Evening star., 1934-10-14
RESERVE OFFICERS
MEETING CALLED
Naval Volunteer Personnel
to Discuss Instruction
Plans at Armory.

All Naval Reserve officers in this
city, including the active as wells as
| the volunteers, have been requested
to attend a meeting at the Naval Re-
serve Armory next Thursday night
! for the purpose of discussing ways
and means of increasing the activities
here, particularly of the volunteer
branch. This latter branch is COM
posed of officers who are taken in to
the Reserve because of some special
training which would be of use to the
Navy in time of a national emergency,
and they are not required to attend
| regular drills. They are not paid as
| the Fleet Reserve Is.
Lieut.. Comdr F. w. Benson, officer
in charge of local Reserve affairs has
sent the following letter to all of the
Reserve officers in this city and vi
| cinity:
"As the attempt to get an active
Naval Reserve in Washington, D. c.,
| met with some success last year, it
is hoped that this year will see mark
ed advances along all lines.
In this connection it is requested
that you be present at the Naval Re-
serve Armory, 1921 Eleventh street
southeast, at 8 O'Clock pm. on Thurs
day, October 18, 1884, to discuss ways
and means of increasing the activities
of the local Reserves, talks, inspection
trips, etc
The program for the evening will
,, include movies, Anchors Aweigh,'
two reels, consisting of views of the
fleet, and Wings of the Fleet two
reels, being history of naval avia-
ton, followed by an open discussion
Of things pertaining to the Reserve
situation in washington. Some topics
of discussion are:
Informal talks on various subjects.
inspection trips of governmental ac-
tivities, social gatherings under the
auspices of the Reserve Oficers Asso-
| citation, training or correspondence
courses issued by the Bureau of Nav
igation, training duty on vessels of
the feet or at naval stations
While the attendance is not COM
pulsory, Comdr. Benson, since he has
been on duty here, has made strenu-
GUS efforts to encourage the volunteer
officers to take some part in the Re-
serve activities. The Navy Depart
ment also has indicated that it is
anxious to have these officers make
some effort to learn the rudiments of
| naval work, so that if it ever be-
comes necessary to call them to active
service no time will be lost in indoc-
trlnating them with service practices.
| Many of those who have received
! appointments to the Reserve have
little or no knowledge of naval work,
| and 1t is the purpose of the Navy
| Department to give them some train
ing on voluntary basis, and to en-
| courage them to take the training
and establish closer contacts with the
Regular establishment. In further
ance Of this idea, the department has
provided number of correspondence
courses which these officers are ex-
pected to take to increase their value
to the service in time of national
emergency. In addition to this, the
department has made 1t possible for
! number of volunteer officers to 90
| to sea aboard vessels of the Regular
establishment. While many of them
are not familiar with duties on ship
board and their Specialties would not
require them to go to sea in time of
war, nevertheless these opportunities
| to go to sea will give them hand
| information of the operations of the
! feet and would enable them to better
handle their positions on the beach
! in time of necessity. These trips, OF
course, are made without expense to
the Government, the officers pay their
own transportation expense to and
from the ports Of embarkation and
their mess bills aboard the vessels to
which they are assigned. Only the
feet Reservists, the active Reserve,
are required to make cruises to sea
| once a year, and the volunteers are
excluded from these cruises unless
| there happens to be a billet vacant
| which cannot be filled with an active
! Reservist. Usually the active Reserv-
lists are ready to 60 whenever these
| cruises are outlined, as in addition to
giving them an opportunity to get in
! two weeks Of training, they are paid
the compensation of their respective
ranks while serving.
Recently seven volunteer officers as
signed to the local Naval Reserve
| made a voyage to South America
aboard the new airplane carrier
Ranger, which went there on shake
down cruise. 1t not only gave the
Reserve officers an opportunity to see
! vessel of the feet in operation, but
! gave them an opportunity to visit
| South American ports.
Now the enlisted men Of the local
battalion are to be given an oppor-
tunity to go to sea aboard the new
cruiser Tuscaloosa, which also is to
| make a shake-down cruise to South
America. This vessel will visit Rio de
Janeiro, Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
Although a number of enlisted men
made application to take the voy-
age, only four have been selected.
They were named in the order in which
i their applications were received at the
Reserve armory here. The successful
men are Alfred B. Moe, seaman, first
class; Paul j. Clarke, seaman, second
class; William j. Kennon, seaman,
second class, all Of the aviation divi-
sion, and John J. Stephenson of the
Naval Communications Reserve.
These enlisted men will not receive
any pay for this duty, and will have
! to have theiI transportation expenses
| to and from the vessel, but they will
be given subsistence while serving
aboard the Tuscaloosa. They are due
to report aboard the vessel at Hamp-
ton Roads, Va, today, and the ship
is expected to return to the United
States on December 90 when they
will be debarked and returned to their
home stations.
! Ensign Hamilton I. Rothrock has
been commissioned in the Naval Com
munications Reserve, it was announced
at the Reserve armory here.
Lieut.. Grover G. Fsrnsworth, Ord
nance specialist, has moved to this city
and his records have been transferred
to the local officer from the 1st Naval
District, Reserve headquarters here
announced.
The local Reserve headquarters has
also received the records of Ensign c.
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