The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1933-11-02

feet. Ride an expr eSS elevator to
the fortieth floor and you will have
an idea of the sensation--but only
a very vague idea.
From the medical department
comes the average number of men
attending sick call per day is about
80. The average number of bed
patients in sick bay per day, IL;
and the average expenditure for
medical supplies per year is $4,000.
The pharmacist fills about 30 pre-
scriptions per day.
The medical department on board
handles only minor injuries and all
nlents except in the case of emer-
sencies, but at that they are fully
equipped with an operating room
and all it's accessories and many an
appendix has been removed in a
heaving sea.
And while we are Oh that sub
ject of medic it might pc well 10
say that the dentists department
CT the Arizona has in one year re-
moved 1913 teeth, filled 1872, filled The
roots of II, completely scaled and
cleaned 238 sets ] dom mean the
removable kind, and taken about
400 X-ray pictures of infected
areas. s+a
Every powerful mechanism needs
a guiding force, the Arizona's brain
Is in Washington and controls the
ship by radio. From any point on
the seven seas the Arizona could
talk directly to Washington and at
the same time hold conversation
with another ship, submarine be-
meath the surface, and an airpiane
in the skies. All this through the
intricate naval communication SIS
tenn.
So much for the ship, and now a
little about the sailor. His work.
ing day begins at six o'clock in the
morning and perhaps it ends at
four in the afternoon. I say per-
haps because at all hours of the
day and night, in port, at sea or in
dry-dock a certain number of men
are on watch and woe betide the
one who is not wide awake on his
watch at all times.
Reveille sounds at $50 under or
binary circumstances and after
rolling and slowing his bedding the
"gob" has a cup of black coffee to
awaken him fully. At 600 the
Boatswain's mate pipes turn to"
and the decks are scrubbed and
dried down before breakfast is serv-
ed at 7:30.
At 500 o'clock turn to" sounds
again and brightwork, brass, cop
per and smooth steel work is shin
ed until the call is sounded to knock
selves for quarters for muster and
physical drill. After that there
may be general emergency drills or
drill at gunnery stations which will
take the rest of the morning. At
any rate the gladstone call or
sweep down all decks comes at
11:3O after which one cleans up for
the noon meal and he does not
turn to- again until 100 p. M. The
afternoon is spent in finishing up
the work left over from the morn
ing and touching up spots needing
paint and so forth. This routine is
the same at anchor or underway
and it certainly becomes tiresome
at times. It is the days on which
we take aboard stores or ammuni-
ton that the poor deck hand suf-
fers for even if he does have per-
mission to go ashore at loo o'clock
that privilege does not hold good
until all stores or ammunition are
on board whether he Is working on
them or not. ....
Half of the men of the ship are
allowed ashore each day after
working hours, to return at 500
in the morning, that is they are
allowed that liberty if they are not
restricted for some misdemeanor.
A sailors conduct counts for or
|against him just as it does any
scholar in school.
I hope that this will give a
slight idea of the message that it
was meant to convey and I must
be ending it now.
Sincerely yours,
H. M. Mcbride, U. S. N.