Evening star., 1931-11-29
DC. Naval Reserve

to have a series of drills on the ship
as long as the weather remains good
The presence of the vessel here will
provide, 1t was said. an excellent oppor
tunity for the officers to get some valu-
able information on the battle problem
which the local ReserviStS will be re-
CURED to solve during the next annual
inspection before a board OF regular
naval officers. Notice already has been
received here that the organization will
be examined on this feature at the
next meeting Of the board here in the
Spring, and we're urged to get In touch
with some naval vessel and examine the
secret publications on them for the
purpose of studying up on the problem.
Lieut.. Comdr. Clarence Culbranson,
U. S. NJ, Is in command OF the de-
stroyer, and he held long conference
last Monday night with Lieut.. Rlchard-
son during which he offered the ship
and its facilities to the local ReserviSts
for drills and instruction. He of1ered
to cooperate in every way possible with
the reserve officers and men IN aloHg
them in their purpose to increase tnelr
value as officers in the naval establish
ment in time of war.
Comdr. Gulbranson. It was announced,
also will deliver a lecture to the Re-
serve officers on the naval battle prop
| lens and give them every assistance IN
! their preparation for this event, Whlch
marks another stage OF progress IN tle
| training of the Reserve. Heretofore the
! inspections have consisted largely OF
| examinations of the results OF basic
| training, but it was announced by the
department that the Reserve organlZa-
| tions seemed to have progressed lar
| enough now to take up the heavier
uroblems of strategy and battle problem
work
Lieut.. Comdr. Whitfield. executive
officer of the Hamilton, is planning TO
| lecture to the officers OF the battalion
on navigational instruments. including
| the Iron mike" the automatic helms
! man.
| The question of week end cruises was
discussed in an informal way, but these
matters will be left for later considera-
| ton. Lieut. Richardson said that while
! they did not prove popular with the
men when the Upshur was here, never
| theless the men may take different
viewpoint now, and if the weather keeps
open, it is possible that they will be
given a tryout. However, it was said
| that with the prevalence OF the warm
weather here, there Is a possibility that
| If he ship went out on a run 1t might
not be able to get the men back in
cause Of the prevalence Of fog. 1t was
said that it took the vessel two days to
come up the Potomac River on account
of the fog along the waterway.
In the meantime, it was said that
| the engineer forces Of all of the divi-
sions will start right into work in the
| engine and fire rooms of the vessel, re-
ceiving instruction from the Regulars
They will go through every detail Of the
procedure for getting under way, from
| lighting off the boilers to getting up a
good head Of steam, preparatory to de-
parture on a voyage. The engineers
will be given a thorough training and
every opportunity seized to give them a
full amount of instruction on each drill
night.
The deck forces of the three divisions
will be trained during the prevailing
warm weather. and Will be given in
struction in the use of ground tackle
! The guns and gun fire control system
will also be used by the organizations
and it is expected that with the aid OF
the regulars they will reach a high
state of efficiency by the time for the
next target practice at sea while they
are on their annual cruises. They will