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The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

Washington is mentioned in two distinct administrative contexts: as the address of the U.S. Government Printing Office on a book’s title page, and as the destination for an officer ordered to report to the Bureau of Naval Personnel for reassignment.

Government Publication Address

The title page of Willie Keith’s copy carried a notice that the book was for sale through the Superintendent of Documents at the U.S. Government Printing Office in Washington 25, D.C. The notice clarified that the publication was publicly available, contrary to Willie’s unsupported assumption that it was restricted.

Reassignment Destination

A dispatch received aboard the Caine ordered Ensign Alfred Peter Ducely to proceed by the best available air transportation to the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington for reassignment. The order names the city as the endpoint of an official personnel transfer; the passage gives no further detail about Ducely’s reassignment or his time there.