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PAGE 2 THE MASTHEAD, sATURDAY, sEPT. 15, 1945 CBM Sets Baggage- CHECKING IN 600,04211d SE/18110 ••• AND THE lllST!
):},. Handling Record
EAD At Building 218
Official Treasure Island publication, distributed every Saturday without cost to the By September of this year H.J.
officers, enlisted personnel, and employees of Treasure Island. All communications Segerson, CBM, and his gear-
and contributions should be directed to ThA Editor, Welfare Division, TADCEN,
Treasure Island, Snn Francisco, California. Telephone: EXbrook : 3931, Extension handling crews of sailors had
69. The Masthead is published In compliance with regulations of SecNav letter checked in and out 600,042 pieces
of May 28, 1945, 1md is produced commercially from non-appropriated Welfare
Funds at no. expense to the Navy Department or Government. The Masthead is a of personal baggage at Building
member of the Twelfth Naval District Press Association, the Ship's Editorial Asso-
ciation, e.nd receives material suppli~d by .Camp Newspaper Service. Reproduction 218 without misplacing a single
of credited material prohibited without permission of SEA and CNS. unit!
COMMODORE R. W. CARY, USN Building 218-the baggage de-
Commander U. S. Naval Training and Distribution Center partment of RecShip, was put into
CLYDE F. BABB, Sp(X)Sc, USNR operation on April 11, 1944 by
Editor
Segerson and a five-man crew.
Rex N. Olsen, Y2c, Associate Editor Since that day the staff has ex-
Carolyn N. Brown. Ylc, Waves Editor - Robert H. Perez, BM2c, Sports Editor panded to two chiefs, thirty-seven
Bruce A. Werlhof, PhM3c - Edward L. Levitt, SK2c men-, and a twenty-five man crew
Reporters
from general detail. Open twenty-
four hours a day, the crew can
TR'EfSURE ISLAND, S. F., CA.LIF., SATURDAY, SEPT. 15, 1945
handle up to 2,000 pieces of gear
within any given four hours, and
will hold luggage for up to sixty
days.
Chief Segerson, an old "tin-can"
On the subject of bluejackets' to our job and do it even better sailor with fifteen years broken
uniforms The Des .Moines (Iowa) than before . . . servfce to his credit, left for a
Register recently c:'losed its cam- separation center and discharge
paign against the traditional He Likes Treasur,e Island last week. "Just tell the boys," he
clothing worn by the U. S. sailor That Treasure Island is one of said, "that Building 218 operates
by saying: "Think it over Ad- the best naval bases in t}1e whole same as a railroad check-room,
mirals! There'll come a day when doggoned world is an understood and is not a Lucky Bag."
volunteering will be the rule fact, but we who see it every day
again." Now the day has arrived. fail to appreciate all the conven-
USNR men are being asked to iences put here for our use. A New Point System
H.J. SEGERSON, CBM, was discharged last week; the picture above
. transfer to the regulars, for a sailor, who recently arrived here, shows him checking in the last seabag ,of his career at Building
large peace - time Navy. The has written Commodore R. W . Is Effective Today 218 which he put into ,operation on April 11, 1944. M~n fr.om sea, or
promise of a new uniform might Cary, Commander, U. S. Naval on orders, can check baggage here for up to 60 days, but the building
is not a lucky bag.
turn the tide, who knows. The Training and Distribution Center, Continued from page 1-
Register wants to take the sailor ~is version of this naval base.
missioned and warrant officers,
out of his middy and bell-bottom To : Commanding Officer. 49 ; Wave officers, 35, and naval TIie Island Trotter
trousers and bring him up to date Subject: Naval Training and Dis-
with a new suit. So do 44 other tribution Center, Treasure aviators of the Naval Reserve in
flight status, 44.
newspapers. Out of 49 editorials Island, California.
on the subject between June 5 1. Having arrived here and Another amendment of the. A $2 purchase order good at John Ona, RT1c, RMS. I'm
and 25, only f9ur spoke against inspected same, I have come to original Navy demobilization any Ship's Service store on Trea.s- going to remain in Seattle, Wash.
changing the uni.form. One of the following conclusions, ' plan, effective September 15, will ure Island goes to Joseph F. There's some schooling I have to
these, the Bridgeport (Conn.) (a) Treasure Island exceeds release medical, hospital and DeSmidt, SKDlc, RecShip. The catch up on. I wouldn't leave that
nurse corps_ personnel as follows question submitted was: place again for anything. It's my
Post says: "Most gobs seem to be my fondest expectations as to
doing pretty well in the old beU- what I had thought I would find. under a separate critical score: Do you intend remaining in home, and that's where I'll stay.
Nurses, 35 points ; male doctors,
. bottoms and it is our guess that To all appearances, more is done 60 points; female doctors, 35 your home town or will you seek * * *
the boys will cast their votes here for the enlisted man than at points; male and female officers residence elsewhere upon dis- James P. Walker, SK2c, Rec-
sartorially for the familiar tight any other station I have seen. This in the hospital corps, inclu9 ing charge from the Navy? Ship. My wife and I both agree
fitting dress blues." . .. applies to making the place, as a hospital specialists, 49 and 35 that Little Rock, Ark., is tops. We
whole, more livable, more enjoy- points, respectively; pharmacists' Robert Inch, C.oxswain, Armed liked the place before I got into
If the swift advance across the able and a more pleasant place in mates and hospital corpsmen, both Guard. I'm going to return to my the service, and my being in the
Pacific in recent months has ev- which to live ·and work. male and female, 44 points fo,r home town - and stay for good. Navy hasn't changed our opinion.
. idenced anything, it has been that (b) In relation to the above, I men and 29 points for women. I formerly regarded Rochester, It's our home town for good.
· teamwork paid dividends of a kind should like to mention in partic- About 1,100 doctors, 20,000 Mich., as a very drab .place. Be- * * *
that meant ular the Recreation Hall with its pharmacists' mates and 9,000 fore the war there wasn't much of Howard 'Mitchell, GM3c, Rec-
the shortening Hobby Shop, lounge room (and hospital corpsmen will become anything there. And it's still the Ship. As long as a certain some-
of the war. Steinway piano), and the flowers eligible for release today. same. But since being in the serv- one resides in Pittsburgh, · Pa.,
Teamwork be- and shrubs that grow so profusely Duty P.oints ice I've grown to appreciate its you'll find me there. She's that
tween branches on the Island. The Navy said computation. of quietness, and everything about terrific. We expect to get married
of the armed (e) I felt that some one should time for duty outside the conti- the city. No, you won't find me very .shortly. y
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seeking residence elsewhere.
I
services, team- know how a typical sailor feels, nental United States shall begin kinda like the old place. James Bridgefarmer, RM2c,
work between and hence, this letter. I am sure with the date of last detachment
that you, as Commanding Of- RecShip. The war may have
the various arms of each or transfer from a continental * * * changed the place a bit, but Oak-
branch, teamwork between units · ficer here, are largely responsible, United States shore station or Kenneth Koehler, EM2c, ARS land, Calif., is my home and will
and between men, teamwork of and so I say, "Thank you, Sir." shore-based fleet activity for duty, 40. With a comfortable home in remain so indefinitely. I have a
the civilians who ·provided . the Signed, A Sailor. temporary duty or temporary ad- a wonderful place like Chicago, ,job with Standard Oil waiting for
' sine·ws of the war-all of these .P . S. The 1700 Station liberty ditional duty; witll: why should I want to move. The me to don those civvies.
things were necessary and still for OGU has raised the morale of Any ship in commissi.on. Any Windy City is okay with the
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are. In the light of that, it makes the men one hundred per cent. of the f.oll,owing, if based outside missus, and naturally ditto with Man·uel Lamb, CM2c, Pre-Com-
most of us squirm a little to get of the continental United States: me. There isn't a city like this in missioning. I have an established
. occasional evid~nce' :ui:at there HELEN HIGHWATER Ship in service, fleet activity, or the country. business in East Providence, R . I.
are some so stupid as not to· shore establishment. Any of the * * * You don't believe I'd give that up
realize the importance of team- following if operating outside of Glynn Boswell, . M M2c, Pre- to move elsewhere ? I've had
work, particularly when they go the c•onti nental United States: Commissi,oning. St. Louis,- Mo .. offers to go into business out here,
out of the way to demonstrate Armed guards crews, communica- here I come . . . to stay for good. but I said no to all of them. I
ignorance. It is just as important ti.on groups, conv.oy gr,oups,' am- That's the only part of the coun- have three children, and I'm
now that you cooperate in your phibi,ous forces, fleet marine try that inte,rests me at the mo- grooming the two boys for car-
teamwork here on Treasure Island forces, mobile hospital units, ,or ment. I've lived there fo·r 22 years penters in my construction busi-
as it was befo·re the war ended. other units. now, and I expect to remain as ness.
You ma.y argue - "What the long as I can. The Navy took me
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. hecl;t? I don't have enough points away long enough. Only the gov- Mario Degregory, S2c, Pre-
. to get out and will be here a long So Sorry, Please! ernment can get me away again . Embarkation. I was born and
· · time--why should I beat my * * * raised in Brooklyn, N. Y., and I'll
. brains out doing a good job?" Here We Made a Mistake J,oseph Bradley, S1c, Pre·~E.m- probably die there. Without me at
·•is the answer, mate. Sure, maybe barkation. I've had enough .of Ebbets Field to cheer them on,
you don't have eno_ugh points. Last week's Masthead carried Brooklyn, N. Y. As soon as I shed what would the Dodgers do? Be-
Maybe you will be around in the a small item titled, "Pay checks these blues and. get back to the sides, I've got a good job there.
Navy a lot longer than the will be fatter." Material for the East Coast the family's mo·ving. Brooklyn's in my blood-not even
· sailor in the bunk above you. piece was taken from Alnav 218, I've got three kids to think about a war could change me!
However, you · are going to be but in rewording for print the or- and I feel a change of scenery will
around· much longer if you don't iginal text was unwittingly al- do them good. There's a spot HE MEASURED IT RIGHT
do your job well now. By slack- tered. We reprint the short Alnav called Skaneateles, it's just out- Speaking of allies, a 16-year-
ening up with your work you are verbatim in order to co·rrect the side of Syracuse, N. Y., that's the old Moro guerilla working with
only causing some worthy veteran error. "Effective on and after place where we'll live. It's a quiet. U. S. Marines in the Philippines,
who has more than enough points August 27, no Bond A quarter al- little town. The atmosphere there crawled 350 yards from a mortar
to stay in that much longer. The lotments will be registered by dis- is wonderful for raising a family. position to a Jap target in order
sooner that shipmate in the top bursing officers until further no- I ran into the place during my to measure firing distances ac-
bunk gets out, · the sooner your "But Chief, I thought you .were tice. Existing instructions in con- travels in the Navy. That was the curately. His measuring stick was
time will come, too. Let's all stick USN retired!" flict herewith suspended." only break I got out of the war. a piece of string!