Evening star., 1934-04-01
Training Opportunities
Offered Naval Reserve
United States Fleet Operations on East Coast
This Summer to Provide Duty
for Officers.

The Battle Force, without destroyers,
will base at Hampton Roads. The
battleships and light cruisers will
conduct short range battle practice
and commence firing phases of anti
aircraft and secondary battery gun
merry schools. They will visit ports
beginning at New York and extending
as far south as Hampton Roads. De-
stroyers of the Battle Force will base
at Newport, r. I. While there they
will conduct non-flring phases Of gun
merry school in conjunction with Scout
ing Force destroyers. They will visit
ports in the area prescribed for the
Scouting Force. About September 9
they also will proceed to Hampton
Roads for provisioning and fueling.
Between September II and %, the
United States Fleet will proceed to
Caribbean area. However, two bat
tleships and two light cruisers will
continue anti-aircraft and secondary
battery schools at Hampton Roads.
1t is explained from May 81, the
time for the feet review, to June
II the time will be devoted to recrea-
ton in New York and it is not con-
sidered q suitable time for Reserve
training.
1t will be observed that practically
every phase of naval practice Is in
cluded in this program, and it is
pointed out that Reservists desiring
to take advantage Of any Of the Of
fered trips will find 1t most inter-
eSting and helpful in promoting their
professional training for service in
the Navy in time of war.
The battle of Jutland will be the
subject of an illustrated lecture Thurs
day night at the Reserve Armory by
Lieut.. Comdr. J. B. Ryan, U. S. N
This will make resumption of the
Thursday night lectures inaugurated
last year for the benefit of volunteer
Reserve officers who are not required
to take regular drill training with the
Fleet Reserve. On April IL, Comdr.
Ryan will give part two Of this
lecture.
Comdr. Benson says that an ex-
preston Of opinion as to whether
these talks and the inspection trips
to various naval and professional ac-
tivities should be continued would be
greatly appreciated. The last talk on
the War College, he said, brought out
20 officers and the inspection trip to
the Naval photographic Office At
this rate, he says, it does not warrant
the time and effort required to ar
range these events.
Any suggestions or comments, he
says, that will assist in making these
Thursday evenings interesting will be
appreciated, as will comments on the
idea of having refreshments.
The aviation division o. the local
Reserve had a special drill yesterday
and will have another this morning
at the Naval Air Station at Anacostia.
D. c. The drill today will be at 8
o'clock and Lieut.. M. M. Cloukey,
division commander, says that he ex-
poets 100 per cent attendance.
1t was announced that the Squad
ron News, official paper of the avia-
ton division, will begin on May 19
next a series of articles on free gun
merry, which will be continued up
until the division embarks for the
training station at Cape May. N. J., in
July for its annual active duty.
Gunnery Sergt Gordon, the in
structor of the ordnance class, will
prepare the articles for the local
Reservists.
Capt. John Downes, U. S. N, who
is director of the Naval Reserve Di-
vision in the Navy Department., has
been ordered relieved. He is to as
sumo new duty as chief of staff to
the commander of the Scouting Force,
United States Fleet, on June IS next.
it was announced by the Navy De-
partment. He was appointed by the
President to the Naval Academy in
September 1897 He was awarded a
special letter of commendation for
his services during the World War
at the United States Naval Academy
at Annapolis as assistant in charge Of
Reserve officers classes. He has been
on duty at the Navy Department
since 1881.
Ensign j. T. Blakiston has been as
signed as duty officer at all drills Of
the aviation division until further
notice. AS such he will have charge
of all ground training activities, in
spect all classes and see that sched-
uled training is carried out and will
represent the commanding officer.