Blair (DE 147) - Naval Cruise Book

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0500-Call duty cooks. 0530-Call mess cooks, mess hall MAA and Duty BM. 0545-Call reyeille PO's. -Reveille. Light smoking lamp, serve coffee. Clamp down 0600 0615-Breakfast for Watch standers and lst class PO's. 0630-Breakfast for the Crew. 0730-Quarters for muster. 0745-Station the special sea detail. 0800-Underway. 0815 - . 1 . 1030-lll5-Department training period. lll5-Inspection of Mess cooks, Stewards and Cooks by CDO, p . H30-Dinner for X'Vatch Standers and lst Class PO's. 1145-Dinner for the Crew. 1300-Turn to. Continue ship's work. OFficer's TicfTac school. 1400-General Quarters and Abandon ship. 1445-Make all preparations for entering port. 1500-Enter port. 1515-Athletics. 1630-Liberty commences for sections TVVO 8: THREE. 1640-CDO Muster the In-port Hre party. 1700-Supper for YVatch Standers and lst Class PO,s. 1715-Supper for the Crew. 1930-2000 reports. . 2000-Movies. 2155-Tattoo. 2200--Taps. Lights out. The smoking lamp is out in all spaces. PL.-KN OF THE DAY-USS BLAIR QDEl47Q taut ship is a happy ship all weather decks. Turn to Commence shi J's work Sick call. CMA.-X and Hospital Corpsman. Knock off ship's workg clean swee down fore and aft 0730 - Quarters for muster

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Commendatory Mast-Letters of Commendation The Captain gives the men The YVord The key to discipline lies in the setting of a proper example of military character and profes- sional conduct. As a part of his scheduled indoc- trination, when each new man reports aboard he is informed of the importance of his duties and the fact that in a small ship each must sometimes do more than his assigned detail. Each group is briefed by the Captain as to what is expected in the way of obedience to ships ofhcers and petty ofhcers and the spirit and letter of the Uniform Code of Mili- tary Justice. Seldom has it been necessary to bring offenders to Captains Mast . This institution, one of the time honored traditions of the sea service provides for the handling of minor offenses at the Command level. In the presence of the Captain, Executive Ofhcer, Division Officer and other interested parties the case of the offender is after a hearing disposed of by dismissal of charges, warning, or the awarding of mast punishment as appropriate. fa . . . Conversely, he should not be blind to a single fault in any sub- ordinate, though at the same time he should be quick and unfailing to dis- tinguish error from malice, thought- lessness from incompetency, and Well meant shortcoming from heedless or stupid blunder. As he should be uni- versal and impartial in his regards and approval of merit, so should he be judicial and unbending in his punishment reproof of misconduct. JOHN PAUL JONES Captain's Disciplinary Mast

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MAKE ALL PREPARATICNS FOR GETTING UNDERWAY