Evening star., 1934-07-01

SlStant personnel of1cer, Lieut.. Comdr
Kennedy, medical officer; Ensign
Brewton, supply, material and COM
missary officer: Second Lieut.. South
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve, chief OBJ
server; Lieut.. Clokey, assistant chief
observer.
The assignments for the enlisted
personnel was announced as follows
Operations department: First section
Cole leader; Schutt, Elmer. Clarke
McConnaughy, Reeves, McGovern
Zittman and Bardsley. Second section
Simmons. leader; Wardwell, Dykes
Dooley, Wall, Kennon, Jackson, Shep-
herd and Spicer. Third section, March
leader; Lyons, Gerwig, Wimbush, Ma
gruder and Patteson.
Ordance department: First section
Gordon and Meenehan; second sec
tion, Petit, Moe and Carnahan; third
section, Boyce, McDufhe, Boyles and
La Bonte.
Communications department: Marsh
and Quinlan.
Squadron headquarters: Norwicki
and Millard.
The organization is going to Cape
May this year with a determined idea
of capturing ali three of the trophy
cups in competition with the
marines.
The officers and men OF the or
ganiza ton have been busy for several
weeks preparing for the annual train
ing event. 1t was said at the Nava
Reserve headquarters here that prac-
tically all Of the personnel will be
taken to Cape May in planes, and il
space is not available for all on first
trip the planes will make another
flying voyage. as it is only matter
Of few hours for the flyers to make
the round trip between here and the
New Jersey seacoast post, which was
one of the big naval air bases during
the World War.
Three new officers have been re-
ceived by the local Reserve from other
jurisdictions. They are Ensign B. H
Hartman of New Haven, Conn, from
the Third Naval District; Ensigr
James G. Byiugton and Ensign Viii
liam L. Williams. The two last-namec
have recently graduated from the
Yale r. o. T. c., according to an an.
nouncement from the Reserve head
quarters here.
Capt. John Downes, U. S. N, the
director Of Naval Reserve personnel
was detached this month and ordered
to report to the commander, Scouting
Force, for duty as chief of staff He
was relieved by Capt. c. w. Early
U. S. N.
In commenting on his service witt
the Naval Reserve Capt. Downes said
Il cannot too highly praise the fin'
spirit that permeates the Reserves o.
the Navy. the sense of duty, tn,
loyalty and self-sacrifice that the,
display in attending drills and instruc
ton with little or no compensation
in order that they may be fully pre-
pared to do their share in maintain
ing the national defense. have beel
intimately associated with the Nava
Reserve for almost three years. The
have inspired me to put forth my bes
efforts to aid and develop them an,
it has been q privilege so to serv
them. feel greatly benefited through
this association"
The following officers attached u
the Reserve division in the Navy De
partment have been ordered to sea
Capt. C. T. Osburn, Lieut.. Comdr. Q
o. KesSing and Lieut.. S. S. Bunting
The following is the personnel o
the new Nava, Reserve Inspection
Board: President, Capt. William @
Spears; Comdr. William I. Causey, jr
member, and Lieut.. Comdr. H. F. Ely
recorder.
This board will make the inspec
tion5 Of the various Naval Reserve di
visions and battalions throughout tn
country during the year to determine
their state Of efficiency.
A Naval Reserve Committee, o
which Capt. L. w. Hesselman, Unitec
States Naval Reserve. was chairman
met at the Navy Department will
the director of the Naval Reserve Di
vision and discussed with him, will
the chief of the Bureau of Naviga
ton and with the Acting Secretar,
of the Navy, matters pertaining t.
the Naval Reserve and, in particular
resolutions adopted by the Naval Re
serve Officers' Association at its an
nual convention in New York.
AS a result of such discussions
was decided that there would be ap
pointed board, consisting Of officer
Of the Regular service and officers O
the Naval Reserve, for the purpose o
studying and reporting on Naval Re
serve matters, particularly in regar,
to items brought up by the resolu
tions adopted.
This board will meet on October !
next, in the Navy Department, an,
will submit a report to the chief O
the Bureau Of Navigation, giving it
opinion as to what should be don
to improve the efficiency and admin
istration of the Naval Reserve. TIL
department announced that it
hoped to convene such a board yearl,
with the object in view of bringin,
about a closer relationship and un
derstanding between the Navy Depart
ment and the Nays component arm
the Naval Reserve.
In addition to Capt. Hesselman, tn
other Naval Reserve officers on tn
committee are Capt. Charles Boone
Comdr. L. r. Rutter, Lieut.. Comdr
N. w. Pickering. Lieut.. Comdr. A. M
Norris, Lieut.. Comdr. H. L. SewarC
and Lieut.. G. w. Akers.
The Navy Department has an
nounced that during the past yea
the Bureau Of Navigation has fount
it necessary to discharge numerous
men from the Naval Reserve as un,
desirable and others with special ordel
discharges "for misstatement of age
due to the fact that these mer
misstated their ages upon enlisting
1t was pointed out that after enlist.
ing they discovered they would b,
eligible to take the competitive ex.
animation to go to the United State.
Naval Academy by changing the rec.
ord to show their correct age. With
few exceptions, all men who mad,
application to take the competitiv,
examination looking to appointment
to the Naval Academy were discharged
when 1t was found that there has
been a change in their date of birth
1t Is therefore stated to be tn,
desire of the bureau tn eliminate en-