Blair (DE 147) - Naval Cruise Book

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Ltjg. Charles F. Carpenter, QSCQ USNR Supply Ojicer THE SUPPLY OFFICER. The Supply Ofhcer pays and feeds all the hired help. He runs a general store, a laundry, barber shop, restaurant and bakery. He often brings home the bacon to the ship, in the form of thousands of allotment dollars, so that there will be enough spare parts for all the varied forms of equip- ment aboard ship, and money enough to pay all hands, so that rhev can buy BLAIR lighters from Carpenters Emporium . as UPPLY Leland Hayden, CSC, USN THE CHIEF COMMISSARYMAN. The right hand man of the Supply Ofhcer, the Chief Commissaryman, eases the job of running S division, as well as seeing to the quality of the work his cooks and bakers turn out. Overall supervision of all the varied jobs handled by the Supply Department requires a lot of getting around and checking, as well as a thorough under- standing of each rateis job. His title of stew burner covers only a part of his job. skilvik COMMISSARYMAN. Navy chow is served cafeteria style and the men who operate this floating cafeteria are the Commissarymen. It is their job to plan at- tractive menus, prepare and serve food, order, account or, store, and issue provisions. Meat cutting and baking are a few of the many skills the Commissary- men acquire. They must know the Navy's Ration Control system so that they may readily tell when the General Mess is operating on a sound basis. DISBURSING CLERK. Few jobs are as exacting and require such strict attention to details as that of the Disbursing Clerk. He maintains pay records, pri-IPHTCS vouchers for payment, and computes an orderly F116 of disbursing records. He is the man to see when yOU want to start or stop a bond, savings, insurance, .or any other allotment. He can also supply information on Navy savings, advance pay, per diem, dislocation al- lowance, travel pay and other miscellaneous cred1IS-

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DEPARTMENT ii? il? si? ii? Joseph Sunday, HMI, USN THE HOSPITALMAN. Sick Call , or Sunday, HMI, Report to the fantail on the doubleli' means that the Doc is at work, either with routine aches and pains, or with an accident aboard ship. At sea many accidents are possible, where even sleeping itself can be dangerous. When everything is quiet, one finds Doc training the crew in First Aid, or inspecting food handlers and mess gear to insure proper sanitation. Senior Supply Petty Officers STEWARDS. Through the Steward's efforts, the ship's mood is set. If officers arising find the Stewards carry- ing out their duties in an efficient, organized, and pleasant manner, the affairs of their divisions will be administered more congenially and effectively. The Steward must learn to care for staterooms, cook, bake, set-up for and serve meals, learn to plan and prepare menus, become familiar with wardroom protocol, and develop a Sixth sense of anticipating officer's needs. Swami? SHlP'S SERVICEMAN. The Laundry, ship's store, and barber shop do a booming business aboard ship, due to the efforts of the Ship's Serviceman. He oper- ates the laundry 70 to 80 hours a week to provide each man with clean clothes. He sells everything from cameras to nuts in the ship's store, a general store in all respects. He gives haircuts to all hands, one to each man, twice a month. Service is his motto. STOREKEEPER. The Storekeeper will be found deep in paper work of all types, supplying the ship's needs. He maintains the ship's operating allotment, the departmental budget, and a complex system of outstanding and completed requisitions, as well as the control records of the General Mass. Also the ship's store records are kept by the Storekeeper, in the same manner as in a private business. There's good reason for the midnight oil burned in the Supply Office.