1948-October Shipmate

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Short, new chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, have stated that pay legislation will be among the first items on their committee calendars in 1949. A preliminary pay report has been drafted by the Advisory Commission on Service Pay appointed by Secretary of Defense Forrestal, and headed by Charles R. Hook, chief executive officer of the Armco Steel Corporation. A completed report is expected to be in Forrestal's hands in October, and this report will go to Congress.

Senator Gurney said he is hopeful that the report wiU provide a sound basis for equalizing the pay and allowances in the services. Service pay, he said, should be high enough to attract men of "sound judgment."

"But," he added, "you cannot make this pay equivalent in a monetary measure to pay given for civilian work because so many other advantages are provided for personnel of the Armed Services."

Representative Short said he favors a general increase in pay for those under general officer and flag rank. According to reports to him, officers in the higher grades are satisfied with their remuneration, but officers in the lower grades do not receive adequate remuneration.

Special attention is being given to pay for hazardous service, as aviation and submarine service.

No Promotion Exams Naval officers who have or may be reduced in grade because of laws, regulations, and policy limiting the number of officers per grade, will not have to take an examination to regain ranks previously held by them. When officers become eligible for promotion to wartime or early postwar ranks, prior satisfactory service in those ranks will be considered sufficient evidence of ability to hold them again. In making this announcement, the Bureau of Naval Personnel added that this might not apply to special promotions for particular jobs, or in cases where records of individual officers do not show a positive record of satisfactory service.

tion Controversy fairly good shape, we can lean back comfortably in our easy chairs, confident that you'll keep the next war away from us.

by Fred Lardner OTH Senator Chan Gurney, chairB man of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Representative Dewey

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Waistline!

Are you overweight? So much that it shows? Are you bothered by that tired, run-down feeling? Do you have trouble keeping on your toes? These are questions to ponder, for Rear Admiral Hewlett Thebaud, Navy Inspector General, has reported to the Chief of Naval Operations that a "substantial number" of Naval officers appear "obviously over-fed and under-exercised."

Passing a physical examination is easy.

Admiral Thebaud inferred in his report, and does not mean that a man is in good or even passable physical condition. Too many officers, he said, "do not give the impression of bounding good health in the sense of being 'up on their toes and ready to go.'"

The report was submitted following an inspection trip of five Naval districts.

"Mindful of the uncertainties and doubts which continue to beset the world, wisdom should impel us without delay to get into the best possible physical condition in preparation for what may lie ahead," the Admiral said.

Admiral Thebaud is having members of his staff prepare pamphlets on this subject. But perhaps more positive action is needed. We've heard classmates, athletes at the Naval Academy, say that what officers need is a Navywide, afloat and ashore, program of compulsory exercise.

American citizens have an investment in the physical fitness of Naval officers, they said, and the Navy should take steps to make certain the taxpayers get a return on this investment. As an average citizen, we believe the Navy might well issue an order to the effect that officers ashore should knock off work at 3:30 p.m. three times weekly, for the purpose of taking exercise. In any locality, there is some space indoors which could be utilized for organized exercise. The Y. M. C. A.'s would cooperate.

In most of the Navy fiction I've read, a Naval officer is a guy who could lick his weight in wildcats. But we the public take this with a grain of salt; we don't insist that you be musclemen. We don't even insist that you be able to touch your toes. We merely assume that, if you're in

Report on Reserves The report of the Committee on Civilian Components, or the Gray Board, named by the Secretary of Defense to recommend a coordinated organization of Armed Services Reserve forces, will meet opposition in Congress if it proposes that the National Guard be under Federal control. State governors object to this proposal, and Representative Short, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, contends it is too controversial.

Otherwise, the report recommends that the Army, Navy and Air Service each have one Federal Reserve force, and that each be responsible for the training of its reserves. The report states that, notwithstanding the authorized strengths of the Navy and the Marine Corps, the Naval Reserves and the Marine Corps Reserves should be transferred to the Regular forces in an emergency, if only for a temporary period.

The report also states that the Navy should train the Coast Guard Reserves, now in a deactivated state. Under its plan, 2,500 officers and 10,000 Coast Guard Reserves would be trained, particularly for waterfront activity, as fire protection, explosives handling, identification, etc.

The Navy's Organized Reserves were said to be almost fuUy activated. This organization would have to furnish men to bring Navy vessels up to war complements, man Reserve fleet ships, complete the manning of aircraft carriers, etc. The Marine Corps Reserve was said to be not ready for a possible M-day.

The Gray Board advised the Navy and Marine Corps to incorporate more members of the present volunteer reserve into either organized units or volunteer training groups, whether with or without active duty training pay.

The Navy, the report states, has determined mobilization billets which must be filled during mobilization and individuals to fill those billets are being chosen by District Commandants subject to annual review. Notification of assignment is planned only for those (Continued on page 24)

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Vol. 11

by Pat Frank (Lippincott, $2.75).

Pat Frank made a name for himself when he wrote the best-selling "Mr. Adam," satire of the atomic age. The chances are. A N AFFAIR O F STATE will receive equal success.

Briefly, this is the story of young and outspoken Jeff Baker who came out of the war with a determination to work for our State Department and finally landed in 1949 as a third secretary with oiu: embassy in Budapest, a listening and observation post behind the Iron Curtain.

Jeff's idealism runs into head-on conflict with the hard-headed boys of the State Department and especially of the Budapest legation. Essentially, he believes that World War III can be averted if all the people who want peace so earnestly —including those behind the Iron Curtain—are aUowed to work things out for themselves. He is dead set against the "war is inevitable" theme that he finds among those who control the goverimients of the world. To be more specific, this rancour is directed against the diplomats, soldiers and statesmen whom he believes are leading the world full tilt into war.

He violates rules in meeting a Russian officer who is a member of an anticommunist group. The information he tries to pass along to his superiors is disregarded, and he himself is forced to resign from the Foreign Service. But shortly afterwards, events confirm the information he gained, and he is vindicated.

Unfortunately, Mr. Frank has chosen to place an Admiral in charge of the Budapest legation, and upon his head is directed the full force of the author's wrath. Hard-headed, stupid, behind-thetimes, are but a few of the objections which describe Admiral Blandenhorn.

The same words might properly be used to describe the author's convictions regarding the Navy.

Mr. Frank represents a paradox all too common these days. Dead set against war, and anxious to do something to help preserve the peace, he lashes out at whatever targets he can find. But like so many others, the constructive phases of his endeavor are completely offset by the destruction caused. If Mr. Frank thinks {Continued on page 26)

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A N AFFAIR O F STATE

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OCTOBER, 1948

The Navy on Capitol Hill—By Fred Lardner

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Miscellaneous Cargo—By LeRoy W. Vance

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Your Navy—Victor in War—Guardian in Peace—

By Lieut. Commander

H. B. Seim, '40

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Columbus'' "Rotating Navy"—

By Commander

Arthur

Stanley Riggs, USNR-Ret.

T h e Canopus—By R. Adm.

E. L. Sackett,

7

USN,

Ret. '20

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The United States Naval Academy

11

Bureau of Naval Personnel

14

Bureau of Ordnance

15

Alumni News

27

Our Cover this month shows the USS MISSOURI, flagship of the 1948 Midshipmen's Practice Squadron, while the ship was anchored in the harbor of Villefranche on the French Riviera, June 30-July 6.

Official U. S. Navy Photograph.

MANAGING EDITOR—C. E. CONEY, '19

Published monthly on the twenty-fifth of the month preceding the date of issue, at fifty cents a copy. Annual subscription, S5.00. Canadian and foreign subscription, $6.00. Published by the Alumni Association of the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., D. S. Walker, President; H. McCoy Jones, A. Arnold Brand, John H. Falge, Vice-I'residents; C. E. Coney, Executive Director. Printed at Fleet-McGinley, Inc., 109 Market Place, Baltimore ( 2 ) , Maryland. Editorial office. Alumni House, Annapolis, Maryland. Entered as second-class matter June 14, 1943 at the post office at Annapolis, Maryland, under the Act of March 3, 1879. Copyright, 1948, by the United States Naval Academy Alumni Association, Inc.

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Victa^ in Wan. — Qua^uii(in in ^eoce T N the month of October 1775 the ^ Continental Congress, under the leadership of John Adams, founded our Navy. Eight)'-three years later, on October 27, 1858, Theodore Roosevelt, father of the modern Navy, was born in New York City. In honor of these two events, the Navy League of the United States instituted in 1922 the annual observance of October 27 as Navy Day. This year Navy Day falls on Wednesday, and the entire week of October 23-29 will be celebrated as Navy Week.

We observe Navy Day not only to honor those gallant members of the naval service who have served our country faithfully and gloriously in war and peace since 1775, but also to provide an opportunity for "Citizens' Inspection." Our Navy is always on parade, but often in a remote and distant sense. On Navy Day, however, our fleet is host to the American people at ships and stations throughout the nation.

On this occasion especially we have an opportunit)' to fulfill our obligation to the public to keep it informed and abreast of developments affecting the Navy. We of the Navy have the clear-cut responsibility of insuring public understanding of the necessity' for a strong balanced Navy with air, surface, submarine and amphibious elements to safeguard the national security. At the same time we must further develop public understanding that the Navy is an integral part of the military combat team of Army, Navy and Air Force.

In this connection the Navy is fully aware that it is dependent on- the public for its support. This support includes nor only financial sustenance through Congressional appropriations, but also the equally vital sources of military manpower drawn from civilian life and weapons produced by the civilian industrial machine. Our Navy depends heavily on the high calibre American ypurh which enters its services. Likewise the ships, planes and amphibious weapons built bv the nation's civilian industries are a singular .source of strength. Finally the public will, reflected by the actions of Congress on appropriations, define the size and composition of the Navy.

Navy Day 1948 is of particular importance to the American people. InterOCTOBER,

1948

by LCDR H. B. Seim '40 national tension has sharpened the emphasis on the military establishment. Our people demand strong armed forces to guarantee their security. On the other hand, the spectre of rising prices reminds us forcibly that our economy cannot stand unwise defense expenditures. Every America taxpayer should rightly question the economic and military soundness of each allotment to the armed forces. Ir is his civic duty so to inquire.

How does the Navy contribute to national security?

Under unification the Navy shares with the other branches of the armed services four common functions.

1. To support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic.

2. To maintain, by timely and effective military action, the security of the United States, its possessions and areas vital to its interest.

3. To uphold and advance the national policies and interests of the United States.

4. To safeguard the internal security of the United States.

In support of these common duties the Navy, with its inherent Marine Corps and naval aviation components, has certain specific roles to fulfill. These functions, promulgated by the Secretary of Defense as a result of decisions made in conference with the Joint Chiefs of Staff at Key West last March, and reaffirmed at Newport in August, form the basis for strategic planning and for the organization of the various services.

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A'VAL and Marine forces are organized, trained and equipped for the conduct of prompt and sustained combat operations at sea, including operations of sea-based aircraft and their land-based naval air components. These operations would include destruction of enemy naval forces and supervision of enemy sea commerce; maintaining general sea supremacy; control of vital sea areas and protection of vital sea lines of communication; seizure and defense of advanced naval bases. An equally important mission of the Navy is to assist in the defense

of the United States against air attack, in coordination with the other services.

In order to carry out these requirements, the Navy has been charged with the responsibility of developing effective procedures for antisubmarine warfare, protection of shipping, naval reconnaissance, mine laying (including the air aspects of mine laying), naval intelligence, and amphibious warfare. The Marine Corps has been assigned primary interest in the development of the tactics, technique and equipment employed by landing forces in amphibious operations.

All of these activities are necessarily coordinated with other services concerned.

Likewise the Navy is prepared to support and supplement the other services in carrying out their primary functions, where and when such participation will result in increased effectiveness and will contribute to the accomplishment of the overall military objectives. Such collateral activity might include the interdiction of enemy land and air power and communications through operations at sea; the conduct of close air support for land operations (as distinguished from close air support for amphibious operations); aerial photography for cartographic purposes; and participation in the overall air effort as directed by the Joint Chiefs of Stafif.

Although the principal task of the Navy in time of peace is organizing and training for war operations, it is of interest to mention several purely peacetime functions which the Navy also fulfills. Of utmost importance in furthering; the national policy is the use of the Navy as a diplomatic pressure weapon for the maintenance of peace. "In backing up our diplomacy, the Navy, with its possibilities for local precise action, can break up small incidents before they mushroom into catastropic size," explained 'Vice Admiral A. W. Radford, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, in a recent speech.

"Your Navy with its mobile, self-contained and instantly ready organization provides us with a superb instrument for backing up our diplomacy. Our task forces are America's modern minute men.

We can depend upon them to display sea power for peace ar any time in any part of the world."

Other peacetime activities of the Navy

include safety and rescue functions, hydrographic contributions, support of occupation forces, guidance for island governments in the Pacific Trust Territory, and contributions to science and industry through research and development programs. These missions are naturally secondary to the wartime roles of the Navy and Marine Corps, but they serve to illustrate the wide versatility of the Navy in the American scene.

The fundamental war functions of the Navy are accomplished by a well-integrated team of air, sea, undersea and amphibious components. The Navy today is a balanced fighting force of submarine, surface ships, aircraft and amphibious forces. All are essential to the achievement of success in operations at sea.

This is the backbone of the Navy's strength. It is illustrated by the modern naval task force—a well-knit combination of arms designed to accomplish specific tasks. Such a force may be the carrier task force with its aircraft, surface ships and submarines. Another example is the amphibious task force which includes not only the landing force, but also the surface ships for gunnery support, antisubmarine protection, minesweeping, and logistics and the aircraft for close air support. Rare indeed are the occasions in modern war in which a particular arm can perform a mission by itself. Even the submarine service, traditionally a "lone wolf" outfit, must employ long-range aerial reconnaissance for most effective anti-shipping operations.

To accomplish their assigned missions effectively, all components of this team must be trained and organized for operations at sea. This means that the aviator and the soldier who participate must be conditioned to the sea. It also explains why Congress guaranteed the inclusion of naval aviation' and the Marine Corps as permanent members of the Navy team.

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HE Army also has recognized the value of the task force concept. Its combat teams are in reality land task forces. The Air Force, though severely limited because it is actually a single arm, utilizes the task force concept to a degree when it assigns a composite force of bombers, fighters and reconnaissance planes for the performance of a particular mission.

The composition of a task force is not restricted to arms from a particular service. On the contrary, most wartime operations demand the employment of units from all services. For example, the Normandy landing was a joint undertaking of arms from the Army, Navy and Air Force. Even the crossing of the Rhine was a three-service task.

Our national military establishment was recently reorganized by Congress to

provide the framework for close cooperation among the services. Unification under the National Security Act of 1947 is designed to produce that well-knit coordination which assures successful wartime operation by mutually supporting services. Secretary Forrestal expresses it this way: "Our action in the event of any future enemy assault upon us will employ all members of the combat team—the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force—a combat team made up of properly proportioned elements from every service, all in readiness to accomplish assigned objectives."

To the effectiveness of this national combat team the Navy contributes its ability to control the seas. Historically the Navy is the one organization which has utilized the mobility made possible by the use of the seas to attain the maximum exploitation of its weapons. Its unique characteristic of mobility has enabled the Navy to project our national power throughout the world. This was true in 1775 when our infant Navy mounted short-range cannon in ships and extended their range to encompass the oceans of the globe. Today's Navy roams the waters which cover seven tenths of the earth to project the vastly increased power of modern weapons—guns, aircraft, rockets, etc.,—around the world.

So remarkable has been the progress in logistic support that our combat fleets are now capable of literally basing at sea for months at a time. No longer is it essential to have a land base in the vicinity of naval operations; our fighting task forces are supported by floating bases of service ships.

This attribute of self-sustained mobility at sea endows our nation with a tremendous military asset. Of particular importance is its value in the exploitation of the aircraft weapon of today and the guided missile of the future. Sea-based air power is the vital consort of landbased air power. Used together—partners, not competitors—they represent the most effective and the most efficient application of our national air power.

The Navy's sea-based air strength is exerted primarily through the fast carrier task force. The attainments of this force during World War II are so well known and appreciated that they need no further amplification. The fast carrier task force is the most mobile and the most versatile air striking force in the world today. It is vital to the fulfillment of the primary missions of the Navy and it is a powerful associate of the Air Force in the achievement of air victory.

Naval aviation has a definite and important contribution to make to the defense of the United States. Defensively, naval aviation at sea can provide the first warning and make the first interception of enemy attacks, waterborne or airborne.

In addition, carrier task forces can to a large degree deny to an enemy the occupation and use of bases from which he can strike our country. This applies not only to bases for use by undersea and surface naval elements, but encompasses, more significantly, those strategic areas from which hostile air units may operate. Carrier task forces can neurralize vital areas such as Greenland, Iceland, Alaska and the Aleutians, as well as other important strategic points around our perimeter from which enemy air attacks against the United States could be mounted. The exigencies of war may force us to consider occupation of these points, but until such a move is accomplished, our carrier task forces can be instrumental in preventing enemy acquisition. This is in itself a major strategic contribution to the defense of our homeland. recent meeting of the Joint Chiefs THE of Staff at Newport highlighted the fact that the Navy may be called upon by the Air Force for assistance in the over-all air effort. Secretary Forrestal stated after the meeting that he was "convinced that at the top command levels, there is a clear understanding of the exclusive role of the Air Force in the field of strategic air warfare and conversely the intent of the Air Force not merely to permit but to seek all the help it can get from Naval Air in the use of air power, either strategically or tactically."

Sea-based air power can assist in attaining the strategic objective of crippling an aggressor's war-making ability by launching attacks against his armed forces in the field and in the homeland and by smashing at the industrial foundation which supports those forces. These assaults would supplement those mounted by land-based aircraft operating from advanced bases within effective distance of the enemy. Naval aviation would strike at the foe through the gaps in his defense perimeter which could not be covered b)' our land-based air offensive.

Hanson Baldwin, in his recent book "The Ptice of Power" points to another way in which naval aviation may be required in supporting the strategic air war.

"Far from being outmoded in the atomic age, navies have a continuing validity.

In the period immediately ahead, before guided missiles and transoceanic bombers are developed, the Navy may be the nation's first striking force." Under these conditions, until advanced land bases near the enemy have been occupied and prepared to support a strong air offensive, our carrier air attacks may be the only method of striking effectively.

These are logical contributions which the Navy is capable of making to the over-all air effort. First consideration must, of course, be given to the primary {Continued on page 18)

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by Commander Arthur Stanley Riggs, USNR, Ret.

A Castilla y a Leon nuevo mundo dio Colon

size of the original Santa Maria and her companions, as compared with those of her modern replicas, are of considerable Ever since 1893, when the lake in the interest. Unfortunately, Morison says, World's Fair grounds at Chicago floated not a single contemporary document is replicas of the three little craft, I had known which gives figures or plans for HE young Spanish destroyer lieu- wanted to know more about these toy any of the three originals. None of the tenant shrugged his shoulders, ships. My opportunity came years later, authorities who have toiled for years waved his arms, wiggled his ears and first in Genoa, in the archives of the fa- over the problem, agree as to design, roUed expressive eyes. mous Bank of St. George, which holds register, displacement or even silhouette.

"Roll.'" he breathed harshly. "Roll.> several letters written in Columbus's own We know the original flagship was a Holy Mother of God! Listen, sir! After eight years in torpilleros and destroyers in the Bay of Biscay, 50° was nothing to sweat about. I thought I knew all there is to know about rolling. But this thing! This — this — ! " He gestured despairingly at the little nao (ship) beneath us. Emotion paralyzed him for the moment. "Aaaahhh! She calls herself the Santa Maria. Better she should call herself Maria Rotatoria {Rotating Mary)I With a quartering sea she rolls down to port—and corkscrews on all the way around up to starboard—360°! A 50° roll.' A destroyer roll? Bah! And pitch?

Ay—Dios mio! Sir, they had stomachs in Columbus's time!" He swore piously again.

We were standing in the maintop of Santa Maria III, moored to a wharf in the Alfonso XIII Canal, a short-cut between loops of the tawny Guadalquivir river at Sevilla, Spain. From that height the tininess of Columbus's flagship was most impressive, especially when- one remembers what the Western Ocean can SANTA MARIA III in the Canal at Sevilla, Spain during the Exposition in 1929 do when it becomes peevish at the rash Photograph by the Author. humans who ruflJe its crests with their keels. Columbus certainly, in addition to his superb seamanship, got all the dreadful penmanship, and later still at merchantman, a nao or roundship, "breaks" or he never could have won the Inter-American Exposition in Sevilla square-rigged except on the mizzen, through. Others in plenty had dared be- in 1927. At that time all the Americas built in Galicia. The Niiia and Pinta fore him. Some came back disheartened participated in putting on a show. Spain were caravels, locally constructed. Perand defeated by the dangers they began furnished the grounds, many beautiful haps, like many Genoese and Venetian dimly to understand; others did not re- buildings, and naturally, a replica of Co- bottoms of the period, all were built turn, but "fell through a crack in the lumbus's flagship. It was my privilege to more by rule-of-thumb than from carefloor of the sea" never to be heard of make the dedicatory address of welcome fully figured plans. The practical "feel" again. Only this daring and persistent in Spanish in opening the United States for a vessel and her form were more Genoese had a different picture of his pavilion at the Exposition, and after- important than any then precise calculagoal and, what is vastly more important, wards to fulfill the wish of years by tions could be. Captain Samuel E. Moriof the strategy necessary to reach it. So studying that tiny cockboat inside and son, USNR, author of "Admiral of the to defy the Unknown he took such out, alow and aloft, make friends with Ocean Sea" among many other books, wretched little craft as he could wheedle her young naval commander, and come and by far the most full and worth while out of doubtful monarchs and none too away overflowing with appreciation for life of Columbus in any language (and willing owners and builders. When on the sort of seamanship and dogged cour- to our American credit a best seller!), 12 October 1492, he made his first west- age that made Italy and her sons the thinks that the Santa Maria must have ern landfall at San Salvador (Watling's great explorers and discoverers, the lit- been a vessel of less than one hundred Island), he literally, single-handed, cre- eral progenitors of every navy in the tons, and certainly smaller than Santa ated a completely new era in history and world.

Maria III. justified the lines on his huge monuIn a careful and painstaking report From the practical standpoints of the ment in the Cathedral of Sevilla— shipbuilder and navigator the design and just received through the courtesy of

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Miss Gladys Stack, research librarian of lia Boston, left Chicago 31 August, the Chicago Historical Society, to which sprang leaks and got into serious trouble the data were supplied by the Chicago on Lake Erie. Finally Nitia and Pinta Park District, the dimensions of the piled up and had to be towed back to three Columbian replicas exhibited at Chicago. Santa Maria II was attached by the Canadian Government at Prince Edthe Worlds Fair of 1893-94 were; Length overall Length on waterline Beam Depth of hold Draft (loaded?)

Freeboard (amidships?)

Displacement (233 metric t.)

These figures compare interestingly with Captain Morison's suggestions for the Santa Maria of: Length between perpendiculars, 70 ft.; length of keel, 50 ft.; maximum beam, 23 ft.; depth of hold, 9 ft.; drafr, 6 ft.; and tonnage between 55 and 60. From the figures given me by the lieutenant who commanded her, Safita Maria III measured approximately 128 ft. overall, beam at level of maindeck, 28 ft.; depth of hold, about 9 ft.; draft slightly more than 6 ft. when not fully loaded, and displacement estimated at some 230 tons at full load.

Santa Maria 94 feet " 1 ft. 3 in.

25 ft. 8 in.

12 ft. 5 in.

8 ft. 3 in.

5 feet 96 gross tons

Pinta 68 feet 54 feet 22 feet 9 ft. 6 in.

6 feet 4 feet 50 tons

Niiia 6" feet 55 feet 22 feet 10 feet 6 feet 3 feet 48 tons

"A sak of strawe ivere there ryght good For som must lyg them mi theyr hood I had as lefe he in the wood Without mete or drynk.

For when that we shal go to bedde The pump was nygh our bedde hede A man were as good to be dede As smell thereof the stynk.

ward Island in 1917 for debt, and when that was somehow patched up, she was towed back to Chicago where she still lies, now only a hulk, pinta and Nina were lightly built, apparently, for they deteriorated rapidly. pj„ta sinking in 1918, while Nina burned ^^d sank in February, 1919. Santa Maria, however, was tremendously solid. In 1928, General Superintendent of the South Park Commissioners George T. Donohue wrote Charles E. Brown of the State Historical Museum, Madison, Wisconsin, giving full details of the construction and rig of the craft. The measurements have already been given. She was "staunchly built," wrote Mr. Donohue, "having a 12" x 14" solid oak keel, and it is double-ribbed every 11 inches, each rib being 5" x 9" of solid oak. The ship is sheeted outside with 3" plank of Spanish fir." Plans are now afoot to restore the Santa Maria to save the bare hull, which alone remains.

Returning to the 1927 Sevilla replica, Santa Maria III, she presents all the main characteristics familiar to students of marine architecture of the period, when the designers of Genoa and Venice led the world. The tumble home of her topsides, as might be expected of a ship of that epoch, was so extreme that beam throughout the sterncastle or poop and in the forecastle above spar deck level, was materially reduced. The sheer of her cutwater was graceful and pronounced.

The forward end of the forecastle projected almost twelve feet beyond the perpendicular. Like most vessels of her type and day, she was so light of draft and so bulbous under water that it is a wonder she was able to work to windward at all.

Even with a beam wind her leeway was tremendous.

Bilge is a very old story indeed.

The World's Fair ships went the way of most such things. They reached Chicago 7 July, 1893, by way of the St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes. Captain Don Diego V. Concas, R.S.N., commanded the Santa Maria II. When the Fair closed, the little craft were taken over by the South Park Commissioners and remained anchored in Jackson Park Lake until 1913. In 1915 they were to go to the Exposition in San Francisco.

She was sparred with a heavy mainmast rising to about ninety feet at the truck, a shorter foremast canted well forward, and a light mizzen stepped virtually in the perpendicular. Fore and main carried square sails, the mizzen a lateen jigger. Both main and foreyards were much lighter than seems natural, but each was fished and woolded amidships, which gives strength where most needed and enables the use of lighter arms than a single stick would permit.

The mainyard was not supported by

the truth of the matW HATEVER ter, whether the original flagship was smaller or larger than indicated, and regardless of the weatherly'qualities of the craft, one stands appalled at the risks of navigating in these clumsy "barrel in a surf" types, while the physical discomforts of such voyaging were discouraging enough without considering the anxiety of the Admiral. No such voyage was ever made before, and none that came afterward compared with the first in danger, uncertainty or misery.

Trinity College of Cambridge University in England has in its library a long poem describing a voyage which tells the story eloquently. Though the manuscript dates from the fifteenth century, the poem itself is clearly of an earlier period. Tlie final stanza runs;

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slings, but could be raised and lowered at will. There was good reason for this.

Reefpoints and earrings were then unknown. In light airs the area of the courses could be increased almost half by attaching first one bonnet and then another to the foot of the sail and hoisting the yard chock against the catharpins.

The disparit)' between main course and maintopsail. and the curious swallowtail cut of the latter is all the testimony needed as to the tenderness of the ship in any weather. Besides this main rig, the bowsprit carried a stump mast and spritsail, and an underslung yard with square sail. Notwithstanding our amazement at such a cumbersome sail plan, it must not be forgotten that two centuries later the largest English and Dutch galleons, the ablest vessels of their time, carried much the same rig. though more of it, and four masts instead of three.

NTO this single-decker there went on Ihimself, the Great Adventure the Admiral the captain, his mates, a chaplain, and a crew of almost fifty. The hold was open for its entire length. Above deck the forecastle was open, and only the Admiral's quarters on the poop were fully enclosed. An admiral of today who had to do his paper work by the light of a candle dimly shining through the thin horn panes of a single swaying lantern would not accomplish much after dark. Perhaps Columbus did most of his writing by daylight, and none too comfortably at that. Seated before his rough desk the hardy sailor had only the muddy ink of that day in a tiny well, and goose quills. His paper was rough of texture and his pen nibs needed continual trimming to enable him to write at all.

When he turned in for the night, his bunk was a miserable box barely long enough to hold him, with straw for a mattress, two pillows, and a curtain so that every faintest wisp of air could be shut out. The Santa Maria III faithfully reproduced these discomforts, which are the merest beginning of the rugged life sea roving of the 1400s made inevitable.

No one but the Admiral seems to have had a bunk at all. High and low, officers and men, slept where they could.

They were as hardy a lot as that eighteenth century British sailor whose boast was that his favorite bunk was the bunt of the crossjack. The little ship leaked, of course, her hold was no perfumed luxury room, and the rats and roaches with which all such vessels were infested were large and lusty. But nobody minded any of these things. Like dirt, they were facts, and deepwater philosophy has never inclined to quarrel with facts.

Cooking was quite as casual as berthing on this first of the transatlantic voyages. The only "galley" was a wooden box, with a metal fire-screen like a lid {Continued on page 17)

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THE umu CHAPTER

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HE CANOPUS was seaworthy again in a few days, although much ammunition had been lost by flooding the magazines, and several store rooms were badly messed up by the explosion. This cloud, however, had a silver lining for our Supply Officer, Lieutenant "Gus" Johnson, who found his oflSce wrecked and his accounts burned, giving him a heavensent chance to put an end to all his laborious accounting system for the duration. From that time on, our supply system was beautifully simple. What we had, we could use without the usual red r.ipe, and if something was lacking, nothing could be done about it except to improvise a substitute or do without.

There was nothing for the men to spend their money on, so there were no more pay days. Ice cream and canteen supplies were free as long as they lasted.

All clothing became community property, to be doled out to whatever unfortunate should appear in the most nearly naked condition. This Utopian state inevitably led to much closer relations among the crew and officers, and welded us all into a great family, working and fighting in a common cause, with only one aim—to do our damnedest to lick the Japs.

Curiously enough, the boys who had been the worst troublemakers in time of peace became our most shining lights in wartime. Perhaps they had just too much restless energy for their own good when things were normal, but this same quality enabled them to perform prodigies when the chips were down.

Ordinary methods of discipline of course failed, since the men got no liberty or pay anyhow and what normally would be extra duty was now only the usual stint for everyone. But punishments were fortunately unnecessary, as the spirit of the community would tolerate no shirkers, and the men themselves saw to it that no one was derelict in his duty.

When the last of the submarines, carrying the Commodore and his staff to a new southern base, had pulled out just before the New Year opened, we were left with something of the feeling of a mother when the last of her children has grown up and left the home fires, to battle the world alone. Nothing would seem more useless than a submarine tender with no submarines to look out for, but we were soon to find that there were orphans aplenty to be adopted. There OCTOBER,

1948

by R. Adm. E. L. Sackett, USN-Ret., '20 PART II were many small Navy ships which were also stranded by the tide of war ebbing toward the south. These needed constant repairs as well as additional equipment for the task ahead of them. The word also got around to all Army and Air Force Units, of the well equipped shops which could and did accomplish miracles of improvisation, and these groups were not slow in making full use of all facilities.

Again the men of the CANOPUS could feel that they had a major share in the new mission—to hold Bataan.

Tojo's war birds, however, still wanted to have something to say as to whether the CANOPUS would stay in service. Our first bombing had made it apparent that the ship was not exactly a safe spot to while away the daylight hours, so the policy was adopted of scattering as many of the crew as possible ashore, to sleep as best they could during the day, and return on board for work all night. Volunteers were called for to man the antiaircraft guns during the danger period, with such response that practically no changes resulted in the regular gun crews.

With the Gunnery Officer, Lieutenant "Red" Otter in control, these enthusiastic boys felt that they were the lucky ones—there was always the chance that some Jap plane might venture low enough to be knocked out of the sky, and such vengeance would be sweet enough to justify any risks.

Just a week after the first bombing, the Japs showed their annoyance at such temerity by sending another squadron of planes over the CANOPUS to try and settle the affair once and for all.

Again the closely bunched bomb pattern blanketed the ship, but again only one missile made a direct hit. This time it was a quick-acting fragmentation bomb which struck the side of the towering smokestack, and literally sprayed the upper decks with small fragments. The gun crews, which had ducked behind their shields at the last instant before the bombs landed, had little protection from splinters coming down from above, and three-quarters of them were wounded —fortunately with no fatalities. No serious fires were started, but the upper decks

looked like a sieve as hundreds of fragments had pierced the light plating.

Stretcher parties from ashore boarded the ship almost before the dust had settled, and carried the fifteen wounded men to dressing stations ashore, but the hardest part of the task was to convince each victim that someone else should not get attention first. One of the highlights of the scene was the sight of "Red" Otter dashing to the bridge, bleeding from half a dozen gashes, to make certain his skipper was all right, then dashing back to direct evacuation of the other wounded men before he would allow his wounds to be dressed. What "softies" our decadent democracy produces!

The damage due to the one direct hit had been only superficial, but inspection below decks disclosed that several near misses had also taken their toll. Each side had been pierced a few feet above the water line by forty or fifty fragments of bombs exploded by contact with the water alongside. Another bomb had exploded deeper under water and dished in the hull two or three inches, cracking the plating and loosening rivets which were leaking steadily. These were the wounds which had to be bound up to make the vessel again seaworthy, and the welders were soon on the job plugging the openings.

The tough old girl was not ready for her grave yet, but if she were to continue a career of usefulness, it seemed best to make the Japs think the last salvo of bombs had done the trick. It was useless to pretend any longer that we weren't there, but at least we could make them think that what was left was useless. The next morning, when "Photo Joe" in his scouting plane came over, his pictures showed what looked like an abandoned hulk, listed over on her side, with cargo booms askew, and large blackened areas around the bomb holes, from which wisps of smoke floated up for two or three days. What he did not know was that the smoke came from oily rags in strategically placed smudge pots, and that every night the "abandoned hulk" hummed with activity, forging new weapons for the beleaguered forces of Bataan. Evidently the Japs were completely deceived, because only one half-hearted attempt was made a week later by dive bombers to finish off the faithful ship, and that was driven away without damage by our anti-aircraft machine guns. These had been taken off the ship and mounted on the hills nearby, so as not to draw further retaliation to the vessel.

Two of the larger anti-aircraft guns had been damaged by the second bombing, and ammunition for those remaining was almost gone. This battery was therefore dismantled to provide needed parts for similar guns which a company of Marines had mounted ashore at the head of Mariveles Bay, and which could be better protected.

CHAPTER V

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APANESE warships were reported to be infesting the waters around the Philippines, and the Naval Command had decided that no slow auxiliary vessel would have a chance for success in a dash to safer waters. Perhaps there was still a hope for relief to reach the Philippines, in which case the probable heavy loss of life in an attempt to break through would not be justified. The men, in no uncertain terms, expressed their preference for taking any chances at sea, rather than being bottled up, with a land siege in prospect. But orders were orders, and since those in authority did not see fit to assign any great weight to our feelings in the matter, there remained nothing but to make the best of a bad situation and settle down to help make it a good siege while it lasted.

Some sort of protected living quarters ashore was a necessity if the night workers were to get any rest. This problem was partly solved by taking over a large storage tunnel just completed, and building in bunks, office space, hospital accommodations, radio-and telephone communications center, and makeshift field kitchens for cooking our two meals a day. More than a hundred of the men not having repair duties lived underground there with reasonable comfort, at least after the water dripping from bare rocks overhead had been trapped and piped to a shower spray, so that baths might at least be voluntary.

Many of the repair force slept during the day in this shelter, but most of them scorned the dank air, and preferred to take their chances in the wide open spaces in the nearby hills, where they learned to sleep under the shade of tropical trees, leaving a lookout to warn them in time to roll into a fox hole whenever a bomber looked threatening.

By no means all of our men were in the night-owl group. Machine guns on every hilltop were manned by alert sailors with itchy trigger fingers, just living for the day when one of the dirty yellow so-and-sos would venture low enough to give them one good crack at him. This didn't happen often, but those that did forget themselves must have thought they had stirred up a hornet's nest, and not all of them lived to tell the tale.

Another watchful group took station under the shelter of the quarry's crushed rock storage tanks, where they were near 10

enough to make a dash to their beloved ship in case she were hit again, to do what they could to save her.

Finally, there were the lookouts and signal stations on the hilltops, with telephone wires reaching throughout the whole system, to spot marauding planes while still far away, and warn their shipmates of impending danger. These men, with little protection for themselves, kept their binoculars coolly trained on the bombers, describing the picture to more sheltered friends. Few will ever forget those quiet voices over the earphones.

"They are heading directly over us—their bomb-bay doors are open—don't believe they dropped bombs this time—no, here they come—looks as if they will hit beyond us"—(more words drowned out by a shattering roar)—then, "lousy shooting, missed us a quarter-mile— must have had their third team in there."

Anyone who has stood in the open when those deadly missiles are rushing down toward him, and has heard the ominous hiss which announces their near approach, will appreciate the iron control of a man who can keep up a blowby-blow account when his next breath may be his last.

CHAPTER VI

harbor seemed to be M ARIVELES well defended against surprise attack by the Naval forces clustered around it and the Army had stabilized a front about twenty miles further north, on the other side of Mariveles mountain—but what about the seacoast between? Most of it was very rugged, and backed up by thick jungle, but the one road which provided the only line of communication to the front lines passed quite close to the sea at many points. Commander Francis Bridget, who had been left in charge of the remnants of Naval aviation in the Philippines, did not think that this tenuous life line was adequately defended by the Army against a sudden landing on the coast.

Frank was never one to sit back and criticize when action was needed. He had under his own command about a hundred and fifty aviation men, mostly ground crews, who had been left without work when their planes were destroyed. He sold the proposition to other Naval organizations in Bataan, and collected a hundred and thirty men from the CANOPUS, about eighty from the Ammunition Depot detail, a hundred or so Marines, and a few refugees from the illfated Cavite Navy Yard. These heterogeneous groups Bridget formed into the "Naval Battalion," with "Hap" Goodall, of the CANOPUS, as second in command.

Tom Bowers of the Ammunition detail and a few Marine and aviation oflficers were the company commanders.

Equipment was a serious problem. The

Marines were, of course, ready for field duty, but the others were sailors, and the Navy doesn't provide much equipment for land operations at the best, to say nothing of the fact that several of these groups had been separated from their normal supplies by unforeseen circumstances. However, rifles and ammunition of some sort were finally begged, borrowed or stolen for most of the men.

Their white uniforms were dyed to what was supposed to be khaki color, but which turned out to be a sickly mustard yellow. Only about one canteen could be found for every three men, but the great American tin can was pressed into service to make up the deficiency. This had the advantage that the contents could be heated over a fire in case of need, provided care was exercised not to melt out the solder.

Training was next essential. Perhaps two-thirds of the sailors knew which end of the rifle should be presented to the enemy, and had even practiced on a target range, but field training was practically a closed book to them. The experienced Marines were spread thinly throughout each company, in the hope that through precept and example, their qualities would be assimilated by the rest.

Thus equipped, mostly with boundless enthusiasm and determination, the motley array sallied forth one day late in January for a preliminary hike to the coast to harden them up. At the base of Mt. Pucot near the sea they met an agitated group of soldiers who had just been chased by Japs from their signal station on the mountain top. Apparently a landing had been made on nearby Longoskawan Point the night before, just as Bridget feared, and the invaders were working their way inland toward the vital communication road.

Here was "field training" with a vengeance for our budding infantrymen.

Figuratively thumbing their manuals, they hastily deployed in accordance with the best traditions of the book, and advanced in line of skirmishers. Contact was established as might be expected, and the maneuver described as "The Assault" in the next chapter, drove in the advance patrols of the surprised Nipponese.

The strength of the main forces next encountered convinced our boys that they had a "bear by the tail," and since the book failed to provide the proper procedure in such a contingency, they threw it away. Five days of what was probably the weirdest jungle fighting in the annals of warfare ensued, with all accepted principles violated, and no holds barred. Adjacent units were unable to maintain contact with each other during the night, so, of course, the Japs took advantage of their famous infiltration tactics. However, this did not have the expected results, {Continued on page 19)

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Officers W h o Have Reported And Officers W h o Have B e e n Detached Recently The following officers have reported for duty on the faculty of the U. S. Naval Academy: Commander Walter H. Baumberger.

Commander John L. Chew.

Commander James A. Coddington, Civil Engineer Corps.

Commander John M. Devane, Jr. Commander Walter M. Enger, Civil Engineer Corps.

Commander Robert F. Lynch, Supply Corps.

Commander Richard L. Myers, Supply Corps.

Commander Kenneth G. Schacht.

Commander Chester P. Smith.

Lieutenant Colonel Clarence A. Langford, U. S. Army.

Lieutenant Colonel Donald W. Shive, U. S. Army.

Lieutenant Commander Joheph N. Behan, Jr. Lieutenant Commander Walter H. Esworthy, Jr. Lieutenant Commander Paul W. Gill.

Lieutenant Commander Frederick D. Harrison, Supply Corps.

Lieutenant Commander Arleigh H. Markham, U. S. Naval Reserves.

Lieutenant Commander Robert E. Pearce.

Lieutenant Commander William C. Richardson, Supply Corps.

Lieutenant Commander Allen B. Zerfoss. Supply Corps.

Lieutenant Clifton B. Gates, Jr. Lieutenant Carlos H. Handforth, Jr., Supply Corps.

Lieutenant Charles R. Lee, Supply Corps.

Lieutenant Robert F. Newsome, Jr., Supply Corps.

Lieutenant William T. Peach, III, Supply Corps.

Lieutenant Joseph D. Watson.

First Lieutenant Nolan R. Gibbons, U. S. Marine Corps.

Ensign Charles A. Kiser.

Ensign Robert E. Lee. Ensign William J. McClain.

Second Lieutenant Leon C. Bramlett, Jr., U. S. Marine Corps.

The following officers have been detached from duty on the faculty of the U. S. Naval Academy.

Commander Francis W. Ingling.

Commander Robert A. Keating, Jr. Commander Monroe Kelly, Jr. Commander Harvey P. Lanham.

Commander Robert A. MacPherson.

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Rear Admiral James L. Holloway, Jr., USN, Superintendent Commander Stephen S. Mann, Jr. Lieutenant Commander Max A. Berns,

Jr. Lieutenant Commander William B. Fargo.

Lieutenant Commander William H. House.

Lieutenant Commander Jack C. Young.

Ensign Arthur C. Bigley, Jr. Second Class Midshipmen Complete Carrier Phase of Cruise Second Class Midshipmen from the U. S. Naval Academy, some 730 in number, were embarked in the aircraft carrier, USS CORAL SEA during the first two months of the current summer cruise. In this mighty vessel, one of the largest and most modern aircraft carriers in the world, the midshipmen were given ample opportunity to gain first hand knowledge of all phases of the various operations carried out daily on board an operating carrier.

In addition to participating in the activities of the various departments on board ship, the midshipmen were flown in the aircrafr operating from the carrier. Each midshipman made at least three flights, each flight averaging approximately one and one-half hours. The total flight time accumulated by midshipmen during the two month period reached 2921 hours. Particularly noteworthy is the fact that the above performance was completed without accident of any kind.

Admiral W. H. P. Blandy, Commander in Chief, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, extended congratulations to all hands concerned for the excellent record attained in connection with air operations and the flight indoctrination of midshipmen throughout the summer cruise.

part in the Midshipman's Summer Practice Cruise rocketed aviation apprentice, Harold Hohnarth to shipboard fame when he discovered the name of the mysterious "Happy Man" aboard the ship. He was lavished with gifts and privileges of which the average bluejacket or midshipman dare not dream, such as permission to sleep in late on Sunday with breakfast in bed, a heliocopter ride to the USS LEARY as a weekend guest, a three minute radio telephone call to any point in the continental U. S. plus a fifteen word radio-telegraph message, and other similar prizes too numerous to list.

The possessor of this mystery title was none other than Commander William M. Snowden who was formerly attached to the Naval Air Facility and North Severn Dispensary here in Annapolis.

The contest was instituted as a part of the recreation program to entertain the three thousand midshipmen and bluejackets aboard for the cruise.

Academy Superintendent Witnessed "Camid" Maneuvers

The Superintendent of the Naval Academy, Reat Admiral James A. Holloway, Jr., traveled to Camp Pendleton, Virginia on August 20th to witness the joint amphibious maneuvers of the Second Class Midshipmen and the Cadets of the Second Class of the U. S. Military Academy. This was the third annual "Camid" operation.

Approximately 7500 military personnel, including 740 Midshipmen and 645 Cadets, were employed in various phases of the exercises.

The D-Day landing operation was open to the public and a crowd of thousands attended.

Twenty-four Air Force F-80's joined 131 Navy and Marine Corps fighter and attack planes in simulated bombing and strafing attacks in support of the amphibious landing by the Cadets and Midshipmen. Preceding the assault landing, scheduled for 8:45 a. m., paratroopers of Commander Snowden Revealed As the Army's 82nd Airborne Division were dropped behind "enemy" lines to Happy Man Aboard Coral Sea disrupt communications. They jumped A contest held aboard the USS CORAL from six large Air Force Transport SEA, which has recently completed its planes.

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the Naval Academy faculty after being active in recent destroyer operations in the Pacific area. A member of the Academy's class of 1926, Captain Smedberg had the unique experience of serving as naval aide to Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal. Early this summer Captain Smedberg represented the Naval Academy at the seminar on major problems of American Foreign Policy held at Stanford University. The seminar was sponsored by the Brookings Institution, a distinguished research organization located in Washington, D. C. The weekly program of music by the Naval Academy Band and interviews by Mrs. Oretha Swartz is heard each Tuesday at 12:30 over the Mutual Broadcasting System.

Air Show Staged For Midshipmen At NATC, Patuxent River, Md.

T h e P r e s i d e n t with Fleet A d m i r a l Leahy, R e a r Admiral Holloway, the Superintendent of t h e Naval Academy, and aides review the Midshipmen of the F o u r t h Class as they m a r c h into chapel on the occasion of the President's visit to the Naval Academy on 22 August. Official U. S. Navy P h o t o g r a p h .

Marine Corps elements augmented the Midshipmen-Cadet landing forces, and an underwater demolition team was sent ahead to blow up offshore beach defense.

The D-Day operation followed an extended period of practical work and demonstrations of methods and equipment peculiar to amphibious warfare ar rhe Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, Virginia.

Summer Cruise O v e r — Midshipmen Return to Annapolis The Midshipmen's Summer Practice Cruise to Mediterranean waters and the Caribbean area came to an end August 23rd when the cruise ships dropped anchor off Annapolis. The Midshipmen disembarked 24 Aug. and then departed for one month's leave before the beginning of the Academic year.

Ships bringing the Midshipmen to Annapolis included the battleship Missouri, the cruiser Macon, the APA Okaloosa, and seven destroyers, the E. F. Larson, the Goodrich, the Hanson, the Vesole, the Leary, the Dyess, and the Bordelon.

First classmen toured the Naval Air Training Center at Patuxent River, Maryland, and second classmen completed the joint amphibious maneuvers with second class cadets from the Military Academy—Operation Camid III— in the lower Chesapeake Bay-Virginia Beach area, before completing the cruise.

The cruise departed Annapolis on June 5th and various ships of the squad12

ton visited the ports of Lisbon, Portugal; Ville Franche, France; Golfe Juan, France; Monaco; Genoa, Italy; Leghorn, Italy; Algiers, Algeria; Gibraltar; and Casablanca. ' The annual summer cruise serves the purpose of furthering the education and training of the Midshipmen, giving them the opportunity for practical application of the knowledge gained during the academic year. Further, it familiarizes them with foreign waters and foreign countries and their people.

"Who's Here at the Naval Academy" to Present Two Distinguished Guests Stanford University's Dean of the School of Education, Dr. A. John Bartky, and the Naval Academy's Head of the Electrical Engineering Department, Captain William R. Smedberg, III, were the guests of Mrs. Oretha Swartz on her Tuesday radio program, "Who's Here at the Naval Acamedy."

Dean Bartky who recently conducted a symposium on education at the Naval Academy, is well acquainted with the Academy's educational program. During World 'War II he served as Assistant Director of the Navy Department's Division on Standards and Curriculum and wrote several Navy training manuals. He was also the conductor of the Academy's 1947 symposium on education and appeared at that time on the '"Who's Here at the Naval Academy" program.

Captain Smedberg has recently joined

A highlight of the Midshipmen's Practice Cruise occurred August 23rd when some 750 members of the first class were guests of the Naval Air Test Center.

Patuxent River, Maryland. Rear Admiral Apollo Soucek, USN, Commander NATC, Pamxent River, Maryland, virtually mrned over the Test Center to the Midshipmen. No effort was spared to provide the most interesting and informative schedule possible. The day was marked throughout by activity. The midshipmen, arriving by boat from their cruise ships anchored in the bay, were met at the landing at 9:00 a.m. by Pamxent oflficers. Busses transported all hands to the center of the flying field.

The field was closed as of 9:00 a.m. to all air trafl&c except aircraft scheduled to participate in the exhibition for rhe visiting midshipmen.

Parked in line, on the field, were most of the latest types of naval aircraft, each marked with appropriate placards containing name, performance data, etc.

Temporary stands and ladders surrounded each airplane to permit midshipmen to climb up and obtain topside and cockpit inspection. Airplanes on display were JRF-1 (Albatross); F8F-2 (Bearcat); F4U-5 (Corsair); F4U-5N (Corsair night fighter); SN2J-1; F7F-2 (Tigercat); FJ-1 (Fury); FH-1 (Phantom); AM-1 (Mauler); AD-IQ (Sky-Raider); AD-IW (Guppy); HS-1 (Helicopter).

About 10:00 a.m., via the portable loudspeaker came word that the air show would commence.

First event was the catapulting of an FJ-1 (Jet) airplane. The catapult track being installed adjacent to the line of exhibit airplanes, permitted a close-up view of this operation. Attention was nexr directed to the service runway where a JR2F-1 made a jet-assisted take-off. The next event consisted of "fly-bys" b\' a number of new and interesting types.

Each airplane, in mrn, made a pass at

of various types which make an unusually impressive close-up display.

The climax of Armament Test's exhibition was a single run by the P2V (Neptune) during which the pilot either fired or released at the target, everything in the book; bullets, rockets, bombs. The target sank in a cloud of spray upon being enveloped by some two dozen bombs simultaneously disgorged from rhe Neptune's open belly. Admiral Soucek took the microphone to extend a few words of welcome after which the midshipmen were transported to the mess hall where they had lunch.

Following lunch, the midshipmen embarked at the boat landing for return to their ships. The events of the day were indeed well planned and executed.

Academy Curriculum Conference

Conimanuer George H. Carter, of the Department of Aviation, recently donated a sailing Held canoe to the U. S. Naval Station at Annapolis, after having received it from the natives in the MarshaU Islands.

There began on August 31st, at the The craft of the Marshall Islanders is a slender vessel pointed at each end. It is tied together with coconut fibre, and stayed by galvanized iron nails finished with American United States Naval Academy a ten-day soft pine, as their wood is too hard to use in building this type outrigger. There are two conference on the Academy's curriculum masts loosely lashed together at the top and one triangular sail with a boom. The center mast is held by guy wires, running to the outrigger and ropes running fore and aft. and teaching methods. The conference "Mentel," the name of the Canoe, is Marshallese for "Sea Gull." The craft is 22 ft. like the one held here last September, was in length and 2 ft. in width at the center. The Marshallese take great pains in making an under the general supervision of D. A. Outrigger such as this, as their carpentry work is measured to the last fraction of an inch. John Bartky, Dean of Stanford UniverThis Outrigger was brought to the U. S. by a Landing Ship Tank (LST), and arrived sity's School of Education and wartime at the U. S. Naval Academy by transport. Official U. S. Navy Photograph.

low altimde and high speed, directly in front of tbe assembled midshipmen. The announcer supplied appropriate comment. Airplanes seen in "fly-bys" were: FJ-1 (Jet), AD-2, AM-1, F4U-5, FiF-1, andJR2F-l.

The crowds attention was next directed overhead where four FH-1 jets appeared in formation, having flown from the Marine Corps Air Station at Cherry Point, North Carolina. This formation, acmally a stunt team, was led by Lt. Col. Marion Carl, USMC. Colonel Carl and his troops proceeded to execute some most spectacular maneuvers including formation loops and slow rolls, breakups, join-ups and high speed fly-bys in formation at low altimde. The helicopter next took the stage ably demonstrating its versatility in hovering, backing-down, hoisting and lowering a man from its cabin. This event concluded the show on the flying field.

The midshipmen were loaded into busses and transported to the Armament Test Unit at the South Side of the field.

Bleachers were set up facing the seaplane ramp and the Chesapeake Bay. A floating target was anchored some 600 yards off the beach. As before, a competent announcer supplied a play-by-play description of events as they took place. Air craft rockets were fired to seaward from fixed launchers located on the ramp, in front of and to the right of the bleachers section. In succession, the SCA.R. 5 inch HvAR, 5 inch spin stabilized and "Tiny OCTOBER.

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Tim" were launched. The impact splash of each could be seen clearly to seaward.

Air to ground firing now followed including strafing runs by some eight of the navy's latest airplane rj'pes. Iri addition to multiple 50 calibre and 20 millimeter gun firing, several carried rockets

Assistant Director of the Standards and Curriculum Division of the Navy Department.

The Naval Academy faculty, aided by prominent leaders in the field of higher education, conducted this survey of its own educational program and of the way in which that program is put into effect. {Continued on page 19)

Panel enjoys a hearty laugh during Dr. Bartky's symposium on education. Official U. S. Navy Photograph.

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iim FLAG RANK ORDERS LAG rank orders for last month were FVice as follows; Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, USN, retired 1 September.

Rear Admiral Robert O. Glover, USN, retired 1 September.

Rear Admiral Ralph O. Davis, USN, was detached as ComPhibLant and ordered as Com-5.

Rear Admiral Jerauld Wright, USN, was detached from duty as Director, Operational Readiness, Navy Department and ordered as ComPhibLant.

Rear Admiral Robert P. Briscoe, USN, was detached as Commander Operational Development Force, Atlantic Fleet and ordered as Director, Operational Readiness, Navy Department.

Rear Admiral Maurice E. Curts, USN, was detached as Chief, General Planning Group, Navy Department and ordered as Commander Operational Development Force, LantFlt. Rear Admural Francis P. Old, USN, was detached as ComPhibGrp 3 and ordered as Chief, U. S. Naval Advisory Division, Joint U. S. Military Advisory Group, Washington, D. C. Rear Admiral Heber H. McLean, USN, was detached as ComCruDiv 2 and ordered to Naval Operations, Navy Department, for duty.

Rear Admiral Charles R. Brown, USN, attached to the Naval War College, Newport, R. I., was directed as Chief of Staff and Aide to the President, Naval War College, Newport, R. I. Rear Admiral Harry R. Thurber, USN, was detached as Senior Member, Naval Advisory Survey Board, China and ordered as General Inspector, PacFlt. Rear Admiral Arthur H. Dearing, USN, was detached as District Medical OflScer, Third Naval District, New York and ordered as Asst. Chief of BuMed for Professional and Personnel Operations.

Rear Admiral Edward L. Marshall, USN, was detached as Staff, Comdr.

Marianas and ordered to BuDocks, Washington, D. C. for duty. * * * « Regulations governing certain administrative details involving disciplining of officers are established in two separate Bureau of Naval Personnel directives.

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Herring and Ensign Cowell were awarded silver medals for their second Thomas L. Sprague, USN place finishes. Commander Slade D. Cutter, USN, of BuPers, accompanied the Chief of Bureau U. S. Olympic team as the Navy's representative. Cutter, a former Navy and national heavyweight boxing champion and manding officers that BuPers must be All-American football star, was the only informed of any disciplinary action in- American who qualified as a judge and volving officers. Copies of lettets from referee of Olympic bouts.

COs to disciplined officers must be for* * * * warded to BuPers to be included as a matTHIRTY-TWO NAVY AND MAter of official record in such officers' RINE CORPS officers are among U. S. selection board jackets.

Two directives, BuPers Circ. Ltr. 141- military observers and communications 48 (NDB, 15 Aug. 1948) and BuPers men serving in Palestine. The Navy is Circ. Ltr. 157-48 (NDB, 31 Aug. 1948), providing 17 and the Marine Corps 11 augment existing regulations involving observers. Four naval officers are hanthe suspension from duty, arrest or con- dling communication facilities. « * « * finement of officers as punishment; and ALL COMMISSIONED A N D WARdetachment of oflScers for disciplinary or RANT OFFICERS now on aaive duty other reasons. are required to submit an officer's data card as soon as practicable, with inforTWO NAVY MEMBERS OF THE mation complete to 1 Aug. 1948.

In issuing the above directive, BuPers U. S. OLYMPIC TEAM reached the Circ.

Ltr. 140-48 (NDB, 15 Aug. 1948) finals in their respective sports, only to be narrowly defeated for international states that inactive officers recalled to active duty (other than training duty) titles.

Horace "Hawk" Herring, SDl, USN, should submit a card upon reporring for from Naval Station, San Diego, Calif., duty. The officer's data card, NavPers 340 twice an All-Navy champion and re- should be available at all personnel offices.

Instructions for preparing cards folcently crowned amateur welterweight low. champion of the United States, was outpointed by Julius Torma of Czechoslo- • All previous enlisted service should vakia in a split-decision verdict for the be shown on the reverse of the card.

Olympic championship. Herring was the • Schools completed, officer or enlisted, only American boxer to reach the final should be shown under special qualifications. round of eliminations.

Ensign Robert Cowell, USN, from U. • In space marked "N.A. dass or Desig.

S. Naval Academy, missed being inter- (1)," temporary officers should indicate national backstroke champion by one- permanent status—for instance, L-B for tenth of a second. The event was won by permanent boatswain or L-BM for peranother United States entry, Allen Stack manent boatswain's mate.

• Present home address and present of Yale University.

William Bossio, SN, USN, from USS home telephone number should indicate ALBANY (CA 123), All Navy and na- where officer is currently residing; where tional champion in the bantamweight he may be most readily contacted. division, was defeated in an early round • For officers of flag rank, only the last of Olympic competition by Jane-Marie five years of service are required on the reverse of the card, and for captains, only Grenot of France.

Three other Navy men who landed the last 10 years. alternate positions on the U. S. Olympic • LTA officers, and officers qualified in team were not called into action. They submarines or who on 1 Aug. 1948 are were Lieutenant Walter Blattman, USN, serving in the submarine force either gymnast. Ensign Malcolm MacDonald, afloat or ashore, should submit cards in USN, and Midshipman John Fletcher, duplicate.

USN, wrestlers. All are stationed at the • Cards should not be folded.

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sisted by a Board of three Navy Commissioners who were Naval officers appointed by the Senate. Various duties were apportioned among them by the Secretary. During this period, the ordnance for a ship usually was initially obtained by the Department at the time she was built; however, dependence was almost entirely upon commercial contractors. This often proved to be quite unsatisfactory and time-consuming. The most formidable Navy gun at the time was the 10-inch Columbiad whose range was barely three miles.

On 1 September 1842, the day after Congress enacted the bill reorganizing the Navy Department to include five Bureaus, Captain William Montgomery Crane was appointed the first Chief of THE OLD—Cast iron main battery "Dahlgren" guns mounted on the quarterdeck of the USS H.\RTFORD. The above picture was taken by Maintopman J. W. 'Williams aboard the Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography. The organization at that time conthe HARTFORD in 1864.

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"^^^ NEW— The Airplane armed with guns, rockets, torpedoes and bombs. Antiaircraft guns line the sides of this carrier; radar gives accuracy in the control of their fire. Official U. S. Navy Photograph.

Chief of Bureau HE Bureau of Ordnance was a little more than 80 years old when Navy Day was established in 1922 by the Navy League of the United States. 27 October is the day set aside each year for paying Tribute to the splendid record of the Navy in every American war, to its scientific accomplishments and to its contributions to the industrial life of the Nation. It is also the day for reminding the country that a strong Navy is not only a victor in war but a guardian in peace.

Accordingly, this Navy Day is an appropriate time to remember the 28 Chiefs of the Bureau and their personnel, who throughout a century, worked to make the Bureau of Ordnance the big research, development, and production organization it is today. The Bureau of Ordnance, which during the recent war did $15,000,000,000 worth of business, is now doing business at the rate of $300,000,000 a year. It maintains an inventory of $5,000,000,000 worth of material, owns about 2000 square miles of real estate broken up into 70 stations scattered over the nation, operates about 1500 miles of railroad, and directly employs approximately 40,000 civilians.

The business of this Bureau is developing, building, and supplying weapons for the Navy.

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sisted of three clerks in addition to the Chief of rhe Bureau.

The functions originally assigned by the Secretary of the Navy to the Bureau included responsibility for all that relates to magazines; manufacture, storage, perservarion and use of Naval ordnance and ammunition; mounting of ordnance on board vessels; design, control, and supply of material of all Bureau of Ordnance shops and the building and maintenance of shops not at Navy Yards; making of ordnance contracts and superintendence of work and inspection of material relating to ordnance; hydrographic functions; and supervision of civilian employment under the Bureau.

It is interesting to note that included in the original assignment of responsibilities to rhe Bureau was the complete responsibilit)' for the use of Naval ordnance and ammunition. This responsibility remained in the Bureau until 1893.

At present, rhe use of Naval ordnance is the responsibility of the operating commanders' afloat under the broad supervision of rhe Chief of Naval Operations.

During the first eight years of its existence, the Bureau devoted itself largely to administrative duties, particularly those arising from the Mexican war, and made no significant improvements in the armament of Naval vessels. In 1850, however. Lieutenant John A. Dahlgren introduced his cast iron main battery guns whose uniform construction and design permitted the manufacture of much larger pieces than had been known before. During the next six years, the Dahlgren guns progressed from blue prints to reality. The newest ships were armed with them and they repeatedly proved rheir worth in the Civil 'War battles of the next decade. Of 9-inch, 10inch, 11-inch, and later 15-inch calibers, these guns were originally designed for firing shell, but later were used with solid shot against armor-clads.

In 1862 when the hydrographic functions were transferred ro the newly established Bureau of Navigation, the Bureau became the Bureau of Ordnance.

During the Civil War guns were still muzzle loaders, but improved naval ordnance in the form of armor and rifling first appeared. The first duel between two iron-clad ships, the MONITOR and the MERRIMAC, demonstrated the tremendous value of the revolving turret and the necessity for armor and more powerful armament.

Then for almost 20 years the whole Navy was completely stagnant. Expenditures were cut to a bare skeleton and no appropriations were available from Congress for experimental work. Most of what little new ordnance there was had to be ordered from England.

During the '80s and '90s a new Navy was built and modern ordnance had its beginning. Under Commodore Jeffers, 16

as Chief of the Bureau, the manufacture of the first hooped or built-up steel, highpowered rifled guns of the U. S. Navy was initiated. His successor. Captain Montgomery Sicard, who later became Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet, is credited with most of the ordnance advances during the period from July 1881 to January 1890. Demands for steel forgings necessary for heavy rifled cannon and other ordnance by both the Navy and the Army gave impetus to the infant steel industry, crystallizing in the big plants of today, and helped put this country at the head of the steel industry of the world.

From this period, the beginning was made which led up to the building of the first so-called "White Squadron," in which the old CHICAGO, BOSTON, and ATLANTA played a prominent part. In order to supply these and other new ships with ordnance, a gun factory was installed at the Washington Navy Yard, where it is in operation today. The first rifled gun mounted aboard these vessels was a 6-inch, breech-loading rifle, firing a 70-pound projectile with a 35-pound powder charge.

Experiments conducted by the Bureau of Ordnance in the creation of new ordnance during these years were of great importance to industry in general. Special alloys were evolved. Hydraulic forging machinery with high power hydraulic pumps was developed. Machine shop tools of larger sizes than had ever before been attempted in the United States were made. Powerful travelling cranes and conveying machinery were built and first used in connection with the manufacture of ordnance material. The means of casting and handling large unit masses of steel in ingots were worked out.

Large plate rolling mills for armor decks of battleships were placed in operation.

With a view of producing metal cutting tools which would economically machine heavy armor plate and gun forgings, the "Taylor White" process of treating high-speed steel was developed.

This process revolutionized machine shop practice throughout the world for many years to come. in ordnance development PROGRESS was rapid. During this period came the electrically-controlled torpedo proposed by Lieutenant Bradley A. Fiske.

Progress made in new guns brought about important experiments with brown powder, although brown powder was later abandoned for smokeless powder as longer-range guns were introduced.

Investigations and proposals were underway for introducing a higher explosive than powder for a service torpedo, and for installing electric lighting on the ships. The conception of high-powered, long range guns introduced the breech loading feature and raised the question

of an American range-finder. In 1884 rhe land for a new proving ground at Indian Head, Maryland, was first considered. Three years later when Congress appropriated S40,000 for this purpose.

Lieutenants Couden and Joseph Strauss opened the new proving ground ar Indian Head and the outgrown Annapolis proving ground was abandoned.

Advancements in weapons continued during 1890 ro 1900 under Commodore William M. Folger and Captain William T. Sampson as Chiefs of the Bureau. The first test was made of a submarine boat using a torpedo. The first fire control system was installed on the YORKTOWN. Breech loaders had advanced in design to the 13-inch guns of the OREGON class, ". . . the largest gun ever likely needed for Naval Service."

The Spanish War, 1898, afforded an opportunity for measuring our efforts against those of Europe. The successful results confirmed the Bureau's decision of using steel forgings for guns instead of adopting the British type of wirewound guns.

The first modern rarget practice took place in 1902 and afforded rhe first tryout in speedy loading and continuous firing of the Navy's new ordnance. This brought out the need for some system of training officers for the special duties of ordnance with the result that a graduate course in ordnance was established in 1903. The enthusiasm and support of President Theodore Roosevelt for the Navy made possible increases in the efficiency and size of the Fleet. Great srrides in gunnery and ordnance resulted from the "Around-Tlie-World Cruise" of 1907-1909.

By 1910 the Proving Ground at Indian Head had been enlarged. Submarines of the H O L L A N D dass had successfully used torpedoes. Brown powder had been removed from service. "The Powder Factory had, in 1907, manufactured over 1,000,000 pounds of smokeless powder.

Greater emphasis was being placed on more efficient fire-control systems as the result of increases in range. In 1911, at the Naval Academy, midshipmen were firsr instructed in modern fire control.

The organization of the Bureau grew gradually. On the eve of World War 1, the original organization consisting of four in 1842 had increased to 13 officers and 52 civilians, and reached the peak of 123 officers and 265 civilians in November 1918.

By the time World War I began, the Bureau had decided upon the armor piercing shell, instead of the high explosive shell used by most foreign navies, as the standard shell of the U. S. Navy.

The wisdom of this decision was confirmed two years later by the Battle of Jutland. The Bureau had secured a stable smokeless powder, and had developed {Continued on page 24)

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fastened to its sides and back, and two short-legged metal triangles to hold the pots above the charcoal fire, which burned on a thick bed of ash. Olive wood charcoal is pretty reliable fuel and a great heat producer, but how such a makeshift contraprion could possibly cook for fifty-two hungry men is a mystery; yet the records show this primitive stove was all they had. In even a moderate ground swell the cooks must have had rather an unhappy time. For eating and drinking the utensils were equally simple. Dishes, pannikins and shallow bowls served for food, bottles and small carafes for wine, and a few crude cups and vases for the drinking glasses. One cup, larger than the others, suggested an old-fashioned spitkit with handles like ears, or a miniature of a less mentionable receptacle. All these vessels were of glass and pottery, and I was unable to find any record or testimony as to metal utensils of any sort beyond small twotined forks with cutting edges, knives and spoons.

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and besides growing a nice green slime as a covering, developed a stench before which any modern would quail. The men knew all that, but as fresh water was used only to dilute the wine, it was of no consequence. Apparently sailors in 1492 were too tough to succumb to dysentery or any such ailment of civilization as we know it. Anyway, they had plenty of onions and garlic.

Inspection of the ship's instruments and tools revealed a simplicity so hard to believe it had to be seen to be comprehended. The quadranr and astrolabe are both recognizable, and as nobody knew or worried about magnetic north or compass variation, they served well enough. But the ship's carpenter and the butcher-cook had so few and such primitive implements that only human skill and elbow grease could possibly do the work always at hand at sea. No attempt was then made to give tools easy and functionally graceful shapes. All were meant to do certain things; if they did them, form did not matter, and finish was entirely unimportant. Only the huge steelyard and its detachable balance weight made the slightest attempt at elegance.

Namrally one would expect the armament of such a ship, bent upon discovery and exploration, with contacts of savage natives a certainty, to be the best and

think that Santa Maria I was given this.

I examined the guns of her present replica carefully, was assured rhat they were all originals dating to the last quarter of the fifteenth century, and that they were as good as any ship carried. Perhaps so, but it takes some believing. On the maindeck aft, under the channels,, two ports were cut in either side for muzzle loading carronades firing about a sixpound ball. This was the main battery, capable of lots of smoke, shattering reports and very little else. As each piece was roughly mounted in a cradle carved from a solid block of hardwood, and strapped fast with heavy iron bands, it was impossible to lay the gun, so directed fire was out of the question. Against savages, however, the voice of the gods was terrifying in itself.

The secondary battery frightened the Spaniards even more than it terrified any natives. Along the rails were mounted a few culebrinas, or culverins, strange,, wicked-looking breech-loaders which threatened to kill their crews and burn up the ship every time they were fired.

These guns were cast iron, mounted upon a long swivel let through the rail, and instead of a cascabel, were fitted with a long tang or rear arm for aiming. The solid ball, thrust down the muzzle and held in place by wads, was about two inches in diameter and had an effective 17

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range of perhaps 250 yards. The breechblock, which carried the home-made powder charge, was a section about a foot in length, rabbeted at its forward end to fit into the breech, and held in place against a rabbeted after frame. Between block and frame a quoin or wedge was d r i v ^ to make the fit as snug as possible. Loose jwwder was poured into the touch-hole if anybody was reckless enough to risk close firing, or a twisted slow-match inserted. When the wretched makeshift went off a third of the charge sprayed flame and sparks sideways, up and down, rhe windage in the bore accounted for a lot more lost power, the quoin jumped God knows where, and the gun-layer with his hand on the aiming tang might be much worse hurt than the Indians at whom the piece was fired. " D U T if the ship's armament left much - ' - ' to be desired, the men's equipment could not have been bettered. The standard firearm was the aiquebus, which only a quarter-century later at Pavia in the hands of the dreaded Spanish infantry was to crush the French and lead to the capture of no less a personage than King Francis I himself. Aside from the arquebus, there were crossbows, which fired short darts or balls as deadly as the musket balls of three cenmries later, and with tremendous penetration; broadbladed straight swords, the lance-headed 18

pikes which did such execution on many a bloody field, and keen daggers of varying lengths and widths. The only armor was light steel helmets and padded leather jerkins. Columbus himself was never, so far as I know, painted in armor or showing any weapon more formidable than a court sword. In slings and racks close to the main battery are stands for all these weapons, and for the fish-spears, harpoons and other tools for purely utilitarian purposes.

The heavily cambered maindeck stretches clear forward to the crude windlass, where all hands mrned to when the mainsail halliards were manned, and to the tremendous tiller and binnacle away aft. Ships of this period were not steered with a wheel. The heavy hemp relieving gear was so stiff and hard the helmsmen must have taken a good deal of battering as the kick of the rudder jerked the oak tiller viciously to and fro. A single glance about shows how clearly the Spaniards saw utility as their goal. The frames, timbers, carlines all were shaped just enough to do their proper work, but not one drop of sweat was wasted on finish. Even the gaping sternporr through which the tiller was mortised to the rudder-head was left wide open, as were the two side ports above and to either hand. Steering must have been a wet trick with anything of a following sea. As the ship had only one thin skin she probably creaked and groaned a great deal, and this yielding, with the noise of the steering gear, must have been with the Admiral, whose quarters filled the entire sterncastle directly above, night and day for those lonely, doubtful seventy days and nights until the lookout's hail told him his dream had come true.

The first Santa Maria was short lived.

Bought by Columbus while waiting off Palos for a cargo, she was piled up by a negligent helmsman on Santo Domingo, Christmas Day, 1492. Fortunately no one was lost. When the weather moderated the Indians helped the crews of all three vessels to unload the flagship and then dismantle her. Practically all the stores and cargo as well as the guns, spars, canvas and other gear were saved. Deciding to plant a colony on the island, the Admiral built Fort Navidad (Christmas), in part with materials from his wrecked flagship, garrisoned it with fourty-four members of her crew, and taking command in the Pinta, sailed homeward.

Hanging above my desk is a reminder of those eventful days: a great keen, double-edged sword with a blade 37.5 inches long. No fancy engraved or inlaid nobleman's sword this, but a rough tool for killing, an enlisred man's sword, with the hammer and file marks of the country smithy that turned it and hundreds of its fellows out for the royal forces, clearly showing. Whether it ever tasted Indian blood I do not know. Medical

Inspector Frederick L. Benton, who was ashore as medical officer with the Marine occupational forces four hundred years later, when the great epidemic nearly wiped out the entire native population, presented it to me. Its twin he gave to Captain Lybrand P. Smith, USN. Commander Benton told me he pulled a native family through the plague, which had struck down all of them. In gratimde they have him the only things of worth they owned: these two ancient swords.

Mine g:oes to the Naval Historical Foundation Museum as soon as it has a place to display it.

Standing once more in the Admiral's cabin in the sterncastle of Santa Maria III, marveling in the half-gloom at the unyielding courage and tough mindedness that sustained the daring sailor who knew the whole world was against him, it would be no surprise at aU, so vivid history becomes, to have the neatly white uniformed young lieutenant who took the Admiral's place for the twentieth century world, suddenly appear in ruff and hose. History, after all, is a living thing, and both Colim:ibus and his ship still live in the new world he gave to an old one hardly fit or ready for such a magnificent treasure.

Our Navy {Continued from page 6) roles of the Naval forces, roles which were discussed earlier.

An intelligent appreciation of the functions and potentialities or the modern Navy is important to us. As alumni of the Naval Academy we are expected to be familiar with these facts. By virme of our association with the Navy, all of us, in civilian life or in the military service, are subject to call as interpreters—to clarify and explain to the American people the need for a powerful, well-trained Navy as the best insurance for the preservation of our national security and world peace. We should encourage an alert, informed and intelligent interest in the Navy, but we should also not fail to emphasize the Navy's partnership in the coordinated armed forces combat team. Navy Day gives us an excellent opportunity for accomplishing this.

As a member of the Navy Council, the Naval Academy Alumni Association has a participating interest in the activities of Navy Day. In most localities the Navy Day program will be coordinated by the Navy League. For those in areas in which the Navy League is not active, a few tips for Navy Day may be helpful.

Celebration of Navy Day may be as simple as the display of appropriate posters and it may be elaborate enough to include a Navy Day Ball or luncheon with prominent speakers. Efforts should

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be made to achieve maximum public interest and participation, churches, stores, schools, industries, civil organizations, veterans' groups, and many others will desire to participate. The Navy is eager to assist in these measures by holding open house, sending representatives, furnishing posters and displays, providing material for releases in the newspapers and for radio programs, and in many other ways. Requests for assistance in any of these matters should be addresed to the Commandant of the Naval Disaict concerned, or rhe representative of the local Commandant. If your community already has a Navy Day Chairman, act through him. He will appreciate your interest and assistance.

Since our national security depends to a large degree on the effectiveness of the Navy, and since in mrn that effectiveness is governed directly by the public interest, our people throughout the land are entitled to a complete up-to-date knowledge of the duties and capabilities of the Navy.

Although this is a year-round responsibility, Navy Day 1948 will provide for us an excellent oppormnity to highlight our Navy—^Vicror in War—Guardian in Peace.

T h e Canopus {Continued from page 10) because our boys, not having been indoctrinated into the ancient Army principle that it is fatal to be outflanked, simply held their ground and sent back detachments to clear out the annoying intruders behind their lines.

Another essential item which had somehow been overlooked in the plans was the service of supply. In the excitement, nobody thought much about that until namre began to assert itself as night came on, and the boys began to get hungry and tired. A hurry call was sent back to the C A N O P U S to "send plenty of everything," and trucks were rushed to the new front with food, ammunition, blankets, and stretchers for the wounded.

For days, all other work was dropped, and all hands were pressed into service to make sure the fighting men lacked nothing that would help.

The Jap landing party was made up of picked men, larger and stronger than the average, and well equipped for jungle fighting. Had they made a determined assault, they could undoubtedly have wiped out completely our whole ragged battalion. But they knew the business of war, and were sure our front lines must be backed up by powerful reserves somewhere. If they could only find out where these reserves were located, they would know where best to make their drive.

The big push was held up while their scouts frantically searched for the elusive reserve forces. How could they guess that the crazy Americans were so ignorant of the art of war as to blithely ignore the necessity for reserves.'' Sixty more Marines with trench mortats were brought over from Corregidor to counteract the advantage the Japs had enjoyed with similar weapons, but they were also used in the front lines, and could haidly be called reserves.

A diary later found on the body of a Japanese officer testified to their complete bewilderment, describing the strange conduct of the "new type of suicide squads, which thrashed about in the jungle, wearing bright colored uniforms, and making plenty of noise. Whenever these appatitions reached an open space, they would attempt to draw Japanese fire by sitting down, talking loudly, and lighting cigarettes."

Bataan may well have been saved from a premamre fall by the reckless bravado of those sailors, because if the Japs had succeeded in cutting off supplies to the western Army front, a general retreat from those prepared positions might have been necessary. The lives lost in that timely effort could hardly have been sacrificed in a better cause.

On the fifth day, the 57th regiment of Filipino Scouts arrived to relieve the Naval Battalion. These Scouts were the cream of the crop, having served under

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American officers as part of the regular Army ever since the Philippines were taken over. The Scouts were intensely proud of their service, and high indeed were the qualifications of any Filipino who could pass their entrance requirements. The Scouts could, and did, outdo the best of the Japs in jungle fighting.

The officers swore that their men could smell a Jap sniper in the trees, and cited numerous cases where Scouts stalking through pitch dark jungles at night would suddenly fire a shot upward into the trees, bringing down a sniper. Any Scout who used more than a single shot to bring down his enemy had to' face caustic comments by his mates.

You may be sure that each tired sailor, when he felt a tap on his shoulder, and the welcome words "I'll take over now, Joe" before his Scout relief melted silently into the jungle, knew that his job was in competent hands, and the battle as good as won. After three days .of the deadly marksmanship of the Scouts, and shattering blasts of huge mortar shells thrown into thier main positions

by Corregidor's guns, the battered and disorganized remnants of the powerful landing force had all been pushed over the cliffs which lined the seacoast, leaving hundreds of dead behind. {To be concluded in November issue of SHIPMATE.)

U. S. Naval Academy (Continued from page 13) Like its 1947 predecessor this year's conference was conducted on the "lecmrepanel discussion" method. During the course of the ten days six lectures wete presented, each followed by a discussion in which six to eight members of the Academy faculty participated.

Six general topics served as the bases for lectures and discussions. They were: "Teaching to Think," "The Naval Academy Integrated Curriculum," "The Areas of Science and Engineering," "Planning Instruction and Effective Presentation,"

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In addition to Dr. Bartky, the conference heard lectures by Dr. Kenneth Irving Brown, President of Dennison College, Granville, Ohio, by Dr. Austin R Frey, Chairman of the Naval Postgraduate School's Department of Physics and Electronics, and by Captain C. S. Seabring, Head of the Academy's Depattment of Marine Engineering.

graduated from the lowly title of land- control, and innovations in submarine delubber and was on his way towards be- sign. Following the lecture he was concoming a man of the sea. ducted on a tour of the ship in order to give him a firmer understanding of the The Marine staffed North Severn material covered.

Rifle Range has announced a new seaAlthough the tours were sponsored by sons high for the .45 Pistol. Recently, the Department of Marine Engineering, Midshipman Jack W. Williams fired 347 they also induded information covered out of a possible 400, while his shipmates by the Department of Seamanship and P. E. Lambert and R. W. Coulter fired Navigation and Ordnance and Gunnery. a 346 and 341 respectively. Expert qualiThe TUSK was commissioned in Aufication score for the pistol is 300. gust 1946 and has all the newest develop-

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ments in submarine construction and deLectures Delivered to Instructors sign. She departed from Annapolis on of the Deparlnient of Marine Friday, August 20th.

Engineering The Coimnanding Officer is ComDuring the month of August, the in- mander G. F. Gugliotta of New London, structors of the Department of Marine Connecticut.

Engineering were privileged to attend a series of lectures on topics which are Inter - Platoon Infantry current in their field. Those addressing Competition Completed the instructors and their topics were: Mr. W. L. Williams, Assistant SuperThe members of the Class of 1952, intendent, Metals Laboratory, Navy En- otherwise known as the "Plebe Class" gineering Experiment Station,—"Metals have completed a series of inter-battalion for High Temperature Application." competitions, which began shortly after Mr. W. E. Robbins, Head of Fuels and new Fourth Class got underway.

Lubricants Section, Internal Combustion The results of the Plebe class infantry Laboratory, Navy Engineering Experi- competition, which was the last in the ment Station,—"Refining of Naval Fuels series of competitions were as follows: and Lubricants."

The second and third platoons of the 8th Mr. J. L. Basil, Head of the Corrosion company took first and second place reSection, Metals Laboratory, Navy Engi- spectively, while the 3rd platoon of the neering Experiment Station,—"Corrosion 2nd company held down third place.

Encountered in Naval Vessels."

The points which were awarded the Professor G. F. Kinney, Professor of Chemistry, Naval Postgraduate School— winning platoons in this competition were accredited to the battalion of which "Plastics." that platoon was a member.

Points for each of the four plebe battal.4ssistant to Vice President of ions were gathered in a series of conpetiBethlehem Steel Lectures tions held by the various departments at Naval Academy throughout the Academy. The Executive Department held two infantry competiMr. C. H. Herty, Jr., Assistant to the Vice President in charge of Operations tions between companies and platoons. for the Bethlehem Steel Company, de- The Department of English, History, and livered an address in Melville Hall on Goverrunent held inter-battalion comTuesday morning, August 10th for the petitions in debating while seven combenefit of the instructors in the Depart- petitions were contributed by the Department of Marine Engineering. The sub- ment of Seamanship and Navigation ject of his lecture was "The Economic covering phases of seamanship. The DeImportance of Steel; Problems and Fu- partment of Physical Training held the largest number of competitions which ture of the Steel Industry." included various sports activities. The DeSubmarine Tusk Recently at Naval partment of Ordnance and Gunnery also Academy for Indoctrination of contributed to the competitions with rifle and carbine contests.

Plebes

During the summer months activities at the U. S. Naval Academy were devoted to indoctrinating the new members of the Plebe (fourth) class in the fundamentals of N a \ 7 life. Under the Department of Seamanship and Navigation the new midshipmen first encountered life at sea a few days after entrance to the Naval Academy. His first practical drill is with the oldest of craft, the pulling boat. Here he learned to use the business end of an oar and the meanings of such nautical terms as "gunwhale" and "thwart." He then graduated to small sailboats in which, after instruction and qualification, he sailed in a series of races and learned how to manage these boats in formation with other boats under sail.

And, of course, he learned the meanings of the terms "'sailing free" and "starboard tack" in addition to the tiaffic rules by which sailing vessels are governed. As the summer training progressed he learned how to tie the various knots used on board ship, induding the "bowline" and the "square knot."

The new midshipman was given some signal instruction, involving the uses of semaphore, flashing light and flags. Instruction was also given in the handling of large fifty-foot power boats. Training films were used in inclement weather, followed by explanations and practical training in the nautical rules of the road, the use of shipboard battle telephones, the duties of a lookout and how to read a chart. The language of the sea was stressed throughout his training and, in order to increase his vocabulary in this respect, he was taken for a tour on board a modern submarine and a modern destroyer.

The climax to summer training arrived when two weeks were set aside for competitive events to determine which group has attained the highest proficiency in the various drills. This competition included a written test covering nautical terms and the meanings of the bright colored signal flags. This competition, together with competition under other departments, resulted in one battalion being named the top all-around battalion in the dass and members of that battalion receive certain special privileges.

At the conclusion of the simimer training, the new midshipmen had 20

The Submarine USS TusK was recently stationed at the U. S. Naval Academy for a two-week period, for the purpose of familiarizing members of the Plebe class with Submarines. This was in line with the summer training program, the purpose of which is to give the plebes a good basic foundation in the fundamentals of all phases of Navy life.

Each man spent two hours aboard the Sub, receiving a lecture on the entire ship, including torpedoes, engines, ship

The first battalion came out in first place with a total of 2833.5 points followed in second place by third battalion with a total of 2647.5 points. The fourth battalion landed in third place with a total score of 2521 points leaving the second battalion in last place with 1679 points.

The winning battalion will receive three town liberties the last three Saturdays of September. Runner u p will receive two town liberties and third place winner will be awarded only one liberty.

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insignificant and to bring into sharp focus Hrazilian Naval OflScer Attends the immutable values indigenous to this Postgraduate School Recently reporting to the Naval Post- institution which have stood the test of graduate School was Lieutenant Com- time and battle.

And my second thought is that we mander Mandel Maria Del Castillo of must look to the inspirational, both acathe Brazilian Navy. demic and administrative, if we are to Lieutenant Commander Del Castillo, who is a native of Rio De Janeiro, faithfully and with optimum effectiveBrazil, is a graduate of the Brazilian ness execute our role. Do we by precept and example inspire in all with whom we Naval Academy's Class of 1933.

He has come to study at the Post- come in contact the enthusiasm and loygraduate School. Mrs. Del Castillo is re- alty and devotion to our responsibility maining at their home in Rio De Janeiro. that represents the best in our efforts?

Do we recognize scholarship of itself as an essential ingredient for integration Marine Corps OflScers Visit with skill of methodology? Do we recNaval Academy ognize that education involves not mereVisiring the U. S. Naval Academy re- ly learning, but is also of the spirit—the cendy were Brigadier General John T. development of a discipline to do right— Selden, USMC, Director of Public In- to proceed with both moral and intellecformarion for the U. S. Marine Corps, tual honesty in our tasks? I believe it and Lr. Colonel Robert D. Heinl, Jr., helpful to keep this thought before us Head of the Historical Section of the in this seminar—the concept of the educational processes as being the inegration Marine Corps.

They were escorted on a tour of the of learning, and the development of Academy aaivities by the Superinten- character.

With all the refinements of methoddent, Rear Admiral James L. Holloway, Jr., and had lunch in the Mess Hall. They ology, of testing methods, of modern were particularly interested in the in- educational processes we must always do tegration of Marine Corps personnel into first things first and follow Justice the Naval Academy education and train- Holmes' precept that "Education in the ing program, and most particulaily in obvious is needed much more than inthe leadership program which is headed vestigation of the obscure," at this charby Lt. Colonel Lowell English of the acter-forming level in the education of American youth.

Executive Department.

We must think of setvice with a big "S"; along with the driving, dynamic Introduction of Dr. A. John Bartky, processes characteristic of the educational Dean of School of Education at methods employed at the Naval AcadStanford University, by Rear emy, we must not lose the thought of Admiral James L. Holloway, Jr., setvice in our teaching and our leaderU. S. Navy, Superintendent ship.

Also we must try to think straight— Welcome to this second series of lectures under the direction of Dr. John be clear in our definitions and in our Bartky of Leland Stanford University. comprehensions. I deplore the term "CulI can add but little to the general ob- tural subjects" as applied to the area of servations set forth in the foreword of literature, the arts and the social sciences. the program outlining this series of lec- What a narrow view! Actually is not culture the enlightenment and discipline tures.

I would however like to mention two acquired by mental or moral training? values that come immediately to mind. Is it not as de Rocco says, the holding First, this symposium can serve most of the thought "Not of having more but effectively in faculty orientation. It can of behaving better"?

My thoughts and feelings can best be serve to create an understanding of our objectives, an appreciation of our aca- summarized in the form of a question demic stature and organization, and a set forth by John Mason Brown, author full realization of individual depart- of "Seeing Things": "What is happimental contribution as well as integra- ness?" and I say "What is Service?" and tion of departmental effort in establish- George Bernard Shaw answers "This is ing a unity of concept focused on our the true joy in life, the being used for a purpose recognized by yourself as a ultimate goal. mighty one, the being thoroughly worn In this same process of orientation we indulge in rigorous self-appraisal. Even out before you are thrown on the scrap more than individual evaluation, I mean heap, the being a force of nature instead self-appraisal of our methods as an insti- of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments tution. For example I hold no brief for and grievances complaining that the tradition per se. I adhere to tradition only world will not devote itself to making insofar as it contributes to a moral, edu- you happy."

It is my thought and my hope that cational, or spiritual goal. I am convinced that we must be eternally vigilant—ever this symposium will engender an ever vigilant to diminate the meaningless and greater spirit of enthusiasm and appreOCTOBER.

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Gentlemen of the Faculty and our guests, I present the distinguished Dean of Stanford University's School of Education, my good friend and close wartime collaborator. Dr. A. John Bartky.

Naval Personnel (Continued from page 14) Each year the Bureau receives recommendations that the data caids are unnecessary, in view of the fact that all information that they contain is already available in the Bureau. Annual submission of new cards, it is said, only creates additional work for individual ofiicers.

The value of these cards to BuPers cannot be over-emphasized, Circ. Ltr. 140 states. Their advantages are many, the most important of which is an up-todate ready reference of an officer's past duties and desires for future assignment at no cost other than that of the card itself. The information contained in fitness reports, it is pointed out, is carefully guarded and not readily available to the detail section.

Whenever there is a significant change in data of the type included on a card, a new card should be submitted. This 21

would be necessary, for instance, when an oflficer's desires change his concerning future duty assignments change.

Caids should be submitted as follows: • Naval aviators, officers in flight training and officers with an "A" classification, to Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Attn: Op-54).

• Staff corps officers, including pay clerks, to Chief of Naval Personnel (Attn: Pers-311F).

• All other officers, to Chief of Naval Personnel (Attn: Pers-311).

ALTHOUGH HE WAS ONLY ONE AMONG MORE THAN 350,000 Navy enlisted men, Thomas F. Connolly, BM2, USN, won the sympathy of the Bureau of Naval Personnel.

At Balboa naval hospital in San Diego, young Mrs. Connolly gave birth to a ninepound baby boy. There was little joy in it, however, for the mother had died in childbirth.

Then came a series of difficulties. The boatswain's mate sent the remains to Boston, following via MATS for the funeral and burial. He was due back in San Diego within 10 days after the baby's birth to arrange for its care.

On the ninth day, Connolly was in Washington, D. C. with troubles. MATS was discontinuing passenger operations on the following day, Connolly pointed out, with the result that his four priority had little chance in the last minute rush.

BuPers came to the fore with orders transferring Connolly for the remainder of his shore duty from San Diego to Boston, where the baby could be cared for by the father's parents. Then Connolly was given a two priority which assured him a reserved seat on the MATS "Hot Shot" non-stop flight to California.

"It is requested," said his orders from the Chief of Naval Personnel, "that Connolly be assigned duty in the Boston area in view of the humanitarian aspects involved."

T H R E E HUNDRED EIGHTYEIGHT REGULAR NAVY ENSIGNS in the line and staff corps will become eligible for promotion to lieutenant (junior grade) between 1 Jan. 1949 and 31 March 1949.

BuPers Circ. Ltr. 139-48 (NDB, 15 Aug. 1948) announced the examination which will take place during December 1948 and gave a list of eligible ensigns.

Examinations will be administered in accordance with BuPers Circ. Ltr. 17-48 (NDB, 15 Feb. 1948).

COs are requested by the letter to insure that listed officers serving under their command are promptly notified.

The names of oflficers to be examined after December 1948 will be published at a later date. It is expected that all examinations and eligibility lists will be 22

announced well in advance of date of examination.

The ensigns listed in Circ. Ltr. 139 are the first in approximately eight years to be subject to professional examination prior to promotion. * * # « TENNIS VICTORIES OVER THE ARMY AND AIR FORCE RETURNS the coveted Leech trophy to the Navy for the first time in nine years.

Playing at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Va., the Navy scored a one-match victory over the Air Force 4 to 3, and followed through three days later with a 6 to 1 trouncing of the Army.

It was the Air Force's first representation in the matches which since 1924 had ben held between Army and Navy netmen.

Aiding the Army in its nine-year tenure of the trophy was the elimination of competition from 1940 through 1946.

The Army took the award in 1939 and retained it in 1947 with a smashing 7 to 0 triumph.

After the Army won in the first two years of competition, the Navy took over in 1926 and successfully defended their championship 12 times, through 1937.

The matches were not held in 1938.

Team captain of the Navy netmen was Captain James Farrin, USN, on duty in BuShips, who led the way to wins over the Army in three singles and three doubles matches. In a fourth singles match.

Lieutenant Kendall Jones, USN, NAS Anacostia, D. C , dropped two nets to Lieutenant Frank Mehner, USA, European Command, 2-6 and 3-6.

In other singles competition, results were: Lieutenant Elston Wyatt, USN DesRon 6 (LantFlt), defeated Lieutenant Colond Sanford Webster, USA, 3rd Army, 6-4 and 6-3.

Lieutenant Commander John Behr, USN, Naval Supply Corps School, Bayonne, N. J., won over Captain Charles Danid, USA, 3rd Army, 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.

Edward Serues, CY, USN, Naval Reserve Training Center, Bingham, Mass., defeated M. Sgt. Louis Persinger, USA, 6th Army, 7-5, 6-3.

Doubles results: Captain James Farrin, USN, and Captain William Howard, USN, Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va., defeated Lieutenant Colonel Robert Rhine, USA, 5th Army, and M. Sgt. Persinger.

Lieutenant Jones and Lieutenant Commander Behr defeated Lieutenant Julius Taylor, USA, 4th Army, and Lieutenant Colond Webster, USA, 6-3, 6-2.

Lieutenant Wyatt and Ensign James Doyle, USN, USS J O H N W . T H O M A S O N ( D D 760), defeated Lieutenant Mehner, USA, and Lieutenant Warren Drake, USA, 5th Army, 2-6, 8-6, 6-0.

The Air Force was eliminated from the finals by a one-match margin.

Singles results: Captain Robert Hippenstiel, USAF, Hq., USAF, defeated Lieutenant Jones.

6-4, 6-3.

Lieutenant Commander Behr defeated Major Thomas Bonner, USAF, Far East Command, 7-5, 6-3.

Serues, CY, defeated Colonel Andrew Evans, USAF, Hq., USAF, 6-4, 6-il.

Lieutenant Wyatt defeated Captain Arthur Drayer, USAF, Hq., USAF, 9-7, 6-1.

Doubles results: Captain Hippenstiel, USAF, and Captain Dreyer, USAF, defeated Lieutenant Commander Behr and Lieutenant Jones, 6-4, 7-5.

Major Bonner, USAF, and Lieutenant Robert Wilson, USAF, European USAF. defeated Captain Farrin, and Captain Howard, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2.

Lieutenant Wyatt and Ensign Doyle defeated Colonel Evans, USAF, and Lieutenant William Shiver, USAF, Maxwell AFB, 6-4, 6-4.

Alternates on the Navy net squad were Lieutenant William Foulkes, USN, Aviation Supply Depot, Philadelphia, Pa.; Lieutenant Richard Williams, USN, NAS Willow Grove, Pa.; and Midshipman Frank Keister, Naval Air Training Command, Pensacola, Fla. * * * * ONE MILLION MEN A N D WOMEN IN NAVAL RESERVE. The one millionth man has joined the U. S. Naval Reserve, leaving the Navy only 175,000 short of the 1948 goal for its Reserve.

The Reserve components supplement the regular Navy, for which the 80th Congress has authorized a force with a top enrollment of 666,882 personnel on active duty in the Navy and Marine Corps, plus 36,000 one-year enlistees.

Of the 1,175,000 officers and enlisted personnel planned for the Organized and Volunteer Reserve, approximately 250,000 are required in the Organized Reserve, where they are trained to filM)illets immediately upon mobilization.

The Organized Reserve is composed of units of size and membership as determined by the Chief of Naval Operations to best fill mobilization requirements. Members of these units undergo comprehensive training in their individual rates designed to make them ready for their assignments in the Navy in the event of emergency.

These Reservists obligate themselves to attend drills at the Naval Reserve Training Centers where their organizations meet and to attend an annual two weeks' training period. They are paid one day's pay for each drill completed, and during the two-week training period are ordered to training duty with full pay and allowances.

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of other components but are qualified or partially qualified for prescribed mobilization billets. While in the Volunteer Reserve, except for certain technical units, they do not obligate themselves to attend drills or to perform annual training duties.

A chain of Naval Reserve Training Centers, nudeus of the drilling units for Naval Reservists, is spread across the country; 322 units are scheduled to be completed by 1950. In these Training Centers, the Organized Reservists attend regular drills, become proficient in the skills of their rate, and keep abreast of the latest developments in naval ptocedures and equipment.

Tne Organized Reserve program plarmed for the current fiscal year includes 765 surface and submarine divisions with 10,000 officers and 154,000 enlisted personnel, and an aviation component of 8,500 officers and 29,000 enlisted. In addition, programs are established for intelligence, communication, transportation, construction, catgo handling, and ship repair personnel.

Volunteer units have been established for Civil Engineer Corps, Supply Corps, Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Chaplain Corps, Aviation, Intelligence, electronic warfare, law, petroleum, naval research, naval transportation, and other personnel.

VOLUNTEER NAVAL RESERVISTS MAY COMPETE FOR NAVAL ACADEMY Fourteen days of active or training duty prior to April 20, 1949 will qualify Volunteer Naval Reservists to compete for appointment to the Naval Academy next year, the Navy Department announced in modifying the eligibility requirements.

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for the competitive examinations. The Secretary of the Navy is authorized to appoint 160 Reservists annually to the Naval Academy.

In previous years, applicants of the Naval Reserve were required to be attached to or associated with an organization of the Organized Reserve and to have maintained efficiency by attending at least 27 drills or equivalent duty during the period between July 1 of the year preceding appointment and the third Wednesday in the following April, which is the date of mental examination for admission.

The new directive issued by the Secretary of the Navy provides that enlisted Naval Reservists not attached to or associated with an organization of the Organized Reserve may compete for appointment to the Naval Academy providing they have performed not less than 14 days' active or training duty, with or without pay, during the period between July 1 of the year preceding appointment and the third Wednesday in the following April.

All applications from Naval Reservists must be submitted prior to October 1, 1948 for appointment to the Naval Academy next year.

In addition to meeting the service requirement, all Naval Reserve candidates must be citizens of the United States who are not more than 21 years of age on April 1 of the year in which appointed (for personnel with 1 year of honorable service during World War II the age limit is raised to 23 years), must have been in the Naval Reserve at least 1 year

by July 1 of the year in which appointed, have a good record, be recommended by their commanding officers, meet the same moral, mental, and physical requirements as are required of other candidates, and take a competitive examination which is held on the third Wednesday in April of each year.

Applications for appointment to the Naval Academy should be submitted via the Commanding Officer or Commandant of the Naval District.

NAVAL CADET PROGRAM OPENS NEW OPPORTUNITY TO ENLISTED PERSONNEL A new opportunity for enlisted personnel to attain commissioned rank in the Reserve has been offered through recent re-activation of the Naval Aviation Cadet (NavCad) Program.

Candidates for the NavCad Program enlist in the Naval Reserve and agree to serve a total of four years on active duty. This includes approximately 18 months of indoctrination and flight training, and a period of service in the operating forces. At the successful completion of flight training, NavCads are commissioned either as Ensigns in the Naval Reserve, or as 2nd Lieutenants in the Marine Corps Reserve.

This program is open to civilians and to qualified enlisted personnel of the Navy, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps or Marine Corps Reserve, whether on active or inactive duty, who have had two or more years of college.

Former Naval Aviation Cadets and Student Aviation Pilots who were separated from the program due to quota restrictions or who were released to inactive duty at the end of the war are eligible to apply provided they meet all other qualifications.

Under this program the Navy will accept about 2,000 cadets during this fiscal year, and will continue with large yearly quotas to insure a continuous flow into the flight training facilities, to man the Fleet Air Groups with young aviators, and to provide a supply of newly trained personnel for the Naval Reserve. * * * * BOTH THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS AND THE AIR MEDAL may be awarded in peacetime as well as in wartime, BuPers Circ. Ltr. 161-48 (NDB, 31 Aug. 1948) points out in correcting a widespread impression that the medals are wartime awards only.

The directive states that judicious use of the awards provides a powerful incentive in both peace aiid war.

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Policy for the award of the medals by the Navy is as follows: The Distinguished Flying Cross may be awarded to any person serving in any capacity with the U. S. Navy who distinguishes himself by heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in an aerial flight. To justify this award for heroism, an act in the face of great danger, well above normal expectations such as to distinguish the individual above those of comparable rank or rating performing similar services, is required.

For achievement, the results accomplished must be s o ' exceptional as to render the individual conspicuous among those of comparable rank or rating performing similar services.

The Air Medal may be awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the U. S. Navy, distinguishes himself by meritorious acts or serie^ of acts while participating on an aerial flight, although not to the degree required for the Distinguished Flying Cross. To justify this award, however, the achievement must have been accomplished with distinction.

An executive order of 1927 prohibits the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross to civilians, but the Air Medal is available for awards to civilians serving with the Navy.

Ordnance (Continued from page 16) armor and projectiles of the finest quality. Before America entered the war, the ordnance in our Fleet had increased to l4""/50 caliber guns. Depth charges were first introduced. Heavier armor, the beginnings of anti-aircraft defense, improved fire control and increased turret protection were provided as a result of the lessons learned from the Battle of Jutland. Plans had gone ahead for the building of a new armor plant at Charleston, West Virginia.

Nine days after America's entry in the war in April 1917, the Bureau of Ordnance presented plans for a mine barrage across the North Sea and English Channel to bottle up the German submarines.

The task was to manufacture 100,000 mines and then ship them through 3500 miles of submarine-infested waters. To fill the mines with explosives, a mine loading plant of 22 buildings was erected at St. Julien's Creek, Virginia, capable of receiving, loading, and shipping 1000 mines a day. Advance bases for inspection and assembly of mines were established in Scotland. A mine squadron was created for the work of laying the mines, and Admiral Strauss, who had been Chief of the Bureau, was placed in charge. This was all accomplished by October 1918, 24

when 70,000 mines had been laid for a distance of 230 miles, at a cost of approximatdy $80,000,000. The achievement was considered one of America's greatest naval contributions to World War I. The Bureau complement went down again to 29 officers and 78 civilians in 1921, a level which generally continued through the early 30s. In 1935, the gathering war clouds shook the country from its complacent attitude with respect to the country's military establishment and resulted in increased appropriations and increased personnel. Total personnel increased steadily from this date, reaching a maximum of about 3500 in July 1945.

During the period from 1918 to 1941 the big gun reached and passed its peak in the pattern of Naval warfare. Torpedoes underwent extensive development. Aviation ordnance experienced a very rapid growth to important proportions.

In the Second World War the Navy was able to compare its ordnance not only with that of its allies, but also with that of Japan and Germany. In 1941 the Japs were ahead of us in aircraft torpedoes and the British in anti-submarine ordnance; but long before VJ-Day, we had surpassed them both in these respects. Our antiaircraft, although never by any means as good as desired, undoubtedly led the field. The Japs led the world in big guns with the 18-inchers mounted on their two super battleships, the YAMATO and MUSHASHI, but these were never put to a real test. It is difficult to compare our ordnance with that of the Germans, but the Navy supplied the bombsights with which our Air Force destroyed so much of Germany. None of our enemies had anything to compare with the radio proximity fuze which was used by both our Navy and Army with telling effect in the last year of the war against both enemy planes and troops.

While the Bureau is proud of its record, it does not intend to rest on its laurels. A big job lies ahead. More effective aircraft, antiaircraft, submarine and anti-submarine weapons must be developed to insure that our Navy will continue to be a potent factor in the national defense and in world affairs. The Bureau's money and technical skill are being used unsparingly to this end. An alert and progressive program is our best guarantee that we shall continue to swell our chests with pride on Navy Day.

complements and to initiate mobilization on District Staffs, at District Headquar-' ters, and at mobilization stations.

Enlisted personnel will not be given notice of pre-assignment because the number involved and the mrnover would make such assignments too costly Reserves 1,000,000 Strong The peacetime strength of the Naval Reserve has passed the 1,000,000 mark for the first time in history, the Navy Department announced recently. On July 1, 1948, there were 698,607 enlisted personnel and 304,851 officers, a total of 1,003,458. A goal of 1,175,000 members is planned for the fiscal year 1949, 250,000 for the Organized Reserve and 925,000 for the Volunteer Reserve.

By 1950 it is expected that 322 Naval Reserve training centers will be completed.

A lot of Naval Reserve training will take place in the fiscal year begun July 1, 1949. It will be applied to 10,000 officers and 154,000 enlisted personnel in 765 surface and submarine divisions, and an aviation component of 8,500 officers and 29,000 enlisted men. Reserve training will also apply to intelligence, communications, transportation, construaion, cargo handling, and ship repairing.

The tactical organization of the Naval Air Reserve is planned to furnish t^'O air groups for carriers of the 45-000-ton MIDWAY class, 24 for the ESSEX class,

nine for the INDEPENDENCE class, and 19 for air groups to be used on escort carriers.

At present ten ship repair divisions in the Organized Naval Reserve are being activated at Boston, Brooklyn, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D. C , Portsmouth, Virginia, Charleston, South Carolina, New Orleans, San Diego, Vallejo, Cal., and Bremerton, Washington.

Reserve Promotion, Pay The Comminee on Civilian Components made numerous recommendations regarding promotion and pay for members of the Reserve forces. Here are the recommendations applicable to officers.

PROMOTION :

Promotion policies for officers should be based on the mobilization structure of each service and should provide qualified officers in each grade at ages suitable to their assignments and in numbers commensurate with mobilization requirements.

Relative precedence as between Regulars and Reserves should be determined in accordance with date of rank. This Navy on Capitol Hill system has been proposed by the Nav>', the committee said, to tie in more closely (Continued from page 2) with the running-mate system and should officers required on M-day and within a be adopted in all services in place of the few days immediately following M-day, present criteria of relative time-in-grade including personnel needed for ship's and length of active service duty.

PAY:

When on active duty. Reserves should receive the pay and allowances authorized for persons of corresponding grades and length of service in the Regular forces.

Drill pay and command pay should be premised on the principle of equal pay for equal responsibility and service.

The provisions of law providing for $500 annual bonuses for flight personnel should be repealed. Under Section 12, Naval Cadet Act of 1942, graduate Naval Aviation cadets may receive $500 annual bonuses for a period of not more than 7 years. Under Section 2 of the Act of June 16, 1936, Air Force Reserve officers on active duty for a period of one year or more, whether or not on flight status, are entided to similar bonuses if called to duty in the Air Force Reserve but not if called to duty in the Army of the United States. This gramity is unnecessary, the committee said. These laws should be repealed and present beneficiaries of the bonus should be offered the oppommity to revert to inactive status if they so desire.

Members of the Reserve forces, except for those already qualified, should not be digible in time of peace to participate in Government insurance.

Reserve force personnel completing 20 or more years of active Federal military service should be eligible for non-disability retirement on the same basis as persormel of the Regular services.

Personnel of the Reserve Forces completing less than 20 years of active Federal military service but not less than 20 years of active and inactive service should be entitled to retirement benefits based upon their total active service.

"Under legislation passed by the 80th Congress," the committee pointed out, "or Public Law 810, nondisability retirement benefits are given to members of the Reserve forces completing 20 years' satisfactory service whether active or inactive. The amount of compensation, however, is based not only on periods spent on extended active duty, attendance at schools, attendance at active duty

training and other full-time periods, but also on credits for drills, extension courses and equivalent active duty.

"The committee believes that one effect of this legislation would be to increase materially the pressure on the military establishment for the retention of individuals beyond a period warranted by mobilization requirements. Furthermore, the services would have to spend an enormous amount of time and effort in compiling records of inactive duty credits and in checking thein before making payments, as well as being called upon to provide all sorts of extra forms of inaaive duty in order to enable qualification for the 50-point annual credit required for satisfactory service, all increasing estimated costs under the bill.

"Emphasis on the retirement program should be pointed toward inducements for fumre active service, induding fulltime periods of duty for training. Retirement credit for all forms of full-time duty is desirable because those performing such duty, even for one day, may be deprived thereby of the opportunity to earn the pay of their normal civilian occupations. Inactive duty periods, although onerous, are to some extent compensated for by drill pay and do not prevent a reservist from carrying on his usual occupation and making provision for his fumre.

"If the recommendation to limit benefits to active service is followed, decrease in the estimated costs of Public Law 810 would be obtained by eliminating the inactive duty ciedits."

14,500-Plane Navy A 14,500-plane Navy by 1 July 1949.

Navy appropriations totaling about $8 billion annually. Annual procurement of 3,300 new planes. That is what will be required to combat the Russian menace, according to Representative Chester Merrow, New Hampshire Republican and member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

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"Tliis is only the minimum air protection for the United States. It is not air supremacy.

"Navy planes would strike first," Merrow added, "because they are on carriers which are mobile and can be brought within close proximity of the enemy shore." , Aviation Controversy It appears that the Air Force-Navy aviation controversy has been finally settled. Officially, that is. Unofficially, it probably will be batted around hangars and wardrooms for many years to come.

The Air Force was officially awarded an exclusive role in strategic air warfare in March 1948 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in a meeting at Key West, Florida.

Then came the announcement of the proposed 65,000-ton flush deck air carrier, which will be able to handle heavy bombers. The Air Force boys were startled; the Navy was after all — damn their barnacles — trying to put one over on the Air Force. Another conference of high officials was called, and this one was held at Newport, Rhode Island.

Briefly, the result of the Newport conference is as follows :the Air Force authority in air warfare was reiterated, but it was advised to seek the help of the Naval Air Force—Whoops! That's a mistake. I mean Naval Aviation—whenever necessary. The Navy was given the chief role in anti-submarine warfare, and it was advised to seek the help of the Air Force in its work.

"The intent of the Air Force is now not merely to permit but to seek all the help it can get from Naval Air in the use of airpower, either strategically or tactically," said Secietaiy of Defense Forrestal.

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warfare; and likewise the intent of the Born in South Africa, Major Pretorius human mind . . . it is a book that will Navy is also to invite all the help it can put in a full half a century of roaming hold you spellbound to the end. get from the Air Force in carrying out the African jungle, going where no white maiv had ever been before, learning As W E SEE RUSSIA by Members of the this mission."

"The Air Force recognizes that the scores of native languages, shooting lions Overseas Press Club of America (E. Navy wiU be able to make significant and elephants by the hundreds, and livP. Dutton, $3.75).

"Does Russia really want war?" contributions to any strategic air plan," ing a life that for sheer danger and thrills "I wonder what the Russian people commented Admiral Louis E. Denfeld, is unsurpassed in modern literature. To Chief of Naval Operations. "The Air mention but one incident—remarkable are really like.'"

"Do you think there's any chance Force will indude Naval contributions in not for itself but because it is but one all strategic air plans and in the detailed in a series of recurrent hair-breadth es- Russia will change her policies.''"

These and a thousand other questions, estimates of overall force requirements capes—Pretorius shot five elephants who were charging down upon him in a statements and opinions circulate whertherefor. bunch. ever Americans gather these days. Every"My remarks in regard to strategic air But the book holds still greater interone seems to have his own theory, and warfare apply with equal force and effectiveness to all other primary missions. est for Naval readers. During the East no one really seems to know all the anEach service is required to seek assistance African Campaign of World War I, Ma- swers.

You can read the papers and make up from the others in estimating their force jor Pretorius served as Chief Scout of Field Marshal Smuts' forces. One of his your own mind, but ordinary news disrequirements under any particular war most amazing escapades was the unusual, patches are necessarily only concerned plan." to say the least, task of tracking down with one small segment of the overall Said Secretary Forrestal, in summing a ship in the jungle, when the German picture. What you need is a comprehenup; cruiser KONIGSBERG went up the Rufiji sive and accurate view of Russia and her "The decisions themselves reflect River to hide from the British Fleet. neither a victory for the Air Force nor a Pretorius not only found the cruiser, he people, taken from as many angles— social, political, economic—as possible. defeat for the Navy." took soundings every hour on the hour The members of the Overseas Press Yes, officially and ostensibly, the mat- for a solid month in the river and finally Club of America have combined their ter may be setded. But any reader of got shot up while leading a reconnaistalents and experience to bring you just SHIPMATE can take it from here. You sance party to the spot. In the end, the might remember the words of Represent- British sent monitors up the river and such a picture. In As W E SEE RUSSIA, ative Merrow, which you read some ten blew the cruiser to kingdom come in a they discuss her from several dozen paragraphs ago, that Navy planes would vicious gun battle. And the rusted re- viewpoints. Each has contributed what strike first. Other members of Congress mains of the KONIGSBERG lie there to he or she saw and underwent while gathering news in Russia or her satellite believe the Navy will have to strike first, this day! nations. The result is one of the most since it will be the only arm prepared to Enough said about this remarkable revealing—and satisfying—accounts of strike. But we're going to drop the matter book. It hasn't received nearly the pub- what goes on behind the Iron Curtain right here. W e suddenly remembered licity it deserves, but lucky are those who to be had today, and a must for every that the editor of SHIPMATE once told take a tip and get a copy for themselves. thinking American. us this is a semi-official publication, and Youll never see anything like it again. we'd better not get too violent in recordBEST DETECTIVE STORIES OF THE YEAR ing opinions.

I MARRIED A DEAD M A N by William Edited by David C. Cooke (E. P. Dutton, $2.50).

Irish (Lippincott, $2.75).

Author of "Waltz Into Darkness" and Well pull up a chair, mystery fans, "Phantom Lady," William Irish has pro- and let us tell you all about the hottest Miscellaneous Cargo duced another spine chilling novel of thing to hit the mystery market since suspense in 1 MARRIED A DEAD M A N . the beginning of the year. It's a little (Continued from page 3) When Helen Georgesson boarded the book entided BEST DETECTIVE STORIES that undermining the confidence of train, she was penniless, forlorn, at the OF THE YEAR, edited by David C. Cooke Americans in the responsibility and in- end of her rope. When she was lifted out and published by E. P. Dutton and Co. tegrity of those charged with the direc- of the twisted wreckage of the same at S2.50 a copy. What's that, you're a tion of our armed forces is going to help train she had become a young widow dyed-in-the-wool Ellery Queen fan and guarantee our freedom, he is just as nutty named Patrice Hazzard travelling with won't have anything else? Well relax, and dangerous as his "Admiral" Blanken- her child to meet the parents-in-law she chum, we've got Ellery Queen here in one horn. of the neatest and most fascinating escahad never seen.

Security, social position, and love pades of the guy's career. And we've got JUNGLE M A N by Major P. J. Pretorius were hers in another woman's name. eleven other top-notch authors and (E. P. Dutton, $3.75).

Everything she wanted was hers for the sleuths in some of the most intriguing During the two and a half years your asking except—peace of mind. Spurred and baffling cases you ever sat up in bed reviewer has been contributing to "Mis- by blackmail from the past, her feeling until dawn to read about. cellaneous Cargo" many books have been of desperate tension grows during onMake no mistake about it folks, you passed upon—but none as remarkable as rushing events until at last she reaches can't go wrong on this one. A dozen JUNGLE M A N . the point where murder is preferable of the finest mystery yarns between the Were it not substantiated in British to deception . . . only to find that her covers of one book. There's enough records and files, JUNGLE MAN would chance for happiness has been sidetracked thrills, chills, suspense and horror here seem incredible. Actually, it is the truly somewhere along the line by growing to satisfy the most avid armchair detecauthentic autobiography of Major P. J. psychological disturbances that begin tive, and that goes for you, you, and you.

Class dismissed now, run along and get Prerorius, jungle hunter and scout extra- with guilt and go deeper.

1 MARRIED A DEAD MAN is a novel your copies—and don't forget to read ordinary. No less a person than Field Marshal Jan C. Smuts has written the of psychological disaster and brooding "Challenge to the Reader' by Hugh foreword, and he himself pays the author excitement and a masterly story of the Pentecost, starting on page 220. It's a ravaging effects of uncertainty upon the lulu! the highest tribute.

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TRUSTEES R. A d m . Leigh Noyes, USN ( R e t . ) , '0() (Washington) Mr. N . C. W y n k o o p , '16 (New Y o r k ) Mr. W . E. Ditmars, '19 (New Y o r k ) Capt. R. S. Mclver, USNR, '21 (Philadelphia) Capt. J. R. Wallace, USN, '22 (Naval Academy) Cdr. W. F . Bullis, USNR, '24 (Washington) Mr. G. L. Powell, '35 (Washington) T o serve until 1 J u l y 1950

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Lt. Cdr. W. B . J u p p , USN ( R e t . ) , '13 Mr. H . McCoy Jones, '19 T o serve until 1 July 1949 A d m . D . F . Sellers, USN ( R e t . ) , '94 Mr. J. P i e r r e B e r n a r d , '23 Capt. M. D. G i l m o r e , USN ( R e t . ) , ' l l M r . H . R. England, '27 Cdr. C. C. Vickrey, USNR, '15 R. A d m . O. S. Colclough USN, '21 j o serve u n t i l 1 July 1951 Mr. H a n s o n W. Baldwin, 24 CapL W. R. Smedberg, III, USN, '26 R. A d m . Sinclair G a n n o n , USN ( R e t . ) , Capt. T . J. H a m i l t o n , USN, '27 '00 Lt. Col. J o h n Saxten, USMC, '33 R. A d m . H. C. T r a i n , USN ( R e t . ) , '09 Capt. R o b e r t H e n d e r s o n , USN ( R e t . ) , R . A d m . T . L. Sprague, USN, '18 tJ '02 (Los Angeles) Capt. C. W . K i n g , U S N R ( R e t ) , '22

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H E Presidential yacht WILLIAMSBURG dropped anchor in the Severn River on Sunday, 22 August, with President Harry S. Truman, accompanied by Fleet Admiral WiUiam D . Leahy, Chief of Staff, coming ashore at Phlox Landing. Meeting them were Rear Admiral James L. Holloway. Jr.. superintendent of the U. S. Naval Academy; Capt.

Jesse R. Wallace, Chief of Staff, Severn River Naval Command, and Comdr. T. D . Cunningham, flag lieutenant.

T h e Presidential party accompanied by Admiral Holloway, stood on the steps of the Chapel and watched members of the Plebe Qass march in to services. In keeping with Naval Academy tradition, the midshipmen marched to the music of "Onward Christian Soldiers," played by members of the Naval Academy Band. Chaplain Everett P. W u e b bens's sermon was based on the parable of the Good Samaritan . . . in which he expressed the hope that peoples and nations eventually would be able to live together as good neighbors and good shipmates . . .

FoUowing Chapel services, the Superintendent introduced a member of the Plebe Class to the President — Midshipman John Paul Jones of Piqua, Ohio, the regimental commander of the Plebes . . .

Said the President. "I hope you live up to your name — I'm sure you wiU." Said Midshipman Jones, "Good morning, Mr. President."

At the time of the visit, the President was on a nine-day vacation trip . . . and in keeping with the busman's holiday, he worked busily during his vacation . . . on campaign speeches . . .

OFFICIAL W i t h the academic year now rolling along, full steam ahead, this summer's work at the Naval Academy may be looked at objectively . , . from the entrance of the new Plebe Class and its subsequent indoctrination program, to the Camid operations . . . from the Interbattalion competition to the very well received Bartky series of lectures . . . all add u p to a busy summer for a number of officers . . . in particular, to the superintendent who keeps the wheels rolling . .

Quite in order was the brief leave that Admiral and Mrs. Holloway spent from 11 September through the 18th, at Huntington Manor in Maryland . . .

Preceding their departure, a number of activities claimed their attention. O n Tuesday, 7 September, Admiral and Mrs. Holloway attended the reception in Washington, D . C , given by Admiral Louis E. Denfeld. Chief of

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Naval Operations, and Mrs. Denfeld, which comes Prof. Rocco M. Paone, who served live was given for Admiral Sir Henry Moore of years in the U. S. Army'Engineer Corj>s as a the British Navy, on the eve of his dejjarmre major. T w o of his service years he spent as instruaor at the Army's Tank Destroyer for England.

O n Wednesday, 8 Sept., Admiral and Mrs. School. H e took graduate work at Georgetown Holloway entertained at dinner in the Super- University where he is a candidate for the intendent's House for Dr. A. John Bartky, doaorate in American History. He received Dean of the School of Education at Stanford his bachelor's and master's degrees from FordUniversity, when other guests included Capt. ham University in N e w York city.

William G. Cooper, Secretary of the AcaT h e Naval Academy Library has received demic Board, and Mrs. Cooper; Dr. Austin photographs of two federal steamers, the R. Frey of the Naval Postgraduate School, CURRITUCK and the COMMOIXJRE RE-\D, the and Mrs. Frey; Dr. William S. Shields of the gifts of D r . Davenport Hooker of the School Superintendent's Office, and Mrs. Shields, of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh. The and Mrs. Lawrence Heyworth, daughter of the ships were commanded by his grandfather, Holloways.

A a i n g Volunteer Lt. Comdr. Edward Hooker, T h e preceding night, Capt. and Mrs. USN. Both had been part of the Potomac Cooper entertained for Dr. Bartky and Dr. Flotilla, a fleet of fast steamers that patrolled Kenneth I. Brown, President of Denison Uni- the Potomac River throughout the Civil War. versity, in their Porter Road quarters. Dr. It was while in command of this patrol Brown was the house guest of the Coopers force that Lt. James Harmon W a r d was killed during the seminar. by a Confederate sharpshooter s.a June 2~ H e was the first Union caval officer A group attending the American Ordnance 1861.

Association, meetings held in Washington, killed in the Civil W a r , and had been the D. C , through the 6th to the 9th of October first Commandant of Midshipmen and the will visit the Naval Academy on the 8th. first head of what is now known as the DeThat noon. Admiral Holloway will be host partment of Ordnance and Gunnery. Ward to the group at lunch in the North Severn Hall was named in his honor.

Officers' Mess.

Another gift from Dr. Hooker was his grandfather's wartime signal book, provided ON THE RECORD with leaden covers suitable for throwing overboard and sinking in the event of enemy capThe Department of English, History and ture. It is now on display in the Naval Government is starting the new academic Academy Museum. year with four new civilian members, all in The Academy Library recently cataloged a the grade of assistant professor. From Amercopy of the London Times for O c t 3 1798, ican International College in Springfield, containing Admiral Nelson's dispatch to the Mass., comes Prof. Thomas Boyajy who will Admiralty' announcing his v i a o r y over the teach courses in social science and economics.

French under Admiral de Brueys at the battle A native of Springfield, he served more than of both the British and French fleets. four years in the U.S. Marine Corps, holding The newspaper was presented to the Lithe rank of First Lieutenant.

Dr. Winston B. Lewis joins the Depart- brary by Mr. W . H. Duncan, of Brooklyn, ment after having served several years as a N. Y. member of the Department of History and Political Science at Amherst College. H e is a graduate of Amherst and received his doctorate in history from Harvard University in 1940.

H e served in the Navy from 1942-46 and is author of several O N I combat narratives including, "The Battle of Midway," "The Java Sea Campaign" and "The Battle of Savo Island."

Prof. Robert H . Newall joins the Depattment after having taught English at the College of William and Mary at Williamsburg, Va., and the University of Maryland. A native of Philadelphia, he is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania.

From Cincinnati's Xavier University

Capt. Paul F. Dugan, Commanding Officer, Navy Communication Station, was host to two Canadian Naval officers the latter part of August, at lunch in the Mess Hall. The officers were L t Comdr. M. G. Stirling, RCK, on Staff of Naval Member, Canadian Joint Staff, Washington, D . C , and L t D . V. Carrol, R C N , on Staff of Electrical Engineer in Chief, Naval Headquarters, Ottawa, Canada. They were conducted on a tour of high powered transmitting station by Lt. (jg) Robert J. Carter, U S N , and Chief Radio Electrician, James W . Foy. Capt. Dugan was recendy eleaed third vice president of the Baltimore Chapter, Armed Forces Communication Association. Mr.

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Walter Evans of Annapolis, who has been On 29 October, Mr. George W. Wolf. president for the past year, was succeeded by President of U. S. Steel Export Company, Mr. F. E. Moran, superintendent. Western lectures on "Steel—Its Influence on Our NaUnion Telegraph Company of Baltimore. tional Economy."

The association has for one of its_primary On 22 October, Rear Admiral John H. purposes close liaison between the military Cassady, USN, Assistant Chief of Naval services. Army, Navy and Air Force, and Operations for Air, speaks on "The Opercivilian engineers, scientists, manufacturers ational Aspects of Naval Aviation." and operating companies in the communicaThe entire Plebe Class heard the debate tions and photographic fields. finals of the class in Mahan Hall the latter Dr. W. J. Bryan, Jr., Chief of Staff of the part of August, in which a team from the Hillcrest Hospital, Tulsa, Okla., and Mr. R. Third Battalion was victorious. Midn. William J. Gough, Director of the Laboratories in the D. Lohmna of Hendersonville, N. C , and hospital, were guests recently of Lt. (jg) Midn. Everett L. Malmgren of Chicago were Richard H. Shepard, (MC) USN, of the the winners, upholding the negative side of Naval Hospital. the question. Resolved: That a Federal World Rear Admiral James L. Holloway, Jr., was Government Should be Established.

Senior Prof. Royal S. Pease of the Departamong the guests attending the annual picnic and outing given for the employees and Naval ment of English, History and Government, Personnel attached to the Administration was chairman. Judges were Professors Henry Building on 18 August Softball started off F. Sturdy, Robert D. Bass and James T. Pole, the affair, held at Priest Farm, on Weems of the same department.

Creek, with swimming enjoyed throughout the afternoon.

NORTH SEVERN Now on duty in the Department of Elec, Bruce Foote, radio star, was guest artist at trical Engineering is Lt. Comdr. William C. Richardson (SC)USN, who comes from dutj' the North Severn Chapel services last month, aboard the USS ORION. He is a member of when he joined Musician 1/c Charles H. French and Miss Elizabeth Fleete and Mrs. the Class of 1942.

Comdr. Richardson is the son of Rear Leland A. Daub in a quartet rendition of an Admiral and Mrs. L. B. Richardson of New excerpt from "The Crucifixion" by Stainer, York City. He received the Presidential Unit entitled "God So Loved The World."

Mr. Foote is with the Chicago radio progCitation in 1945 while attached to the USS ESSEX. The Richardson family is now in ram, 'Theatre of the Air." He formerly was quarters on Kingwood Street Homoja Village. baritone soloist on the "Hymns of aU In the Department of Aviation is Lt. Joseph Churches" program. While in Annapolis, he D. Watson, Class of 1943. A native of San was a guest of Mr. French who is a member Antonio, Tex., he is the son of Major and of the Naval Academy Band and choir Mrs. Robert M. Watson of Washington, D. C. director for the North Severn Chapel Chaplain Charles H. Hey, (ChC)USN, atEnsign Leland A. Daub, (CEC)USN, recently reported to the Public Works Depart- tended the conference at the Westminster ment of the Naval Academy for duty. He is Theological Seminary and Pastors School in the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Daub of Westminster, Md., held the latter part of August Fairfield, Iowa.

The Pastors School is conducted annually by Ensign Daub entered the V-12 training program at the University of North Carolina the Baltimore Conference of the Methodist during the war and continued training in the Church, of which the North Severn chaplain Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps at the is a member. Lecturers for this year's conferUniversity of Virginia. He spent more than a ence were Dr. Edgar S. Brightman, professor year in the Public Works Department in of philosophy at Boston University; Dr. EdKodiak, Alaska, and came to the Academy win Mims, Vanderbilt University, and Dr. from Port Hueneme, Calif. With Mrs. Daub, Arnold Nash of the University of North Caroa native of Kodiak, he is in quarters in lina.

Lt. Comdr. J. F. Moore, USNR, Personnel Homoja Village.

Now in the Department of Physical Train- Officer of the Naval Station, announced the ing is Ensign William J. McClain, a graduate advancement in rating of six men: Frank G. of the Academy, Class of 1948-A which was Twichell, Joseph J. Cusack and Joseph R. graduated in June, 1947. Before returning to Charier of the Machine Records Office, adthe Academy for duty, he was attached to the vanced from Seaman Apprentice to Seaman USS KEARSARGE. With Mrs. McClain, he is Machine Accountant; Ben D. Boyd, jr., of the photographic laboratory, promoted to seaman, in Homoja Village. previously being seaman apprentice; radio man 3/c H. J. Scovern and electronics techEDUCATIONAL nician 3/c M. E. Dye, both advanced to The superintendent of the academy has an- second class position in the individual specialnounced the series of lectures to the first ities.

Personnel of the Small Craft Facility class, with three significant areas outlined to pattern them: the social-humanistic, the oper- figured in a rescue operation on 31st August ational and the technical. Within each are when the motor tug "YPL 442 proceeded to the assistance of a disabled three-masted subareas of major importance.

The schedule of lectures for October in- schooner, the GRACE BENNETT of Havre de cludes the first program on 8 October when Grace, Md. The schooner had been disabled Rear Admiral A. G. Noble, USN, Chief of and suffered damage to her spars and rigging. the Bureau of Ordnance, talked on "Future Under the direction of tugmaster Lt. F. Siatkowski and skipper M. Fuller, BMl, the Trends in Naval Ordnance."

On 15 October, Rear Admiral Leo H. vessel was towed to a safe anchorage.

Thebaud, USN, Naval Inspector General, Willard S. Cahill 3/c, formerly a writer for talks on "Leadership in Relation to Punish- Severn Soundings, is now on duty in the Naval Academy Public Information Office. ment"

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In a shooting match held recentiy at Marine Barracks in Quantico, Va., Master Sergeant Thomas R. Mitchell won the Lanchheimer Trophy and the distinaion of being the best all-round shot in the Marine Corps. Sergeant Mitchell won with a total of 1108 points to nose out Master Sergeant Walter L. Devine's 1107.

The Lachheimer award is given annually to the Marine with the highest combined rifle and pistol score in trophy competition.

The second wedding to be held at the North Severn Chapel took place at 4:30 P.M. Saturday, 4 Sept., when Miss Marie E. Perkins of Bladensburg, Md. became the bride of Hospitalman First Class James P. Hess of Indian Head, Md. Chaplain C. H. Iley performed the ceremony.

Attendants were Miss Irene Mouiton Gasch, maid of honor, and Mr. Francis Edward Gasch, best man.

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The Naval Academy Women's Club is off to a flying start on Tuesday, 5 October, when Rear Admiral James L. Holloway, Jr., superintendent speaks direct to Navy wives on the subject, "Problems of Command." The meeting will be held in the lounge of the Notth Severn Officer's Club at 2:30 p.m.

Mrs. Rollo N. Norgaard, president, has invited all hands to attend this initial program of the year. Those eligible for membership are the immediate families of active, retired, reserve, deceased Naval, Marine and Army officers, and the civilian instructors of the Naval Academy and Naval Postgraduate School residing in Annapolis and vicinity.

Purpose of the club is to knit closer friendships between Navy women and to take part in the activity groups sponsored by the club.

These include community service, child study, sewing, music, art, writers, drama, book review, Spanish club. A tea concludes each regular meeting of the club, which meets the first Tuesday of each month.

Officers and committee chairmen include Mrs. Norgaard, president; Mrs. Holloway, honorary president; Mrs. A. R. Frey, first vice president; Mrs. J. H. Aldridge, corresponding secretary; Mrs. G. E. Hartley, recording secretary and Mrs. A. L. Newman, treasurer.

Executive board members are Mrs. H. A. Baldridge, Mrs. G. D. Hilding, and Mrs. Paul R. Heineman.

On the standing committee are Mrs. Elmer M. Jackson, Jr., program, assisted by Mrs. Heineman; Mrs. Herbert R. Marable, membership; Mrs. Benjamin H. Adams, hospitality; Mrs. Raymond Swartz, assisted by Mrs. Helen de Zayas, publicity; Mrs. Daniel W. Ryan, house committee.

Chairmen of activity groups are Mrs. Carter L. Wilson, child study; Mrs. Robert E. Bourke, community service; Mrs. Leon F. Brown, drama; Mrs. Paul M. Beadle, music, with Mrs. Kenneth Palmquist in charge of the choral group; Mrs. Arthur Burneston Owens, book review; Mrs. J. C. Eliot, Spanish club, Mrs. Albert Konigsberg, sewing.

Mrs. Benjamin H. Adams, president of the Naval Academy Garden Club, presided at the first meeting of the season which was held on Tuesday, 21 Sept, in the Superintendent's Quarters with Mrs. Holloway the hostess.

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AS we tighten our belts and go into another winter it is well to pause . . .

-t*. take stock . . . review the route so far traversed and appraise the roads yet to cover.

A businessman's eyes see a heartening view. The year-end audit will be published in SHIPMATE just as soon as it has been approved at the October Trustees meeting.

On the debit side we have this magazine as our only real "red ink" venture. Overruling the recommendation of the Publishing Committee, I have insisted on its monthly publication as it is a definite physical tie with our far flung membership. We are now in the courts to validate our contention that its present advertising agent's verbal contract can be cancelled. Upon such determination we stand ready with a new agency which I feel confident will double the advertising space sold and whose commission rate will be half that now being paid. All other departments of your corporation are now operating in the black.

On the plus side of the ledger we have a well balanced budget for the current year, and over four thousand active, dues-paying members. With your help in getting new members we will easily pass the five thousand mark by the time this administration "turns over the deck." There are thirty-one active, coordinated local groups, many of whom have reorganized using the same general type of bylaws . . . bylaws unifying our common objectives and aims . . . bylaws reaffirming our allegiance to the Naval Academy and its ideals of sound citizenship.

Next month I hope to discuss the audit and in the remaining months concentrate on final individual points that need strengthening. Today, however, let us begin a new season with increased determination and unity of purpose in making our Association one that truly justifies its heritage. Let us each take an active, attending part in the affairs of our nearest local group.

Let us make each local group become a vital influence in its community . . . a source of Naval Academy information . . . a source of awakened Americanism. Let us lift our sights from pure sociability to the horizons of today where clear thinking leadership is so urgently needed.

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Spindrift

By Lee Shores

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RUISE is finaUy over and most of the Brigade is happy about that. W e had a good time and learned some things that should stand us in good stead after graduation rolls around. T h e most surprising item about the cruise was the interest that the crew and officers of the cruise ships took in the midshipmen. T h e arrangement was a little different this year than in previous ones; the middies were integrated into the ships' organizations as a part of the division rather than being a separate group along for the ride.

Being in close contaa with the officers and men of the ships we of the Academy got in on quite a few of the tales that run around about charaaers famous in the fleet. From a number of such yarns there is one which bears retelling here.

During a slack period the USS MISSOURI was tied up in N e w York for a visit Since she is rather a historic ship the Big M o was taking on visitors as a part of the daily schedule and the response from the local population was surprisingly good. Even the office girls from Manhattan took time off to wander down to the waterfront for a look at the Surrender Deck. In one group of young ladies there was one more adventurous than most.

After having poked her head in a few stateroom portholes she made the statement that she thought it would be nice to spend a night in one of those cute bunks the officers had to sleep in. Before she had time to retract her words she had a bet on with her friends that she would spend a night in one of the rooms.

Being a proper sort of lady she definitely wanted one which was going to remain empty during her stay so she made guarded inquiries of the officer of the deck, inferring that she wanted to see the inside of a stateroom. T h e O O D knew that two of his fellow ensigns were ashore and directed her to their room, on the 01 level, in J O country. N o w the young lady assumed that once an ensign is gone for the day he stays gone for the night.

She slipped quietly into the room and made herself comfortable. As soon as night fell she made herself more comfortable by depositing her comely form in the top bunk and proceeded to weigh anchor for dreamland. Around 0100 the next morning one of the two officers who Uved in the room remrned to the ship and went to his nightly coffee in the wardroom. There he inquired after his roommate but was unable to locate the wife. In due time he retired. W h e n he entered the room he saw that the wife was already asleep so, without making too much noise he undressed in the dark and also went to sleep.

Came the dawn, which found a surprised and embarrassed young secretary peeping out from under the blue spread at a more surprised and no less embarrassed ensign. Hurried questions on the part of the latter dis-

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closed the bet and also posed a problem, since officers' guests were to have left the ship before 2400 the preceding evening. W h a t to do? It was quite evident to both that the lady couldn't spend the day in the room and evident also to the ensign that the truth would be a litde strange to hold water if he tried to walk his guest off the ship in broad daylight. But, being true to the mental standard of old '47 he came through with a plan.

There was at that time no admiral aboard the M o and the cabin reserved for such personages was secured, under lock and key.

There, thought the ensign, is the place for my guest to pass the day. Acting quickly he phoned the officer of the deck, a close friend, and without explaining his reason, asked to have the key to the admiral's cabin sent to his room.

T h e O O D dispatched a messenger on the double with the key. By this time breakfast was being laid in the wardroom and the ensign's presence was desired. W h e n the messenger arrived he was told to take the lady to the cabin, lock her in, and return the key to the OOD^ all strictly on the QT. Messenger and charge went off to their destiny and the ensign went happily to his breakfast. But there lay a rock in the path of a well planned operation in the person of the Executive Officer.

That official was taking a morning bracer before his meal and as he entered the passage leading to the wardroom he found himself on a collision course with a sailor and a pretty girl. Realizing that something was amiss he halted the little procession and confirmed his suspicions. T h e messenger reported that he was performing an errand for the O O D .

The Commander relieved the sailor of his burden and conducted her to his cabin. Once there he informed the Captain of his discovery and when that official arrived the two set about to determine what was w h a t In the meantime, the messenger had reported what had happened to the O O D , who became fearful for his neck, which was already stretching on the official rack. H e called the breakfasting ensign and informed him of the unusual tutn of events. In due course of time, the innocent but guilty ensign reported himself to the Captain and made a useless explanation of the case. The girl was silent throughout and eventually was allowed to depart. For his part the ensign got ten days' hack and a useful address for further reference.

As always, there is a little sweet with the bitter. Between cruise and the books there was a very pleasant 30 days of leave, which was enjoyed by all from Youngster to Brigade Captain. W i t h brightwork polish and steam cycles and maneuvering boards left to collect dust the returning seafarers scattered to the 48 states and territories for a well earned rest.

It took a few hours to accomplish the scattering, however, and the short mixing process

left time for a typical midshipmen coup. T h e mecca for about half the Brigade going on leave was Washington, D. C , and there they paused for an hour or a day to swap stories and relax a little before taking departure for home. On the second day of leave we chanced upon an individual who had an interesting experience to relate. It seems that he and a friend rolled into the Statler Hotel bar some three hours after having left the Academy.

There they found two more friends seated enjoying the company of a pretty young lady.

Upon invitation they seated themselves and began to pass the time of day. As the conversation progressed the late arrivals learned that the girl was the steady drag of yet another midshipman who had left Washington thirty minutes earlier. T h e three midshipmen had driven in the girl's car to D . C. and were entertaining her until the last two were to leave, an hour hence.

The quartet of Navy Stalwarts sat, talked and admired the surroundings, the beauty of which seemed to center in the vicinity of t h e other side of the table. Came 1800 and time for the departure of two of those present.

All five rode to Union Station and bid each other good leave. Then the latest male additions, plus the girl returned to the hotel. There they resumed their social pastime. T h e men took the lady to dinner and induced her to phone a friend, which she did. By 2000 there were two middies and two ladies. T h e couples took in three clubs and were on their way to a fourth when they realized that it was nearly time for the men to leave, by plane, for points west T h e midshipmen insisted that they be permitted to see the ladies home before they went to the National Airport but the ladies were more insistent that they see the fellows off on the plane. T h e female won over the male and four tired people sat in the waiting room until the desired plane was called. A t the appointed time the men loaded their tired bodies onto the plane and took off for home.

But not so the ladies. W h e n last seen they were heading for town again, with a pair of Kaydets who had come in on the plane bearing the late dates off. W e quote "Never underestimate the power of a woman." For that matter, don't underestimate her ability to stay awake. Just don't underestimate her in anything. After all, what would her midshipman think if he knew that she had three dates after he left for home?

T h e old grads are in for another surprise when they come home to Bancroft for a visit.

W h e n '49 came in to the Academy four more companies were added to the Brigade, making two regiments and room for a six striper. N o w another change has come about, due to t h e increase in size of the Brigade. In the fall the Brigade of Midshipmen will comprise 3 6 companies, of nearly 100 midshipmen each.

The old school is getting bigger every year and progress has to come to us as well as to any other group. T h e new plebe class has been reported as numbering close to 1200 strong, which should make it one of the largest in the history of the Academy. W e stiU will have only rwo regiments so there won't be a need for a seven striper but if any more companies come along next year the Executive Department will have to be sure that the Brigade Admiral is at least six feet tall so that his arm will be long enough to accommodate all the braid he'll have to wear.

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FOOTBAU IN FUU SWING

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AVY swings into its 1948 schedule under a new head coach and facing one of the most colorful and difficult slates in the nation. Following up its policy* inaugurated last year, the Middies will meet foes from all sections, with four Eastern elevens, rwo Midwest aggregations, one Big Six representative, one Southern foe and one from the West Coast.

In addition. Navy's opponents represent the best in football in their respective sections, assuring Navy football followers of the best in grid aaion.

George Sauer replaces Captain Tom Hamilton as head coach with the latter moving up to the post of Direaor of Athletics. Sauer, who coached the Kansas Jayhawkers to two Big Six co-championships, will be stepping into even more top flight competition.

The California Bears will raise the curtain for the Tars. Coached by Lynn Waldorf, the Golden Bears will bring an almost all veteran team to the East, a team which incidentally lost only one game last fall and is being touted as the class of the Pacific Coast this fall in the run for the Roses at Pasadena. The Middies and Cal fought a slam bang game last fall which saw the Bears gain a 14-7 verdia before a record throng of 81,000 at Berkeley.

Cornell holds the second spot on the schedule, with the Big Red making the trek from Ithaca to play at Baltimore on Oaober 2.

Last year, Navy displayed a powerhouse offense against the Cayugans which smothered them, 38-19. Cornell is a young team which is being watched warily and the Lefty James' lads wiU be tough to handle this fall.

The following week. Navy sets sail for the South to meet Wallace Wade's Blue Devils at Durham, N. C, and this game always promises to be a hard fought thriller. Last faU, it was Navy which put the first mar on the Southerner's slate, when they tied the ball game, 14-14, in the last eight seconds of play in one of the season's most thrilling finishes.

And as usual. Wallace Wade can be expected to come up with a single wing attack that will make the going tough.

Next stop on the star studded schedule marks the showing of Missouri in Baltimore where Don Faurot will send his Tigers into aaion. Word out of the Big Six whispers that Missouri is the team to watch in the Midlands, and Faurot is famed as the master of the spUt "T" as well as one of the top mentors in the game. It will be the first meeting between N a w .ind Missouri and should attract

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another well filled house in the Baltimore Stadium.

Taking to the road again. Navy will make its annual appearance in the traditional PennNavy dash at Franklin Field before some 78,000 fans. The Red and Blue have been on the long end. of the score the last rwo years, and although there are some reports that Penn may not be as strong this year, names like Bednarik, Dooney, and others would seem to belie that thought Another single wing team. Navy will be matching quick openers against the powerhouse tactics of the Mungermen.

In their last home game at Baltimore, Navy plays host to the Fighting Irish, National kings the last two years, and this colorful tilt ranks with the Army-Navy game as one of the top classics of the season. Frank Leahy has another group coming up which must be rated as the favorite to repeat this national leadership despite the loss of Lujack, Connor and others. The presence of Leon Hart and Jim Martin at the terminals. Moose Fischer, a great guard, with plenty more of lesser fame but equal ability, plus a bagful of backs capable of performing all the necessary tricks of offense means that the Notre Dame opponents are going to be meeting a team which has class plus depth. And Frank Leahy, the ledgerdemain master, has a faculty for getting the most out of his talent. All this plus the faa that the Navy game will be the only major appearance of the Irish in the East makes this contest the highlight of Oaober 30th.

The experts claim that if Notre Dame falters, Michigan probably won't and Navy will be able to help answer that trend of thinking for following the Notre Dame tilt Sauer wiU take his future admirals into the massive bowl at Ann Arbor, Michigan to take on the Wolverines. The "Champions of the West" wiU be matching their slick deceptive single wing offensive against the Navy "T", and will most likely continue their use of the team system. Like Notre Dame, Benny Oosterbann will have the talent in prodigious hunks, and the Blue and Maize take their football seriously. It will mark Navy's first invasion into Ann Arbor in better than twenty years.

Still on the road. Navy moves into New York City and wiU be trying to take the roar out of the Columbia Lion. Lou Little will probably have problems up front in his line.

but will show Navy more good backs than any other club. Gene Rossides, Lou Kusserow, Bill Olson and Johnny Nork are four of the leading backs in the nation, and promise to make the Navy-Columbia clash a battle of offenses. The winged "T" wiU serve as the vehicle for the Lion's offensive maneuvers and forebodes trouble for any team which can't match scores with this high tallying machine.

After a week's respite comes the annual Army-Navj' get together always the top thriller of any football season. And this year promises to be another of those typical service clashes where the previous records are discarded and the magic baU is consulted. Earl Blaik, Army head man, has a bright oudook with only three members of last year's squad gone, and should come up with another first class aggregation. A lighter schedule wiU also bring them up to the Navy game with bright prospects.

To meet this rugged schedule. Navy will field a team which will be trying to fiU some holes up front, where the graduation of Dick Scott, All-American Center, Dick Shimshak and Newbold Smith, tackles, and Art Markel, end, leaves a quartet of positions to be replaced. And in addition, the Middies will be faced with the same lack of depth which was present the last two seasons.

Glancing over the club by positions, one regular returns at the end slot, where Phil Ryan will hold forth. A veteran of two years Ryan will handle one flank, while the other side is wide open. Harrison Frasier, a second stringer last year is back. Dave Ridderhof, Bob McElroy and Ronnie Andresen were all with the varsity last year, but played only briefly. McElroy appears to be most promising. Newcomers to watch include Ted "Kit" Carson and Bill Wilson.

Tackle presents the major problem of the line where the first four tackles from last year's squad have finished. Scott Emerson, Co-Captain, has been shifted from guard to tackle to help fill the gap and will probably be at one of the starting berths. The replacements for him and the other side of the line are wide open. Ken Knoizen, Jim Beeler, Bob Renneman, Jim Hunt and Done Cole are leading the pack so far but all are inexperienced, and little can be told until they perform under actual game conditions.

Knoizen looks like best prospect because of some experience gained last year.

The shortages at guard are not so acute

and there are three veterans at that point.

However, Ed Golding, one of the mainstays George Sauer was counting on this fall, was recently ruled ineligible to play this year due ro his having played four years of varsity football. Golding had played two years of varsity at the University of North Carolina prior to coming to the Naval Academy, where he has competed in two years of varsity ball.

Bob Hnnt, Charley Cooper, and Ken Schiweck are leading the list right now. Don Weir and Wes Harvey are two capable performers ready to be called. Most of the other candidates have played no varsitj' ball thus tar and remain in the unknown class.

FiUing Dick Scott's shoes at center will be no easy assignment, but Tex Lawrence brings experience to the pivot post and is a fiery, hard hitting line backer who should amply protea the center post. But beyond him, the color is green, with Walter Schutz, Harry Train and Tom Parsons all shooting for the undersmdy role.

In the backfield, the picture is a litde brighter except for the fullback role where reserve strength again is the problem. The quarterback duties are in pretty capable hands with both Bob Home and Reaves Baysinger back at the old stand. Baysinger is an excellent passer and kicker and fair runner, while Home is best in the passing and kicking departments.

BiU Lawrence, Alec Sinclair and Cal Killeen round out the signal caller spot, but Baysinger and Home will probably handle the club most of the rime.

Left halfback security depends on a couple of scatbacks who were handicapped all last faU by injuries but should be ready to go now.

Pete WiUiams, co-captain, is one of the finest change of pace runners around, and is a strong outside runner as well as a shifty scooter in the open field. In addition, he can pass on the run. Billy Earl is another double threat, with plenty of speed when he gets under way, and a good passer.

Right half wUl find Al McCully, stocky Irishman, on hand to hold down the number one spot, and Al has shown his ability to go in fast company. A fast hard runner, McCully blocks well and is heavy enough to drive through the middle when caUed. Most of the men behind him lack game experience, but Bill Powers, Jim Green, and Duff Arnold may furnish the answer for a capable replacement.

Hammering Bill Hawkins, the Richmond Rocket, wiU be bulling through the middle from the fullback position, and there is little doubt about his ability. A proven performer, he was one of the leading ground gainers in the East last year. Speed plus plenty of power, make him one of the top ranking fullbacks in the East. But when Hawkins rests, Sauer will have to depend upon a new set of drivers who will be playing their first varsity ball for the midshipmen. Jim Kennedy and Al Cecchini look like the best hope, with Dave Bannerman and Johnny Leahy pressing for a relief role.

NAVY FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF VARSITY Head—^Mr. George H. Sauer Line—Mr. Robert Ingalls End—2nd Lt Leon Bramlett, Jr., USMC Back—Mr. Victor Bradford .Asst——Mr. Raymond Swartz

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miH THE ALL-STARS AGAINST THE CARDINALS by Ensign Dick Scott, USN (USNA 1 9 4 8 ) AT one time or another during his playing J\_ days most every college footballer dreams and hopes for the ultimate goal of someday playing on the much publicized college AUStar eleven against the champions of the professional football world. Naturally, a majority of players must end their collegiate football days under their own school colors in their final game against some traditional rival; others more fortunate attain realization of their constant objeaive in reaching the pinnacle of college football, the college All-Star game.

Late last Spring, I returned to Bancroft Hall after my last class one afternoon to find waiting on my desk a letter from Arch Ward, Sports Editor of the Chicago Daily Tribune.

It started. ". . . On 20 August 1948, the college All-Stars will play the champions of the National Football League in a night game, sponsored by the Chicago Tribune Charities at Soldiers Field in Chicago. We would like to have you write us your acceptance as a member of the AU-Star squad. . . ." Immediately I notified Captain T. J. Hamilton, Director of Athletics at the Naval Academy, of my good news. He made arrangements with the superintendent for me to be ordered to Evanston, Illinois on August the second, where I was to commence my daily work-outs with the AU-Star squad. I was one of the few fortunates who got the breaks necessary to reach that ultimate goal, though it was to be some weeks before I realized the full meaning of it.

Our squad in Evanston, where we trained twice daily, numbered seventy-two. They represented approximately forty-five different colleges throughout the country. Not only big name schools had sent "delegates," such smaUer institutions as Catawba, Texas Tech, and many others were represented. Notre Dame's national champions of last year supplied fourteen of our number; Michigan sent eight; the rest, like myself, were representing their alma maters as individuals or, occasionally, in pairs. It should be explained that eligibles for the All-Stars were restricted to those men who had played out their final year of college eligibility.

I was one of several centers on the squad.

Others present were John Rapacz of Oklahoma U., Jay Rhodemyre from Kentucky, Notre Dame's George Strohmeyer and Art Stamto, and Jim White and Jim Brieske from Michigan. Some of the other team members were those whom I had played against during my three years on the Navy varsity. It seemed strange to see tackle Bob Davis playing where I was used to seeing Dick Shimshak, and even stranger taking my cue from field-boss Johnny Lujack instead of Reaves Baysinger. It was rather difficult to mold a unified squad from seventy-two individuals who had played under so many different systems and coaches.

The Chicago Cardinals, unfortunately for us.

were not faced with the same problem; they had already defeated the best that the National Football League had to offer with such standouts as the famous Charlie Trippi, quarterback Paul Christman, center Vic Bonanis, and halfback Elmer Angsman.

As I mentioned before, the full impact of the AU-Star game was not realized for some weeks after I had first received that invitation from Arch Ward. It actually hit me on the night of the game. The thrill of running out on the field alone under the spotlight as the stadium announcer introduced the starting line-up, the immense crowd of 101,000 spectators, and having my wife in the stands watching and hoping, were all a totally new

SHIPM-4TE is proud of Ensign Richard U. Scott, Class of 1948. A varsity football center during 1945, 1946 and 1947, he was awarded the Col. Robert M. Thompson Cup (to the midshipman who has done most for promotion of athletics). He was a six Striper the final six months of 1948 and is President of his Class.

Mrs. Scott (June Week bride), is the former Mary Elizabeth Hazlett, daughter of Capt.

E. E. Hazlett, Jr., USN-Ret., Class of 1915 and Mrs. Hazlett. experience for me. Knowing that this was to be my last football game added to the gravity of the occasion.

I was flattered beyond a doubt to be representing the Naval Academy on a squad which one year previously had carried on its list the names of the military academy representatives. Doc Blanchard and Glen Davis.

I knew that we had at least a few staunch Navy supporters in the Chicago area, not to mention the hundreds of thousands throughout the country, so I felt not at all alone in purpose.

As for the game itself, the score tells much of the story; the Cardinals scored and converted four times while our own offense staggered only once within scoring distance, upon which occasion it was halted on the one yard line. I personally do not concede the Chicago Cardinals a four touchdown superiority. If I may, I should like to offer some explanation for the relative showing of the two teams on the night we met in actual combat.

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What's the Oope

1308 Emerson Street N. W., Washington U , D. C. D. W. BAGLEY, (Adm. USN-Ret), informs us of a new address, 861 Sutter St., San Francisco, Calif.

MALCOLM CAMPBELL reports a new home address, 61 Miller Rd., Morristown, N. J. 1Q(\L Class Secretary, CAPT. L. M. I 7UO ATKINS, USN-Ret, 39 Franklin Street, Annapolis, Md.

Marine and Naval Orders from

September

1 fi7A HENRY MINETT, (Capt USN' O' ^ Ret.), writes his address changed to 377 Merrimon Ave., Asheville, N. C.

1 ft07 *-'^* Secretary, LT. CDR. JOHN 107/ w . MORSE, USN-Ret, Wardman Park Hotel, Washington 8, D. C.

IQOA J. A. PERRY, (Deceased). We I OOV have sadly to record the death of Mr. Perry who passed away 21 June 1948.

1 ftOO ^^^** Secretary, V. ADM. JOHN I077 w . GREENSLADE, USN-Ret, 226 Greenwood Heights, Bellevue, Ohio.

C. E. COURTNEY advises us that his address is now Chevy Chase Club, Chevy Chase, Md.

1 fiQA ^ ^ received a very nice letter I OOO from ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, who is now living at 111/^ East 87th St., New York, N. Y. For obvious reasons this letter will be found under the Class of 1893.

IfiOl ^^^^^ Secretary, REAR. ADM. I07I H. G. GILLMOR (CC) USNRet., 1720 N St., N. W., Washington 6, D. C. IftQO ^ ' ^ " Secretary, CAPT. STANI07Z FORD E. MOSES, USN-Ret, 4738 Vista Del Monte, Sherman Oaks, Calif.

1 ftOlQ Romaine T. Boyd • O/O The editor of SHIPMATE received a very nice letter from Archibald Campbell, Class of 1886, saying; "I enjoyed reading the nice article by Romaine T. Boyd on the 1889 cruise of the USS CONSTELLATION, MATE.

in the August issue of SHIP-

"I cruised aboard the same frigate in the summer of 1883. A nice cruise, but a disastrous one to me.

"My billet was the main Royal, mast and yard—a great experience.

"With all good wishes for the continued success of the interesting magazine, SHIPMATE." W. V. N. POWELSON reports his new address is 551 Fifth Ave., New York 17, N. Y. IQQA D. F. SELLERS, (Adm. USN), I 07*r forwards his address, 2215 Wyoming Ave. N.W., Washington 8, D. C. iQQC F. D. KARNS, (Capt USN' O /D Ret.), sends his address as c/o Capt W. C. Schultz, USN, Hq. Als. Comm., F t Richardson, Alaska.

Remrning to Annapolis is FRANKLIN D. KARNS, (Capt. USN), just in time for some football (sorely missed during the last two years in Alaska). Capt. Karns played football in the Navy line four years, then returned after his J. O. cruise to coach Naval Cadet football.

He was equally good as shot putter and hammer thrower. He personally laid out the first running track at the Academy.

L. J. G. 1 QQL Class Secretary, COMMO. DUD1070 LEY W. KNOX, USN-Ret., Westmoreland Apts., Washington, D. C.

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1 QfYJ Class S e c r e t a r y , CAPT. I7U/ CHARLES C. SLAYTON, USNRet., 112 Duke of Gloucester St., Armapolis, Maryland.

IRVING H. MAYFIELD, (R. Adm. USNRet ) , writes his address changed to Star Route, Box 7, Hauula, Oahu, T. H. R. F. FRELLSEN, (Capt. USN-Ret.), now resides at 5 Sherwood Rd., Wardour, Annapolis, Md.

10nQ Class Secretary, COL. D. C. I 7UO CORDINER, USA-Ret, U. S. IQAA GEORGE W. STEELE, (Capt Soldiers Home, Washington, D. C. ' 7V/W USN-Ret.), gives his mailing adJOHN W. RANKIN, (Capt USN-Ret), dress as Hotel Metropole, Monte Carlo, Mon- sends his address as Castle HiU, Newport R. I. C. M. JAMES, (Capt USN-Ret.), reports that his mailing address is 1008 W. Fifdi St, 1901 ALBERT T. RICH, (Col. USA- Port Angeles, Wash.

I 7\J I Ret.), writes from 263 Clifton R. L. DeSAUSSURE, MD, advises us that St., Maiden 48, Mass.: "Arrangements have his permanent address is 3305 Maud St N.W., been made to sell my summer place and return Washington 16, D. C. to Maiden and settle down in one place until JOSEPH J. BROSHEK, (R. Adm. USNthe 'Horn' blows."

R e t ) , informs us that his address is now 2203 Greenleaf St., Santa Ana, Calif.

1 Qn9 ^ ^- DAVIS, ( a p t . USN-Ret.), JOHN E. ISEMAN gives as his address. ' 7UX is living at 1(532 Mt. Eagle Place, Sunset, Maine.

Parkfairfax, Alexandria, Va. 1 OnO C'*^^ Secretary, R. ADM. H. C. TRAIN, USN-Ret, 81 Market 1 QrtO Class Secretary and Treasurer, I 7 U 7 I 7UO R. ADM. VAN KEUREN, USN- St, Annapolis, Md. MARION C. ROBERTSON, (R. Adm. Ret, 2823 29th St, N. W., Washington 8, D. C. USN-Ret.), gives his correct address as Army R. S. THOMPSON, who resigned in 1905, & Navy Club, Washington, D. C. is living at his permanent address, 145 New ROY H. DAVIS, Class President has made Market Road, Hampton, Va. He has been go- a superb success in the steel business. Starting ing to sea in the Merchant Marine since 1943. with a crew of 350, his outfit's employment WILLIAM ANCRUM, (Capt USN-Ret), level rose to 3,500. His steel mills in Ontario, has sold his house "Roasdhu," Pawley's Is- Canada, specialize in tool steel. Roy resigned L. J. G. land, S. C , and has not yet decided when to from the Navy in 1913. drop anchor.

Class S e c r e t a r y , R. ADM. W. R. VanAUKEN, (Capt USN-Ret), 1 0 i n I 7 I U CHARLES J. MOORE, USNis back in Washington after spending the Ret., 3325 Cleveland Ave., N. W., Washsummer at his place in Fairfield, N. Y. ington, D. C. FREDERICK V. McNAIR, JR., (Capt.

V. Adm. JESSE B. OLDENDORF retired USN-Ret.), is going strong as usual. He re- from active duty after 43 years of naval servcalls the days of 1909 when Pres. Teddy Roose- ice on 31 August 1948. He is the holder of velt set up physical tests fot Army and Navy two Navy Crosses and two Distinguished Setvofficers. One, the walking test, of fifty miles ice Medals. V. Adm. Oldendorf received his in three days, was run off by F. V. McNair in retirement citation from Secretary of the Navy one day at the rate of 10 hrs. and 12 min. A John L. Sullivan for "professional skill and former Academy track and football star, his magnificent achievement in the last war," cul"physical test" record was never broken. Capt. minating a distinguished career.

L. J. G. McNair has his own insurance business in Annapolis.

L. J. G. 1 Ql 1 Class Secretary, V. ADM. H. W. I7 I I HILL, USN, National War Col1 Qr\A ^'^^* Secretary, R. ADM. FRED lege, Office of the Commandant, WashingI 7trt E. MCMILLEN, (SC) USN-Ret., ton 25, D. C. El Cortez, San Diego, Cal. R. B. SIMONS, (R. Adm. USN-Ret.), forD. P. WICKERSHAM, (Lt Cdr. USN- wards his address, 3 StoUs Alley, Charleston, Ret.), gives his address as Box 501, Ross, S. C. Calif.

EVERETT D. CAPEHART, (Capt. USNRet.-Deceased ). We learn with regret the death Class Secretary, CDR. HUGO of Capt Capehart on 7 July 1948, in WinstonFRANKENBERGER, USN-Ret, Salem, N. C.

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ROGER W. PAINE, (R. Adm. USN), writes his address changed to Western Sea Frontier, Treasure Island, San Francisco, Calif.

C. N. VON ROEDER informs us that his new address is Rt. 2, Snyder, Tex. IQIO Class Secretary, COMMO. W. ' 7 1 ^ G. GREENMAN, USN-Ret, 140^-21st Street, South Arlington, Va. HUBERT V. LA BOMBARD, (Lt. Cdr. USN-Ret.-Deceased). We are sorry to report the death of Lt. Cdr. La Bombard on 18 July 1948, in Santa Monica, Calif.

J. Y. DREISONSTOK now resides at 543139th St, N. W., Washington 15, D. C. R. R. THOMPSON advises us that his address is now 4321 Crest Dr., Manhattan Beach, Calif.

JOHN WILBUR, (Lt. Cdr. USN-Ret.-Deceased ). It is with deep regret that we report the death of Lt Cdr. Wilbur who died suddenly, 15 August 1948, at his residence in Old Lyme, Conn.

Schuirmann. Roscoe E., (R. Adm. U S N ) . Naval Operations, Navy Department.

1 Ql O Corresponding Secretary, MR. I7 IO p. D. SLEEPER, 339 Investment Bldg., Washington 5, D. C. J. L. HALL, JR., (V. Adm. USN) reports that his mailing address is Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk 11, Va. 1 Ql ^ Class Secretary, R. ADM. R. W. ' 7 If HA"iTJER, USN, Board of Decoration and Award, Room 4030, Arlington Annex, Navy Department Washington 25, D. C. RALPH G. PENNOYER, (Capt. USNRet.) writes that he is now a permanent resident at May's Landing, RFD 1, Box 52, Virginia Beach, Va. E. L. COCHRANE, (V. Adm. USN-Ret) now resides at 2 Larchwood Dr., Cambridge 38, Mass.

WILLIAM E. MALLOY, (Capt. USN) gives his mailing address as Bldg. 18, Foot of 20th St, San Francisco 7, Calif.

JOHN I. HALE, (Capt USN-Ret.) informs us that his address is now 2861 Central Ave. Pike, Knoxville, Tenn.

SWIFT RICHE gives as his address. Apt. 316, The South Shore View, 7100 South Shore Dr., Chicago 49, 111.

JOSEPH L. McGUIGAN, (Capt. USN) has been appointed Chief of the Bureau of Engineering in the U. S. Maritime Commission.

He was awarded a degree in naval architecture from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1916 and transferred to the then Naval Construction Corps.

The then Comdr. McGuigan was serving at Cavite, P. I. when the Japs attacked. He with others, improvised a craft and made their escape.

Capt McGuigan will serve under V. Adm. W. W. Smith, USN (Ret.), Class of 1909.

L. J. G. 1 Ql r Class Secretary, R. ADM. MOR1713 XON L. RING, (SC) USN, Rm. 2008, Navy Dept, Washington 25, D. C. R. O. GLOVER, (R. Adm. USN-Ret) former class secretary, has turned his duties over to R. Adm. Ring. He has made his home at 4308 Cambridge Rd., Windsor Farms, Richmond, Va.

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WELL DONE!

l/oyd Crow Stark by Margaret A. Stallings

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F the many graduates of the United States Naval Academy in the Class of 1908 who have been successful in civil life, the career of Lloyd Crow Stark has been outstanding.

Lloyd Stark was born on a farm near Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri, on November 23rd, 1886, the son of Clarence McDoweU and Lilly Crow Stark.

Mr. Stark left his native state to become a midshipman at the Naval Academy in 1904 and was graduated in 1908 as a past midshipman. It was in the year of his graduation that he married Margaret Pearson Stickney of Baltimore. Two sons were born of this marriage—Lloyd Stickney (Lt. Cdr. killed on duty with the U. S. Navy) and John Wingate (1st Lt., U. S. Army Air Corps). Mrs. Stark died in October 1930.

Mr. Stark's naval career was short but well spent In 1909 he served the Navy in Turkey; in 1910 he was aboard ship in South American waters; and in 1911 was active in submarines. Perhaps the Navy lost an excellent officer when he resigned his commission in 1912, but the State of Missouri gained one of its most energetic and colorful governors.

It is not hard to see why Mr. Stark was chosen for this position as his career before his election in 1936 and inauguration in 1937, was such as to eminently qualify him for this important office.

Upon his resignation from the Navy, Mr. Stark assumed the responsibilities of VicePresident and General Manager of Stark Brothers' Nursery and Orchards Co., of Louisiana, Missouri, a business founded in 1816 by his great-grandfather. He served as Chairman of the Board of this Company from 1912 to 1934 and since 1941 has resumed these duties.

When our country entered World War I, he submitted application to rejoin the Navy but in the meantime was offered a commission in the Army as captain which he accepted with the promise of immediate action. He served as Commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 315 FA and Assistant Divisional Chief of Staff of the 80th Division and commanded the 315th Field Artillery in the Argonne from 1917 to 1919. He was awarded the Victory Medal and 2 battle clasps for this service.

After the war, he returned to his business with the Nursery and Orchards Co. and resumed at once his active and prominent participation in civic affairs. Mr. Stark was Vice-President of the Missouri State Chamber of Commerce from 1925 to 1929. In 1926 he became President of the Missouri-Illinois Bridge Company and served in this capacity until 1939. In 1927 he was Director of Associate Industries of Missouri and later in 1934 he was a member of the Missouri State Planning Board. As Chairman of the Good Roads Commission, he played an important part in

getting a $75,000,000 bond issue approved by the voters placing Missouri high among the States of the Union for good roads.

All of these varied activities led to the peak of his career. Governor of the State of Missouri. Mr. Stark was elected governor on November 3, 1936 and was inaugurated in January of 1937, his term ending in 1941.

During his governorship he was instrumental in the overthrow of the notorious Pendergast machine in Kansas City. It was during this fight that his life was threatened and although he lived in constant danger, he would not permit himself to deviate from the requirements of his duty as he saw it. Mr. Stark will long be remembered by his fellow citizens for his forcefulness and courage during this period as governor.

In 1939 he was elected Chairman of the Governor's Convention and in this same year he was made President of the Council of State Governments.

After his retirement from the Governor's Mansion, Mr. Stark still remained aaive in various civic and national organizations. In 1941, he was a member of the Board of the U. S. Naval Academy Alumni Association and served until 1947. In the same year he became a member of the Board of Governors of the United States.

Mr. Stark is a memer of many clubs and organizations such as The Naval Academy Alumni Association, Navy Athletic Association, honorary life member of the Federated Gardens Club, the American Legion, 40 and 8, Rotary Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Elks, Navy League of the United States, Army and Navy Club of Washington, D. C , Missouri Historical Society, Garden Clubs of America, Sons of the American Revolution, American Saddle Horse Breeder Association, St Louis and Pike County Country Clubs, and the University Club of St. Louis.

Mr. Stark and Mrs. Stark, the former Katherine Lemoine Perkins of St Louis, to whom he was married in November of 1931, with their daughters Mary and Katherine, now reside a few miles out of Louisiana, Missouri, where Mr. Stark is devoting a good deal of time in the interest of his business and to the building up of his beautiful country estate.

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ALLAN E. SMITH, (R. Adm. U S N ) gives his correct address as U. S. Naval W a r College, Newport, R. I. T h e funeral services and final interment rites of Rear Admiral Forrest B, Royal were conducted at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia on 9 September, 1948.

Admiral Royal's remains were recently returned from Leyte, Philippine Islands, where he had been buried following his death on 18 June, 1945, after having commanded five successful amphibious operations against the enemy in the Pacific.

Admiral Royal was born in New York City in 1893 and graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1915. After service in European waters in World W a r I, and graduation from the Post Graduate School, Annapolis, Md..

Naval W a r College, Newport, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from which institution he received a degree of Master of Science, Admiral Royal served as advisor at the Naval W a r College in Brazil.

During World W a r II, Admiral Royal was Secretary of the Combined Chiefs of Staff, anci as such attended the Quebec, Cairo and Teheran Conferences.

Transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944, Admiral Royal commanded amphibious task forces that successfully landed on Leyte and Luzon in the Philippines in July 1944 and January 1945. He also led the forces landinion the Sulu Archipelago and Borneo, the latter operations being designated by General MacArthur as "flawless." Later Admiral Royal was in overall command of the operation in Brunei Bay where the Australian 9th Division made a successful landing.

Admiral Royal was twice awarded The Distinguished Service Medal and in addition to the awards granted him by his own Government, was twice decorated by the Brazilian Government, in 1939, with the Order of the Southern CrOss, grade of officer, and in 1945, with the Medal of Services of W a r . The British Government has conferred the award of Honorary Commander of the British Empire on Admiral Royal for his outstanding services with the Combined Chiefs of Staff in World W a r II. Admiral Royal is survived by his widow, Mrs. Katherine Knight Royal, daughter of the late Admiral Austin M. Knight, and two daughters, Mrs. James Wood Burch of Arlington, Va. and Miss Katherine Knight Royal, a student at Leland Stanford University. Mrs. Royal resides at 440 Sea Lane, La Jolla, California.

D O N A L D TAYLOR H U N T E R , (Lt. Cdr. USN-Ret-Deceased). It is with deep regret that we learn of the death of L t Cdr. Hunter who passed away suddenly on 17 August 1948 at the Sawtelle Veterans Hospital, Los Angeles, Calif, at the age of 6 1 .

P O W E R S J O I N S P R A T T INSTITUTE Commander Melville W . Powers, U.S.N. ( R e t ) , has been appointed Director of the Pratt Institute Evening School of Science and Technology beginning with the coming fall term.

T h e announcement was made recently by Charles Pratt, president of the Institute.

Commander Powers was graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy and holds a master's degree in naval architecture and marine engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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D u r i n g his 30 years of service with the Navy he was for a time professor of electrical engineering and physics at Annapolis and from 1938-41 was a member of a naval mission to Peru when he acted as technical advisor to the Peruvian Minister of Marine.

W h i l e on the mission he had charge of industrial development and operation of the new naval arsenal at Callao, facilities of which made Peruvian fleet repairs possible for the first time within the country. Commander Powers also assisted in the revision of the entire educational program of the Peruvian Naval Academy.

Since his retirement from the Navy in 1941 Commander Powers has been associated with industry, as assistant general manager of the Tampa Shipbuilding Co. during the war, and later as a consultant in the construction of plants, shipyards and ships.

He is a native of Rochester, N . Y. and resides in Bronxville.

U S N ; reports a change of address. Munitions Board, Pentagon Bldg., Washington 2 5 , D . C. FRANCIS A. SMITH, ( C a p t U S N ) gives his address as W i n e m a Hotel. Klamath Falls, Ore. DOUGLAS W . COE, ( C a p t USN-Ret.y informs us of his address, Georgia Institute of Technology, D e p t of Mechanical Eng., Atlanta, Ga. W A R D P. DAVIS writes that he is now a permanent resident at 3384 Smyvesant PI,, N . W . , Washington 15, D. C. LISLE F. SMALL, (Commo. USN-Ret. y reports his address changed r(> 1609 Cereal Ave., Hamilton, Ohio.

Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan has recently announced, in connection with the case of C O N S T A N T I N E N . PERKINS, former Lieutenant, U S N , who was dismissed for A W O L 2^ years ago that, pursuant to the approved decision of the Board for Correction of Naval Records, the Secretary of the Navy has determined this dismissal from the Naval Service be changed to Separation Under Honorable Conditions.

The function of the BCNR, established under a new law, is to review such cases and, if warranted, correct errors and remove injustices.

Perkins resides at 1306 S. Svcamore Ave..

Los Angeles. Calif.

1 Ql A Class Secretarv, CAPT. LAUI 7 IO RENCE F. STAFFORD, U S N , Naval Communications Annex, Room 337-— Bldg. 19, 3801 Nebraska Ave., N . W . , Washington 2 5 , D . C. T. V. COOPER, (R. Adm. USN-Ret.) now resides at 133 E. 5th S t , Media, Pa. L. S. FISKE, (R. Adm. U S N ) reports that his duty address is ComMarianas Box 14, c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif.

Your Class Secretary writes: "A large S. P. G I N D E R , (R. Adm. U S N ) informs number of questionnaries have been filled our us that his mailing address is ComCarDiv 2, and returned, but many are stili missing. Work c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif. has gone ahead on the class history, but we Wilkes, John, (R. Adm. U S N ) . Commander, Naval do not want to publish it until word has been Forces Germany, and additional duty as Naval Ad- received from every classmate possible. If you viser, Office of Military Government ( U . S . ) . have never received a questionnaire or did nor return one, please drop a card at once with 1 Q 1 7 Class Secretary, CAPT. ROSS F. your correct address to the class secretary and ' 7 1 / COLLINS, USNR, Cedarundel a new one will be mailed. It there has been Farm, Route 3, Annapolis, Md. a change in your status or address since you F R A N K L I N S. IRBY now resides at 188 sent your form in, please advise him of that.

Dogwood Lane, Manhasset, L. I. W e hope to get out a very interesting book, G U Y W . CLARK, (Capt. U S N ) gives as but we need more data." his address U. S. Naval Observatory, Navy JAMES H. C O N Y N E . i Cor. USN-Ret.) Dept., Washington 25, D. C. died at the Naval Hospital. San Diego on D. R. EVANS, ( L t C d t U S N - R e t ) . W e 7 A u g u s t 1948. Burial was in F t Rosecrans are sorry to be informed of the death of Lt. National Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers Cdr. Evans who died at the Philadelphia Naval were: C a p t E. B. Rogers. R. Adm. Arthur Hospital on 10 August 1948.

Moen, R. Adm. Chas. Weitzei. Cdr. George D . R. Evans remained in the service until Hern, C a p t F. W . Benson. Col. Floyd Bennett, 1922. For a number of years he was employed Col. W . P. Richards and Col. L. P. Good, USA. as a consulting engineer. Recalled to service H e is survived by his wife, a son, 1st L t A. during the World W a r II, he was on duty in A. Conyne, and a daughter. this country and Panama.

ROBERT L. BEALL and family were recent Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elsie W . Evans; five sons, D. Rodney, Jr., William W., Dela- visitors in Annapolis. Hoppy was on his way ware Bay and river pilot; Robert, Duval and to Greensboro. North Carolina where he will Douglas, all of Lewes, Del.; his mother, Mrs. make his home. His address is 6 Branch Louis P. Evans, of Lewes, and two brothers, L. C o u r t Leroy, Wellesley Hills, Mass., and Cap":.

Nathanial H., of Lewes, a Delaware Bay and river pilot.

His oldest son, John R., was lost at sea during the war when his ship was sunk by a German submarine.

H. N . W A L L I N , (R. Adm. U S N ) is the Commander, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

R. L. PORTER, JR., (Capt. U S N ) is the Deputy Commander, Philadelphia Naval Base and Administrative Officer, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard.

T. M. W A L D S C H M I D T , (R. Adm. USNRet.) is living at Turner Rd., Wallingford, Pa. FRANCIS C. D E N E B R I N K , (R. Adm.

1 Ql p Class Secretarv. V. A D M . EARLE I 7 IO w MILLS, USN. 2300 " E " St., N . W., Washington 7, D . C. ROBERT M. EACHES. .Deceased). W e have sadly to record the death of Mr. Eaches who passed away 29 August 1948 in Boston.

His daughter. Daphne, a student in architecture at Harvard Universin. was with him at the end.

Duvall, Elmer E., Jr.. (Capt. U S N ) . Board of Review, Discharges and Dismissals, Navy Department.

1Q1Q Class Secretary, C D R . ALBERT ' 7 1 7 R S T A U D T . U S N R , 1600 l6th St., Washington 9. D. C.

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E. R. RUNQUIST, (Capt. USN-Ret.) TALBOT SMITH sends his address as 23 writes that he is now .i permanent resident E. Ridgeway, Ann Arbor, Mich. at 292 Covina Ave., Long Beach 3, Calif.

WALFRID NYQUIST, (R. Adm. USNADRIAN O. RULE, JR., ( Capt. USN-De- Ret.) now resides at 4736-12th Ave., South ceased ). It is with deep regret that we record Minneapolis 7, Minn.

ROBERT STRITE, (Capt. USNR) assistthe death of Capt. Rule who passed away, 11 ant Ditector of Naval Reserve, 4ND, writes August at Atlantic Beach, Fla. b . M. McGURL, (Capt USN) gives as his that his address is now Qtrs. "C-26," U. S. address, Qtrs. "H." Naval Base, Charleston, S. Naval Base, Philadelphia 12, Penna.

ARTHUR D. AYRAULT, (Capt. USN) C. J. B. GRIGGS. (Capt USN) reports his advises us that his address now is Bldg. 256, correct address as Qtrs. "D," Naval Base, U. S. Naval Station, Seattle 99, Wash.

HARRY MARIENHOFF informs us of his Portsmouth, N. H. ELIOT H. BRYANT. (R. Adm. USN-Ret.) new address, 84-49 168 St., Jamaica 3, N. Y. A. H. M L C O L L U M , (Capt. USN) reports writes: "I was relieved from command ol Cruiser Division Eight on July 31 and on his address is Fleet Training Group, ChesaAugust 1 was placed on the retired list upon peake Bay Naval Base, Norfolk, Va. D. L. MADEIRA, (Capt. USN) writes that my request for voluntary retirement My permanent address is Cider Jug Farm. Melvin his correct address is c/o Staff, Commander, Road, Littie Aberdeen Creek. Box 1278, RFD Eastern Sea Frontier, 90 Church St., New 3, Annapolis, Md. A glass of cider or its York, N. Y. D. E, CARLSON. (Capt. USN-Ret.) gives equivalent is on tap for all friends who are capable of finding their way to the door in his address as ManEngDept., Texas A.&M., spite of the complex sound of the above ad- College Station, Tex. M. E. SELBY is now living at 148 E. Speeddress." way, Tucson, Ariz.

Gardner. Matthias B., (R. Adm. U S N ) . Naval OpW. G. SWITZER, (R. Adm. USN) has erations, Navy Department.

Jeter. Thomas P., (Capt. U S N ) . Fleet Air, West reported for dut}' at U. S. NOTS, Inyokern, Coast.

China Lake, Calif.

R. C. SPRAGUE gives his address as 1 QOn Class Secretarv, MR. JAMES A. I7ZU CROCKER. 3009 44th Place, Sprague Electric Co., North Adams, Mass.

NW, Washington 16, D. C. Martin, George D., (Capt. U S N ) . Office of the G. A. PATTERSON now resides at 2544Supervising Inspector of Naval Material, Philadelphia. Pa. 34th St. S. E., Washington 20, D. C. Tarbutton, Elmer A.. (Capt. U S N ) . Naval OperaROY T. COWDREY, (R. Adm. USN) is tions. Navy Department. now Commander. Pearl Harbor Naval Ship- Thomas, Myron E., (Capt. U S N ) . Director of Transportation and Shipping Control, Staff, Commander, yard, Pearl Harbor, T. H. Western Sea Frontier.

JOHN B. LYON, (Capt. USN) reports a Money, Peter M., (Capt. U S N ) . District Intelligence Officer, First Naval District, Boston, Mass. change of address. Naval Military Establish- Callahan, Fort H., (Capt. U S N ) . Member, Southeast Area of the Subcommittee of the Committee on ment Munitions Board, Washington, D. C. Facilities and Services. Atlanta. Ga. RICHARD R. FOSTER is living at 4303 Cone. William W., (Capt. U S N ) . General Inspector, Fourth Naval District, Philadelphia, Pa. West Franklin St, Richmond 21, Va. DIXWELL KETCHAM advises us that his address now is 1280 Bay Laurel Dr., Menlo 1Q00 Class Secretary, CDR. E. E. Park, Calif. ! 7ZZ MEYERS, USNR-Ret., c/o The L. T. HAUGEN, (Capt USN-Ret) informs us of his address, Stanolind Oil & Gas Douglas School, Pebble Beach, Calif.

W. B. WHALEY, (Capt USN) gives his Co., P. O. Box 3092, Houston 1, Tex. A. D. BLACKLEDGE, (Capt. USN) has new address as 3503 Rodman St, N. W., reported to the Naval Ordnance Plant, In- Washington, D. C. dianapolis, Ind. BRUCE K. MUIR writes that his address WILLIAM HIBBS, (Capt USN) writes is now 1507 Pease Rd., Austin, Tex. that his maUing address is Chief of Staff, ComCARLYLE L. HELBER, (Capt. USN) admander, Adantic Reserve Fleet, 90 Church St., vises us that his address is now Bureau of New York 7. N. Y. Aeronautics, Navy Dept., Washington 25, D. BARNETT T. TALBOTT, (Cdr. USN- C. Ret.; now resides at 405 Park Ave., New RALPH EARLE, JR., (Capt. USN) is now York 22, N. Y. attached to NROTC Unit Duke Univ., DurL. Y. MASON, (Capt USN) advises us ham, N. C. that his address is now Inspector-Instructor, C. J. McWHINNIE reports that his address U. S. Naval Reserve Training Center, 20th St is 160 Chapin Lane, Burlingame, Calif. & Saxon Ave.. Tampa, Fla. A. R. LYON is now living at 1610 N. A. D. A. CRAWFORD, (Cdr. USNR) is again on active duty in the Office of Chief of Greenbriar St., Arlington, Va. JOHN E. PARKER is now President, EngiNaval Operations. From 1942-44 he served at sea, African invasion, and later in South neering Research Associates, Inc., 1902 West Pacific. His son, Richard N. is in the Class of Minnehaha Ave., St. Paul 4, Minn.

1951, USNA, while the other son, Ensign A. PHILIP H. GOLDSMITH writes that he D. A. Crawford, Jr., USNR is back in flight is now a permanent resident at 120 Alapocas duty. Mrs. Crawford is the hostess at Alumni Dr., Wilmington 284, Del. House.

L. J. G. D. J. STUDABAKER, (Capt. USN) reports that his mailing address is c/o Mrs. D. Swafford, Chester A., (Capt. U S N ) . Office of the Supervising Inspector of Naval Material, Chicago, J. Studabaker, 1092 Quilliams Rd., Cleveland 111.

Heights. Ohio.

Mason, Lunsford Y., (Capt. U S N ) . Inspector-InW. C. CROSS, (Cdr. USN-Ret.) now restructor, Naval Reserve, Tampa, Fla. sides at 2719 Collier Ave., San Diego 4, Calif.

1Q01 FREDERICK DENFELD gives The regular 1922 Class Luncheon was held ' 1^ ' his address as 3500 Rustic PI., at the Atmy-Navy Club at 12:30 Noon on St. Paul 5, Minn.

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luesaay, August 3, 1948. The following were present: Capt. Bradford Bartiett, USN; Capt. H. E. Orem, USN; Capt. M. E. Murphy, USN; Capt. Alan M. McCracken, USN; Mr. R. J. Flood; Capt. T. M. Stokes, USN; Capt J. S. Hatper, USN; Comdr. E. John Long, USNR; Capt H. S. Covington, USN ( R e t ) ; Mr. Oliver M. Walker.

The other regular 1922 Class Luncheon was held at the Army-Navy Club at 12:30 Noon on Tuesday, September 7, 1948. The following were present: Capt H. D. Baker, USN; Capt H. S. Covington, USN (Ret.); Comdr. E. John Long, USNR; Capt H. B. Hutchinson, USN; Capt Beverly M. Coleman, USNR. Parker. Harold E.. (Capt. U S N ) . Staff, Commander, Service Force. Pacific Fleet.

Taylor. Edwin A.. (Capt. U S N ) . Commanding Officer, Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Sinclair, Valvin R., (Capt. U S N ) . Inspector-Instructor, Naval Reserve. Chicago, 111.

1 QO^ Class Secretary, CAPT. CLAUDE I7ZJ H. BENNETT, USN-Ret, 19 Mary's Lane, Egypt, Mass.

D. B. CANDLER, (Capt. USN-Ret.) writes that he is now a permanent resident at 3511 Mocking Bird Lane, Dallas 5, Tex. E. R. PECK, (Capt USN) has reported for duty at Naval Air Station, Whidbey Island, Wash.

THOMAS E. BOYCE, (R. Adm. USNRet.) sends his address as 1639 Danville, Houston, Tex. RICHARD CARTER KENDALL now resides at 417 Clinton Terrace, Easton, Penna.

J. L. SCHWANINGER writes that his new address is Waldo Ave., R t 1, Zion, 111.

W. P. M C C A R T Y , (Capt. U S N ) reports that his duty address is U. S. Naval Ordnance Plant Pocatello, Ida. W. A. BOWERS, (Capt USN) forwards his address, 34 Avila Rd., San Mateo, Calif.

CHARLES D. BEAUMONT, (Capt USNRet.) writes that his address is changed to Arundel on the Bay, RFD # 3 , Annapolis, Md. T. H. HEDERMAN, (Capt. USN) informs us of his address, The National War College, Washington 25, D. C. A. L. MAHER, (Capt. USN) is now on duty aboard the USS PORTSMOUTH (CL 102), c/o FPO, New York, N. Y. J. PIERRE BERNARD, (Cdr. USNR) gives his permanent address as 101 Market St, Annapolis, Md. J. H. THACH, JR., (Capt USN) is on duty aboard the USS MISSOURI (BB 63), c/o FPO, New York, N. Y. JOHN H. BRADY, (Capt. USN) gives his new duty address as Commander Service Squadron 2, USS CADMUS (AR 14), Norfolk, Va. Peterson. John V., (Capt. U S N ) . Commanding Officer,

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Fitzgerald, Justin S., (Capt. U S N ) . Supervising Inspector of Naval Material, Cleveland, Ohio.

Hudson, Homer B., (Capt. U S N ) . Commander, Transport Division TWENTY-TVCO, Hoffheins, William L,, Jr., (Capt. U S N ) . Naval Operations, Navy Dept.

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Perry, John R., (Capt. U S N ) . Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks for Operations, Navy Dept.

Will, John M.. (Capt. U S N ) . Commanding Officer, USS COLUMBUS, CA 74.

Anderson. William D.. (Capt. U S N ) . Commanding Officer. Naval School ( Pre-Flight), Naval Air Station. Pensacola, Fla.

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1 Q94 Class Secretary, MR. PAUL W. ' 7 ^ ^ SIEGRIST, Glore, Forgan & Co., 40 Wall St., New York 5, N. Y. W. S. HAYS, (Cdt USN-Ret) sends his address as 208 Roper St., Mobile, Ala. J. M. WORTHINGTON, (Capt. USN) gives his permanent address as 16 Woodmont Road, Alexandria, Va. ANDREW K. RANDOLPH writes that his address is now 1788 Pure Oil Bldg., 35 East Wacker Dr., Chicago 1, 111.

WILLIAM E. VERGE, (Cdr. USN) advises us that his address is now McDonogh School, Pikesville, Md. DENNIS L. FRANCIS reports that his address is Naval Reserve Training Center, Reading, Pa. EDWIN T. LAYTON, (Capt. USN) writes that his address is Office C.N.O. (ONI), Washington 25, D. C. C. J. NESSER, (Lt USN-Ret) now resides at 4600 Cheltenham Dr., Bethesda 14, Md. BERNARD L. AUSTIN, (Capt USN) gives his address as 201 Norwood Rd., Wardour, Annapolis, Md. JOHN DAVIS advises us that his address is now R. F. D. # 2 , Annapolis, Md. WALKER W. HOLLER, (Col. USA) has reported to Ord. Section, Hdqtts. Third Army, Fort McPherson, Ga. E. R. WILKINSON, (R. Adm. USN-Ret.) is living at 121-127th Ave., St. Petersburg, Fla. Plans are being made for the twenty-fifth reunion of the Class of 1924 to be held in Annapolis next May. Captain M. A. Sawyer, head of the Department of Ordnance and Gunnery, heads the committee on arrangements. A reunion "second to none" is planned.

Comments and suggestions from members of the class will be welcomed by Captain Sawyer, or the class secretary.

It is interesting to notice so many members of our dass now having command of the larger fighting ships. Details of these commands appear in other pages of SHIPMATE. Some of our civilians occasionally make reserve cruises on these ships. Paul Siegrist recentiy had temporary duty in Swede Michelette's FRESNO, and Sam Singer is going to spend two weeks in the Philippine Sea later in September.

Among those who have recentiy settied in New York is Min Miller (Rear Admiral USNR e t ) , who is serving as Public Relations Counsel of the Petroleum Institute of America.

Bobbie Carr writes in from Newport where he is living in retirement, to find out about the date of publication of our class "Cruise."

We expect the latter to be released within the coming year.

Among those who are currently doing very well in civil life is John Rhamstine, Vice President of Corn Products Refining Company.

We hear that he is not traveling quite as much as he did formerly.

Whitey Hyatt has left New York and is now helping establish Budweiser as the beer that made St. Louis famous.

The New York unit of our class plans to have an early fall meeting as soon as they can find a centrally located club or hotel which will make room for us for either an afternoon reception or a luncheon. Any one with ideas in this connection should contact the New York secretary (WhitehaU 4-1070). At least two private cars on the railroad will be re-

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quired to take the New York contingent to the re-union in Annapolis next spring, and it may be that we will have to live in the cars while we are down there.

We are saddened to note the untimely passing of B. Lincoln Rutt (Captain U.S.N.), killed in an automobile accident in the Norfolk area where he was on duty. The secretary has not received full details. This reminds us that in our irregular reporting we did not announce the death of Stuyvesant Fish Morris, from a sudden heart attack in New York, March 23, 1948.

P. W. S.

Orville; Naquin; Grimes; Goetz; WUliams; Nickerson; Broadly; Gordinier; Swinburne; Hanlon; Rice; Goodwin, E. S. L.; Goulett; Prinmp; Burrows; Van den Berg; Smith, C. C; Smith, S. P.; Henderson; Parks; and Day. No business was conducted at this meeting, and a friencUy enjoyable time was had by all members.

In connection with the contemplated celebration of our 25th Reunion at the Naval Academy during June Week of 1950, it is proposed to publish a Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Year Book comparable to the QUIVER Minter, Robert O., (Capt. U S N ) . Overhaul and Reof a few years back. With this purpose in pair Officer, Naval Air Station. Jacksonville, Fla. Handly. Albert, (Capt. U S N ) . Office of the Bureau mind, a Committee was created by the Washof Aeronautics General Representative, Eastern Dis- ington group at one of its monthly luncheon t r i a . New York. N . Y. Bertschy. Robert S.. (Capt. U S N ) . Port Captain, Cris- meetings last summer, and subsequentiy a tobal, Canal Zone. questionnaire was mailed to all Classmates Weaver. Paul L.. (Capt. U S N ) . Assistant U. S. Naval Attache and Assistant U. S. Naval Attache for Air, whose addresses were known asking that they London, England. complete the form and return it, with a smaU Layton, Edwin T.. (Capt. U S N ) . Director. Naval School, Naval Intelligence, Naval Receiving Sta- contribution, to the Committee. This initial tion, Washington, D . C. effort resulted in more than 160 responses. The Committee feels however that this return is not 1QQC Class Secretary, MR. CHARLES satisfactory for our purpose and that to mak5 I7Z3 M. GOETZ, 910 Shoreham Build- the publication a real success and worth while a response should be received from each an* ing, Washington 5, D. C. A. R. QUINN, (Cdr. USN) is now on every member of the Class. Accordingly it is dut}' aboard the USS WARRICK (AKA 89), planned to recarrvass the Class with a new questionnaire some time during the coming c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif. fall so that when the Year Book is publisheo' H. P. THOMSON, (Capt USN) gives as it wiU contain complete and up-to-date inhis address, Qtrs. "U," Naval Shipyard, Ports- formation. mouth, Va. Notices wiU be published in SHIPMATL* STANLEY P. MOSELEY reports that his duty address is Submarine Instruction Unit, from time to time to keep the Class informed as to our progress.

Deniz Fabrikalari, Golcuk, Izmir, Turkey.

H. L. FERGUSON, JR., (Capt USN) has Maclntyre, Alexander, (Capt. U S N ) . Commanding Officer, USS REPOSE, AH 16. reported for duty at U. S. Naval Station, Qtrs. Champlin, Jackson S., (Capt. U S N ) . Naval Inspector of Ordnance. Ford Instrument Co., Inc., Long Is"G," Green Cove Springs, Fla. land City, N . Y. Mrs. J. W. Kieman (widow of deceased Sima, Frederick F., (Capt. U S N ) . General Inspencr, Sixth Naval District, Charleston, S. C. EUGENE D. SULLIVAN) is now living at Sugnet, Lee F., (Capt. U S N ) . Commanding Officer, 2414 Greenwood Ave., Wilmette, 111.

USS MOUNT MCKINLEY, AGC 7.

Thorington, Alexander C , (Capt. U S N ) . Assistant PAUL M. HUNT writes that his maUing Chief of Staff for Logistics, Eighth Naval Distria, address is Packaging Research Div., OwensNew Orleans, La. Frederick D., (Lt. Cdr. SC-USN). U. S. Illinois Glass Co., 500 Sansome St, San Harrison, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Francisco, Calif.

Schultz, William C , (Capt. U S N ) . Officer in Charge.

Electronics Engineering, U. S. Naval Postgraduate JOSEPH M. SCRUGGS advises us that his School, Annapolis, Md. address is c/o Alamo Lumber Co., Sabinal, Tonseth, Thomas H., (Capt. U S N ) . Naval Operations, Navy Dept.

Tex. Blackwell. Cecil L.. (Capt. U S N ) . Armed Forces InCLIFFORD L. McAULIFFE writes from formation School, Carlisle, Pa. 803 Mira Flores St, San Pedro, Calif.: "A Class Secretary, CDR. H. A. phone call to Terminal 21163 or Terminal < Q Q ^ I7ZO FRAVEL, USN, Office of Naval 24506 for any of the fellows going through San Pedro is good for a drink any time. L. Material, Navy Dept., Washington 25, D. C. Warder and family spent the night with me EUGENE F. MAY, (Capt. USN) gives his a short time ago on their way to Washington new address as Box # 8 , University, Miss. and we tossed a few pleasant ones. I'm back ALLEN R. JOYCE, (Capt. USN-Ret.) now in business in San Pedro, after playing war resides at 161 "F" Ave., Coronado, Calif. for a few years."

P. M. CURRAN, (Capt USN) is now on REGINALD B. FORSTER is living at 121 duty aboard the USS NOBLE (APA 218), West Franklin Ave., Minneapolis 4, Minn. c/o FPO, New York, N. Y. EDGAR W. FUNK gives his permanent adW. F. RODEE reports that his mailing address as 707 N. Kenilworth Ave., Oak Park, dress is BAR-CVAC, Pacific Highway, San ni.

CLINTON H. SIGEL, (Capt. USN) writes Diego, Calif.

J. A. CHRISMAN gives his home address that his address is 66 Kay St., Newport, R. I. ROSSER H. MATSON forwards his ad- as 225 Ridgewood Ave., Charlotte 7, N. C J. G. FARNSWORTH, (Capt. USNR) dress, 1683 Summit Ave., St. Paul 5, Minn.

T. C. THOMAS, (Capt USN) advises uS' writes that his duty address is Staff Hdqtrs., that his mailing address is 2910 Mapleshade 13th Naval Disttict Seatde 99, Wash.

E. M. RAGSDALE, (Capt. USN-Ret.) now Rd., Ardmore, Penna. resides at 1237 Ashmount Ave., Oakland 10, The regular monthly luncheon meeting of Calif.

R. B. PIRIE, (Capt USN) has reported the Class of 1925 was held at the Army-Navy Club at 12:15 p.m. on Wednesday, 11 August for duty aboard the USS SICILY (CVE 118), 1948. Twenty-six members of the class were c/o FPO, New York, N. Y. JESSE L. HULL, (Capt. USN) advises us present, namely: Pyne; Leggett; Beiser; Hammock; West; that his address is now Industrial CoUege of

Shipifisk.

the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Rm. 214, Bldg. T-5, Washington 25, D. C. ROBERT P. FOOSE gives as his address, c/o Domestic Engine & Pump Co.. Queens St., Shippensburg, Pa. Lane, James M., (Capt. U S N ) . Naval Operations, Navy Dept.

Briner, Charles E., (Cdr. U S N ) . Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Dept.

Vodila, Louis L., (Cdr. U S N ) . Sub-Group THREE, Columbia River Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet, Astoria, Ore. Whiting, Charles J,, (Capt. U S N ) . Commanding Officer, USS SEMINOLE, AKA 104.

Farrow, Henry. (Capt. U S N ) . Chief of Staff and Aide and Operations Officer, Cruiser Division THREE.

Johnston. Harry D . , (Capt. U S N ) . Naval Operations, Navy Dept.

Tucker, Samuel M., (Capt. U S N ) . Naval Operations, Navy Dept.

Livdahl, Orlin L.. (Capt. U S N ) . Assistant Chief of Staff for Administration, Fifth Naval District, Norfolk, Va. Reynolds. Luther K., (Capt. U S N ) . Commander, Destroyer Squadron FOURTEEN. Adair, Charles, (Capt. U S N ) . Commanding Officer, USS MARQUETTE, AKA 9 5 .

White, William, (Capt. U S N ) . Commander. SubGroup THREE, San Diego Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet. San Diego, Calif.

Moses, Charles W., (Capt. U S N ) . Commanding Officer, USS ELDORADO, AGC 1 1 .

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' I*•' USN) gives his duty address as Qtrs. "P," Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif.

J. W. BOULWARE, (Capt. USN) writes that his new address is 3712 Albattoss St, San Diego, Calif.

JOHN DIMON advises us that he has moved to 18 Crescent Place, Allendale, N . J. WILUAM H. BROCKMAN, (R. Adm. USN-Ret.) reports that his address is R. D. # 3 , Somerville, N. J. WILUAM T. PEARCE, (Lt. jg USN-Ret.) gives his permanent address as # 2 Seely's Cottages, Brigham City, Utah.

HENRY R. PAIGE, (Col. USMC) sends his address as 2809 Davis Ave., Alexandria, Va. GEORGE W . WILLCOX, (Capt. USN) has reported for duty in USS CHEMUNG (AO30), c/o FPO, New York, N. Y. J. F. HINES, JR., advises us that his new address is 192 Wilbraham Rd., Springfield 9, Mass.

C. R. DUDLEY, (Capt USN) writes that his duty address is StaffComSupGr Navy, c/o Postmaster, San Francisco, Calif.

FRANCIS R. JONES, (Capt. USN) is now on duty at the N.A.A.S., Charlestown, R. I. LILES W. CREIGHTON, (Capt. USN) gives as his address. Engineering Experiment Station. Annapolis, Md. H. H. CALDWELL, (Capt. USN) reports that his permanent address is 9 Porter Rd., USNA, Annapolis, Md. J. W. COOPER, (Capt. USN) writes diat his address has changed to 19 Catherine St., Newport, R. I. CHARLES E. CLUTTS advises us of his address, 25 Burnett Terrace, West Orange, N . J. M. D. MATTHEWS, (Capt. USN) has reported for duty aboard the USS RANDALL (APA 224), c/o Naval Station, Norfolk, Va. HENRY B. STANLEY, (Lt. jg USN-Ret.) now resides at 216 Koa St, Wahiawa, T. H. Neblett, Thomas B., (Capt. U S N ) . U. S. Naval Attache and U. S. Naval Attache for Air, Rome, Italy.

Thach, John S., (Capt. U S N ) . Commanding Officer, USS SALISBURY S O U N D , AV 1 3 .

Steiner, Carl L., (Capt. U S N ) . Naval Operations, Navy Dept.

Winterhaler, Emile R., (Capt. U S N ) . Operations Officer, Staff, Cotnmander, Amphibious Force, Pacific Fleet.

Loud, Wayne R., (Capt. U S N ) . Chief of Suff and Aide, Commander, Mine Force, Atlantic Fleet.

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Schmidt, John W., (Capt. U S N ) . Commanding Officer, USS CALIENTE, AO 5 3 .

McKinney, Joseph D., (Capt. U S N ) . Commanding Officer, USS P I C K A W A Y , APA 222.

Henkel, John P., (Caot. U S N ) . Commanding Officer, USS CACAPON, AO 5 2 .

Everett, Gordon S., (Capt. U S N ) . Commanding Officer, USS KASKASKIA, AO 2 7 .

change of address to Qtrs. "K," Navy Yard, Mare Island, Calif.

WILLIAM S. ESTABROOK, JR., (Cdr. USN), has reported for duty aboard the USS UVALDE, (AKA 8 8 ) , c/o FPO, San Fran-

cisco, Calif.

GEORGE K. BRODIE, (Cdr. USN), is now 1QQP Class Secretary, CAPT. R. K. ' ' - ^ O JAMES, USN, 37 Catherine St, Public Works Officer, Hdqtrs. 15th Naval District, Balboa, C. Z. Newport, R. I. W. G. CHAPPLE, (Cdr. USN), corrects G. W. STRINGER, (Capt USN), gives his his address to read Executive Officer, U. S. duty address as USNAB Weser River, Ger- Naval Training Station, Newport, R. I. many, Navy # 9 1 3 , c/o FPO, New York, MARTIN C. BURNS, (R. Adm. USN-RetN. Y. Deceased ). We are sorry to be informed of the THOMAS ASHCRAFT, (Capt. U S N ) , death of Adm. Burns on 21 August 1948 in writes that his mailing address is Room 2944, the Naval Hospital, Long Beach, Calif.

Navy Dept, Washington 25, D. C. WALTER B. PHILLIPS gives his new adE. C. HANNEGAN, (Capt. USN), is now dress as Esso Standard Oil Co., Broad and Chief of Staff, Commander Fleet Air, USNAS, Harrison Sts., Richmond, Va. LEE D. BOYLE, (Cdr. SC-USN), is now Quonset Point, R. I. RICHARD N. BELDEN reports that his Supply Officer, U. S. Naval Station, San Diego address is c/o R. E. Belden, 1057 Ocean Ave., 36, Calif.

C. L. ENGLEMAN writes that his mailing New London, Conn. address is 2480-l6th St. N.W., Washington, Mullaney, Baron J., (Capt. U S N ) . Naval Opera- D.C. tions, Navy Dept.

Freiburghouse, Leonard F., (Capt. U S N ) . Commander, Mine Squadron THREE. Jones, Horace B., (Cdr. U S N ) . Public Works Officer, U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.

1Q0Q Class Secretary CAPT. •7 ^ 7 CHARLES E. TRESCOTT, USN, Bureau of Ships (Code 512), Navy Dept, Washington 25, D. C. KNIGHT PRYOR, (Capt. USN-Ret.), informs us of a change of address. Engineering Research Associates, 2901 N. Minnehaha Ave., St. Paul, Minn.

HENRY S. CONE, (Capt USN-Ret.), gives as his address 3033 Benvenue Ave., Berkeley 5, Calif.

J. B. KNIGHT, JR., reports that his duty address is Station KNBH, National Broadcasting Co., Mount Wilson, Calif.

WALTER S. DENHAM advises us of his address, Atlantic Reserve Fleet, SubGroupTwo, Texas Group, Orange, Tex. PEYTON ANDERSON now resides at 168 Oakcliff Rd., Macon, Ga. JAMES L. FOLEY, (Cdr. USN), has reported for duty aboard the USS ADIRONDACK, (AGC 15), c/o FPO, Norfolk, Va. Hood, Alexander H . , (Capt. U S N ) . Inspector-Instructor, Naval Reserve, Pittsburgh, Pa. Jackson, Roy, (Capt. U S N ) . Overhaul and Repair Officer, Naval Air Station, Seattle, Wash.

1 Q ^ n Acting Class Secretarv, CAPT. i70U D. B. BROKENSHIRE, USN, Room 1068A, Main Navy Bldg., Navy Dept., Washington 25, D. C. R. R. CRAIGHILL, (Cdr. USN), writes that his address is Naval War College, Newport, R. I. N. L. BLEMKER gives his permanent address as 233 Hunting Lodge Dr., Miami Springs, Fla. R. L. RUTTER, (Cdr. USN), sends his address as 572 New P. O. Bldg., Columbus 15, Ohio.

E. E. COLESTOCK, (Cdr. USN), advises us that his address is now OP-32J-1, (c/o OP-32V), Navy Dept, Washington 25, D. C. C. M. CHARNECO, (Cdr. USN-SC), is how Supply & Fiscal Officer, Naval Air Station, Norfolk 11, Va. WALTER T. JENKINS, (Cdr. USN), informs us of his address, Qtrs. D-12, Naval Amphibious Base, Litde Creek, Va. R. M. NIXON, (Cdr. USN), reports a

Burden, Harvey P., (Cdr. U S N ) . Carrier Division ONE.

Wakefield, Ellis K., (Cdr. U S N ) . Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Dept.

Brodie, George K., (Cdr. CEC-USN). Fifteenth Naval District, Balboa, C. Z. Mott, Elias B., II, (Cdr. U S N ) . Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Dept.

Briner, Harmon V., (Cdr. U S N ) . Destroyers, Atlantic Fleet, temporary duty.

Lee, John E., (Cdr. U S N ) . Staff, Commander, Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet.

Grant, James D . L,, (Cdr. U S N ) . USS HYADES, AF 28.

Lynch, Robert F., (Cdr. SC-USN). U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Wogan, Thomas L., (Cdr. U S N ) . Inspector-Instructor, Naval Reserve, Albuquerque, N . M. Gentry, Kenneth M., (Cdr. U S N ) . Naval Operations, Navy Dept.

Allen, Burrell C , Jr., (Cdr. U S N ) . Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va. May, Leo G.. (Cdr. U S N ) . Inspector-Instructor, Naval Reserve, Utica, N . Y.

1 Q ^1 Class Secretary, CDR. OSCAR E. •7OI HAGBERG, USN, Office of Naval Research, Bldg. T-3, Rm. 2502, Navy Dept., Washington 25, D. C. M. G. STEELE now resides at 3 Kennard Court, Boston 14, Mass.

JOHN T. WULFF, (Cdr. USN), has reported for duty aboard the USS MCCAFFERY, (DD 860), c/o PM, San Diego, Calif.

LOWELL W. WILLIAM, (Cdr. U S N ) , writes that his address is 8508 Rosewood Dr., Bethesda 14, Md. G. DeMETROPOLIS, (Cdr. USN), gives as his address U. S. Navy Group, APO 206, c/o PM, New York, N. Y. STANLEY MUMFORD, (Cdt USN), informs us of his address, 114-28 175th PL, S t Albans, N. Y. LaVERE COWELL, (Lt. USN), advises us that his address is Aerological Officer, Naval Air Station, El Centro, Calif.

A new Washington Committee has been designated by '31 on duty in the Washington area as follows: Cdr. Oscar E. Hagberg (ONR) Cdt Al Reed (CNO) Cdr. Garvey Molumphy (Gun Factory) The committee above relieves the former committee, which did such a swell job in class affairs, composed of: Cdr. Barney Sieglaff (BuPers) Cdr. Walt Wright (Gun Factory) Cdr. Joe Gardner (BuAer) Larry Cook was to report in SHIPMATE the quarterly luncheon of the class at the Naval Gun Factory on 28 July, but the heat, humid-

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ity and press of other circumstance prevented us that his address is now 2222 King St., Alex- reported for datv in USS CORAL SEA, (CVB 4 3 ) , c/o FPO, N e w York, N . Y. his doing so. Suffice it to say that it was well andria, Va. J. B. FROST advises us that his mailing adattended by about 40 classmates and the usual Lunger. John P., (Cdr. U S N ) . Naval Operations, dress is 1"'6 Remseu St., Brooklyn 2, N . Y. good time was recorded.

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A R T H U R C. SMITH. ( Cor. U S N ) , writes T h e new committee will make plans for Mustin', Lloyd M , (Cdr, U S N ) . USS KEPPLER. D D -65. the coming quarter, and hopes to come up Kintberger. Leon S,, (Cdr. U S N ) . Naval Operations. to us from Bureau of Ships, Code 660, Navy Dept., Washington 2 5 , D . C. Navy Dept. with some other ideas in the social line. SugR O B E R T F. SELLARS, (Cdr. U S N ) , has gestions are welcome, all offers of anything 1 Q ^ ^ EARNEST G. CAMPBELL, (Cdr. reported for duty aboard the USS HARWOOD. free will be accepted in the spirit in which ' 7 J J U S N ) , informs us that his ad- ( D D 861 >, c/o FPO, San Francisco, CaUf, they are offeree.

H, Q. M U R R A Y , ( " F e g " ) , Navy footbaU W e are in receipt of an interesting letter dress is now Room 16, Bldg. T-2, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington 25, D. C. captain, was on hand for one of the early from Johnny Gannon, on dutj' with Hawaiian W . R. L A U G H O N , (Cdr. U S N ) , writes footbaU practices last month. Under orders Sea Frontier, in which he outlines some plans for a 1931 Class Memorial. Details will be to us from Staff SubRonFour, Key West, Fla. to report at the Academy is another good footM O R G A N SLAYTON, (Cdr. U S N ) , ad- ball player in '34, R E D BAUMBERGER, who promulgated as soon as the Washington Committee can decide on a suitable medium. vises us of his mailing address, Box 38, Nav\' served on the coaching staff during a short # 3 9 3 0 , c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif. hitch at the Academy in the early war years.

Johnny states that Hiram Cassidy had arS. M. BARNES, ( C d t U S N ) , gives as his L. J. G. ranged a get-together for those on duty in the Hawaiian area, and all present had voiced address. Naval W a r College, Newport, R. I. William I., (Cdr. U S N ) . Night Composite R. C. GAZLAY, (Cdr. U S N ) , reports that Manin, approval of the idea.

Squadron O N E . his present mailing address is Chief of Naval Vose, James E., Jr., (Cdr. U S N ) . Naval Air StaOther 1931 gossip窶馬one of it current, but tion. Jacksonville, Fla. Operations. Navy D e p t , Washington 25, D. C. recent: Sine W r i g h t and I completed a nineLogsdon. Earl W., (Cdr, U S N ) , Staff. Commander, After 2 Oct. it will be Joint Brazil U. S. MiliService Force. Pacific Fleet, month tour of duty in June with the Army at tary Commission, Navy Branch ( A i r ) , APO Rosenberg. Marvin I.. ( Cdr. U S N ) . USS PASSUMPSIC, Fort BUss in the Guided Missile School. DurAO 107.

676, Miami, Fla. Arnold. Jackson D.. (Cdr. U S N ) . Naval Air Staing June also, saw Dick Peterson in Albution, San Diego. Calif.

On the afternoon of Thursday, 2 September, Geist. querque, New Mexico, on duty with R.O.T.C, John iﾂｫ'.. (Cdr. U S N ) . Potomac River Naval Command, \('ashington. D, C, on the day after Ginny had returned from the remains of Jim Bullock were reinterred Lewis.

Hugh H., (Cdr. U S N ) . Potomac River Naval in Arlington Cemetery. Jim met a tragic death the hospital with a new daughter and heiress.

Command. Washington. D, C, during the war in a Jap prison camp. Twent>'- Payne, Raymond. (Cdr, U S N ) , USS FRANKLIN D. Also saw Dick .Andrews' folks in Santa Fe. ROOSEVELT. CVB 42. five members of the Class were present at the OSCAR E. HAGBERG. Taylor. Leslie K.. (Cdr, U S N ) , USS SAMUEL B. burial service, together with the members of ROBERTS. D D S23.

Van Mater. Scne.'-merhorn. (Cdr. U S N ) . Naval Air the family. '33 salutes a most courageous Doss, Clarence T.. Jr., (Cdr. U S N ) . Naval Amphibious Training Unit, Little Creek, Va, Station, Jacksonville. Fla. Webster, John A.. (Cdr. U S N ) . USS NEWPORT classmate, and one whom we shall always re- Brooks. William B., ( Cdr, USN ), Staff, Commander, Service Force, Atlantic Fleet, member for his contagious enthusiasm and NEWS, CA 14S. Foley. Joseph F . (Cdr. U S N ) . Mine Division T w o . solid character.

Nolan, Rathel L,. Jr.. (Cdr. U S N ) . Eighth Naval Distria, New Orleans, La. The most recent Class Luncheon in the 1 Q ^ R Class Secretarv, CDR. WILLLAM Brown, Elliott M . (Cdt. U S N ) . Staff, Commander, Washington area was held on 22 September I 7 0 3 c . T H O M P S O N , USN. Rm. Service Force, Pacific Fleet.

Fabian, Rudolph J.. (Cdr. U S N ) . USS LLOYD at the Gun Factory Mess. W i t h the advent 2C, 260 National Defense Bldg., Washington, THOMAS, D D 764. of autumn and the football season, monthly D . C .

Maloney. John L , (Cdr. U S N ) . USS HAROLD J. ELLISON, D D S6-t. luncheons will be held. It is hoped that other D. C. L Y N D O N , (Cdr. U S N ) , writes: "I Merkle. Francis B., (Cdr. U S N ) . Bureau of Ships, members of the Class passing through Washam now on duty at Headquarters, Fifteenth Navy Dept. ington or on duty in nearby areas will be able Naval District, Balboa, Canal Zone, and hope Allen, Robbins W., (Cdr. U S N K Underway Training Unit, Guanunamo Bay. Cuba. to join us on these occasions. W e are setting that my friends and classmates will look us u p McKaig, WiUiam V.. (Cdr. U S N ) . Armed Services up an arrangement whereby we can cooperate when in this area.

Petroleum Board, Washington, D. C. Williams, Lowell W., (Cdr. U S N ) . Bureau of Naval with each other on obtaining extra football "My address is Box 4 5 3 , Navs' 121, c/o Personnel. N a w Dept. tickets whenever possible.

Parham. John C , Jr.. ( Cdr. U S N ) . USS MISSISSIPPI, FPO, New York, N . Y." Gillespie, Thomas E., (Cdr. U S N ) . Fleet Air Wing R. K. I R V I N G , (Cdr. U S N ) , has reponed FIVE. Peckham. George E., (Cdr. U S N ) . USS PORTSMOUTH, CL 102.

Sampson, Robert R.. i Cdr. U S N ) . Naval Mine Depot, Yorktown, Va.

1QOQ CHARLES S. H U T C H I N G S , ' 7 0 Z (Cdr. U S N ) , writes that his mailing address is N R O T C Unit, Univ. of Mississippi, Uiuversit)-, Miss.

W . M. HOLMES gives his permanent address as 202 West 7th, Tyler, Tex. W . J. CATLETT, JR., (Cdr. U S N ) , reports a new address. 5818 Skyline Dr., Washington 20, D . C. CHARLES B. L A N M A N , (Cdr. U S N ) , forwards his address, ComAirLant, Staff, N A S , Norfolk 11, Va, LOUIS W . M A N G , (Cdr. U S N ) , informs us of his present mailing address, N.A.T.T.U., N . A . M . C , Philadelphia 12, Pa. J. G. MARSHALL, (Cdr. U S N ) , writes that his permanent address is 474-A Painter S t , Norfolk, Va. T. M. FLECK, (Cdr. U S N ) , gives as his address. Naval W a r College, Newport, R. I. J. H . S. J O H N S O N , (Cdr. U S N ) , reports that his address is Navy # 1 3 8 , c/o FPO, New York, N . Y. F L O Y D B. SCHULTZ, (Cdr. U S N ) , informs us of a new address, Qtrs. A 2 3 . Philadelphia Naval Base, Philadelphia 12, Pa. RALPH M. 'W'lLSON, (Cdr. USN ), advises

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Ashworth. Ftederick L., (Cdr. U S N ) . Composite Squadron FIVE. Mott, William C , (Cdr. U S N ) . Staff, Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, Smith, Kerfoot B., (Cdr. U S N ) , Staff, Commander, Destroyers, Pacific Fleet.

Bewick. James V.. ( Cdr. U S N ) . Sixth Naval District, Charleston, S. C. Fritter. Charles T.. (Cdr. U S N ) , USS BOXER, CV 2 1 , Jackson, Edward F,, (Cdr, U S N ) . Inspector-Instructor, Naval Reserve, Perth Amboy, N . J.

1 Q ^ 4 ROBERT HALLOCK now resides ' ' ^ " at 38 West Ave., WeUsboro, Pa. R. B. CROWELL reports a change of address. N.O.B. Industtial Dept., Navy # 3 0 0 2 , c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif.

E. W . L O G S D O N , (Cdr. U S N ) , writes that his address is now Staff, ComServPac, Navy # 1 2 8 , c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif.

J O H N F. McGILLIS, (Cdr. U S N ) , gives as his address, CincPac Staff, c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif.

ALLEN W . MOORE, (Cdr. U S N - R e t ) , is living at Hillsboro, Md. R. C. LATHAM, ( C d t U S N ) , has reported for dut)' aboard the USS ORION, (AS 1 8 ) , Rodman, Canal Zone.

REGINALD RUTHERFORD, (Cdr. U S N ) , writes from 1514 Timber Lane, Falls Church, Va.: "Betty and I are happy to announce the arrival of Allan Rutherford at the Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md., 27 July.

H e is our second son and fourth child.

"I am on duty in BuAer." RUSSELL B. ALLEN, ( C d t U S N ) , has

for

duty

in USS

STORMES.

(DD

780),

c/o

FPO, New York; N . Y. LYLE M. BLOHM gives as his address c/o Gambles, Carlsbad, N . M. J. J. BECKER, (Cdr. U S N ) , and Mrs. Becker are happy to announce the birth of a daughter, Pamela, on 21 June at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Charleston, S. C. At present Cdr. Becker is commanding the USS S H E A , ( D M 3 0 ) . His permanent home address is 27 Sothel St., Byrnes Downs, Charleston 34, S. C. WILLIAM P. SMITH writes to us from 314 East 25th St., New York 10, N . Y. J O H N M. MILLER now resides at H I Eari Ave., New Holland, Pa. C H R I S T I A N L. E W A L D , (Cdr. SC-USN), gives his address as 407 Powhaton S t , Naval Base, Norfolk 1 1 , Va. J O H N E. G R A D Y advises us that his new address is 111 Forest Rd., Fanwood, N . J. D, B. B R O K E N S H I R E , ( C a p t U S N ) , informs us of his address. Room 1068A, Main Navv Bldg., Navv Dept.. Washington 25, D . C. WILLIAM R O Y BARNES, (Cdr. U S N ) , has reported fot duty aboard the USS E. G. SMALL, ( D D 8 3 8 ) , c/o FPO, New York, N . Y. J O H N H. BESSON, JR., (Cdr. U S N ) , is on duty in USS HAYNSWORTH, ( D D 7 0 0 ) , c^o FPO. N e w York, N . Y.

LLOYD A. S M I T H now resides at 221 Columbus Ave., N e w Smyrna Beach, Fla. R. G. JACK, (Cdr. U S N ) , is now at Industrial College, Ft. Lesley McNair, Washington, D. C. J. O ' H A N D L E Y , ( C d t S C - U S N ) , writes that his addtess is now Naval ROTC Unit, Stanford Univ., Calif.

F R A N K M. SMITH. (Cdr. U S N ) , gives his new address as Officer Distribution Office, l l N D Hdqtrs., San Diego, Calif.

J. C. GILLESPIE, ( C d t U S N ) , advises us that his address is now 653 B Ave., Coronado, Calif.

A R T H U R E. T A R A N T I N O now resides at 8506 Rosewood Dr., Bethesda, Md. RUSSELL H. SMITH, (Cdr. U S N ) , writes to us from N R O T C , Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.

J O H N B. CLINE, (Cdr. S C - U S N ) , has moved to 120 Sherman Rd., Chestnut Hill 67, Mass.

Bassett, Robert V„ Jr,, (Cdr. U S N ) . USS R E H O BOTH. AVP =)0.

Rush. Samuel O., Jr., (Cdr, U S N ) , Eleventh Naval District, San Diego, Calif. Temporary duty pendmg further assignment.

Schacht. Kenneth G.. ( Cdr. U S N ) . U. S, Naval Academy. Annaoolis. J^Id. Blount. Cecil E.. ( Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Sub-Group THREE. Florida Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, Fla. Hutchinson, George, (Cdr. U S N ) . Fleet Air, West Coast.

Mclntire, Harrison P., (Cdr. U S N ) . U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N . Y, Winfield, R chard B.. (Cdr, SC-USN), Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Dept.

Wing. Robert C . (Cdr. U S N ) . Armed Services Petroleum Board, Washington, D. C. Tipton, Henry C . (Cdr. U S N ) . U. S. Naval Mission to Peru, Lima, Peru.

night combat fighting in 1942. It's finely written and on the "must" reading list.

L. J. G. Gumz, Donald G.,

(Cdr. U S N ) . Fleet Air

Wing

FOUR.

Ellis, William A,, (Cdr, U S N ) . Naval Operations, Navy Dept.

McGrath, Malcolm C , (Cdr, U S N ) . Bureau of Ordnance, Navy Dept, Myers. Richard L., (Cdr, SC-USN), U, S. Naval Academy, Annapolis. Md, Pinkerton, Dale F., (Cdr, U S N ) . Bureau of Ships, Navy Dept.

1937

HOWARD W. BAKER, (Cdr.

I 7«J# U S N ) , has reported for duty aboard the USS ASTORIA, (CL 9 0 ) , c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif.

CHARLES R. D O D D S , (Cdr. U S N ) , gives his duty address as 443 S. Highland St., Memphis, Tenn.

B. H. BIERI, JR., (Cdr. U S N ) , writes that his address is General Stores Supply Office, Oxford Ave. and Martins Mill Rd., Philadelphia, Pa. JOSEPH F. D A L T O N advises us that his address is now Balrimore County, Sparks, Md. W A L T E R H. KEEN, JR., (Cdr. U S N ) , reports that his address is A p t 4, Bldg. 5-B, Redfield D t , Metuchen, N . J. Gregg, William, (Cdr. U S N ) , USS QUICK. DMS 32, Obermeyer. Jack A,, (Cdr, U S N ) . Buteau of Ships, Navy Dept, Hartman, Herbert J,, (Cdr. U S N ) . Naval Ammuni tion Depot, Earle, N . J.

1 Q^Q Class Secretary, LT. COL. J O H N I 7 0 0 SAXTEN, USMC, 2nd Marine Div., Camp Lejune, N . C. PAUL G. SCHULTZ, (Cdr. U S N ) , forwards his address, 4814 Middlesex Lane, Bethesda 14, Md. G. F. SMALL, ( C d t U S N ) , gives his new 1 Q^A Class Secretary, C O M D R . O. G. duty station as Naval Air Missile Test Center, I 7 0 0 SEXTON, USN, Staff, Com- Point Mugu, Calif. mander, Air Forces, Pacific Fleet, c/o FPO, RALPH W E Y M O U T H , (Cdr. U S N ) , reSan Francisco, Calif. ports that his address is Naval Training R. J. WILLIAMS, (Cdr. U S N ) , gives his Schools, M.I.T., Cambridge 39, Mass. permanent address as 204 Drury Lane, Falls CHARLES F. B U R N S advises us that his Church, Va. permanent address is Route Two, Sherman, E D W A R D E. H O F F M A N , (Cdr. U S N ) , Tex. has rejKJrted for duty aboard the USS N . K. M. KELLY, JR., (Cdr. U S N ) , writes to us PERRY. ( D D 8 8 3 ) , San Diego, Calif. from Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk 11, K E N N E T H C. LOVELL, (Cdr. C E C - U S N ) , Va. writes: "After two and a half years in the fog L. E. H A R M O N , (Cdr. U S N ) , reports his belt of "sunny" Southern California at the correct address as 1319 Allen Ave., Glendale Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme 1, Calif.

— t h e Lovell family moved to the real sun R I C H A R D D . WEBER, (Lt. Col. U S M C ) , country in September when I shifted to duty gives his new duty station as Marine Corps as Public Works Officer at the Naval Air Sta- Supply Depot, Camp Lejeune, N . C. tion, Corpus Christi, Tex. CHARLES T. WEST, ( L t Cdr. U S N R ) , "The Lovell family is one larger than it is now Prof, in Department of Mechanics, The was when we arrived at Port Hueneme, since Ohio State University, Columbus 10, Ohio, my wife, Maxine, presented me with a bouncFRANCIS W . SILK, (Cdr. U S N ) , advises ing baby girl—now named Margaret Carol— us that his new address is 416 Hammett Parkon 17 July." way, Norfolk 3, Va. C. W . H E Y W O O D , (Cdr. U S N ) , gives his G. M. B O Y D , (Cdr. U S N ) , reports a mailing address as 44 Companion Way, Pa- change of address, 64 Oakwood Rd., Newtoncific Grove, Calif. ville 60, Mass.

H E N R Y H . H E M E N W A Y now resides at F. W . B R O W N writes that he is now a 116-26 218 S t , Cambria Heights 1 1 , N . Y. permanent resident at 418 Meadow Lane, J O H N H. T U R N E R , (Cdr. U S N ) , advises Falls Church, Va. us of a new address, N R O T C Unit, Dartmouth F. H. GREENE, ( L t Cdr. U S N R ) , writes: College, Hanover, N . H .

"Mrs. Greene and I, with our two little WILLIAM A. SMALL writes that his ad- daughters and our newest addition, John dress is now c / o J. A. Small, W a t e r p o r t R. D., Herkimer, born ou Pearl Harbor Day, have N e w York. moved to 137 Belmar Terrace, Westfield, J O H N V. NOEL, (Cdr. U S N ) , reports that N. J." his address is ComPhibGrp ONE (Staff), San G E N E COLLISON, ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , is Diego 32, Calif. now at U. S. Naval School, Acad. & Coll.

S H I P M A T E congramlates JAMES S. G R A Y , Prep., Bainbridge, Md. WILLIAM O. SPEARS, JR., (Cdr, U S N ) , JR., (Cdr. U S N ) , now in command of an aviation group afloat, on his splendid article reports his new address as A p t E-3, USNA, in the Naval Institute on the pioneer era of Annapolis, Md.

OCTOBER,

1948

J. N . MYERS, ( C d t U S N > . informs us that his is attached to Carrier Air Early W a r n ing Squadron 2, N.A.S., Quonset Point, R. I. Luby, Edward M., (Cdr, U S N ) , USS ROANOKE, CL 145, Washington, Thomas, Jr,, (Cdr, U S N ) , Office of the Bureau of Aeronautics Representative, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Essington, Pa. Riesenberg, William P,, (Lt, Cdr, U S N ) , USS MIDWAY, CVB 4 1 , Mann, Stephen S., Jr., (Cdr, U S N ) , USS EK-U-25 13.

Cohen, Abe F.. ( Lt, Cdr, U S N ) , USS BoXEB, CV 2 1 , Semmes, Raphael, Jr., (Cdr. U S N ) . Observation Squadron T w o .

Wesche, Otis A,, (Cdr, U S N ) , Naval Operations, Navy Dept, Brown, Kenneth S,, (Cdr, U S N ) , David W . Taylor Model Basin. Carderock, Md, Douglas, James, (Cdr, CEC-USN), Naval Ammunition Depot, McAlester, Okla.

Johnson, Charles R,, (Cdr, U S N ) , USS D/VVISON, DMS .37, Lynch, Frank C , Jr., (Cdr, U S N ) , Staff Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet,

1 Q'^Q Cla.'^s .Secretary, LT. CDR. L M. I 7 J 7 D U N F O R D , U S N , Navy Dept., Washington 25, D . C. J O H N M. CEASE. ( Lt, Cdr, U S N ) , advises us that his new address is 32 Pearl St,, Hyannis, Mass.

V I N C E N T P. dePOIX, ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , is now attached to VF-18A, N,A,S,, Quonset P o i n t R. I. J. P. SEIFERT, ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , is now in Dept. of Aviation, U.S.N.A., Annapolis, Md. W A R R E N J. HOLMES writes that his mailing address is c/o The Earnshaws Docks & Honolulu Iron Works, Corner Tacoma & 2nd Sts., Port Area, Manila, Philippines.

F. P. A N D E R S O N , ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , reports that his new duty address is V P W - 1 , NAAS, Miramar, San Diego 4 5 . Calif.

JAMES M. ROBERTSON, ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , is now in Dept. of Electrical Engineering, U.S.N.A., Annapolis, Md. T. C. S I E G M U N D , ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , advises us of his new address, 1 B-Colonial Village, N e w p o r t R. I. ALBERT S H A W , ( C a p t U S N y . gives as his address, 135 Beach 86 St., Rockaway Beach, Long Island, N . Y. RALPH S. STEVENS, JR., now resides at 45 Tuckerman Ave., Middletown. R. I. D. W . von BREMEN, JR., reports a change of address, P. O. Box 124, South Egremont, Mass.

LLOYD R. VASEY, (Lt, Cdr, U S N ) , is now

on duty in USS

CAPITAINE.

'SS

336),

c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif.

JAMES H. SMITH, JR., informs us that his new address is c/o BuAer Representative, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, E. Hartford 8, Conn.

G. C. SIMMONS, JR., ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , has reported for duty aboard the USS PALAU, (CVE 1 2 2 ) , c/o FPO, New York, N . Y. W . J. HOLT, JR., writes that his correct address is Youngsford & Roseglen Rds., Gladwyne, Pa. T H O M A S H. BELL, ( L t Cdr, S C - U S N ) , advises us that his address is now 530 Birmingham, Norfolk, Va. R I C H A R D L. D O W N I N G now resides at Beechnut S t , Northbrook, 111.

R O L A N D W . S C H U M A N N , JR., ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , is now on duty in USS CORAL SEA, (CVB 4 3 ) , c/o FPO, New York. N . Y. V A D Y M V. UTGOFF, (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) , reports that his new address is 222 Highland S t , Milton, Mass.

Schratz, Paul R,, (Lt, Cdr, U S N ) , USS PICKEREL, SS 524, Alford, William T „ (Lt, Cdr, U S N ) , USS BENNER, D D 807, Harris, Edwin L., Jr., (Lt, Cdr. U S N ) , Fleet Air Wing THREE,

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Johnston, James F, B,, (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . USS JOHN R. CRAIG. D D 885.

Schumann, Roland W., Jr., (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . USS

vises us that his address has changed to District Communication Office, 5 N D , Naval Base, C O R A L S E A , CVB 4 3 .

Norfolk 1 1 , Va. Ballinger, Carl J., Jr., (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Operational C. W . G U N N E L S , JR., ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , Development Force, Atlantic Fleet.

Fahy, Richard T.. (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . USS N E R E U S , gives his address as 38 Landon Rd., Milton, AS 17.

Goie, John M.. (Lt. Cdr. SC-USN). U. S. Naval Mass.

Academy. Annapolis, Md. C. C. W R I G H T , ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , reports Howland, John B., (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Naval School that his address is Repair Office, Naval Ship(General Line), Newport, R. I. Young, Jack C , (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Fleet Air, West yard, Pearl Harbor, T. H .

Coast.

H E R B E R T M. A C K E R M A N , ( L t Cdr. Denton, William, Jr.. (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Naval Air Station. Spokane, Wash, U S N ) , writes from W . F. Ryan Co., 3727 CoUins, Samuel L,, (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . USS HANSON, Euclid Ave., Cleveland 15, Ohio.

D D 832.

Fidel, John A., (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Fleet Aircraft W . J. M A D D O C K S , ( L t C d t U S N ) , Service Squadron 119.

Lawrence. John C , (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Air Transport writes from Oakwood Manor Apts. 36-C, EverSquadron ONE. green & Hunter, Woodbury, N . J.: "At presHardy, John I., (Lt. Cdr.. U S N ) . Fleet Air, West ent I am putting the USS ROANOKE (CL 145) Coast.

Slagle, Robert J., (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Air Force, Atin commission as gun boss here in Camden, lantic Fleet.

N. J. My family, too, has grown with the arrival of my second daughter, Kristina, last 1 Q d O "^- C- VICKREY, JR., ( L t Cdr. April."

I 7 t U U S N ) , writes to us from 405 W .

E. R. BLAIR, JR., ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , gives Montecito Ave., Sierra Madre, Calif.

R. D . K I R K P A T R I C K , JR., ( L t Cdr. his mailing address as U S N Administtative U S N ) , is now on duty aboard the USS S T . Comd, Armed Forces Staff Coll., Norfolk, Va. EVERETT A. MALCOLM, (Lt. Cdr. SCP A U L , (CA 7 3 ) , c/o Postmaster, Long Beach, U S N ) , has reported to the Naval Supply Corps Calif.

V. E. T E I G reports that his new address is School, Bayonne, N . J. W . J. R I C H A R D S O N , (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) , inA p t " B , " 427 N . Raymond Ave., Pasadena, forms us of his new address, 478 Painter St., CaUf. Norfolk 5, Va. M A T M. CAIN, JR., (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) , gives W . M. McLELLON, ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , reas his address Qtrs. BBB, N A S , Quonset Point, ports that his new address is Qtrs. 203-B, R. I. Cheatham Annex, Williamsburg, Va. FRANZ N. KANAGA, (Lt Cd t U S N ) , O. F. DREYER, ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , advises informs us that he is now living at 915 Edus that his duty address is Box 5100, Sandia geriy Rd., Herundale, Glen Burnie, Md. Base, Albuquerque, N . M. A. H . CLANCY, JR., writes that his present "1941 W A S H I N G T O N NEWSLETTER" address is 425 S. Raymond St., Alhambra, Last month's newsletter didn't get to press Calif. in S H I P M A T E because your Washington correG. T. ELLIOTT, ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , sends spondent took two weeks' leave, which meant his address as Newport News Detail, N N SB leave.from anything resembling work. & D D Co., Newport News, Va. Every month the class holds a luncheon at W . M. CARPENTER, ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , the Army-Navy Country Club. All those on reports that his mailing address is 134 Louise duty in the vicinity are contacted; however, Lane, San Mateo, Calif. any visitors are invited to attend. It is held MICHAEL J. H A N L E Y , ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , the last Wednesday of every month.

W a l t Gaddis and Bob Hill have just left informs us that he is attached to Artack Squadron SiXTY-FIVE, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Washington for their last year P.G. at Carnegie Tech. in Pittsburgh. Lonnie Klineaman Va. W . B. M O R T O N , (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) , writes is here in BuOrd. and living temporarily at that his mailing address is VA-74, c / o FPO, the Gun Factory. Jack Bangert attended the last class luncheon, having just reported to New York, N . Y. BuAer. for duty. Bill Henning has checked in Dail. Robert S,. (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Air Transport to C.N.O. and is occupying a desk in the InSquadron FOUR. Henel, Frank M., (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Air Transport spector General's Office. Bill is one of the few Squadron ONE. bachelors left in the class. Jack Conger is also Yeager, William M., (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Carrier Air in C.N.O. with the Board of I & S. Pem Early Warning Squadron T w o .

Game, William H.. (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Fleet Air, Southard reported across the River to BuPers.

West Coast. and is in the Amphibious Detail Desk. I have 1QJ,1 Class Secretary, LT. CDR. been told that Stu Daubin has also recently ' 7 t I CHARLES W . STYER, JR., reported to Washington—C.N.O., I believe.

U S N , 3903 Jocelyn S t , N . W., Washington, I was pleasantly surprised by a visit last D.C. week from Bob Durett;. He was on leave from F R A N K 'WELCH, JR., ( L t C d t U S N ) , his interesting duty with the military staff of advises us that his address is now 1006 Stane the United Nations in New York. His home Rd., Harundale, Glen Burnie, Md. address is 521 Prospect Ave., Mamaroneck, E D W A R D C. SVENDSEN, ( L t Cdr. N . Y.; Business address: 2 Park Avenue, Room U S N ) , writes to us from 1340 W . Minnehaha 1804.

Parkway, Minneapolis 9, Minn.

The evening of 20 August we had a fine E. A. TABER, ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , gives his picnic in Bethesda, admirably arranged by duty address as c/o VP-MS 8, K.A.S., Trinidad, Dave Rubel, Frank Ruder, and George B r a n d t B.W.I. Everything was furnished for a nominal fee.

R. L. B A U G H A N , ( L t C d t U S N ) , in- The damp weather didn't bother us a bit since forms us of a new address, 54 Dorothy Rd., we had a very nice house on the picnic grounds at our disposal. The informality' of the affair Arlington 74, Mass.

A L A N R A Y , ( L t C d t U S N ) , reports a served to get everyone well acquainted. Those new address, 504 B Essex Circle, N,O.T,S., who attended: China Lake, Calif.

Washington: Manual Brilliant, George E. C. H I N E S , JR., ( L t C d t U S N ) , ad- Brandt, Chuck Fonvielle, Dick Foster, *Bob

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Haylor, Grabba Holdt, Bob Luker, Oscar MacMillan, Court Norton, John Palm, Dick Pierce, Dave Rubel, * ' L o n n i e Klingaman, *BU1 Henning, Fred Ruder, Ken Steen, Joe Taussig, Lloyd Young, W i n d y Welch, Pem Southard, Jack Conger.

Quantico: Bud Boyer, Willie Hunt.

Fort Belvoir, Va.: Tommy Mechling.

Connecticut: TuUy SheUey (civ.) * Bachelors and wolfing. * * Married but wolfing.

It was a surprise to see TuUy Sheeley and his cute wife in Washington. H e was on vacation from his work in the Scouth Mfg. Co. His home address is 379 Quinn St., Mangatuck. Conn.

I received a letter recently from "Chuck" Tear who is in Turkey. His address is Fabrikal — A R I Golcuk, Izmir, Turkey. Ann just had a 7 V^-pound baby girl named Virginia Calvert born the 17th of August in the American Hospital in Istanbul. Chuck claims to be the first father in the class, whose child was born on foreign soil. I know of no one who would disclaim this. Anyone quibble?

Sandy Landreth writes that his resignation is being accepted this month. His permanent address is 1919 CarneU Ave., Whittier, Calif.

I'm sure the class joins me in wishing Sandy the best of luck in civilian life.

That's aU from Washington this month.

D I C K FOSTER,

Bureau of Ships, R m . 4 4 2 1 , Navy D e p t , Washington 25, D. C. Tebo, Kenneth M., (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Fleet Air, West Coast.

Sanger, Frank M., Jr., (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . USS LlTtLB ROCK, CL 92.

I Strum, Charles G., (Lt. Cdr, U S N ) , Naval Air Advanced Training Command, Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Fla. Lynn, Joseph, (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Naval School (General Line), Newport, R. I. Hirst, John W . , (Lt. Cdr. SC-USN). U. S, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. Leidel, John S., (Lt. Olr. U S N ) . Navy Recruiting Station, Washington, D. C. Macklin, Robert D,. (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Naval Operations. Navy Dept.

Boyd, Randall T., Jr., (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Fleet Air. West Coast.

Luehman, Earl A., (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Fleet Airborne Electronics Training Unit. Pacific.

Cuccias, Francis P., (Lt, Cdr, U S N ) , Air Force, Atlantic Fleet.

1 Q 4 Q Class Secretary, LT. CDR. R. S. ' '"-^ D A Y , USN, P. O. Box 7100, Apex Station, Washington 4, D . C. LINDSAY C. McCARTY, ( L t C d t U S N ) , writes from 211 Scott Cr., Annapolis, Md. GEORGE H. MAHLER, III, (Lt. C d t U S N ) , informs us of his address, 1608-29 S t S.E., Washington; D . C. W . F . VOSE, (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) , gives his address as Staff, OpDevFor, USS ADIRONDACK, U. S. Naval Base, Norfolk 1 1 , Va. M. W . M U N K , ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , advises us that his mailing address is U. S. Naval Post Graduate School, Annapolis, Md. W I L L I A M M. YEAGER reports from 39 E. Edgewater Ave., Pleasantville, N . J. R. A. K N I G H T , ( L t Cdr. U S N ) . gives his mailing address as VF-ATU # 1 , N.A.S., Jacksonville, Fla. R I C H A R D E. CURTIS, ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , writes his address changed to c / o Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Factory B-6, Hangar 309, Burbank, Calif.

G. C. B U H R E R , ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , is now attached to Fighting Squadron 3 1 , c/o FPO, N e w York, N . Y. W . A. SCHOENFELD, ( L t Cdr. U S N ) , informs us of a new address, Riva, Md. W . S. B R O W N , (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) , advises

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us of a change of address, Rm. 2926-A, Main Navy Bldg., Navy Dept., Washington 25, D. C. ROBERT E. MULLER, (Lt. Cdr. USN), has reported for dury at Naval Damage Control Ttaining Center, Treasure Island, San Francisco, Calif.

R. G. BROWN, (Lt Cdt USN), writes from Qtrs. "U," Naval Air Station, San Diego, Calif.

C. G. MATHISON, (Lt USN), sends his address as 6 9 H Shepherd St., Landover, Md. M. A. CENSALE, (Lt Cdr. USN), reports that his address is now 3627 Ingraham St., San Diego 9, Calif.

G. T. WEEMS, (Lt Cdr. USN), is now stationed at Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent, Md. W. E. BETZER, (Lt Cdt USN), gives as his address. Staff, Commander Carrier Division O N E , C/O FPO, New York, N. Y. R. R. CARTER, (Lt Cdr. USN), son of R. Adm. G. O. Carter, USNR, and the "junior" of the family, is currentiy on duty in the Department of Ordnance and Gunnery at the Naval Academy.

C. H. LEIBHAUSER, (Lt Cdr. USN), writes that his mailing address is Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va. AARNE J. TERVO, (Lt. Cdr. USN), has reported for duty aboard the USS COLUMBUS, (CA 74), c/o FPO, New York, N. Y. JAMES F. SCHREMP, (Lt Cdr. USN), sends his addtess as 6239-26th Road North, Arlington, Va. JOY EARL BROWN, (Lt Cdr. USN), has reported for duty in USS G. K. MACKENZIE, c/o FPO, New York, N. Y. R. M. PALMER gives his address as c/o Heir Duty Elec. Co., 50 Joumal Square, Jersey City, N. J. PAUL H. HOLLINGSHEAD, (Deceased).

We have sadly to record the death of Mr. Hollingshead who died 28 Dec. 1943.

GEORGE A. GARDES, (Lt Cdr. USN), gives his address as Inspector-Instructor of Naval Reserve, Augusta County, Staunton, Va. He married Jeanne Smith at Hagerstown, Md., on 17 February 1945. A son, George, Jr., was born on 15 April 1946, and a daughter, Susan M. Gardes, was born on 24 August 1948.

HENRY D. HONAN, JR., has resigned from the Navy and is now working as a Sales Engineer for the ITE Circuit Breaker Co. of Philadelphia. His address is "Brickhouse Farm" Cottage, Middletown Road, Glen Mills, Pa. He married Joanne Wagner of Media, Pa., on 12 August 1944, and a son, Henry III, was born on 19 February 1947.

DALE C. REED, (Lt Cdr. USN), is on duty with the Naval Reserve Training Project in company with Johnny Theys (also '42).

Dale's address is 1408 North Nash Street, Arlington, Va., and is stationed at the Naval Gun Factory, Washington, D. C. He announces the birth of a son. Dale, Jr., on 22 August 1948.

ARTHUR F. RAWSON, JR., (Lt Cdr. USN), is located in Room 229, Building I, Headquarters, Ninth Naval District, Great Lakes, lU. R. B. Poage (also '42), is the athletic and recreational officer. Administrative Command, NTC, Room 115A, Building 3, Great Lakes, 111. Swabbo has seen Bill Robie, who is en route from Northwestern to duty in the Bureau as Detail Officer for Ensigns and Warrants.

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CARLTON E. TRIPP, (Capt USMC-Ret), is a graduate student at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. His address is 1472 University Terrace, Ann Arbor, Mich. Carl married Francis Elaine Symons on 24 April 1948 at Milford, Mich.

THEODORE E. GERBER, (Lt. Cdt. EDOUSN), is the Planning Officer, Naval Shipyard, Terminal Island, San Pedro, Calif. Received a lovely card from Ted and Nan announcing the arrival of their first child, Theodore Rankin Gerber, on 7 August 1948.

Weight—7 pounds 4 ounces.

JOHN H. BURT, (Lt Cdr. USN), is stationed with the Air Intelligence Division in the Pentagon Bldg., Washington, Room 3D169. .Tack married Mary Lamb at Boston on 20 May 1942. They have one child, a daughter, Clare, born 3 November 1945.

WALTER C. BECK, MD., is the only practicing doctor in the class. His address is now 200 Church St., Columbia, 111. A second daughter, Karen Suzanne Beck, was born 15 June 1948.

C. B. REINHARDT, (Lt Cdt USN), is stationed at USNAB, Little Creek, Va. Barney reports that he now has two children, Travis Bell Reinhardt, age 2, and C. B. jr., age 5 months, and that he would like to hear from any of the class anywhere. He also wants to know how many of the class have resigned.

The Secretary's records are still suffering from a severe case of lack of information, but I will go out on the limb and say that approximately 75 have resigned and 10 have been retired.

JERRY SCOTT, (Lt Cdr. USN), is taking PG work at Rennsselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N. Y. Their second child, Sandra Jean, was born on 2 April 1948.

M. B. MULLENIX is working as a Physical Chemist at Camp Detrick, Md. Your Secretary had dinner recently with Ike Kidd and his lovely wife at the ArmyNavy Club in Washington. Ike is on the Desttoyer Detail Desk in the Bureau and the proud father of two sons.

R. S. DAY is expecting to be married to Clara Lee Moore of Cumberland, Md., in November. He writes, it has been interesting—• to say the least—to have been among the ranks of the bachelors of the Class of 1942, but I am looking forward to plunging into the more popular sea of matrimony.

Members of the Class of '39 have generously presented the Class of '42 with a copy of their publication. Nine Years After. The Class of '39 is to be congratulated on their efforts in producing this very fine report on the class and its achievements. It is much mote elaborate than the directory proposed for '42, but is a very definite target for us to shoot at.

Johns, Ralph G., Jr., (Lt. Cdr, U S N ) , Twelfth Naval District, San Francisco, Calif, Brown, Joy E,, (Lt, Cdr. U S N ) . Destroyer Squadron Six. Madden, Eugene, Jr., (Lt, Cdr, U S N ) . Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md. Mitchell, John J., (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Sixth Naval District, Charleston, S. C. Westcott, Leon W., (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Third Naval District, New York, N . Y. Richardson, William C , (Lt. Cdr, SC-USN), U, S, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md, Fry Harold E,. (Lt, Cdr, U S N ) . USS CAPITAINE, SS 336, Harbert. Thomas C , Jr,, (Lt, Cdr. U S N ) . Research and Development Board, Washington, D, C, Betzer, William E,, (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) , Carrier Division ONE. Buhrer, Gordon C , (Lt, Cdr, U S N ) , Naval Aviation Ordnance Test Station, Chincoteague, Va, Doherty, Robert E., (Lt, Cdr, U S N ) , Research and Development Board, Washington, D, C,

Rae, Edwin T., Jr., (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . Naval Air Technical Training Unit, Naval Air Station, Glenview, 111.

Shonerd, William A., ( L t Cdr. U S N ) . Naval School (General Line), Newport, R. I. Gommengenger, John A.. (Lt. Cdr. U S N ) . USS DES MOINES, CA 134.

Weber, William G,, (Lt, Cdr, U S N ) . Naval School ( General Line), Newport, R. I. Williamson, Thomas E.. Jr., (Lt, Cdr. U S N ) . USS ALBANY, CA 123.

iQ^n Class Secretary, ROBERT W. I7*TJ BESCH, 120 Western Drive, Short HUls, N. J. LYNN F. WOODWARD, (Lt. U S N ) , writes from 315 6th St, Pacific Grove, Calif.

M. D. GASTROCK, (Lt. USN), reports that his address is Staff, ComDesRon 9, USS MANSFIELD, (DD 728), c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif.

BRIAN McCAULEY, (Lt USN), sends his address as 53 Dorothy Rd., Arlington, Mass.

W. A. MORGAN, (Lt Cdr. USN), gives as his address, CNO, OP3 2D21, Washington, D. C. DUNBAR LAWSON, (Lt. USN), is now attached to BTU-2, Corry Field, NAS, Pensacola, Fla. WILLIAM A. RACETTE, (Lt. USN), advises us that his correct address is BOQ 600, Rm. 229B, NAS, Pensacola.

W. R. BANKS, (Lt. USN), informs us that his address is District InteUigence Office, Navy # 5 9 , c/o PM, San Francisco, Calif.

ROBERT B. LAING, (Capt USMC), reports a new address VMF 452, MCAS, El Toro, Santa Ana, Calif.

H. H. HAISTEN, JR., writes from 9 Ash St, H,V., Annapolis, Md. MYRON E. TREMAIN, (Lt. USN-Ret), gives his permanent address as 703 Northwood Ave., Charlottesville, Va. J. E. VOLONTE advises us that his address is now The Graduate House, MIT, Cambridge 39, Mass.

WILLIAM S. BUSIK, (Lt. USN), reports a change of address to 411 Alameda Blvd., Coronado, Calif.

R. S. ADAMS, (Lt. USN), writes to us from NAS, Chincoteague, Va, WILLIAM C. PATTERSON, (Lt. USN), gives his address as Staff, ComAirPac, c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif.

Information for '45ers Baldy Baldridge writes that he is acting as Intelligence Officer for CinC Lant Fit.—U. S. Naval Station, Norfolk 11, Va. Walt Toner says, he, J. J. Brennan and John Quick get together during meetings of the Detroit Chapter of the U.S.N.A. Alumni Ass'n.

Walter J. Toner Bethlehem Steel Co. Gen. Motors Bldg.

Detroit 2, Michigan The fellows and gals down in Crabtown had a reunion on 30 July. The following gents brought their Mrs.: Max Harnish Lee Scherer Fritz Hansen Dick Putnam Ed Dankworth Bud Carter C. T. Froescher George McHenry W. S. Luberda Herb Zastrow Carl Holmquist J. C. Kemp Frank Dailey Bob Gillock Joe Lovington Bob Beaver Bob Duborg Jack Van Ness M. L. Ogden Eric Ischinger Dave Sterrett Al Rasmussen Bill Doyel, Buck Rawls

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John Bowman R. E. Srrelow Bob Peterson Stan Hutchin Roger Spreen R. G. Smith J. H. Behl Gene Flathmann Homer Haisten These bachelors represented their group; A. B. EUis Dan Wildfong A. H. Galvani Bob Stecher Jim Campbell Dong Jennings Bob Jungklas Dick White writes that he will report to Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, on 15 October, after a rugged struggle at Cal. Tech.

Bill Peach is now throwing nav. probs at the midshipmen—he received orders to Annapolis very recently.

Harv. Huber writes from Medium Patrol Squad. 3, c'o FPO, Navv # 7 2 0 . New York, N. Y.: Ray Tolerton is also in VP-ML-3. Also down here in Coco Solo, in PBM Squadron are Bill Carmichael (VPMS4), Everitt (VPMSIO), Les Heselton (VP-ML3). Froscher and Greenwood left last month for PG School in Annapolis; Harry Sipe was through here recently —he is Electronics Officer on a Des. Div. or Des Ron staff in the Pacific; Al Cox is at NROTC, Duke Univ., Durham, N. C. Dale Cox is in a Utility' Squadron at Guantanamo Bay; T. F. (Red) Smith is out and selling fire extinguisher systems in and around Washington. D. C; Joe GiUin is witii VP-ML5 at Roosevelt Roads, P. R.; saw Bob Amme in Jax last Dec; he's flying SB2Cs; Jim Golden is in F8F Squadron on the Leyte; Al Koplewski is flying F8F's off the Philippine Sea; Gordon Facer is in a VP-HL Squadron at Patukeut, R. Howie Clark is also in a VP-HL Squadron at Pawkeut, R. J A. Devlin is out—address unknown; Sodie Hale is in the Supply Corps and was Disb. Officer at N.A.S. Pensacola when last seen (early '47); Rafe Burton resigned, too.

R. W. BESCH. Class Secretary, 1943

since shortly before graduation in 1942. The class records were, by direction of the Executive Department, Bancroft Hall and mutual consent of the class officers turned over to our late President, Bill Maxson, and subsequently to Bill Busik, our acting President" To straighten things out and avoid fumre confusion I would like to offer the following plan: 1. Carry on with the idea of class reorganization as suggested by the group represented

by W. S Luberda. It is the right of any of the class members to suggest reorganization at any time.

2. Transfer the obligation assumed by W. S. Luberda for reorganization to Bill Busik and myself.

3. I suggest that the office of Class President remain permanently unfilled in honor of the late Willis E. Maxson, III.

from 14-B Parkway Village, Cranford, N. J.: "I have accepted a position as chemical engineer with Esso Laboratories, Research Div., Standard Oil Development Co., P. O. Box 243, Elizabeth, N. J. So if you have any troubles or complaints with any of Esso's aviation gasoline, hydraulic fluids, lube oils, greases, waxes, etc., etc.—pass them on!!! I'll see if I can't make something better!!!!

"Cranford is very handy to New York Ciry, Bayonne, etc.—so any of my old friends or classmates are welcome anytime. There's always an extra bed here " THOMAS H. COOPER, III, (Lt USN), reports that his mailing address is Box 9, N.A.S., Jacksonville, Fla. GORDON H. OCHENRIDER, (Lt. USN), writes his address changed to 23 Sachun Rd., Quonset Manor, East Greenwich, R. I. E. J. GERLOFF, JR., (Lt USN) informs us of his correct mailing address, VR 22, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va. 1QAA. Class Secretary, LT. GENE JOSEPH F. SHARKEY corrects his address ' 7*^7 GOUDIE, USN, VF-4B, Naval to read 76 North 9th St., Apt 5, Newark, N. J. Air Station, Norfolk 11, Va. W. E. PAYNE, JR., (Lt USN) gives his duty station as Naval Aviation Ordnance Test HENRY S. BARBOUR, (Lt. USN), in- Station, Chincoteague, Va. forms us of his new address c/o Service TestCLARENCE A. HILL, JR., (Lt USN) adNATC, Patuxent River, Md. vises us that his address is 41 Haddonfield FRED A ACHNURR gives his address as Rd., Short Hills, N. J. 3208 Dakota Ave., St Louis Park, Minn.

L. G. D. WIEMER, JR., (Lt USN) reports W. N. NELSON, JR., writes that his new a change in his residence to 1910 Kaioo St., address is 209 "G" Ave., Coronado, Calif.

Apt. "C," Honolulu, T. H. FRED E. STOUT, JR., (Lt USN), reports C. W. COOK, (Lt USN) writes his ada change of address to # 2 Birch, USNA, An- dress is now 856 S. Wilton PI., Los Angeles napolis, Md. 5, Calif.

C V. GARDINER advises us of his home J, L. BOYD, JR., (Lt. USN-Ret.) received address, 1004 Dreams Landing, Annapolis, Master of Arts degree from George Peabody Md. College for Teachers, NashviUe, Tenn., on 20 JOSEPH L. BOYD, JR., informs us that his August. Lt. Boyd was married to Miss Nancy present addtess is Georgia Military Academy, Whitaker of Hohenwald, Tenn. on 21 August College Park, Ga. Their address is Georgia Military Academy, D, W, WILDFONG, (Lt USN), is now College Park, Ga. at the Post Graduate School, Annapolis, Md. DAVID M. RONEY, JR. is now out of tiie GEORGE H. MAHONEY, (Lt USN), has Navy and has started classes at the Univ. of reported to the USS SEA CAT, (SS 399), c/o Penna. Law School. He can be reached at AshFPO, New York, N. Y. ton R. North of Willits Rd., Philadelphia 36, ROBERT W. BESCH's letter in reply to N R. STANFORD, ( 1st Lt. USMC), writes Penna.

W. S. Luberda's letter, which was erroneously that his mailing address is Marine Bks. USFA, RUSSELL E. BLALACK, (Lt USN) adprinted under the Class of 1942 in the July Navy 3923, o'o FPO, San Francisco, Calif. vises us that his address changed to Box 724, issue of SHIPMATE, is reprinted herewith: J. P. EPPS, (Lt USN), is now on duty Navy 720, c/o FPO. New York, N. Y. ROBERT W. BESCH writes; "As the pres- aboard the USS F, D. ROOSEVELT, c/o FPO, THOMAS H. BROWN, (Lt. USN) and ent class secretary. Class of 1943, I think New York, N. Y. Mrs. Brown announce the binh of a daughter, it only proper for me to reply to W. S. LuH. L. TERRY, (Lt. Cdr USN), is studying Susan Lee, on 25 June 1948, at Oakland Naval berda's letter published in the May issue of Aeronautical Engineering at the Post Gradu- Hospital, Oakland, Calif. Lt Brown is presently ate School, USNA, Annapolis, Md. SHIPMATE. attached to Attack Squadron 155 at N.A.S., 1 would like to say first that as the existing THOMAS L. CARLIN, (Lt jg USN), re- Alameda, Calif. secretary I will be available to handle any ports a new address, 5007 Bryant Ave. So., changes in the class organization. I am quite Minneapolis 9, Minn.

Class Secretary, LT. (JG) SAMcertain that both Bill Busik and myself are E, M, DRAKE is living at 1822 Mt, Curve I Q ^ r I7 t 3 UEL G. GORSUNE, USN, 1610 capable of handling any reorganization to the Ave, Minneapolis 5, Minn. satisfaction of the entire class.

J. W. TAYLOR writes from 1543 Nichol- Pinegrove Ave., Jacksonville, Fla. W. G. SHERWOOD. (Lt USN) gives his It is my personal opinion and. I have been son Rd., Jacksonville 7, Fla. informed, the opinion of more than several LOUIS E. BENITEZ, (Lt USN), advises address as Officers' Club, USNA, Annapolis, of our classmates, that the status of inactive us that his address is 22 Old Glebe Rd., D- Md. ALBERT C, LEWIS is living at 1315 20th duty does not disqualify a member from hold- 303, Arlington, Va. ing class office. As a matter of fact being on JOHN L. BURKE, JR., (Lt CEC-USN), St, N. W., Washington, D. C. DREXEL R. MARTIN writes that his adinaaive duty enables one to keep a more and Miss Betty Ann Luby were married in permanent address for mail purposes. Also, Sacred Heart Church, Troy, N, Y , on 8 June dress has changed to 318 16th Place S. W., Birmingham, Ala. in my particular case, I am located relatively 1948. near Annapolis and thus am able to make JOE R. WILSON, (Lt. jg CEC-USN) adThe best man was Lt. John F. Callahan, '43, personal visits without too much difficulty. and the ushers were Lt F. C. Hansche, '43; vises us that his address is now 105 NCB, However, before going any further on this Lt (jg) J. G. Hammet '45; Lt (jg) H. T AmphiBase, Little Creek, Va. subject, issues such as mentioned above are Johnson, '45, and Lt (jg) J. J. Manning, Jr., GEORGE L. FITCHETT, (Lt. jg SC-USN) to be decided by a majority of class opinion. all (CEC) USN. reports a change in his maiUng address, 831 I wrote a letter to Bill Busik concerning Lt. Burke gives his address as Box 1, Com- Jamestown Crescent, Norfolk 8, Va. the class statements and records before I re- mander Marianas, c/o FPO, San Francisco, ROBERT O. COULTHARD, (Lt. jg USN) ceived my copy of the May issue of SHIPMATE. Calif. informs us of his address, 719 8th St., These items have not been in my possession JOHN G KELLER, (Lt USNR), writes Coronado. Calif.

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ROBERT D E L G A D O . (Lt. jg U S N ) is "1 would also like to change my mailing now at U. S. Naval School ( Electronics Eng.) address to 1610 Pinegrove Ave.. Jacksonville.

M.I.T., Boston, Mass.

Fla. 1 will probably be here until about the W I L L I A M R. CHESTER. ( L t ig U S N ) first of the year when my wife and I hope to and Miss Jane Eisenhauer of Berkeley, Calif, be heading for sunny Southern Calif. For the were married in Robstown, Texas on 15 May information of my ex-wife, Herm Poorman, 1948.

I am flying a TBM." Lt. Chester gives his mailing address as ATU-10, N A S , Corpus Christi, Tex. yQAL Class President. ENS. BENJAALLEN DAME, (Lt. jg U S N ) advises us I 7 n O M I N S. M A R T I N . USN, Physical of his present address. Box 5. N . A. S., W h i d - Training Dept, USNA, Annapolis, Md. bey Island, Washington.

G. W . B A U E R N S C H M I D T , JR. gives his L. N . SMITH. ( L t jg U S N ) is now at- address as 2311 Conn. Ave., Apt. 7 0 1 , Washtached to Fighting Squadron ELEVEN, c/o ington, D . C. FPO, San Francisco. Calif.

D O N A L D T. POE, (Lt. jg U S N ) reports JAMES R. G R E E N , (Lt. jg U S N ) and his duty address is USS E-LSM 446, do FPO. Mrs. Green are happy to report the birth of New York, N . Y. their first child, a daughter, Marta Katherine, GEORGE W , ELLIS, (Ens, U S N ) writes who arrived at U S N H . Portsmouth, Va., 16 that his address is now 3609 Walsh St,, JackAprU 1948. sonville, Fla, Lt. Green also writes: "I wish to let my D, G. ISELIN, (Ens, U S N ) advises us that classmates know that I am now stationed at his addtess has changed to 104th, Naval ConLTA School, Lakehurst, N . J. Harry Benoit, struction Battalion, Amphibious Base, Coro'44 and a number from '47 and '48A are also nado, Calif, around."

G. M, MAYO, JR,, (Ens, U S N ) sends his J O H N R. J O H N S O N . ( L t jg U S N ) re- address as 27 Harvard St., Laconia, N . H. ports that his mailing address is 764 " D " Ave., J O H N W . MACY, JR., is living at Apt. Coronado, Calif. # 4 , 153 Caroline S t , Saratoga Springs, N . Y. R. B. NLACK. (Lt. jg U S N ) forwards his E D M U N D H. ELLIS, (Ens. U S N ) is now address, 930 Eye Ave., Coronado, Calif. on duty in USS WHITEWOOD ( A G 1 2 9 ) , J O H N D U F F , (Lt. jg U S N ) has reported c/o FPO, New York, N . Y. for duty aboard tiie USS SiRAGO (SS 485)., WILLIAM E. SLESNICK forwards his adNew London, Conn, dress, Jesus College, Univ. of Oxford, Oxford, ALLEN R, H O W A R D , ( L t jg U S N ) is England. now attached to Medium Seaplane Squadron WILLIAM F. M O Y N I H A N is living at # 5 . c ' o FPO. N e w York, N . Y, 1045 Second St., Lebanon, Ore. CHARLES R. JOYCE writes; "My resignaHAL HAMBERG, (Ens. U S N ) is on duty tion from the service and discharge from the as a naval aviator at the Naval Air Station, Navy was formally completed 22 January Coco Solo, Canal Zone, after having received 1948. I am at present an employee of the his wings in June of this year.

American Brake Shoe Co. living at T h e Otis PHIL P E N N I N G T O N , (Ens. U S N ) reCutier Club, Suffern, New York." cently spent a week in Annapolis. His wife and FRED D . W E S T , JR. is now Editor of The two children reside in New London.

Press & Banner, Abbeville, S. C. JACK H A N S E N , (Ens. U S N ) is on duty L. G. M A X W E L L , (Lt, jg U S N ) and Mrs. at N.A.S., Jacksonville, having almost comMaxwell are happy to announce the birth of pletely recovered from injuries received in an their second child, Jean Ellen, born 19 June accident at that station last Spring.

1948 at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Aiea, Oahu, J. J. SULLIVAN, (Ens. U S N ) has just reT. H . cently been detached from duty in the HANK L t Maxwell writes: "Also would like to ( D D 7 0 2 ) , and after a siege in the hospital hear from some of the old sixteenth company. because of a football knee, reported to the My address is 103 Seventh St., Honolulu 50, RICH in Newport.

T. H." WALLACE W . H A N K I N S , JR., (Ens. HALLETT T. L A W R E N C E gives his adU S N ) gives his address as 325 N i n t h S t , dress as 10 Goddard Rd., Sharon, Mass.

Naval Housing Area, Honolulu. He is at FRANCIS T. KLEBER, (Lt. jg U S N ) present attached to the USS PCE 9 0 3 . writes that his new mailing address is 3173 T H O M A S F. CARROLL, (Ens. U S N ) and N. 20th S t , Arlington, Va. Miss Patricia E. Martell of San Frandsco, Calif, were married 22 May 1948 at the Navy Your Class Secretary writes; "I received a Chapel, Treasure Island, Calif. Ens. Carroll letter from Ralph Stell last month and he is now stationed aboard the USS PUTMAN mentioned several of the class who are in ( D D 7 5 7 ) . aviation on the East Coast. In CVG-3 are Bud D E N N I S J. D O W N E Y , (Ens. U S N ) and Bowler, Chris Waters, Bill McGalliard, and Miss Gloria D. Silveira of Key West were Ralph Stell. CVG-9 includes Bill Batts, Bud married 16 May 1948 at St. Mary's Church, Nance, Ken Miller, Jerry Mills, Frank Marble, Key West. Ens. Downey is now stationed and D o n Edge. aboard the USS P U T M A N ( D D

"Chuck Starnes, Vince Anania, Doc Prothro, Bruce Cunningham, and Roy Edmonds are stationed at Quonset Pt. Down here in advanced single engine training at Jacksonville are Jack Glynn, George Griffith, Al Meints, and B. B. Forbes; while John Swank and Ed Morgan are at Pensacola expecting to go to multi-engine training at Corpus Christi.

"I received a letter from M. D . Van Orden announcing the birth of a son born in Medford, Mass., 6 July 1948.

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DAVE TOLL, (Ens. U S N ) has left the MISSOURI and has reported aboard the USS PURDY ( D D 7 3 4 ; , c/o FPO, New York. N .

Y. for duty.

CARMI D. L O N G , (1st L t USMCR) is living at Guymon, Oklahoma.

J. C. V A N A N T W E R P , JR., (Ens. U S N ) writes that his present address is USS REQUIN ( SSR 4 8 1 ) , U. S. Naval Shipyard, E D M U N D H, ELLIS, (Ens, U S N ) writes

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from aboard the USS W H I T E W O O D ( A G 129), Boston Naval Shipyard, Charlestown, Mass.; "I married Lucille M, Burchell in September, 1946 and now have the pleasure to announce that we are the parents of a baby, Joy Marie, born 24 July 1948. If possible I would like to hear from Lt, G, R. Boyjs cf the Class of '44."

T. R. DIBBLE, who is living at 49 Hartman Dr., Venmra, Calif., received a,n M. S. in Physics from Carnegie Tech. .(not B. S. as appeared in the August issue). H e writes; "I am now employed by the Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation as a field engineer. Lastly, I am engaged to Miss Edith Succop of Pittsburgh, Penna."

1 Q 4 7 T. E. I L L I N G W O R T H u rites ' 7 T / from 6645-A N Moltke, Milwaukee, Wis. R I C H A R D G. B R O W N advises us that his permanent address is 1436 West 96th St., R. R. # 1 , Kansas City, Mo. A R T H U R D. CAINE sends his address as 3400 Rose Hill. Boise, Idaho.

J. A. D E N T O N is living at 55 Wesley St., Baldwin. N , J, W , C, RAE. JR., (Ens. U S N ) has reported for duty aboard the USS M A C O N (CA 1 3 2 ) , c/o FPO. New York. N . Y. CHARLES R. DARBY, i Ens. U S N ) and Mrs. Darby announce the birth of a daughter, Lynne. on 2 August 1948, at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Portsmouth, Va. T h e maternal grandfather is Col. W . W . HoUer, USA, Class of 1924.

ROBERT E. O T T O . (Ens. U S N ) is now on duty aboard the USS FRESNO (CL 1 2 ) ,

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Navy Athletics

WASDIIGTOn NOTES

By Ralph Sentman ' 2 5

R e t i r e m e n t Pay For Reserves ployment of disabled veterans. At the end of the first seven months after the war, the Non-Disability backlog of disabled veterans seeking employ(Recent Presidential approval of House Resolution 2744 enables members of the Armed Forces Reserve components to receive non-disability retirement pay at age 60 provided they have a minimum of 20 years' satisfactory service. The Act will be effective at the direction of the respective Department Secretaries, or not later than 1 January 1949.

Satisfactory service includes both aaive duty and active Reserve time. Time in an inactive Reserve section or in a non-federally recognized National Guard does not count.

The last eight years of qualifying service for retirement must have been in a Reserve component Also, to be eligible for retirement, persons who were members of Reserve components on or before 15 August 1945 must have been on active duty in either World War I or World War II. Calculation of satisfactory service toward retirement will be based on a system of credit points, as follows; For one year of active duty-^360 points.

For one year of satisfactory active Reserve service—50 points minimum (to receive any credit); 60 points maximum, exclusive of active duty.

For each year of Federal service, other than aaive Federal service, performed as a member of a reserve component prior to the date of the Act—50 points.

Accumulation of points in a given year for service subsequent to date of Act: 1. One point for each day of active duty (360 limit).

2. One point for each drill or period of equivalent instruction.

3. Fifteen points per year for merely being a Reservist in good standing.

Retirement pay will be based on the highest grade (permanent or temporary) satisfactorily held by an individual during his entire period of service. The total number of points accumulated will be added and then divided by 360 to determine the number of years of satisfactory service. Annual retirement pay will be two and one-half (IVz) per cent of base and longevity pay multiplied by the number of years (and any fractional part) of satisfactory service. Applications for retirement pay will be made direct to the Secretaries of the respective Departments of the National Military Establishment.

A Progress Report to the American P e o p l e The first week in October has been set aside by Presidential Proclamation as the National Employ the Handicapped Week.

Good progress has been made for four years in a row with increased interest in the em-

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ment through the local employment office of the State Employment Services reached a peak of 260,000.

As a result of aggressive programs conducted by federal and state governments and the cooperation of employers, the number of unemployed disabled veterans seeking jobs through the employment offices has been reduced to 82,000. The slogan is "HIRE THE HANDICAPPED — IT'S GOOD BUSINESS."

Ramblings GI INSURANCE

Head—Mr. Frank Foster Line—Lt Col. Lowell English, USMC Line—Ens. Charles Kiser, USN Back—Mr. Willis Bilderback Back—Ens. William McClain, USN PLEBE Head—Ens. Benjamin Martin, USN Line—Ens. Richard U. Scott, USN Line—Ens. Richard Shimshak, USN End-—Ens. Arthur Markel, USN Back—Ens. Robert Schwoeffermann, USN 150 POUND Head—Comdr. Asbury Coward, USN Line—Comdr. WiUiam Schlacks, USN Back—Lt Comdr. George T. McDaniel, USN Water Polo and Squash have been established at the Naval Academy as intercollegiate sports, and an effort is now being made to arrange a suitable schedule for both sports with outside competition.

DIVIDENDS:

It is predicted that by the time you read this statement, the long-awaited lowdown on National Service Life Insurance fund surplus —an amount to be divided among 16 million present and past NSLI holders—will be announced. VA is scheduled to make such an announcement plus the method-of-payment scale that will permit the individual veteran to compute approximate amount he will receive as dividend. This dividend will not be paid until late next year or possibly 1950.

LEAVE BONDS: The New York Times recently dug through its clip file on GI Terminal Leave bonds.

Thtee out of four veterans have already cashed their bonds for an approximate value of $1,549,362,100.

STATE

{Continued from page 33) JUNIOR VARSITY

BONUSES:

The question of status of State bonuses is apparently of constant Interest. These World War II bonuses will rank prominently as November election issues in at least eight States. Washington and Missouri have just joined the growing number of States already having bonus referenda on ballots—Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, So. Dakota and Wisconsin.

It's predicted that approximately 200,000 Washington State veterans would be eligible for average bonuses of $350 — financed through State bonds to be retired with proceeds of new tobacco tax. The Missouri legislature has just adopted the resolution authorizing vote on constitutional amendment providing for $400 maximum bonus — financed by additional 1% sales tax. North Dakota voters and legislature have approved bonus — law will be enacted in January. Pennsylvania legislation must be reapproved by 1949 legislature •— then submitted to voters. Nine States and two Territories now have bonus laws in effect — Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, — Alaska and Hawaii.

With the All-Stars (Continued from page 33) One week before our contest we had engaged in an inter-squad scrimmage in Dyche stadium at Northwestern University where 33,000 fans had gathered. The scrimmage consisted of a full sixty minutes under actual conditions between the T and Single-wing groups into which our squad had been split

by Coach Frank Leahy. The final score was 33-28 in favor of the T squad. This in itself reveals that both units were performing outstandingly. On the same day the Chicago Cardinals scrimmaged the Green Bay Packers and received a most merciless beating. What took place in the ensuing praaices was what determined the actual outcome of the game.

The All-Stars, confident of their own capabilities, slid, while the Cardinals, only too aware of their shortcomings, climbed higher and higher. Not offering this as an excuse, but more as an explanation of fact there is little doubt in my mind but that these incidents decided the game before it was played.

The entire occasion is one which I shall forever hold as one of my most outstanding experiences. The professionals differed from my expectations, which I had based on hearsay and newspaper articles, in that they were not big, rough, and untouchable. Acmally, in size they were much the same as any college outfit though they possessed more speed, deception, and polished ball handling. Like the pros themselves, the professional officials were much like those of any college contest. Possibly, it appeared to me as such since we were playing under college rather than professional rules,—the only exception being that the goal posts were placed on the goal line.

The college All-Stars were soundly defeated, to be sure, but the thrill of this annual classic was still felt by each of the spectators and radio listeners, and these same thrills will keep the college AU-Star football game as the epitome of college football.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 2122 California St Washington, D. C. 28 Aug. 1948 Dear Editor: You ask for class news. Dear Old '96 graduated only 38, among the smallest number of record, and Father Time has meanwhile taken a heavy toll. The few remaining seldom communicate with their Secretary, who perforce is reduced to writing about himself.

Currently I assist with launching a naval museum in Washington, a project sponsored by the Naval Historical Foundation. Such an educational and inspirational display in the realm of seapower has long been a serious want at the nation's capital, where millions visit each year bent on sight-seeing. Both the country and its Navy would thus be greatly benefited.

The project is in no sense a competitor of the splendid museum at the Academy which serves so well the function of stimulating the interest, knowledge and morale of midshipmen. Rather are the two supplementary. And we feel that several naval museums scattered about the country in truth are called for, in the public interest.

Through the generosity of Mrs. Truxton Beale, the owner of historic Decatur House, two blocks from the White House, we have obtained a fifty year lease (at one dollar) on the old carriage house and stables of that residence, with separate entrance on "H" street.

Although not large the structure is adequate for the purpose. Exhibits of superior quality and in ample quantity are already available in the collections of the Naval Historical Foundation. Funds for implementing and maintaining the project are still below requirements, but are being received in very encouraging amounts daily, in response to our active solicitation.

Any assistance which the Alumni Association may render will be most welcome. Gifts even in small amounts are very helpful. To provide for permanent maintenance of this Truxton-Decatur Naval Museum, we have created two new classes of membership in the Naval Historical Foundation. Sustaining Members pay annual dues of ten dollars, or in lieu thereof make a non-continuing gift of

What's the Dope (Continued from page 45) c/o FPO, New York, N. Y. RALPH M. TUCKER, (Ens. USN) gives his duty starion as Naval Air Training Bases, Pensacola, Fla. H. C. BURTON reports that his mailing address is 121 1st West 1st South, KaysviUe, Utah.

AQAQ ( A \ Class Secretary ENS. LEON I 7 * t O \J\)C. BRAMLETT, USN, 538 W. Second Street Clarksdale, Miss.

WARREN L. SPRY, (Ens. USN) has reported for duty in-USS BRISTOL (DD 857), c/o FPO, New York, N. Y. W. D. ENNIS, (Ens. USN) writes his ad-

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two hundred. Fellowship Members similarly pay fifty dollars annually, or else give one thousand outright.

All persons eligible to the Alumni Association are eligible as members of the Naval Historical Foundation.

Most sincerely,

men swimming in Spa Creek, and the dialogue ran about as follows: Supe; "Well what of it?"

Surge; "I have daughters, sir."

Supe: "The creek is a half mile away so their figures are mere blurs from the hospital."

Surge; "Oh, no blurs sir! My daughters use a fine telescope."

The Supe's reply was quoted as unprintable.

Sincerely yours, F. L. OLIVER, CAPT.,

U. S. Navy, Retired.

DUDLEY W . K N O X , COMMO.

Secretary, Class of 1896.

36 Kay Street, Newport, R. I. September 1, 1948.

Managing Editor, SHIPMATE,

Annapolis, Md. Dear Sir: Permit me to differ with the description of hospital facilities at the Naval Academy in bygone years, as given on p. 24 of the August issue of SHIPMATE. I cannot speak from personal knowledge about hospital conditions prior to 1897, but at that time when I entered the Academy there were adequate facilities in a building adjacent to the so-called "New Quarters."

This building was on the approximate site of the present Officers' Club, then gave every indication of being contemporaneous in age with the New Quarters which dated back to the late 70's as I recall i t I was a patient in this hospital several times and know that it was a fully appointed small hospital of the period, capable of caring for the medical and surgical needs of the naval cadets except in those rare instances when consultation with a specialist gave a young man the unusual opportunity of getting out of Annapolis for a fleeting visit to Baltimore or Washington.

Undoubtedly full details of this hospital are available in the Academy records, but your contributor apparently took for granted that the malapropoism across Spa Creek known as "Porter's Folly" was the only available facility.

In connection with said Folly there used to be a chestnut which by now may be so old that it is again interesting.

The Surgeon in Charge (they couldn't exercise command in those days) of the "Folly" complained to the Supe about nude midship-

dress changed to USS MARIAS (AO 57), c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calf.

HARRY B. LEE, (Ens. USN) and Mrs. Lee announce the birth of their daughter, Linda Blair at Oakland Naval Hospital, Oakland, Calif, on 29 July 1948. Ens. Lee is on duty aboard the USS BoXER (CV 21), c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif.

JAMES L. HARRISON, (Ens. USN) gives as his address, USS PASSUMPSIC, (AD 107), c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif.

1Q4p/'"D\

Class Secretary, ENS. R.

l 7 t O ^ J 3 J W. BATES, USN, 211 Prince George St, Apt B, Annapolis, Md. K. B. WEBSTER, (Ens. USN) has reported to the Navy Supply School, Co. C, Bayonne,

N.J.

Birmingham, Ala. 31 Aug. 1948.

Rear Admiral C. E, Coney Annapolis, Md. Dear Admiral Coney: Absence from the city has caused me to delay acknowledgment of the receipt of the copies of August SHIPMATE, containing my article relative to the CONSTELLATION. It is my hope that the article may have helped to create interest in the permanent preservation of the CONSTELLATION, either at Annapolis, Washington or Baltimore.

The senior congressman from Alabama, who read the article has expressed some interest in preserving the CONSTELLATION, though if Annapolis is to be the permanent home of the ship it would seem that the Annapolis Chamber of Commerce and the Maryland senators and congressmen would be the logical congressional and civic movants; though it might be easier to obtain congressional support if Washington was selected as the permanent home.

Boston does not fail to realize the civic as well as historic value to Boston of the possession of the CONSTITUTION and the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce would no doubt realize the similar value to Baltimore of the CONSTELLATION permanently docked or moored at Baltimore.

The observation in the concluding paragraphs of the article seem to have possibly had a wider appeal and approval than the cruise itself; which however is natural since inflation and the grave state of the Union is on the minds of most thoughtful citizens.

With highest regards and cordial best wishes.

Yours sincerely, R. T. Bo-ifD, '93 2124 Highland Ave., Birmingham, Alabama.

C, B. HOGAN, (Ens. USN) gives his new address as 3800 Porter St., N. W., Washington 16, D. C. RICHARD A. COCHRAN, (Ens. USN) writes that his home address is 524 South 2nd St, Okemah, Okla.

E. N. WELLS, (Ens. USN) advises us that his address is 202 Nathan St., Marshall, Tex. W. S. CLARK, JR., (Ens. USN) has reported for duty in USS ATLANTA (CL 104), c/o FPO, San Francisco, Calif.

R. C. SMITH, (Ens. USN) writes that his mailing address is USS HYMAN (DD 732), c/o FPO, New York, N. Y. ANDREW L. FRAHLER, (Ens. USN) informs us of his addtess, 2750 N. W. Savier St., Portland 10, Ore.

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ÂŤ. S. I L ALIMM ASSOCIATIOI s^ta^ Au^actio^ When changes occur icithin the Branch Associations, such as officers or time and place of meetings, please inform the editors at Alumni House.

AKRON President, Mr. Artiiur K. Blough, '24, 731 Medill Avenue, Massillon, Ohio.

Secretary, Mr. Adolph Bednar, '24, 541 Malvern Road, Akron, Ohio.

Dinner meetings held on the last Thursday of each month.

ANNAPOLIS President Capt. Rollo N. Norgaard, USN, '28, 16 Porter Road, USNA, AnnapoUs, Md. Secretary, Capt. Thomas N. Vinson, USNRet, '14, Box 450, R.F.D. # 2 , St Margarets, Annapolis, Md. Meetings held the second Wednesday of each month at 8:00 P.M. at Alumni House, Annapolis.

ATLANTA President, Cdr. Thomas C. Scaffe, USNRet, '20, 2344 Dellwood Drive, N. W., Atlanta, Ga. Secretary, Capt E. T. Neale, USN, '24, Naval Air Station, Atianta, Georgia.

Meetings held first Friday night of each month. Officers' Club, Naval Air Station.

Atianta, Georgia.

CLEVELAND

LOUISVILLE

President Mr. G. A. Mattucci, '24, 14725 Lake Avenue, Lakewood 7, Ohio.

Secretary, Mr. A. Olah, '38, 1598 Blossom Park, Lakewood 7, Ohio.

Chairman, Welcoming Committee, Mr. A. Olah, '38, 1598 Blossom Park, Lakewood 7, Ohio.

Meetings held at 12:00 noon at the Hickory Grill, 929 Chester Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, on the third Wednesday of each month.

Mr. ChurchiU Humphry, '07, 4095 Massier Avenue, Louisville 7, Kentucky.

COLORADO President, Mr. J. M. Lewis, '30, 827 Grant Street, Denver 3, Colorado.

Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. E. F. Helmkamp, '20, 475 Garfield St., Denver, Colorado.

Chairman, Welcoming Committee, Mr. Arthur G. Stiles, '30, 324 Cooper Bldg., Denver, Colo.

Meetings held on the fourth Tuesday of each month. The time varies as it is sometimes a luncheon meeting and other times a dinner meeting.

DETROIT President, Cdr. Frank R. Davis, USN-Ret., '24. "Phone Lincoln 3-4173."

Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. John J. Brennan, '43, 2227 Baldwin Ave., Detroit Mich.

Regular meetings held the first Thursday of each month.

MILWAUKEE President, M t W. F. Kurfess, '11, 2549 N. Terrace Ave., Milwaukee 11, Wise.

Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Jim Wheeler, Jr., '45, 6060 N. Kent Ave., Milwaukee, Wise.

Meetings held on the first Wednesday of each month at the Cudworth Post, 1756 N. Prospect Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at 6:30 P. M.

NEW YORK President, Mr. W. E. Ditmars, 19, c/o Gray Manufacturing Co., 230 Park Ave., New York, N. Y. Secretary, Mr. George F. Chapline, '16, c/o Ranger Aircraft Engine Div., Farmingdale, Long Island, N. Y. Assistant Secretary, Mr. John C. Barron, '45, 162 East 86th Street New York 28, New York.

Meetings held at Schwartz's Restaurant. 54 Broad St, New York, at 12:30 P. M. on the second Tuesday of each month.

PENSACOL4 Chairman, Welcoming Committee, Mr. Will J. Davis, Chamber of Commerce, 37 E. Garden St., Pensacola, Fla.

PHILADELPHIA

HAMPTON ROADS

President, Mr. Scott G. Lamb, '19, 1224 President Capt B. W. Chippendale, USN, Arch St, Phila. 7, Penna.

'15, 717 Raleigh Ave., Norfolk, Va. Secretary, Mr. J. Ross Allen, Jr., '44, Box Secretary-Treasurer, Mr W. T. Hastings, Q, Devon, Penna.

BALTIMORE Dinner meetings held on the third Friday President, Mr. Delano J. Fitzgerald, '27, Jr., '29, 7218 Ralph St., Norfolk 5, Va. Meetings held the first Tuesday of each odd- of each month at the Officers Mess, Navy 203 Taplow Road, Baltimore 12, Maryland.

Secretary, Capt C. Ridgely Lamdin, USN, numbered month throughout the year at the Yard.

PITTSBURGH '21, 4414 Roland Avenue, Baltimore, Mary- Commissioned Officers' Mess.

President, Mr. Clarence J. Moore, '29. ElecHOUSTON land.

Meetings held on the Tuesday nearest the President, Comdr. Charles A. Whiteford, tric Storage Battery Co., 102 Frick Bldg., 15th of each month at the Hotel Stafford, USN-Ret., '21, 2242 Dryden Road, Houston Pinsburgh 19. Pa. Secretary, Capt. B. A. Hartt USN, '20, Baltimore, Maryland, at 7:00 P. M. 5, Texas.

Inspector-Instructor, U. S. Naval Reserve, Old Secretary-Treasurer, Mt. William E. Ford, BIRMINGHAM Post Office Building, Pittsburgh 19, Pa. Chairman, Welcoming Committee, Mr. '29, 1721 Wroxton St, Houston, Texas.

Monthly luncheon held on the first Friday RICHMOND Leon Hamrick, '22, Steiner-Rouse and Co., President. Mr. W. D. Whitehead, 19, 703 Brown Marx Bldg., 2008 First Avenue North, of each month, except those months where cocktail parties may be substituted for the East Grace St., Richmond 19, Va. Birmingham, Ala. luncheon.

Secretary-Treasurer. Capt. David T. BasBOSTON kett USNR, '23. 4318 Fauquier Ave., INDIANAPOLIS President, V. Adm. Edward L. Cochrane, Chairman, Capt. F. A. Graf, USN, '26, Naval Richmond 22, Va. USN, '14, Dept. Naval Architecture & M. E., Armory, 30th and White River, Indianapolis Chairman, Welcoming Committee, Mr. E. M.I.T., Cambridge 39, Mass.

Neil Rogers, '40, 303 Sunset Drive, Westham, 8, Ind. Secretary. Mr. R. F. Ockley, '39, 442 BelMeetings held on the third Monday of Richmond, Va. Quarterly dinner meetings held on the knap Rd., Framingham, Mass. each month. 12:15 at the Indianapolis Athsecond Friday in February, May, August and Luncheon meetings held the first Wednes- letic Club.

November. day of each month at the Boston Ciry Club, KANSAS CITY ROCHESTER 14 Somerset Street, Boston, Massachusetts.

President, Capt. Ralph W. Holt, USNR, Secretary, Mr. Charles P. McCabe. '22, Otis CHICAGO '12, 2401 W. 64th St, Kansas City 5, Mo. Elevator Company, 155 West Main St., Secretary, Mr. J. E. Taylor, '37, 503 Dwight President, Mr. Leicester N. Baker, '23, P. O. Rochester 4, N. Y. Bldg., Kansas Ciry 6, Mo. Box 343, Chicago, 111.

Regular joint monthly meetings of U.S.M.A. Chairman, Welcoming Committee, Mo., Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Gordon Buchanan.

'22, c/o Old Ben Coal Co., 230 South Clark George R. Turner, '22, 918 Baltimore. Kan- and U.S.N.A. graduates are held at Rochester, New York. Graduates in the vicinity comsas Cin', Mo. St, Chicago, 111. municate by phone with Rochester, Main 8410.

Meetings held at noon on the second MonCINCINNATI SAN DIEGO day of each month at the University Club.

President, Capt. G. H. Bowman, USN-Ret., President, Comdr. Max 1. Black, USN-Ret, '19, Box 118, "Turkey Foot Road, Covington, LOS ANGELES '21.

Room 301, Civic Center Building, San Kentucky.

President Mr. R. McC. Beanfield. '08. 619 Diego, Calif.

Secretary, M t W. H. MacConnell, '41. Chamber of Commerce Bldg., Los Angeles 15, Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. R. M. Daisley. '28, 4070 Egbert Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Calif.

Box 215, Point Loma Station, San Diego 6, Dinner meetings held the first Monday of Secretary, Mr. A. W. Buffington, '22, 1628 Calif. each month at the Cincinnati Club.

Camden Parkway, South Pasadena, Calif.

Regular monthly dinner meetings held al-

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ternately in Coronado and San Uiego. Members are notified by mail,

' JAMES S. B R U N S O N , (Ens. U S N ) advises us of his present address, R t 2, Box 22, Greenville, Ala. SAN FRANCISCO LELAND F. ESTES informs us of a new President M t E. F. " N e d " Marbourg, '17, .'iddress, 7607 Vickery Dr., Norfolk, Va. 111 Sutter S t , Sa;i Francisco 4, Calif.

L V. D I L O R E N Z O , (2nd L t USMC) forSecretary-Treasurer, Cdr. John H . Falge, USN-Ret., "12, 1305 Lombard St., San Fran- wards his address, 318 Hunter St., Fredericksburg, Va, cisco 9, Calif.

DOUGLAS G. B U C H A N A N , (Ens. U S N ) Dinner meetings held at the Commissioned Officers Club, Treasure Island, at 6:30 P . M . reports a new address, B.O.Q. # 6 6 , N.A.S., Pensacola, Fla. on the first Wednesday of each month.

PHILIP H. BOLGER, (Ens. U S N ) writes SEATTLE from c/o Mackey, Beach Haven, Pensacola, President, M t B. B. Cassels. '22, 2437 Lake Fla, Washington Blvd., N o . Seattle 2, Wash.

E D W A R D B, HEBDEN, (Ens, U S N ) is Secretary, Capt. Ken Borgen, USN-Ret., '24, 5334 West Lauder S t , Seattie 6, Wash. stationed at N.A.S., Pensacola, Fla. ROBERT R. DICKEY, 111, (2nd L t Chairmen, Welcoming Committee, B. B. Cassels, 2437 Lake Washington Blvii., No., USMC) reports from Basic School, 22nd Seattle, Washington, and Mr. R. R. Fox, '22, Marines, Ouantico, Va. D. T. DEIBLER, (Ens. U S N ) advises us 12141 23rd Ave.. N o . , Seattle, Wash.

Meetings held on the first Monday of each that his mailing address is B.O.Q., N.A.T.B., month at 6.00 P. M. B. O. Q., Naval Station, Pensacola, Fla. J. H. C A R R I N G T O N , (Ens, SC-USN) Pier 9 1 . Seattle, Wash. sends his address as 7 Kensingten Ave., Jersey ST. LOUIS President, Mr. WiUiam P. KeUogg, ' 2 1 , City. N . J. PAUL G. B R Y A N T , (Ens. U S N ) gives his* 4549 Westminster Lane, St. Louis 8, Mo. Secretary, Mr. W i l l i a m M. Holland, "49, address as Bavou Vista Acts,. Pensacola, Fla. B O O N E C. TAYLOR, (Ens, U S N ) re5841 Flora Place, St. Louis 10, Missouti.

Meetings held on the second Friday of ports from the USS O K A L O O S A (APA 2 1 9 ) , c/o FPO, Norfolk, Va, each month PAUL L, Q U I N N , (Ens. U S N ) has reTWIN CITIES AREA ported for duty aboard the USS SOUTHERPresident Cdr, Frank W . Lagerquist, '07, LAND, c/o FPO. San Francisco, Calif.

R . R D . N o . 4, Wayzata, Minn.

D A V I D A. H U R T , JR., (Ens. U S N ) is Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. Arnold P. Sorennow serving in the USS MANCHESTER (CI son, ' 4 5 , 6 8 3 3 Logan Ave. South, Minneapolis 8 3 ) , Phila. Navv Yard, Phila,. Penna.

9, Minn.

W . T, BLAKNEY, (Ens, U S N ) writes that Meerings will be held on the first Friday his permanent address is 1346 So, 6th St,, evening of every month at 1900 at the " O " Abilene, Tex. Club, N A S , Minneapolis.

L E O N A R D W . MULBRY, (Ens. U S N ) WASHINGTON, D. C. advises us that his address is 1014 Park Lane, President R. Adm. Leigh Noyes, U S N - R e t , Kenton Hills, Covington, Ky. '06, 2301 Connecticut Ave.. N . W . , WashingJ. I. MELLENCAMP, ( Ens. U S N ) gives us ton, D; C a new address, B.O.Q. 600, N.A.S., Pensacola, Secretary, Mr. A, E, Tarantino, '35, 8506 Fla. Rosewood Dr., Bethesda, Md. H O W A R D N . KAY, (Ens, SC-USN) Meerings held the third Thursday in the writes that his address is Co, B, NSCS, Baymonth, 12:30 P.M., Roger Smith Hotel, 18th onne, N , J. and Pennsylvania Avenue. N . W., WashingJ O H N P, GAFFIGAN, (Ens, U S N ) reton, D . C. ports that his duty address is Co, "C," N,S.C,S,, Bayonne, N , J, What's the Dope H E N R Y C, H A M I L T O N , JR,, (2nd Lt, USMC) is now at the Pre-Basic School, 22nd {Continued from page 47) Marines, Quantico, Va, D, B, P R U N E R , (Ens. U S N ; writes from E D W I N C, RICE, (Ens, U S N ) gives us a the USS WILTSIE ( D D :^16), c/o FPO, San new address. Box 466, HaynesviUe, La. Francisco, Calif.

S. K. MOORE, (Ens. U S N ) advises us that W . N . SMALL, (Ens. U S N ) gives his duty his address is 3325 Cleveland Ave. N . W . , Washington, D . C. station as U S N A T S , Pensacola, Fla. JOSEPH P. T A G L I E N T E , (Ens. U S N ) reA N D R E W L. FRAHLER, JR. (USS ports a new address, B.O.Q, 6 6 1 . USNAS, lOWA), baseball captain in both '47 and '48, is record holder in ( a ) most home runs in Pensacola, Fla. JAMES E. MYRICK, (Ens. U S N ; writes any one year ( 8 ) ; ( b ) highest batting average from the USS RUSH ( D D " 1 4 ) , c/o FPO, in all four years ( . 3 7 1 ) ; (c) highest season batting average in 1947 ( . 4 6 4 ) ; and ( d ) hit New York, N . Y. CHARLES M E R T Z , (Ens. U S N ) reports a grand slam home run against Army in 1948. from the USS MISSOURI, c/o FPO, N e w York, L. J. G. N.Y. R. G. BUECHLER, (Ens. U S N ; advises us On the Bulletin Board that his address is 503 Monongahela Ave., {Continued from page 29) Glassport, Penna.

JUNIOR E. J. NOBLET, (Ens. U S N ; is now serving NAVY in the USS ROCHESTER ( CA 1 2 4 ) , c/o FPO, Wearing his father's christening robe, LawNew York, N . Y. rence Heyworth III, infant son of Lt. and C. E. H A T H A W A Y , ( Ens. U S N ) informs Mrs. Lawrence Heyworth, was christened at us of his home address, 315 Cherry St., 4 o'clock Saturday, 21 August, in the Main Mankato, Minn.

Chapel of the Naval Academy. Chaplain C. E. D O R R I S , (Ens. U S N ; gives as his Everett P. Wuebbens officiated. address, B.O.Q. N.A.T.B.. Pensacola, Fla. T h e baby, born 10 July in the Naval

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Hospital, Annapolis, is the grandson of Rear Admiral and Mrs. James L. HoUoway, Jr., and of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Heyworth of Chicago.

Godmother was Mrs. Fred Coch of Colorado Springs, sister of Lt. Heyworth, and Godfather by proxy was L t William Manby, USN, who stood in for Lt. James L. Holloway, 111.

A reception for members of the immediate families followed the ceremony in the Superintendent's Quarters.

GOINGS

ON

Guests in the Commandant's Quarters of Capt. and Mrs. Frank Trenwith W a r d , during the past month, were Capt. and Mrs. T. B. Williamson, en route from Norfolk to Washington, D. C , where Captain Williamson is attending the National W a r College.

He formerly commanded the USS FRANKLIN D.

ROOSEVELT. . . .

Stopping off in Annapolis recently were Rear Admiral and Mrs. John E. Whelchel of Norfolk, Va., recentiy of Hawaii . . . the Whelchels are busy with plans for the fall wedding of their daughter. Laurel, and Ensign Nicholas Sergei Mikhalevesky. . . .

Another daughter, Mrs. A. P. Helton, wife of Lt. Helton, USN, and young son Michael, are on their way to Tsingtao, China, where the lieutenant is on duty. . . .

Visiting in Annapolis with her parents, Capt. and Mrs. Earl R. Morrissey of Prince George street, are Lt. Comdr. and Mrs. W . E. Betzer, and young son, of Cambridge, Mass. . . . the commander has completed a course at MIT. . . .

C a p t and Mrs. Myron W . Hutchinson have returned to their home at 6 Acton Place, after a three-year stay at Pearl Harbor, T. H., where the captain was Chief of Staff, Hawaiian Sea Frontier and Assistant C o m m a n d a n t Fourteenth Naval District. . . .

They were accompanied by their sons, Ensign David M, Hutchinson, USNR, who recently completed a round the world tour on

the USS VALLEY FORGE and Kenneth F. Hutchinson, who graduated in June from Punahou Academy in Honolulu. . . .

Capt. and Mrs. Charles Adair, and children, spent a brief vacation at Ocean City. . . .

Back in Annapolis are Capt. and Mrs. William C. Schultz, recently of Anchorage, Alaska, where Capt. Schultz has been on duty for the past two years . . . he is now officer in charge of electronics at the Naval Postgraduate School. . . .

C a p t and Mrs. Harry A. Baldridge have returned from a stay in Lenox, Mass. . . . with them recently in their Wardour home have been their sons, Comdr. Elward Baldridge, USN, L t Jewett Baldridge, USN, and his fiancee, Miss Gabriella Harrison Parker of Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. Baldridge's sister, Mrs. Smith Algood of Long Island. . . .

L t Marie Kelleher, public information officer, USNA, has returned from a leave in Sandwich, Mass. . . .

Comdr. and Mrs. Kendall Read were hosts at cocktails in their home on Crab Creek honoring their weekend guests, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rauchfull, and daughter Virginia, of Philadelphia. . . .

Among the guestsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;some of whom attended the annual regatta of the Naval Academy Yacht Squadron, were Comdr. and Mrs. Richard Turner, Comdr. and Mrs. Vining

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MARTIN C. BURNS, '30, (R. Adm. USN-Ret.). Died 21 August 1948 in the Naval Hospital, Long Beach, Calif. He had been retired from active service on account of disabUities incurred in World War II. He was advanced on the retired list to the rank of rear admiral due to combat commendations.

Adm. Burns rose rapidly in rank, his rank being that of lieutenant in 1940 when he was anached to the carrier ENTERPRISE and on which he was serving at the time of Pearl Harbor as Aerological Officer.

Adm. Burns during the short period of fifteen years since his graduation from the Naval Academy served in a batdeship, a submarine, took a course in lighter than air; a post graduate course at Annapolis and a special course of instrucrion at California Institute of Technology. He was appointed to the Naval Academy from his native state of Washingron where he was born in 1909.

L. J. G. E-VERETT DOLE CAPEHART,' 11, (Capt.

USN-Ret.). Died of disease, 7 July 1948, in Winston-Salem, N. C. FRANK H. CLARK, â&#x20AC;˘'93, (R. Adm. USN-Ret.). Deceased.

JAMES HENRY CO"iTSfE, '17, (Lt. Cdr. USN-Ret). Died 7 August 1948, at die Naval Hospital, San Diego, Calif.

ROBERT M. EACHES, '18. Died 29 August 1948 in Boston, Mass.

DONALD R. EVANS, '17, (Lt Cdr. USNR e t ) . Died in the Naval Hospital, 10 August 1948 following an operation.

PAUL H. HOLLINGSHEAD, '24. Died 28 Dec. 1943.

DONALD TAYLOR HUNTER, '08, (Lt. Cdt USN-Ret). Died suddenly on 17 August 1948 at the Sawtelle Veterans Hospital, Los Angeles, Calif., at the age of 61. He was born at Elgin, 111., on 12 May 1887.

Lt. Cdr. Hunter was a graduate of the USNA, Class of 1908, having entered that institution at the age of 16; he continued on active duty until his retirement on 30 June 1929.

His 25 years of service to his country included participation in the historic Cruise

Around the World with the White Fleet in 1908 and war service in World War I as a destroyer commander in the Queenstown Command (Coast of Ireland).

Lt Cdr. Hunter is survived by his widow, Stella Hunter; his father George E. Hunter of Elgin, 111.; his sister Marjorie Van Sicklen of HendersonviUe, N. C ; his brother Richard G. Hunter of Cleveland, Ohio and step-son Ben Kemper of New York City.

Funeral services were held in the Chapel at the Veterans Administration Cemetery, Sawtelle, Los Angeles, Calif., 23 August 1948, attended by his classmates and friends.

HUBERT VANCE L A B O M B A R D , '12, (Lt C d t USN-Ret.). Died of disease 18 July 1948, in Santa Monica, Calif.

J. A. PERRY, *'80. Died 21 June 1948.

FORREST B. ROYAL, '15, (R. Adm. USN). Died 18 June 1945. The remains of R. Adm. Royal were returned from Leyte, Philippine Islands, where he had been buried following his death. Funeral services and final interment rites were held 9 Sept. 1948 at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va. ADRIAN O. RULE, JR., '19, (Capt USN). Died 11 August 1948, at Atiantic Beach, Fla. JOHN WILBUR, '12, (Lt Cdr. USNR e t ) . Died suddenly of a heart attack, on 15 August 1948, at his residence.

A graduate of the Academy in 1912, Mr. Wilbur had been retired in 1921. However, he reentered the service in 1942 and was re-: tired as a lieutenant commander in 1943. He was a veteran of both wars.

Mr. Wilbur was a native of Bangor, Me., born Oct 15, 1887, son of John and Edith Wilbur.

He lived for many years in Neptune Park and later resided in Old Lyme for five and a half years. He had made his residence in Oswegatchie for the last seven months.

Mr. Wilbur leaves his wife, Mrs. Marjorie Ogden Wilbur of Oswegatchie; his mother, Mrs. Edith Wilbur of Bangor; one son, Pfc. Thomas Ogden Wilbur, stationed at Fort Jay, N. Y.; one daughter, Mrs. Al. K. Rentscheler of San Farncisco; a brother. Brig. Gen. William H. Wilbur of Chicago; one sister, Mrs. Harold Keller of Newton Center, Mass., and a grandson, Jonathan Rentscheler of San Francisco.

Funeral services were held 17 Aug. following burial in Cedar Grove Cemetery.

Sherman, Comdr. and Mrs. B. H. Perry. . . .

Capt. and Mrs. Wilson D. Leggett, Jr., have returned to their quarters at the Naval Engineering Experiment Station following a visit in the Vermont Mountains where they were guests of Admiral George L. Russell, Judge Advocate General of the Navy, and Mrs. Russell, at their summer home. . . .

It was a bridge-luncheon honoring Mrs. Stephen S. Mann, who with her husband Comdr. Mann, and son Stephen Stafford II, left Annapolis recently for Key West, Fla. . . . the party was given by Mrs. Hugh Heider in the Officers Town Club. . . .

Guests included Mrs. Asbury Coward, Mrs. Preston Haines, Mrs. William S. Finn, Mrs. William J. Schlacks, Mrs. Richard C. Carey and Mrs. John Bauer. . . .

It's a girl for Lt. Comdr. and Mrs. Warren L. Hunt, born in San Francisco, Calif, on 22

August . . . Mrs. Hunt is the former Teresa Florestano, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Florestano of Prince George street. . . .

A week's stay in Bermuda was the vacation trip of Miss Grace Hilliard of Lafayette avenue and Miss Mary Ellen Keester, Duke of Gloucester street. . . .

Mrs. A. J. Greenacre, wife of Capt. Greenacre, USN, and her son and daughter William and Catherine, are now living at 92 Duke of Gloucester street while the captain is on sea duty in the Mediterranean. . . .

With them will be the Greenacres' son-inlaw and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. James N. P. Lawrence, who will make their home here while the former attends Johns Hopkins Universiry. . . .

Back from Canada where they spent rwo weeks at Muskako Lake, Ontario, are Rear Admiral Harold C. Train, USN, ( R e t ) , and

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Mrs. Train of Market street . . . with them were their daughter, Jane, and son. Midshipman Harry Train, a member of the first class.

Recently leaving Annapolis is another daughter, Mrs. A. T. Hathaway, who has sailed from the West Coast with two small daughters, for Tokyo, Japan, where they will join Commander Hathaway.. . .

Mrs. Robert Mcl^att will be with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Ridout, III, of St. Margaret's for several months while her husband. Ensign McNatt, USN, is attached to an LSM, based at Honolulu. . . .

It's a girl for Lt. Comdr. and Mrs. C. L. Fears, named Virginia Calvert; born on 17 August in Istanbul, Turkey, where the commander is on a naval mission. . . .

Mrs. Fears is the former Anne Compton, daughter of Capt. James P. Compton, USN, ( R e t ) , and Mrs. Compton of Crab Creek. . . .

WEDDING

BELLS

Early-Pennington St Andrew's Chapel was the scene of the wedding on Saturday, 28 August, of Miss Violet Pennington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Pennington of Annapolis, and Ensign Paul J. Early, USN, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parnell Early of Port Washington, Long Island, N. Y. Chaplain Everett P. Wuebbens officiated.

Miss Doris Trautman was soloist, accompanied by Asst. Prof. Donald C. Gilley, Chapel organist The bride was given in marriage by her brother-in-law, Lt. Comdr. Stanley E. Hindman, USN. Matron of honor was her sister, Mrs. Hindman, and bridesmaid was another sister. Miss Marion Pennington.

Best man was the bridegroom's brother, Gerald Early of Port Washington. Ushers were 2nd Lt Lloyd Seaward, USMC, Lt. Comdr. Orazio Simonelli, USN, Ensign Hariey Harris, USN, and Midshipman A. Bruce PuUar. A reception followed the ceremony in Alimini House, when the bride cut her wedding cake with her husband's sword.

Mrs. Early graduated from Annapolis High School and was employed at the Engineering Station. She is a member of Beta Sigma Phi. Ensign Early attended Georgia Tech before entering the Naval Academy, from where he graduated with the Class of 1948A. The couple is now at home in Annapolis, where Ensign Early is on duty at the Naval Academy.

Moore-Hopkins Miss Mary Elizabeth Hopkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Lloyd Hopkins of McKendree avenue, and Second Lt. Ben A. Moore, Jr., USMC, were married Samrday, 4 Sept, in St. Andrew's Chapel of the Naval Academy.

Chaplain Roy E. Bishop officiated the 2 o'clock ceremony.

The bride was given in marriage by her father. Maid of honor was her sister. Miss Shirley Hopkins. Bridesmaids induded her cousin. Miss Fay Anderson and a sister-inlaw, Mrs. B. D. Hopkins, both of Annapolis.

Best man was Edgar Turnipseed of Grenada, Miss. Ushers were Ensigns Richard Shimshak, Thomas Woods, III, William Barnes, classmates of the bridegroom, and First Lt. John Waters, USMC, all on duty in Annapolis.

A reception followed in the home of the bride's parents.

Mrs. Moore attended the Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore. Lt. Moore, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Adams Moore of Grenada, Miss., attended the University of Mississippi and was in the V-5 naval reserve organization during the war. H e was graduated from the Naval Academy, Class of 1948B. The couple is now at home in Fredericksburg, Va., with Lt. Moore on duty at the Marine base in Quantico.

Fryer-Wolfe The wedding of Miss Alison Miller Wolfe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marmaduke Revenaugh Wolfe of Baltimore, and Comdr. Norman Ewing Fryer, Jr., USN, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. N o r m a n Ewing Fryer of Towson, Md., was held Samrday, 4 Sept., in St. Andrew's Chapel of the Naval Academy.

Chaplain Everett P. W u e b b e n s officiated the 4 o'clock ceremony.

The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore white satin and her great-grandmother's rose point veil. Miss Eleanor Ruth Corner, Baltimore, was maid of honor.

Best man for his nephew was Mr. William T. Fryer of Washington, D . C. Ushers were his cousin, Mr. Lawrence Ensor, and Mr. Donold Carroll, Baltimore.

Comdr. Fryer is a graduate of the Naval Academy, Class of 1938.

Dutton-Larson C a p t WUUam J o h n Larson, U S N , ( R e t ) , and Mrs. Larson of Atlanta, Ga., have announced the marriage of their daughter. Miss Mary Elizabeth Larson, to Comdr. WUIiam Tenney Dutton, USN, on Thursday, 26 August Comdr. Dutton is the son of Mrs. Benjamin Dutton of Annapolis, and the late C a p t Dutton, U S N . H e is a graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy, Class of 1934.

LOCAL ISSOCMTIOKS

B. Terrell, '22; S. Trafton, Jr., '27; W . C. Brennan, '14; E. Friess, '29; L. Mclntyre, '29; E. A. Teague, '29; M. Garton, ' 3 1 ; L. Giuliani, '43; T. L. Hartigan, '47.

DETROIT

PHILADELPHIA

The Detroit Chapter wiU hold a meeting at the Old Wayne Club, 7 October. Another meeting will be held 4 November at Cadillac.

Dinner will be served at 7 p.m. at both meetings. All alumni and visitors are welcome.

The Philadelphia Alumni, having recessed for the summer are now getting under way for a strenuous round of events during the fall.

LOS ANGELES The regular meeting of the Los Angeles Chapter was held 4 August 1948.

A discussion relative to increasing the attendance of the younger alumni developed the problem that the Los Angeles Chapter is having difficulty in contacting the younger group in Southern California, and we do not have their mailing addresses, or any way of contacting the younger alumni residing within our territory. Those in active service in the Los Angeles district we can contact and will do so.

October 22nd—Friday—"Football Dinner" at the Officers' Club, Naval Base, Philadelphia, preceding the Penn-Navy game the following day. Naval Academy officials and coaching staff are expected, and as our guests, the new President of Penn, Harold Stassen, and Associates, with the Penn coaching staff.

October 23rd—Saturday—Navy-Penn game preceded by a luncheon sponsored by the General Alumni Association of the University of Pennsylvania at Houston Hall, 3417 Spruce Street, from 1200 to 1330. Reservations will be accepted by the Penn Alumni in advance at SI.50 per luncheon. Rendezvous with friends and avoid congestion by parking early and attending the luncheon.

It was moved and seconded that the President of the Los Angeles Chapter write and mail letters to the several members of that Chapter who made substantial contributions toward the award of trophies to the outstanding midshipmen of the Naval ROTCs at the Universities of Southern California and California at Los Angeles, and for the fund to assist worthy candidates to prep the Naval Academy.

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So ordered unanimously.

The following members were present: R. Henderson, '02; R. McBeanfield, '08; A. B. M i l l e t '09; C. H . W a n t ' 1 3 ; W . W . Feineman, '16; L. G. Bock, '20; R. D . Thressie, '20; B. K. C u l v e t ' 2 1 ; F. A. E. Lowell, ' 2 1 ; A. W . Buffington, '22; R. Burleigh, '22; W .

Our regular monthly stag dinner meeting was held on 1 September 1948, at the Commissioned Officers' Club, U. S. Naval Station, Treasure Island. E. F. ( N e d ) Marbourg, 1917, President, presided.

The attendance was 104, composed of 84 alumni, ranging through a spread of 68 years

November 19th—Dinner dance at the O Club Naval Base—Pep Rally for the ArmyNavy Game.

November 27th—Army-Navy Game. Followed by the annual Rendezvous and Cocktail Party in the main ball room of the Bellevue-Stratford.

FRANCISCO

Manganaro-Slater Miss Carol A n n e Slater, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Slater of Toledo, Ohio, and Ensign Francis Manganaro, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Manganaro of Providence, R. I., were married, Wednesday, 8 Sept., in S t Andrew's Chapel of the Naval Academy.

Father O'Connor officiated the 11:30 A.M. ceremony.

The bride was given in marriage by her father. Her attendants were Mrs. R. W . Slater, sister of the bridegroom, and Ensign R. W .

Slater, brother of the bride, who was best man.

Following the ceremony, the couple left under the traditional crossed swords of the ushers. A reception followed in the N o r t h Severn Officers' Club.

BETROTHED C a p t and Mrs. J o h n Leslie Melgaard of Upshur Road, announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Carol Joan Melgaard, to Lt. Daniel William Wildfong, USN, son of Mrs. Eugene Lemke of Sr. Louis, Mo. The wedding will take place on 18 December in the Naval Academy Chapel.

Miss Melgaard is a graduate of Holton Arms, Washington, D . C , and attended Wheelock College in Boston. Lt. Wildfong, who is attached to the Naval Postgraduate School, is a graduate of the Naval Academy, Class of 1943.

OCTOBER,

1948

Fleet A d m i r a l Chester W. Nimitz, USN, addressing Naval Academy a l u m n i at T r e a s u r e Island Naval Station, San Francisco, September 1, 1948. Official U. S. Navy P h o t o g r a p h .

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from the Class of 1881 to the Class of 1949, and 20 guests.

Our Oldest Grad attending was Isaac B. Parsons, USNA 1881. In 188~, while serving in the rank of Ensign, Engineers, he resigned and ever since has been active in the business world. Today at age 88 he is President of the Bank of Hayward.

Our youngest present was Midshipman First Class Eugene H. PUlsbury, USNA 1949, who came as the guest of H. Watts Pillsbury, his father. Ciene is manager of the lacrosse team at Annapolis and has just flown to the West Coast to spend his September leave at Orinda with his parents.

Other father and son combinations present were Perq' Northeroft, 1909, and son Bill, and Davenport Browne, 1917, and son Ramsey.

There were also several in-law combinations present: Russell Ryan, 1910, and his fatherin-law, Mr. Harry Levitt; Pat Buchanan and his son-in-law. Major Prugh, AUS; and R. S. (Dick) Morse, 1920, and son-in-law, Lieut.

D. L. Strout, USNR, formerly a Navy pUot and now a college professor in Ohio.

Our Guest of Honor and Guest Speaker was Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, U. S. Navy. His subject was "The Nav)' and Its Functions."

For an hour the Admiral talked to us and made us feel close to him. His talk was technical, covering such matters as the develop-

Navy-Notre D a m e D i n n e r and H o p SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, HOTEL

1948

STAFFORD

The Baltimore Branch of the Naval Academy Alumni Association has arranged for a cocktail "hour" with music, followed by a dinner dance (dress informal) after the Navy-Notre Dame game.

The pany will be held in the Ballroom of the Stafford Hotel, Charles Street near Madison and should be the answer to your question as to what to do and where to eat.

A private bar will be set up and dinner will be served throughout the evening offering a choice of food at reasonable prices.

All Naval Academy alumni. Naval Personnel, and their guests are cordially invited.

Admission charge will be $1.75 per person, tax included. Reservations can be made in advance and are recommended, as a large crowd is expected in Baltimore over this weekend. They can be made by writing Mr. F. J. Botta, Stafford Hotel, Baltimore 1, Md. Requests for group tables will be taken care of to the limit of seating capacity.

Tickets will be mailed to those applying sufficiently in advance, or held at the door upon request, or if the application is received too late for return mail.

Information on this party can be obtained from J. T. Waldhauser, Chairman, Duncan Building, Towson 4, Md., or D. J. Fitzgerald, President, 203 Taplow Road, Baltimore 12, Md.

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ment of fleets which remained at sea for 3 months at a stretch without going near a base.

At the end of the war, with the Japanese Navy virtually entirely destroyed, our Navy was immensely powerful, but none too strong to support the land operations on Okinawa. From this a lesson can be learned, that today with navies other than Great Britain practically non est we still need a strong Navy.

The Admiral made gracious reference to the valuable war contributions of some of those who were present. He mentioned the execellent records of Vice Admiral Charles Lockwood, 1912, who headed our wartime submarine service, of Rear Admiral M. R. Greer, 1919, who commanded wartime Fleet Air Wing 18 in the Marianas, of Rear Admiral Donald B. Beary, 1910, who commanded a wartime Western Pacific fleet base, of Commodore Davenport Browne, 1917, and of Rear Admiral Richard S. Morse, 1920.

During his talk the Admiral told us a few of his choice stories. None of us would have wanted to miss a single one of them.

Following his talk the Admiral answered questions about the vital importance of oil and about current world affairs.

At 10 o'clock we gave Fleet Admiral Nimitz a rising vote of thanks for his wonderful talk.

The following alumni attended: Isaac B. Parsons, '81; A. F. Huntington, '98; C. S. McDoweU, '04; Roland Riggs, '04; A. B. Court, '05; H. E. Kays, '05; C. W. Nimitz, '05; E. D. Washburn, Jr., '06; R. A. White, '06; R. S. Edwards, '07.

W. F. Lafrenz, '07; Leo Lindley, '09; P. W. Northeroft, '09; D. B. Beary, '10; R. C. Ryan, '10; Pat Buchanan, '11; E. L. Patch, '11; R. W. Paine, '11; John Falge, '12; George GiUespie, '12.

Charles A. Lockwood, '12; Neil H. Geisenhoff, '13; H. Watts Pillsbury, '13; H. V. Wiley, '15; D. Browne, '17; Ned Marbourg, '17; BUI Morcott, '17; C. N. Perkins, '17; E. M. Senn, '17; Nicholas Vytlacil, '17.

Ralph Henkle, '18; George Ross, '18; Proctor Thornton, '18; M. R. Greer, '19; G. Laurence Schetky, '19; E. R. Wincklet '19; R. S. Morse, *20; E. M. Tillson, '20; A. G. Cook, Jr., '21; James C. Harris, Jr., '21.

P. E. Howell, '21; Lowden Jessup, '21; F. A. MacGurn, '21; A. L. Main, '21; C. J. Marshall, '21; Jim Reisinger, '21; Rufus G. Thayet '21; T. R. Wirth, '21; C. P. Woodson, '21; Ray Yager, '21.

N. M. Floyd, '22; H. L. Fudge, '22: Clyde King, '22; C. J. MeWhinnie, â&#x20AC;˘2"2; P. D. Parcells, '22; J. E. Chapman, '23; E. R. Duncan, '23; E. A. Cunningham, '24; F. H. Gardner, '24; Steadman Teller, '24.

H. N. Lyon, '25; Raymond Kimbell, '26; D. B. Miller, '26; John C. Bernet '27: Don S. Gordon, '28; W. D. Thomas, '28; Henry S. Cone, '29; A. W. Strahorn, '29; Frank Robinson, '30; W. H. Stewart, '30.

Thomas A. Brown, '35; John J. Fee, '35; C. S. Sharrocks, '35; Fred Lincoln, '36; R. L. Barkley, '37; J. D. Carson, '37; J. D. P. Hodapp, J t , '39; R. A. Mallek, '39; H. S. Moredock, '39; W. H. Worden, '39; Ralph W. Shearer, '41; Larry Mayer, '44; J. R. Riordan, '44; Eugene H. Pillsbury, '49.

Our San Francisco stag dinner meetings are held monthly at the Commissioned Officers' Club, Treasure Island, on the first Wednesday of every month. All Alumni of the Naval Academy and their friends are cordially invited to attend.

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SCHENECTADY I am especially pleased to report that 25 alumni met for luncheon in the dining room of the Hotel Mohawk here in Schenectady on Tuesday, September 7th. I have attached an attendance list which I am circulating to all hands.

As you can see, we've a fine representation from the senior classes as well as the junior and everyone is rarin' to go on to organization of a Chapter here.

With this list of alumni sent to the members, I have also attached a copy of the ByLaws of the Annapolis Chapter. I have solidted suggestions for modifications of the By-Laws and also nominations for officers and council.

My present plans call for another meeting October 1st. I'd like to hold a smoker at one of our local golf clubs. Can you teU me how I might obtain movies of recent Army-Navy football games.' I understand the Athletic Association has made color movies which Rip Miller uses on his recruiting drives.

I'd deeply appreciate your giving me a hand on this because I feel these movies would provide an excellent entertainment feature after the main business session.

I want to thank you. Admiral, for your encouragement and help. I believe we're off to an excellent start and will keep you informed of our progress.

D O N WYCKOFF,

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The following alumni attended the initial meeting of the "Schenectady Chapter" on September 7th: Capt J. S. Evans ( R e t ) , '07; R. Adm. W. S. Macauley ( R e t ) , '18; F. P. Wilson, J t , '19; O. S. Haskell, '20; Capt B. P. Ward, '20; Capt. H. Burris, '24; Cdr. R. T. Spofford, '30; H. I. Kintz, '35; R. L. Jackson, '38; W. F. Lorenz, '42; W. H. F. Wahlin, '42; J. I. Cumberland, '44; D. L. McClenahan, '44; L. E. Preston, '44; D. T. Warner, '44; D. L. Wyckoff, '44; J. H. Day, J t , '45; E. F. Ladd, '45; J. F. McLain, '45; S. B. Brown, Jr., '46; B. K. Greenwood, '46; R. J. Quallen, '46; R. J. Radick, '46; H. E. Sewell, Jr., '46; W. C. Travis, '46.

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