The Texas Wahoo (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 29, 1928 Page: 2 of 4
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WARNING!
‘Tis a fair maid that wins the love of
a sailor:
But when she does, then, she has that
love forever.
A sailor’s love, I’m tellin’ you, is strong
and true,
Be ye good and righteous and do what
ye should do.
MERCHANT MARINES FOR
EX-NAVY MEN
In order to encourage former Navy
men to accept service on vessels of the
Merchant Marine, The Navy Department
has outlined a policy that will extend to
them the benefit of continous service
under certain conditions. The Navy Re-
gulations have therefore, been changed
so as to permit men who have completed
their first four year enlistment in the
Navy and who have shown sufficient
initiative to become petty officers to be
reenlisted in the Navy within any time
for a period of two years from date of
d'scharge with all the benefits of contin-
ous service. Provided that within three
months of date of discharge they shall
enter into the employment of a Merchant
Marine vessel of American register; shall
enlist in the Merchant Marines Naval
Reserve within three months from date
of discharge and shall not during the
period of two years have been out of
actual employment in the Merchant Mar-
ines for more than a total of six months.
So if you wish the love that’s in a sailor-
man,
Your love must be finer than particles
of sand:
For if your heart be not as pure as this,
I say—
For your own good, let the sailor go on
his way.
Sailor has travelled the world and
knows a lot;
What he knows I sha’n’t tell you, ‘tis
best you know it not:
But when he meets a woman with soul
pure and fair—
His heart falls ’neath the charm, and it
is anchored there.
THIRTY-FIVE YEAR’S LEAVE
It may be of interest to know that
during the year 1928 to date, leave has
been granted to 698 men. The total num-
ber of days granted was 12,793 which
is equal to 34.9 years, or an average of
18.3 days for each man who went on
leave. Thus far this year about 58 per-
cent of the total ship’s complement has
had some leave.
THE LONE STAR SPEAKS
Charles G. Crews, C. T. C., U. S. N.
now on duty in charge of the recruiting
station at Blytheville Ark. sends us the
following clipping from the Steele Enter-
prise of Steel, Mo.
Odessa, Texas. “The city dog catcher
will not discard the lariat for the more
modern dog net. Tom Fifer, who grew
up on the plains and learned to lasso
from the saddle years, is the duly quali-
fied and accredited dog catcher.”
“Save your money”, he tells the city
“I can catch more dogs in a day
with my rope than I could with a net in
a week. Besides, if some of my old
cowpuncher friends saw me running
with a net they’d think I had gone to
chasing butterflies and shoot me.”
No more week ends in Hampton Roads
until Oct. 18 and in the meantime we
shall have seen Charleston S. C., and
Havana Cuba again. By the time this
paper comes off the press we should be
safely moored in Charleston harbor and
ready to hit the beach for a week end
before getting underway for Havana
where we w.ll be from the sixth to the
fifteenth of October.
* * * *
The Wyoming and the Arkie are con-
gratulated on their recent victories on
the base ball diamond. We tried our
best to be on the receiving end when it
came to congratulations and we’ll try
again.
The weekly newspaper of the U. S. S.
TEXAS, printed on board under the
direction of the Commanding Officer,
Captain J. R. Defrees, U. S. Navy.
But be ye sure, my maid, that ye love
him well:
For a sailor’s doubt is worse than a place
in hell.
He will love you and bring you gifts
from oer the sea,
All he’ll ask of you—is the love that’s
pure in thee.
* * *
We spread no propagranda. We have
no axe to grind, but a part of our miss-
ion as we conceive it, is to keep the folks
back home informed of what is going
on in this floating town of ours; how
we get along with the rest of the gang
and how the gang gets along with us,
and project a little of the ship’s spirit in-
to places where the stay at homes can
(if they are so minded) climb up on top
of the pump in the back yard and gazing
down through rows of waving corn, see
the TEXAS standing into Havana Har-
bor with Moro Castle looming up
through the tropic .haze and brother
Bill crowding up against the life lines
with a months pay in his pocket and an
anticipatory grin spreading way back
to his ears.
* * * *
It is up to contributors, therefore to
break out their non refillable inkspread-
ers and see if they can be coaxed into
writing something we can publish and
you can mail home along with your let-
ters and bring to the family back there in
the dust, a refreshing breeze from the
sea.
Editor Lt. Comdr., G. H. Reed (DC)
Asst. Editor Ensign S. S. Miller
Associate Editor_______A. M. Prokop, Yle
* * * *
Next Year’s cruise should be a good
one. According to1 the information at
hand. Tact cal exercises, war games
and enter-fleet athletics will hold the in-
terest of the fleet at Panama and vicin-
ity until Feb. 21 when the Texas will
visit Callao, Peru and Valparaiso, Chili.
The Scouting Fleet one battleship divi-
sion of the Battle Fleet, one destroyer
squadron and the air squadron will visit
Callao. One battleship division and the
Tram will visit Coquimbo and, Valpar-
aiso. The California, one battleship
division and one destroyer squadron will
visit Talachuano. Rumor has it that
the TEXAS will continue around the
horn to several East coast South Ameri-
can ports and may possibly wind up her
cruise out around San Francisco. All
this sounds good to us.
EDITORIALS
Many of us do not realize how inter-
esting to the folks back home is the
record of our life on board ship as re-
flected in the material that finds it’s
way into the columns of every ship’s
newspaper.
To us the ship’s paper is a secondary
activity of but little importance in the
real business of the ship. To our friends
ashore however the ship’s paper is the
only ship activity with which they are
brought in contact, and it is therefore,
of paramount interest to them. Thus
it happens that a matter of minor im-
portance aboard ship becomes of major
importance ashore, and matters which
would interest those who are interested
in us, should be proper material for pub-
lication.
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Texas (Battleship). The Texas Wahoo (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 1, No. 16, Ed. 1 Saturday, September 29, 1928, newspaper, September 29, 1928; United States. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1218737/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.