Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-02
Naval Reservists Point
To Need of a Larger Ship
Small Launch Assigned Here Is Held made
quate for Proper Training on
Weekend Trips.

q project Is approved 1t will be several
years before the boats can be de-
livered. counting from the time Of the
appropriation until construction Is
actually completed.
The Naval Reserve Officers Associa-
ton has been asked by the House
Naval Affairs Committee to help it in
rewriting the Naval Reserve organic
act OF 1925. It was pointed out that
when this act was passed 1t fitted the
conditions then prevailing. but under
the system Of development of the Re
serve 1t has been found that many
changes are needed to assist the Re-
serves to better their conditions.
The congressional committee. it was
said, has called in the Naval Reserve
officers because they are more familiar
with the needs of the reserve than are
the regular naval officers, who are
assigned to the reserve from time to
time. These officers are more familiar
with the regular establishment than
with the peculiar conditions in the
reserve, it was said.
The local chapter OF the United
States Naval Reserve Oficers' Asso-
citation attended a dinner Friday night
on the ship Constellation in Washing
ton Channel, during which were dis
cussed proposed changes in the re-
serve act.
Lieut.. Sullivan, commander Of the
local reserve battalion, last week called
attention to the necessity Of prospec-
tive recruits who are to enter the re-
serve as candidates for appointment
to the United States Naval Academy
should file their applications promptly
He pointed out that heretofore many
of the candidates have held up their
applications until the last minute
and some Of them have been disap-
pointed because they did not get en-
listed in time to comply with the laws
requirements.
The enlistmentS must be completed
by July l. The law also provides that
the candidates must attend o mini
mum of n weekly drills between July
l and the following April If they are
candidates for admission with the class
of the year. Candidates must be rec
commended by the reserve division COM
mander.
Under the reserve act, rs enlisted
men are eligible to appointment to
the United States Naval Academy
each year from the reserve At large.
The examinations for entrance are
competitive. While there was Diff
Guilty getting enough candidates to Ill
was said that the competition Is be-
coming keener each year, with an in
crease in the number of applicants for
these coveted appointments.
Oficers and men of the local bat
talon are enthusiastic over the pros
poets Of having target practice on
their annual cruise this Summer with
guns Of larger diameter and caliber
than they have heretofore fired. In
the past they have used the guns or
the destroyers, but this year they are
going aboard Q battleship. and they
will use the secondary batteries or
the vessel.
They express the hope that in view
Of the fact that they are to fire the
big guns, they will be furnished with
the standard target, the use Of which
will give them . better idea Of their
Workmanship than Is possible with
the target system used in practice with
the destroyer guns. In the latter case
1t was said. they use smaller target,
and q hit within o certain radius Ia
counted. However, with q standard
target a direct hit must be made
These standard targets are quite large
and have to be towed to the scene by
O naval tug. However, in view Of the
fact that a number Of reserve units
will be on the battleship, it is possible
that the department might consider
the expense of moving the larger target
justified.
The following officers of the Dis
trict of Columbia Naval Reserve have
been selected for duty with the Civilian
Conservation Corps in this area. This
is the first time that Naval Reserve
officers have been assigned to duty
Will b4&0 8xO0Rs lac OA4&SSAo 0SASSsSsA
will be given orders to the command
ing general Of the Sd Army Corps
Area at Baltimore, Nd, who viii make
the detailed assignments to the various
camps. Those selected are Leuts
william NJ. 0orham and Francis N
Hatfield, Ensigns ChaIncey Mcneil,
Glenn L. Dunagan. Roger r. Miller
Creighton L. Wheeler, Charles D.
Leggett, George Balterman, Glen w,
Leyde and Charles H. Keyser.
Joseph T. Harrison, Racquet Club
has been commissioned q lieutenant
commander in the Naval Reserve,
and DR.. p. B. Walton, 1000 Cathedral
avenue, has been commissioned q
lieutenant.
Charles M. Blackburn, Burtonsville
Nd. has been commissioned . sea-
man. secotf class, in the ID Heet
nividoa.