Evening star., 1928-09-09

Of the Naval Research Laboratory pro
vide unexcelled opportunity for mer
who are already well advanced in radio
science. Twenty-Five men are assigned
to this school at time and the length
of the course is twenty-five weeks.
instruments Are Watched.
optical instruments play large par
in modern Naval warfare. Periscopes
range finders. directorscopes, gun tele'
scopes, signal glasses. binoculars. mus
all be maintained in perfect condition Il
! faulty observations or calculations arr
to be avoided. The optical school located
at the Washington Navy Yard trains
men to operate and care for the optical
| equipment aboard Naval ships. The
basis for the course is the same as In
other optical schools. but much timn
must be devoted to giving them g
thorough knowledge of the highly spec
ialized optical equipment they care for
! at sea.
The school for aerographcrs is located
at Anacost'a. Here men are taught thu
principles of meteorologv. the operation
and care Of meteorological instruments
and how to use meteorological data in
/; forecasting air and weather conditions
They must learn the theory and prac-
tlce OF upper sir surroundings. both
from instruments located on the surface
and from instruments carried in air
craft. They must also learn the prin-
ciplcs OF weather forecasting from
charts and local conditions. Weather
conditions, always a vital factor in
Naval operations. are of tremendous inn
portance in the operation Of air craft.
particularly, conditions affecting the
upper air.
Study Fire Control.
The Fire Control School is located at
the Washington Navy Yard Men are
trained there to operate and care for
the many complicated installations used
today in directing the fire of guns and
torpedoes on Naval ships. Thirty men
selected from the various units of tho
fleet are assigned to the school and the
length OF the course is twenty-six
weeks.
The instruction courses for enlisted
men OF the Navy are prepared in Wash
nSton IN the Bureau of Navigation,
printed at the Government Printing
Ofnce and distributed to Naval units
throughout the service from the NAVY
educational supply base located at the
washington Navy Yard. About $50
courses dealing with general educational
SUBJECTS, technical subjects and strictly
naval subjects are now available an6
thousands OF ambitious men throughout
the Navy are using them to increase
tnelr general education and to advance
themselves in the service
Two important schools of the II 6
Marine Corps are also located in Wash
tlgCon, the candidate class and the
Marine Corps Institute. In the candi-
uate class selected men from the en-
Ilsted personnel of the Marine Corns
are given nine months of intensive
instruction to prepare them for the
examinations leading to commissions
Inc Marine Corps Institute is an insti
tutlon OF service-wide extent, furnish
ing instruction to Marines serving on
navai ships and stations all over the
Worlo. Much of the work is done
tnfough correspondence and a wide
range of subjects are offered.
Diving Is Taught.
The newest of the naval schools in
washington is the school for deem sea
divers. located at the Washington Navv
Yard. Through this school the Navv
department plans to build force of
ABOUT 81 deep sea divers, of whom Q
VIII De master or supervising divers.
Ordinary diving is always a necessary
part OF naval operation for such pur-
poses as the examination of shin bot
TOMS and propellers and the recovery of
ttorpedoes. Deep sea diving deals large
~ with rescue and salvage work. The
OIL increasing the pay of officers and
men IN the submarine service also in.
creased the compensation of divers
Men completing the course at the school
VIII be assigned to submarine rescue
vessels in the Atlantic, Pacific and
Aslatlc fleets and to submarine bases
Besides the instruction of men in div
ing. the school will also probably serve
as center for investigations and ex-
perlments that will advance the entire
practice OF diving. Diving is now being
successfully carried on at far greater
depths than was practicable few
years ago, and recent experiments indi-
cate that diving may be carried on to
considerable depths by men eouipped
with gas masks, discarding the heavy
ana cumbersome helmets and suits that
are ordinarily used. This will give the
dlVer much greater freedom and safety
IN carrying on work under water.