Evening star., 1934-10-28
Naval Reserve Volunteer
Officers Resume Training
Lectures by REGULAR Commissioned Personnel
to Be Feature of Course-Visits to Be
Made to Nearby Activities.

The matter of Bureau Of Naviga-
ton training, or correspondence
courses, also was discussed. It was
disclosed that the local district has
done remarkably well so far. having
at present reached the mark of 104
enrollments. The hope was expressed
that all officers who have not yet
enrolled in any course will apply for
the course in Navy regulations. 1t
was announced that 1t is now the
policy of the Bureau of Navigation
to have all officers take the Navy
regulations course before taking up
any of the special subjects.
The attention of all officers as
signed to the Intelligence Reserve was
called to the fact that they may get
two weeks training duty at the Office
of Naval Intelligence, Navy Depart
ment here at any time, and it can
be taken for two weeks as whole,
or the time may be spread over a
couple Of months so as not to inter-
fere with ones civilian employment.
It is the present intention to re-
sumo the talks and inspections in
November with the first talk during
the first week of the month.
Col. Henry Roosevelt. Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy, and Rear Admiral
j. r. Defrees visited the local bat
talon last night at their Navy Yard
Armory as a feature of the Reserve
celebration of Navy day. 1t is the
first time in a number Of years that
an Assistant Secretary of the Navy
has visited the local Reserves. PreSi-
dent Roosevelt was frequent visitor
to the local Naval Militia when he
was Assistant Secretary of .the Navy.
The Reservists put on number of
exhibitions. The 1St Deck Division
opened the ceremonies with demon
stration of knotting and splicing of
lines, followed by first aid demon
stration by the engineer ratings of
that division, and blinker and sema-
phore drill by the quartermasters and
signal men of all divisions.
The I'd Fleet Division then put on
a snappy infantry drill and the man
ual of arms, while the deck ratings
of the Sd Fleet Division gave a dis
play of fire control and gun drill. At
the same time the engineer ratings
of this division demonstrated some
practical work in the engineers lab
oratory.
Secretary Roosevelt then inspected
the battalion and subsequently for
mally presented to the commanding
officer, Lieut.. J. E. Sullivan, the Ad-
mirars Cup and three gold metals.
The cup, a silver one, and the med
ais were donated to the battalion by
group of Naval Reserve officers in
the United States Shipping Board and
Emergency Fleet Corp.
The cup will be awarded to the
division which attains the highest av-
erage drill attendance for the current
year. One gold medal will be awarded
at that time to the enlisted man in
each division who has contributed the
most to the efficiency of that division
during the year. The name Of the
winner will be engraved on the medal,
1t is planned to award similar med
ais each year to the outstanding men
in each Of the three fleet divisions.
The Naval Communication Reserve
Division members will do their part
for Navy day by copying the message
OF the Secretary of the Navy to be
sent over the air, and several Of them
will be on duty during the Fleet Re-
serve activities at the armory to show
visitors the naval way of operating a
radio station.