Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-07

enough to be member of the whaleboat
crew they would most certainly be on
hand to root for their division.
The third division emblem has been Sc
lected although the division colors have
not. The racing crew will wear on the
shirt fronts fouled anchor. with fig
ure ''3::'' interlaced about the shank.
Plans are being made by Lieut. ST.
Courtney for a cruise of the third division
of the battalion on the L. 8. S. Sylvia
Sunday. June II. Only the members of
that division will be taken on this cruise.
and it will be for the purpose of training
the men in the ships routine before they
go aboard the cruiser Tennessee this
year.
At this time the plans provide for the
vessel to leave her dock at 10 O'Clock in
the morning, and to return late in the
evening. The run probably will be made
as far as Indian Head, and then return
to Marshall Hall. where the ship will be
anchored while the men are given shore
liberty. Lieut.. Sigourney is engaged in
mapping out the ships routine for this
voyage, when he will command the
Sylvia, and is also planning the drills so
that the largest amount of instruction
may be obtained in the short time before
the annual cruise.
The assignment of the vessel to the
third division is the carrying into effect
mander Joseph A. Dempf, commanding
the battalion, to assign the ship one
Sunday to each division. Owing to the
TACT that the ship is small. the battalion
having large enlisted personnel. and 1t
IS impossible to take out the battalion on
each of these ships. Commander Dempf
solved the problem by assigning the ship
to one division each Sunday. the vessel
70 be commanded by the division COM
mander.
It is declared now to be probable that
the L. S. S. Sylvia. the training ship OF
the local battalion. with picked crew
of naval militiamen aboard, will go to
Tangier sound in the Chesapeake bay. in
September for the purpose of engaging
in target practice. All of the members
of the battalion are anxious to make this
trip when it is ordered by the Navy
Department, but owing to the limited
! capacity of the ship Commander Dempf
will be compelled 10 pisk the crew at
that time
The men who have the best records in
attendance and are the most efficient in
drills it is declared, will be the ones who
are to be picked to make this voyage,
when also it Is probable the ship will
visit Richmond, Va. before turning to its
home station at Washington. The Rich
mond trip was proposed by Commander
Dempf. and he declared that If 1t WAS
possible at the time the battalion goes
on its target practice he would go to
the Virginia capital
j; = !.
Just one week from tomorrow the
Naval Battalion Will begin its small arms
practice on the Congress Heights rifle
range when The 1st and I'd Divisions,
commanded by Junior Lieuts. B. {. Get
singer and w. W. Burns. respectively.
will report for three days, Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday. They will be
followed on Thursday by the Sd and
lth divisions, commanded by Lieut.. Frank
". Sisourney and Ensign Nudge, respec-
lively.
Every effort is being made by the di-
vision officers of the Naval Battalion to
have a large attendance Of their di-
visions for this duty.
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The local Naval Battalion will undergo
its first inspection under the new naval
militia law June IS. This date was
fixed by Commander Joseph A. Dempf
commanding the battalion. yesterday
AFTERNOON. Lieut. Harvey Deiano, on
duty at the Washington navy yard Will
inspect the battalion to determine
whether it is sufficiently armed ana
equipped for duty aboard the vessels OF
the United States Navy upon call. This
INSPECTION is necessary in order TO per-
mit the battalion to share in the S2U.0Oo
appropriation carried annually by the
law.
To participate in this appropriation
each naval militia organization must con-
form to the standard set by the regular
navy. Commander Dempf declared that
he believed his organization would nave
little trouble in meeting this standard
and will be ready for the inspecting o.
tcer on June is next.