Evening star., 1932-02-21

only 20 per cent in his retainer pay
instead Of the usual rs per cent.
In the case of q man transferring
to the feet Naval Reserve after serv-
ing 20 years, he. of course, would not
be checked any pay, as he received
the full Is per cent longevity increase
as soon as he completed l6 years serv-
ice. However, the Bureau Of Naviga-
ton announces that 1t prefers that
these men remain for month and
Is days extra to avoid any cause for
checkage.
The regular Navy Inspection Board,
which Is making its annual tour Of
Naval Reserve organizations through
out the country. will spend three days
Of this week in Connecticut. On Tues
day it will visit Hartford, Wednesday,
New Haven and Thursday, Bridgeport.
The board which will make these
inspections is to be composed Of Capt.
John Downes, president, and Capt.
Alexander Sharp, jr, from the Navy
Department here, and Comdr. Stephen
Doherty, attached to headquarters,
Sd Naval District.
The following special instructions
have been issued by the Navy Depart
ment for the inspection of the local
Naval Reserves on the night Of Feb
ruary 20:
After the battalion has been pre-
sented to the senior member of the
Inspection Board and the personnel
inspected by the board, division COM
manders will be instructed to pro-
ceed with the muster; each division
must have an up-to-date typewriter
list of all FL men attached, and list
of volunteer Naval Reservists present;
divisions will be brought to shoulder
arms and mustered by petty officer
from the above mentioned lists in a
military manner; divisions will be
given credit only for such men as are
actually present in ranks and answer
the muster"
The Navy Department has announced
that it continues to receive applications
from enlisted personnel of the Reserve
force for the navigation course. The
policy 1t is stated, is to approve these
requests only when the immediate COM
manding officer states that the ap-
| plicant is of officer material and is
training for a commission. 1t was
pointed out that the commanding Of
| ficer's statement that the applicant is
| VI OluCcI udtcIldl LIpllcS lIldI lie has
the basic education to undertake the
study of navigation successfully.
1t was said, however, that fully half
Of those so recommended in the past
have been found to be lacking in the
above requirement, indicating that the
commanding officers investigation was
either incomplete or else based on a
| faulty idea as to the educational
standard necessary.
In general, it was said, enlisted men
so recommended should be college
graduates and their studies should have
included all mathematics up to and
including spherical geometry and spher-
ical trigonometry. In some cases such
as with rated quartermasters who have
had active service, the above require
ments are too strict, but in few cases
will it be found that a man with less
! than a college course. or else active
experience with navigation afioat, is
qualified to take the course. In the
future, the department statement said
| further, enlisted applicants whose solu-
tions indicate that they are lacking in
| the basic knowledge necessary for this
course will be dropped from the course
as soon as this becomes certain. In
order to avoid the necessity Of such