all hands naval bulletin - mar 1942

8/6/2019 All Hands Naval Bulletin - Mar 1942

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NUMBER 300 MARCH I ,


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Acc red ite d Colle ge Program. En li stm en t i n Class V1 U . S. NavalReserve ..........................................................Admiral Hart Relieved by Vice AdxLral Iiel.frich ....................Advancement i n Rat ing t o Chie f Pe t t y Officer (AA) .................A l u m n i blagaaine, University o f Xaine Centre1 P . l u m n i Associatior?...Arming o f Blerchant Vessels t o he Expeditxd iinder Hew Pl a n .........Army and Navy Club o f San Francisco, kIemherd-.p f o r XerchantAIarinc? O ff ice rs .................................................Awarded Life Saving Xedal .........................................Bandmaster Charles Br en dl er Appoint, ed Leader of IT. S. Navy Band....Benef ic ia ry S l ips ...................................................Binoculars , Used i n Three Wars, Offered f o r ?%e i r : Fourth .........Bullet in Cover ....................................................B u l l e t i n Material. ................................................Ca lv er t School, '3 al ti no re , LIaryland, The ...........................Casualties - Notices to Next o f Kin ...............................Chairmen o f Committees on N at io na l Defense o f Sta te SarAssocia t ions . ...................................................Comander C . C. Slay ton . U.S.M. ( R e t . ) Elected Chairxan FederalBoard o f Swveys and Xaps .......................................Commendations.. ....................................................C o ~ ~ n ~ t i ~ n s....................................................Cormissioning of t h e i ' iational ~ 3 v a Z:!edicai Center. ...............Construc t ion Regiment t o Receive P a r t i a l Tra ining a t Selected.

NYA Centers .....................................................Cow Man ...........................................................Decla ra t ion o f t%ir w i t h Japan.....................................Discharges Discontinued t o Enter A r m y as Avht ion Cndc ts ..........Distir iguished Flying Crosses AvmrZzd t o Two I J c ? ~Lrnen ...........Donation of Player-Phno R o l l s ....................................Don't Be a Sucker ................................................Enlisted ?Ian Connended f o r rieroic Action ..........................Fight ing Snip and a F i ~ h t i n gLJme That; I'ion'C, D T . ~ , .A ..............Free Subsc r ip t ions ................................................Georgia, Io-tra Universities Named St!.ident Pilot Induction Centers ..Has Idea f o r Peace Plan ...........................................H i t l e r Faones %he Devi1 ..........................................If You Think I t ' s To+zh Iierc, Just th ink aSout, Anderson ..........."Just i n Case" .....................................................Keep Y o i r Pants on., .. . ......... ...............................List o f Bureau o f Navigation Circular Letters, Beginr.ingJanuary 13 , 1942.................................................Marine Corps Plans hhrksmans'nip Program., ........................Marine In s t i t u t e S t r e a n l i n e s Courses ..............................l l i s take o f the Year ...............................................Mother 's Tribute, A . , .............................................Natianal Service Life Insurance ...................................National Service Life Insurance ...................................

All AEtornobile Owners ..............................................23-2 5

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ImEx(Cont.)_I_Nationwide Response t o Model Plane Program ......................... 3@Naval Almanac ...................................................... 49-54Naval Maneuver dNaval O f fi c er i n Keaven............................................ 45Navy Cites Importance of Mathenat-ics and Sc ien ce i n ElerneritaryNa-vy Iaimches Vast Training ? r o g r m far 33, 256 11l;e:;r " p e 1 ! P i l o t sYearly ........................................................... 16-1?Neptune Cert if icates ............................................... 38h.rs . Iu'imitz Present as P o r t r a i t of Adxiral XiI?Ltz Is Turned Overt o .a a.vy ........................................................... li

Q.....................................................and Secondary Schools 2 3...........................................

I.? Eenbers of USS SflLIIJAS1 Crew Promoted ........................... 5- 6Not Forgotten 47Notre Dame Desigrntec! Naval Reserve Indoctr i r , t i o .1 Ceritcr ...........Oornph a t Seven ..................................................... 43Pay B i l l , The ....................................................... 36

...................................................... 20Office of Eaval Off ice r Prccire.!.e.it ................................ 21-22Officers o f Class A-V(N) , T~.S.~I.I),.--P~~Y'TI.GI~~l?LupSuni Ronan ....... 42Porne ............................................................... 47Po r t h o l d N ~ v i g a t i o n............................................... 34Rastus Thinks Fast ................................................. 41Rear Admiral Noyes Detached f w Scn Duty........................... 13

Bureau of Ships .................................................. 2.3-14RCcr ui in g Contihues Sat i s ac ori.13- ................................ 46Reduction of Paper ' "~ork........................................... 31Remember? ..................................................... ....... 10Sailor's code Cost Iiis Life ........................................ 37School Concession .................................................. 45Seen i n a Ciiiriese Cenetery ......................................... 35SSSh! By Nana Gaddis., ............................................. 277Some F ~ g..........................................................Seine F ........................................................... 28 .Sporting Iie:"rs, 'i"ne ................................................. 37"Stars on Stripes" - Footb:iX Gar!? S e t s ............................ 4.5?(?-40S u b ~ ~ ~ r i n e......................................................... ,Supers t i t ious? No ReP-sorl $0 Be . E: .............................. 22Temporary Promotions OL tile R e t i r s d ~ " i s t........................... 21Ter, Civi1iar.s Cited Tor Br;ivc:ry a'; Pearl ~;nrbilr................... 9-10Think! !! - .Snip IJovenents Ir'formatiw-, Pcsc i b l e Source of .......... 33This Strange xnglish Lmgmge ...................................... 47Training Films. , .................................................... 27Iyrong iigain ........................................................ 36

Rear Admiral Van Keuren Takes 0at.h of Office as Chisf of i?ie

TJnited Sta tes Go.Jer.nxnt Life Inm.r,?nce D i s a b i l i w Provis ioris ...... 22

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DISTINGUISIED FLYING CROSSES ALARDED T O 2 10 NAVY AIRIvBM,The Secr et ar y of th e "avy, by d i re c t i on of t he P res iden t o fth e United St at es , re ce nt ly awarded Dist inguished Flying Crosses t o twoNavy airmen who were meEbers of t he An ta rc ti c Expe diti on of Rear AdmiralRichard E. B p d , U.S.N., ( r e t ) i n 1939-40.One of t he re ci pi en ts i s Ashley Clinton Snovr, Jr., Aviat ionChief Ma,chinistfs Lkte, V.S.N., whi le the o ther is Earle i3aker Perce,Chief Radioman, U .S N .The c i t a t i o n accomganying Snow f s award reads :'!For ex tra ord ina ry achievements v;b.ile p r t i c i p a t i n g i n hazardousa e r i a l f l i g h t s i n t h e A nt ar ct ic a 1939-40.Avi atio n Chief i iia ch ini st fs :date, U.S. Nsvy, pi lo ted the a i rp lane on manyof th e fl i g h t s durin g which nex mountain ran[;es, is la nd s, and 700 mileso f prev iously unkno.cm P.n tarc t ic coas t l i n e were d iscovered.f l i g h t s were made ov er heavy broken pack i c e T-here a forced landing wouldhave resu l ted i n a crash , and. -;rhere rescue 'auld hzve bezn pr ac t i ca l l yimpossible.l t P a r t i c u l a r l y ou t st a nd i ng i n a e r i a l achievement, was t he f i n a l

evacua tion of th e personnel from th e East Base on ?larch 22, 1941.the successful accomplishment of t h i s hazardous under takin;: Snon demon-s tr a t ed an unusual ly ' h igh degree o f sound ju d* pe nt , courage and pro-f e s s i o n a l s k i l l v hi c h r e f l e c t s g r e a t c r e d i t upon t h e Naval S e r v i c e If

f or the name and h is id en t i f i ca t i on as co-pi lot and radi o oper ator ont he Antarctic f l i g h t s .

Perce i s s t a t i o n e d at, Naval Research Laboratory, Sellevue, D.C.

A s h l e y Clinton Snoli, Jr.,

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The cil; atio n w ith Pe r c e fs award. i s i d e n t i c a l t o Snow's except

Snow i s on duty a t the Naval A i r Sta t ion , Anacos t i a , D.C.

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CO~&EI?DATIOF?S .The Secretary of %he ?!avy r e c e c t l y Eiddressed tk,z fol lowi ngl e t t e r s o f comendatior- for cuts tsndini seyvices rendsred i n connec-t i o n wi t h t h e se izure of *he G P ~ L otor Sh ip OjjEY!!l.ALD.:

Captain Theodore E. Chandler, V.?-Q. :Ci";ation

/"Your operations 0'1 the occaoiori of ' the seizure of' the Germn7:of;or Ship ODEIPLL3 on iJovccher 6, 19L1 ape noted x i th great i n t e r e c t .

V o u Ltre hereby comt~n~iac ic r yow coumgzous m d exemplaryconduct on this occasion."L i e u t e n a t ( j g ) Wil1in.n R . I:'idc.nan, U.S.!J.Machinist Fumzn D. V:oltrip, U S . Y ,Carpenter Abner L. Xlton, U . S . N .Chicf h c h l n i s t ' s Idate Tar1 F. 3eraI.5, U.S.I.1.S h i p f i t t e r F i r s t Class Fra n k l i n E. K i n g , U.S.N.


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C O ? 2 k EN D A TIO N S(Cont. )-i tat ion

!!?'he indivichal. and collective p e r fo rma c e of du ty of each oneof you s tood o ut i n t h i s haaardous under taking th a t involved t he board-i n g of , u r ge n t r e p a i r s t o , and the manning of a hos t i l e sh ip , which wasi n t h e p ro ce ss of be ing scu t t l ed by her crew th rough th e use of bombs,wi th the a t t endan t cond i t ions ot' c o s p l e t e u n fa mi l i a r i t y w i t h t h e s h i pand under uncertain existevnt dangers.displayr-d, i t , -.vas p o s s i b l e , n o t only t o save the OI)ENbl!LLD, but t o t a k eh e r i n t o poi.5 under her o;m p o m r as manned bl- t h s b o x d i n g p a r ty .

-4s a r e s u l t 02 th e uni-led e f f or ts

llYou are hereby jointly cmunended f o r the l eade rsh ip d i sp layed,and the coo l , de ter mined and coiirageous manner I n which you performedyour assigned tasks on t h i s occ3sio::.11C3bg*Z''TATIn?:

The SEcretary oi' til? Iia\~y ccantly addressed a l e t t e r of com-mendation t o Lieu tena nt L o u i s J , Lbdave, bM, SITIZ, f o r his performanceof d u t y as thc nsv igak ing o f f i ce r of t h e U.S.S. SALINbS a t the t ime ofa r id fo l lowing the to rpdo in j of tho vesse l on October 30, 1941.

C i t a t i o n"Your promp-c a c t i o n i q c l e a r i n s c ! '. ,, -cribed si gn al s rep ort -ing $he casualty, an2 r t s t o r i n g a d q u a t e o p er a, ' . condi t ions on thedamaged br id go vrhilG under f i r e and su bjzc t, t o ccntinucd submarineattack, and your ci)olnt?ss, courage, and f i n e ;ob of navigating, con-t r i b u t d grea t l ; l t o t h c slow, s u c c e s s f d r e t ~ i ~ ~ - !f t h c cr ippled andl i s t e d ve ss el t a n sa fe por t .

ment, and spl cn di d peri'ornance of your d u t i e s on this occ2sion.t1tlYou are h w e k y comnended f o r your. i n i t i a t i v e , sound judg-

.A-'?JAE.DED LIFE SAVING hI3DJ.LThs T re as ur y De7artment has awardcd a S i l v e r Li fe SavingMcdal t o Corporal John,Ft. Brccze, W.S. Kcrinc Corps, f o r b r av e ry i n

rescu in& t-,ro youth? from droxninr on Septenbcr e , 1940, a t Guam,Marine Cor?s Neadquartcrs, announced recently."for t i tude and prescnce of mind" i n resc ui ng t h e boys, v;ho were be ingswept out to st;a by a s t r o q ; cross currcr; t , ir. t h c s l ip ray where theywere swimming.

O f f i c i a l reports of t h e i n c i d e n t c r e d i t C o rp oral 3r e ez e with

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The following l e t t e r s o f comenda t ion were forwarded. by t h eCommander-in-Chief, A t l a n t i c Fl ee t:Ensign Sumer J. Abracs, D-ll, US??Rt

C i t a t i o n"?'he Commending Officer . o f t he S!,SI:!P.S, r e p o A i n g 011 the en-gagement ol" t h a t ship Y' ,t;h Eiri ener:y r.1ibm&rixe0 3 O c ~ o b ~ ~6, 1941,s t a te d t h a t rheE t!x "hi:? I ~ So r ? J,ed and imle .ai;c.ly afte l -wras youwere o f g r e a t a.ss:ist.arice t o hi^ in r ; G t t i ; ! s o f f t h e p ro pe r s i g n a l s t othe convoy, i n g e t t in:! t h e ?v-S.dee i : : opernting corcli t i or, and in challeng-ing ships approaching i n the darkness . Your continced al er tn es s helpedhim t o t ake the neceosaq- precaut2o:iary measures when th e D'JPONT and LEAsubseq.uently delivered de:,th charge c t t acks."The Comander-in-Chief t akes pleasure i n comending you f o ryour conduct on t h i s o ccas i m , v.-hich vm i n accord wi th the h igh t rad i -t i o n s of the Naval Service I 1

Lieutenant ( j g ) Th+? .waeG. Loi.re, SC-V( e ) , US:. :C i t a t i o n

'!The Cornmandin;: Oi'flcer of t h e S.4LIXf3, re por t in g on the en-gagement of t h a t s h i p v-i th En eneny submarine on October 30, 1941,stated that the prornptne?s xLth whicl-, t5e p n crew ~1' hich you werei n cha rge rnarined t h e gun an6 opened f i r e on th e at+a ckin g submarine,unques t ionably prevented fur th er a t t sc ks from being macle.

'!The Coxmander-in-Chief t a k e s p le as ur e i n coimending you f o ryour conduct on tlilis occasi on, vihich vas i n a c c ord w i t h t h e high t r a d i -t i o n s of t h e Naval Service."

Ci tat i on"The Comrinriing 0i':'icer of t,he SkI,I:XS, rep ort ing on the en-Eagement of t h a t sh ip ri i th c:i e n e r y submzrine o n October 30, 1941,s t a t e d t h a t a f t e r t h e s h i p had been torpedoed, you succeeded i n keepingher 03 an eve2 k e e l ; t lxt i - ; your eii.;'v~y of Lht danap enabled hlril to rz-port to the Escort ( ;pm.andsr t h a t he could p roceed sa fe ly t o por t ; th a tyou kept c o n s t a n t m t c h o n tke weakened bulkh.;z.cl.s, thu s a s s i s t i n g himi n his d e c i s i o n a . s t o vd?c?t cm s t i t u t cd bes t . engine speed; and t ha t yourcourage and unf 'a l tc ring a t tc nt io n t o duty xas noteworthy."The Comander-in-C!-tief t a k w pleasure i n commending you f o ryour conduct on t h i s occasio n, vihich na5 .-? accord wi th th e high tradi-t i o n s of the Nava l Sxv ice


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-Q l .WmS OF USS SALINAS' CXPf F%GHGTEDNineteen members of th e crew o f the VSS SUYkS, Nava1.t nkerwhich w a s torpedoed on O c t 0 3 ~ r 0, lqLJ, have been pronotcd i n recog-n i t i o n o f I tespecial ly m c r i t i o u s conduct i n act ion !I

Xate, U.S.U., and R u a l Solen Wtlson, Xac hir i ist ' s b2a:e 1st Class, U.S.!\r.,both of ~rhornpreviously vm - 9 avardec? t he Navy C r o s s by Vice Admiral RoyalE. I nge r so l l , U.S.N. , Cormandor in Chief , At l ac t i c F lee t .Xac hini st, and Wilson, given an acting appo lntn ent i n the en15.si;ed r* ?r in go f Qiief k c h i n i s t ' s M a t e , received tho Navy Cross OH ,Ja:iiaTT X , v.ke.:similar awards were made t o Comander Harley F. Cope, Licntena:~t Co:~i~nf ' ierfkht,on B. Snith, and Lieutenant Tnoodore I,. Jorpann, t h e SkLITi'kS Cm!!!anJ-ing, Executive and Engineer Officers, r e sp ec t i v e l y .teinporarily advance6 to the mm-ant rank o f El ec t r i c i an .

,In the group were Francis IIerbert, ilcIntyre, Chief XachiEi.s?,ts

ikIntyre, advanced temporar3.ly t o th e inrra:it o f f i c e r raxk a f

Albert Warrington l?xown, Chief Electrician's i.int,e, U.S.X., vasTie r e m i n d e r were prorwlad t o +hxnex t higher r a t i n ? . Theirnames and former r a t i n g s f o l l o w :

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Ci ta t ions accoqany lng the o ther p rono t ions were as follows:Brown--"The comanL'ing o f f i c e r of t he SALIlJilS repo r t ed chatduri ng t h e engageinent of t h a t s hi p wit h a n eneqy s.ubmarine on October 30,1941, from the t i m e t h e s h i p ms torpedoed until she r eached pwt , Brownwas ca ll ed upon t o perform a m u l t i p l i c i t y of e l e c t r i c a l r e p a i r d u t ie s ;t h a t he worked zlmost cont inously f o r over four days on thes e re?a ir s ,which extended t o th e gene rators, g y r o CO~~BSS,'athor,ieter, a-u. l l inr3:motors, rupt ured cable s, and grounds; and t h a t h i s p e r f o r mn c e of t hesed u t i e s was outs tandingArc her , Sachs, Savage and tilood--"The cornanding o f f i c e r of theSALIIQAS repor te d t h a t dur ing the engagement o f t h a t s h i p v5 th cm e c e V

submarine on October 30, 19L1, y o u r e mi n e d at your s t a t i o n i n t h e e ng in ee r-ing department un t i l d i r ec t ed by orders from t he br idge t o evacuate theengine and f i r e rooms; t h a t a l l valves capable of being closed by handand un fa l t e r ing devo t ion t o du ty w r e o f the h ighes t o rder .". were c losed befo re you l e f t y o w st at io n; and that , your coolness, cownge

/Davis, Eakin, Gcrret t , Kneavel, bh rp hy znd TJau&hn--flThe comnar,d-i n g o f f i c e r of t h e SALINAS re por te d thrL t during t he engigenlent of t h 3 t s k i pwith an eneqy submarine on October 30, 19L1when the s h i p was t o r p d o e d a n dimmediately aft erw ard s, you were of g r e a t a s s i s t a n c e t o hiin i n g e t t in g o f fthe p roper s ign a l s t o the convoy, in g e t t i n g t h e Sridge i n oper?-ting con-d i t ion , and i n ch al len gin g s hi ps approizching i n t he dar!:ness. Your cofi-t i nued a l e r tness he lped h i n t o t z ke the necessary pre c?.at,ionnry measureswhen destroyers subsequently del ivered de$h cha-ge ?,ttacl.;s l l

Hoovt;r--"The cornanding o f f i c e r of t he SALIIJiiS r e p o rt e d t h a tduring the engagement, of t h a t s h i p w i t h -a encq7 w b m r i n e on October 30,1941, and af t e r the sh i p had been to rpedoed, y o u a s s i s t e d i n keoping heron an even keel; t h a t your survey of th c dansge ena bled him t o r s p o r t t othe Escort Commander t h a t h e could procedd s?.fely t o p o r t ; t h a t you k e p tconstant watch on $he weakened bulkheads, thus a s s i s t i n g him i n h i s de-c i s i o n as t o w n a t const i tusd bes t ecg inc spezd ; and t h a t y o m courage andu n f al t e r in g a t t e n t i o n t o d ut y m sBugg, Gaddy, G i l c h r i s t , XIenderson and Turnage-11Advanccd t o thenext higher r a t i n g for m eri tori ous conduct during the engagement of theUSS SALINAS with an enemy submrine.1'

COI!DENDATIONThe Chief o f t h e Bureau of Navigation r ec en t l y nddrcssed al e t t e r of domenda tion t o George Fran klih 1,1oody, ChQt, U.S.N., f o r h i si nt e re s t i n submit t ing suggest ions rega rdin g anti-bomb smoke pipep r o t e c t o r .

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EXLISTED YAM C O I O 4 E " D FOR EROIC ACTIONThe Secretary of the Navy recently commended Irchie HarrisonTerry, Chief Water Tender, V.S.N., f o r p r ev ent i ng a se r i o u s f i r e aboard

a c m i s e r from a hot, f u e l o i l leak.The Commanding Officer of t h e c r u i s e r t o which Terry xas zt-tached reportcd that on September 5, 1941, Tdrry discovered a heavy r:przyof ho t fuel o i l coning from a large l eak i n a master f u e l o i l valw,Tcrry, i t :'.as repor ted , w e n t t hr ou gh t h e r ap i d l y i n c r m s i n g spray xh ich-cas s t r i k i ng a z t eaming bo i l e r , succceded i n c l os i ng i t , dirac+ ,ed removalof thz dan gtro urly exposed o i l am! r epa i rad the vsivc " a t g re a t r i s k t ohimself m.a with suhscqumt disconfort from thc, e f f c c t s of ex?osurc tot h e h o t o i l .A l e t t e r of cor?.rnmdation was s e n t t o Terry by Se cr kt nr y Knox.

There wss a dense fog 2nd t h e o f f i c c r on t he br idge -.izs be-As he lczned 3ver the ?;^& of t h eo ! ~ h g ore and m a r 8 emsp e r a t cd .b r idge tr yi ng t o pie rc e t he gloorr,, he s m a h z y f i g w e 3n :! rnil af c ) ~ards f ron h i s sh ip . 'f!',?ic:t a - ~ou t r y i n st o do vrith your b l i n k i n ' ship?" hc; roared.of t h e road?lt!ic almost choked. "Don't 703 kno-cr t h e ru les

The Secretary o f t he fJ.~vy ecent ly addressoc? 2 1 c ; t t - L r of con-mendation t o Kenneth Llr.5 3 p . r t i r r , S:amn, l / c , 2.5 .?.

11T3eCornanding Cfficer, !J.S S. IXDIK!APOLIS, bas brought t othe t : t t en t ion o f t!ie Departmerit your zomeridabk zct , ion i n r5I:Sciiing as h i p m t n from droxhing o n J a x a r y 24, 1941. I t r : ppea~s h a t ;it ribout2000, Januxy 24 , 1?41, J . E. %ss, Searfir, Skcond Class, U , S . . .ktvy, fellf ro n the forward brow of t h e U.S.S. ?EXSbCOLSL i n t o thr. v a t w c 2 t theNayy Yard, Psar l Ha-bor, T.FI., s5riki::g 'his l e g o n thc dsck 8s 55 f e l l ,You w r e near th e scene, and r .r ithout he si tz t i on r2.n t o tile edgZ5 of %hedock an2 1cz.ped in t o t I i e m t e r fro7. c" heigfi', of r.??ou.t i;ighti:c:i f.;-;.t,secured about Hessr shoulders a l i r x ; ) a s s d f r . 3 ~he tlcck, x i c l supportedhim u n t l l he was pu l l ed up, on t h c doc!^. .The pace bct,vxxn the shir , anddock w a s i n t o t a l d erknes s a t t h e tire yol; jmped and xm rSou t fo ,wf e e t in rridth.

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"The Department t ak es pl ea su re i n commending you f o r yourac t ion on th is occas ion ref err ed to , which undoubtedly saved th e l i f eof Hess who was in ju red dur ing the f a l l .with the bes t t r ad it io ns of th e Naval Service.! 'Such action i s i n keeping

CO?IENIIAT O NThe Chief of the Bureau o f Navigat ion recent ly addressedl e t t e r s of commendation t o Fr an ci s Olwell Archer, R l l c , U.S .No, and'Villiam Thomas Metz, CMli, U .S .N .

C i t a t i o n" I t appears t ha t on Apr i l 9, 19L1, while you were a p a t i e n ta t t h e Naval Ho sp it al , Ccrnacao, you div ed overb oard from the dock t othe re scue o f Edwin Lan dvoight Reed, Seaman Second Class, U.S. i'?avy,

ano the r pa t i en t .cons tan t ly ,from the water.I t was d i f f i c u l t to swir,i with Reed as he s t ruggledHowever, you brought him t o t h e dock where he v a s removed

"The Bureau commends you f o r your a c t i o n on th e oc ca si onref er red , which undoubtedly,saved th e l i f e of Reed.i n keep ing wi th th e bes t t r ad i t io ns o f t he I Javal Se rv ice .Such ac t ion i s

''Your case has been re fe r r ed t o the Se c re ta ry of the Treasurywith the recommendation that you be zmrded a F i l v e r L i fe Saving Eledal.llCOIJKEENDATIOII

The Chief o f t h e Bureau of Navigation re ce nt ly addressedl e t t e r s of commendation t o Henry Edgar Burton, %9x.lsmith, F i r s t Cl?.ss,U .S.N,, and Clzrence Eugene Leech, C L P I ( A A ) , U .S .N., commending them o rmethods re ce nt ly developed f o r the conservat ion of zinc .

NAVAL MANEUVERSeebnch, a U.S. Navy man, was la rg e s i zed, but not ver y impos-ing.a f l o u r i s h and ;?. voice th a t f i l l e d the room, sa id :

everybody drinks I1One night ashore he walked i n t o a small honky-tonk b a r and vrithWhen Se-ebach drinks,

Immediately, th e b a r vas jmmGd, the house f i l l e d a l l t h eglzsses, nnd ever ybod j drank.Seebach reached i nt o hi s pocket , pu lle d ou t 3 dime, laid i t on thecounter, and. said:he walked.

Then v%th t h e impert incnce of a king,"And when Seebnch pays, evarybody pays", 2nd ou t

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TEN CIVILIANS CITEL, FOE ?n/lV?D.Y 4.2' PEA3.Z FL4RBOE. -IAnother chapter was added t o t h e s t o r y of heroism dis@ayedby America's f i gh t i ng men and civilirtHs a l i k e auring t h e J q a n e s e a tt a c kupon Pearl Harbor.Rear Admiral C.C. Eloch, U.S.N., Cornandant of t h e Four teenth

Inclu:!ed i n the C r o u p zre rnenNaval D i s t r i c t , c i t e d t e n c iv i l i an employees of t h e Supply Department z tt h e Pearl Harbor Hayy Yard f o r bravery.o f American, Hmaiizn, Scandanavian, por tupese , and Chinese snce7trJ --a l l Azer icen c i t i a e m of Hawaii.'Recipients of t h e citations were Tai H. Sunn , prir iciFa1 pur-chasing clerk ; Ralph W, Xil ler , Jr., propert;; ami supply oi'zicer; d O h i

A . Runes, Jr., f o r c m t i laborer; Iver Carlron, l e , ?dI r ,qc? r : joiner; Lin S .I!ee, E a r l e M. Swartx, Joseph K.N. Yee, senior s5or&ee?ers ; I-Irsry'Kealoah, a s s i s t a n t s t o r ek ee p r ; F red Kixey, f o r c r x n of t h e XsTcl h e :Depot, and Garnet t A . King, enginenan,

Their pcrrt -in th e dnamczt le f i g h t Azer ica? f o r c e s stegec! ctPear l Harbor i s descr ibed 5: t b o l l o - r i n ~ i t a t i o n s i s su ed by R a wAdmiral Bloch:

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TEN CIVILIANS CITED FOR BRAVERY AT PEARL HARBOR(Cont._c_and issued s t e e l t o t h e s a l v ag e p a r t i e s of s t r i ck en sh i p s .t e n t i o n t o d u t y was highly commendable11. Your at-

Sviartz -- "For courage, endurance and f i n e performance of anarduous t a c i s s u i n g provis ions t o th e U.S, P a c i f i c Fleet underb a t t l e condi t ions. Your dri vin g power, ra pid t9i nki ng and res olu teac t i o n co n t r ib u t ed t o su cces s f u l r ead i nes s o f al.1 d i s t r i c t snd f l e e tac t i v i t i es , and your i ss ues of ernergency rat, ions t o f i r i n g poin ts xeree s pe c ia ll y commendable. Your devo t ion t o d uty i s outstanding."Yee_ -- " F o r courage and ef f i ci en cy i n the performance ofyour manifold tasks on Sunday, 7 December 1941, end t he d ~ y s nd nightsimmediately following. Your iss ues of b lankets , co ts , mat t resses ,sheets, pillows, cc?nvas, etc., m d e supply h is tory . Your e t t e n t i on t oduty w a s highly commendable .fKealoah -- '!For your determina t ion, energy, i n i t i a t i v e 2ndste adi ne ss under f i r e throughout Sunday, 7 December 1941, 2nd your endur-'in& p lu ck i n s t i c k i n g t o your d u t y p o s t f o r 4C hours without relief 2 tan important is su e st at io n. When the regula? stockman i n charge ofc lo th ing , cordage and re l a t ed a r t i c l e s was absent, sick, you assumed h i sduties and gave a splendid account of yoursel f , 2nd gr e r t ly as s i s t ed en-l i s t e d p er so nn el of t h e U.S. Navy by your performance ofKinsey -- 1lFor coolness 9nd fo r ce fu l b rzvery i n d i r ec t in g t h e

fu e l ing o f x r i n e s and l i g h t fo rces for the 72 hours following theac t i o n o f 7 December 1941, e s p e c i a l l y commendable VES your prompt deci-s ion , i n absence of orde rs, t o s t a r t 211 f i r e pumps and pressure a l ls a l t water l i n e s .inch and s ix - inch suc t ion hose i n quan t i ty to s t r i ck en sh ips fo r sa lvagework .I1.You rendered s ign a l se rv i ce i n t r ans fer r ing four -

King -- '!For stea dine ss End cool thinki ng while exc i ted people-ere telephoning erroneous reports of fuel tank explosions Sundcy, 7December 1941.t r a i l e r s a t t h e Merry Poin t Fuel Depot g r en t ly zss i s t e d se rv ic ingdes t royer s .your post o f duty.11

Your suggest ion to p lz ce lu br ic at in g o i l i n drums onThe CommPndant commends your endurence 2nd i n i t i n t i v e 2%

Ern est Gerald Harber, who wants t o do some-th in g cbou t P e m l Harbor, needed hi s mother 's con-s e n t t o j o i n t h e a i r corps.'Back came permiss ion by re tu r n wire, signed:"Mrs . P e a r l Harbcr".

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Both Admiral Stark, who cffl:i:ilL-- r ece ived the pa in t ing fo rthe Navy, and Mrs. Nirriitz proiioimC*ed tn e po ?-t r. .i t an "excel lent l ikeness"and co ng ra tul ate d Yne fano?rs w t i s t on h i s rvori.rnanship.Adniral Mirnitz i s p i c t z r ed i n t h e s e r v i ce bl u e uniform.of anAdmiral, and holds a p a i r of 5 f cccu l a r s i n h i s hands.i s a landscape of sky and sea, and i n one corner the d i s t a n t c o n t r o ltower o f a b a t t l e s h i p i s v i s i b l e .

I n the background

The portrai t . will remain i n Admiral Stark's o f f i c e f o r a s h o r ttime before being permanently located.

The ' fo l lowing l e t t e r WL Y r+-[. t l y addressed t o t he Secre t a ryof the Navy by the mother of 2 yo-,:^ 3 n a . t o r who made t h e supreme sacri-f i c e , . T h i s l e t t e r i s such an u.iusl;rilly f ine t r i b u t e .to the Navy that i ti s being passed on t o all personnel."Sir:

"Your k in d l e t t e r of sympathy because of the deathIf i t were Dest iny t h a t he should beof my son, En.si.Cn Russseli Vrocjm Adam, (Jr., i s verymuch appreciated .cal led , then I nm proud t h a t h i s going -m.s i n t h e l h eof duty f a r h i s country.

Wr. kdaw and I have been impressed and tozchedby the person21 and k:-Jman side o f t he rdny~ , and part ic-u l a r l y by t h e 8 v i a t i o n s ec t i o n .b e f e l l us, d i d xe appreciate, through t h e fi; ie, h e l p f u ll e t t e r s from of f i ce rs i n your Departzent , xhat has beentermed, 'The Spir5.t o f ' .&e Navy.' Iias t h i s b een sone-t h i n g b u i l t up by hardy men v k o f o r days on end s a w onlyfar r eaches df k i t e r and slqr, and. -&ose minds necessarilyturned t o t h e Gre7-t S p i r i t ?when.he w a s above the clouds in h i s pla ne, he 'seemed al i t t l e n ea r e r HYavm. 1

nT~tu n t i l t h i s l o s s

1Ay own son once s a i d t is t

"Russell , J r . f G l t t h a t t o have become ~1 i f a v dAviator was t h e h i g h es t att :i in ment i n n i l i t a r y l i f e .Despite the tragedy which overtook him, Yr. Adam acd IFtgree ilith hi%." Sincerel j r yours,

(:lrs. Russcl l V r o m Adams)/ s / !i.?rriet S. Adcars,-1li


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For a century and a h a l f , Shaw has been a f i g h t i n g name 5x1the United States Navy, Begiming i t s fane with dowhty Captain John.Shaw, U. S . IJavy, i n the eightecmth cer, twJ, extending th r ow h th ega ll an t , never-say-die s p i r i t of th e f i rs t USS SHAT'J, i&]ich v b ~ s ut inh s l f in c o l l i s i o n 3. 1918 but reached port under i*W own pojver, i t nowf i n d s f i t t i n g culmination i n t he (ma z i n g t1resurrcc60n11 of the presen tUSS S-IAW, a t f i r s t repor ted sunk a t P t a r l k r b o r .J o b - Shaa, bora i n Ireland i n 1773,, f i r s t established his nsmefirmly i n American hi st or y i n 1800, tw o years a f t e r he m s made 2 l i eu -t e na n t i n t h e U, S. Navy. It x i s d-wing the undeclared w r wi t h France,-&en th e r e a l work lay i n t h e c a p t i i c of the pr iva teers tha t swarmed outo f the French ports of the t'Jcst Indies.bats between o u r sna l le r ves se l s and k r g e r cnemj privateers .

th e m o s t famous e q l o i t s of the v a r V ~ Ehe cruise of th e EE'ERPRISEunder Lieutenant Sho.~, which i n ei gh t months captxrcd s.;X p r i v a t e e r s mdrecaptured elever, he r i c n s , merchor-n.

There were m n y s p i r i t e d com-Oze of

I n 1807 L i e u t m a n t S?x-m was comissioaed a captain, and con-t inued hie ga l lant service thrcugh tine War o f 1812. H e died in 1823. ...The name next ap pe ars i n Wvy annals with t h e commissioning oft he USS SILAW i n 1917, .mad i n honor of Captain Shaw.duty i n World Yhr I withoat r;is"l:-~, un:: Oc4,0Ser 9, 1918, A t t h a t t ime,as p z r t of a dj.vision of f ive '2, S

Commandsr ',YLl.iarn Ll. Glassford, 3 S L E m,- - , 0-7 Vice k i d r L i r ' d Glassford,c~nrrn~:~idrii-iybz 3, S . ?Java1 Forces , :mii,'r+-vtst i ' ac f f i c - +,r:e: SYA'J wzs es-cort,.iil;~ 15 A~J ' 2 , KIjbY Briticil trans?c,;-, - . + x h d , X O : Y C ~ ~ J S board,i n t o :>r-it'.:+ro;.-r,c-, f'xg1?.fid9 zk & V J I ~ .she T T Z ~ mplc:t:-rp t h c r i g h t l ~ gf 2 zigzag, 1eaTding h c r :leaded d i r e c t l yt o m i + 5hc k i z e t r ; ' , i i spn t , .Glassford decided t o sa cr if ic e h i s c-:TI s'rtip ra th cr than r an t he AQTJITA"J,and ordered full speed astern.A moment l a t e r t h e AQTJ1TL;Ui s t ru c k the des t royer and s l icedher a lmos t i n two, c u t t i n g o f f r i inc ty fec t o f the SEii;l;fs bow, s t r i p p i n gthe forward boiler roox, and teairirig out t h e mainms t . F i re broke out

in t h e f o r m r d o i l ta nk, and i t s e m e d t h a t t h e SI,'Ji ms dooned. Butt h a t was not the idea of the gn l ls n t concinde r and crew. Keepinp th es h ip i n frill reve rse t o l e s sen pressu-re on water-tiE;ht bulkhsads , t h ef i r e was extinguished i n the fzce of b u r s t i n g a mu n i t i o n .engines were p ut i n working condit ion, the s teerir ig gear r epai red, and,slowly eas ing her in to reverse , they navigated the f lo a t in g remnant of ash ip backmrd 40 miles in t o Portland , where she vms rcpnired and put backinto comiss ion .

She SSiV a c t i v edc~~:rc~-zrs nder the comnlnd of

The :29'.a;.'s r ',(iccr ;?.r;n~ed 2 2s k asUczble t o a vo id 2 collision, Cu,mnnder

The dwclged

And now the second SHAT ie a t R Test Coast port xndergoirgr e p ai r s a f t e r an exh ib i t ion o f toughness and indomi tabi l i ty r iva l l i ng he rpredecessors , ..


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A FIGHTING SHIP AND A F I G H T I N G NU3 ?!!AT WON'T IY3W(Con t .The second SHAW, commissioned i n 1938, began her career f i t -ti ng ly i n company with the USS ENmPRISE, an a i r c ra f t carr ie r named a f t e rthe famous schooner comnanded by Cap ta in John Shaw i n 1800. Later shejo ined th e Pa c i f i c F le e t and, on the morning of December 7, 1941, w a s ly-ing i n drydock a t Pearl Harbor. In the Japanese a t ta ck on th at base, shesu f fe red a d i re c t h i t by a Jap bomb on the forecastle, exploding a maga-zine, and wrecking the bridg e and forward p a r t of the h ul l .and flames ro ar in g from he r, de s tr uc ti on seemed coriplete. The enemyconfidently checked her o f f t he l i s t 02 U. S. warships.

X t h smoke

5.k t he Japs do no t know b e r i c a n hi st or y. Apparently men ands h ips named Shaw have nev er le a rn ed how t o adn i t defeat .. .I n l i t t l e over two months af ter the SNN apparen t ly was blownt o b i t s i n P e a r l Iiarbor, shc was back a t a Ykst Coas t po r t ge t t i ng anew bow. Like the f i r s t SiAX, s;ie came i n under he r o ~ v npower. Thistime she wore a stubbv t s p o r a r y n o s e t h a t l oo ke d l i k e a snow plough.Like the f i r s t SHAX, a d ike Laptain John Shaw a hundred and f i f t yyears ago, she r d l l soon be back on t h e high seas--ready f o r a c t i o n w i ththe enemy.

ADMIRAL HART %LXTT43D i3P VICE ADEIIRAL HEITRICHThe Navy Departnent secent ly md r : the following announcement:"In v i ew of Adxxiral Thonas C. Hart 's .deest t o be r e l i e v e dbecause of ill' heal th , Vice Adniral C. E. L. Heifr ich, Royal NetherlandsM$vy, has btien desigmt'ed as Acting Cor.rander Coiibined N a v a l Forces ASDKarea.

R E S ADi.IIRliL NOYES DETLHED FORSEii DUTYRear Ldmiral Leigh laoyes, U. S. Navy, Director of Naval Cornu-n ica t ions i n the Off ice of the Chief o f Naval Operations since June, 1939,has been detached for sea duty, the Navy Department recently announced.He has been re li e ve d by Captain Joseph El. Redman, fornerlyA ss is ta nt Di re ct or of '>JLval Communications.

Rear ,idyiirnl L L l m a i d t 5 r . Van K C W L ~ ~ , . S. NrLvy, on February6 formally assur.ed of fi ce a s t h a Chic?? of the BWeau of Ships.The Judge iidvocztt: General o f t he XaT, Rear kdr?j.ral Tk l t e rB. Ploodson, U. S. Navj, adminis tered the oath o f o f f i c e to iid@ral

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tor : wa

- ..'NAVY LAUNCHES VAST T R A I I J I N G F R O G R MFOR 30,090 "IXEN TYPE" PIIOTS ITARL'I

The most extensive av ia t ion t r a in i ng p rogram i n a l l naval h i s-r ecen t l y announced by Secretary of th e Xavy Frank linox.The new program i s d es ign ed t o t r a i n IJavy and TJarine Corps

fighter and bomber pi lots a t a s t a r t i n g r a t e of 30,900 a year , wi th eachcandidate undergoing an extrenely r igorous "toughening" process del iber-a t e l y aimed a t making our seahawks the str on ge st , most dar ing and m s tdetermined type of airmen i n t ine w o r l d .and western sect ions of the country will be rented by the iiavjr for t hedura t ion of t h e war.s;rstem will be i n o p er a ti o n by May 1, or sooner, With ap p l i ca t i o n s f o rt ra in i ng al re ady being accepted.

t r ai ni ng as pe cts of the curr iculum, poin t ing ou t t h a t the ' rtou&qening!tproceys vJ;,-11 be the no st strenuouLc e ver a t t e iy te d i n Chis country on anorganiztr: zpzle. I t 5s in tended t a conci it icn p i lo ts f o r &ny danger o rhardship ck-y m y have t o f ace in , or as a r e s u l t of , a c t m l a i r b a t t l e .Each of' 3 6 : ?o;;r col lege o r universi ty plants t o he 7 ~ 0 . 3 will hc?ve con-p l e t e a+k~k?,',ice c i l i t i e s . T h e y will learn t o -larch u;, t o L+O miks frornsunup t o sundom, nil1 be s e t a t such heavy labor as ditch-d-lgging, wood-chopping and lan d-cl ear ing, and vi11 be extensively s c h o o l s d i n SilChr e a l i s t i c s elf -de fe ns e a r t s as boxing, advanced j u j i t s u , and roxh-%-.citumble f i g h t i n g .

F a c i l i t i e s i n fo ur u n i ve r s it i e s , i n th e east , south, nid-y:;estThe vas t ly expazlded new naval aviation training

Naval o f f i c i a l s a t t ach ed p a r t i cu l a r importafice t o t h e p h y s i ca l

'8i th conside rable unders tntcmcnt , TJav;r off ic ia l s coi>nectcdwi th t he new program d ec la re d th a t 5r.e tra inin g: fM.11 iot be exi:..tlt h i s day on, the claws of our pea ens ids ~~6-11c t,ougk and sb.ar?.

himself a former Roughrider and v e t c r m of thc f i r s t Yicrld ' k r , mdc thefol lowing statement:!'The Navy's new aviat ion t raining program i s a d i s t i n c t ch n l -

le nge t o p a t r i o t i c young American men who >.re proud.of t h i r a b i l i t y t otake i t . Th i s t r a i n i n g w i l l be hard , b u t tlie t ine f o r p d l i n g punches i nwords o r ac t ions has passed.t o have gu ts . When they have won t h e i r Kavy wings, they w i l l have provedt h z t t hey can bo th t ake i t and hand i t cu t .p i l o t s t h e Navy wants and the country needs."The Secre t a ry also s t a t ed :i ng which follows it will make thes e men the be s t p i lo t s i n tne world.?l?ey will benef i i f rom i t f o r t he r e s t o f t h e i r l i v e s .l e a de r s i n post-war aviation dcvelopment.

s te a d il y incr ea si ng numbers, and do much t o win t h i s war f o r t h i s co u n t r y .

From

I n making the ;anomcement, Secre tar2r o f Thc Ihvy Frank ;inox,

The men who t-ke t h i s t r a i n i n g v s i l l h a wThat ' s t he k ind o f f i g h t i n g

"This trairi irlg and th e a i r train-They 71ril l e t h e

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NAVY LAUTJCXES VAST T R A I I S I I J G PROCm4U.ZFOR 30,000 ~wniTYPE;^^ PILOTS YEARLY(Cont.)Evm bcforc t h e a t t a c k on Pei?rl HarSor, groundxori: for the ne+!

p lan had bw n norkcd out under the d i rect ion of A s s i s t a n t S c c r c t a ry oft he TJ3-eo r Air Artcmus L. ,Gates, a :'Jay,r p i l o t i n t he f i r s t Yorld ',-hT?;and Admiral John TI. TovJers, ,Chief of the Bureau of Aeroncutics, a. Navyp i l o t s i n c e 1911.lIavy of f i c i a l s admi t ted th a t tho 't toughening' ' p rocess vns t oos t renuous fo r adopt ion dur ing pc ac et im on n v o lu n tn r y b a s i s . ,

inducted' ir , to the Nnval Reserve t o conduct the physical phascs of t h i st r a i n i n g .a physiccll . t r ai ni ng advisor y board.and te legraph , wi th th e m t i r e board t o be announced i n thc: nczr fu t ure .Every oide t r ; i l l be give n exp er t, ri gi d, and cons%:& md ic ,- . , i iJpkrvision,

Leading co l l ege a t h l e t i c coaches m d sp o r t s f igw%s ~$11 eOther p ron inen t cxper ts have b e w i n v i k d t o become m;;mbers o fAcceptances are coming i n by phone

The four col lege or u n i v e r s i t y p l a n t s t o be u ss d I n thc fourquandrants o f the country w i l l be usod solely as ground schonls, sachcornpnrnblc i n s iz e t o the Nnval Acadeqr a t Annz?olis. T?avy o f f i c i a l sannounced th a t ar rangements wi th the se in s t i t u t io ns a rc progress in2 s2ti.s-f a c t o r i l y a nd v n l l soon be complctcd. Every e f f ' x t i s k i n g aadc t oselect schools which w i l l be l e a s t a f f e c t e d by t h i s d i s iocaCion :jf t h e i rp resen t a c t iv i t i e s and which have the ncccsscniry a.thletic f?.cii i t ics.

Each schocl v & l l i nduc t 625 f l i g h t c a n d l d n t c s pcr month fq r at o t a l among t k c four of 2500 cade t p i lo t s pe r non th .s pc nd t hc f i r s t t h r e e months o f h i s t r a i n i n g a t onc 9f t!wsc Eckools,vmare t hc tltougheningtt p ro ce ss w i l l bsginbe broken d o ~ nnt o the fo l lowing bas ic fur idxzcntnls t o propnre t hes t u d e n t fcJr a c t u a l f l i g h t , t r n i n i n g :

Emh czndid?.tz w i l lThe course of tr?.-ining 1-13.11

1. Proper physicnl condit ioning and strrmgth.2 . Indoct r inzt ion in nav2 . l h is t o r y and customs.3 . l \ t i l i tc.ry d r i l l and scnmmship.4. Train ing i n cormunicat ions, o rdnance, and o th cr sp cc ia l t ie s .I n a d d i t i o n t o i n s t r u c t o r s i n physica l t ra i n ing , n2w.l ando ther sub jec t s , Ca.C'.i 9chool -+:illave on i t s s t n l f o m or rmre p r a c t i c a lp sycho logi s t s and s p w i a l l ec tu r e r s on the m:nn ing o f mericnnisr?? andthe vicic;us, world-:vidc danger o f t he Axis i deo l3g ies . iu'nyy pi l rs t s wi th

a c t u a l e x pe ri en ce i n b a t t l e vi11 b e c d l e d i n for s p e c i a l t ? Jk s .Befo r t : i n du c ti o n, e 3c h p i l s t c md i d a t e v r i l l hnvs t.; pzss

rigorous cmninat ions prclving t h t he i s pQ-sic c?llJ :;nd me nt al ly equippedt o sta nd up t o th e hard work nhead, Once ixducted, the cadet 's daY w i l lbegin a t 6 o ' cl o ck i n t i e marning with 15 n inu tes of s t i f f ' I tme upt tex er ci se he ld outdonrs, no ma tte r what th e :.renther. During t h e next 1 5

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a v i a t i o n bases f o r a c t i m l p r in nr y f l i g h t t r ai n in g , where they l , ; i l l n o tbe ,zllo;?sd t o lose t h e p h j s i c a l hardness a n d a d d i t i o n a l s t r e n g t h g?.hedi n the primary courso.f ly ing schoo ls .with less t i n e be ing necessa ry i n excep t iona l cnses .

Then they go t o one o f t h e Navy% advancedThe e n t i r e f l i g h t t r a i n i n g c ou rs e w i l l t ake ?. year,

FJavy o f f i c i a l s p o i n t o u t t h a t the prese rh 2lms c;.U f o rt r a i n i n g a p p ro x i n a t e ly 30,000 p i l o t s a year, wi%L 2,509 en te r ing eachmonth. This means th a t the pr eze nt ind uct ion ra t e of p i l o t cmr!idcl.tesw i l l be stepped up soze 300 per cent , thereby guarzntee ing nn a d e q m t esupply o f t r a ined a i rmen f o r use as f w t as planes becone avclilableunder the vast ly increased plane production program inaugurated by Pres-id en t Roosevelt on January 5, 1942.

The high calibre o f Navy f l i g h t t r a i n i ng has long been known.This p lan w i l l a t t r a c t th e c r e m of Anerican youth and assure t h e ibvja cons tant f l o w o f t o p p i l o t material.GEORGIA, I O Y A UNIVERSITIES Nd&T STUDEBJTPILOT I I i 'DUCTIOkJ CJ3idTERS

The Secretary of t h e I t a q r recently announced the s e l e c t i o n o ftwo o f t h e fo u r u n i v e r s i t i e s v h o s e f a c i l i t i e s w i l l be used i n ?a r t underthe vas t avia t ion t ra in ing pr0grzr . i f o r the Navy.The University of Georgin, Athens, Georgia, has been sel ec te das t h e i n t e n s i v e pr e - f l i gh t t r a i n i n g c e n t e r f o r t h e So ut he rn ? r ea o f t h eUnited Sta tes , and the Sta te Univers i ty of Iorra, l o w . City, I ox t , hssbeen se le c ted fo r the Eiiddle '({est.Far 'Vestern university o r of an Eastern imivsrsit:,., ns the survey nowbeing conducted has n o t as y e t been conple ted,

Sel ec t ion s have not been nade of a

The un iv e r s i t i e s s e le c te d hnve agreed t o p rovide bu i ld ings andgrounds for the naval r , th le t i c and phys ica l educn t ion c -c t iv i t i e s , dor-mi t o r i e s t o house npproxixately 2,000 nen, c lass ro on space fo r a l l neces-sar;. acaderiic phases ,of th e tr a i n i n g progran, dining-roon and food han-d li ng f a c i l i t i e s f o r the feed ing of app rox imt e ly 2,000 nen, m c ? thenecessnry nmber 'of beds i n the uni ve rs i t y hospiL-tl fo r IJam1 use.

The a c t i o n i n s e l e c t i n g t h e s e u n i v e r s i t i e s \vas t'ne f i r s t s t e pre c e n t l y ,

i n l aunch ing the t r a i n i ng p rogram f o r ax , znnud induc t ion of: 33,030s tu de nt p i l o t s adopted by the I ~ W Jt h i s three-months pr el in in zr y "toughening process" f o r the bes t p f lys ica lspecinens arLong th e na ti on 's youth will be t h e n o s t s t r e n uo u s i n t h ehis tory of American mi l i t a ry t r a i n i n g .

I t Ls contempleted that

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TENPOFARY PROEIOTIONS ON TYE RET- LISTOn February 5, 1942 a s e l e c t i o n boaA*, headed by Captain R.A.Koch, U.S.N., (ret.), convened L? the Navy Department to consider fors e l e c t i o n f o r tsmporary prmotion and advancenlent t o t he nex-t high errank a l l permanent Lieuten,mts , L i e u t e x n t Comzndex , and Commanders,U.S.N., ( r e t i r e d ) , who were on ac t ive du ty as of January 1 5 , 1942.Upon the completion of t h e s e l e c t i o w , c e r t a i n s pe c i e1 recom-Ir-view of the sx%ensj.ve scope of th i s boa rd , it i s conridere2

mendations f o r t e n p r w y prono tions p ril l be considered by the saxe boai-2.

t h a t i t s d u ti e s 1vXf.1 not be completed for same weeks t o come.

The Secretary of t he Wavy has approved of the establishmentof an "Office of ?Java1 Officer Procu-enent" i n each of t n e c o n t i n e n t a ln a v a l d i s t r i c t s .Navy Yzrd, Washington, D.C., have beer, i n s t ru c t e d to proceed with th ees tabl ishment of th e off ices ct h e earl.i%stp ra c t i c a b l e d a t e .

The ar ea s und er the comizancs of these o f f i ces s ha l l be theboundaries of tine Naval D i s t r i c t i n xhich loczted and t h e o f f i c e s w i l l .Se loca ted wi thin the boundar ies of t h e z i t i e ? d e s i g m t e d , as necr ?.sposs iSle t o t h e c e n t c r of t h e m e tr op ol it an d i s t r i c t .

The coc~.mdanta of khese dis t r ic ts rnd the Corncadant ,

F i r s t Nav21 DistrictThird hTaval D i s t r i c tFourth N~.valD i s t r i c tF i f t h N a v d D i s t x i c tS i x t h Ncval D i s t r i c tSeventh P;avsl D i s t r i c tEighth Xavai D i s t r i c tNinth Naval D i s t r i c tEleventh Naval DistrictTi;elfth Nzval D i s t r i c tTh i r t een th ?!mal D i s t r i c t -lJk.ehington Navy P.ird

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3os tor?, W s 2.c huse t sNzw York, X c v YorkPhi ladelphia , Pel.-nsylvaniaB i c b n m c , Virg in iaCharleston, South CsrolinaL4ip4Ti, Flgi-ickIjew O r l e a s , LouisianaChicago ; I l l ino i sL o s imgeles, C:;liforniaSnn r'rar,cis co, Cp li fo rn iaSeBt tl2, T; shingtonWashington, D.C.

These offices shall o f f i c i a l Q - be knoxl 2-s ftl'he Office 03 Kava1 Off ice r?rosurernent (City)'!.lishcd when considered necess?.rg.Addit ion al Ofr ' ices o r Eranch O f f i c e s m y be estab-

An of f ice r hav ing the t i t l e of "Cir ecto r of Naval Of fic er Pro-curement (City)" v i l l be d e t z i l e d t o eici; Main Office,Slfall 2ssuxne t h e d u t i e s , r e s p o n s i b i l i t i e s pnd z u t h o r i t y h e re to fo re exer-c i sed by the comvsndants of n a v a l d i s t r i c t s with rega rd to cur ren t d i -rec t ives and ins t ruc t ions governing a11 o f f i c e r p ro c u re mn t .

d i re c t sup ervis ion of th e Chief or" t h i I)urer.u of Navig,ztion m d scpar zte

T h i s o f f i c e r

The Ofiices of Naval Officar pmcurernent w i l l be under the

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OFFICE OF ElAVAL OFFICER. PROCUREXENT(CORt. 1from the Naval Distr ict headquarters .and functioning, procurement of o f f i c e r s xi.11 be cont inued by the Comn-dan t s o f t he Naval D i s t r i c t s .

i i n t i l t h e s e o f f i c e s a r e e s t a b l i s h e d

UNITED STATES GOVERL?IiENT LIFE IMSU-MICED I S X B ILI TY PROVISIOIJS(Not t o be confused wi th Nat ional Serv ice Life Insurance. )The a t ten t ion of a l l holders of United States Go-Jernment LifeInsu rance po l i c i es i s i nv i t ed t o th e p rov i s ions o f parag raph 21, page 6',o f th e VeteransRates , United S ta te s Goverment Life Insurance".9ureauf Insurance Form 752, "Information and Prernium

The bene f i t s t o be obta ined under the above ins t ru ct i ons ar e i nadd i t i on t o th e f l'i'otal and permanent d i s a b i l i t y p rov is ions ll included i na l l Uni ted S ta tes Goverment Life In su rance po l i c i es , vhich are describedi n parag raph 1 9 o f the above pamphlet.

The add i t iona l p ro tec t ion aga in s t d i s ab i l i t y thus p rovidedincl udes monthly income ( i n ad di ti on t o se rv ic e pay), and waiver of pay-ment of premiums on t h e po li cy , commencing on t h e f i f t h nionth of suchd i sa b i l i t y , wi thou t decreas ing the f ac e va lue of t he po l icy .of t h i s added pro te ct ion i s small i n considcrat ion of t h e p o s s i b l y g r e a tadvantage.The cost

Holders o f United States Government L i fe Insurar,ce policies maymake app l i ca t i on fo r t h i s p rov i s ion , u s ing t h e Veteran s' lZdminis t r a t i o nForm 866, completely executed, incl uding re po rt o f medical examination, a tany t ime whi le the p o l i cy i s i n f or ce .The Bureau urges each individual concerned to give this m t t e rcare fu l cons idera t ion .

SUPERSTITIOUS? NO PJ2,SOId TO 33. 9UT.- .Worthy of r e t e l l i n g i s t h e fo l lo l i i ng o l d tale o f t he E r i t i s hgovernment s t ang le v5 th supers t i t onMany ye ar s ago, t h e re lu ct an ce of seainen 50 . s a i l on Fridzyreached such propo rt ion s t h a t t he government of Grcet Br i t ai n decidedt o prove the f a l l a cy of t h e su per s t i t i o n once and fo r a l l .l a i d t h e k e e l o f a new vessel on Friday, launched her on Friday, andnamed her the H.M.S. Friday.

O f f i c i r l s

The scheme had on l y one drawback -- nei the r s h i p nor crew XESever heard of' again.For him who i s determined th cr e remains on ly t o ac t .

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With a v i m t o f u r t h e r e x p m i o n o f procurenent and t r a i n i ngof prospect ive Naval Reserve off ice rs , the Secretary o f the Navy hasapproved the e nl is tmen t i n %he FJqva l Reserve o f young :le11 e n r o l l e d i naccredi ted col lcges , u%o, a f t e r c n l is t n cn t i n t h e Nav,zl Reserve, rnnyc mt i n u c i n c o ll e ge a t t h e i r own expense, and i n a d d i t i m , bd givenM v a l t rc li ni ng i n a n i n a c t i v e n a va l s L ~ t u 3 .

Applicants f w e n l i st me n t i n Class V-l (accrcditcd coill:gLprogram) nus t q m l i f y u nder tlie f o l l o w i n g reqx i renen ts :

(c ) Educ::tlor.ai qm li fi c? .t io ns :

(2 ) To b e e l i g i b l c f m anlictmnt. , : : .pplicaii ts nustfurniski :7, c e r t i f i c s t c f r m t h c R e g i s t rx - qf


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('Cont.)aobject ive type,!! prepared try the I h v y Department, and graded by useof mas!:s by t!-te c o ll e ge f a c u l t i e s .

From those V -1 ap pr en ti ce se me n, . vho sixcessf~.L!&- cox?le t eone and one-half years o f co l l ege work, and who di r i r ,z tiie eq i f iva l en toL' the secmd senester ~f soyhmorc year pass a 2a:~: con>rc?ionsiveexamination above a ce r t a i n l ev e l , and have improved t h e i r p l p l c a lf i t n e s s t o s e e t t he sb.ildz.rdS f o r Roservo o f f i c e r s ar,d cjis6L:ty officer-l i ke q ua l i t i es 2nd apt it udci , t r p p o x b i t e l y i 5 , C ) O O per y;ar v h l l bet r an s f e r r ed t o V-7 en l i s tmen t status, bct perrriitted t D ccn t inue the i rcol lege courses i n an i n ac t i v e duty s ta tus a t t h e i r o m e xpns e , up t oa baccalaureate ckgree, taking c u r r i c u l a a c c e p b b l o 50 the Xivy Dapart-rr.el?t. O f those 15,000 V-7 apprentice scaren, : .pproxlr ;? te~ 5,000 :ellbe acceptcd i n st an da rd en gi neer lng cou rse s and $lie rt.:m;lindcr i n a pro-grain acceptable t o the Navy Cepar tnent. i>n com ple tim o f their co l l egew or k , t ,he ent i re number w i l l be giv2n Resorve Iiidskiiprim ti-?-ining lmd-ing t o 2 coxmission i n t'ne l k m l Reserve.Class 11-7 ns long 2.s they maintain acndemic st;?nd,-.rds s x t i s f a c t o r y t o%lie fac-ul'cy and ac long as the ccigencios of -m.r 1 j i ; r n i t .r i c u l a must,be acceptable t o th: I


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36t NATIONliL SERVICE L IFE 1NSUIt:NCE3hY +:*.KJ+ I T IS MOT YET TO O LATE TO APPLY FOR NATICRXL SEIZVICE?HC LIFE INSURWCE :'U?THOUT SUEAETTIXG h X3POET?et OF IEDICJ L EILIJGTNILTIOI'J.yscM o f th is B u l l e t i n .46%.h9t Do not neglec t t h i s m a t t e r u n t i l it i s t oo l a t e . -is$~*yqy+, 'o 'p ,,,L,,, ,I ,I \ I ,d S C : ~ S ~ Y . , ~ ~ H S : ~ s s : " , ~ ~ - ~ ~ H ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - i s ~ ~ s 6 H ~ ~ ~ ~: x \ \ ,, ,nn\n,-/i-,omHCZS"SS+R~ H H ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ H H H s H ~ : " , ~ ~ ~ s b ~ ~ : " , s ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ H H H ~ H H s ~ H ~

1-DVLNCEAENT I N RLTING TO CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (Id.)As st a t e d i n Bureau of Nav igation Ci rc ul ar Le t t e r No. 1-42 advance-ment t o a l l r at in gs w i t h a few except ions l i s t e d i n Enc losure ( R ) of t h a tl e t t e r a r e now made by commanding o f f i c e r s t o fill va ianc ies i n coinplem?nt-.k certain number of advancements t o chie f p e t ty o f f i c e r , ac t ing appo in tment,ar e a ls o be ing author ized by t he Bureau as a re su l t of th e October 3 0 ,1941 competi t ive examinations, thereb y causing an excess i n the number ofch ie f pe t t y o f f i ce r ra t ing s i n the Navy as a whole f o r the t ime be ing.O f the approximately l3,OOO men who p a r t i c i p a t e d i n t h e c ompe ti ti veexaminations on October 30, 1941, about 2,300 were placed on the f i r s t ad-vancement l i s t and approximately the same number w i l l be placed on a secondl i s t soon t o be published,For the p resent , i n fa i rne sc t o the many qu a l i f i e d men who competedi n the October 3 0 , 1941 chief pe t t y of f i cer examinat ions, and who a r e nowunder consideration for advacement, no requests from commanding officersf o r a u t h o r i ty t o make advancements t o c h i ef p e t t y o f f i c e r , a c t i n g a pp oi nt -ment, i n excess of allowance, ar e being approved. However, when recom-mendations f o r advancement t o c h ie f p e t t y o f f i c e r a r e r e c ei v ed , t he y a r eplaced i n an a c t i ve f i l e and advancements of men s o recormended w i l l beauthor ized f r o m time t o t ime as necessary and pra c t i cab le ,vancements a re author ized i n excess of a l lowance th is 3ursau w i l l be

guided by thc s t a t u s of vacancies i n Lhc var ious chief p e t ty off ic erra te s in the Navy 2s a whole.be given preference when a l l o ther f ac to rs are equal.

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Men servin g i n forces a f l o a t will r i g h t l y

I t i s d e s i r e d t o point out th a t t he number of qua l i f ied candidatescons iderably exceeds the number of chief p e t t y of f i ce rs required i n theNavy a s a whole, and, th er ef or e, a l l q u d i f i e d men cannot expect immediateadvancement .+W+3:",8SHSHHt:S,W-W+

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TRAINING F I U SThe movement f o r the use o f f i h s fo r t r a in ing purposes has

been, during the past few months, given a t renendous hp9tus. by theBureau of Navigation. A nuyber o f inp or ta nt pr aj ec ts ar c n3w underway. These new projects cover rnany phases of i n s t r u c t i o n v i t h t r ai n -ing f i h s and f i ln s t r i p s now being produced on thc subject o f naviga-t i o n ; a s e r i e s of motion pictures and film s t r i p s on D i ese l en g in esand sini lar su bj ec ts being produced by submarine personnel; a se r i e s o ffilms s t r e s s i n g t h e h p o r t a n c e o f secur i ty ; f u r t h e r filr;ns on how t ostrean paravanes.tensivd training program.?g;t?se art: only a few of the highlights o f t h i s ex -

The product ion and procwenent o f m t l o n p i c t u r e t r a i n i n gf i lms and s l ide f i h s i s nor under the cognizance o f the Bureau o fAeron autic s. The procurement o f 16 m~.n o t i an p i ct ur c: p r o j ec t o r s f c rt r a i n i n g f i ln and the 35 m. p r c j e c t o r f o r s l i d e f i l m i s under thec3gnizance of t he Bureau 3f Ships.p ro jec to r s m u s t be submitted t o the respect ive Bureaus via t h o BureauOf Xavigation.

Requests f o r t r .? in ing f i l m and

Further information on this su b j ec t w i l l be made availa5let o the Service a t an e a r l y date.SSSE!I3y Xana Gaddis-

D c n ' t t e l l a s o u l3ut zy h!isb:?nr!'s s h i pWill s3m be backFrom a s c m t i n g t r i p .Munts the wordBut have you heardThat three subnar ineslire en route t o the Phi l ipp ines?I wouldn ' t want p uTo say I s a i dThzt a th:jussnd nen m r eWere s e n t t c Singapore.Nay irivesOver cups af teaTell all tP,e news .T o you and xe !

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To the fr eq ue nt ly posed questi on, W ha t can elementar2r andsecondary schools do for the Navy?tl t h e Navy rec ent ly answered, i n ef fe c t :"Teach y o u r s tuden ts ma t hemt ics and sc ience .t ech n ica l exper t s , and these sub jec t s are bas ic requirements for a l lt e c h n i c a l work !IThe IJavy i s composed .of

The announcement was made i n the f o m of .a fo ld e r designed t oi n fo m s c h o o l a d mi n i s t r a t o r s and t e a ch e r s o f t h e s u b j e c t s d e s i re d as b a s i ct r a in i n g p r e l h i n a r y t o en l i s t ne n t and fu r thera . t ra9n ing i n Navy schools .The folder was d i s t r i b u t e d by the Tra ining Divis ion o f t h e Bureau of Nav-i g a t i o n t o the heads o f departments o f e d u c a t i o n f i n t k e v a r i ou s s t a t e sand t o admin is t ra to rs o f a l l e l e n e n t a v and secondary schools throughoutthe country. IThe fol de r a ls o will se rve as a guide to the e n l i s t e e i nchoosing the type o f Xavy j o b he f e e l s bes t q u a l i f i e d t o perform, with aview t o the re la te d type of c i v i l j o b for which he would be f i t t e d a f t e rt h e w a r i s over.c ha r t when opened, th e fo ld er , *Navy Educat ional Program, Elementary andSec onda rj Schools," i s des igned t o open up l i k e a road map. It xeasures91r x 11" closed, and 22" x 27" opened.

In tended t o be used as a booklet when closed and a

A f e a t u re o f the bookle t are pic tu r es and desc r ip t ions of NavyService Schools , which give eveqy qu al i f ie d e nl is te d man i n the U . S .Navy the chance t o l e a r n a t r a d e u s e f c l i n c i v i l i a n l i f e .are:

Other features

1. The chart , formed by opening th e fo lde r, l i s t i n g 25 c l a s s i -f i c a t i o n s o f Navy e n l i s t e d nen, i n s i g n i a f o r t h e p a r t i c u l a r r a t i n g w it heach c l a s s i f i c a t i o n , d u t i e s a t t a c h e d t o i%,he educa t ion des i red as apre l iminary t o en li s t ne nt and Navy trai ni ng, and a l i s t o f r e l a t e d c i v i ljobs.2. A l i s t of suggested re fer enc e books f o r th e Wavy Bookshelf.lr3 . Pictures of how the I,?avjr ca res . f o r i t s rrien, includinghosp i ta l f za t ion , exe rc i se , and rec rea t io n .4. I l l u s t r a t i o n s o f how the Navy develops youths i n t o e r e c tand s t ro ng b lue jacke t s

Navy De nt is t: "St op waving yo ur arms and making faces. Thy, I haven ' teven touched your tooth.!'(Pulling gag from mouth)s tanding on my corn.!!Bluejacket: ' "1 know you haven' t , bu t you ' re

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l'iXxit Ccmpanle ?It1' Ga s , E l e c t r i c , and !;Tatel',

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I

."-REDUCTIOIJ OF PAPLY '6 JCRK

The f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r from the Chief of IJaw.1 Operaticms wtsaddressed t o :all Ch ie fs of Bureaus, t h e Judgc Advocate Cenerc?l, andMarine Corps Headquarters:

t l L i f e on the North a t ln n t ic rou tes the se d ~ y s s tough, nndthen some. I."ireovX, time i n p o r t f o r E s c or t Vessels i s s h o r t .

"These shor t pe r iods f o r l i b e r t y a nd r d n x a t i o n can be 1,zrgd-yn u l l i f i e d or dcfonted i f , on a r r i v a l i n por t , pe rsonne l f ind the rnsc lvessaranped vith paper wo rk .

"The requirements of ro u t i n e r c p o r t s s h o u l d be c u t t o t he bore,and any which are n o t e s s e n t i t z l t o t h e vkr e f f o r t s h o ul d b c e l i m in a t ed .Likcrrise, c a l l s f o r va r i ou s and sundry d a ta o t h d t ha n r o u t i n c r e p o r t sshoul d be el im in at ed c?xce$t wher? a b s o l u t t l y n e ce ss ary .

l t A l l b u re a u s s h a l l again g o over the l i s t o f r e p o r t s a n d 1C-tu rn s vrhich th ey re qu ir e from vessels Afloat vi-Lh '1. fine-tooth conbwi th the v iew t o reduc ing paper xork a f lo a t t o a r n i r i i r n u m .11Recotmendations f o r re du ct io n aril1 be made t o th e Chief ofNaval Operations , vrli-o rill asseable and f orvar d t hen t o t he Corminder-in-Chief, United S ta te s Fl eet .'Yhi le the Nor th At lan t ic i s nen tioned i n t he above , sirnilarreasons for reduc t ion i n paper rrorl: a p p l y t o a l l areas ." I t n i l 1 be reca l l ed tha t , during the l a s t * i o r l d -%I-, i n t heQ u e en s to m fo rc e , o f r i c e r s f ro a t h e r e p a i r and sup?ly bases boardedships imiedia te ly upon t h e i r anchoring, o r i n some cases, ? r i o r t oanchoring, IVith th e viei: t o er;?edit ing any re1)air -,rork o r fu rn i sh ingof suppl ies a t the e a r l i e s t poss ible nonent , and l r i th practicall.;' 110paper uork except tine spa11 m ; l o r a n d u r ? b o o k c a r r l e d bTr t h e o f f i c e r sfrom the shore and repa i r sh i p ac t i v i t i e s .We should have a similar objec t ive no?!.'!By copy of ' this l e t t e r t o the Cormandants of Di st r i c t s , i ti s dir ec te d t ha t every eff or t be a l s o riade by them t o a s s i s t the fo rcesa f l o a t i n e ve ry way p o s s i b l e i n the reduct ion of paper work and theexped i ting and s inp l i f y in g of s e r v ic es t o sh ips .

/ s / 13. R. ST&KWHS t 3 H t J HH S : H ~W~

The he ig ht of bad luck- seasick ness and lockjavf.---The Nautilus.

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DON'T BE A SUCKERWith enemy submarines operating off our coas t s , i t i s more

t h an e v e r t r u e t h a t l o o s en a va l pe rs on ne l n a y r e s u l t i n t h s t r a n s mi t t i n g of advantageous inforaa-t ion to the enemy.o r o t h e r c a re l e s s n e s s o n t h e p a r t of

E x a m p l e s of care lessn ess dangerous ly lending themselves t osuch enemy espionage have coae t c n o t e r e c s n t l y and t h e i r n a tu re i sdescr ibed be lov as a warning t o all naval personn'el.k p er so n r e p r t i n g klimscll t o be a n fir$y o f f i c e r kzs contacteda number o f nil i tar ; : e :tab!;ishm%s off eri ng t o rzake up for them HonorR o l l s , l i s t i n g t he w h o l e nerso3nel o f such organiza t ions .r e rs o n t o b e l i e v e t h a t t h iE one person h a s s1ucceed.c-d i n mkinq up siIChl i s t s f o r a s u b s t a n t i a l nLv-!xr of ' i>ili$ar;r organ izz t ions .t i o n v:hich this ;oerson sought f o r use i n 'whgse I-Icnor I io l l s 7::3Elii h a ~ e

admirably sui ted t h e purpozes oi' eney!g zger its st:.s?kin;; detzil:itl ix ro rr La-t i on about the s trex ig th and co ns t i tu t io n of cert:;.in ~ i m i l f z . A l l . navnlDErsonnel ;iiust be consta.ntly OK p z r d ; 'gainst any ?.ctivit,y 1?i.,:?ith,110Vf-ever innocent, m.g tez.5 t,o m.*e such i d ' o , n x . t i c r i ~ v a i l a t : l - - ; .

There i sThe i n f o r m -

A wat ch counts t h e scxoncls, and s o does a xdse Ran.

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THINK! !.,. -.,. . . , . . L Y . . - ...._I. . .SHIP 1.IOVEFEENTS IIQ'OFCUTION, P2SSIBIX SDIXCE OF I ,. ;S, 220 C. L2nd StPee t , New-York City.(b) T n i SPORTIIdG YEAS, St. Loiis, f ' i s s o i r i .

Cover f o r th i s i s sue o f the Bureau o f Xavigat ion Bll l le t l r iWas designed by Bruce Eoberts, V.S.N.R., and s:iomitted th ro uc h +,!:eNavy Recruiting Bureau.

Appreciat ion i s extended t o ?:r. Roberts and t o t h o Tlecmit-b g B u re a u fo r t h e i r e f fo r t s a n d a s s i s t a n c e .RTJLXTIM !X'?E?CAL

Appreciat ion :or i n t e r e s t and coopera5ion i s extended t o a l lc o nt r ib u to r s t o t h i s i s s u e of tiie B:reau o f I Iavigat ion Su l l e t in . TheBureau of Iiavigation Bu l l e t i n i s a s e mi -o f f i c i a l o rg an , a t t e n p t i n g t odisseminate all p e r t i n e n t i n f o m a t i o n as v ; e l l 2s t h e r e t c l l i n g of 'numani n t e r e s t s t o r i e s t o nava l personml.and s ta t i on s and has a vcide circulation.is now s e t for Saturday hbrch 20.sh o a d be submi tted t ot h a t time.

Tiif: Bi d l e t i n reaches a l l s h i p sThe dead line f o r material T o r t he A p r i l iss.;e of the: E u l l e t i n

Bureau of iiang2.tion -:iIl.fi:xi Dit ' i : r ' f.Fi.fly tPAil ? a t e r i a l - f o r f@e r i a t . i.c;sui-33-


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"PORTHOLE , N A V I G A T I O N * .4 '(How the blackgang figures out v!~e'r'e t h e s h i p i s -:Then

With a p a i r o f ca l i pe rs and a twelve-inch rul e,The Chief climbed upon his cabin stool ;He glanced o ut t h e p o r t a t a b i t of l andAs he s h i f t e d s ix pencils from hand t o hand.He the n took a b ea ri ng on God knows what,,And hu rr ie dl y grabbed an o l d &ease pot ;Jumped down below, t h e "r ev 's " t o t,akr:And wound up t h e s team gouge by nistakta.

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He looked a t t he c lock and yelled f o r steam,Then wro te i n t h e lo g "Diamond Ee ad's abeam";Righto, Chief, as t he A u s i e s say-Abeam, tw el ve hundred miles amy.On an anc ie nt c ha rt of s3affin Raj',The course he mzrlced wi th a c o r s e t s t a y ;A n ' o i ler sk idded as a wave nade iisr r o l l ,So he measured th e s l i p with an o l d . pike pole.He added, d ed wt ed , divided by t h ree ,And sa id , "Dead ahe ad's C a p Flatter y.' ' , 'Navigation t o him i s mere child's play ;%es, F l a t te ry ' s th r ee tho->sand xiles amy,He took the b i l ge ' sound* and ahded t h e log ,Deducted th e dra f t , made-.&Jor;ar,ce f o r fog., ,Divided the torinage by th&..liiressure of s t e m ,Added her lerlgth t,o th e wid th of he r beam.

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By the sea t empera tu re , he r spccd m l t i p l i e d ;Threw the old man's barometer ever t he s i d e ,BleW! th e whi st le th re e t imes, s e t h i s yat ch back an hour,T ied the sa fe ty va lve d o w x i t h . h a i f s ac k of f l o u r ."One more re vo lu tion l' , he t o l d the Chief Nate,W i l l b r i ng h e r i n s i g h t o f the Golden Gate";"setter grab something, Chidf, and ta ke a turn",nFor t he ga te i s tw o thousand miles as tern t ' .

(Author Unknown)---Submitted by:Harry Bansen, Chief Mat&,ss gsso fiLBnFY.

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IF YOU $.iY ITTS TOUCTil HERE,JUST F:II% ABOUT dlDEnSO1JJ u s t i n c as e any 5f us here i n t h e P h i l ad e l p hi a Navy Yardevcr stsr t t o t hi nk t h a t We have t o z o r k t a 3 hard or t:io long, 3r t h a tt n e w o r ld i s c ? l l zgainst us,> wi? xnnt t d r e c a l l t o y o u r r iei ixy the nameof Lieutenant I Iarshal l J. m d e r s m , an d:iy a i r corps f lye r .On JEinuary 17, A i r tlce ,Lndt?rsm l e d FL f l i g h t af m e r i c a n pur-s u i t s h i p s a g z i n s t eneny a i r c r a f t i n a b a t t l e o v m the Philippines.~ ~ d e r s a nispersed a sup er ior f orc e a f cnei?y dive bombsrs, s h J t (3sm a-neneqy .o bs cr va ti m plane, forced. pb h o s t i l e b x b e r f o r r n t i o r i t o f l e e a ndt h m a tt ac ke d a Jnp truck convdy.

, . F J ~h i s g a l l a n t r y i n a c t i o n , GenerP.1 FIacdrthur persdnnllydecwated hirn on the s p o t x i t h the Dist inguished Serv ice Crass.But an January 19, ;Lnndersu.n tc ok sff f x he l a s t t int?. Heeng?ged ;f large nunber of Japanese p l an e s and s h o t d x ~ in-7t'!?er, bu td u r i n g t h i s a c t i o n h i s awn plane -ms cr ipp le d. ?-nd hc bailed ?u t .I:;?ciirthur reported the l a s t agonizing r:x?ents of i m k r s o n t sl i f e i n t he se w r d s :


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T2E PA Y BILLI3urifi.g de bate 'on th e f l o o r of t he EJou:se of Representat ivesrecen t ly on the b i l l ( S . lSgl), which grants a uniforrr, al lovznce f o r

newly commissioned reserve officers , Represen$ative 1:jright Pztnan, ofTexas, brought up the pa.2 ques t i o r i a n d the folloiling col1oqu;J ensued :"1was t a l k i n g t o a young m n t h i s 'morning i n t h e s e r v i ce whodrew $21.00 l a s t month.i n c as h for the month they passed several tab les . I.Alich ivere c:alleddeduct t ab les .The next deduct ta bl e i n h i s case was f o r $2.00. f:or ? i c t u r e s h ow , at20 cen t s a shor:. Then the deduct table f o r cantesr , b i l l s , vrh-ich Ves$3.00, and which incl ud ed d ri nks , smokes , shoe-poiishir;: xclterizls,r azor Slad-es, tovels, sockcs, gloves, haI;,dkerchS.efs, t o i l e t nr ti c le s ,a d hingE of t h a t n at ur e.p ress ing uni fo rms, i nc lud ing sh i r t s , end t h e laundry bill w zs $1.50,

which l e f t h i n 50 cen t s i n d eb t, m d he had not peid h i s barber b i l l .I n a d di t io n t o t h t , t hey were s o l i c i t i n g t h e s a l e c~fdefense s t m pand bonds and c o nt r ib u ti o ns t o c h a r i t i e s a t ano ther nearbjj t ab le ."

He s a i d th et . when th e y recelved their $21.00The f i r s t deduct t ab le xas for $G.-50 insu:.c,n::r- prerr,iiL..

Then there ?vas 83.50 for cieaning md.

---Array a i d Mavy Itegist e r ,EIRS IDD. FCR PEXE PLAN

Camp Wolters, Texas -- P r l v z t e Girr.let Grogan, columnist ofCamp Wolter s pu bl ic at io n, "The Longhorn", hr:s C O T E or th mit,h a n ideat o end. t h e war.s e t t l i n g 211 t h i s f i gh t ing over t he Pac i f i c Ocezn . The idec would bet o d iv id e the ocean on a f i f t y - f i f t y b es i s .bottom half If

t l I got an ideatf, announced Private ,Srzgan, IfforJxgan could have the

Speaking of answers, here c?re s o x 1.lkj.ch figured 111;I r ecen texaminztion ?.t one o f o u r sh o r e s t a t i o n s :Capst 2.11:Ckff :Scupper:Hatch:Hczl:rc?rds :T i l l e r :Tack:Sex tan t-

The Cornanding O f l i c e r .S m l l s hi p ta lk .A u t en s i l u sed for d r i d t i n z , h t n c ~ : h eA box where eggs a r e kkpt.A n au t i ca l nene for iypis! i ly incl ineds z i l o r s .O f f i ce r i n cha rg e of t h e p ay r o l l , some-t imes ca l l ed the pqr ing t i l l e x .To handlt; thk boat diplom&ticzlly.One IRihO o f f i c i a t e s a t funerzls :i t saa,

expr essi on, scupper c3f:f~eIl

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When aga in the God of Battles sends usAnd th e Great S h i p a l l are ga ther ingWhen on th e Big Chi ef 's sho ulde rs restsBefore hur l ing F lee ts i n act ion he must

War upon the sea;

Ruled by laws of s t r a t egy ,The Fate of o u r whole NationHave information.

Head on out you SubmarinelWhere th e b ig sh ips dare no t go;Where t h e sk i e s are gray above you andA hungry sea below.Rollers running dark and greenCharged with clzath by you unseen;With a l l t he v m r i d against youGo on out yo= Submr ine ,

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And then w e ' l l leave the harbor throughAs we bre as t o ld Neptune 's surgesThen the long, long days of watching,I n th e darkness , b at te ry charging , weary

Fie lds of a nc kr ed dea th ,The nen come up f o r breath .Hal f- swit ch px i s co pe pa t ro lWatch an3 dizz y r o l l

Then the day of days i s on us and w eAs we co u n t t h e i r qray arnadaAttack forbidden ! %'hat tenp tat ion ! but ,Then t o su rf ace , r ad i o t a t t l e - we're but

Duck the i r ou te r l i ne ;Forging grimly t h r u t h e b r i n eLet ?ass the Foeman's horde,Pawns 'upon the board.

And then -wel l l f o l l o ~ ~f t e r , p ray ingFor the Bat t l e F lee t i s coning and o u rThe traditi 'on o f our NaVy 'has broughtFor th e t es t ' 0% t e s t s i n b a t t l e , t ho f a r

God we R o t GO lam;Place i s i n . t he gadeOur Flee t across ' the sea,From home i t be.,

'Vhile t h e b a t t l e l i n e i s forming withWith des t royer s dead ly sa l l i e s , s x i f t .The big'guns roaring doom,

Like shu t t l es on the loom,. .


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CASUALTIESNOTICES TO HEXT OF KIN . .5 -. .A large nurrbe? of reques t s , i n some cases complaints, are re-

The Bureau ofce ived concerning the no t i f i ca t i ons sen t t o the nex t o f k i n of p e r s o me lo f t h e Navy and the, Naval Reeert'e i n event of Casualty .Navigat ion n o t i f i e s th e de ,s ignated benef i c iary of death , ' in&ry, o f ar e p o r t as missing, o r i f considered a probable prisoner of wzr. TheBureau a l so no t i f i es th e fa the r and mother o f t h e o f f i c e r or man ifth e correc t ' address i s ava i lab le .l i s t e d b e n e f i c i a ry and n ex t of kin , and th e nane md address of theparents i s not i i imediately available.

I n the ma jor i ty of cases th e wife 02 t,ne o f f i c e r c r man i s

The Bureau of Uavigation will n o t i f y p a re n ts o f personnel iformation i s a v a i l a b l e i n the Bureau as t o t h e current, Eddresseso f the pa ren t s . I t i s re t i c en t abou t us ing addresses of parents i ncases %here the addresses o n f i l e w e f nany year s ' s tanding and ift h e r e i s no d e f i n i t e i nforma ti on as to whether o r not these parents ares t i l l l i v i n g .

t h e names and addresses of my persons, othe r than t h e i r d e s i g n a t e dbenef ic ia ry , they de s i r e be no t i f i ed i n case of death o r se r ious in ju r ie s .Obviously, such re qu es ts should be li mi te d t o menbers of t h e i mmd i a t efarn-ay and o f f i c i a l l y des ignatzd executors .

I t i s sugges ted t h z t o f f i c e r s and men fu rn is h t he Rurca-LI 115th

B 1RS-. I n v iew of t h e f a c t t!:at Sec t ion 6 of Public No. 775, approvedAu$ust 27, 194.0, uthor izes pajmeni; of the lump-sum payment or" Five-Iku-iCrcd Dollars f o r each complete year o,C ac t i ve service , u iidar thecondi t ions se t f o r t h the re in , T O TEE OFFICER, She Surt?cc;u of Supplies andAccounts has adv ise6 tha t such a n o u n t may n o t be paid t o Lhe h e i r s o f anof f ice ' r of Class A - V ( N ) in case hi: se rv ice i s termincited by c1cat.h.Drunk ( t o sple ndi dly uniformed bystandor) : t lShay, ca l l me a

cab, wi l lya? Huh?llSplendidly Unifgrned Bystander: I f X y gaud can, I an ? navalo f f i c e r -- not a doorman."nrunk: 'IAw r i gh t , then ca l l me 8 bozt , I g o t t a gz? home."

---The Nauti lus .. .

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- ' .- N A T I O N A L SERVICE LIF& -jNSSLRANCt.I . I '

Public Law 451 -- 77th' Cdngress' which. was approved by thePresident on February 11, 1942 provides t h a t an 'amounb eq ua l- to td ef i r s t premium due under A Nat ional Serv ice Li fe Insurance po l icy msybeadvanced. from curren t appropr ia t ions f o r ac t i ve serv ice pay t o anyp er so n i n a c t i v e s e r v i c e i n t h e Army, Navy, Marine Corps.or Coast Guard.The amount of such advance sh a l l co ns t i tu te a l i e n upon the -pay of t heindividual end shall be col lected therefrom o r otherwiga paid, No d i s -bursing o r c e r t i f y i n g o f f i c e r s h a l l be r espons ib le fo r my loss incurredby reason of 'such 'an advance.a l i e n on the pol i cy . Any amount s o advance& ehall c o n s t i t u t e

, ponese t o

t h e i r prope r dimension:, dor?'t forzet f o r one second t h a t we are __Il soa t war wvith the ' ;>ermaE?s. nd t h e I t a l i a n s ; keep your eye s and e a r s open;t,alk I k s > and you suill' !he&r more. I Gernlan and Italian FTfth C o l u m n i s t sare - even. more su bt le t h m the Japanese; you cant t dis t in gu is h %hemq c i t e so eas i l y . #-- .R.hii.shed i n ' Navy Recreat ion Bul le t in ,"car1 Harbor, of recent date .. Ii * T$J'&F."'X3 IL?AN-- ---

bs exprerse-;! y. ,k. ch.icl:?e ?.dvoci+,e Gsneral, it i s the opin ion

1 ) ......*..he Unitel", St;c?t+s has ?xen it v r a - vsith theInperial Govexment of J q a n f r o n and a f t e r 7:55 A . 2 .Honolulu time (1:25 F . L E.S.T.) on Sunday, December 7 ,of t h a t o f f ic e that':

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WCF~iJITIIT'~C;J\jTINUES S k T I S ~ A C T O R I L YThrough the ds.-te of Thursday, February 20, which i s 75 days'

a f t e r &I-Day, 130,dOO f i i a s t e r J i s t n en t s have b e m cmp l e t ed by t he NavyRec rui ting Ser vic e. This r9cord hes bcen ciade 2ossible by the untir-i n g e f f o r t o f th e r iscrui t ing Scrvice, mmbined with a de si re on th; pa rto f s o rang- young men t o j o i n t h e Navy.. .

V x i o u s new p lan s a r e b e in g p ut i n t o e f f x t . t,o allow numbersof xcn who ml i s t nom t o s t ay i n schoo l f o r the ' co:i@stion of the current ,8s w el l as f u t u r e s ch o l a s t i c y ea r s . I t i s expected that this new programv v i l l gr ea t l y increase th e nL?bcr of c ol le gs and high school nen enl i s t ingi n t h e N m y , which had hcrctofore been a comparatively sna l l f i g u re .

s t i l l holding up very i w l l c f t e r tw o and a half months since Pearl Harbor.I n t e r e s t i n g , a l so , t o not?, i s the f e c t thLt enXistmen5s a re

' Sccreta$Jr of t h e Navy Frz.lik i box rscent l? designated BandmasterCharles Brencller, U.S. Navy, as l eader of the Uni ted States Navy Band,Bandmaster Brendler, who has been a rncxber of t h e WashingtonNavy Yard B 3 ~ d nd t h e U.S. Navy since Septambar 28, 1917,-wa6Ass i s t an t

Leader of t h e U.S. Navy Bmd four years, and hzd been Acting Leader sinceJanuary 1, 194.2,


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BENEFICILRY SLIPSThe Bureau of Na%ga%ion, c a l l i n g a t t e n t i o n t o Alnav No. 39,again wishes to impress the Service t h a t i t i s imperative that: t he Bureau

have th e c or re ct name i n f u l l a n d l a t e s t a d d re s s o f th e next of kin, anda c o r r e c t b e n e f i c i a ry s l i p f o r every of fi ce r and en li s t ed man on ac ti veduty.

ARMY AND NAVY CLUB OF SBN F R A N C I S C OhE~ERSHIPFOR MERCHEIMT M.LFUNE OFFICEPSThe Bureau of Navigation i s i n r e c ei p t o f an announcement bythe Army and Navy Club o f San FYancisco, lo cat ed i n t h e Hotel Fa i rmon t ,stat ing that membership i s now open t o Naval Reserve Of fi ce rs of . theMerchant Marine.It i s repor ted t ha t th i s Club i s a rendezvous f o r many Naval

Reserve Officers , and f o r more information on the subject, i t i s sug-gested th at in te re st ed p ar t i es contac t Captain Lewis Mesherry, who i smanaging director of t h e Club s ince h i s re t i rement f rom ac t ive se rv ice .N O T F OR GOTTEN

This i s a time of part ing. 1kn.y are going away and we a r ea l l saying farewells these days. How many times have we said good-byet o be admonished wi th t he f i n a l par t i ng word, "Don't f o r g e t me. 'Writeme. Keep me i n you r thoughts." Nobody wants t o h e . f o e o t t e n . T h em o s t paralyzing experience which can come t o anyone i s t h e f e e l i n g t h a tno one ca re s whether th ey make good o r f a i l ; whether t hey l i v e or die .On th e other hand, th e most ennobling infl uen ce which- can cone . i s theassurance other s a re watching your car eer and f e e l degp Concern f o r you.For t h e i r sake remember who you a re .---pFrom !'On Guzrd!'By Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo.

Breathes there a ch ie fWith sou l s o dead'Vho never t oOthers has said,

,' llSure I coulda made warranta hunnerd times, 5ut...'!THIS STRANGE ENGLISH LI3JGUI:GE

The night f a l l s , but does not break --Day breaks but does not f a l l .Goods . loaded on a sh i p a r e c a l l e d a cargo,Goods l o a d e d on a car a r e c a l l s d a shipment.


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THE CALVERT SCHOOL~J?A.LTE:!OX3, ILitYGIiD. . - .- . . - .In view o f the circur;;st,xxxc x h i c h hnvc nc?ccssit?,tsd t h ~movement of many qavy f n r d l i o s ivith t h e k on sc qx nt i n t c r r y t i o n ~fthe a t tendance of chi ldren a t school, t!,c f o l l o i v i n y .m+,icr: -,M.ch 1 1 ~ si s s u e d i n t h e Sep te zb er B u l l e t i n I s ropeated below:"The a t t e n t i o n o f a11 n q v d personnel z t o u t l y i n gs i x t i o n s , i n c l u d i n g t h o & i n foreign countr ies , isi n v i te d t o t h e f a c t thz.t,..thc. @.lver-t; Schgol , Enl t i -more, Ijarylnnd, opc r a t i n g as a. on-pro-fit or&hiza-t i o n , o f f e r s a cbnp lete hone schoo l cowst . f o rc h i l d r e n in the- first s i x yoars o f schooling, in-c luding prepara t ion f o r high school. I n f o rm i o n

' on these courses may be obta ined by address ing Kr .Edward Brown, Head Master, Gi lv er t School, TXSC~IIYRoad, Baltimore, Jq-j lznd. 1St. nn&i:wf s School off& cc fivc-ymr co l legc p r t p , ? m t o r yI t i s 2 boardir:g sch o?l . lo cat ed at, it"l.ddltf,own, ne la mr echool course.about sixty miles from Philadelph ia.Epis copa l Church School Foundation, In c.imatcly 130 boys, x5 th no fi xe d ago I.im5-t. ' S%.. ArLdrovls School n i n a t omake i t s ndvantae;t:s avai lable n o t o n 2 j t o fGicyilii?Lsf l?rgc: i n c o m, b u ta l so t o s o n s o f t i e Clergy, c f f i c e r s of . - k ~ Lrmy,c?..nd ~ v J , xd. mcmbcrs' ,

Of occupations and profes s ions f r m 7 h i c ~hu f i n ; l n ~ i ? ~ l~?..te s m o d e r ~ t e .According t q the ability o f t h e i r p a r e nt s t o pay aid t o t ? i c . v x m c i csi n age group, boys en tc r i n3 ,z re accc'ptcd fo r tu i t io ns o f $300, $500,$700, $900; or $1,103.and has no e f f e c t on h i s s+atiis -.mi pr ivi lcg es i n thc: scl lool .

It.-w;,s foimdcd in. 192? by thc:IU hns ,211 unrollinent of approx-

Tho td':io:i f tx p-.id f o r w,ch boy i s confid:.mtiel

llembcrs of tho Univers i ty o f 1hi ; i i : G e n o r d ii1w-ii i s socint ionwho are des i rous of be ing placed on t h e mni.lirii l i s t f o r ' t he xnonthlya 1 w . i magazine should ivrlte t'3 Sir. Charles E. Crosslarid, Executivi:Sec re tz ry , 11Fernald H r c l l , Oroni?, FIr..ine.

k r e c e n t a p p l i c a n t f o r L? conmission i n t!ie N n ~ l cservc madetlie foiibTing s tatement: . . .111 don't have much t o o f f c r t h e Navy :is f a r as s,;waL:, 1gI can plow s t r a i g h t ,?nd know all abaut crop ro t * : t i m , ::r!d :sexperience i s concerned, but I ct:r tainly it11o.r:. -,11hem i e t o k w ~.bouta farm.for cows, I know j u s t a s much about ther:' ;is tlie bulls do.f i c a t i o n shall I apply for?" Yhat c lns s i -

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