Evening star., 1934-12-02

States Naval Reserves of the
District of Columbia, will be
L put through its annual tests
before the board of regular
officers from the Navy Department,
April /. according to tentative sched-
ule sent to the local reserve headquar-
ters during the week.
The Aviation Squadron of the local
reserves is to be inspected May 3, ac-
cording to the schedule of tentative
dates.
The schedule gives the dates which
the board expects to visit naval re-
serve units throughout the country
during the remainder of the current
fiscal year, and, it is pointed out in
the letter accompanying the schedule,
that the board hopes to adhere TO it,
On the other hand, it says that if it
is found that the dates cannot be fol-
lowed strictly the organizations con-
cerned will be notified as soon as prac-
ticable.
Heretofore, it has been the practice
to notify each organization eight weeks
prior to the time that the board eX-
pected to arrive, which gave each or
ganization just about one week in
drill nights to prepare for the inspec-
tions which are becoming more rigid
every year.
However, it is expected that even
if the board finds it impossible to be
here April /, 1885, it will be near that
time SO that the organization can go
ahead with its plans to pass with high
marks when the inspecting officers do
arrive. This year the officers and
men of the feet divisions have had
the advantage Of destroyer cruise,
the first since the battalion commits
stoned personnel was thoroughly re-
organized. Under the training plans
which have been mapped out under
the direction of the present COM
mander. Lieut.. J. E. Sullivan, the
units are expected to pass with high
marks.
The whole schedule for inspections
for the remainder of this calendar
year and the first six months of next
year, were announced as follows:
Perth Amboy. N. j. December 8,
9th Battalion; Jersey City, N. j.. De-
ilIl bdlldl4Oll, ID OOhlN
N. Y, December 5, I'd Battalion;
North River, N. Y, December 6, 1st
Battalion: East River, N. Y, Deem
Der 7, 9th Battalion; New Bedford,
Mass. December 18, 7th Division;
Newport R. l., December 10, 9th Di-
vision; Fall River, Mass. December
20. 10th Division; Providence. r. l.,
December 81, 9th Division; Chicago,
H., January 9, hsBattalion, Janu-
ary 10, 9th Battalion. and January
IL, 5th Battalion, San Jose, Calf,
January Is, 5th Division: Santa Cruz,
Calf. January 16. 4th Division; San
Francisco. Calf. January II. lSt
Battalion; Oakland. Calf, January
II. 9th Division, and January 10,
Aviation Squadron VN l4RDl2;
Santa Barbara, Calf, January 81,
9th Division; Long Beach, Calf, jan
uary %, Aviation Squadrons VN-
13RD1l and VN-16RD1l: Los Angeles,
Calf, January %. I'd Battalion; San
Diego. Calf, January %, lst Bat
talon; Houston. Tex. January %,
5th Division; Dallas, Tex, January
80, 4th Division: Ossining. N. Y, Feb
udI =, oZu 1IINlSl Sdl N. q -,
February 5. 30th Division; Tompkins-
vile, N. Y, February 6, 33d Di-
vision; New Rochelle, N. Y. February
25, 3lst Division; Whitestone Land
ing, N. Y. February 26, 4th Battalion:
Bridgeport, Conn, February 27. goth
Division; New Haven. Conn, Febru-
ary %. 18th Division; Hartford,
Conn, March l. 10Th Division;
Georgetown, S. C. March II, 4th Di-
vision; Charleston. S. c., March 13,
Sd Division; Jacksonville. Fla, March
IA, I'd Division; Opa-Locka. Fla.
March Is, Aviation Squadron VN-
8RD7; Miami. Fla, March l8. 1st
Division: Atlanta. Ga. March 25, 1st
Battalion; Birmingham, Ala, March
26 Sd Division: New Orleans, La,
March 81, lst Battalion.