Menifee (APA 202) - Naval Cruise Book

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PLAN OF THE DAY Crew ' s Duty Section - 3rd 0345 - Watch I watch watch II relieve the watch. 0400 - Try like to awaken ship ' s cooks (This shall be accomplished quickly with a hammer or something). 0600 - Attempt reveille on the duty MAA (Careful - heavy night last night). 0609 - Sunrise - (This is a cinch - It happens every day). 0630 - Reveille - Porters will trice up and change all bunk linen. 0700 - Breakfast (in bed if you so prefer) - Muster PAL and restricted men at the Master-At-Arms shack, just as if there actually were some on this happy ship. 0800 - Turn to. 0805 - Belay that last word - Do not turn to whatsoever - Deck hands and sweepers endeavour to fight the urge to do manual labor. 0930 - Crap games in the wardroom - No minors allowed - Enlisted men will furnish their own dice - Ice cream, cake, coffee, and sandwiches will be served continuously throughout the morning hours. 1000 - Movies for those who wish to attend - A ten hand working party will arrive from the beach to rig movies. 1100 - Pipe sweepers (Air to be furnished through the courtesy of the Acme Gas and Electric Company representative now on board) - If sweepers- SHOULD arrive on deck they will be warned to expect the severest in disciplinary action. 1200 - Dinner. 1300 - Continue sluffing off - Gin rummy games will begin promptly - No limit. Table handlers will insure the serving of iced tea for all players - Kibitzers stay clear. 1400 - Fresh uniforms will be delivered to all men coming from the shov.-ers - Bathing trunks, robes, and slippers may be worn in lieu thereof. 1530 - Do as you wish - sleep perhaps. 1630 - Knock off routine games - Turn in all poker chips and other gambling devices to appropriate locker or division officer or somebody. 1700 - Supper. 1800 - Sunset - Turn on all the unnecessary bright lights you can find about the ship. 1900 - Skip the Eight O ' clock reports again. 1920 - More movies for those who care to attend topside - Ice cream and beverages will be served. 2000 - The Eight O ' clock reports to the Commanding Officer shall be dispensed with until further notice - Awaken him only in case of a notice of release from active duty. 2100 - Secure from movies - Those who have gone to sleep may remain in their lounges throughout the night - Comforters will be quietly placed upon them by WAVE assistants stationed on board. 2200 - Taps (Done by Louey Hamstrung) - Dancing until 0200 on the after bridge deck - Refreshments will be served to your liking in the converted chart room - Skylarking will be permitted in the messhall only - Quiet will be observed in all compartments where members of the Ship ' s Com- pany may be catching a few winks. REMARKS 1. Will the yeoman who made up the Plan of the Day for today please report to the nice little man in white who operates the psychopathic ward. N. E. DOZISR.

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U.S.S. MENIFEE Saturday, 29 September 1945 PLAN OF THE DAY Crew ' s Duty Section - 3rd 0345 - Section I relieve the watch. 0400 - Call ship ' s cooks. 0600 - Call duty MA A. 0630 - Reveille - Trice up all bunks - D compartment air bedding, weather permitting. 0635 - Sunrise. 0700 - Breakfast. 0730 - Section II relieve the watch. 0800 - Turn to. 0830 - Quarters for muster. 0845 - Secure from quarters. Turn to. 1130 - Pipe sweepers - clean sweep down - fore and aft - Early dinner for messcooks and section III watchstanders. 1145 - Section III relieve the watch. 1200 - Dinner. 1300 - Turn to. 1545 - Section IV relieve the watch. 1555 - Inspection of messcooks in the messing compartment. 1615 - All divisions turn in paint pots and brushes to bos ' n locker. 1630 - Knock off routine work - Pipe sweepers - clean sweep down - fore and aft - Early supper for messcooks. 1700 - Supper - Section V watchstanders fall in at head of line. Test general alarm. 1720 - Section V relieve the watch. 1848 - Sunset. 1900 - Muster PAL and restricted men. 1918 - Extinguish all lights forward of the bridge. 1920 - On deck, Eight O ' clock reports. 1945 - Section I relieve the watch. 2000 - Report Eight O ' clock to the Commanding Officer. 2200 - Taps - Lights out in all compartments - Maintain silence about the decks - No skylarking or unnecessary noise to be permitted in the messing compartment. 2345 - Section II relieve the watch. REMARKS 1. Field Day will be hel d in all Engineering spaces and aft of 4 hatch. 2. Personnel are directed to turn in gas masks and helmets to the First Lieutenant ' s Office prior to 1300 this date. 3. Two hands each from the 1st, 2nd, and N division report to Ensign Rickett at 2 hatch at 1030. N. E. DOZIER, Lt. Comdr., USNR, Executive Officer. 90

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Any publication pretending to give a picture of any Naval activity would be meaningless as hell without some consideration of the institution of joe — or coffee, as it is seldom called. This article will attempt to cover the rise of joe in the Naval service. Considerable re- search by the Menifee Yearbook ' s staff has been in- volved, and although some veteran joe-swallowers may find slight inaccuracies here and there, we believe the story as a whole is a pack of lies. To begin with, joe was discovered in America by radarmen of Christopher Columbus ' famed task force 00 who had to find something to keep them awake on the mid-watch. They claimed they talked some Indian maids into revealing the secret of brewing joe during a 48 in Norfolk. This, of course, was a lie. They really got the dope from an obscure chief named Ten-Ton- Boom in exchange for a mattress cover and a pack of Camels. Then we come to the Limeys and Admiral Nelson, whose last words, as every schoolboy knows, were too damn much cream! THE HISTORY OF JOE From the Limeys we jump to the U. S. In addition to the tricky uniform, we borrowed mud (joe) (coffee) from our ally. We also borrowed a cup of sugar, the •galley being secured at the time. In the United States Navy, joe really made out. From a position of obscurity, it rose, in the highest Naval traditions, to distinction. At first, it was brewed in worn- out sickbay gear. However, it got better and better treat- ment until it was compounded from a formula according to the Naval Pharmacopoeia in chromium jobs which blew Early Chow when the joe was done. The Bureau of Naval Personnel was not slow in realizing the importance of joe . It immediately cre- ated the rates of Joeman 3c (AA) (LO (RSVP) (T) to the warrant rank of Chief Joe Pourer (CJP). It was a right arm rate with the insignia of a crow drinking, from a regulation Navy cup, joe without cream. Or sugar. From there on, of course, the newspapers take over. We all remember reading how joe was credited with winning the Battle of Midway, for taking Mount Sura- bachi, and for shooting down countless Kamakaze planes. P2