Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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7 IVISIUN ' i This won'T hurT a biT One more appendix gone The general healTh and bodily well being oT all hands is The primary consideraTion oT The H 81 D Divisions, Trom TeeTh To Tonsils To Toes. If iT aches, hurTs, bleeds, or iusT doesn'T Teel righT, we'll Tix iT Tor you. This may sound like a preTTy simple sTaTemenT buT There's acfually quiTe a biT To iT. Holding TorTh Trom our brighTly scrubbed and shin- ing area Torward on The Third declc, we denTal assisTanTs, hospiTal corpsmen, and docTors do a greaT deal more Than iusT Tix cuT Tingers and pass ouT salve Tor aThleTe's TooT. A war ship aT sea is a TloaTing ciTy as Tar as The docTor is con- cerned and presenTs all The ills and aches ThaT any ciTy oT I4OO people would have. IT is, however, a very special lcind oT ciTy in ThaT all iTs ciTizens musT also lcnow a li++Ie abouT Tixing Themselves up in case oT baTTle. This educaTion in meThods oT TirsT aid is also one oT The primary concerns oT The docTors and Their assisTanTs. lT is also a very conTined ciTy, living aT close guarTers, and operaTing in areas oT dangerous inTecTions, ThereTore There musT be TrequenT exarninaTions, careTul saniTaTion, Tood inspecTion, and a greaT deal oT prevenTive medicine. And when all This is done, There are s+iII The eTernal Navy records To lceep on each and every man. The docTors worlc, lilce woman's, is never done. I l

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my 3 i s Law and Order. TOP: R. Hielle, C. W. Meadows, H. T. Tidwell. BOT- TOM: R. G. Randolph, D. N. Pregler, G. L. Mai. Do you know how many Tons oT paper are used aboard The BalTimore each year? l-low many gallons oT ink? l-low many miles oT TypewriTer ribbon? You don'Tf7 Well, neiTher dho we, buT The odds are ThaT The EX Division uses The lion's s are. Even beTore you reporTed aboard ship The Personnel OTTice had sTarTed planning Tor your arrival-The PrinT Shop had sTarTed preparing maTerial Tor your inTormaTion when you goT here-The Training and EducaTion OTTice ar- ranged courses Tor your indocTrinaTion - The MasTer-aT- Arms Force was preparing To give you a Tour oT The ship and To supervise you unTil you were assigned To various deparTmenTs-and The Chaplains f'XssisTanT was ready and waiTing Tor you To use his TaciliTies. Upon arrival These various groups wenT To worlc. This was only The beginning, as you soon learned. ATTer being checked in and assigned To your deparTm.enT, you began To learn The ship's rouTine. 'One oT your main sources oT inTormaTion was The Plan oT The Day. One oT The Personnel OTTice's daily chores is To collecT The various iTems appear- ing in This schedule and Then Turn iT over To The PrinT Shop To be prinTed. ATTer prinTing, iT musT be disTribuTed ThroughouT The ship. NOT only is The EX Division concerned wiTh These varied maTTers, buT The CapTain's OTTice, anoTher parT oT The di- vision, handles all maTTers perTaining To your oTTicers. Th.ese are iusT a Tew oT The iobs The EX Division is called upon To handle. So remember nexT Time you loolc aT The Plan oT The Day, show your ilberTy card going over The brow, or receive your checlc-ouT card, ThaT The EX Division is working Tor you and your ship. RIGHT, TOP: The roar of The presses. CENTER: A never ending job. BOTTOM: A new ship's order every day, 5 K

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Top Row, Lelfl +o Riglwlz D. J. Goodwin, l-l. K. O'Young, R. P, Lyfle, W. F. Ernms, I-l. D Shanks, R. J. Farrell, D. G. Collerell, G. A. Lambert R. J. Lulco. Bo'Hom Row: R. L. Wulflculmle, D. A. Slwarlow, LT N. E. Fowler, LT C. D, Duncan, LT G. B l-luglwes, LT R. E. Roy, W. R, Nevins, G. J. Leslinslcy. . . . and +l'1e siclc shall be macle well .1 ,A 59