Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1934-06-10

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Naval Reserves in the District
i Of Columbia were accorded the
opportunity this week Of 60
ing to sea aboard the Nays new air
plane carrier Ranger, recently placed
In commission 1t Newport News, Va,
and scheduled to make q trip ND the
North Atlantic Coast on . snake
down cruise.
The officers selected for this train
ing win remain aboard the ship for IA
days, when they will be returned to
inactive status here. In the list of Of
ficers ordered to the new ship are Lieut..
Comdr. Leonid N. Vassiliefi, Ordnance
Department; Lieut.. Pierson p. Brown,
Supply Corps; Lieut.. Walter r. Chap
pell, Naval Intelligence: Lieut.. John
M. Fewell, deck; Lieut.. Fred 3.
Monar, engineering; Lieut.. Eulan I.
Snyder, Legal Department; Lieut..
Charles H williams, deck; Ensign
Earl M. Erich, Naval Intelligence;
Ensign william H F1fer, engineering,
and Ensign Stevan Mandarich, deck
and engineering.
These oficers are not assigned to
any Of the fleet divisions here, plans
for the training of which have al
ready been made. The neet division
ofncers and men are to take their
annual training this year aboard two
destroyers which will be sent here In
August for the purpose. The entire
battalion of three divisions will be
taken out ut one time, instead Of one
division at time, as was the practice
up until two years ago.
The officers will be given thorough
training aboard the new ship In the
various duties of their respective
branches of the service.
Two former members Of the local
battalion Of the Naval Reserves were
in the graduating class at the United
States Academy at Annapolis this
year, 1t was learned at the battalion
headquarters here. They are Irving
s. Presler and George r. Davis. The
former has been assigned to duty
aboard the battleship Colorado and
the latter aboard the new 10,000-ton
cruiser Tuscaloosa.
These young men entered the Naval
Reserve As enlisted men and took the
examination for appointment to the
Naval Academy from the Reserve. As
a matter of fact they were the only
two appointed from the local battalion
In 1880, and only a few from other
parts of the country were appointed.
Not even the full quota Of Is sought
the appointments in that year. How
ever, the demand for these appoint
ments is increasing annually, it was
said. and the competitions are very
keen not only in this city, but
throughout the country,
1t was pointed out at the Reserve
headquarters in the Washington Navy
Yard that those who desire to seek
the appointments in next years class
must have their applications in to the
local Reserve officer prior to June 80.
They are also reminded not to wait
until that date. as all of the paper
work incident to the enlistment must
be completed prior to June 80, and
sometimes this is delayed in its course
through regular naval channels.
Should such a delay occur in the
cases of men who put of making their
applications and the paper work can
not be completed prior to June 80
they will not be eligible to take the
competitive examinations next Spring
/ The Navy Department has issued
instructions concerning the number Of
paid drills that will be allowed the
members of feet divisions during the
ensuing fiscal year. The limit has
been placed at 48, and there will be
no drills during Christmas and
Thanksgiving week. The letter also
says that in the event the training
cruises which have been planned are
omitted, there will be no drills during
the weeks that these cruises were
planned.
mo equivalent instruction or duty
will be authorized" the letter says.
except that yeomen attached to bat
talions. squadrons and fleet and avia-
ton divisions may be permitted to
perform q period of equivalent duty
or instruction in lieu Of any drill
which they may miss. provided such
equivalent instruction or duty Is per-
formed In accordance with Article
H-2708 of the Bureau of Navigation
manual, and provided. further, that
the total number of paid drills, plus
the total number of paid equivalent
duty periods for any individual. does
not exceed 48, which Is the maximum
number Of paid drills or equivalent
duty periods permitted by the appro-
priation act.
mo drills are to be authorized for
any battalion, squadron, fleet or avia-
ton division during its prescribed
two weeks annual training duty; nor
Is equivalent instruction or duty to
be authorized for any individual at
tached thereto. during this period.
In the event of the omission or can
collation. of the regular two weeks
training period for any battalion,
squadron, fleet or aviation division
during the fiscal year 1885, two Of
the drills otherwise authorized herein
shall be omitted, so that the total
number of drills authorized for any
organization during the fiscal year
shall not exceed a."
The Naval Reserve Inspection Board,
OF which Capt. Carl T. Osburn.
U. S. NJ. is president. spent the
week in putting through their annual
tests the Naval Reserve organizations
at Squantum and Boston, Mass;
Brooklyn, N. Y: Hoboken and Cam
den, N. J., and Philadelphia. With
Capt. Osborn in these inspections were
Lieut.. Comdr. o. o. Kessing, Lieut.
Comdr. H. F. Ely. Lieut.. w. r. Gaines
and Lieut.. w. @. Tomlinson, all from
the Navy Department here.
Lieut.. Comdr. ]. D. Ivey commands
VN-1RDl Squadron at Squantum and
the following officers command the
divisions of this squadron: LIST. Lieut..
G. w. Won Colin; I'd, Lieut.. w. C..
Green.
Lieut.. P. T. Stonemetz commands
VN-2RDl Squadron at the same place,
with the following division command
ers: LIST, Lieut.. S. @. Colwell; I'd,
Lieut.. (Junior Grade) j. G. Marshall;
Sd, Lieut.. (Junior Grade) E. K. Grant.
Capt. H. @. Copeland commands
the LIST Battalion, at Boston, and
the following command the divisions:
LIST, Lieut.. A. L. Madden; I'd. Lieut..
Comdr. G. o. Bassett; Sd. Lieut..