Evening star., 1934-04-29
NWO Of the local divisions win
be on cne destroyer and the
third will be on another, which
will also take aboard the d.

be on cne destroyer and the
third will be on another, which
will also take aboard the d.
vision Of Reserves from Rich
mond, Va. The department has given
authority for every officer and man in
the local divisions to make the cruises,
and in addition 1t has authorized six
men from the Communication Volun-
teer Reserve to make the cruises, two
to be assigned to each line division.
This Is the first time that such au-
thority has been given for the volun-
teer communication men to accom-
pany the fleet divisions.
The commanding officer Of the bat
talon, Lieut.. Sullivan, and his staff
have also been authorized to make
the cruises aboard the destroyers with
the divisions, with the exception Of
the battalion chief engineer, Lieut..
w. c. LOckhart, for whom arrange
ments are to be made elsewhere. It
was said that no officers of the rank
of lieutenant commander are to be
taken aboard the destroyers for train
ing duty.
The staff corps officers, including
doctors, dentists and paymasters also
will be assigned to training duty else
where.
Capt. Carl T. Osburn, q. S. Navy,
president Of the Naval Reserve In
spection Board, has been ordered re-
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Is TO assume command Of the Navy
transport Henderson.
Capt. Osburn was born In Jackson
town, Ohio. November S, 1884, and
was appointed to the Naval Academy
In 1908, graduating In 1905. After
graduation he served aboard the bat
tleship Rhode Island, and in 1907 he
was first ordered to duty with the
Navy rifle team. Capt. Osburn has
had a remarkable record In rifle COM
petition, both as a member and coach
Of Navy rifle teams. He took part in
the national competitions at Camp
Perry in 1908 and 1909 and served as
a member of the Olympic rifle team
in 1912, when the Olympic games
took place in Stockholm, Sweden. He
also was a member and coached the
United States rifle team at Quantico,
Va, in 1920, which represented the
United States at the Olympic games
held that year in Antwerp, Belgium.
Capt. Osburn served as executive
officer and later as commanding off,
Ger Of the U. s. s. Mayfower In 1917
and 1918 and was ordered to the
q. s. destroyer Schenck as command
ing officer in 1920. He was ordered
to the Naval War College under in
struction in 1927 and completed the
course in 1923, when he was ordered
to the Army War College here and
finished that course of instruction in
1929. He served as executive officer
Of the o. s. light cruiser Concord,
1880 to 1882, when he was ordered
to duty in the Bureau of Navigation
here and with the Naval Reserve In
spection Board.
The Naval Reserve Inspection Board
spent last week In the Middle West,
visiting and inspecting the units at
Michigan City, Ind; Benton Harbor,
Grand Rapids, Saginaw and Detroit,
Mich.
The cruising season for the LIST
Battalion, United States Naval Re-
serves Of the District Of Columbia,
opened yesterday when a detail of
officers and enlisted men, under the
command Of Lieut.. (Junior Grade) J..
F. Carpenter, commander of the 1st
Fleet Division Of the organization, left
the Navy Yard for a week end voyage
down the Potomac River.
The cabin launch, which has been
assigned here for the local Reservists,
has been thoroughly overhauled for
this Summer training work, and was
only put in the water last week, hav-
ing been taken out Of the water last
Fall to protect it from the ice.
The boat Is expected to go so or
more miles down the Potomac and re-
main over night, starting the return
voyage this afternoon. During the trip
the enlisted personnel will be taught
seamanShip and other naval work and
will be instructed how to handle q
boat under various conditions in pilot
waters. It Is expected that consider
able training will be obtained by the
members Of the various divisions during
the Summer months, which will aid
materially in fitting the men for the
coming cruises aboard destroyers later
in the year.
The training period for officers also
was inaugurated during the week when
orders were received assigning a num-
Der Of officers to training duty ashore
here and afloat. Lieut.. (Junior Grade)
James r. Kirkland Of the volunteer
legal branch has been assigned to
training duty aboard the battleship
Wyoming Of the training squadron.
This vessel will be one Of those
which will take the midshipmen from
Annapolis on their annual training
cruise, and Lieut.. Kirkland will 90
ON that voyage from May 80 to
August 26.
Ensign B. z. stahl, Communica-
tions Reserve, Is comp citing IS days
Of training at the Naval Air Station
at Anacostia, D. c.
Lieut.. Comdr. sydnie A. GreenIeaf,
Lieut.. James H. Nicholson and Lieut..
(Junior Grade) Morris Weinstock Of
the Communications Reserve have
been ordered to report to the ONCE
Of naval communications In the Navy
Department on May 4 for 10 days
Of training duty.
Lieut.. L. M. Taller, Intelligence Re-
serve, has been ordered to Is days
Of training duty In the Once Of Naval
Intelligence In the Navy Department
here, beginning May I.
Ensign Earl M. Ulrich, Intelligence
Reserve, has been ordered to seven
days Of training duty In the ONCE
Of Naval Intelligence in the Navy De-
partment here, having reported ON
April 26.
Lieut.. George n. Stiles, Civil Engi-
neer Corps, has been ordered to IA
days Of training duty In the Bureau
Of Yards and Docks in the Navy De-
partment here, beginning on May /.
Further details on the plans for the
annual cruising Of the three divisions
Of the local battalion aboard the two
destroyers this Summer were received
at the battalion headquarters in the
Washington Navy Yard during the
week.
The members Of the board on this
trim Uere Cant OSfn1rn Tya,,t fyo,,,dr