Brinkley Bass (DD 887) - Naval Cruise Book

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STUHEHEEPEHS 8 DISBUHSINE IILEHKS Come rain or come shine the disbursing clerks will have that pay list up and the storekeepers will have those requisitions ready to draw stores. Now this dis- bursing is not just a twice a month job just as store- keeping is not just a replenishment day job. The bulk of the work is done in between the public performances keeping monyi a record book full and up to date, taking inventories, drawing stores, making up returns substan- tiating every transaction made, operating the ship's store and that good old watch the nickels roll in coke machine Csomeone remarked how well it was working the other day and it promptly went on the blinkj, and listening to the sad stories ot men who think theyfre not getting paid enough or who need a if spare part or some paint when we're in the middle of the ocean. ln spite of these petty gripes the disbursing clerks cer- L 4 tainly number among the most popular C' men on the ship, especially Y. C j on pay day, and even though 'Q 9 M the crew dislikes being ci ' ldff herded oft on a working is 2 5 party by the storekeepers, 'i ZX V gxs they surely appreciate them X at when the word is passed that the ship's store is now X open. A f U Li foil? QKEQWQ V7 ks-1,

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Left to right: R. W. MCCARTY, L. C. COOPER, B. J. ADKINS, C.'P. BRODY M. A. MCQUERY.

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Len to righft D. C. ARABE, R. R. CONVENTQ, R. UMIRIG, D. R. LINSAN- GAN, J. B, WASHINGTON. l