Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-01
y. G.. Naval Reserve

The annual inspection of the LIST Bat
talon, United States Naval Reserves
of the District of Columbia, will be held
on the night of March 9, according to
a communication received last week
from the Navy Department. This viii
give the members of the Rehabilitation
less than a week actual training time.
as there are only i've intervening drill
nights, to prepare for this biggest event
of the year, when the members must
pass before the scrutiniZing eyes OF
board of regular naval officers from the
department, to determine their eff
cheney for the year.
The organization is given six weeks
notice prior to the date scheduled for
the boards appearance, and the local
officers started Immediately to make
plans for the event The scheduled in
Spection this year is two months ahead
of the time which 1t has usually been
held here in previous years.
Lieut.. S. w. Stinemetz, commander of
the local battalion, had planned to put
the organization through a preliminary
inspection on March 2 for the purpose
of showing up any deficiencies in order
that these might be corrected before
the board arrived. This inspection lie
planned to have conducted by Lieut.. j.
II. DAYTON, inspector instructor assigned
to the local organization, and was to fol-
low the same strict scheme used by the
statutory board. However, it was point
ed out that this would only be the week
prior to the annual inspection. and if
any defects were discovered there would
not be time to have them corrected.
1t was indicated as probable that the
date for the preliminary inspection
would be advanced so as to give the di-
vision commanders several weeks to
prime their men for the big event.
While the destroyer Hamilton has
been ordered to the Chesapeake Bay
and Potomac River territory for the
purpose of training Reservists, it is not
known now whether she will be here in
time for the inspection. However, if it
does come here, there will be little or no
time for the men to train for emer-
gency drills aboard her Most of the
time will have to be consumed, it was
pointed out for armory training.
However it was said that the armory
has been improved materially and some
emergency drills can be held there. A
gun has been installed, and dummy fire
stations put about the building. A
bridge has been constructed, together
with signalling apparatus and other
features usually found on the bridge of
destroyer. This probably will be put
to use when the inspection board ar
rives, to show the present state of train
ing of the Reserve.
The inspection board started its in
spectionS some time ago in other parts
of the country and has been in the
South. 1t will go west and north of
here before examining the efficiency
of the battalion in this city.
The Naval Reserve Athletic Associa-
ton, composed of the enlisted personnel
of the local battalion, last week hello
what was declared the most successful
dance ever staged in the local armory.
1t was said to be probable that the
dance for next month would not be held
on account of the proximity of the an
nual inspection and the necessity Of
using all the available time making
ready for it.
Two officers and five enlisted men of
the local battalion yesterday reported
aboard the battleship wyoming at
Philadelphia for the voyage to New
Orleans, La, where the vessel will be
on display during the Mardi Gras. Those
who went aboard the ship which sailed
yesterday are Ensign Gordon Reed, of
the Third Fleet Division; Ensign James
T. Hoffman, of the volunteer branch;
Philip F. Klein, fireman, third class;
Ralph E. Gins. seaman, second class,
and J. Ferri:r, all of the the Third Fleet
Division; Antonio F. Lancaster, fireman
third class, Second Fleet Division, and
John w. Irwin, boatsWain's mate, second
class, First Fleet Division.
The ship is scheduled now to be back
at Philadelphia on February IS. 1t was
announced that it will not go to
Galveston, Tex, as originally planned
Several weeks ago Capt. C. G. Bloch,
commandant of the Washington Navy
Yard, announced that he had been
authorized to order ReserviSts to duty
aboard this vessel for the trip, upon
their own application, but that no pay
or expenses could be authorized. The
several men who Joined the ship yeSter-