Evening star., 1932-02-21
y. c.. Naval Reserve

| Owing to the fact that the LIST
battalion. United States Naval Re-
serves of the District Of Columbia, will
spend a large part OF the day In
Alexandria tomorrow in connection
with the Bicentennial parade, and also
because of the holiday, there will not
be any drill of the organization to-
morrow night.
However, In view of the proximity
of the annual inspection, which Is to
be held at the armory and aboard
the destroyer Hamilton on the night
of February 20, the unit cannot afford
to miss even one drill period, so orders
have been issued for an assembly to
be held Tuesday night.
| Plans have been completed for the
battalion to proceed to Alexandra,
where, headed by Lieut.. Harold E
Richardson, commander of the unit
it will participate In the parade The
organization will be taken to Alex-
andria aboard a naval tug and will
be returned Immediately following the
parade.
The destroyer Hamilton, which has
been at the Washington Navy Yard
for the purpose of training Reserves
left here yesterday for Alexandria, and
will remain there throughout tomorrow
in full dress. On Tuesday the vessel
will return to the Navy Yard, where
she will remain until after the annual
| inspection Of the local battalion
Drills and exercises of the organiza-
ton will be held aboard the vessel
before the regular naval board.
The day following the inspection the
vessel will proceed to Hampton Roads
for the purpose Of training Reserves
| in that area.
Ensign Gordon Reed, attached to
the lst Fleet Division. has rendered
his resignation in the Naval Reserve.
II was said that he is attending a
university here and has found it i'm
possible to carry out the naval work
while he Is attending school
Lieut.. Comdr Clarence Gulbranson
| U. S. N, commander of the destroyer
Hamilton, gave lecture last week be-
fore the members of the Aviation Re-
serve Division at the Naval Air Sta
tion at Anacostia. He spoke on naval
| traditions.
Lieut.. (Junior Grade) Roy c
Corberman, Communication Reserve
| las pCCl OIucIcu W 10 QdyS dCllte
| duty at the Navy Department, begin
ming on March l, in connection with q
fleet problem
Rev. Paul A. Lineweaver of St
Adams parish. has applied for COM
mission in the Chaplains' Corps of the
United States Naval Reserve with the
rank of lieutenant, Junior grade.
The local Naval Reserve battalion
has received an invitation from the
George Washington Bicentennial Com.
mission Of the District Of Columbia tC
. participate in a parade to be held ir
this city on Flag day.
Bernard Dorman, chief storekeepel
in the 2nd Fleet Division, has re-enlistec
for four years, it was announced at the
local Reserve headquarters.
In order to avoid difficulties with the
General Accounting Office, the Navy
Department has announced that II
authorizing the transfer of men from
the regular establishment to the flee
Naval Reserve upon completion OF II
or 20 years of service, it has given such
men a month and Is days over the
minimum amount OF the required
number Of those affected are unfamiliar
with the reasons for holding men in tn,
service longer than the required perioe
| in order to transfer them.
The explanation given by the Nav.
Department Is as follows: In one o.
, two cases, after a man was tranSferet
| to the fleet Naval Reserve, the Genera
Accounting Office advised that he dit
not have the required service for trans
fer, due to time lost several years pre-
viously and of which there was n,
record in the Bureau of Navigation. II
one case. it was pointed out. man wa
in naval hospital as result of sicl
misconduct. After he was returned t.
his ship for duty. in submitting hi
application for transfer to the flee
Naval Reserve, the commanding office
advised the Bureau of Navigation tina
the man had lost no time on his curren
enlistment. There was no record in tn
bureau of any lost time. Some tim
after the transfer had been effected
the General Accounting Office advise,
that the man had lost considerable tim
due to sick misconduct on his las
enlistment. Investigation disclosed tn
| fact that in returning the man to duty
the hospital had failed to notify tn
ship that the man had lost any time
AS result the transfer to the flee
Naval Reserve was declared illegal.
Upon consideration of this incident
it was pointed out, it was finally de
cided to adopt the practice of holdinl
men beyond the required time for trans
fer for period of month and Is days
as it was believed that if there were an.
lost time which had not been de
Quoted this period would no doubt
be sufficient in the majority of case
to offset any lost time.
In a few cases.. it was further eX
planned, where man has lost no tim
during his entire service the bureau
has approved his application for trans
fer on completion of the minimum
amount of the required service. II
other cases, where a man insists OF
being transferred Immediately upol
the completion of the minimum amour
of the required service, the bureau
has no alternative but to approve tn
transfer, to be effective on the dat
requested, as the law provides tina
man shall be transferred on the com
pletion of the necessary service if h
SO requests.
In the case in which the Bureau o
Navigation has authorized the trans
fer OF man and given him the month
and Is days extra, and he request
that he be transferred Immediately OF
completion of the minimum amour
of the required service, the bureau
has announced that it will change tn
effective date accordingly.
While it is true that all transfer
are now protected by the act of Ma.
%, 1880, in the case of 16-year men
it was added. the General Accounting
Office will cut mans pay down pc
cent if he has less than 16 years ant
l days service, day for day, for pa,
purpose. For instance, it was pointe,