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    JUST  PATTER  Ah,  Those  Uniforms
      Write  home· and  •ask  "mom"  or  the days of antiquity,  galley slaves
    the  missus  how  she  would  like  to  of Greec.e  and Rome kept stroke to
    help  prepare  38,000 meals per day.  a  pipe  or flute.  A  pipe was used in
    That is the exact number of meals  the Crusade of 1248 to call English  PORT  WATCH  of  the  Armed  Guard  Station  Patrol   is  under  the  direction  .of  Armed  Guard  First  Lieu-
     served  daily  in  North  Galley.  A  cross  bowmen  on  deck  to  attack.  are  pictured  above e_njoying  a  banquet  given  in  their   tenant W.  A.  Steven.  They  are  assigned  to  Zone  N•o.
    large  crew  of  bluejackets,  all  The  present  form  of  the  boat-  honor Monday,  August 6,  at  El  Jardin  banquet  room,   1  while  Pre-Com  covers  Zone  No.  2  and  RecShip
                                                                 San  Francisco. Organized in January 1945, the patrol   Zone  No.  3.
     dressed in white, are kept constant- swain's  instrument,  p r op er l y
     ly  on  the  alert  to  produce  meals  termed a  "call" was adopted some-
     for  all  sailors  eating  in  this  one  time  during  the  16th  century  in   Barracks  Rules  for   T .I. Station  Patrol  Is Information
     spot.  Besides  serving  three  meals  commemoration of the defeat of the
                                                                 All  Male  Enlisted .
     per day,  an  average  of  2,000  trays  Scotch  pirate,  Andrew  Barton.
     are  prepared  for  various  night  When you hear that familiar sound                     Bureau  As Well As Our Police Force
     shifts.  A  15-man crew puts out the  here on Treasure Island  or aboard   Personnel  Are  Listed
     night meals  with ease  ...   your  ship,  remember  it  too  has  a   Continued  from  Page  1  -  Like the uniformed police force of   Uniform of the, station patrolmen
                                   background of tradition very simi-                          a  big  city,  th.e  men of  the  Station  is  undress  blues  and  white  cap,
                                   lar  to  that  uniform  you  are wear-  deck,  under  or  near. bunks.  Shoes   Patrol  are  the  alert  guardians  of  with  web  belt  and  boots.  Their
                                   ing .. .                      must be  kept in lockers.     life  and  property  on  Treasure  weapon and symbol of authority is
                                                                   2.  Cigaret  stubs,  matches  and
                                     After  all  the  beefing  we  have   ashes  will  be  deposited  in,  not   Island. Res,ponsible for internal law  the  cop's  trusty  friend,  the  night-
                                   heard  in  regard  to  the  uniforms   around  spit  kits.   and order, station patrolmen do not  stick.  The  patrolmen  make  con-
                                   worn  by  Navy  enlisted  men,  we   3.  Papers  and  other  refuse  will   leave  the  base.  They  are  distin- tinuous  rounds  of  their  beats,  and
                                   were  surprised  to  learn  last  week   be  placed  in G.I.  cans,  and  not  in   guished from  the  other "SP"  serv- chiefs  and  first-class  petty  officers
                                   after  conducting  a  small  survey,   spit  kits  or  on  decks.   ice,  the  Shore  Patrol,  by  undress  in  "prowl-car"  jeeps  and  motor
                                   that ther.e  are  not nearly so many                        jumpers.                      sc,ooters  make  hourly  check-ups.
                                                                 Clothing
                                   dissatisfied "customers" as we had   1.  Clothing  will  not  be  left  on   Similar to a  city cop walking his  Spotted  Post  Office  F ire
                                   been  led  to  believe.  One  man  even   bunks, under mattresses or on tops  beat,   each   station   patrolman   Shore   patrolmen  have   been
                                   joined the  Navy just to get an op-
                                                                 of lockers.                   covers  a  specified area,  equivalent  credited  with  locating  fires  that
                                   po•rtunity to wear the uniform. One
                                                                   2.  No  clothing  will  be  hung  to  to  a  few  city  blocks  in  the  busy  might  have  had  costly  or  tragic
                                   thing in its favor, another stresses,
                                                                 dry any place in barracks or scrub  T.  I.  "downtown"  district  or  a  consequences.  One  recent  instance
                                   is  the  design  which  has a  definite
                                                                 house, except in drying room or on  longer  stretch  in  the  lonely  "Si- was the detection of a  spontaneous-
                                   part in making the person wearing
                                                                 outside  clothesline.         berias"  on  the  outskirts  of  the  combustion  blaze  in th.e  main post
                                   it look  younger.  This is  something   3.  Drying  room  and  clothesline  island.  Thirty-six  patrolmen  are  office.  A  patrolman  on  his  rounds
                                   the  "girls"  of  40  back  home  have
                                                                 rules will be  observ.ed.     constantly  on  duty.         smelled  something  burning.  Dili-
                                   been  trying  to  discover  for  years.   Smoking                                         gent  investigation  into  a   far
                                   We  have  an  answer  to  our  age                          It's  a  Dull  Job-Until!
                                                                   1.  'Smoking will not be permitted                        corner  of  the  building  disclosed
                                   problem  but  what  are  the  "girls"                         Ordinarily,  it  is  the  minor  in-
                                                                 in dormitories or in any other part                         that  painters  had  left  oily  rags  in
                                   going  to do ?  .  .  .                                     fringements  of  T.  I.  regulations
                                                                 of  the  barracks  unless  it  is  des-                     which  a  fire  was  already  under
                                     Standing  in  the  chow  line  on  a  ignated "Smoking Area" by means   that  station  patrolmen  deal  with.   way.
                                   really  rugged  and  rusty old  trans- of  authorized signs.   Jay-walkers  and  men  ignorant  of   Catrying further  the  analogy  to
       The  above  sketch  of  "Mona,"                                                         the  saluting  and  uniform  regula-
                                   port,  outward bound,  the chief felt   2.  No smoking allowed any place                  a  metropolitan  police  fo·rce.  T.  I.'s
     famed  pin-up  of  the  Antilles,   someone touch his elbow. He looked  in  barracks between  taps and rev-  tions come under their surveillance.   Station Patrol is divided into three
     graces  the  noses  of  six  planes  in                                                   Also,  like  the  civilian  policeman   "precincts" or zones. Zone 1, or ap-
     that  department,  including  that   around  and  saw  standing  there  a  eille.         on  Market  Street they  watch  for   proximately  the  southern  third  of
                                                                                                              1
     used  by  Vice  Admiral  Robert  C.   short,  dark-skinned  seaman.  "Par- Food  and  Coca  Cola   mashers and give street directions.   the  island,  is  patroUed  by  men
     Griffin,  commandant  of  the  10th   don  me,  chief,"  began the seaman,   1.  Coca Cola  drinking  permitted   Station  patrolmen,  the  same  as
                                   "but  perhaps  you  don't  reme·mber  in hallway containing vending ma-                   selected  from  the  Armed  Guard
     Naval District. Nice going, Admiral.                                                      their civilian counterparts,  will tell
                                   me?"  The  chief  allowed  as  how  chines only.  Empty bottles must be                   Center.  Zone  2,  the  middle  third,
       Navy tradition continues to creep  maybe he did not. Yes, he admitted  replaced in  racks.   you  that  their  job  is  routine  and   is  staffed  by  Pre-Commissioning
                                                                                               hum-drum-until  something  hap-
     out and sometimes we find it in the  that he had been on recruiting duty   2.  No  food  to  be  brought  from          Training  Center  personnel,  and
                                                                                               pens.  And anything can happen on
     most unusual places.  Now it is the  back  in  Chicago.  "Well,"  said  the  galley into any part of barracks or        Zone  3,  the  northern  end,  comes
     bo'sun's pipe. The most ancient and  seaman,  "I'm  the  guy  you  told,  stowed in lockers.   T.  I.   Station  patrolmen  have   under  the  jurisdiction  of  the·  Re-
                                                                                               rescued drowning men and stopped
     distinctive  nautical  sound  effect  is  'Overseas duty? Forget it. Old guys  Reveille                                 ceiving • Ship.  Restricted areas have
                                                                                               fires.  They have recovered lost and
     the  boatswain's  pipe,  traditionally  like you and me with families  ain't   1.  Reveille  will  sound  at  0600      their  own  protection  systems  and
     played  on  the  boatswain's  call.  In  never  gonna  be  sent  overseas'. "   every day except Saturday. On Sat-  strayed property from stolen auto-  are  excluded from  the patrol.
                                                                 urday,  reveille  is at 0530.   mobiles  to  a  practice  torpedo  that   Officer  is  Zone  Head
                                                                   2.  No  men  will  be  permitted  to   drifted  on  the  beach.   Each  of  the  zones  operates  sep-
     Use of NTX System Will  Battleship,  Two  Carriers  sleep  after  reveille  except  author- Ship  Mascot  Lost          arately under a  "precinct captain"
                                                                 ized  sleepers  who  must  display  an   "Everyone who has a  problem or  or  Station  Patrol  officer,  but  the
     Cut  Telephone  Bills,        Part of $1,200,000,000  official  "Authorized  Sleeper"  sign,   a  complaint  that  the  chaplain  resources  and  efforts  of  all  three
                                                                 or tag  signed  by  their division  of-  doesn't handle calls Extension  72,"  zones are co-ordinated and directed
     Says  Communications          Cut  in  Building Program  ficer.                           is  the  way  bo'sun · second  class  by  the  Senior PatroI officer  or one
                                     At Navy Yards and private ship-  .3.  M.en  who have turned out will   Robert  S.  Guider,  "desk  sergeant"  of  his  three  assistants  at  "police
       What's faster  than  a  P-80?  The  yards throughout th.e country, work   not return to bunks even if clothed
     NTX communications system which  came  to  a  halt  this  week  on  95   until  after  daily  bunk  inspection.   at  Station  Patrol  headquarters  in  headquarters"   in  the   Security
     delivers messages between all naval                                                       the Security Division Building, puts  Building,  No.  222.
                                   Navy  ships,  including  one  battle- Men who lie down in bunks will not
     shore stations withi:i:i  the continen-  ship,  two  carriers  and  ten  heavy            it.  As Guider said those words to a   Seventy-two  patrolmen  are  se-
                                                                 cover themselves with  blankets and  reporter  a  few  days  ago,  the tele- lected  by  each  of  the  three  parti-
     tal  limits  of  the,  UI).ited  States.   cruisers.  The  Navy  explained  that   will  leave  bunks  shipshape.   phone  rang.
       The NTX,  the Navy's nationwide  the cut in construction was the re-                                                  cipating  activities.  The   watch
                                                                 Taps                            "Here's  a  case  maybe  you  can  schedule  is  straight port and star-
     teletypewriter  service  involving  sult of a  review of its procur.ement   1.  Taps will  sound  at 2200  every   put in  the  paper and  get us  some  board, with each man standing two
     50,000  miles  of :  communication  needs and not due to Japanese sur- night.  All  lights  (except  standing
                                                                                               help on,"  Guider said, putting down  four-hour  watches  in  every  other
     channels,  is offer~d ·only for official  render.           lights)  and  heaters  will  be  out  at
     administrative ana oiperational traf-  The  Navy  explained  that  the  that time.        th.e  telephone.  "The  mascot  of  a  twenty-four hours. Twelve posts are
     fic.  Because  it  is  faster  than  a  contracts  being  cancelled,  totaling   2.  No  one  except  duty  M.A.A.   patrol  frigate  down  at South  Pier  manned in each  zone.
     commercial  telegratil.  and  cheaper  $1,200,000,000,   w.ere   let  many  will  turn lights or heaters on or off   is  lost.  It's  described  as  a  fairly   Walters  is  Senior  Officer
                                                                                               small black dog,  and it will answer
     than a  long distance telephone call,  months  ago  when  prospects  of  between  taps  and  reveille  except             Lt.  Gerald G.  Waltex,s  is  Senior
                                                                                               to  the  name  of  Blackout.  It's  got
     Lt.  S.  Barton,  Treasure  Island   heavy losses  made  it imperative to  for  emergency use.                          Patrol  officer.  His  assistants  are
     Communication  Officer,  urges  its  continue  a  big  shipbuilding  pro-  3.  No  loud  talking,  disorder,   two  tags  on  its  collar,  one  giving   Lts.  Verne  D.  Carlstrom and  J .  S.
     wider use· in order to  cut down the   gram.  Losses  had  been  less  than  games or playing of  radi-os  will  be   the  dog's  name  and  the· name  of   Phelan,  and  Lt.  (jg)  Walter  R.
     number  of  long  distance  telephone   expected,  the  Navy  added,  and  so  permitted after taps.   the  ship,  and  the  other  reading   West.  Station  Patrol.  officers  are
     cal1s.  This  is  advised  even  if  two   it  was  possible  to  curtail  expendi- Care of  Heads   'Rabies  vaccination,  San  Diego,   Lt.  William  A.  Steven,  Armed
                                                                                               1944.'  If  anyone  sees  Blackout  he
     or three messages must be sent in   tures on new vessels.     1.  For  pr.evention  of  epidemics,  should call us here at 72. We'll have   Guard;  Lt.  (jg)  A. R. Naphan, Pre-
     regard to one matter.           Included in the cut-back was the   toilets  must be flushed  after every  our own  men looking,  too."   Commissioning,  and Lt.  (jg)  R.  H.
       "The  NTX  has a  further advan- battleship  Illinois,  under  construc- using.                                       Nuckles,  Receiving  Ship.
     tage  over  the  telephone  in  that  it  tion at the Philadelphia Navy Yard,   2.  No  newspape·r  or  debris  will  Only  PO's  Used  on  Patrol
     furnishes  a  written  verification  of  and  the  carriers  Reprisal  and  Iwo  be  left  in  heads.   Finding a  lost dog is only a  small
     the  message  sent  or  received,"  Lt.  Jima,  being built by the New York   3.  No  cigaret  stubs,  matches  or  part  of  the  job  of  the  Station   What  a Bulletin ...
     Barton added.                 Navy Yard and the Newport News,  trash of ,any kin.d is to be thrown in  Patrol. Only petty officers are used
       The  speed  of  this  system  is  ac-  (Va.)  Shipbuilding  Company.   urinals or toilets.   as  patrolmen.  Before  taking  their   "Stars  and  Stripes"  quotes  this
     complished by a series of automatic                           4.  Toilet  or  urinal  stoppages  post,  they  receive  verbal  instruc- official  announcement  duly  signed
     tape  relays  from  center to  center.   This far-flung hookup already in- should  be  reported  immediately  to  tion in elementary police procedure,  by an  admiral, on  a  bulletin  board
     By use  of automatic  tape  relays  a  eludes  stations  located  outside  the  the M.  A. A.   such  as  the  securing  of  evidence  at a  Naval office:  "All officers wish-
     message is retyped only once. This  continental  limits  of  the  United   Violations  of  any  barracks  rules   and protection  of fingerprints.  Pri- ing to  take advantage  of  the  sten-
     gives  greater  speed  and  prevents  States  and  further  expansion  is  are  pr,ohibited  and  will  result  in   marily,  their  orders  are  to  "use  ographers  in  the  pool  will  go  to
     errors.                       anticipated.                  disciplinary action.          common sense.''               Room 801 a.nd 1;,how their evidence."
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