Evening star., 1924-07-06

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instruction will soon begin at the
| recently established Submarine Train
| Ing School, at New London, Conn. The
| course will embrace, first, prelimi-
nary training in submarine duties as
| they apply to all ratings, and (2) a
| special training in submarine duties
| as they apply to the individual rat
| fngS of a submarines complement.
The bureau will order men of no
| previous submarine experience to the
school in numbers sufficient to meet
| the expected losses from all sub
| marines, due to expiration of enlist
ments and other causes. Upon the
| satisfactory completion of this course
the men will be sent to the fleet and
distributed among the submarines.
Requests for this instruction should
be forwarded to the bureau of navi-
CATION, Navy Department., for proper
action.
Piloted by Lieuts. Frank W. wead
and John D. Price, United States Navy,
five new seaplane records were estab-
lished by the Navy when the CS-2
winged her way over a measured course
along the Potomac River. A distance
Of s63.12 miles was covered in the
flight, breaking the former world sea-
plane non stop record of 1925 miles.
In addition the following other records
were broken.
Duration. 13 hours % minutes Is sec
onds. the old record being IL hours Is
minutes and SO seconds.
Speed over 500-kilometer distance,
13.41 miles per hour, the old record be-
ing 70 miles per hour.
Speed over 1000 -kilometer distance.
74.27 miles per hour, the old record
being 70.49 miles per hour.
In addition a new record for speed
over ,500-kilometer distance was es-
tablished at 74.17 miles per hour.
The old records. which were made at
the naval air station at San Diego,
Calf, in June, 1923, were all held by
Lieut.. M. A. Schur, United States Navy.
The CS-2 is Curtiss built plane, pow
cred with a Wright T-3 engine of 5s5
horsepower.
Examination of class ., Naval Re
serve officers, is now in progress,
and though the law prescribes that
the Naval Reserves are required Ito
qualify for sea service" this provision
of law has never been carried out by
the Navy Department in conducting
examinations. In holding the ex-
aminations the department will ad-
here to the same policy as that gov
erning the examination for regular
Navy officers. In the case OF an Of
ficer failing to pass his professional
examination he will be entitled TO
take a second examination, and &C
cording to the papers reaching the
Navy Department there are a number
of reservists who did not qualify pro-
fessionalIy in the first examination.
As in the case of regular officer,
failure to pass the physical examina-
ton will disqualify a reserve officer.
Plans are now being made to hold a
second examination either in August
or September.
Towed by a tug, the famous old
cable ship Burnside left Seattle har-
Dor recently bound for Oakland, Calf,
where she will be junked by a con-
Germ who purchased her from the War
Department several months ago. For
nearly twenty years the Burnside
served as the United States cable ship
in North Pacifis waters, coming to the
Seattle base in 1908 and being re-
tired last year. Her place was taken
by the steamship Dellwood, vessel
OF $500 tons built by the Shipping
Board. but transferred to the War De
,optr, nj el MT n Ha
ship by the Signal Corps.
The Burnside came into the pos
session of the United States in the
Spanish war in 1898. She was then
the Spanish steamship Santa Rita, and
was captured by the United States
Navy in the West Indies. During the
rest of the war she was used as an
American transport, and on the return
to peace she was converted into
cableship. The Delwood is now on her
second trip to London for another
consignment of cable for the Wash
ington-Alaskan system
First enlistments obtained by the
Navy Department since July !, 1928,
total 24,Sss, but after deducting s75
due to under age and physical disa-
bility discharges, the net first enlist
ments totaled 2S,724. During the
week ending June 26 the department
oOtdlHeu 400 HESt w AS-
enliStments, extensions, or grand
total of 49S.
- Orders have been issued to Lieut..
Commander Harry r. Hermesch. Med
ical Corps, U. S. n, transferring Kim
from duty at the Naval Academy to
the U. S. S. Chaumont.
ut-Commander William ]. Ia
lesky ON. c., U. s. N, now on duty
at marine barracks, Washington. d.
c., has been ordered to the marine
detachment, Managua, Nicaragua
Lieut.. Commander Thurlow w.
Reed (M. CO, U. S. N, has been or
dered from the Naval Hospital. WASH
ington, D. c., to the Virgin Islands.
The following transfers of the
Navy Nurse Corps. in Washington.
were made this week by the Navy
Department: Mary A. Snyder. reserve
nurse, U. S. ~, to Naval Hospital.
washington, D. c., from naval hos.
pital. San Diego, Calf; Mary NJ. Rit-
ter, nurse, U. S. N, to naval hospital,
Norfolk. Va, from Naval hospital,
Washington. d. c.
protest against the system of
some of the fleet commanders, who
transfer inefficient enlisted men to
another command instead of making
a reduction in their ratings, will short
ly be published by the bureau of nav
igation. 1t is pointed out by officers
in the Navy Department that these