Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-20

at the Reserve headquarters here, ha
been able to accomplish someth1nl
which has been done by but few otheI
Reserve air squadrons in the country
The local citizen flyers, it was said
have been able to maintain two-wa.
radio communication between the fly
ing planes and the afr station and be
tween the planes in the squadron b!
the blinker light system.
During the experiments along thi!
line, which we're held last week, thu
squadron was in charge of Lieut.. M. M
Cloukey, executive officer Of the loca
aviation division.
Seven candidates for Navy flight
training at Squantum, Mass, and Pen
sacola. Fla, terminating with com
missions as enslgns, United States Ma.
val Reserve, award of the coveted naval
aviator's wings and year OF active
duty with the aircraft squadronS OF the
feet, will shortly be selected from young
male college graduates now residing IN
the District of Columbia, ACCORDING 70
a statement issued last week by Lieut.
Comdr. E. w. Rounds, U. S. N. R., COM
manding officer of the LIST Aviation d.
vision. VN-6R, at the Naval Air Station
Anacostia.
Authority was recently issued by the
Bureau of Navigation, Navy Depart
lnent. for the selection OF l42 candl-
dates for fight training by the Navy
a fixed quota of potential flyers being
allotted to each of the 13 naval dis
tricts of the United States, plus an
additional quota Of seven for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Competition for selection as can
didate for fight training from the
District of Columbia is open to all resi-
dents of the District who can pass the
rigid requirements established by tne
NAVY Department, it was announced
The full list Of requirements Is given
as follows:
An applicant for Naval Reserve flight
training must be a male citizen of the
United States or its insular possessions.
He must be not less than Is years OF
age when first enlisted in the Naval
Reserve and not over 81 years and 4
months of age at the time he Is de-
tailed to flight training at Pensacola
Applicants must be unmarried and re-
main so until training is completed
They must be mentally, morally, physi-
caIly and psychologically qualihed Tor
enlistment. commission and Hight
training in the Naval Reserve.
They must agree to remain on such
active duty as the Navy Department
may authorize, not to exceed one year
after being commissioned, or for total
period of 81 months. They also must
agree to maintain flying efnclency IN SO
far as practicable by asSociating with
Naval Reserve aviation unit after COM
pleting training as above outlined.
They must admit three letters of recon-
mendation signed by persons of recog-
rized standing in the community IN
which the applicant lives.
The following classes of applicants
are declared eligible for selection as
candidates: Graduates of the Naval
Reserve officers Training Corps units
who are certified by the Bureau OF
Navigation, Navy Department, as ellgl-
BILE for commission in the Naval Re-
serve and who are recommended Tor
Naval Reserve aviation flight training
by the professor of naval science and
tactics of the units concerned; gradu-
ates of universities and colleges who
have satisfactorily completed the
course in naval reserve aviation con-
Quoted by the department Of naval
science and tactics attached to such
institutions. and who are recommended
for Naval Reserve fight training by the
professor of naval science and tactics;
engineering graduates Of universities
and colleges who have satisfactorily
completed an aviation ground school
course approved by the Bureau Of Navi-
CATION.
Such graduates, it was announced,
will be required to present certificate
of graduation, or a diploma from these
institutions, together with certificate
showing satisfactory completion Of an
approved ground school course.
Others eligible include graduates of
universities and colleges who present
the following documents: Certificate Of
graduation, or diploma; certificate
signed by the registrar showing that
they possess a mathematical education
which as a minimum shall cover a
complete treatise.
Candidates who are unable to qualify
under the first four educational re-
Quirements as given above but whose
training is such as to give. them an
equivalent knowledge, may be consid-
cred. it was said If selected, their
applications and documentary evidence
of record and education must be sub
mitted to the Bureau of Navigation for
final decision.
Applicants must pass the standard
naval physical, psychological and
moral examination for flight training
Selection of candidates will be made
by board of three officers at the
Naval Air Station at Anacostia, D. C.
Final enlistment of candidates will not
be made until the Bureau of Naviga-
ton has reviewed the applications and
acted on the recommendations of the
commandant of the Washington Navy
Yard.
Applicants from the District of Co.
hInhia, it was announced, should sub
init letter to the commanding officer,
VN-6R, U. S. Naval Air Station, Ana
costa, D. c. prior to April l, next,
giving complete information as to the
general and educational requirements
and inclosing three letters of recon-
mendation from fpersons of recognized
standing in the District of Columbia.
All applicants WILL be informed by let
ter of the date and time they should
appear for examipation by the selection
board,
Six enlisted members of the local
reserve aviation division have been or
dered transferred from class w to class
We because of failure or inability to at
tend drills of the squadron.
Their names were made public at the
local reserve headquarters as follows:
F. v. Allen, aviation machinist's mate,
second class: L. E. Williams, seaman,
e.
ney, s. K. Primer and r. Kerr, all sea-
men, second class.
Lawrence B. Julian, 1920 Thirty
ninth street. has enlisted in the Second
Fleet Division as a seaman, second
class.
Several changes in commissioned
personnel of the local feet divisions are
impending following the requests OF
two officers for transfer from the feet
to the volunteer branch on account OF
business reasons. Lieut., junior grade
Gordon w. Daisley. Third Division, and
Lieut., junior grade. John w. Malley
Second Fleet Division, both have re-
quested transfer,
One of the above vacancies, it was
said. will be given to Ensign John R
Rowland if the Navy Department acts
favorably upon the requests. while sew
1ra1 1a6norc-ara haiY1p considered for