Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1915-11-26

N III of doing business The bureau IL the
W M business office of the navy. Also It lie
W@AS the butcher the baker the banker the
M&EAY tailor and the grocer OF the navy. Il
NISH pays out some $l45.OO00OO year. Il
"a saves Jacks money for him and the
- savings bank 1t operates has deposits
aggregating $25SOOO. II operates great clothing
factories one at Brooklyn and the other Charles
ton g. e In another aspect It Is OF the biggest
purchasing agencies in the country
So remarkable have been its achievements in the
twelvemonth that many requests have come to II
recently from business establishments public and
private, for information It's new methods
The spirit behind the change is that of a boyish-
looking wide-eyed eversmng officer. who. Just
torty-fve years old-and he does not look it-holds
the rank and draws the pay of a rear admiral. he
being paymaster general OF the navy and chief OF
the bureau. Rear Admiral Samuel MCGOWAN he is
to outsiders Mr. McGowan is the form OF address
he insists upon within the bureau. But the navy
generally by all ranks and all grades he s dubbed.
behind his back of course. Sammy MCGOWAN.
In the IA months he has been paymaster general
he has made over his bureau. What is more he has
secured the hearty and enthusiastic support of the
entire force. That, to anyone who knows how any
government organization is welded to precedent, 10
amazing
Somewhat given to the making of epigrams in his
Instructions, oral and written Admiral McGowan
has uttered two that give hint OF the predominant
ing ideas behind his reforms Make it bureau with
small and navy with big NJ" IL one. and
Remember that the stores exist for the feet not
the feet for the stores"
\ R1yAh@bNSA
and accounts have their Offices in the great Pile
known as the state. and navy building on
Pennsylvania avenue hankng the White House on
the west. When the building was erected some
forty years ago It the largest once building
in the world. Each corridor In Il has the appear,
ance Of battalion OF barrooms for each of the
many corridor doors has It's middle twothrds
masked by shutter door. The rooms are all inter.
communicating
The paymaster generals once is the end one in
q suite OF hve rooms Across the hall are seven
more rooms. In the navy building In a street
near by are some more Offices OF the bureau.
When Paymaster General MCGOWAN took over the
Job he inaueurated at once y cleanup campaign.
Down from the walls came the dusty old picturea.
Bookcases and die cases went out. Current and
absolutely necessary bureau hes went into one
room in 4 set Of steel vertical containers for
general purposes. and IN the purchasing end
across the hall, they Likewise reduced.
Private Libraries also went out. Upstairs the
navy department maintalns splendid naval IL
brary. and this Is available for all purposes.
Abolish rolltop desks" was the word. Where
nat-top desks were not available the department
carpenters took on the roll tops Since then
standard once furniture has been adopted for
the entire bureau.
All intercommunicating doors In the suites
were taken on the hinges. Wallis were painted
in light colors. Then the chief Of each
division chief required 10 put bis desk II
the middle OF the room with his force grouped
about him. Now the paymaster general can
stand in his room and look down the line and
see exactly what is going
But that isn't exactly the point The object
is not to keep eye the people much as
It is to convey the idea of unity. The division
chief who sequestered In his little nest.
might be tempted to write letter to the chief
next door. doesn't do It under these conditions.
He says, Say, Bill, how about and so7"
goes and discusses 1t At close range
Stationery In use reduced TO the fewesl
possible simple kinds.
On shelf handy to the paymastaF generals
hands Is book some IA inches long by is inches
vide IN It Is all the information that once
cupied big Hleroom This information pertains
to the present duty ami availability for sea
shore duty. the case may be. Of all Of the 25o
officers making up the pay corps
The pages OF the book are faced with trang
parent celuloid. When a pay ohicsF 10 sent on .
cruise his name and the essential date are In
scribed on eyDewriEten slip and inserted nj ths
bottom Of the section devoted TO pay officers on
sea duty PIace ~ place the slip moves up
tonnAticaily and IN this way one may observe
at 4 glance who is due for shore duty and who
for sea duty a. under he law. for every two
years Of shore duty paw oAe@ must take three
years Of duty.
| And thus with all records No Effort has been
,pas@d to reduce them all to the simplest and
most kraphic form. The emessengeT force was
reorgzsszed and a squad told on 20 express
messengers This insures speed IN the move
ment Of papers from desk 10 desk and 30 tha
. Jecretary>s Office No paper remains more than
IL minutes awaiting transmission.
One Of sAe vaew first things Paymaster General