The White Falcon - 22.02.1985, Side 1

Sailor of the Year selected
Capt. George Lloyd; MM1 Robert Silloway,
the NATO Base's nominee for the Atlantic
Fleet Sailor of the Year competition;
Commodore Edwin K. Anderson; CT01 Sandra
Wadsworth, runner-up; and Capt. Tom Hall
are shown at the moment Silloway was an-
nounced as the winner in a ceremony last
week. Story and photos on page 6.
Naval Supply Corps celebrates 190lh birthday
By JOC John Petersen
Navy Supply Corps' officers and Storekeepers
will celebrate the 190th anniversary of the found-
ing of the Supply Corps with a dinner for the of-
ficers on February 28 and a luncheon for the en-
listed people on March 1. Captain Lawrence W.
Lavely,Force Supply Officer, U.S. Naval Air Forces
Atlantic, will be the distinguished visitor.
The Supply Corps marks its beginning with an
act of Congress dated February 23, 1795 which es-
tablished a purveyor of public supplies. But it
was not until 1847 that military rank and pre-
cedence were given the purveyors, or pursers, as
they were also known.
A Congressional act of 1860 provided that pur-
sers should thereafter be called paymasters. (An
early qualification for promotion was that they
possess the ability to speak French and Spanish.)
On July 15, 1870,the Pay Corps of the Navy was
established. In 1919 the name of the Corps was
changed to the present title, Supply Corps.
The lives of everyone associated with the NATO
Base -- military, dependent or civilian; man, wo-
man or child -- are affected in some way by the
work of the Navy Supply Corps.
The Supply Department is one of the largest on
the Naval Station. Its mission is to order, re-
ceive, store and issue over 29,000 items. The
Control Division processes over 70,000 requisi-
tions annually with an inventory value of $59 mil-
lion. Over 4,300 household goods shipments and
800 privately owned vehicles are processed through
the Personal Property Branch.
The Material Division maintains over 203,000
square feet of store space; and the Vehicle Sup-
port Branch carries 7,000 items to support a fleet
of over '663 vehicles. The Cold and Dry Stores
Branch maintains fresh, frozen and dry provision
warehouses.
The Food Services Division prepares and serves
Please see SUPPLY CORPS, pg. 7