General Sturgis (AP 137) - Naval Cruise Book

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Second Divisioner BOHLK, Sic, has his eyes open for a certain soldier, in fact he wouldn ' t even go top side for fear of meeting him. What ' s the matter BOHLK, has your past caught up with you? Anyone wishing hotel reservation see O ' CONNOR, PFC, he has part ownership in a Seattle hotel. Guaranteed fireproof but not policeproof. The men of the signal gang have to clear out of the shack whenever mail call is sounded. The perfumed letters from Seattle of BAYHA ' s, QM I c, really stink. The second division has the same trouble with RANK, BMIc, who also received letters from the same city with a spicy odor. Fifteen minutes after mail call you might hear on the Fly ' ng Bridge, I ' ll let you smell my letter if you ' ll let me smell yours. Ye Gods, I ' ve heard everything now! That Goat-tee on SCHWEB ' s lower jaw attracted our attention. He said he planned to shave it off and place it on his bald spot before hitting what we all hope is our future destination, San Francisco. (Amost all of us anyway.) Charles VALENCIA, red-headed S2c. gave all the men sitting in the Green Hornet a rare treat when over in the Recreation Center the other day he stumbled out of the water wearing the loudest pair of green striped shorts! While swimming is the subject, Cox. Dewey McKINNEY was more than a little winded after paddling after a footbal! tossed over the side in a moment of wildness by black mustachioed Johnnie BUTKO- VICH, BM2c We seem to have more than our share of profiteerers aboard. More than one man made several hundred percent profit from native Philippineos. Oh well, you find those kind of persons everywhere in life, only the civilians have different names for them. . . . The hardworking deck force deserves credit for helping to make the movies possible when riding at anchor. . . . Picture of the week: Semibald Joe SCHNEIDER, SF3c, chasing regular Navy Dan CA- FARELLI, second class gunner ' s mate, down the main deck with a piece of pipe aimed at the gunner ' s mate exhaust pipe. . . . 63

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cvuw Cxcetvts jrccm Jkc {Jeuetal Are your love letters dry lately? Do you seem to fail to let the one you love know exactly how you feel? If this is in your case feel free to consult Ray CRELLIN, Slc(SK), the master of platonic, sensual and condoling documents. Before seeing your expected bride in San Francisco, PHILPOTT, you ' d be wise to see Ensign Harold Crabbe SMITH, our ship ' s Cologne Agent. Who is the new financier on this vessel? Is it George PAINTER, GMIc, or Lady Killer Tommy THOMPSON, EMIc. R. T. BARNES, Flc, of the ship ' s snipes, the only man living today known to have traveled from Miami to Palm Springs by Alligator, has now invented the foremost secret weapon of the war, by mixing a Florida Alligator with an Eagle and adding a dash of radar. Congratulations, Mr. BARNES. The way things look in Fire Control Shop, PERKINS, FCIc, would make a better souvenir salesman than a Fire Controlman. You ' ll usually find him slaving away on one thing or another in the shack during the evenings. Weather Prediction: Hot air will emerge from the first class spaces as usual. Survey indicating that four out of five women haters are women. The other is BEECROFT, PhMlc. Les old boy, take this pregnant thought and no longer give out with your address. The First Division claim they have the loudest and most often griper in STEGURA Sic. Any competition? 02

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Alvin SAVINELL, third class pen pusher, and who looks not a little bit like Man Moun- tain Dean, has lost his glasses. The former Ohio bootlegger isn ' t near-sighted nor is he far-sighted. He just can ' t see without them. Last reports say someone turned them in and SAV is back to normal. Word comes from the O Division, that Skip MAYNARD, is really making himself useful. He certainly is plugging away on the Signal Bridge with the 20 m.m. ' s and many of his instructions are coming from KALUS, GM3c. . . . What ' s this we hear from GREEN, WT I c? Is he really a Water Tender or a house wife and laundry woman? We wonder! He ' s certainly turning to on the first class compart- ment. (It ' s about time somebody did.) . . . The Marine Corps detachment is having a problem with TEMPLETON, Pfc; he ' s plan- ning on getting married upon arrival in the States. But personally, the Marines think he has cold feet and will back down at the last minute. . . . So J. J. WILKENS, SKIc, is now giving lessons on etiquette of speech. Since he ac- quired that little black book on his desk not even the CHAPLAIN can give him an argu- ment. (And that is something!) . . . The Signal Gang has offered odds on who will be the first over the gang-way upon our arrival in the States ... the CAPTAIN, PADRE, or HINES, COM. . . . The other night when G.Q. was sounded, Major HUTCHERSON, (the CAPTAIN ' S steward,) and another boy were running up a ladder to their stations. Arriving at the top of the ladder, Major exclaimed, Man alive, we ' se both in the same life jacket! . . Before long Aldo ROSSI will have a year in the Marine Corps, and it looks like the men are going to need some advice on ROSSI . . . should they make a Marine out of him or continue letting him be a mascot. . . . SCHULTZ, Corp, Marine Clown, is taking physical culture lessons which consist of sucking his gut in twice a day. Come, come, SCHULTZ, you can do better than that. . . . The Review doesn ' t want to discourage the numerous bald heads which dot the ship, but take it from an authority, the average head of hair will grow back from the state of baldness in four or five months. The authority in this case is MANOLA, SSM(B)2c, who should know. . . . 4 l