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ing which time the candidates will be
entitled to pay and allowances Of
their ratings.
Aviation candidates will be given
primary and advanced flight training
at the Naval Air Station at Pensacola.
Fla, this course to be conducted in
accordance with the same syllabus as
is used by the Regular service. This
course will last about one year.
Upon successful completion of the
flight course at the Naval Air Sta
ton, Pensacola, and appointment as
naval aviators, aviation cadets will be
ordered to active duty for the re-
mainder of the period they have
agreed to serve, in the aircraft squad
rons of the U. S. Fleet, provided such
duty is authorized by the Navy De-
partment.
Aviation cadets will be deemed to
be serving on active duty undergoing
training" while at the Naval Air Sta
ton at Pensacola. Upon detachment
from the Pensacola Station and while
travelling to such other ship or station
to which they may be ordered, and
during the remainder Of their active
duty, aviation cadets will be deemed
to be on active duty as distinguished
as from active duty for training.
The local chapter of the United
States Naval Reserve Officers Asso-
citation, at their meeting in the Uni
versity Club, went on record in favor
of giving volunteer officers more ac-
tive duty training. 1t was recon-
mended that Is per cent Of the total
be given q cruise each year, which
would give these officers period Of
training every four years.
The organization also recommended
an expansion of the divisions to rs
men, as recommended to Congress.
The House of Representative elm
mated this provision from the naval
appropriations bill. but it was said
that there Is hope that the Senate will
put it back.
The chapter also Endorsed the pro-
gram to have an armory erected here,
designed especially for the training of
the fleet Reservists.
The meeting was addressed by Capt.
w. o. Spears, United States Navy,
director of Naval Reserve affairs in
the Navy Department, and by Rear
Admiral Lackey. head of the New
York Naval Militia and a captain
in the Naval Reserve.
In connection with the proposal to
increase the size of the division, the
local Reservists are encouraging vol
unteer Reservists to take an active
interest in the fleet activity by at
tending drills with them, so that If
Congress provides for the increase in
the personnel strength the divisions
will be Immediately recruited from
among those on the volunteer list who
have taken an interest in the active
drilling. Those in the Fleet Reserve
receive pay for their drills, while
those in the volunteers do not re-
ceive any compensation while in that
status, nor are they compelled to at
tend the drills of the Fleet Reserve.
The meeting, it was said, was one
Of the largest ever held by the local
chapter, and it indicated to the off,
GERS that the volunteers are beginning
to take more active interest in Re-
serve activities here. 1t is planned to
hold weekly luncheons on Thursdays
at the University Club and to give a
dinner In the near future, to which
all Reserve officers in the District will
be invited.
Lieut.. G. H. Williams has completed
his tour of active duty on the new
destroyer, Aylwin, and has returned
to the city. Lieut.. q. g. Morris
Weinstock has been ordered to IA days
Of duty at the Navy Department.