigzag  course  through   The  Chapel  was  commissioned                                                Storekeepers  (except  SK(D)):
      dangerous  waters  and  acquitted  July  18,  1943,  and  the  first  wed-                                         present  score  29;  remains  29  up
   ,___  of  inefficiency  in  not  ordering  a  ding  was  held  there  two  days                                       to Feb. 2;  on Feb. 2  change to 26.
      prompt "abandon ship".  The find- later. Since its commissioning and                                                Officers
                                      t  th
                                              d  f
      ings  of the board and the  recom-  up  o   e  en  o   I as  wee  k   1  00  4                                       Male  commissioned  and  War-
                                                    t
      mended  sentence  now  go  to  the                  '                                                              rant Officers  (except officers clas-
      Secretary of the Navy for review- weddings  have  been  performed
      ing.  Sentence  could  be  anything  there- representing  the  Protes-                                              sified MC and Naval Aviators in a
                                                                                                                         flight  status):  present  score  44;
      from  censure  to  death.  The  Cap- tant,  Catholic,  Jewish,  and  Mor-
                                                                                                                          on  Jan.  1  change  to  43;  on  Jan.
      tain  had  a  clean  record  from  a  mon faiths- averaging more than
                                                                                                                          15 change to 42;  on F eb. 2 change
      Navy standpoint until the tragedy  one  a  day.
   ,--...                                                                                                                to 41.
      of  the  Indianapolis.                                                                                               Female  officers:  present  score
                *  *  *                                                                                                   30;  on  Jan.  1  change  to  29;  on
        Navy point reductions announc-                                                                                    Feb.  2  change  to  28.
      ed  recently  are  scheduled  to  give  PEACOAT  SALES                                                               M a l e  officers  classified  MC:
      half  of  the  3,000,000  eligible  for                                                                             present score 53; on Jan. 1 change
      future  demobilization  civilian   BRISK  AT  c ·&  S S                                                             to ·51;  on Feb.  2  change to  50.
      status  by  February.  Two-thirds   The  sale  of  peacoats  has  been                                               Members  of  the  Nurse  Corps:
      will be discharged by April 1.   so  b r is k  at  Treasure  Island's                                               present score 32; on Jan. 1 change
   ,,....,_                                                                                                               to  29;  remains  29  up  to  and  in-
                *  *  *            Clothing  and  Small  Stores  this
        The  Navy  recently  disclosed   month  that  should  the  weather                                                cluding Feb.  2.
      that  the  first  f u 11 y  automatic   man  ask  a  cut  in  the  profits  he                                       Naval  Aviators in  a  flight
      guided  missiles  were  its  flying   would probably get it.                                                        status  with  the  rank  of  Ensign:
      bombs,  guided  by  radar.  Known                                                                                   present  score  20;  remains  20  up
                                     Another item on  the "fast sell-
      as  "Bats",  they  operate  on  the                                                                                 to  and including Feb.  2.
      same  principle  as  the  live  bat  ing"  list  is  dress  blues.  Mattress  SA I LO RS  NUMBER  ONE  means ,of transportation  on  the  base-the   Naval  Aviators  in  a  flight
      g u i d i n g  themselves  by  radar  covers  remain  in  strong  demand,   Tr.easure  Island  bus  service-has  been  doing  a  land  office  business   status  above  the rank of Ensign:
                                                                of late. Come  rain or shine, the busses ar,e  in  operation daily ,on  intra-
   ,,-...  echoes.                 as  do  sucks  and  scivvies.   island  runs.                                          Continued  on  page  2
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