Evening star., 1935-01-13
Destroyer Leary Here
To Train Naval Reserve
Vessel Due Back Tuesday Is Held in
Lower Chesapeake by
Heavy Fog.

Ofyicers and men of the 1st Bat
TALON, United States Naval Reserve
here had to forego their plans tc
begin training on the U. S. destroyer
Leary as scheduled last Tuesday. a.
the vessel was held in the Chesapeake
Bay by the heavy fog which has pre-
vailed in this area. She remained tiee
up until the latter part of the week
when, with the clearing skies ant
mists, she headed for the Washington
Navy Yard, where she will be tied w
for a number of weeks.
The drills will be started tomorrow
night. Elaborate plans have beer
made by the battalion commander
Lieut.. Sullivan. to make full use ol
the vessel during the period she /:
here. in order to bring the member.
of the unit up to a high state o.
efficiency before the annual inspection
by q board of regular officers from
the Navy Department.
The Navy Department has an.
nounced that the Navy Regulations
course will be renamed Navy Regula-
tions and General Instructions. The
Naval Examining Board has decided
that the satisfactory completion OF
this course with a mark of not less
than 34 and within period Of two
years prior to the date of examination
for promotion, may be accepted by
the examining board as establishing
the candidates qualification in the
subject of general instructions.
The department also reported that
the total enrolment in all correspond
ence courses for all districts at the enc
of the month Of November was 1,4l3
The Naval Reserve gunnery trophy
now held by the 4th Fleet Division al
Georgetown, S. c., will be awarded
this year to the 4th Division at Santa
Cruze, Calf, commanded by Lieut.
Comdr. James H. Wiley, by reason
of having finished first in the short
range battle practice which was par
ticipated in by the various units dur
ing the annual training cruises last
Summer.
The other units which finished
among the first 10 were announced
as follows:
Third Division, Birmingham, Ala;
9th Division, Oakland, Calf; 18th
Division. Dunkirk, N. Y; Sd Division
San Francisco; 1st Division, Atlanta
Ga; 1st Division, New Orleans. La;
lst Division, San Diego, Calf; I'd Di-
vision, Atlanta, Ga. and the 5th Di-
vision, Houston, Tex.
The Bureau of Navigation of the
Navy Department announced that II
desires that officers of the Naval Re-
serve who are granted authority for
indefinite absence from the United
States be examined physically, where
time and circumstances permit, be-
fore they leave the United States.
In many instances, it was said
officers in foreign countries for indefl-
mite periods are unable to obtain
their quadrennial physical examina-
tions due to the fact that no medical
officer Of the Army. Navy, Naval Re-
serve, Army Reserve or Public Health
Service is available. BY taking a
PuJclCdl DtIOIc 1cdNklie
the United States the question of a
new physical examination will be
postponed for at least four years.
The Navy Department has just
made public the results of a con-
ference recently held here by Reg
ular and Naval Reserve officers on
organization and administration poll
cies of the Reserve The conference
was composed of Rear Admiral Ar
thur P. Fairfield, senior member;
Capt. David w. Bagley, U. S. N;
Capt. w. o. Spears, U. S. N; Comdr
N. w. Pickering, U. S. N. r.; Lieut.
Comdr. E. H. Walberg, u. S. N. R.;
Lieut.. Comdr. F. S. M Harris, U. S
N. R.: Lieut.. Comdr c. T. Frederick
son. Supply Corps, U S. N. R.: Lieut.
H. F. Dobbs. U. S. N. R.; Lieut.. H. E
Dow, U. s. N. r, members, and Lieut.
Willard r. Gaines, U. S. NJ. recorder
The various recommendations OF
the conference are given, together