Evening star., 1933-05-07
D. c.. Naval Reserve

A special meeting Of the Naval Com
munication Reserve, according to an
announcement of Lieut.. G. A. Briggs
commanding officer, will be held at the
armory Tuesday night, at which Lieut.
w. F. Hinckley, who has been inspec-
tor-instructor for the District of Co.
lumbia battalion for the past two
years, will give farewell talk to the
organization, prior to his departure fol
| the West Coast to report aboard the
U. S. battleship Arkansas for duty.
Lieut.. Briggs also announced that
in order to have as large q turnout az
possible, this meeting will take the
place OF the one scheduled ON May IL
Lieut.. Comdr. T. ]. Kennedy. Medi-
cal Corps, who for several years has
been chief surgeon of the 1st Battalion
Of the Reserve here, having qualified
as flight examiner, will assume duties
! this week as flight surgeon Of the Local
aviation Reserve division, with head
quarters at the United States Naval All
Station at AnacoStia, D. C.
Lieut.. Gunior grade) John L.. Card
well, who has been assistant to DR.
Kennedy, will become chief surgeon
Of the battalion, it was said. To I'll
the vacancy created by his promotion, a
recommendation has been made that
Lieut.. Cunior grade) Henry A. Hornthal
Medical Corps be transferred from the
volunteer to the fleet reserve.
With the placing Of the new 4-inch
drill gun in the armory. work has been
started on the new fire control tower
and telephone system throughout the
| armory. The tower Is being erected by
Chief Boatswain's Mate Joseph Stat
terry, and the telephone system is being
| Installed under the direction Of Ensign
John r. Rowland, battalion adjutant
With the tower and telephone system
in place, 1t was said. the members OF
the battalion will be able to drill under
| substantially the same conditions as
| they would find aboard a destroyer
| The installation of such a system is
the battalion training program, espe-
cially in view of the fact that the or
ganization did not have an opportunity
| to train aboard destroyer last year
and there is some doubt now whether
the cruises will be held this year.
The Naval Reserve Inspection Board
spent last week visiting the Reserve
| units at SQuantum and Boston, Mass
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cheue. N Y; Philadelphia, Pa, and
Camden. N. J. The board members
who were on this inspection tour we're
Capt. Alexander Sharp, Comdr. c. T.
| Osburn. Lieut.. Comdr O. o. Kessing
| and Lieut.. w. G. Tomlinson, all from
the Navy Department here; Lieut.. j. E
Nolan, attached 10 Headquarters, 1st
Naval District: LkuA H. L. Naff, at
tached to Headquarters, Sd Naval Dis
trict; Comdr. Stephen Doherty. at
tached to headquarters, Sd Naval Dis
trict and Comdr. j. p Miller, attached
to Headquarters, 4th Naval District.
The chief of the Bureau Of Navi-
cation, Navy Department, has ad-
dressed the following letter Of COM
mendation to Lieut.. Comdr. w. F.
Grimes, commander, Volunteer Com
munication Reserve, 18th Naval Dis
| trict:
The commandant Of the 18th Naval
District has forwarded a report of the
activities Of the Communication Re
serve during the Long Beach-Los An
geles earthquake period. and calls at
tention to your untiring efforts in the
organization and training of the VOL
unteer Communication Reserve, which
made possible prompt and efficient
performance OF duty on the part OF all
| concerned during this emergency.
The bureau takes great pleasure in