Evening star., 1931-05-10

Naval Reserves of the District of Co
llmbia, drill schedules were tightened
UP last night by Lieut.. Harold Rich
ardson, executive officer of the bat
talon and acting commander. Special
groups will be selected for intensive
training in their respective lines. so
that all of the men will be at a high
state Of efficiency when the U. s. De-
stroyer Hamilton leaves the Navy Yard
here on June 20 for the first Of the
voyages to the Bermuda Islands.
Lieut.. Richardson announced that in
stead of dividing the drill period OF the
bridge signal force, the entire period
now will be given over to signal train
ing, so that all of the men will be
able to stand q watch on the bridge
during the voyage. Blinker light syS-
TENS and flag hoistS have been pro-
vided in the armory. and during the
next several weeks this branch will give
all of their time to this training, as
visual communication is one OF the
most important duties aboard ships Of
the Navy. particularly when cruising In
formation.
The Sd Fleet Division. commanded
by Lieut.. C. H. Williams will be the
first unit to go to Bermuda.
In further preparation for the cruises,
all of the enlisted personnel not previ-
ously immunized will be sent to the
and para-typhoid serums.
The Naval Reserve Examining Board
also is working overtime in order to
complete the examinations made neces-
sary by the last cruise, so that those
who pass the tests may be permitted
to put on their sleeve devices before
they go to sea on the Hamilton. AS
result Of efficiency shown during each
cruise enlisted personnel are recommend
cd by their commanding officers for
promotion, but then the men have to
appear before the board to ascertain
the extent of their book knowledge of
their duties.
Owing to the varied duties and rates
I'm the Navy. the board has to exam
inc each man individually, which con-
sumeS considerable time. in view of
the fact that the organization meets
only once week. and then only for
an hour and a half.
The drill scheduled for the current
month has just been issued by Lieut..
Samuel w Stinemetz, commander of
the organization. Monday night the
deck force was trained in watch stand
ing and particularly in the duties of
messengers and lookouts and the engi-
neers in fire and engine rooms.
Tomorrow the deck force instruction
will be divided into two periods. the first
being taken up with boats and ship
nomenclature and the second in details
OF ground tackle. The engineers will
have their usual fire and engine room
instruction. while the cff1cers will listen
to lecture by Lieut.. B. j. DAYTON. U.
s. NJ, nspector-instructor OF the bat
talon.
The following week the first and sec
ond divisions will have ground tackle
and ship nomenclature. the engineers
engine room duties and the Sd Divi-
sion. bag inspection.
On the night of May 25 there will
be a battalion inspection, which prob
ably will be followed by boxing bouts
by the Naval Reserve Athletic ASsocia-
ton.
The regular meetings of the volunteer
communication Resarvists at the armory
in the Navy Yard will be held every
Tuesday evening at 0 o'clock, according
to an announcement of Lieut. G. A.
Briggs. commanding. He says that this
time should be kept in mind by the
communication men, as individual no.
tices will not be sent out for each weeks
drill
He adds that the Rescrvists should
make special effort to attend these
meetings in order to become familiar
with certain features of naval procedure
as soon as possible, and to get help
frl background respecting naval COM
nunications, which will facilitate their
progress.
A local radio drill conducted with
naval communication Re5ervistS owning
licensed amateur transmitting stations
and short wave receivers was held Sat-
urday
Beginning last Thursday, and until
further notice, the local radio drills
conducted via the air, will be held
Thursday evenings beginning at $50
o'clock on a frequency Of $500 kilo-
cycles. At about 1855 pm, Lieut..
Briggs says, the control may be passed
from W3CAB to another station to con-
tinue the drills, while W3CAB adjusts
to a frequency of 4045 kilocycles, used
with the call NED to represent the Dis
trict OF Columbia in the national drills.
At the conclusion of the local drill
the Reservists may find it convenient to
tune their receivers to listen on 4045
kilocycles Between and 8 o'clock
they will hear traffic and drills handled
by the control stations OF the communl-
cation ReservistS in the various districts.
Beginning at the latter hour they will
hear the roll call and drills conducted
on national scale by the master con-
troll and alternate control stations OF
the various naval districts Of the United
States and its possessions. General
EKF is the master control station for
this drill
He says that local Reservists should
copy these drills, practicing as guard
stations, so they will become familiar
with the details. After ReServists be-
come proficient in their work they may
be allowed TO take turns in participat-
ing in the drills by acting as operators
at NED.
The standings Of all feet divisions
firing modified short range battle prac-
tice 1880 have been published by the
chief of naval operations. The Third
Fleet Division, Twelfth Naval District
located at San Francisco. Calf, at
tained the highest merit for the prac-
tice, and is declared entitled to the
award Of the Naval Reserve Gunnery
trophy, now in the hands Of the Sixth
Fleet Division at Oakland. Calf. It has
been ordered shipped to the command
ing officer Of the Third Fleet Division,
and to be suitably engraved, showing
the name OF the winner. Lieut.. Comdr
Milton H Anderson is the commanding
officer and Lieut.. Junior Grade) John
NJ. Cox is the gunnery officer OF the
winning division.
The Commander Of the Training
Squadron has made the following COM
ments on the subject of the recent
cruise Of the Battleship Wyoming TO
New Orleans during which time 81
Naval Reserve officers and 1873 enlisted
men were on board. including several
from the District Of Columbia battalion.
The Commander Training Squadron
wishes 10 commend the officers and men
of the Naval Reserve for their excellent
performance Of duty and exemplary
conduct during the cruise In view of
the reduced regular complement of the
ship, the services Of these members Of