Evening star., 1935-11-24
Naval Reserve Enlisted
Men Receive Promotions
Recent Examinations Result in Advances
for Sailors in All Fleet
Divisions.

Quoted by the naval educational CEN
ters.
The Bureau Of Navigation says that
it is interesting to note that of the
total number Of courses that have
been completed, 723 Of them have
been completed by officers Of the
Fleet Reserve, 1,409 by officers Of
the Volunteer Reserve and SGT by
officers of the Merchant Marine Re-
serve. These latter figures, however,
are not true indication Of the num-
Der of officers who have actually taken
advantage Of the opportunities Of
fered, because In large number Of
cases individual officers have COM
pleted more than one course and
In many cases as many as six Of
them.
The 2,699 courses have actually
been completed by 1876 officers. Due
to attrition. however, all of those
officers who have completed courses
are not members of the Naval Reserve
organization at the present time. Ap-
proximately 1,400. or IA per cent, of
the officers now in the Naval Reserve
organization have completed one or
more courses. The percentages Of
officers now commissioned in the three
classes of the Naval Reserve who
have completed correspondence courses
are approximately as follows: Fleet
Naval Reserve. SO per cent; Volun-
teer Naval Reserve, IL per cent:
Merchant Marine Naval Reserve, IL
per cent
The bureau says that the above
figures indicate that q large nuTn4
Der of officers in each of these classes
have not avai1ed themselves of the
opportunities offered by the corre-
Spondence courses.
1t was announced that the facilities
Of the Bureau of Supplies and Ac.
counts do not permit of enrolling other
than officers of the Supply Corps Re-
serve in the special course for supply
officers at the present time. Numerous
requests for the course have been re-
ceived recently from officers Of classes
other than feet and volunteer and also
from enlisted men in training for COM
missions in the Supply Corps Reserve.
1t is regretted that these requests
cannot be granted at the present time.
Due to lack Of facilities at the pres.
ent time, it has been necessary to re-
strict somewhat the number of en-.
rollments in the correspondence course
in naval intelligence, The course is
now being issued only to these officers
In the the following groups: OficerS
Of the volunteer special class, officers
Of other classes who have expressed
their desire to transfer to the special
volunteer class and officers of other
classes who have been designated for
intelligence duty by the commandants
Of their districts.
1t was said that time schedules for
all correspondence courses conducted
by the educational centers are laid
down with the idea in mind that any
single course can be completed in ap-
proximately one years time, If the
schedule is adhered to. The chance
Of the student losing interest in the
course and obtaining a minimum
amount of benefit from the course in
creases as the period to complete ex-
ceeds one year, it was pointed out
1t was added that the Bureau of
Navigation realizes. however, that the
majority Of officers taking these courses
are engaged in civilian pursuits, which
oftentimes makes unusual demands on
their time and which are of paramount
importance to the officer concerned
during peace times. In view of this
fact, the bureau has been very lenient
in granting extensions of time for sub
mission Of solutions. All requests for
extension should originate with the Of
f1cer concerned, however, and should
be submitted to the educational center
conducting his course prior to the date
the solution is due. Each case will be
judged upon its own merits.
The Navy Department has an
nounced that the plan of organization
for the Naval Reserve during peace
times does not contemplate any war.
rant officers. No appointments to this
grade are therefore being made This
includes pay clerks as well as other
warrant grades.
This decision, 1t was pointed out.
is such that after a man reaches the
grade Of chief petty officer he can 20
no higher in the Reserve, unless he
had the qualifications and education
to f1t him to obtain a commission as
an ensign.
The following comments on armories
and armory equipment by the Naval
Reserve Inspection Board are publish
ed for the benefit of those concerned:
The cleanliness of uniforms and
men and, to less degree, the quality
Of instruction were Of a much higher
order in bright, well-lighted armories.
The question of proper lighting is one
! to which more attention should be
paid.
The board was impressed with the
fact that the men learn more from
seeing actual objects, either life size
or in miniature. than they learn from
looking at pictures or studying books.
The following equipment was de-
clared to be useful for instruction
purposes:
Miniature lifeboats rigged for sea
at davitS, the rigging of boats and
davitS to be complete and correct in
detail; miniature gangways and lower
boomS, complete with rigging; signal
yards rigged with halliards and blinker
lights; signal yards and pennants or
small metal flags; miniature forecastle,
showing ground tackle, anchor gear,
shoppers, billboards, chocks, bits, etc;
anchors, blocks, oars, boat compaSses,
various types Of purchases, shackles,
sister hooks, steering wheel; electric
clocks with large second hands con-
nected to a common circuit, so that
they may be started and stopped In
unison, furnish a very satisfactory
method for timing battle problems and
other general drills.
Modern Woodmen of America.