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Without the services provided by these
REFERENCES
members of the Navy team-, we would- not be
able to accomplish the mission of the Navy.
“Medical Department Reorganization,” Navy
Although it is the motto of the Supply Corps,
Medicine 80, no. 4 (July - August 1989): 8-9.
“Service to the fleet” applies to all of these
Navy Fact File, 8th ed., Office of Information,
elements.
Washington, D.C., 1988.
SCUTTLEBUTT
THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD “SCUTTLE BUTT,” WHICH IS NAUTICAL PAR-
LANCE FOR A RUMOR,
COMES FROM A COMBINATION OF “SCUTTLE, ” TO MAKE
A HOLE IN THE SHIP’S SIDE CAUSING HER TO SINK, AND “BUTT,” A
CASK OR HOGSHEAD USED IN THE DAYS OF WOODEN SHIPS TO HOLD DRINK-
ING WATER;
THUS THE TERM “SCUTTLEBUTT” MEANS A CASK WITH A HOLE
IN IT.
“SCUTTLE”
DESCRIBES WHAT MOST RUMORS ACCOMPLISH, IF NOT
TO THE SHIP, AT LEAST TO MORALE. “BUTT” DESCRIBES THE WATER
CASK WHERE MEN NATURALLY CONGREGATED, AND THAT’S WHERE MOST
RUMORS GET STARTED.
THE TERMS “GALLEY YARN” AND “MESS DECK
INTELLIGENCE” ALSO MEAN THE SPREADING OF
COURSE, START ON THE MESS DECK.
RUMORS AND MANY, OF
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