The Texas Steer (U. S. S. Texas), Vol. 2, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 23, 1931 Page: 2 of 4
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THE TEXAS STEER
THE TEXAS STEER
The weekly newspaper of the U. S. S.
TEXAS, printed on board under the
direction of the Commanding Officer,
Captain J. C. Townsend, U. S. N.
EDITOR
Commander J. T. Casey, (CHC).
Associate Editor ;
Ensign D. W. Todd, Jr.
J. P. Hetzler, C. Y.
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A NAVY OFFICER'S LAMENTMy mother's back in Boston,
My daughter's at her school,
Way back in New Hampshire,
Where the nights are always
My son is still at Annapolis,
My wife is in Hong Kong,
My furniture is in Texas,
And I'm here in Guam.
I voted last in 'Frisco,
Was born up in Maine,
Pay club dues in Manila,
And in Washington, the same.Own property in Florida,
And joined a lodge in Nome,
And I'll be damned if I can find
A place to call my home.
-Tennesseecool.
Tar.
ONLY 11 PER CENT OF APRIL
NAVAL APPLICANTS ACCEPTED
During the month of April, 10,329 men
applied for enlistment in the Navy. Of
these, 1,151, approximately 11 per cent
were accepted. At one station 52 selec-
tions were made from 487 aplicants,
which was the greatest number taken
into the Service from one group. The
smallest number was 18 from 319. The
best per centage was 20 taken from 65
candidates who applied for enlistment
in Newark, N. J.
On 9 May there were 2301 apprentice
seamen under training in the Navy the
largest number being at San Diego
where 644 recruits were listed, Newport
being second on the list with 577, while
there were 542 at Great Lakes and 470
at Hampton Roads.
SEND THE STEER HOMELARGE SHIPMENT OF BOOKS ON
THE WAY FOR SHIP'S LIBRARY
The following shipment of new books
has been ordered shipped to the Texas
from the Naval Supply Depot in Brook-
lyn:
Austin, Murder at the Bridge; Bennet,
The Roped Wolf; Birmingham, The Hymn
'Tune Mystery; Brand, Smiling Charlie;
Curwood, Falkner of the Inland Seas;
Garstin, China Seas; Gibbs, Bird Life
at the Pole; Greene, Reader I Married
Him; Gunn, Morning Tide; Haycox,
Whispering Range; Livingston, The Mur-
der Trap; Mulford, Hopalong Cassidy,
The Eagle's Brood; Rhau, To the Victor;
Teilhet, Murder in the Air; Webster,
The Man with the Scarred Hand; Brad-
ley, Murder in Room 700; Brinig, Wide
Open Town; Buck, Good Earth; Casey,
Cambodian Quest; Comfort, Apache; Con-
verse, Sphinx; Duetsch, The Incredible
Yanqui, The Careeer of Lee Christmas;
Farjeon, The Appointed Date; Friend,
Range Maverick; Grey, Sunset Pass;
Plivier, The Kaiser's Coolies; Strange,
Strangler Fig; Wilson, Death of Mr.
Whitelaw; Wodehouse, Big Money; Wyn-
nton, Tom Jewells, Berkely, Picadilly
Murder; Cannan, No Walls of Jasper;
Cohen, Lilies of the Valley; Colter, Ad-
ventures of Hawke Travis; Deeping, The
Bridge of Desire; Eddy, Challenge of
Russia; Feval, Salute to Cyrano; Fletch-
er, The Dressing Room Murder; Hen-
dryx, Blood on the Trail; Hergesheimer,
The Limestone Tree; Kyne, Gringo
Privateer; Ogden, Steamboat Gold; Scog-
gins, The House of Darkness; Steen,
They that Go Down in Ships; Sublette,
Golden Chimney; Baum, Grand Hotel;
Bindloss, Prairie Patrol; Boyd, No Man's
Womman; Coolidge, Maverick Makers;
Dutton, Murder in a Library; Ellsburg,
Pig Boats; Hurst, Back Street; Marshall,
Doctor of Lonesome River; Mitchell.,
Water; Oppenheim, Up the Ladder of
Gold; Strong, The Jealous Ghost; Thur-
ber, The Owl in the Attic; Walling,
Stroke of One; White, The Spy Nest;
and Yates, By Royal Command.
THE NAVY HAS A HERO EVERY DAY
The Secretary of the Navy on 29 April,
addressed the following letter of com-
mendation to Lieutenant Commander
Frederick G. Richards, U. S. N., U. S. S.
Rochester:
"1. The Department has received in-
formation of your rescue of Lieutenant
Commander W. J. Forrestel, U. S. N.,
and Lieutenant (jg) Eugene M. Waldron,
U. S. N., from drowning in the watersPROTESTANT CHURCH SERVICES
ON TEXAS TOMORROW MORNING
On Sunday morning Chaplain Kirk-
patrick of the Saratoga is to come to
the Texas to conduct Protestant Services
for all the Protestant officers and men on
board and it is hoped there will be a fine
turn-out to hear him. In the summer of
last year, when the Texas was in San
Pedro before, Chaplain Witherspoon of
the Mississippi came on board several
times for Protestant Church services and
there was always a fine crowd and he was
much pleased. Chaplain Kirkpatrick is
coming to this Ship as well as having
Services on his own Ship and so the
Protestant Services on board on Sunday
are to be at 0830. Chaplain Kirkpatrick
will return to his own services on the
Saratoga at 1000. Catholic services are
to be held on the Texas at the usual
Church hour of 10 o'clock. Both the
Protestant services at 0830 and the Cat-
holic services at 1000 are to be held top-
sid under the superstructure deck. Chap-
lain Kirkpatrick has announced that he
will also conduct a Communion Service
on Sunday morning and that all who are
members of any Protestant Church, re-
gardless of the denomination, will be
welcome at this Communion Service.
Chaplain Kirkpatrick has announced
the following order of service for the
Protestant Church gathering on this
Ship on Sunday morning:
The Call to Worship
Opening Hymn, "0 Worship the King"
(No. 21)
The morning prayer, concluding with
The Lord's Prayer
Scripture lesson, Matthew VI, 19-34
Hymn "What a Friend We Have in
Jesus" (No. 106)
Sermon: SOMETHING TO TIE TO.
Closing Hymn, "When We Talk With
The Lord" (No. 211)
Holy Communion immediately after
the closing hymn.
off Cardon Island Beach, 31 October,
1930.
2. It is noted that you went to the
aid of the above-named officers at a
point where the breakers were high and
the back-wash strong, and succeeded in
assisting them both to a point where
they could reach the life ring.
"3. The Department considers your
timely assistance in keeping with the
highest traditions of the naval service
and desires to express its commendation
for your action. A copy of this letter
has been filed with your official record."0
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