Evening star., 1923-05-27
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
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very little about recruiting and are,
generally speaking. unfamiliar with
the difficulties to be met in securing
men for the Navy.
To-day the recruiting force must
get quantity and every effort is made
to secure quality also. Today we en-
list yearly as many men as were in
the entire Navy twenty years ago.
Today the doctors examine and pass
men in accordance with their physical
htness. Today recruiting officers are
active service men, protecting the
service from unfit recruits to the best
OF their ability. accepting less than
81 per cent of those who present
themselves, not including aliens or
cripples."
After going into detail as to the
difficulties the recruiting service is
confronted with, particularly at times
rul and high wages rule, Capt. Leigh
continues:
Coming back to the causes for de-
sertion, as expressed by service opin-
ion, 1t Is significant and of deep con-
Germ to note that 54 per cent of the
officers place the blame upon officers
and chief petty officers-upon our
selves, those Of US In the service and
responsible for the Navys success.
When we come to remedies sug-
sesteu TOT preventing deSertion even
larger per cent place the RESPONSE
bility in the hands of officers and
petty officers. for 81 per cent recon-
mend more and better training in the
art of handling men-that is better
instruction in personnel management.
To me it Is a healthy sign that we
admit our shortcomings.
This important subject of person
mel management has become a definite
science, as attested by courses of
study on the subject inaugurated in
universities. The Navy man handles
the material of the Navy and the
line officer handles the men. 1t is his
speciality. Every midshipman before
leaving the academy should have a
thorough course in personnel man.
agement. In my opinion, the lack of
training midshipmen in handling men
IS responsible for large part of
avoidable defections. The midshipmen
go into service with the idea that
an enlisted man is in a class below
the ''plebe" and generally treat them
accordingly
The Bureau of Navigation is en-
gagged in the preparation of a course
of study which will present the mod
ern theories on this subject. No sub
ject is more closely related to the
turnover of the Navy, and it Is
important that it is intended to in
troduce 1t later into the examination
for promotion of officers and petty
officers"
Selection of officers to take the post
graduate courses at the Naval Acad-
emy, the school being scheduled to
start on June l, has just been an
nounced as follows:
Steam engineering-Lieuts, H. C.
Eberhardt, c. A. Griffiths, P. F. Lee,
A. T. Sprague, r. NJ. Smith W. Nc
Callaghan, r. A. Dierdorff, r. L.
Hicks w. Wakefield. c. D. Headlee,
]. j. Twomey, l.. F. Small A. F. Folz .
Lieuts. Gunior grade) G.. l.. Schetky,
+: w. Beltz, B. ]. Kirkland F. L. Will
kinson, w. A. Brooks, c. c. Cummings
and F. F. Webster.
Electrical gineering-Lieuts. r.
c. Bartlett, G. w. Brashears. H. W.
Fitch, Z. H. Price. o. E Grimm. S. NJ
Haight. ]. c. Metzel, w. r. Reed, D.
H. Clark, A. F. Peterson: Lieuts (ju-
nior grade) F. A. Brandecker, E. r.
Johnson, A. L. Kell and H. NJ. Scull
Aeronautical engineering Lieuts
NJ F. Schoeffel. W. X. Patterson, c.
D. Townsend, B. r. Holcomb and S.
Z. Ginder.
Radio engineering-Lieut ]. R.
Redman. Lieuts. Gunior grade) Ar
thur w. Peterson, f. E. Stone, L. NJ.
Harvey and j. NJ. Smith.
The new radio central" Office in the
Navy Department has been completed,
and starting last week, all of the gov