Evening star., 1932-05-01

| have been transferred to headquarters,
11th Naval District.
The records have been received here
Of Chester A. Walker, officers cook. first
class, who has just completed 20 years
Of service in the Regular Navy.
The Navy Department has issued IN
| structions saying that it Is desired that
ton for personnel of the United States
Naval Aviation Reserve be standardized
at Naval Reserve aviation bases and
wherever aviation Reserve divisions Of
the Naval Reserve are located.
1t was pointed out that. it will not
be possible for Reserve personnel to
devote as much time to communica-
tionS as is required at Pensacola. but
such time as is available should be de-
voted to this course.
A code speed of Is words per min
ute, in plain English, will be considered
as the standard speed for transmitting
and receiving. All Reserve naval avi-
ators will be expected to attain this
proficiency as fast as practicable,
without interfering with the prescribed
flight syllabus.
In explaining the needs Of the Naval
Reserve to the House Appropriations
Committee, Capt. Schofield pointed out
that the Naval Reserve occupies an i'm
portant place in the plans for the ma
tional defense. Definite places and def
mite duties have been assigned, which
cannot be filled or executed by the
regular Navy under its peacetime
strength. The Naval Reserve is in
tended to augment the regular Navy
Immediately on the outbreak of war,
and, with the regular Navy, bears the
first shock of battle in meeting the
enemy at sea. The size of the Naval
Reserve it is desired to maintain and
train during peace time is only lust
sufficient for this purpose, he explained,
and not at all commensurate with
what will be required as the war pro-
crosses. The regular Navy, he said
augmented by the Naval Reserve. forms
the front bulWarkS, behind which addi-
tional personnel can be trained as the
war progresses.
Representative Ayres said to Capt.
Schofield that the latter stated that
upon mobilization for war, each diyi-
sion would be required to officer and
man a definitely named vessel now out
OF commission, or to form definitely
specified aviation squadrons. He
pOlIlIcu OuI tIldL WIlGI The CO01mlJJeG
was considering the 1927 appropriation
bill they were told for the first time
that definite plan had been evolved
covering the Reserve needs and assign
ments in the event of war At the
same time. Mr.. Ayres continued. it was
stated that the objective as to the sea-
going branch was to provide officers
and men for 134 decommissioned YES
sells. mostly destroyers Since then. the
Representative continued, the United
States destroyer situation has changed.
He said the Navy now has a large num-
Der on the disposal list, and the Ma
ton must come down to 10000 tons
under the London treaty. He then
asked the naval captain if the require
ments in officers and men have been
modified by this change in the de-
stroyer situation.
Capt Schofield said that the vessels
to be manned by the Reserve organiza-
tions in the event of war are not con-
fined to deStroyers. but include all
classes of vessels out of commission
and those in commission with crews be-
low the wartime complement. For
example, he said, the battleshipS Wyo-
ming and Arkansas, now in the Train
ing Squadron, will require a material
increase in officers and men in the
event of war, and some of the Reserve