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First Ueutenant's Office
TREASURE ISLAND, S. F., CALIF., SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1945 We hear that Lt. Langworthy is
putting in for a fly swatter! Per-
haps he should turn to the sports
'k/0//;ku«; 'Wdli 'Ut <'Jo. ·V;,ciGMf , department for help!
A welcome addition to the First
(AN EDITORIAL)
Lieutenant's Office is Virginia
In just a few days, in fact next Monday, July 30, the first Cummings, who will help chop
down the backlog o.f paper work.
\'VI aves will be eligible for the class known as fogies. The fact is
MEN GOING OVERSEAS will have the opportunity to attend church C.I.C.
not without its symbolical significance-as well as its slight finan- services of their choice any day of the week at the recently dedicated The CIC department has another
Pre-Embarkation chapel. Delivering the sermon at the dedication service
cial advantage. For this automatic increase in pay due a sailor for pictured above is Chaplain H. G. Gatlin. attack of growing pains. As a re-
sult of the increasing necessity for
three years of service, regrettably associated in the popular mind
EX PRE-EMBARKATION more CIC training facilities and
with the word "old", in a sense marks a coming naval age. It is a capacity, new space has been ac-
r~minder that the Waves definitely are not only with us, but also POUNTIA IS THE SCENE OF quirE:d by the department and new
of' us. They have been successfully absorbed into the wartime CHAPEL DEDICATION equipment is arriving. In addition
to this, one new officer, Ens. W . C.
Navy, pooling their talents and their efforts with those of 3,000,- Over 200 outbound Navy men at- Gibson, and two enlisted men, F.
tended the dedication services at W. Choin, RdM2c, and M. A. Scar-
000 other individuals in as tremendous a demonstration of team-
the new Pre-Embarkation chapel lett, RdM2c, have reported for duty
work as the world ever has seen. Friday, July 13. with the department.
There was a time, only two fogies back, when the idea of Attending the ceremonies were Gunnery Department
women in the Navy would get no more serious consideration than Commander H. S. Doulton, Com- Temporarily attached to the Gun-
\ manding Officer of Pre-Embarka- nery Office, while awaiting further
would an Amazonian fairy tale. Today that idea is a solid and tion, and Commander D. D. Parke, assignment, we have Lt. (jg) H.
RADIO MATERIEL SCHOOL
fortunate fact. Women undeniably are in the Navy. There are 82,- executive officer. Sermon was by N. McGough. A graduate of the
RMS Badminton Captain H. G. Gatlin, Senior Chap- United States Naval Academy in
000 of them, very much in the Navy at 500 shore establishments.
The RMS badminton team, in lain, and Chaplains J. A. Alley and 1943, he was an officer aboard a
In Washington, D. C., they outnumber the men. But they have charge -of B. B. Paige, CSp (A) and E. M. Reighard presided. battleship on operations in the
permeated the rest of the Navy too--the landlocked part of it. assisted by S. Haugh, Sp(A)2c, The new chapel is located in the South and Central Pacific. From
and F. Glenn, Sp(A)3c, defeated Ship's Service room that formerly there he went to flight school in
Without fuss or fanfare, they have successfully taken over billers the Pre-Com team for the Treasure housed the library. An altar and Idaho and to Ordnance and Gun-
originally set up for men. Island Commodore's Trophy cham- communion rail has been con- nery School in Washington, D . C.
pionship, 3 to 0, Friday, July 21, at structed, seats added, and a fresh addition to our Gunnery depart-
When the "Overseas Bill"-the law permitting Waves to
Gym No. 1. coat of paint applied. Chaplain's Lt. McGough has been a welcome
serve outside continental U. S., was signed last September, Hawaii F. A. Leo, Co. 89, RMS singles offices have been moved from the ment and it would please us im-
alone was ready with a request for 5,000 of them. Thi,tt is almos~ entry, has gone through the tour- Administration building to rooms men·sely if his orders were not so
nament undefeated and is un- at the rear of the · chapei. temporary.
half the number of women that a pre-Wave survey, made a little
doubtedly the best singles player It is anticipated that services- With regret we say "have a nice
· mor~ than two years before, had indicated could possibly be used on the Island. A. Arguidas of Co. Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish- leave" and smooth sailing • to J.
74, tpe other singles e_ntry, because ,will be held for all drafts passing Hunt, GM2c, formerly in charge o.f
in th~ whole Navy.
o.f defaults, had not a chance to try through Pre-Embarkation. For a the pistol range. For many months
Those figures speak more eloquently than the most praised- his abilities until the final contest complete schedule of services in Hunt has done a fine job of in-
. packed words for the way in which the women of the Navy have when he came through by defeat- the new chapel, see the chaplain's structing in the use of small arms
ing his opponent in two straight announcements elsewhere in this and now he goes on to bigger fields
acquitted themselves. On July 30 it will be three years since Con- games. The doubles team consist- issue. and bigger guns. Good hunting,
gress passed the bill that admitted women into the Naval Reserve. ing of F. Allan, Co. 70, and E. Hunt!
The hatch was thereby operied, to be sure, but certainly not with Cripps, Co. 79, lost their semi-finals finally hitting more consistently Replacing Hunt is R. M. Wil-
bout but came through in great and adding more value to his all liams, GM2c. Welcome aboard,
what could properly be called a unanimous flourish. For it is no style in the final match, winning 'round ability. Our team is fired Mate, and don't let those "pistol
secret that the ent~usiasm with which womei:i were greeted on two sfraight games. This brings to with the will to win and in order packin' mamas" bother you!
RMS the first team trophy to be to remain in the tournament must
board was kept on the tentative side of exuberance. OTS Kaleidoscope
awarded in this meet and starts us win every game, as two losses Pride and joy of w. F. Tunks,
The Women's Reserve was launched. Original plans called off with 8 points to our credit. eliminate a team. CB, is his electric distilling plant
for 11,000-1,000 officers and 10,000 enlisted women. In addi- Tennis. Tourney that he has just installed in the
In anticipation of the Commo- RMI Sllow Member
tion to an officers' school, three schools were set up to train en- engineering department at OTS. He
dore's tennis tournament which is thinks he could help considerably
, listed women as radiomen, yeomen and storekeepers. to be conducted from August 1 to ·- with solving Treasure Island's
Limitations in numbers and rank up to that of captain sub- August 10, the RMS Athletic de- water problem . . . Another .round
partment is conducting a single in the ladder of success came to
sequently were removed. Today 82,000 Waves muster a woman- elimination singles tournament. P. D. H. Hepburn, QM3c, who was
power equal in numbers to the complement of two hardhitting Caslavka, CSp(A) and R. Harkins, recently transferred to the V-12
CSp(A) are in charge and are program, and will attend prepara-
task forces. That is, there are 82,0Q0 persons, roughly, in each
pleased to announce that 69 men tory training at Colgate University.
category-Women's Reserve and the task forces. Just how well have signed up. Good luck, "Heppy!" . . . After a
women would man a warship will remain in the realm of ward- Horseshoe Tournament siege of vocal disorders, R. 0.
If you would like to enter the Harris, MM2c, is ready to resume
room conversation and popular cartooning, with imagination the
horseshoe tournament get in touch his duties in evaporation instruc-
best basis for argument. with M. S. Carey, Sp(A)lc, in tion ... How about it, E. I. ¥as-
But one thing there is no gainsaying; they are doing, ashore, Bldg. 18. RMS will have a prelim- ton, WTlc,-after cruising in the
inary tournament starting July 31. regulars, you mean you aren't
many of the same jobs performed by men aboard ship and at war You can get horseshoes at the RMS going to ship over and stay with
zone bases. At last count, they were doing 250 separate types of Recreation Bldg. or at the gear the regulars? Tsk! Tsk! .. . Don't
work in 38 different ratings. We can be proud to have had, work- locker at the athletic field. The. forget, fellas, you have to get a
tournament for the Commodore's chit now if you want any welding
ing with us to victory, the Waves. trophy will be he-ld August 21 to 30. done by Calloway, WTlc ... Re-
(Editor's Note: All facts for the above were gleaned from the July 15 issue of There will be individual trophies porting aboard with bag and bag-
the 12th Naval District Wave publication, the Tele-Wave.) for the winners of each event. gage and plenty of stories to tell
Either singles or doubles may en- of their days at sea are G. P . King,
ter. Let's get in there and pitch. CEM; J. A. Hurley, CEM; M.A.
Men From Overseas May We have a good chance to win. Scarlett, RdM2c, and F. W. Choin,
Recognize & Remember Get Thirty Day Leaves Softball RdM2c. And welcome aboard to the
Last week our softl:lall team came follo•wing new members of Ship's
this Emblem Personnel returning from sea or through with two wins and one Company: J. A. Meyers, CQM; C.
overseas who have not been in the loss. A strong Tadcen team de- A. Corney, CGM; B. 0. Wetzel,
United States for 24 months may ceated us, 4-1, but we beat the FCO2c; L. M. Ludwig, Sp(A)3c;
be granted leaves of 30 days in the r.r. Office·rs and Frontier Base. W. S. Ham, Jr., Sp(A)3c; C. J.
United States provided -the total The game with Frontier Base was Alexander, GMlc; W. A. Waler,
absent from, ship or station at any highlighted by Justman's homer in S2c; E. D. Brown, GMlc; W. D.
time on acco1)nt of leave does not ~he seventh inning with the bases Clark, TMlc; J. W. Villiers, TM2c;
exceed fr~e' per cent of the' per- 'ioaded. We were behind up to that M. R. Rose, RdM3c; K. L. Meschke,
It means the wearer has Qn sonnel on board. ·nning, 2 to 1, and came through TM3c, and J. C. Wells, S2c. We
VERSATILE VENTRILOQUIST
· · ,norable discharge from the Reliefs or replacements will not -.vith 6 runs to end the game 7 to 2. Bill Hughes and his "singing crow" hope you will like your stay at
U. S. Armed Forces be furnished. Ships· or stations will We have a powerful and defensive were members of the cast of "City OTS, Mates!
be required to operl:l,te with up to ~earn centered around Stevens and of San Francisco," vaudeville show
five per cent reductions,·,,- ',. . Hahn, our pitchers, and Jonssen is that appeared at the RMS Audito-
>~ ·:;, rium Monday, July 16. · Send "THE MASTHEAD" Hom~