Evening star., 1925-02-08

has greatly reduced the work OF
Supply Corps officers ahoat. With a
view to reducing still further this ac-
counting work. officers on duty in the
bureau have been engaged in q study
which is nearing completion Within
a few months. it is stated. form of
provision returns will be issued to
the service. which, 1T is claimed, will
facilitate further the work Of OFF,
GERS assigned to commissary duties.
Sixty-nine naval officers have been
ordered by the Navy Department for
postgraduate instruction., which will
oegin June 1. OF this number, so are
from the Engineer Corps, eight are
Ordnance officers, nine naval con-
structors, and two from. the Civil En-
gineering Corps. All will report at
the Postgraduate School at Annapo-
lis, Nd, June l.
After spending a year at Annapolis
the Engineer and Ordnance officers
will then be ordered to various
schools. Some OF the Ordnance post
graduate students will be ordered to
the Optical School, navy yard, Wash
ington, D. c.; others to Indian Head,
Md. while some will specialize in
metallurgical work at Lehigh Univer-
sity. Upon the completion of their
naval constructors will pursue their
postgraduate instruction at .Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology. The
two Civil Engineering officers. upon
completing eight months instruc-
ton at Annapolis, will go to Rensse-
laer Polytechnic Institute. Troy, N. Y,
where they will take a 16-month
course of study. Upon the completion
of these various courses these on-
GERS will be assigned to the fleet.
An analysis Of undesirable discharges
effected during the quarter ending De-
cember 81 last discloses that 402 men
were discharged from the service for
various reasons Under the heading by
order of the Bureau of Navigation $50
were discharged for fraudulent under
ago enlistment, 1s were discharged Tor
fraudulent enlistment, IL for desertion
without trial and 75 for various other
causes. One hundred and forty-seven OF
this total number were discharged by
order of the commanding officers due TO
unfitness. A perusal Of the figures show
that So of the discharged men were
from training stations. 143 came from
the various ships, while ia were from
other shore establishments.
Official figures prepared by the Bu-
reau of Navigation, Navy Department,
indicate 9, marked improvement in the
number Of desertions since the quarter
ending September 80. 1923. during which
period a total number of ASIA deSer-
tions were reported to the Navy Depart
ment. For the quarter ending Septem-
Der 80 last, a year later, the desertion
figures had dropped to 1859. and for the
quarter ending December 81, 1924, a
1aua1 Of o22 had heen reached
On September 80, 1924. there were
90,372 enlistment contracts in force,
while on December 81, 1924, this total
number had dropped to S9.760. First en-
listments secured during the third quar-
ter of 1924 totaled 3,045. while those
secured during the period ending De-
cember 81, 1924. increased to 1921. For
the quarter ending September 80 Of last
year there were S22 total deserions of
less than one year OF service, while the
figure for the last quarter numbered 500.
First enlistments increased per cent,
total desertions decreased 27 per cent
i've decreased 3s per cent. Although the
total number Of enlistment contracts de-
creased less than l per cent, the total
desertions increased 81 per cent, and
although the number of enlistment con-
tracts of men with less than one years 8
service decreased 1S per cent the num-
ber Of desertions of that class Of men
decreased SO per cent.
Announcement was made by the Navy
Department this week that a revision is
being made of the Bureau of Naviga-
ton manual. This will be issued with
out a chapter on the naval reserve force.
temporary chapter has been approved
by the Secretary OF the Navy, however.
which, when mimeographed. will be is