Evening star., 1928-12-09
D. {. Naval Reserve

The opportunity to become COM
'misSioned officer in the regular Navy
by obtaining an appointment to the
United States Naval Academy at An
napolis, Md, is being offered to enlist
ed members of the United States Naval
Reserve for the District of Columbia.
Twenty-Five appointments to the acad-
emy will be made from the ranks Of
the naval reserve throughout the coun-
try. 1t was explained that in previous
years all of the vacancies have not
been filled, and there Is a place for
every man who successfully passes the
competitive examination.
One appointment was made from the
local battalion last year, and there is
a hope that more of the men will
succeed in passing the tests this year.
The battalion headquarters already has
received an application to take the
examination from William A. Kengla,
3625 Sixteenth street, seaman, Sec
ond class. attached to the Third Fleet
Division During the year two enlisted
men from other reserve divisions came
to Washington for the purpose of en-
tering a preparatory school here to
prepare for the examinations, and dur |
ing their work here they were attached i
to the local organization, as the law |
provides that they must be active men, |!
hers of the feet reserve. They are |
Harry S. Atherton of Springfield, Mass, !
a seaman, second class, attached to the |
Third Fleet Division, and Henry S. /
Rupp of Long Beach, Calf seaman.
second class, attached to the First !
Fleet Division Their address is given !
as 1444 Rhode Island avenue.
1t was said at the battalion head
quarters that there probably will be ,
other applicants for the examinations,
and the officials are anxious that as
many as possible try for the appoint
ments, as the Navy Department early |
in the year requested naval district ,
commandants to make special efforts
to attract qualified young men in the
reserve to the academy. with a view to |
getting all of the 25 appointments filled
All applications to take the examina-
tion must be In the hands of the local |
reserve officials before December II !
next it was announced, as they have |
to be on file at the Navy Department |
prior to January Is. next year. It
was also explained that all of the
applicants have to undergo thorough
preliminary physical examination, prior
to sending the applications to the Navy
Department. and that these must be
taken before the end of the current
calendar year, as after the first OF
January the medical officers attached
to the local reserve are kept busy con-
Quoting the annual physical examina-
, tions of the officers attached to the
neet reserve divisions here.
Ensign Malcolm NJ. Cloukey reserve
flying division, has gone to the u. S.
Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Fla,
where he will remain on active training
duty until June 80, 1929, it was an
nounced at battalion headquarters.
Lieut.. comdr. F. P. Guthrie and
Lieut.. (iunior grade) Walther A. Parks, !
both members of the communications |
reserve, have been ordered discharged |
by reasons of the expiration of their !
enrollments. It was explained that !
these officers have never applied to be |
formally transferred to the newly or |
ganized reserve force. and that there |
fore they are being discharged. Guthrie |
is radio engineer.
It was announced ct District reserve I
headquarters here that examination |
papers have been received from the |
Navy Department for Ensign Ralph H. |
Hudson, for promotion to the rank of |
lieutenant, Junior grade. No date has !
as yet been set for the examination, |
which viii be given aboard the U. s. |
destroyer Abel p Upshur, at the local |
navy yard. training ship of the local |
battalion.
Lieut.. Comdr. Harry ]. Nichols, ex-
ecutive officer of the local battalion, 1
said last week that the Winters lrain- /
ing schedule had been started in ear
nest by the local organization The
elaborate system of schools inaugurated
last year under the direction OF Lieut.. |
Comdr. Finney Bascom Smith, COM
mander of the local battalion, has again I
been started this year, it was said, and
all of the members of the various di-
visions have been divided into classes
according to their proficiency. The
system has been arranged so that q |
man who passes one subject does not |
ever have to take it again, but is Kept |
in continuous line Of progress. This /
method it was pointed out, Eeeps UP ,
the interest OF the men, and prevents
the training from becoming moncto- |
nous It also serves to keep up the
attendance, and it is believed that the |
failure TO establish the schools earlier |
in the drill year has been responsible
to some extent to the falling off in at
tendance, which has been experienced. |
The IS enlisted men who have been |
UP for examination for promotion to |
the next higher rating In their reSpec- |
tive branches are being passed before |
the examining board as rapidly as pos |
sible, but, on the second part Of two |
part examination, it was said that |
each man has to be examined sepa-
rately, and this consumes considerable |
time. The first part of the examination |
was taken at one time by the entire |
group in a written test However, the |
board expects to complete its work |
within a short time, and those who |
successfully pass will be certified to the |
Navy Department for their promotions |