Evening star., 1931-12-20
D. c.. Naval Reserve
Historisslly Cesree. skstehs,
By CALVIN FADER

The 1st Battalion. United States
Naval Reserves Of the District OF
Columbia is to have q small training
at the Reserve headquarters during the
week. 1t is a special type Of boat
which has been developed for the Re-
serve since the naval economy move
forced the withdrawal from this and
other cities having Naval Reserve or
ganizations Of the destroyers.
The new vessel is converted launch
Of 40 feet length. 1t is regular naval
type of launch used aboard ship but it
will be converted by having hunks for
the sleeping Of six men, a galley and
sanitary facilities. When 1t arrives, 1t
was said, 1t will be available for small
parties of men who desire to take
short week end or Sunday training
cruises down the Potomac. The vessel
now Is at the Charleston Navy Yard
being fitted out, the work including
the installation of a new type motor
which Is expected to give the vessel q
speed Of eight or nine knots.
The lack Of water training facilities
during the Summer has been felt by
the local Reservists. and the arrival oi
the boat here Is expected to fill long
!
destroyers did not prove popular wher
the Upshur and Allen were here, it is
believed that it will be possible to make
many trips on the launch. 1t was i'm
possible to obtain crew large enough
to move the destroyer, but it wa:
pointed out that there are always q few
men willing to take short week enc
training cruises. Navigation, seaman.
ship. including boat handling, anc
plotting can be taught when the Off.
GERS and men go out for the short trip.
which the new boat Is expected to b.
used for.
While the destroyer Hamilton
Atlantic Training Fleet vessel assigned
to Naval Reserve organizations In thi,
area, is here for three months stay
1t is not known now whether any
week end trips will be taken, as the
vessel is scheduled to leave for another
pert by the time the weather become!
local citizen sailors are taking full ad
vantage of the opportunity to get much
training aboard her at the dock at thu
washington Navy Yard on their regular
drill night each week. The commits
stoned personnel of the Reserve also il
seizing every opportunity TO obtain a.
much instruction as possible from tn,
regular Navy officers aboard the des
troyer, who are assisting In every way
possible, under Lieut. Cmdr Clarence
Gulbranson, captain of the ship, in
instructing the Reservists by lecture!
and practical training.
Capt Hugo W. oeterhaus, U. s
Navy, and Capt. James A. Schofield
U. S. Naval Reserve, the latter former
commander of the local battalion. but
now on active duty in the Naval Reserve
Division at the Navy Department, paid
an informal visit to the Reserve armory
during the regular drill period Mon
day night. With Lieut. Harold E
Richardson, commander of the Local
battalion. they inspected the outfit and
are reported to have expressed great
pleasure at the appearance of the per-
sonnel and the armory, which has beer
improved in many ways, including the
installation of gun, signal apparatus
fire control system, as we'll as a bridgs
fitted up similar to those found or
destroyers the type Of vessels on which
the local Reservists take their annual
cruises.
In few months the regular Navy In.
spection board will pay the local or.
ganization q visit and the officers anc
themselves in the hope of obtaining {
mark that will put them at the top O.
the Naval Reserve organizations of tn,
country in the matter of training eff
cheney. For the past several years tn,
local organization has been gradual,
climbing in its marks
Recruiting in the local Reserve ha!
been stopped for the present. Their,
are still some members of the Head
quarters Division for whom places hav,
not yet been found with the line divi
sions, and it is the hope that all O
these men can be taken care of prio
to the time for the elimination Of thi
organization early next year.
When vacancy occurs in one Of tn,
Of an enlisted man from the city o,
by transfer to the volunteer branch
of the Reserve for failure to maintain
efficiency. instead Of taking q recruit
from the waiting list of applicants fol
enlistment, one of the enlisted rnsr
from the Headquarters Division viii
be transferred. 1t Is the hope OF tn,
battalion officers that all of these mer
can be taken care of prior to the tim,
for the abandonment of the division, a.
the personnel in the Headquarters Uni
Is said to include many valuable men
necessary IN the training work of tn,
battalion, and some of them veteran
seamen of the World War.
Joseph ]. Norwicki, chief signalrnar
In the local Reserve and a former shin.
keeper aboard the destroyer Abel p
Upshur when it was here as training
ship. has been on is days active train.
ing duty at the armory during the alb.
sence OF Chief Boatswain's Mate JOSEPH
j. Slattery. regularly assigned to dut,
there since the shipkeepers were de-
modified
Lieut. Comdr. W. J. Lee. United
States Naval Reserve, on active duty
at the Navy Department. inspected the
quarters and equipment of the loca
communication Naval Reserve during
the week.
Lieut.. Comdr. Clarence Gulbranson
commander Of the Destroyer Hamilton
here on training duty went to Balti-
more, Nd, during the week for the
purpose of delivering q lecture on naval
matters before the Naval Reserve
battalion of that city.
The local Reserve battalion has been
invited to come to Alexandria Feb-
ruary az next for the purpose of par
ticipating In the ceremonies there In
cidental to the formal opening of the
years celebration OF the George Wash
ington Bicentennial. The invitation
was received by Lieut.. Walter r. Hinck-
ley, inspector instructor of the local
Reserve, who took the matter up with
the Reserve commander, Lieut.. Rich
ardscn, who indicated that the organi-
zation would be assembled to take part
in the parade.
The regular naval inspection board
inspected the Naval Reserve ofganiza-
tion in New Bedford, Mass, Tuesday;
L a. af AIa.. q