Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-22


the LIST Battalion, United States Naval
Reserves of the District OF Columbia
already has been started. This move Is
in accord with instructions received
from the Navy Department that this unit
Of the local Reserve, as well as Of others
throughout the country, must go before
April next as a part OF the naval re-
duction forced by the economy drive.
While the effective date OF the total
disbandment has been set in the next
year, the officers of the local battalion
have started now in order that some OF
the men may be saved to the battalion
AS vacancies occur In the other line
fleet divisions they VIII be filled by
transfers from the Headquarters unit
In order to take care OF these men,
many of whom have long service, some
of them dating into the World War
period, recruiting has been ordered
stopped. Enlistments, it was said, will
not be resumed until the line divisions
have absorbed the surplus personnel
created by the departmental order.
Only one officer will be lost by the
battalion in the move. However, moth
ing will be done about this until the
effective date of the change, as there
is a possibility that the situation may
take care of itself by the transfer OF
some officer of the Fleet Reserve to
that one of them moves from the city.
Two of the men transferred, Ray
mond L. Furbey, officers cook, first
class, and Manuel G. Carr, mess attend
ant, first class, were sent to the ISL
Fleet Division, while the third man,
Frederick E. Whitfield, officers steward,
third class, was transferred to the I'd
Fleet Division.
The Fleet Divisions, however, are ex-
1919 - ~ ralnrad in T1arSnnnPl to
some extent this week, when number
of transfers to the volunteer branch,
now in prospect, are expected to be put
into effect. Men who fail to attend
drills regularly while members OF the
Fleet Reserve or who fail to make one
of the annual cruises are usually trans
ferred to the volunteer branch Tor Iall-
ure to maintain efficiency. Lieut.. SAM
uel w. SteinmetZ, former commander
of the local unit, during his term OF
command put into effect a ruling tnaC
ali officers and men must either make
an annual cruise or transfer to the
volunteer branch. If the transfers
which have been recommended are ap-
proved. the Fleet Divisions will conSe-
ouently be reduced, and II Is propapie
that the vacancies thus created VIII pe
filled by the further transfers OF men
from the HeadQuarters Fleet DIVISION.
The local branch Of the Naval Com
nunication Reserve started a cooe
course for radio beginners at the local
reserve armory last TUESDAY nlgnI' az
cordinq to an announcement OF LleuC. "
A BRIGGS. commanding the local Com
Ynunication Reserve. The arrangements
for the instruction and the details Were
in charge Of Lieut.. (Junior Grace d, ~.
c. Corderman, assisted py CIiiel n"0io
II
Another class, that in naval procedure
and tactical drill, is in charge OF CnleI
Radioman B. L. Stahl, and lnstructlon
in this group will be given 10 all tnoSe
who have obtained an adequate knoWl-
edge of the code.
instruction in life in the Navy ana
general information in respect TO con-
duct and personnel VIII De IN charge
of Ensign M Weinstock.
Attention has been called by Lieut..
Briggs to the fact that radio drill via
the air is now scheduled for lO:4O
O'Clock on Tuesdays, at which time
standardizing signal will be sent on
3.79O kilocycles, to which the Reserves
are expected to adjust their transmit
tiers, and at 10:45 o'clock the drill proper
will begin with messages. roll cali anu
trafhc, using naval procedure.
The commanding officer has called
attention to the work OF w. Wilnams,
radioman, second class, which, the for
mer saws, deserves meritortous men
ton. The announcement points out
that williams, In spite OF carrying 9
heavy schedule in the UNIVERSITY OF
MARYLAND. has been on the air at recent
drills more regularly than other sta
tions. With instruction limited chieny
to word-of-mouth information given
him but once, he has followed naval
procedure in his drills surprisingly well,
the commanding of11cer says.
The local armory OF the Reservists Is
being wired for communication stations
distributed about the building by men
who volunteer time for the work. 1t is
In charge Of Chief Rad1onnan aStanI.,
The local Communication Reserve
held a meeting at Harding Hall, in the
Government Printing once, where the
members were the guests OF the vet
Grams employed in that establishment.
The entertainment was arranged by
ENSIGN Morris Weinstock of the local
Communication Reserve, and included
two movie films Of the Navy and a
vaudeville show.
The communication men recently
gave q demonstration at the armory OF
a special installation, Stimulating a
three-ship communication system, dur
ing which they sent a message from the
RADIO shack in the armory to ship sta
ton and thence by blinker method 10
another ship station and from the lat
ter to another point by means Of the
flag semaphore. In few weeks, 1t was
announced it is expected to establish a
land line telegraph link in the armory
so that all types of communication VIII
be available at drills.
During the recent Armistice day
demonstrations the local Communlca-
ton Reservists did some rushing about
the city in order to pick up messages
being sent out. According to the re-
port Of Lieut.. Briggs, the Reservists IN
the radio room at the armory at $3.50
pm. picked up q Navy day message
the American Radio Relay League, at
Hartford, Conn, by the president OF
the league, Hiram p. Maxim. This
message was mart of the Navy day cere-
monies and was sent at the invitation
Of the Secretary OF the Navy. At $3.50
the reception was discontinued to en-
able the receiver to be rushed across
working just in time to pick up San
Francisco station sending a Navy day
message from the Secretary of the Navy
70 radio amateurs Of the United States.
During the fiIst period of the drill
tomorrow night the LIST Division mem
bers will be given instruction in first
aid. The I'd Division deck ratings will
have signaling instruction, while the
engineers will have fire and engineer
room discussions. The deck force of
the Sd Fleet Division will be instructed
in rigging, while the engineer force will
have instruction in its speciality.
During the second half Of the drill
period all divisions will be divided up
so that the men will have class room
instruction in their special work.
Next Monday night the regular
monthly inspection of personnel will be
conducted by the commanding officer
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