Galveston (CLG 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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HS-4', DIVISION The S-4 Division is one of the smallest d1v1S10T1S aboard ship, numerically speaking, but twice a month it is the most popular. We have been called every- thing under the sun, but the name we usually answer to is Disbursing Office or Pay Office. In that capacity we are responsible for the disbursement of all public funds, which averages about 3150,000.00 per month. 'Because of the legality and propriety of statutes ?T i governing the validity of expenditures, we are pre- vented from channeling any funds into our own pocket. That does not prevent insinuations being cast our way. The way We hover over the expenditures of the almighty dollar, the impression is under- standable. Of course, the paymaster is personally re- sponsible Cout of his Docketj for any erroneous ex- penditures of public funds. Since the commissioning of the GALVESTON, there has been three Disburs- ing Officers, LTJG L. J. FAXEL, ENS G. F. GLAT- TES, and CWO-3 F. J. PAULINO. To our knowledge, they have not had to dig into their pockets, not yet anyway, but the General Accounting Office works slow, but sure. In the realm of statistics, the Disbursing Oflice has expended over three million dollars in cash on regular pay days only. Public Vouchers, for members travel, dependents travel, per diem, and Shore Patrol expenses paid since the eventful dateof 28 May 1958, total in number over four thousand. Allotments of pay registered and stopped number over a thousand. Regarding the number of pay record vouchers and other related paper work, We could tell you if layed end to end, how many times it would circle the earth or how it would equal the distance of all Talos missile shoots combined, but our slip-stick is busted. All in all, it has been a busy two years. -

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