Evening star., 1932-01-31
D. c.. Naval Reserve

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| down by one night the time available in
which the local reserVists may prepare
for their annual inspection which is to
be held on the evening of February 29,
before board of regular naval Of
ficers from the Navy Department. This
board, it was said, probably will be
composed Of Capt. John Downs, Capt.
Alexander Sharp, jr.; Comdr. r. A.
White, Comdr. c. T. Osborne and Lieut..
w. F. Hinckley, all of the United States
Navy. The latter-named officer is in
spector-instructor of the local battalion.
1t was pointed out, however, that the
| whole board usually does not make the
inspection, and exact information on
the personnel will not be available until
1t reports on inspection night.
Drills and exercises will continue to
be held on the Destroyer Hamilton I'M
til the inspection night. Although Of
t1ctal advtces have not been received,
it was said to be almost certain that
the vessel will remain here until after
the inspection so that the tests may
be given the local personnel aboard
the ship on which they make their an
nual tour Of sea duty. Under present
orders the Hamilton is scheduled to GO
to the Hampton Roads area February
%, after participating in the cere-
monies at Alexandria on February 90
The local reServists, under Lieut..
Harold E. Richardson, also will partici-
pate in the parade in the Virginia City,
but it was said that they would not
go there on the Hamilton Transporta-
ton Is to be arranged for the battalion
aboard naval tugs, and the organization
will return to Washington Immediately
following its march in the parade.
Ensign Roland W. Charles was Or
dered to IS days of training duty aboard
the Destroyer Hamilton. He reported
for duty Monday.
Brady J. Dayton, jr., son of Lieut.
B. j. Dayton, u S. N, enlisted in the
battalion last week as seaman, second
class, and was assigned to the 1st
Fleet Division. 1t was said at the bat
talon that young Dayton intends to
seek one of the 25 appointments to the
United States Naval Academy which
are allowed the Reserve annually. His
father was formerly on duty here as
commanding officer of the Destroyer
Abel P. UpShur, formerly assigned as
training ship of the local Reserve, and
who also was inspector instructor of the
local battalion.
Commandants Of naval districts have
been instructed by the Navy Depart
ment to encourage Merchant Marine
reservlstS, who are at present not en-
ployed, or who otherwise have time
available, to take training duty afloat
in naval vessels for period of Is to
80 days. This duty, however, is to be
performed without pay and the appli-
cantS must pay their own travel eX-
penses to and from the assignment and
their mess bills aboard the vessels to
which they may be assigned.
instructions, it was said, have been
issued to commanders of the various
major subdivisions of the United States
Fleet and to the commander of the
Special Service Squadron to cooperate
to the fullest possible extent in this
matter. Several officers are now with
the fleet for training One member
who completed 30-day period, the de-
partment says, reported that as a re-
suit of his active duty with the fleet,
he has received promotion to chief mate
of his ship.
The following officers of the local
Naval Reserve took part in the sessions
OF the annual meeting of the United
States Naval Reserve Officer Associa-
t@N44' A1ANub. OOiiil p1OOlG, LleuI. UOIlll
M. Fewell, Lieut.. Charles H. williams
Lleuts., junior grade. John B. Cleland
ir. and Gordon w. Daisley, and Ensigns
Bertram H. Lindman and Morris
WeinStock.
AS the time approaches for the ulti-
mate disbandment of the Headquarters
Fleet Division of the long battalion, it
was said to be probable that some of the
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places in the other feet divisions Prac-
tically all of the men of the lower rat
ingS, 1t was indicated, have been taken
care of.
1t was pointed out that in the line
Fleet Divisions that there has been a
limit placed by the Navy Department
on the number of men of each rating
This was done so that the Reserve or
ganizations would not become top heavy
with men of higher ratings. However,
these places are mostly filled by veteran
Reservists, many of whom saw active
service during the World War and are
valuable men in the divisions for the
training of the younger enlisted men.
The high rated men in the Headouar-
ters Division also are war trained men.
and while the local battalion officers
dislike to loose their services as instruc-
tors, it appears now that it will be nee
essary to transfer them to the Volunteer
Reserve.
The disarmament of the headquar-
ters divisions throughout the country
was ordered by the Navy Department as
an economy move.
Lieut.. Richards of the destroyer Ham
llton has announced that Lieut. Comdr.
Clarence Gulbranson, commanding off,
Ger of that ship, has billets available
aboard the ship for members of the
local Reserve who might want to put in
for active service for an indefinite pc
riod this Spring. While the service
would be without pay, it was said that
the men accepting would be given quar-
terS and mess allowance and would re-
ceive liberty the same as any regular
member of the crew.
q During the Spring months, it was said,
the Hamilton will be making cruises in
the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries and
that it will be an opportunity for en-
listed ReservistS to receive much valu-
able training.
The following changes in commits
stoned personnel of the Reserve have
been announced:
Appointments Comdr. James
W. Baldwin, Ensign Richard S. Cass,
Lieut.. (Junior Grade) Herbert A. Drei-
sacker, Lieut.. (Junior Grade) Karl l..
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