Evening star., 1933-06-11
D. c.. Naval Reserve

Plans are being formulated for q de-
tachment Of the 1st Battalion, United
States Naval Reserves of the District
Of Columbia, to attend the Worlds Fair.
Lieut.. B. M. Coleman, commanding
oficer Of the local battalion, has sent
letter to each member Of the bat
talon, outlining the proposal. which
involves the officers and men paying
their own expenses. as there are no
Federal funds to even pay for the an
nual cruises and drills Of the reserve
personnel.
Lieut.. Coleman's letter outlining the
plan follows:
Through the courtesy of Lieut.. Col.
j. j. Staley commanding the 9Th
Marine Reserve Brigade, Washington,
D. c., the 1st Battalion, United States
Naval Reserve, has been offered the
opportunity of sending along with the
Marine Brigade on its annual encamp-
ment to be held in or near Chicago
during August, 1888, three platoons Of
Naval Reserve bluejackets Chicago
was picked by the Marines as the site
of their camp in order that the men
might see the Worlds Fair now being
held there. The Marine Reserves have
no funds available for travel, pay or
rations, and each man Is paying his
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they have reduced their necessary costs
to the following: Railroad fare, Wash
ington. D. c., to Chicago and return,
SIS; rations for entire period, including
meals on train to and from Chicago,
81; minimum necessary expenditure, S19.
Members of the 1st Battalion are
offered the opportunity Of going to the
encampment at the above special rates.
It Is desired that the 1st Battalion be
properly represented at this camp and
one platoon of men from each division
will be selected to comprise our landing
force unit to attend"
It was said that ready response was
received from the enlisted men at the
last drill, and 1t is probable that good
sized contingent will be sent. During
their stay In Chicago, 1t was indicated
that the expense Of quarters would be
saved by having the men sleep either
at the Great Lakes Naval Training
Station or at the Naval Reserve Armory
In Chicago.
Lieut.. c. A. Briggs, commanding the
Communication Reserve Unit, has an
nounced that class devoted to the In
struction of feet recruits meets on
Monday nights. Three months are re-
quired to complete this course.
Frank r. Coon, jr., enlisted as q
pharmacists mate, second class, and
has been assigned to the battalion stah
for duty. It was said that he has had
six years previous service.
Rear Admiral H. " Butler. COM
mandant of the Washington Navy Yard,
has issued orders suspending for the
Summer months the series Of talks
planned for the instruction OF the
members of the Volunteer Reserve. 1t
was indicated that they probably viii be
resumed again in the Fall.
The U. s. Destroyer Hamilton Of the
Atlantic Training Squadron, which has
been here for several weeks so that the
local reservists could have their drills
aboard here, left Thursday for Balti-
more, Md, where she will remain a
short time for the use of the Baltimore
Reserve Battalion.
When she left she had aboard her
for voyage Lieut.. (Junior Grade j. B.
Cleland and two enlisted men Of the
local battalion, Signalman Second
Glass; c. H. Briggs and Seaman
(Second Glass; H. P. Sellers. These
men wiz remain with the vessel until
She reaches Baltimore and VIII return
overland. =
The Hamilton Is the training squad
ron vessel assigned to this area for
Cruising Reserves during their annual
training period, but as these have been
suspended this year as an economy
move, the vessel is visiting various ports