Evening star., 1934-08-26
NAVAL RESERV|STS
At SEA ON ANNUAL
DESTROYER CRUISE.
District and Richmond, Va,
Units Board Vessels
at Navy Yard.

anchor all last night at Smith Point
Lighthouse where the Potomac empties
in the Chesapeake Bay, prepared to
get under way early today for a two
week cruise in the North Atlantic with
members of the Naval Reserve units
aboard from this city, Richmond, Va;
Baltimore. Md, and Pittsburgh, Pa.
The destroyer Babbitt came here
early last week and remained at the
Washington Navy Yard, while the
Badger did not get in until Friday.
All day yesterday there was much
activity at the docks while the three
divisions of the 1St Battalion of the
Washington Reservists went aboard
with their bags and hammockS and
settled down in their billets for
training period which will cover ship
operation and target practice, the first
they have had in a period of three
years, due to the governmental economy
program,
The Badger had aboard two di-
visions of the District Reserves, while
the Babbitt took one division of local
Reserves and one from Richmond.
The Richmond Reservists came here
by train, arriving in the afternoon,
which held up the movement of the
vessels until evening.
The destroyerS Tattanall and Till
man went to Baltimore. where the
former took one division of Baltimore
and one of Pittsburgh Reserves, while
the latter carried two divisions from
the Monumental City.
AS soon as the destroyers assigned
to embark at the Washington Navy
Yard had completed taking aboard the
men and assigning them their sta
tions they cast off their lines and
headed down the Potomac to drop
anchor to await the coming Of the
two vessels assigned to embark at
Baltimore. 1t gave the Reservists
little respite before proceeding through
the Capes into the Atlantic, during
which some of the recruits were given
opportunity to get their sea legs.
The cruising of the three local divi-
sions at one time, as is being done
this year, is something new. Here
tofore, one destroyer of the training
squadron has been assigned here, TAX
ing each division out for a period of
two weeks, and remaining in port
a week between each cruise. How
ever, under the present system of
sending the whole squadron out at
one time, both officers and men will
receive training in steaming in for
nation and the execution of various
maneuvers required of squadrons.
The destroyers which are carrying
the Reserves from here and Baltimore
and which rendevouzed at Smith
Point are Destroyer Division %. They
will later join up with Destroyer Divi-
sion 20, which is taking out Boston
Reserves, and the two form Destroyer
Squadron 10. This squadron will
operate during the two-wsek period
in New England waters.
The midcruise liberty will be given
at New York City when all of the
destroyers will put in at that port.
After the liberty period the divisions
will engage in short-range battle prac-
tice with the big guns on the de-,
stroyers, when the division will put
into Philadelphia. The Washington,
Richmond, Baltmore and Pittsburgh
Reserves will be put on the beach
there and will be sent to their homes
by train. This was done, it was said,
as the ships are to Immediately em-
bark Reserve organizations from Phila-,
delphia, Pa; Camden, N. j., and
Erie, Pa, for training cruise of
two weeks. The local Reservists will
be debarked on September and will
come Immediately to Washington to
be placed on an inactive status for
another year.
While the fleet divisions went out
on their annual cruise, the Naval
Communications Reserve Division to-
day is to go down the river on
training cruise aboard the launch as
signed here 1t will be in command
of Lieut.. c. H. Williams.
Lieut.. Dingley of the Communica-
tions Reserve announced that he is
accepting applications for cruise on
the launch for the next week end.
This one will be longer than usual,
as the vessel will remain out over
Labor day, instead of returning Sun
day evening.
The aviation division is also plan
ming a cruise for September 8, it was
announced at the Reserve armory
here.
Capt. r. w. Mathewson, U. S. n,
It was announced at the Navy De-
partment, has been detailed as presi-
dent of the Naval Reserve Inspection
Board which will conduct inspec-
tions of Naval Reserve organizations
throughout the country this year.
Comdr. William l. Causey, U. S. N,
has been named member and Lieut..
Comdr. H. F. Ely has been detailed
as recorder.
The following changes in the per-
sonnel of the Office of Naval Reserve
Affairs has been announced:
Capt. William o. Spears. U. S. N,
will succeed Capt. John Downes, U.
S. N, as director Of naval reserve
personnel, instead of Capt. c. w.
Early, as previously announced.
Lieut.. Comdr. r. G. Tobin, U. S.
N, has relieved Comdr. j. B. Rutter
as reserve personnel officer in
charge of Fleet. Volunteer and Mer-
chant Marine officers.
Lieut.. Lewis GuliCk, U. S. N. R.,
has taken over the statistics and
finance billet in the Reserve division
from Lieut.. Comdr. De Rot Meyer,
Supply Corps, U. S. N, pending ar
rival of Lieut. Comdr. R. Gering,
Supply Corps, U. S. N. from the
Asiatic Station, about September l.
The Navy Department has an
nounced the dates which officers of
the rank of ensign and lieutenant,
junior grade. will become due for
promotion, as follows:
Offcers having date of rank of
July. 1880. will be due for promotion
in; october Of this year; those with
commissions dated August, 1880 in
November: those with September
dates, 1880, in December.
Oficers whose rank dates in Oc-
tober, 1880. will be due in April, 1885;
those in November. 1890, May, 1885;
December 1880, June, 1885; January,
1881 in October, 1885; February, 1881,
in November, 1885; March, 1881, in
December 1885.
Those dated in April, 1881, will be