Evening star., 1934-06-17
ENLISTMENT AGE
| FOR RESERVE CUT
Youths, II, May Now En-
ter for Naval
Training.


day anniversary before he would be
accepted for Naval Reserve enlist
ment, although youths were taken
into the regular establishment at II.
The previous restriction, 1t was
pointed out, kept out Of the service
many candidates who sought ap-
pointments to the United States Naval
Academy through the Reserve. Many
were out Of school and wanted to Join
the Reserve in order to compete for
l of the 25 appointments made each
year from the Reserve. but were pre-
vented from doing so.
However, a recent act Of Congress
authorized the department permit
ting the minimum age limit for enlist
ment in the Reserve to be changed to
conform to that in effect in the Regu-
lar establishment and the Secretary
Of the Navy has granted authority to
make the enlistments. However, the
department announced that the pres
ent regulations requiring such minors
to have the consent OF their parents
to enlistment would remain in effect
for the Reserve as it does in the Regu-
lar establishment.
The change comes in time to permit
young men over II who desire to COM
pete for the academy appointments to
join the local Naval Reserve, but they
must have the consent OF their
parents. The time for applications
closes this week and men desiring to
get in this years competition should
communicate with the Naval Reserve
office at the Washington Navy Yard.
Four hundred members Of the Naval
Reserve Ofhcers' Training Corps will
make three-week practice cruise, be-
ginning Thursday, in various units Of
the fleet, it was announced by the
Navy Department.
The students will be Of the Junior
and sophomore classes at the six
universities-Yale, Harvard, Georgia
School Of Technology, Northwestern,
University of Washington and Univer-
sity Of California. During the cruise
practical instruction in seamanship
and tactics. navigation and communi-
cation, gunnery and engineering will
be given.
The cruises on the East Coast will
be made in the destroyers Overton,
Sturtevant, Fairfax and Manley. The
Overton will embark Yale units at
New Haven. Conn; the Sturtevant
will take aboard Georgia Tech stu
dents at Charleston; the Manley, will
take Harvard students at Boston, and
the Fairfax, Northwestern at Nor
folk. The several ships will rendez-
vous at Lynnhaven Roads, and then
proceed to Miami, Fla, where they
are due to arrive on June %; on July
3 the squadron will arrive at Jack
sonville, where it will remain until
July 5, and then proceed to the de-
barkation ports where they will be
due on July 10.
The practice cruises on the West
Coast will be made on the battle
ship Oklahoma and the destroyers
Buchanan and Crowninshield. The
Oklahoma will go to Hilo and Homo
lulu, and return to the State, while
the Buchanan and Crowninshield will
take their trainees to Ketchikan,
Juneau and Sitka, Alaska.
The Navy Department has an
nounced that the fight syllabus for
Reserve naval aviators for the fiscal
year 1885, which begins July /, has
been increased from 80 to As hours.
The following syllabus has been pre-
scribed for this purpose:
Carrier landing practice, two hours;
gunnery, including a minimum of six
hours fixed gunnery training, eight
hours: bombing, six hours; tactics.
including the execution Of formal
operation orders, six hours; naviga-
tional flights, six hours; extended
training, five hours; instrument fly
ing. three hours; communication
training, to be augmented by ground
radio spotting training. six hours;
night flying, three hours.
The department announces that
under the provisions OF Naval Re-
serve regulations officers of class
AT who fail to conform to the above
flight syllabus will be recommended
for transfer to class A-V 60, un-
less this failure should be due to no
fault of the officer concerned. 1t is
also considered that officers Of class
A-V (G) should be encouraged in
every way to conform as nearly as
possible to this syllabus. To this pur-
pose, the orders continue, commanding
officers should make a practice of
granting extended flights to those
officers of either class who are fur
thest advanced in syllabus flying.
In cases where officers who have
already completed the flight syllabus,
any additional flying should follow
the above phases as closely as pos
sible except that more latitude may
be exercised in regard to the authori-
zation of flights.
Lieut.. Comdr. F. w. Benson, United
States Navy, inspector instructor as
signed to the local Reserve battalion,
will conduct another of his series of
professional naval talks at the Armory
Wednesday night. It will deal with
gunnery spotting. Next week he will
talk on casualties. The talks are con-
f1dential, and while arranged pri-
marily for officers of the Fleet Reserve,
officers Of the volunteer class have
been invited to attend.
Joseph L. Hutchins, aviation ma
chinist's mate. first class. Aviation
Division, and Harold w. Rusk, sea-
man, second class, 1st Fleet Division,
have been ordered transferred from
the Fleet to the Volunteer Reserve on
account of removal from the city,
Joseph M. Basso, apprentice seaman,
has been ordered transferred from the
Volunteer to the Fleet Reserve, and as
signed to the 1st Division; Edwin H.
McDufie. seaman, second class. has
been transferred from the Volunteers
to the Aviation Division; Richard c.
Simmons, fireman, third class, and
James M. Cathcart, seaman, second
class, have been transferred from the
Volunteer to the Fleet. and assigned to
the Sd Division.
Enlistments In the local battalion
include Howard K. Goodrich, seaman.