Evening star., 1932-11-27

With but one more drill night be-
fore the annual inspection. the members
of the 1st Battalion, United States
Naval Reserves of the District OF Co
lumbia, will be put through an in
tensive test tomorrow night Tor the pur-
pose of finding any defects which can
| be remedied before the following Mon
day night, when the inspecting off1cers
from the Regular Navy will be present.
Lieut.. Harold Z. Richardson, com
manding officer of the battalion, said
that tomorrow night he will conduct an
inspection and go over every detail OF
the tests which are expected to be given
bv the members of the regular board.
If any opportunities for improvement
are observed the division commanders
will be given explicit instructions to
correct them before next Monday night,
as it is the desire of Lieut.. Richardson
to have the local battalion and each
division to make a higher mark this
year than ever before.
AS the unit is without a training de-
stroyer this year, all of the drills Will
have to be held in the armory. A
bridge and fire control apparatus has
been installed and the emergency drill
the battle stations will be simulated, so
far as it is possible, with the material
at hand.
Having gone through an intensive
training schedule through the year, par
ticularly during the Summer months
when the organization, like others
throughout the country, had to forego
their annual cruises as an economy
move. the battalion is said to be in a
better condition this year than ever
before and it is hoped that the units
will obtain higher marks.
The Inspection Board this week is in
the South It's schedule includes Bir-
mingham. Ala, Monday; New Orleans,
La, Tuesday; Houston, Tex, Wednes-
day; Dallas, Tex, Thursday and At
lanta. Ga, Friday. The board which
will make this trip from Washington
will include Capt Alexander Sharpe
and Lieut. c. r. Brown The board
will be assisted in the inspection at
Birmingham by Comdr. ]. c. Clark,
attached to the Navy recruiting station
there; at New Orleans by Lieut.. tJunior
Grade) T.. P Williams, attached to
headquarters of the 9th Naval Dis
trict at Houston by Lieut.. Comdr H.
B. Broadfoot, attached to the Navy
recruiting station there; at Dallas by
Lieut.. Comdr. E. B. Lapham, attached
to the Navy recruiting station in that
city, and at Atlanta by Lieut. j. P.
WOmDle, u, on duty IN connection with
the r. o. T. G. at the Georgia School
Of Technology.
In an effort to increase the interest
in the work of the Communication Re-
serve, Lieut.. c. A. Briggs, commanding
the unit has announced that it is
planned to give a small prize to the
Reservist who shows the best knowledge
in certain signals at a contest which
will be held in the near future.
Owing to the proximity of the annual
inspection, the Examining Board re-
Gently reported to conduct tests for
enlisted men recommended for promo
ton to the next higher grade has de-
ferred its work. Lieut. Richardson said
that one division has recommended Is
men for promotion, and the other two
are expected to recommend as many.
The examinations require several
months as each man has to be ex-
amined separately by the board and
individual papers made out in each
case. Owing to the highly specialized
service iAwas said, group examinations
cannot be conducted.
As the officers were needed with their