Evening star., 1934-01-14
vacancies in the higher rank
~ fhA YYuffnH Rfatae Naval Ra,

"WO vacancies in the higher ranks
OF the United States Naval Re.
serve will be created In the
i Spring of this year, when one
captain and one commander OF
the line viii be placed on the honorary
retired list. Another vacancy will also
be created In the Medical Corps Of the
Reserve in the rank Of commander,
also due to retirement.
In connection with these proposed
retirements 1t was pointed out that
only o limited number Of the heuten-
ant commanders will be considered Tor
selections to I'LL these ranks.
1t was pointed out that there are ap-
proximately $50 lieutenant command
ers in the Naval Reserve at the present
time, many Of whom have had very
little, II any, active service. 1t has
therefore been decided that the officers
to be considered eilble for selection
more years continuous service In the
Naval Reserve when a vacancy occurs
be limited to those having eight or
more years continuous service in the
grade of lieutenant commander. There
will. therefore, be approximately 294
lieutenant commanders to be considered
by the selection board.
The department also announced that
in order to provide officers to I'LL va
cancies which may occur in the rank
Of captain and commander. and in
order to avoid convening more than
one selection board it has been decided
to recommend that board be con-
vened this Spring to select two captains
and two commanders.
The line officers scheduled for retire
ment are Capt. Clifford M. Peck Of Con-
necticut and Comdr. George B. Baker
of New York, a Communication Re-
serve officer The medical officer
scheduled for retirement is Comdr.
william s. Bainbridge Of New York.
Some faults in the training Of Naval
Reserve officers have been reported to
the Reserve Bureau of the Navy De-
partment, and as result the depart
ment renews its strong recommenda-
tions that officers take the correspond
ence courses provided by the Navy for
this purpose.
The department statement says that
1t has been reported to the bureau by
q few inspector instructors that some
have enough fundamental knowledge
of gunnery to be able to understand
the gunnery lectures prepared by the
bureau and delivered to them by the
inspector INSTRUCTORS.
Where q condition Of this kind ex-
lists in q unit the bureau advises COM
manding officers Of such units to en-
courage their officers to enroll in the
correspondence course in gunnery in
order that they may properly fit them
selves to listen intelligently to these
lectures. There are only II officers OF
all classes enrolled in gunnery. This
is said to be only a small percentage
Of the total number of Reserve officers.
The Naval Reserve Inspection Board
during its annual inspection frequently
finds gun crews and fire control organ
izations which are not properly trained.
Oficers who are responsible for this
training, the department says, would
benefit greatly by correspondence
course.
The department adds that since the
Summer cruises held by the feet re-
serve frequent reports have been sub
mitted to the bureau by commanding
officers Of the cruising ships stating that
Reserve officers are unfamiliar with Navy
regulations, and in particular with
knowledge Of the proper method Of
writing up the log. The bureaus course
in Navy regulations covers this quite
thoroughly.
The following changes in personnel
were announced by the department: