Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-12

Four officers from the Regular Navy
and one from the United States Marine
Corps tomorrow night will inspect the
1st Battalion, United States Naval Re
serves of the District of Columbia, COM
manded by Lieut.. Comdr. Ffnney BaS-
com Smith. The inspection board VIII
be headed by Lieut.. Comdr r. S. Field,
inspector instructor of the local citizen
sailor organization and commander OF
its training ship. the United States de-
stroyer Abel P. Upshur He will be as
sisted by Lieut. B. j. Dayton. executive
officer of the Upshur; Lieut.. Robert M
Smith. on duty at the United States
Naval Research Laboratory at Bellevue,
D. c.: Lieut.. Comdr. L. H. Denny, Med
ical Corps, on duty at the Washington
Navy Yard, and Lieut.. r. G. Orrlson,
United States Marine Corps.
The inspection was arranged by
Comdrs. Field and Smith in prepar-
alton for the annual inspection by a
statutory board from the Navy Depart
ment. Its purpose is to have the out
fit looked over by these regular officers
to ascertain whether or not the organ
iZation presents any defects. II there
are any, they will be pointed out by
the regular officers, and then Comdr
Smith will take steps to have them
corrected before the statutory board
appears.
The inspection tomorrow night VIII
be every bit as stringent as the regular
annual one, and nothing will be over
looked any more than it is at the an
nual inspection.
The United States Naval Reserve Of
ficers' Association has donated to the
Navy Department two trophies, one OF
which is awarded each year to the meet
battalion having the highest figure OF
merit as shown at the annual inspec-
lions. and the other to the feet division
having the highest figure of merit. The
local battalion is out this year to cap
ture at least one and possibly both OF
these trophies, and the regular officers
are said to be just as anxious for them
to win one of the trophies as are the
Reservists.
Every detail of the duty Of the Naval
Reservists will be examined by the
regular Navy and Marine officers. Lieut..
Orrison particularly will look after the
infantry drill of the organization.
Lieut.. Comdr. r. S. Field and Lieut..
B. j. Dayton went to Baltimore, Md,
last Wednesday night, where they were
the guests of the Baltimore Chapter of
the United States Naval Reserve ON
GERS Association at dinner at the
Hotel Rennert The Baltimore Naval
Reservists take their annual cruises
aboard the destroyer Abel P. Upshur.
of which Comdr Field Is the captain
and Lieut. Dayton executive officer.
Some opposition to the elimination
of officers from the Naval Reserve on
| account of age has been expressed by
the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy
Department on the ground that the
experience of these officers is most val
liable. The move to have some OF the
older officers eliminated, it seems, was
predicated on the theory that their
separation from the service would re-
suit in promotions among the younger
officers in the lower ranks. However,
1t was pointed out that this is not the
| fact, as these officers count only
against the grades in which they hold
rank and their elimination would not
provide a vacanacy to be filled by pro-
! motion.
Conceding that young officers would
be needed for destroyer duty, 1t was
pointed out that advanced age is not