Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-18
D. c.. Naval Reserve

Three enlisted members Of the FRS
Battalion, United States Naval Reserve
| of the District of Columbia, have ap.
piled for permission to take the cruise
aboard the U. S. Battleship Wyoming
to Galveston, Tex, for the pageant u
be held there. AS yet. 1t was said nc
officers have made applications to make
this voyage, which will consume about
a month.
Those who have applied are Daniel
M. Levy, fireman. third class, attached
to the First Fleet Division, residing al
BIOS Sixteenth street: Ernest H. Perry
| seaman. second class. and Francis r.
Tuell, fireman, third class both at
tached to the First Fleet Division, and
both residing at 1925 Childress street
northeast.
Ten officers and 500 enlisted mer
from Naval Reserve battalions on the
east coast have been extended an in
vitation by the Navy Department to
make this cruise. which will be with
out pay or the expense of travel to
join the ship or to return to Washing
ton from the port of debarkation upon
completion of the cruise. Officers will
be required to pay their mess bills, but
enlisted personnel will be rationed with
the ships company at the expense OF
the government. Those accepting the
invitation for this training cruise will
be required to report at Yorktown, Va
by October 10, when the vessel is
scheduled to sail The ship will be al
Yorktown during the sesquicentennial
celebration. The Reserve personnel is
scheduled to be disembarked at Phila-
delphia on November 81.
Officers point out that the proposed
cruise will furnish an excellent oppor-
tunity for men who have time avail
able to get some valuable training
aboard a battleship. Practically all OF
the service of the majority of enlisted
men of the local battalion has beer
obtained aboard destroyers, as that is
the type of vessel for which they are
scheduled in case Of an emergency
However. the naval inspection board in
recent report recommended consid-
Grafton of plan to give the Reservists
some training aboard a battleship where
they could have closer contact with the
Regular establishment.
Leo Rosoff, 1907 Lamont street, was
enlisted as seaman second class, last
week and assigned TO the Third Fleet
Division.
Lieut.. (Junior Grade). Franklin A.
Mason has been commissioned in the
Reserve, for special duty He resides at
1881 Euclid street.
The Aviation Division of the local Re-
serve, which Is commanded by Lieut.
Comdr. E. W. Rounds. completed fifteen
days of annual training duty last week
at the Naval Air Station at AnacoStia
D. c., and both officers and men have
been placed on an inactive status.
Those who participated in the train
ing were: Lieuts. H W. Lucas. H J.
Huester and w. G. Brombacher; Lieuts
(Junior Grade M. B. johnson. r. L.
Earle, r. c. Southworth and l.. v. Berk-
ner: Ensigns T. w. Wagner. r. E. Hess
Jr.; Hartcourt Sontagt and the following
enlisted men: c. C. Millard, yeoman,
first class; M. G. Dolley. aviation ma
chinist's mate, third class; D. N. Pet
tit, seaman, first class; c. H. Gerwig
seaman. first class; w. C. Lamberton
| seaman, second class. and A. A. Gollus,
| machinist's mate. second class.
The following appointments in the
Naval Reserve have been announced
Lieut.. Junior Grade Frederick l.
Lieut.. Comdr. Elbridge j. Best. Lieut.
Marvin L. Bills. Ensign Ralph w. Bur
leigh, Lieut.. (Junior Grade) John l.
Cardwell. Lieut.. Chauncey R. Curr. En-
sign Hubert s. Dale, Lieut.. (Junior
Grade) Irving E. Davis. Lieut. (Junior
Grade William A. Deckert, Lieut.
Frank F. Dorsey. Ensign George M
England Lieut.. tJunior Grade) Robert
n. Eubank, Ensign George W. Fitz-
patrick, Lieut.. Junior Grade) Matthew
H. Furman, Lieut.. Comdr. knud Knud-
Hansen, Ensign Charles j. Heiser, En-
sign Matthew j. Holiday. Ensign George
Link. Lieut. Junior Grade Duncan T
McEwan, Lieut.. (Junior Grade Dun
can C.. McKeever. Lieut.. (Junior
Grade) William e. Miles, Ensign
Thomas c. Perkins. Lieut.. Junior
Grade Fred G. Repass, Lieut.. Marvin
r Robbins, Lieut.. Jacob F. Roberts
Ensign Lewis w. Sayers, jr.; Ensign
William x Schafer, Lieut.. Comdr. Carl
H. Schmidt Ensign Walter E. Sellman
Ensign Edward E. Stinlson. jr: Ensign
Hubert E. Thomas, Lieut.. (Junior