Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-18
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Wh1le the majority OF the citizens OF
the District are sweltering from the
heat of the summer sun in the early
part of July, the members of the Naval
Battalion of the District of Columbia
ocean wave. and now and then between
work periods will be enjoying the COO
ocean breezes from the battleship Ala,
bama. The annual cruise of the local
organization will be held from July
to 10. when. with members of the Indi-
ana Naval Militia. they will go aboard
this great dreadnought and learn the
work of the regular sailors.
The local sailor boys will leave Wash
ington the night OF June 80. acf t;r
harbor there the following morning. As
soon as everybody is aboard: the big
battleship will steam out of the harboI
and will proceed to Provincetown and
Gardeners bay. on the New England
coast, where the maneuvers will be
held. The Indiana contingent will board
the vessel at the League Island navy
yard. Philadelphia, before the Alapana
comes to Baltimore.
Commander Dempf is trying hard &c
get the Navy Department to send
vessel here so that he may give the
many recruits who have joined the or
eanization since he started ms Clean
thing about a war vessel before they
90 aboard the big battleship Tor tneli
annual cruise. He does not want then,
to appear green cen before recr rne reg
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There have been several promotions
in the Naval Battalion during the week
Just passed, and the new ofncerS nav
received their commissions. ELSIE SIX |,
active with Commander Dempf IN Tals-
ing the standard of the Naval BatlalioIi'
has been promoted to be 1unioI neruen-
Chief Machinist's Mates Frederick J..
Nudge. w. r. Hoefer and Paul y.
Thomas have been made ensigns III the
new organization
The matter of getting a boat for the
Naval Battalion of the National Guard Oh
the District will be looked into by 10
sephus Daniels. Secretary or the Nay.
Secretary Daniels. when told that tHe
District naval militia did not have any
vessel to do its practice work on ex-
pressed some surprise. and declared tndl
he would look into the matter immedlate =
ly. Ii is expected that he will be able
next week to say when the local na'ai
reserves may expect a vessel.
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The members of the local naval militia
have been Informed that if they fail TO
attend drills Thursday they VIII not De
ordered before a summary court II they
report at the drill the following Sunday.
The Sunday drills are beginning TO be
quite feature of the local battalion
work The number attending each sun
day is increasing. and the men get
good deal of work done on the sunday
mornings.
Efforts are being made to form associa-
tons i'm the various divisions of the naval
battalion which would look after the so
cial features of the organization. En-
sign Frank w. Sigourney has written d
letter to each member of the battalion
explaining the objects of the proposed
association and asking their aid in es-
tablishing them. 1t has been determined
that the officers of the battalion will ac-
cept no offices in the associations, but
they will confine their efforts to giving
such advice as is requested. 1t is be-
lieved that the offices in the proposed or
CARNATIONS should be distributed among
tons.
The attendance at the drills Thursday
night is declared to be increasing i'm
mensely, and Commander Dempf is very
much pleased with the showing which
is being made by the men, both In
their drill work and schooling.
Boy Scouts to the number of fifteen
were at the Naval Battalion Armory
last Thursday night. They were in
structed by the local naval men in
semaphore signaling.
Battalion have been honorably dis
charged on their own applications: Sea
man Apprentice William A. Newman
and Andrew f. Weiner. both of the
second division.
An addition to the Naval Battalion
has been made by the transfer of Pri-
vate Raymond A. Hart from Company
B. I'd Infantry. to the second division
of the Naval Battalion.