Evening star., 1934-07-15
RESERVE RECRUITS
ASSIGNED TO UNITS
Naval Elementary Training
Completed and Men Are
Enlisted.

A detail Of recruits who have been
attending the school for candidates
for enlistment in the lst Battalion,
United States Naval Reserves of the
District Of Columbia. has Just been
graduated and enlisted in the organi-
zation and assigned 20 the various di-
visions They will get the advantage
Of taking their first cruise in August
aboard one OF the two destroyers
which have been assigned 10 the Dis
trict TO take the local sailormen on
their annual training cruises in the
Chesapeake Bay and North Atlantic
Ocean
Under the system now In vogue in
the local battalion training applicants
for enlistment are not Immediately
permitted TO sign the necessary ship
ping papers. but are required to take
three months training in the Re-
cruit School. during which TIME they
are given a thorough ground Work
In naval practices. The practice
has a two-fold purpose. 1t en-
abIes the battalion officers to study
the men and ascertain whether they
are suitable material for the service
and permits the men TO ascertain
whether they will like TO go on after
the three months training II. after
three months of service in the Recruit
School, a man decides that he would
not like to remain. he is not obligated
TO take the oath and enlist as an ap-
prentice seaman II also saves the
Government the cost of the issue OF
uniforms and equipment until it is
certain that the man will stay in Tor
at least one enlistment.
Among those who were transferred
from the Recruit School to the various
divisions following enlistment last
week, after completing their three
month training course, were the fol-
lowing:
John B Dudley. jr, Arlington. Va,
assigned to lst Fleet Division; Fred
erick H Holson, 1885 Monroe street,
ID Fleet Division, Robert d. Lam
beth. 2l07 street. Sd Fleet Division;
John J. McCue, 1920 Charming street
northeast I'd Fleet Division; Robert c.
Gillette; 1880 Thirtieth street. Sd
Fleet Division; Stanley M Whalen,
320l Eighteenth street. lst Fleet Di-
vision; Austin P GattiS. 1909 Thirty
first street, Sd Fleet Division; Harold
E. Taylor. 2l21 New York avenue. Sd
Fleet Division. Eldin L. Campbell,
Fifty-first street and Brooke avenue,
Capitol Heights, Md; James M Bill
Kingsley. 261 Kentucky avenue south
east, lst Fleet Division; Howard ~
Kramer, ll04 E street northeast
Thomas e. Whinerey, 312 Thirteenth
street northeast I'd Fleet Division;
Wilbur S. Wills, Jr., 1912 T street, Sd
Fleet Division.
Alfred L. johnson, Cabin John Park,
Md, re-enliSted as a seaman, first
class, in the 1st Fleet Division: Adolph
A. Dollus. 902 Maryland avenue north
east, re-enliSted as a machinist's mate,
second class. in the Sd Fleet Division,
and Chester E. Fox, quartermaSter.
second class. 2139 Branch avenue
southeast, re-enlisted in the 1st Fleet
Division.
The following appointments in the
commissioned personnel have been
announced by the Reserve headquar-
ters here:
Ensign Earl p HeatWole. commu-
| nicationS volunteer reserve; Lieut..
Comdr. Charles Bittinger, intelligence
volunteer reserve; Lieut.. Comdr. Harry
L. King, ordnance volunteer reserve.
The Naval Reserve in the District
| of Columbia increased 2l6 in the
strength OF enlisted personnel during
the year, according to figures COM
piled and made public at the Reserve
headquarters here. These include en-
listed men of all branches, both vol
unteer and feet reserve.
The figures show that at the end
OF June, 1888, there were on the rolls
ooO enlisted men. During the year
there were "a enliStments, Is re-en-
llSimentS. "a four-year extensions of
enlistments and Sc were received from
other ships, districts and stations.
during the year just closed there
were IA retirementS, 46 transferred to
! other districts and three deaths. There
were a total of 1872 discharges for all
causes. There were Is advancements
IN rating during the year and lO6
were given training duty.
The training launch assigned to the
local battalion left yesterday afternoon
for week end trip down the Potomac
with members of the new recruit class
aboard. After cruising in the lower
Potomac the vessel is scheduled to
return here late this evening.
Lieut.. j. E. Sullivan. commanding
the local Reserve battalion, has sent
the following letter to all members
Of the service:
The number Of paid drills author
lied for the period July l. 1894 to
June 80, 1884 is 48, or one drill a
week. No drills will be held during
the weeks in which THANKSGIVING and
Christmas fall. While it is realized
that the men in tn. Reserve are not
IN 1t for the money they can obtain,
1t is gratifying to note that funds
| have been made available to cover all
OF the authorized drills.
There are several vacancies in the
higher ratings in each division for
men who can qualify for them. You
realize. Of course. that advancement
IN rating carries with it increased au-
thority. greater responsibility and in
creased pay, Funds are available to
provide for the increase in paw for
men who qualify for promotion.
The Bureau of Navigation has di-
rected that. as rule. only men who
have attended at least II drills dur
ing the six months Immediately pre-
ceding the cruise will be permitted to
cruise
Drill attendance is improving. but
1t could be better Whenever a man
Is absent from drill or late in report
ing for drill, he penalties his division.
Don't be responsible for holding back
your division by missing or being late
for drill. The drill attendance score
for June Is as follows: First Division.
Sl-25 per cent: I'd Division. 1928 per
cent; Sd Division. 1882 per cent. The
officers and men of the Sd Division
report that they expect TO stand No.
for July in spite OF the fact that they
are on the bottom for the month of
June
1t is necessary for you to complete
the Bureau of Navigation training