Evening star., 1934-02-11
Naval Reserve Is Ready
For Annual Inspection
Board of Regular Officers to Put Local Units
Through Efficiency Tests To-
morrow Night.

ject may be obtained at that time.
Your division commanding of1icer also
may be contacted at any time for
such information.
1.-The prospects for the future are
not gloomy. They are very encour-
aging. Chiefly as a result of the
efforts Of Lieut.. Comdr. Benson,
officer in charge Of Naval Reserve
affairs. great deal of useful equip
ment has been obtained and more Is
due to arrive. This equipment has
been obtained solely for purposes OF
instruction so that you will be better
able to perform efficiently the duties
of your present rating, and to help
you quality for the next higher rating,
and to help you qualify for additional
retainer pay. A schedule OF dances
and smokers is being prepared. Our
new ships paper, Destroyer Columns
will soon issue. and other plans are
being made with your interests in
view. Further, I confidently antici-
pate that a two weeks cruise will be
held during the coming Summer"
Ensign Glenn L. Dunagan has been
ordered transferred from the Volun-
to the lst Fleet Division. Ensign
Dunagan is a graduate Of the 1888
class at the United States Naval
Academy.
Many officers of the Fleet and the
Aviation Divisions here, 1t was said
at the Reserve armory, are applying
for the naval correspondence courses.
It was pointed out that completion
Of any one of the courses is taken as
a substitute for Is days of training
at sea, that Is when no opportunity
for training is given.
Several weeks ago the Navy De-
partment pointed out that very few
officers were taking advantage of the
courses and adding that completion OF
one of them went long way with
the Examining Board when officers
were ordered up for promotion.
The Communication Naval Reserve
is a most important feature OF the
Reserve, Capt. John Downes told the
House Subcommittee on Appropria-
tions. So far, he said, this branch
has operated ON q purely volunteer
status, but he said that he agreed
with the communications men that
they should be organized into units
similar to the Fleet units and given a
fair amount Of training with pay. To
do this, Capt Downes said, will re-
quire a very decided increase in ap-
preparations, but the additional money
required will be well spent in the i'm
proved efficiency of this branch.
He said that he wanted to impress
the committee of the splendid manner
in which the Naval Reserve has held
up under the most adverse condi-
tions, and to report that the general
efficiency has for the current year
been maintained at fairly satisfac-
tory level, all conditions considered.
He pointed out that officers and men
have given much of their time to this
work unrewarded.
"They are a splendid organization,
he said, land deserve far better
fate than has been handed out to
them the last few years. I sincerely
hope that Congress will see its way
clear to recommend better treatment
for the Naval Reserve than Is now In
prospect for it. The figures in the
budget are far below those necessary
for proper administration and train
ing
Capt. ]. A. Schofield, Reseve Off
Ger on duty at the Navy Department.
told the committee that Congress gave
the Reserve last year larger amount
than that contained in the budget es-
Inmates, the additional amount being
for 48 drills for organizations of the
Fleet Reserve instead of "a drills. The
appropriation, as finally passed, con-
tanned funds for 48 drills and for two
weeks training duty for both the sea-
going and aviation branches and also
| funds for training some SIS men, most