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U.S. Naval Training and Distribution Center
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This column, to run weekly, is
intended to supply you with the
maximum amount of news with a
minimum of detail. The Navy is VOL. IV - No. 29 TREASURE ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO,. CALIF. SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1945
releasing. quantities of interesting
information weekly. We could not
print it all if we took the new 12 Treasure Island Civilian Employees Commended
page "Masthead" .and printed it
every day. In other words this is
not a full meal, but we hope it
will serve as an interesting NIIJ'S IJ/11 II T TliEIISIJRE /SlllNIJ POOl INTRODUCING - Fleet Admiral C. W.
weekly appetizer.
* * * Nimitz Echoes His
If your five-year level policy of A New Masthead
National Service Life Insurance is It is with much pride that the Appreciation of Support
about to expire, you have no cause staff o{The Masthead presents to
for worry. All such policies, issued its Treasure Island readers a new In appreciation of the splendid
'-- before January 1, 1946 have been • streamlined publication. For many service of the civilian employees
extended by law for another three weeks the staff has planned a of the Navy shore establishments
years without change in premium bigger and better paper but due in this war, the Secretary 'o! the
charges, unless converted to one to the shortage of materials and N~vy has issued the following
of the three permanent plans. personnel it was impossible. The statement:
* * * end of the war did not in any way "The shore establishments of the
No, the Navy will not have to lessen the purpose for which the Navy have completed a magnifi-
bring home the greater percent- paper is published, therefore after cent task. In a very real sense
age of overseas troops. The Navy, many weeks of hard work and they have been part of the fight-
the Army and the War Shipping planning, we offer to you, the per- ing Navy and their contribution
Administration all have trans- sonnel of Treasure Island, a to the total Navy effort has been
ports which they ope·rate coopera- modern newspaper. immeasurable. The faithful dis-
tively. Since the Navy has fewer With a complete new format, charge of essential duties by the
of this type vessel than the others including nothing but the latest personnel of these stations and
it will carry some but not most in modern design, The Masthead their zeal for the task resulted ,in
of the men returning from the will be published in two sizes, meeting every demand of our op-
Pacific. eight or twelve pages, whichever erating forces.
* * * size is necessary for that week. "On behalf of the Navy and the
Do you have 44 points? If you It is designed for easy and quick Nation I extend to you employees
do and will be discharged soon, reading since we know your time sincere thanks and a deserved
BuPers asked this week that you is limited. 'well done.' "
check up on · your service record. New features, supplied locally Commodore R. W. Cary, Com-
If you have had duty outside the WATER-MINDED EARLY-S~imming instructions as well a~ a and by the Navy's new Ship's Edi- mander, U. S. Navai Training and
· t b , whale of a time are the features of the weekly Saturday morning Distribution Center, is in receipt
U. S., app_ropr1ate entry mus e "Kid's Day" at Gym No. 2 pool. From 1000 'till 1100 the kids splash torial Association, (SEA), are of the following dispatch from
made to msure the payment of their way to becoming better swimmers. It's a lot of fu~, as the two being added for interest, The car- Fleet Admiral C. W. Nimitz in
mustering-out· allowance. aquatic hopefuls above can attest to. Children of both officers and en- toon, "The Wolf," by Sgt. San-
* * *. fisted men are welcome. The only fee is a pair of swim trunks. some, and the. popular comic which the civilian employees of
The Navy took the covers off strip, "Male Call," by Milton the Navy and Treasure Island
radar the past week and also an- Caniff, both Army artists, will be were highly commended for the
nounced that the Navy's air Scuttlebutt Versus Fact: Discharge continued since they have proven excellent and efficient work they
branch will celebrate its thirty- to be very popular with our have done in support of the Fleet.
second birthday during the week readers. The Commodore also added his
of August 26. The big stories of Data From Tadcen Personnel Office A new local feature is a weekly congratulations to the civilian em-
naval aviation, up to now held in "Sermonette" by one of Treasure ployees on Treasure Island for a
secrecy, will be released for pub- Scuttlebutt was flying thick and more will not be transferred to Island's 25 chaplains. Many Navy job "well done."
lic consumption. fast on Treasure Island this week s·ea or overseas duty at this time. items of official interest will be The message from Admiral
* * * and speculation on the Navy's However, such men may be trans- found in our new "This Week's Nimitz is quoted as follows :
Work on 95 ships came to a recently announced discharge ferred to other shore stations Navy" column on the front page, "The Commander in Chief, Pa-
cific Fleet and Pacific Ocean areas
halt this week. In addition con- formula became more and more within the U. S. continental limits. column one. Cartoons supplied by
most heartily echoes the message
struction on 160 smaller craft will startling as it emerged from mess Alnav 196 SEA are "Helen Highwater",
not begin. The contracts which halls, barracks, and wherever In a lengthy Alnav communi- "Stalemate" and "Striker", to of the Secretary of the Navy to
were cancelled are ones let men had occasion to gather. cation, the Secretary of the Navy bring more smiles to apt readers the employees of the Navy's shore
months ago in anticipation of The possible effect the war'· has set forth details of the plan. of comics. establishments. The officers and
heavy future losses in the Pacific. end . might have on the Navy's Application forms for discharge men who .serve in the· Pacific are
* * * personnel policies was also the under the system will be dis- well aware of the contribution
Allotment checks will be mailed subject of not a .few huddled dis- tributed by the Personnel Office made by those who labored at
on a temporarily revised schedule. cussions. here only at the official go-ahead CIGARET RATIONING home and they too express deep
August checks will reach the signal from the Navy Depart- appreciation for the support re-
In an attempt to get to the STOPPED HERE; JIMIT
mails on the third of September, bottom of a few of the more dis- ment. ceived."
September checks will be mailed quieting rumors, The Masthead Some Rates Excl·uded
October 4 and those for October jotted down some typical bits and Paragraph 10 of the Alnav 3 PACKS PER MAN
will be mailed on the fifth of that Cigaret rationing on Treasure T. I. Liberty Suffers
month. Thereafter monthly checks went to the Tadcen Personnel states that the immediate needs
Office to compare notes,
of the naval service do not pres- Island was abruptly snuffed out
will be mailed regularly on the Sharp Curtailment
Scuttlebutt: All men in Treas- ently permit the discharge of per- Monday, August 27, the Ship's
fifth of the month. sonnel holding the following rates: Service officer announced. Island night life is on the up-
* * * ure Island ship's _ company are Specialist ( C )-Classification A limit of 3 packs per man at .swing as a result of the August
Sign of the week seen on a de- frozen in their present jobs for Specialist (S)-Shore Patrol one sale was promptly initiated to 17 order curtailing the number of
stroyer in the South Pacific: A at least six months, Specialist (I) - Punch Card forestall taxing of current · sup- men granted liberty. Liberty lines
large red arrow on the ship's side Fact: Outgoing drafts at Re- Machine Operator plies. Men about to go overseas have grown shorter for the fortu-
below which were the words, ceiving Ship were halted tempo- Specialist (X)-Key Punch Op- are eligible for one carton.
nate ones allowed to stand in
"This way to the Big Carriers," rarily until the war's end was erator As soon as the business of them, but movie and Ship's Serv-
an invitation to now non-existent official, Status of most men in SK(D)- Storekeeper (Disburs- punching cards stopped, the line ice queues have stretched consid-
Kamikaze. pilots. ship's company was in no way ing) dissolved just as quickly. Instead erably.
* * * affected, MaM-Mailman of the expected rush, there was In accordance with the new
Your guess is as good as any- Scuttlebutt: Because ship's com- PhM- Pharmacist Mate just a slow stream of cigaret pur- plan, fifty per cent of petty officers
body's but the Bureau of Person- pany is frozen, men subje_ct to HA-Hospital Apprentice chasers. and twenty-five per cent of non-
nel says that the probable size of the September 30 shore duty sur- Likewise, male and female offi- Tobacco rationing was installed rated men are permitted to leave
the new peace-time Navy will be vey will be held indefinitely.
cers of the Medical Department here in May. Its sudden end took the center each night. Men who
five times its greatest pre-war Fact: The September 30 survey
with the classifications MC, HC, everyone by surprise, including have been reported for any offense
P.eace-time size. The Navy will is cancelled, but not because sta-
H, Chief Pharmacist, and Pharm- the cigaret manufacturers. committed ashore will be re-
need some 30,000 more regular tion personnel are frozen, On the
acist members of the Navy Nurse stricted to the base the remainder
Navy officers. other hand, men subject to the Corps ar~ excluded from point of the month.
* * * survey will be shipped out as system provisions until further
They don't care how long you needed; there is no set date. The Complete Service Every liberty goer-both officer
notice.
were an apprentice seaman! If scheduled September 1 general Shore Patrol officers, military and enlisted- is required to assist
you want to make a third class detail draft has likewise been dis- government officers, and IBM offi- Records . shore patrol in suppressing dis-
petty officer rating you must put carded. cer specialists will be reles1,sed order even though he may be in
in ·seven months of duty as a sea- Scuttlebutt: Personnel with 40 only on approval of the Chief of According to an AlNav re- a leave or liberty status. Shore
man (first and second class). or more discharge points will not Naval Personnel. leased by the 12th Naval District, patrol have been instructed to
Time spent in these two·• ratings be transferred from their pr~sent it will be' the responsibility of place under arrest any Navy man
Other Exceptions
must add up to the necessary positions, Men in hospitals who are other- commanding officers that all en- found in possession of an opened
seven months or the $_78 will not Fact: Men with 41 or more listed personnel in their command bottle of alcoholic liquor in a
find its way to your pocket. points and officers with 46 9r Continued on Page 2- have ~omplete, s~rvi_c!! records. public place.
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