Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27

Another change in the command OF
the list Battalion, United States Naval
Reserve Of the District Of Columbia,
viii be made tomorrow night. When
Lieut.. Samuel w. Stinemetz, who has
headed the organization for the past
two years, viii step from the active to
the volunteer branch. Lieut.. Slime
metz Is relinquiShing the command
voluntarily because of the pressure OF
his private business, which makes II
impossible for him to give to the or
ganization the time that 1t requires.
The relief of Lieut.. Stinemetz will
render 1t necessary TO make several
changes In the division commands, to
fill the vacancies and his departure will
create another vacancy in the active
Reserve to be filled by transfer to the
organization of some commissioned
member Of the volunteer branch. The
commissioned personnel is limited
numerically in the active branch.
Lieut.. Harold e. Richardson. COM
niander Of the headquarters division
and executive officer Of the battalion,
It was reported, will be detailed to COM
mand the organization. Lieut.. Rich
ardson has been executive officer ever
since Lieut.. StinemetZ took the COM
n1and, and has been his chief aid in
laying down and carrying out the pro-
gram of training which has raised the
efnciency Of the organization during the
past two years.
1t Is expected that Lieut.. John F.
Moore, now commander Of tie I'd
Fleet Division, will be detailed as exec
ntive officer of the organization, and
that his command will be filled by the
detail of Lieut.. B. M. Coleman from
the LIST Fleet Division.
The changes are expected to take
place at the regular drill tomorrow
night, when, it is understood, Lieut..
Stinemetz will deliver his farewell adj
dress to the members of the organiza-
ton. 1t is known that Lieut.. Stine-
metz has contemplated this step for
some time. as he has declared that the
work of the organization was becoming
so pressing that it made it necessary
for him to give too much of the time
needed in his private business.
This latest change is another instance
of the demands of the service on the
time Of Reserve officers, forcing the vet
Grams to give up their duties. It was
pointed out that not only does the COM
missioned personnel, particularly those
members with commands requiring
much administrative work, have to give
the necessary time on the regular drill
night, but they must put in consider
able time during the days Of the week
In order to keep up with the work. In
addition they are required to put in
considerable time in study in order to
keep up with the naval progress, and
they must make plans for the drills Of
the organization SO that things work
smoothly on drill nights.
Not only is this time required, but
instructions have been issued this year
that at the next annual inspection the
organizations will be put through a
battle problem. Where the organlza-
tons do not have training ships avail
able for drilling, 1t will be necessary
for them to plan and devise means Of
ASsimilating the work In the armory.
This win Involve plans for comnuni-
cation lines, and other equipment, such
as Is already available on destroyers.
They must also use their own time in
visiting ships in order to get certain
secret publications which will be re-
quired in order TO properly prepare
for this important drill.
Lieut.. Comdr. r. s. Field. former
inspector instructor Of the local Re-
serve battalion and subsequently aide
TO the commandant of the washington
Navy Yard, was . visitor ct the bat
talon Monday night. Comdr. Field
now Is aide on the star Of Rear Ad-
mirI Q. G. Bloch, commandant OF the
Atlantic Training Squadron. Admiral
tngton Navy Yard at the time Comdr.
Field was aide there.
Two officers and three enlisted men
OF the local Reserve, who were ASSIGNED
to. duty aboard the battleship Wyo-
ming for training cruise which took
them 70 Halifax, are due to return 20
Annapolis Wednesday for release from
active duty. They are Lieut.. G. A.
Briggs, commander Of the local Conn
munication Reserve; Ensign z. r.
johnson, engineer; Chief Machinist's
Mate g. A. Lusby; Radiomau (Second
Glass; J. r. Yost and Seaman (Ffrst
Glass; II. NJ. FIiegner, the latter two
members Of the Naval Communication
Reserve.
Ensign John w. Ehultz, Pay Corps.
and Ensign d. II. LindmAri, line officer
nave completed Is days training d1Itv
aboard the cruiser Omaha, during
which the vessel cruised from New.
port, r. l., TO Hampton Roads.
Lieut.. comdr Thomas J. Kennedy
has completed IS days OF training d,,tv
city. " '"A'
Ensign G. c. Ward has completed
10 GAYS OF training duty at the Naval
Ensign Robert Sanders, now is taking
MS annual Is days Of training At the
Naval Air Station at Anacostia.
The local aviation division, which has
Us headquarters at the Naval Air
Station at Anacostia, Is to have an
ofncer on permanent active duty Ia
handle the affairs of the organizatjon
Lieut.. Rounds will retain command. bIIt
IL was pointed out that so many uroh
lens come up between drill periods
that II takes too much time of the
commanding ofncer from his civilian
employment.
Lieut.. (Junior Grade) Malcolm M
Cloukey has been ordered to active duty
Tor an indefinite period TO take change
Of the Naval Reserve base. He has
had considerable active duty. IL was
said, and only recently completed a long
tour Of duty at the Naval Air Station
at Pens acola, Fla.
The local aviation squadron now has
six planes assigned to IT, based at the
Naval Air Station at Anacostia, and it
Is authorized TO have six enlisted n1en
on indefinite active duty to look after
this equipment. OF this number. four
now are on actiVe duty and two are
yet to be ordered to duty.
The Bureau Of Navigation Of the
Navy Department reported that it has
received letter from the commanding
ofHcer Of Naval Reserve division which
states that the progress test pamphlets
have been used every drill night with
the instruction OF a boatswains mate
and coxswain OF the division. These
men, 1t was pointed out, have been
greatly interested In the results at
tanned, and on certain occasions when