Evening star., 1933-04-09

After years suspension, cruises will
be resumed for the Naval Reserve Of
the country this Summer, and it was
announced that the local battalion will
cruise all of its divisions between August
IL and September 9. The First and Sec
ond Divisions will cruise aboard the
destroyer Hamilton from August II to
August IS, while the Third Division will
take its annual training between August
IS and September 9.
Instructions issued by the Bureau of
Navigation say that the duration of the
annual period Of training duty for both
the seagoing and aviation branches will
be IA days, exclusive of travel time.
No individual, the bureau says, should
be given in excess Of this amount of
training duty with pay. without the
special authority from the Bureau Of
Navigation.
The cruises are to be confined to the
feet Naval Reserve, as the instructions
say that no training duty with pay
shall be given to any member OF the
volunteer or merchant marine branches,
except in the case of aviation. 1t was
added in the letter of instructions that
If, later in the fiscal year, funds should
become available for training duty
with pay for a limited quota of volun-
teer ReserviSts, the commandants OF the
various naval districts will be advised.
The bureau also points out that after
June 80, of the current year, there Will
be no subsistence allowance for week
end cruises. 1t has been the practice
in the Naval Reserve of recent years to
allow for subsistence of enlisted per-
sonnel when training ships were taken
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1t was announced that all members
Of fleet divisions shall perform their
required annual training duty with the
division TO which attached except medi-
cal and supply officers, who should not,
the bureau says, be sent on destroyer
cruises, unless there Is no other suitable
. duty available for them, and their
presence on board will not deprive any
line officer of an opportunity to cruise
on board destroyer.
Members of battalion stats, 1t was
said, should wherever practicable, be
cruiSed with those fleet divisions Of the
battalion with which they can be &C
commodated, except that line officers
above the rank of lieutenant, not at
tached to fleet divisions, should prefer
ably be given training duty afloat on
vessels other than destroyers, or at
periods other than during the division
cruises.
The bureau also says that it is not
desired to cruise recently enlisted re-
cruits nor other enlisted Reservists who
have failed to maintain active interest
in the organizati ton to which attached.
As rule, the bureau letter says, no
enlisted men should be permitted to
cruise unless he has attended a mini
mum of IL drills during the six months
Immediately preceding the cruise.
1t Is the announced desire of the
bureau that, so far as practicable, the
examinations of enlisted men for ad-
vancement in rating, be conducted dur
ing the last few days of the cruise. 1t
was stipulated that only those men
should be examined who are due for
advancement, or who will become due
during the next six months and for
whom there are vacancies in the pay
grade quotas of the divisions, and who
have completed the prescribed rating
course
For the information of the Bureau
| of Navigation and to aid the Naval
Reserve Inspection Board in determin-
ing the efficiency Of the various fleet
units, each vessel will submit a COM
prehensive report on each unit in ac-
cordance with instructions to- be fur