Evening star., 1932-04-24

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Louis A. Wss,rle, seaman, first class
! Volunteer Reserve, has been ordered
| honorably discharged upon expiration
of his enlistment.
John P. Currie, seaman, second class
Volunteer Reserve, has been orderee
| transferred to the Fleet Reserve anc
! assigned to the 1st Division.
| Spring dress was the order at the
| Reserve headquarters this week, when
white hats were made uniform.
The following separations from the
Naval Reserve were announced by the
Navy Department:
Resigned O. B. James. En-
| sign c. F. Gross, Ensign A. M. Thomp-
son, Lieut. (Junior Grade H. B. Cowen
Lieut. Comdr. A. l. Smith, Ensign j. F
I Elliott, Ensign A. w. Magnussen, Lieut.
Comdr. r. H. Gamble, Ensign A
Borchers, Lieut.. G. j. Regelman, Ensign
S. Ransom, Lieut.. (Junior Grade) F. P
Pret. Ensign V. I. Mower, Lieut.. E. B
Todd, Ensign j. w. Welch, Lieut.. (Juniol
Grade S. R. Jaeger, Lieut.. (JunioI
Gradel H. F. Nickerson, Lieut.. D. D
johnson, Lieut.. Comdr. M. L, Kelly
Lieut.. r. Kramer. Ensign r. H, Koenig
Ensign J. G. Smeby, Lieut.. Comdr. M
Z. Brown, Lieut.. p w. Zieske, Ensign
r. B. La Rue, Ensign A. E. Moss, Lieut.
(Junior Grade E. D. Mckay, Ensign
T, F. Adams, Lieut.. (Junior Grade) A.
w. Rynhart, Ensign c. V. Reeves, Lieut.
(Junior Grade E. F. Kramer, Ensign
F. A. Strehecker. Lieut. A. G. Hutloff,
Ensign r. G. Wilkins, Ensign C. Reed,
Lieut.; L. McCutcheon, Lieut.. A. l.
Walsh, Lieut.. Junior Grade G. G
Ensign G, T. Colten.
Discharged-Lieut. (Junior Grade) w.
J. Allen. Ensign C. Finsterbusch, En-
sign G. p. Lord, Lieut.. (Junior Grade)
T. o. Brown, Lieut.. (Junior Grade) A.
E. Brunschwig, Lieut.. A. L. Mitchell
Ensign p A. Beck, Lieut. Comdr. J. M
Whitsitt and Ensign D. c. Murray.
Honorahly discharged-Lieut E. W.
Sporrong, Lieut.. (Junior Grade) H G..
Dakan, Lieut.. (Junior Grade) r. w
Farrell, Ensign J. P. williams, Lieut..
(Junior Grade j. Bonforte and Lieut..
H. H. Van Cott.
Retired-Lieut (Junior Grade) L. A.
de Sonier, Lieut.. S. S. Greene Ensign
]. ], Donahue. Lieut.. Cemdr. G. Cullen,
Lieut.. j. G. Ross, Lieut.. G. S. B. Darl-
ington, Lieut.. B. F. Spreeslis, Lieut.. H.
]. Parent, Lieut.. T. Howarth, Ensign H.
F. Berg. Lieut.. Comdr, j. G. Nord and
Lieut.. (Junior Grade) A. L. Thompson.
Deaths-Lieut. H. R. Coleman, Lieut..
]. C. Sweeney, Lieut.. Comdr O. Oleson,
Lieut.. Comdr. j. S. Collier, Ensign P. j.
Eldridge, Lieut.. j. Rivers and Ensign
P. E. Parks.
The Navy Department has announced
that the Bureau of Navigation now is
in the process of sending a letter to
each officer who for any reason is over
due In qualifying for his promotion and
will consequently become due for dis
charge ON July l next. Although wide
publicity has been given to the fact
that such officers will be discharged,
individual letters are being sent once
more informing them of their status.
The discharge which will be issued un-
der these conditions will be in all re-
spects an honorable one.
1t appears, a department statement
says, that greater number of officers
than was first anticipated will be dis
charged under the regulation placing a
time limit on qualification for promo
tlon, as considerable number of officers
Will evidently fail to complete the ex-
time specified. The bureau regrets. and
IN one sense it Is unfortunate, the state
ment says, that so many of the officers
CT the Reserve will be lost. Many of
them have performed long and credit
able service. But, on the other hand
the bureau considers necessary for eff
cheney the enforced separation from the
service Of those who either find it i'm
practicable or who through loss of
interest do not qualify for promotion.
The bureau has appointed board of
three officers to go through the records
OF all officers who may be discharged
under this provision in order definitely
to determine and decide upon the status
OF each officer before final discharge.
The Navy Department has informed
Reserve organizations that the inspec-
ton board did not find that the units
had made the use of the visual signal
manual as suggested, and as a result it
discovered that many organizations were
deficient in this important part Of naval
training. 1t found that the general
standard of signaling was no better at
the last inspection than prior to the
issuance of letter notifying them to
engage in this practice.