Evening star., 1923-08-05

l shown by the ngIreS on recruiting
/ during the month OF July, just pre-
pared by the bureau Of navigation
There were 2,3S0 new enlistmenrs
during the month and 1883 other en-
listments. making a total OF 3,76S. In
the same period there were 2159 hon
| orable discharges and other losses
| which amounted to 1,542. total OF
3.7o1.
| The new Photographic Laboratory
at the naval air station at Anacostia
will be completed the latter part OF
| September and put into comnxission
! The temporary laboratory is being
/ dismantled now. in order that the
| building may be available as bar
! racks for enlisted men.
! Arrangements have been made to
| provide accommodations for naval
! officers and their families whose ships
| touch at Fort Monroe, Va, at the
! lack of hotel accommodations there
! the setting aside Of limited numbe 7
( of rooms for the use of transient off,
GERS of the Navy and their familie
will prove a boon to them while tenn
| porariIy in port at Old Point. OFF,
/ this privilege are requested by the
| bureau to make reservations when
| ever possible in advance.
/ heA~ AQmlral william A. MOHett
| chief of the bureau of navigation, re-
: turned to Washington yesterday after
| a weeks trip of inspection Of aerial
activities on the North Atlantic coast
| He inspected the Rockaway air sta
ton and the reserve station at Fort
! Hamilton. Brooklyn. and then took
! passage on the carrier Langley to
| Boston.
! On completion of the midshipmen' n S
cruise, August 2S. the battleship
| North Dakota wilf proceed TO
Charleston, =. G.. where, on Septem-
. ber 1, she will take aboard approx
| mately 200 naval reservists from that
i district for fifteen-day-traini x
cruise to Cuban waters.> At the end
| of this cruise. she will proceed to the
! Norfolk navy yard. and be placed out
of commission. En- route south she
! will stop over at Hampton roads for a
couple of days to take part in the
legion meeting there.
| Her sister ship. the Delaware. will
go to Marblehead, Mass. for the
| American Legion convention there,
September 6. and s, and will then
proceed to the Boston navy yard for
decommissioning.
| These two battleships. under the
terms of the treaty, pass from the ar
| tive list to be succeeded by the new
| battleships. Colorado and West Fir-
ginia. now practically completed.
y
/ for vessels in the destroyer class for
the fiscal year just ended goes to the
Kane. with a final merit of 1l5.O4o.
! Her nearest competitors in order OF
| standing were the Cory, sumner,
Brainbridge. Ferenholt and Tracy.
/ The battleship Colorado will be
| placed in commission with hitting
ceremonies on October |, and plans
! are under consideration by the de-
, n
! down cruise "A few months later.
when she has been completely htted
! out. The cruiser Cincinnati will be
commissioned on October /.
, Provided the additional funds
| needed are appropriated by Congress,
the plans for developing the naval
aviation reserve. as announced yes
terday by the Navy Department. pro-
! vide for the expansion of the present
+; insignificant force toward the point
where it will form an adequate
nucleus in peace time for the de-
mandS war would make on this
! branch of the service.
| Decision to ask for this increase
was reached by the department after
| a searching study of present condi-
| tions. only about 200. mainly aviation
| pilots trained during the war, now
constituting the reserve force. In
place or this the bureau of aero
nautics proposes to enroll about 500
! pilots in the reserves and in addition
| to increase this number at the rate
of 130 per year. The policy outlined
/ is to organize thirteen units, allowing
two planes and fifty spares for each
! unit. Six hundred Class naval re-
serve aviatorS would be enrolled, who
! are now either ex-Servfce or CONNER
cial pilots. 1t is further planned to
have with each unit ten men with the
rating of seamen, I'd class. who would
! be under training in ground school
! and flying. and another ten taking
! advanced training with an active
service unit.
With the trend of aviation de-
yelopment in the fleet the need for
! increasing the reserve has become
more vital the department feels. In
the last two or three years aviation
has become an integral and con-
stantly growing important part OF
the surface fleet and. the service be-
specialized training and peculiar fit
, ness for the dual role of aviator and
: seaman.
Twelve students from leading
technical schools have just completed
a two-week cruise aboard the de-
stroyers of division 81 on invitation
of the Secretary of the Navy. during
which they were given an oppor-
tunity to learn first-hand how the
.
! at Newport conducting tactical ex-
ercises and preparing for target
practice.
The students were cuartered with
the officers on the different ships and
treated as such during their stay.
and paid for their subsistence just
as the officers do. s
An official report received from the
naval air station. Pensacola, Fla. by
! the department apparently sets at
rest any skepticism existing as to
the possibilities of teaching radio
students while they sleep. BY an ac-
tual experiment with group of
backward" students it was demon
r'oyed to advantage in teaching stu
dents lacking in the natura bility to
learn radio code.
Rear Admiral Julian y. Latimer,
judge advocate general of the Navy
, leaves this week for an inspection
, trip to the Portsmouth naval prison
On his way up the admiral will spend
two days at Sing Sing to familia rize
himself with methods Of prison con-
troll employed there. with the view
OF suggesting such changes in the
present naval system as NAV seem
advisable.
One of the interesting innovations
in the equipment of the ZR-1 near
, ing completion at Lakehurst. will be
the installation Of complete photo
! graphic laboratory. located in the
keel of the big ship. 1t will be
equipped with facilities for develop
ing still and motion p' 'ctures, go
that it will be possible to have the
hnished product Of photographs