Evening star., 1935-12-15
Naval Reserve to Honor
Former Head of Battalion
Capt. J. A. Schofeld to Inspect and Review
Local Citizen Sailors Tomorrow
Night.
nical, the chief of operations

economical, the chief of operations
says.
The local ReservistS are desirous of
obtaining a ship here for training
purposes. but they are more interested
in having a destroyer. However. 1t Is
believed that the demand on the de-
Stroyer Reserve ships will be greater
now among the units in various parts
of the country which have eagle boats
which they will have to give up as
they become unServiceable. The de-
partment. if funds are available. may
consider replacing them with destroy
ers. many of which also are fast de-
teriorating at their navy yard sta
tions where they are tied up in re-
serve.
However, it has been pointed out
repeatedly by many Reserve officers
that these vessels could be kept in
much better condition if they were
assigned to Reserve units for drill
purposes and where the men assigned
them as shipkeepers could keep con-
stantly after them to prevent too rapid
deterioration.
The question of ship training here
is becoming serious. The local unit
does not even have a satisfactory
armory. and their only chance at a
ship lately has been on the annual
training cruise, and last year they
went on a battleship. although their
war time mobilization stations are
aboard deStroyers.
The department for a time has a
plan of assigning a destroyer Of the
training squadron to the Chesapeake
Bay area and this vessel during the
armory drill period usually visited
various ports, staying three or four
months at each, and it was used on
drill nights for training purposes.
However, what the local Reservists
want more than anything else is a
vessel assigned indefinitely to them so
that they could take it down the river
for week end training cruises. which
would serve to keep the officers and
men right Up to date in training. They
now have only a small launch assigned
here and they cannot have extensive
gun drills or other large ship exercises
on her. Besides its capacity is taxed
each week. it being necessary to turn
applicants for the week end cruises
away because of the limited accommo-
dations. The local officers feel that
if a destroyer were assigned here they
could make full use of her each week
end and they would have enough men
available to man her. together with
the ship keepers, which are indefi-
nitely assigned.
The chief Of naval operations says
thai no change has been made in the
basic organization of the Naval Re
serve, except as follows:
The establishment of q Naval Re-
serve aviation base and a Naval Re-
serve division at Kansas City was
authorized in May of this year, there
being sufficient number of qualified
naval aviators in the volunteer Naval
Reserve to justify this additional base.
1t will be operated without any addi-
tional cost and without additional in
crease in the total number of Naval
Reserve aviation divisions.
The diSbandment of the Sd Naval
Reserve Aviation Division at Squantum,
Mass, and the Sd Naval Reserve
Aviation Division Of Squadron VN-
ARDS at Floyd Bennett Field, Brook
lyn, N. Y, was authorized in May. The
officers and men in each case were
transferred to the four remaining
divisions.
The establishment of the ID Naval
Reserve Aviation Division of Squadron
VN-8RD7 at Opa Locka, Fla, was au-
thorized in May.
The chief of naval operations re-
ported that the act of April Is, 1855
established the grade of Naval Re-
serve aviation cadet and Marine
Corps aviation cadet. Beginning on
July /, 1885. Naval Reserve and Ma
rine Corps Reserve student aviators,
undergoing the regular course oi
training at Pensacola, will be issued
appointments as aviation cadets. After
completion of the, Pensacola course
they will be given three years active
duty with the regular Navy ana Ma
rine Corps as aviation cadets, after
which they will be returned to IN
active service and issued commissions
as ensigns in the Naval Reserve ano
second lieutenAnts in the Marine Corps
Reserve, respectively.
Forty-eight drills and two weeks
training duty for all organizations OF
the Fleet Naval Reserve were carried
out in accordance with appropriations
made available by Congress for this
purpose. The drills of the various or
carnations of the seagoing reserve
| Including four divisions OF the Ninth
Naval District, were performed on ves-
sells of the regular Navy. The remain
der of the Ninth Naval District di-
visions were cruised on Naval Reserve
training vessels on the Great Lakes.
The drills and training duty for the
| Aviation Reserve were carried cut al
the various Naval Reserve aviation
bases and involved ground instruction
and a prescribed syllabus Of squadron
and other flying.
Warrants to fly the Merchant Ma
rine Naval Reserve nag have been as
signed to 2l7 vessels which are quail
fed under the provisions Of the Naval
Reserve law, an increase Of is ovel
last year. Five privately owned yachts
are also flying the Naval Reserve
yacht pennant. In accordance with
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