Columbia (CL 56) - Naval Cruise Book

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and the gold glittering, and the air crisp, and acting as officers, they were carried out to the great galley, and climbed aboard on the port side, and the air grew tense. And they were crowded into the compart- ment with no feeling for comfort, and they found to their amazement that the room was as for two men, and even then they counted up to twenty, and the air grew hot, and the collar grew even hotter, for this was not what they had bargained for. In the perverted manner of men who have been tricked, hood winked and sold down the river, they set about them to make the miserable life even more unbearable, and with the able assistance of those who led them, they accom- plished it, and turned to campaign of valve closing, wheel turning, lever pulling and gen- eral screwing around that hasn't been equalled in the history of the Navy. Jlfmzf Ukbets UR careers as Naval Officers commenced in a small brick building, the front of which was almost entirely covered by a large sign announcing unmistakably: V-12 and NROTC Headquarters. Here we were counted and assigned to one of our number who had the misfortune to report in a day or so earlier. This individual acted as guide and escorted us to the various stages of processing. During this tour we imparted exactly the same information concerning our previous lives that we had filed innumerable times before to a group of disinterested yeomen. To these peo- ple the only apparent joy in life was to pass acid remarks to the uncoordinated of our num- ber, who could not sign all Hfty copies of their orders in ten seconds Hat. From here we wan- dered around in the immediate vicinity, collect- ing bedding, coathangers, notebooks, barrack numbers and a few other indispensibles, p Q- 0 V 6 t. 3 S fix yin l 5 gi 'Z gil . If ' ff 1: I H N- ' f 1 ' f i . I X ' W f 1 -l nADAn,1 AH AN omcea AND A GENTLEMANJ At last we were permitted to inspect our quarters. We remembered tales of the luxurious life enjoyed by those who lived in the Bachelor Olhcefs Quarters. We crossed the portals of our homes to be. Alas and alack! The lounging rooms and pool tables were no where to be found-Oh well, we had lots of hot water and each of us had a whole foot locker to ourselves. According to instructions, the next thing to do was to get squared away. This consisted of emptying the contents of your valpac into your foot locker, and throwing a couple of sheets and a blanket on the sack. We hurried through the process, and sat around waiting for the momentarily expected order to fall out and immediately apply ourselves to the task of becoming future admirals. This order was not immediately forthcoming, as it seems that five days had been allotted to getting squared away. This period gave us the opportunity to look .YEZJZTZ