Evening star., 1928-02-26

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Examinations of all men recommend
| ed for promotion as a result Of ef-
| ficiency displayed In the performance
Of the duties Of their ratings during the
| annual cruises last Summer aboard the
U. S. destroyer Allen. training ship.
have been completed by the board Of
officers Of the United States Naval Re-
serve Battalion Of the District OF Co.
| lumbia. The board held group ex-
animation last week. in order to clear
the slate. individual examinations hav-
ing heretofore been conducted by the
board.
Lieut.. Harry j. Nichols. executive Of
ficer of the local battalion. said that the
results. viewed from preliminary eX-
animation of the papers. were very
pleasing. although some OF the papers
indicated that the men had not prop
erly prepared themselves and kept up
the learning which they displayed on
the annual cruises He said that he ex-
pected to have the papers marked and
the results ready to announce next
week
Comdr. Mark L. Hersey U. S. N, In
structor Of the local battalion, who has
taken the destroyer Allen to Philadel-
phia. where she will be placed out of
commission. to be relieved as training
ship here by the destroyer Abel p. Up
shur, which he is placing in commits
sion there. is expected to be here for
the drill tomorrow night. At that time
he Is expected to have some informa-
ton as to the probable date at which
the new ship will arrive In Washington,
preparatory to starting the annual
training cruises with the Atlantic
Scouting Fleet.
The Allen arrived last week, and the
Upsh,r is reported to be alongside of
her now for the transfer Of equipment.
Reports received here indicate that
there is lot Of repair work to be done
on the new vessel. and the original date
for her arrival here. the end Of March,
may be little delayed. However. It is
expected that Comdr Hersey will have
more definite information when he re-
turns to Washington next week for a
short period
A naval board has been ordered BY
the Navy Department to convene here
March for the purpose of going over
the list OF commanders Of the Naval
Reserve and select one line officer for
the rank OF captain. There are a num-
Der OF commanders on the list whose
names VIII be gone over. three Of them
in the District of Columbia. being
Comdr. J. A. Schofield. former COM
mander OF the local Reserve battalion
and now on duty in the Naval Reserve
Division OF the Navy Department;
Comdr: Lynn r. Rutter. on duty in the
Navy Department. and Comdr. A. H.
Taylor. o civilian expert at the Naval
Research Laboratory at Bellevue. o. G.
Another contingent OF men has been
ordered transferred from the feet to
the Volunteer Reserve for failure to
attend drills regularly. This move was
taken to make way for men who want
TO come into the battalion and take
an active part, but who have been
refused enlistment because the d.
visions were all up to the maximum
strength allowed by the Navy Depart
ment.
This method OF eliminating those not
suncienily interested to attend drill
WIZ oe strictly followed, according 70
the ofncers. as 1t Is the purpose to
keep the Organized Reserves recruited
up TO fun strength with active men AZ
all times. -
The following men from the I'd Fleet
Division were ordered sent to the
Volunteer Reserve: Thomas ]. Clark
Millard Q. Dennison, Charles r. Hauer
Jonn M. Lynham. George A. Meyer,
William L. Sample and John Sterba
lF,. all seamen. second class, and Rob-
ert e. l.. Osgood, Thomas A. Nolan.
Jerome Fl. Meyer. David Goldberg and
Roy E. Cole, all firemsn, third class.
A strong competitive spirit has been
stVreo up among the three feet d.
visions composing the local Reserve
battalion In the matter OF attendance,
ana chart on each divisional bulletin
board shows the standing of each di-
VISION weekly In the matter of drill
Blythe Alexander, chief storekeeper
I4o thirteenth street southeast. has
Deen ofoered to active duty as shin
| Keeper aboard the destroyer Allen II
was announced at battalion head.
| quarters.
James Malcolm Darracott, chief tor
pcdo man. 66l4 Fifth street. has bee,,
renewed OF permanent active duty as
a shipkeeper aboard the Allen in order
| 70 permit him to go to Bellevue, D. c..
as ordnance man. ~
The Bureau Of Navigation. It was
announced, Is now striving TO corrcc:
the date OF rank. and in some cases
the rank itself. OF officers who have
n2en transferred TO the Fleet Reserve
| since July /. 1925.
The Bureau Of Navigation has now
made IT practicable to transfer nee.
| officers who are not active In orRaniza =
tons TO the Volunteer Reserve. without
pfeJudicing their seniority in rank. ard
, without placing a hardship on them /.
| they shall at any time return 10 the
fleet organization. II was announced.