Newport Navalog

SCANNING THE SCOPE
USNR and USN-I men now on shore stations will remain land-locked until their final demobilization. Expected are those who have volunteered or volunteer to remain on active duty until 1 Mar 1947.

While not a hard and fast rule for remaining landlubbers the fact is that with final demobilization at hand the short time remaining before 1 September doesn't warrant general reshuffling of reserve personnel.

In some cases reserve officers are being ordered to sea for one cruise of short duration, but in these instances consideration is given to their remaining time on active duty before becoming eligible for discharge in order that they may be returned to the continental limits in time for processing.

Some enlisted reservists have complained about studying seamanship and related salty subjects while still ashore with no prospect of going to sea before discharge. The answer is that the Navy is a seagoing service and that it looks to the future in training its men.

Many scarce items of ship's store and ship's stock are expected to be back on the shelves within the next three to five months.

According to present contracts radios will be arriving in lots of 2,500 per month for the next four months. There is already a considerable number of various types of radios in ship's services and ship's store distributing points.

Cameras also rare, are expected to be in fairly general supply during the summer months. Thus far, five different types of cameras have been procured for distribution to the fleet and overseas bases through ship's stores.

Leading brands of fountain-pens should be appearing in ship's stores and ship's service stores during the next few months.

Noticeable changes in ship's service store policy from prewar days will be seen with regard to items such as automobiles, jewelry and costly household appliances formerly obtainable through Navy ship's service channels. Purchase of such items no longer will be possible through these channels, the reason being that the Navy does not desire to enter unnecessarily into competition with private retailers, and because of Federal Tax complications.