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PORT PLATOON MARINES MAKE TREK TO BAY OF ISLANDS FOR INVENTORY AND
POLICE OF SUPPLIES
Staff Sergeant Harland J. BALL, Port Platoon Sergeant, and a party
of five Marines and a Corpsman trekked to the Bay of Islands Saturday
and Sunday, 24-25 June for inventory and police of supplies stored in
the emergency cabin there. The reason the trip was necessary was
because of vandalism of the cabin by person or persons unknown who
evidently aren't aware that wrecking and destroying the items cached
there is not only complete disregard for the law but also a violation
of unwritten laws of conduct for outdoorsmen long established and
adhered to by sportsmen in the North.
ihe items havo been stored in ^
several cabins on the Island by]
Marines, to be used in emergency j
cases. Several lives have been j
taken by the Adak climate and the ;
terrain. These rations and uten- j
sals are there to guard against
]just such mishaps and not to be !
destroyed or ruined by persons not j
needing the same.
Most hunters and fishers know & j
respect nature; its laws, its re
sources, and' its limitations and
dangers. They also have regard
for their fellow sportsmenand the
emergency situations that could
arise. It is sorrowful indeed
that a few persons' childish and
immature pranks canpossibly cause
a death; and worse yet, that these
individuals have no respecter re- |
gard for nature and don’t realize j
that harvesting its crops is a j
privilege, not a right. Personnel \
or A cl ok are respectfully reminded j
to treat it as such and remember j
how much a shelter, or food, or j
equipment to start a fire, could !
help them if they were the ones !
needing it. i
Accompanying Sergeant BALL were•
PFC Robert R. BRYANT
•PFC Domingo T. CARDENAS
PFC Erwin R» GOLDEN
PFC Lec-n E. NICHOLS
PFC Wendell A. WATSON
and KELLY the Corpsman from the
Station Hospital.
’•’MARINE BARRACKS,
INSPECTOR GENERAL MARINE CORPS
TEAM DUE TO ARRIVE ADAK 17 JULY
FOR ANNUAL VISIT
Preparations are being made by
Marine Barracks to receive Colonel
James LEFFERS, Lieutenant Colonel
Charles A. HOUSE,& Captain Deward
SHELTON, members of the Inspector
General Team due on the Island 17
July for the annual inspection of
the Barracks, This team and sev
eral others like it are appointed
by the Commandant of the Marine
Corps to act as his eyes and ears
in Commands that he is unable to
visit. The purpose of visiting
these Commands is to point out
discrepancies or inactivity in
carrying out Command missions and
to supply advice and help in cor
recting the same. They do this by
inspecting Guard, Troop, Adminis
tration, Supply, and other facets
of the Barracks, even examining
clothing, equipment, and almost
every document filed in the Barr
aciis.
The Marine IG Team is traveling
concurrently with the.. Navy In
spector General Team and will work
back down the Aleutian Chain and
into the States inspecting other
Commands* Accompanying the IG
Team to Adak are Captain Ray C.
HICKS and Master Sergeant Alfred
NOSSOKOFF, members of the FSAO #2
from Barstow, California,
ADAK, ALASKA”