Evening star., 1935-12-15
TINE 1st Battalion. United States
Naval Reserve in the District
of Columbia, will honor one Of

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of Columbia, will honor one Of
its former commanders to-
morrow night. when Capt John A.
Schoheld, U. S. Naval Reserve, will
conduct an inspection of his former
command, it was announced by Lieut..
James E. Sullivan, the present COM
mander The three feet divisions will
muster In their quarters at 7:45
o'clock for an inspection and review 10
start promptly at 8 O'Clock.
Capt. Schofield. a graduate Of the
United States Naval Academy, has
long been one of the most prominent
officers of the Naval Reserve. His
outstanding work has contributed a
number of important measures in the
development of the Naval Reserve,
more particularly since the Naval Re-
serve act of 1925. Capt. Schofield is
one of the 10 ranking senior officers
in the Naval Reserve. He npw is
serving a tour of duty as material
and finance officer and Naval Reserve
representative in the Bureau OF Nav
igation at the Navy Department here.
Capt. Scho1eld's inspection of the
battalion tomorrow night will recall
many previous inspections of the
Washington unit. At one time he was
commanding officer of the local bat
TALON. Before his retirement from the
regular establishment. he served a
tour of duty as oficer in charge OF
Naval Reserve affairs in this district
on the staff of the commandant of
the Washington Navy Yard.
A Christmas dance at which the
battalion officers will be hosts to the
enlisted personnel will follow the in
spection. The dance will begin at
GAS pm. Music for the occasion will
be furnished by an orchestra from the
regular service. Admission will be
through the Eleventh street entrance
ITO the Naval Reserve Building.
The committee in charge Of the
dance includes Lieut.. c. H. Williams,
Ensign H. Arthur Lamar and Ensign
John Shultz, battalion supply officer,
together with Chief Boatswain's Mate
Joseph P. Slattery.
Battalion officers last week con-
graduated DR.. John Leland Cardwell
on his recent promotion to the rank
of lieutenant in the Reserve Medical
Corps. DR.. Cardwell is the battalion
medical officer. A native of WASH
ington, Lieut.. Cardwell is a graduate
of the University Of Maryland and
the George Washington University
Medical School. He is a member OF
the George Washington Medical So
ciety, and he has practiced in Wash
ington since his graduation. Lieut.
Cardwell served a tour of duty in the
United States Navy during the years
of 1880 and 1881 and was assigned to
the Naval Hospital here before being
commissioned in the Naval Reserve.
Lieut.. Sullivan this week announced
the acceptance Of a machine gun
which has been presented to the bat
talon by Lieut.. Comdr. F. P. Quigley'
Comdr. Quigley's gift will be mounted
in a case and used as an exhibit at
the armory The gun, built at the
Springfield Armory during the late
World War, is of the clip-loading type
Plans for the convention OF the
United States Naval Reserve officers
Association, which will be held at the
Willard Hotel here January 9 to IL
inclusive, are rapidly. nearing CON-
pletion. All members of the aSSocia-
ton, it was announced, are welcome
to attend the sessions. whether dele
gates or not. One voting delegate Is
allowed for each 10 members or frac-
ton. Subscriptions to the banquet
which closes the convention on the
evening of January II, will be open
to all officers of the Naval and Marine
Corps Reserve, regardless Of whether
they are members of the association
or not
One Of the important matters COM
ing before this convention will be con.
Sideration Of action to be taken on the
invitation received from the Naval
Affairs Committee to submit to them
the ideas of the members of the as
sociation, to be included in a new
basic Naval Reserve law. Election OF
national officers also will take place
this year.
The wartime eagle-type Of patrol
boats, which came out too late fol
war service, but which were later dis
tributed to various Reserve organiza-
tions for training purposes, now are
passing their useful age. which raises
the question as to what is to be pro-
vided for the Reservists in the way oi
training vessels indefinitely assigned
them for training purposes.
The chief Of naval operations In hi
annual report to the Secretary Of tht
Navy says that the Naval Reserve
ships have been maintained in goot
material condition, considering th'
limited funds available for this pur-
pose. This has been accomplished
however, at the expense Of reduced
operations. The Eagle No. 36, sta
toned at Charleston, S. c., has beer
decommissioned for sale due to de-
teriorated and .lmserviceableN condi-
ton.
Eagle boats assigned to Reserve
training were limited In operation'
due to lack Of funds. Due to age ant
general condition of deterioration
these vessels are being disposed Of b.
sale where repairs are excessive or ur1'