Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-19

Four men who enlisted last week ir
the Naval Reserve of the District oi
Columbia have been ordered to report
on July at the United States Naval
Reserve Air Station at Squantum
Mass. as student aviators for As days
Of active training to prepare them for
commissioning as naval aviators.
They enlisted as seamen. second
class, for aviation, and their names
follow: Philip Norman Neff, 1913
Massachusetts avenue southeast;
Thomas William Wagner, Hydro
graphic Office, Navy Department;
Robert Sanders, 26l2 Tilden street,
and Chester Charles Ward, 1901
Girard street northwest.
The local Naval Reservists aboard
the United States destroyer Allen,
their training shir. berthed at the
Washington Navy Yard, were the first
10 send an official greeting to Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh aboard the
s4-uiser Memphis as he came up the
.Anacostia River to Washington. As
Soon as the cruiser rounded Giesboro
roint, entering the Anacostia River
and signals could be made out, a re-
serve signalman on the bridge of the
Allen. under orders of Lieut.. Comdr.
Wolfe, commanding. wigwagged the
following message: welcome home
TO Col. Lindbergh from the Naval Re
serves of theI1istrict of Columbia"
Col. Lindbergh acknowledged the
greeting by signal and when the
cruiser Games abreast the navy yard
all of the creW of the Reserve. ship
were mustered on the forecastle deck
and saluted him. The transatlantic
aviator then \ returned this hand
Ensign Robert L. Earle has been
ordered into active service for 10 days
of training at the Naval Air Station
at Anacostia. n
The following enlisted in the local
Reserve during the week: Millard o.
Dennison, seaman. second class. Ana
costa, d. c., assigned to the second
fleet division; Ellsworth G.. Morgan,
coxswain, 622 Randolph street. as
signed to the second fleet division;
Jerome Henry Meyer, fireman, third
class. 1925 \ street. assigned to the
second fleet division; Compton Essig,
seaman. second class. 474 ii street
southwest, assigned to the third fleet
division, and Arthur Gilbert Rollman,
seaman, second class, 1923 Park place
division.
The Bureau of Navigation OF the
Navy Department., in order that it
may be fully acquainted with the an
nual turnover in membership of the
Naval Reserve fleet divisions, has is
sued Instructions that the following
information be sent in by each fleet
division, aviation division and head
quarters division of the Reserve:
Number of class FL Naval Reserv-
lists on the rolls of the organization on
July /, 1926.
Number of class FL Naval Reserv-
lists on the rolls Of the organization on
May 81. 1927. al.
Number of class FL individuals
which the division lost during the
year from any of the following causes:
I. death: 2, discharge and failure to
re-enlist: 8, transfer to the Volunteer
Naval Reserve; 4, removal of resi-.
dence.
Number Of class FL individuals
which the division gained during the
year from any of the following causes:
], new enlistment; 2, transfer from
the Volunteer Naval Reserve: 3, re.
moval of residence.
All Naval Reserve divisions have
been instructed to have at the depart
ment not later than June Is. all data
reured for the. Naval Reserve inspec-
ton board to determine the relative 4
efficiency of the various divisions, bat
falions and squadrons of the feet
Naval ReserveS
The following literature to be used
fer instruction and trainina sak6193sekf
has been forwarded to the Command