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         SCENES  ABOVE  were  snapped I at the  RecSh ip  muster fie ld  T ues- 1 St raus  and  music  by the T r easure I groups  of  men  a nd  women  on I m odor e  R.  W .  Cary  ( speaki ng  at
         at  the  ceremon ies  fo r  the ,observ- day ,  September  4.  Following  the  Island  band ·  ( pict u red  at  left),  Treasure  Isl and  were  heard  in  a  r ig ht)  outlined  som e  of  the  obl i -
         a nce of Treasure  Island's V -J  Day  invocation  by  Chaplain  H.  Serf  sp ea k e rs   f or   r ep resentative  series  of  t w o-mi nute  talks.  Com- gations  facing  dischargees.
                              '
                                                                  job  or  the  money-they  wanted                          apply  if  the  husband  and  father
         Duty of T. I.  Civilian Guards:  Protect                ,  to help win the war.       Maternity  Program  is  a  prisoner  of  war,  missing  in
                                                                   Saved  Ship's  Service      Clarified  By                action  or dead.
                                                                                                                              This  new  interpretation  of  the
         Against Fire, Thief, and Sabotage                        nous  routine.  It  is  monotonous                        Government's emergency matern-
                                                                    Their job sounds like a  monoto-
                                                                                                                            ity  and  infant  care  program  is
           To  keep  a  preventative  vigil  days.  But  now  with  the  forty-  until  someone  forgets  to  stamp   Children's  Bureau   designed to extend the benefits of   \J
         against fire  hazard,  theft of  gov- hour  week,  they  are  on  an  eight   out  a  cigaret  butt,  turn  off  a   The  Children's  Bureau  of  the   the  program to  wives  who fail  to
         ernment  property,  and  sabotage  hour shift during each  night.   valve, shut a  door, or stop a  motor  U.  S.  Department of  Labor  clari-
                                                                  -then their job becomes the most  fied  its maternity program as af-  make  application  for  themselves
         is the maxim of the  T.  I.  Civilian   A  Squad  of Vets                                                          and their infants before the .status
         Guards. The twenty-six man force,   Each  man  is  a  service veteran,   important  on  the  island.   fects  the  wives  of  servicemen  in
         all  veterans  of the  armed forces,   but  not  necessarily  of  this  war.   A  short  time  ago  John  Schra- a  release  forwarded , to  the  Com- of their husbands is changed.
                                                                                               mandant this week.
                                                                                                                              It also entitles the infant to full
         to  augment  the  patrol-staff  of   Two men-George Archibald  and   mer-the  soldier  who  saw  thirty            care  during  the  first  year  of  its
         was organized in February,  1942,                        years'  Army  duty;  who  fought
                                      Alfred  J.  Badouin-fought in  the                         A  serviceman's wife .may apply  life  and  makes  the  care  of  wid-
         the  T.  I.  Security  Division.                         through  Chateau-Thierry  as  a   for  maternity  care  and  care  for  owed women and infants unques-
                                      Spanish-American  War.  Oscar   lieutenant;  who entered Germany
          They  wear  a  uniform  similiar  Lammert retired from the Marine   unger  General  Pershing;  who   her  baby,  under  the  emergency  tionable  under  the  act.
         to  that of  city policemen,  with a  Corps  as  a  sergeant-major  after   fought  in  the  Mexican  insurrec-  maternity  and  infant  care  pro-  Applications  can  be  obtained
         badge  identifying  them  as  T.  I.  thirty  years'  service.  B.  J .  Alls-  tion after the first war- reported   gram even after her husband has   from  the  physician  accepting  the
         guards. Originally  standing ten to  house  saJw  twenty-five  years  in   for duty at his post and made the   been  honorably  discharged,  pro-  case  or  from  the  local  or  state
         fourteen  hour  watches  on  every  the Navy as a  Chief Bo'sun Mate.   usual  monotonous  rounds.   moted  or  demoted,  provided  she   health  office.  Inquiries  should  be
         important  building  of  T.  I.,  the  John  Schramer spent thirty years              was  pregnant  during  the  period   addressed  to  the  State  Depart-
                                                                    Ship's Service No.  1 was locked
         unit turned in a  praiseworthy  job  in the Army and retired as a  war-  up  for  the  night  but  Schramer   when  he  was  in  one  of  the  four   ment of Health.   \J
         during  the  manpower  shortage  rant  officer.  They  didn't need  the               lowest pay grades  of  the  services
                                                                  smelled smoke. Up the side to the   or  was  serving  as  an  aviation
                                                                  roof,  and  through  the  overhead   cadet. On the same basis, she may   " Send  The  Masthead  Home"
                                                                  he went although he  saw  no  fire.
                                                                  Only Small tritces of smoke. Con-
                                                                  tinuing  the  investigation  in  the
                                !) l~tHi\~<>tS                    store,  he  found  a  refrigeration   Motl,er of tl,e Armed Guard Center leaves
                                -,~;;..;....•l~<'                 generator  gushing  flames.
                                ~ t flu ... ttlS ·.:;~•\ :·i:-:
                                                                    Schramer called the fire depart-
                                                                                                                                                          \J
                                                                  ment but  asked that no alarm · be
                                                                  turned  in.  Four  men  of  the
                                                                  chemical  squad  came  over;  put
                                                                  out  the  fire.  He  bashfully  ex-
                                                                  plained  he  didn't want the  alarm
                                                                  turned  in  because  "it  was  way
                                                                  past  m idnight  and'  the  sailors
                                                                  were  sleeping.  I  would  hate  to
                                                                  wake up  all T. I."
                                                                   More  Vets  Needed
                                                                    The Security Divisional-Office is
                                                                  their headquarters. On the second
                                                                  deck  Robert  S.  Guider,  BM2c,  is
                                                                  "desk sergeant." The Bo'sun Mate
                                                                  said  the  unit  had  recently  hired
                                                                  two  veterans  of  this  war.  "We
                                                                  prefer vets," he declared. "And by                                                      V
                                                                  the  way,  we  need  a  couple  more.
                                                                  It is  a  good job  and comes  under
                                                                  the  Civil  Service.  The  important
                                                                  thing is to  prevent a  fire,  not dis-
                                                                  cover it after the  damage is done
                                                                  - doing  a  job  like  Schramer did.
                                                                  He  saved  the  Navy  thousands  of  LEAVING  TREASURE  ISLAND-Mrs.  Mary  Hill,  1155  Cal ifornia
                                                                  dollars.''                   street,  San  Francisco,  mother  of  the  Armed  Guard  ( Pacific )  since
                                                                                               1942,  is  shown  her e  as  her  last  day  with  the  Armed  Guard  Center.
                                                                                               Mrs.  H ill  has presented and arranged  beautifu l  flowers for the  Armed
                                                                    Noticing an advertisement in  a  Guard  recreati-on  l,ounge  for  the  past  three  years.  On  her  left  is
                                                                  jewelry store window  which  read:  F.  G.  Park,er,  S1c,  and  Ludwick,  H.  D.,  S1c, who  have  been  her regu -
                                                                                               lar  assistants  for  the  l•ast  few  months.  Mrs.  Hill  was  presented  a
                                                                  "You  get  the  bride,  we'll  do  the   plaque  in  appreciati,on  for  her  services  here  by  Commander  E.  D.
                      ",,,for the  last time  ration~             rest,"  a  young  GI  bridegroom   Flaherty  last  Friday,  September  7,  during  the  AG  weekly  recrea -
                              don •t  countl"                     remarked : "That's  hardly  fair."   t ion  show.
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