Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
D. c.. Naval Reserve

| he would prepare and furnish the bat
talon commander with full and COM
plete detail report, so that officer may
start his plans of training to correct
them before the inspection board ar
rives in the Spring. This was the
particular reason for this preliminary
| inspection.
Both officers and enlisted men will be
expected to begin Immediately to per-
feet themselves for the annual inspec-
| ton, and the deficiencies found will be
matters of intensive training activity
| for the remainder of the drill year. 1t
| is the hope Of the members of the bat
talon that they will be able to correct
all of the deficiencies to the end that
| they might pass such rigid inspection
as to warrant them in being awarded at
least one of the two trophies donated by
| the United States Naval Reserve Of
| ficerS' Association, one of which is
awarded the battalion having the high
est figure of merit as shown by the an
nual inspection and the other to the
feet division attaining the highest fig
ure of merit. The training will be di-
rected to the, purpose of placing the
local organization considerably higher
| In the list of reserve battal1onS OF the
country than it has ever reached.
| Lieut.. Stinemetz said that the organ
ization had the greatest attendance in
| its history for this preliminary inspec-
| ton, having 152 men on the floor. AS
q matter of fact the attendance was so
very large that the fact was strongly
impressed upon those present that the
armory in the Washington Navy Yard
is entirely too small for the local or
ganization. Some of the drills require
material spreading out of the COM
panies. Whenaone of these was execut-
| ed, the men could not carry out the
| drill because of the contacts. The drill
| hall of the local Reserve armory Is
scrt of lean-to+ constructed on an old
building during the war, and 1t Is
makeshift armory at its best.
1t served its purpose when the or
ganization was small, but with the rapid
strides in strength and continued large
attendance, 1t Is difficult, most Of the
time, for the organization 70 efficiently
perform its duties indoors. Plans have
been discussed by the officers for sew
eral years for new building for the
reservists. but nothing definite has ever
come of the discussions. 1t was pointed
out that an armory should be provided
somewhere on the local water front,
where there could be constructed dock
to which the training destroyer could be
tied up. At the present time the train
ing ship is berthed several blocks from
the armory and much valuable time is
lost in going between the armory and
ship for drills. The organization for
merly occupied an armory on the Wash
ington channel water front which was
used by the pre-war Naval Militia when
that organization was part OF the
National Guard. However. when the
Guard began its postwar expansion, the
militia officials demanded that the
armory be given up by the reServists
and it was turned over to the Coast
Artillery.
Lieut. John r. Moore, commanding
the I'd Fleet Division Of the battalion,
will be handed his commission as lieu
tenant by Comdr Smith, when the bat
talon forms for drill tomorrow night.
Ensign George Sullivan was sworn In
as an officer of the Volunteer Reserve
last Monday night. Ensign Sullivan,
according to Lieut.. Stinemetz. recently
resigned from the Naval Academy. 1t
is understood that he will take an avtive
part in the drills with the local meet
divisions, with view to obtaining
transfer to. the Fleet Reserve when
vacancy occurs.
. All divisions of the battalion will put
through an infantry drill tomorrow
night for a short period, after which
the deck ratings will be instructed in the
knotting and splicing of lines and the
engineer ratings will be told what the
recent examinations of some of them
showed to the examining officers.
In expressing opposition to training
reservists out Of the regular cruising sea-
son, the Bureau of Navigation says that
where the business Of an individual Is
such as to interfere with his training
as Naval Reservist. continuously year
after year. it is felt that some other
man should be in the Reserve in his
place. However, 1t was added that
where one, for good and sufficient reason,
could not take sea training In particu-
lar year, he would be excused for that
year. In cases where the date set for
the cruise of an entire feet division is
such as to interfere with the usual sea-
sonal activities of the locality, 1t Is felt
that another cruising date might profit
ably be set, provided cruising facilities
on some other date can be made avail
able This, 1t was pointed out, will be
possible in certain instances where the
cruising vessels are assigned permanent
ly to the Naval Reserve, but impractical
BILE in other instances where the re-
serve organization has to depend on a
vessel Of the Regular Navy for crujs-
ing facilities.