Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-01-03

for the inspection, these points will be
stressed by the fleet division command
erss it was pointed out, with view to
bringing the marks of the battalion as
high as possible in the hope that the
may be strong contender
for the trophies awarded each year to
the division and battalion. respectively
having the highest figures of merit as
determined by the inspecting officers.
The most noticeable defect last year
1t was said, was in signaling by the
organization as whole. While the
signal gang was found proficient, the
seamen were questioned by the board
and were not found to be so efficient
From now until the time of the in
spection all of the members of the
seaman branch will be given instruc-
ton in signaling, particularly sema-
phore.
First aid also will be stressed Lieut.
Hunt, Medical Department, will give q
series Of lectures and instruction or
first aid to the battalion as a whole
and viii give lectures on special first
aid work to the engine room and fire
room forces.
Considerable attention is to be giver
to emergency drill work, such as fire
and collision, battle quarters, abandon
ship, etc. A new deck has been in.
stalled in the Armory, and it will bt
necessary, according to Lieut.. Richard.
son, to lay out new ship outline on i
for the purpose of placing emergency
stations to demonstrate to the inspec.
tors the efficiency of the men in an.
sWering these calls. All of this train.
ing will have to be disploved in the
Armory, as the training ship will no
be here at the time of the inspection.
While the new deck was being in.
stalled in the drill hall the emergency
drill work had to be abandoned, anc
the men given class room instruction
while the officers have been using a.
much of the time as possible in prepa.
ration for their examinations in battle
problems. The Inspection Board fol
the first time will test the officers
knowledge in this important work this
year. In their studies they have beer
given material aid by Lieut.. Comdr
Clarence Gulbranson, commander Of
the Hamilton, and the other officers
attached to that vessel.
Lieut.. F. c. Weisner of the United
States Naval Reserve, who fought ir
the Battle of Jutland as an officer oil
the German navy, gave a lecture or
that conflict between the German anG
British naval fleets to the officer per-
sonnel of the local battalion last Mon
day night
He displayed a diagram showing the
positions Of the various fleets at diff
ferent times during the progress of the
battle and explained the purposes
sought by the two feet commanders
The various changes during the course
of the battle also we're explained in
detail, and officers who heard the lee
ture declared that they received more
valuable instruction out of the talk
than they could have obtained after
months Of reading.
Lieut. w. P. Hinckley, U. S. N. in
spector- Instructor of the local battalion
Will discuss 'Destroyers in the Battle
OF Jutland" in lecture to be given BY
him before the battalion's commissioned
personnel on the evening of January
II. Lieut. Hinckley studied this prob
lem thoroughly while at the Naval War
College at Newport, R. I.
Lieut.. Comdr. Clarence Gulbranson
commander Of the destroyer Hamilton
Is scheduled to deliver a lecture to the
Reserve officers tomorrow on The War
College Correspondence Course and Its
Value to Reserve officers"
The annual meeting of the Naval
Reserve Officers Association of the
United States will be held here Janu-
airy %. Officers of the local battalion
Will handle certain of the details In
connection with the meeting and the
annual banquet. Resolutions affecting
the Naval Reserve as whole will be
adopted by the convention and sent to
the Navy Department
With two of the divisions of the local
battalion showing falling off in at
tendance, Lieut.. Richardson has warned
the personnel that repeated absences
would mean that some of the men
would face transfer to the volunteer
branch of the Reserve for failure to
maintain efficiency He reminded them
that the Headquarters Division has
been ordered abolished and that mem
bers OF that division would either have
to be transferred t. the volunteers or
to one of the Fleet divisions. He in
dlcated that unless there was a pick
up in the attendance of the affected
divisions they would be reduced suf-
ficiently by transfer to the Volunteers
and that the vacancies thus created
would be filled by men now awaiting
assignment in the Headquarters Divi-
sion.
Ensign Gordon Dyke was officer of
the deck last Monday night, while G. C..
Wynne, gunners mate, first class, was
petty officer of the watch; c. F.. Will
liamS, signalman, second class, was
quartermaster: w. S. Gessford, fireman,
third class, sentry; G.. K. Jecko, sea-
man, second class, battalion COM
manders orderly.