Evening star., 1924-07-27
Army and Navy News
By NJ. H. McIntyre.

there is more need for special train
| ing for naval reserve officers than
! there is for the Army. Requirements
of the fleet are gradually becoming
! more technical. and il is with great
difficulty that officers and men on
| merchant and pleasure vessels COM
ply with the stringent Navy stipula-
| t1ons. 1t Is POINTED out that reserve
| officers should have technical instrue-
| tion, but, of course, this cannot be
given in the classroom.
| one of the proposals which is being
considered by the department is that
| after the students have completed
| their reserve course of study at the
college they join the midshipmen on
| their annual practice cruise. This
Will not only be an added attraction
| to the reserve students, but will give
| them practical training on board a
| man -of-war Though the selection of
a university or the course of study
has not been agreed upon as yet. it
| is believed that an experiment in this
direction will be made during the
next school year.
| That the enlisted man problem is
| considered to be of vital Importance
| to the Navy Department is indicated
| in the appointment of Capt. John X.
| Y. Blakeley, L. S. N, as director of
| enlistments in the Bureau of Naviga-
| ton. All functions pertaining to en-
| listed personnel matters have been
|
| The director of enliStments will not
| only direct the recruiting training
and the distribution of enlisted men,
but he will handle all reports pertain
ing to the enlisted force of the fleet.
An examination of chief warrant
and warrant officers who are candi-
! dates for appointment as ensigns in
the Navy will be held on or about
October Is. 1924. Applications for the
examination must be received by the
department not later than September
1, 1924.
The following transfers in the Navy
Nurse Corps have just been an
nounced: Harriet X. Johnson, nurse,
I. S. ~, from Naval Hospital Wash
ington, d; G. to Naval Hospital at
Tsnaeao; rsserve nnsd r: L. y Regina A craTf91d'
pital, Norfolk, Va. from Naval Hos
pital. Annapolis, Md: Mary A. Kief.
nurse. Y. $. ~, to Guam, from Naval
Hospital, Norfolk. Va; Helen c. Hous-
Hospital, Norfolk. Va. Orders have
| been issued detaching Comdr. Archf-
bald l. Parsons, Civil Engineer Corps,
| Z. ). N, from duty as engineer in
chief to the Haitian government
and ordering him to the Bureau of
Yards and Docks. This is a tempor-
sdgs ary asSSiighme2t: a;Si hI eI;to and comdr Par
tail in the fall. Lieut.. Ben Morcell,
Civil Engineer Corps, L. s ", has been
ordered detached from duty in Haiti
upon the reporting of his relief, and
| will report for duty at the navy yard
Norfolk. Va. He will be relieved
about September /.
For half century there have been
! frequent attempts to take the Naval
| observatory away from under the
! jurisdiction Of the Navy Department,
and there has just been published the
| hnal report of the Departmental Reor-
ganization Board which has had under
! consideration the reassignment of
| certain institutions. Representa- tions
| of the Secretary of Navy. the presi-
| dent of the general board. and the
more lengthy and detailed represent
| atoms made by the superintend ndent of
| the Naval Observatory depicting the
| activities of that institution and
their primary importance to the Navy
| were such that a transfer of the
observatory from under the control
OF the Navy Department was not
| even seriously considered 1t is hoped
| that this will be the end of the
attempts to take this institution
away from the Navy.
| In addition to the contracts which
| nave been let for forty of the latest
Sperry gyroscope compasses for in
stallation on destroyers, modification
will be made of ten old Sperry gyro
| compaSses which. il is stated. will
make them equal TO hte new ones
just contracted for. Great improve
| ment has been shown in the second
series of tests of the B iggs-Hevl
earth inductance compass, a new type
| which has just been completed on a
destroyer: Further notifications and
| tests Will be made. as result of
which it is believed that a compass
of this type will be found suitable for
| the Navy on board ship as we'll as
for aircraft.
Approval has been given by the
| Navy Department for the following
| itinerary of the U. S. s. Seattle from
August to January 81. The follow
ing ing are the arrival dates at the vari-
and ports in Puget Sound: August 80.
Port Angeles; September 3, Honolulu:
September 19, Lahaina Roads; Septem-
Der q, Hilo: October /. San Fran
CISCO; october II, Santa Cruz; Octo-
Der II, Monterey; October II. Venice
october 20, San Pedro; November /
san Diego; November is, San Pe dro !;
NoVember 20 San Francisco; Novem-
Der 80 to January 81, Bremerton.
The marking of papers of candi-
dates who took the examination June
l6 for temporary commissioned and
warrant officer, United States Coast
Guard, will probably be completed
within the week.
/, The United States Shipping Board
has established at the Mare Island
navy yard a school of instruction of
engineers in the use of fuel oil, care
of brickwork, fiue gas analysis. care
| and treatment of boiler water, etc.
| This course of instruction consists of
five days intensive training and is
open to the personnel of the Coast
Guard.
Lieut. Comdr f. A. Zeusler has re-
turned to Washington from Mexico
q hn hn OF
the meetings of the Inter-American
Committee on Electrical Communica-
tions as a technical adviser to the
American delegation.
Navy recruiting stations have been
called upon by the Coast Guard to
assist in the recruiting drive to bring
officers and men to 5000 Under
Comdr. H. G.. Hamlet thousand of
ficers and men have been mobilized
at the Philadelphia navy yard.
| The task of reviewing and report-
ing upon the THOUSAND sets of papers
of as many officers who come up for
promotion under the increase in the
Coast Guard has been a tremendous
one for the personnel board. Headed
by Capt. F. S. Van Baskerck, the
board is composed of the following
members: Lieut.. Comdrs. George c.
Alexander, George w. Davis, Lieut.
Roger Weight, Prof Chester L. DEM
lex and Ensign f. r. Baily, recorder.
Selection of the commanders for the
destroyers has been completed, as
follows:
Amen-Lieut. Comdr. W. F.. Towle,
commander; Lieut.. L. Z. Wells, engi-
neer. Beale Lieut.. Comdr r. r.
Waesche, commander; Lieut. W. j..
Kessler, engineer. Cassin Lieut..
Comdr w. H. Hunter, commander;
Lieut.. NJ. w. Corbett, engineer. Coyn-
ham-Lieut. Comdr. L. D. Jones, COM
mander; Lieut.. Comdr.. T. j. Odenh'al,
engineer. Dawnes--Lieut. Comdr. G.