Evening star., 1923-08-11
NAVAL RESERVES
START ON CRUISE
Full Complement of Men on
Eagle No. 56 for Two
Week Training.

With full complement of officers
and men. members of the United
States Naval Reserve in the District
Of Columb bia. the L. s. S. Eagle, No.
Sc, training ship of the local re-
serves. left her dock, at the foot of
Water and o streets southwest, this
afternoon on two-week practice
cruise. in charge of Capt. John A.
Schofield, who also commands the
local battalion of reserves. and is on
duty in the Navy Department in
charge of traiaing for the naval re-
serves of the entire country.
This is the first time since the ves-
sci has been here as a training ship
that she has left on a cruise with a
full complement of men. and II indi-
the youth of the city in this branch
Of the fighting service.
From early morning white uni
formed sailors have been hauling
scores of pounds of beef. hams. veg
etables and other supplies to feed the
men on the voyage, which will take
two weeks during which the ship
Will cruise in the Potomac river.
Chesapeake bay. Hampton roads and
the York and Patuxent rivers.
Lieut. Henry J. Nichols. executive
officer of the ship. was busy all the
Imorning showing the men their new
stations. and instructing the officers
under him In their duties. assisted by
Chief Boatswain Carl A Carlson.
"Shake Down" Opportunity.
The vessel will steam all the after
noon and we'll into the evening. giving
the deck and engineer forces an op-
portunity to shake down" in their
new assignments. The anchor will be
dropped off Blackstone's Island. in the
Potomac, tonight. and early tomorrow
morning the vessel will get under
way for the naval operating base at
Hampton roads. where fuel oil and
other supplies will be taken on board
to last for the remainder of the trip
| Leaving Hampton roads Tuesday
afternoon. the ship will steam up the
| bay to Tangier sound. and. weather
permitting, Capt. Schofleld said that
he would put into Crisfleld. on the
eastern shore of Maryland. for liberty.
While in Tangier sound. Lieut..
as gunnery officer. will instruct the
men in handling the big guns on the
ship and the gun crews will be given
! target practice.
After three days there the vessel
will retrace her course In the bay.
heading for the York river. and pro-
ceed up that stream to historic York
town for a three-day stay. where
boat drills, signal drills and other
ship practice will be engaged In,
after which the Eagle will go up the
hay again to the Patuxent river and
Solomons leland. Drills will be held
there and the crew will be given op
portunitr for liberty. including fish,
ing and grabbing parties. A two-day
stay at this port and then up the
Potomac river to Quantico. where the
entire ships company will be landed
for small arms practice on the Ma
rine Corps range.
Other Omcerx Aboard.
In addition to Capt. Schofield. who
will also be navigator, the officers on
tie voyage are Lieut.. Harry J. Mich
OILS. executive officer and gunnery
officer; Lieut.. George NJ. James. chief
engineer; Lieut.. fjunior grade) Nell
son Thomas. senior watch and divi-
sion officer; Lieut.. (junior grade) E.
G. Hildner, watch and division off,
GER: Ensign II. w. Ross. watch officer;
Ensign Edgar A. Perkins, supply off,
Ger. and Chief Boatswain Carl A.
Carlson. watch officer.
The enlisted personnel follows:
Edwin B. Albaugh. Morris c. AL
baugh. Gulian D. Barker. F. C. G..
Beckert. jr.. Edward F. Book, George
n. Bradley. Arthur B. Bridgeman.
Emanuel G. Carr, Robert H. Croggon,
Kenneth NJ. Ekman. John E. Fitz-
hugh. Alphonsus p. Falliard, Andrew
n. Franklin. Raymond L. Furbey,
Francis J. Gillies. Thomas L. Coli
f. Hardie, Herman Hildner, GailIard
Hunt. jr., Ralph B. Jameson. Giles
NJ. Jones, jr., Leroy r. Keenan,, Frank
II. KEENAN,, George A. Lehman. David
w Lewis, William L. Macaulay. AL
exander Mann. Ellsworth c. Morgan,
Joseph H. Neal. Randall C. Oden.
David N. Petit, Hugh G. Postles.
s. Rhodes. Joseph B. Roche. Fred
erick F. Saffell. John r. Shanahan,
Edward w. Sheehy. Charles D. Shep-
ard. William J. Shipley, Harney J.
Simons, Walter Sweetheart. Milton H
Vollmer. Walter Watt. William G..
Wells, Andrew w. Wolter. Harold w.
Yates. Harry G. Young. jr.. William
Johnston. w. S. Rhodes. J. e. Mettee
c. A. Lusby. E. J. Motley, A. NJ. Ha-
zell. ]. p. Slattery. c. D. Lindamood
P. L. Dawson, william NJ. Lewis.