Evening star., 1934-09-16

Berryhill, gun captain.
Crew No. 2, of the 5th Fleet Divi-
sion, was fifth, with e. L. White,
pointer; P. Macini, trainer, and j. r.
Sampson, gun captain.
Crew No. l Of the I'd Fleet Division
was sixth, with H. Hartstack, pointer;
H. Mcclure, trainer. and Il. Welsh,
gun captain.
Among the divisions, the Sd Fleet
Division stands first. 1t is commanded
by Lieut.. q. g. George d. Sullivan;
the I'd Fleet Division, commanded by
Lieut.. q. g. J. F. Carpenter, was
second, and the 1st Fleet Division,
Lieut.. ]. B. Cleland, jr, was third.
It was announced at the Reserve
Headquarters here that the annual
competition of the Naval Communica-
ton Reserve will begin on September
20, instead of September ~, as pre-
viously announced. These competitions
are held every other week. the signals
being sent out by the Arlington Naval
Radio Station. Each station Is marked
for its reception and sending. and the
one with the best score at the end Of
the year Is declared to be the winner.
With several officers from the local
Reserve aboard, the new airplane
carrier Ranger is expected to arrive
in the United States the first week
in October. As soon as she returns
the officers will return here and be
placed on an inactive status. The ship
is on q shake down cruise to South
American waters.
Immediately upon their return from
the annual cruises the various division
members were put through quizzes
to determine the amount Of knowledge
they had absorbed during the two
weeks they were at sea. The deck
ratings were given instruction and
quiz, accompanied by sketches, on the
principles Of q flying moor, the gear
used, makeup and marking of an
anchor chain on a destroyer. The
were given instruction in
the machinist's laboratory at the
armory, while the other ratings were
given instruction and quiz on the
location of auxiliaries on q destroyer.
The quartermasters we're given in
struction on the component parts Of q
naval message.
Tomorrow night hee 1st Division
will be given instruction in fire, col
lision, abandon ship and general quar-
ters, during which the division ON
GERS will be required to check their
v,@ ~f0
deck ratings are to be given instruc-
ton in knotting and splicing, and the
engineer ratings instruction and q
written examination in engineering
casualties.
The following week the deck ratings
will be given instruction on the rea-
son for and method of bore sighting
q 4-inch 50-caliber gun. The ma
chinist's ratings viii make installa-
tions in the machine shop. During that
week, Lieut.. Comdr. William P. Briggs,
Navy Department safety engineer, will
deliver O lecture on safety equipment
used aboard ship.
The I'd Division was assigned the
training launch yesterday for a week
end cruise down the Potomac River,
which will end tonight, and next Sat-
urday the Sd Fleet Division will make
the cruise, the month ending with
cruise for the recruits.
It Is expected that these cruises,
which have proved quite popular
among the members Of the battalion,
will be kept up until 1t is necessary
TO take the boat from the water to
protect it from Ice during the Win
ter months.
Discharges from the Naval Reserves
ment as follows:
Lieuts. George ]. Conway, Evert
Daniels, Karl w. Hebert, Ansel B.
Hill, Worthington Hof, Walter c.
johnson, John La Point, David B.
John J. Madden, Ernest G.
Hans Odsen and Rasmus
Wathne.
Iieuts. (Junior Grade) John r.
Bencal, Leonard s. Bohac, Raymond
P. Brady, Andrew C. Cartwright,
Joseph r. Geisler, Adrian B. Green
berg, John w. Littleford, Alexander
L. McGilvray, George H. L. Peet,
Ernest G. Stapenhorst.
Ensigns Eugene Adams, Herbert
George B. Edmonson, Gun
1ar A. Fisher, Einar Hansen, William
L. Jameson, John 3. Latham, Cliff
lord A. Lanier, Allan ]. McCandlish,
valdemar Nelson, Edward v. Reith,
Harry Siegel, Roscoe Smithe, Warren
J. Stanley, Byron P. Stone, Vincent s.
Roy M. Warson, George L. |
Guy A. Winkjer.
The following have been ordered |
placed on the honorary retired list:
Leiut. Comdrs. Henry L. Abbott, |
William @. Hinckley and Paul Will
itach; Lieut.. Frank Earth; Lieut.. |
Junior Grade) Stanley La Sha.
Deaths: Lieut.. Comdrs. Calvin H.
,hildress and Gilbert Duncan: Iieuts.
van v. Dooley, Benjamin r. Gerard,
Tohn c. Ross and Charles J. Ericsson;
ieuts. (Junior Grade) James A. Dur
Tea, Charles L. White, Ludwig
Schroeder and Edgar Sherouse: En-
'igns James r. Frink, jr.; John j.
Shine, Otto Wieselmayer and Clifford
;. Stevens.
The following officers have been Sc
ected by the Naval Reserve Selection
Board for line officers for higher ranks
n the United States Naval Reserve:
For captain: Comdrs. William Boyd
Allison and Leo william Hesselmen.
For commander: Lieut.. Comdrs.
gelson Winslow Pickering and Richard
Thornton Brodhead.
Naval Reserves are awaiting with in
crest the meeting here the frst part
4 October Of q new board which will
tudy and report on Naval Reserve
matters, particularly In regard to
lsuas -bsouGlhA ~ ~ the resolutions cf !