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Editor
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TREASURE ISLAND, S. F., CALIF., SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1945
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."