Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
D. c.. Naval Reserve

| making personal inspections OF reserve
activities in the vicinity OF Boston, New
Haven and New York.
At the request of the Naval Examin-
ing Board the Bureau of Navigation has
reccaIIed ali Examination papers in the
hands Of commandments which have
been outstanding for year or more.
II will be necessary, 1t was announced,
for officers who have requested exam
nations for promotion or transfer and
then for a year have failed to appear
for examination, to again request
examinations.
The department announced that rec
ords Of the bureau indicate that many
officers have not yet availed themselves
Of the opportunity to receive courtesy
cards. These cards are issued in the
hope that they will encourage officers
OF the Naval Reserve to visit ships and
stations Of the Regular Navy and
thereby promote closer association be-
tween officers Of the Naval Reserve and
the Regular Navy; Such visits also wlll
afford Reserve officers opportunities Tor
broadening their professional knowl-
edge, it was pointed out.
The quota of special service officers
Of the Medical Corps assigned TO the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery has
been abolished. These officers have
been reassigned to the naval districts
in which they reside and will now come
directly under the commandments Of
their respective districts.
The U. S. S. Oklahoma has been
designated to make the cruise with the
Naval Reserve Ofncers, Training Corps
units Of the Universities Of California
GSH1yTa
There Is a tendency on the part of
a few naval and Naval Reserve officers
to improperly use naval titles, the Navy
Department says in a bulletin. The
most fragrant case is declared to be in
reference to lieutenant commanders as
commanders. The following correct
| procedure should be strictly adhered to
/ bv all members of the Naval Reserve,
the department says:
In all official correspondence when 1t
is necessary to refer to a particular
officer he should be referred TO by his
exact naval or Naval Reserve title. In
all unofficial correspondence and when
addressing officers orally or in oral
references or introduction to officers, 1t
Is the custom to use the exact title for
officers of the rank Of commander and
above. Ohicers below the rank of COM
Inander may be addressed or referred
to as "Mr." and in the case Of officers
Of the Medical Corps as "Dr."
All naval districts in the United
States and Porto Rico were represented
! in the National Reserve radio net last
month. Sixteen stations were con-
tacted in 10 minutes from NKF, at the
rate of 81 seconds per station. These
16 Reserve stations we're located in IA
States and the Island of Porto Rico.
This is declared to be a record for the
communication Reserve up to the pres
ent time.
The District OF Columbia has desig-
mated W3CAB as the master control
Reserve radio station until equipment
Is installed at the arTnory in the Wash
lngton Navy Yard. The naval CAN sign
NED has been assigned for this purpose.
This makes the twenty-fourth radio
station established by the Volunteer
Communication Reserve.
/ Indications that 10 will be after the
| middle Of April before anything may be
| heard Of the results Of the inspection Of
| the local battalion by the Regular naval
board Is contained In the scheduled
! inspections in other parts of the coun-
! try. The final figures and relative
standings cannot be made up until the
board completes its work in all parts
Of the country. The schedule just an
nounced follows:
March 80, indianapolis, Ind, 4th
Battalion; March 81, Peoria, ILL.,, 30th
Division; April /, Rock Island. H.. 31st
Division; April 2. Burlington, Iowa, 42d
Division; April 10, Boston, Mass, LIST
Battalion; April -, Squantum, Mass,
Air Squadrons VN.1RD1 and VN-2RDl;