Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
SERIES Of test inspections will
be conducted by the LIST Bat
\ talon, United States Naval

receive Cnelr markings 1OI C1ie yCd1'
the scoring being used to determine
the battalion and division trophy
awards for the best of each during
the year.
The first of these inspections is
scheduled to be held Tuesday evening
at the Navy Yard Armory, beginning
at 8 o'clock, according to an announce
ment OF Lieut.. q. g. E. c. Carusi.
The announcement was accompanied
with the statement that high rank
ing officer of the regular establish
melt attached to the Navy Depart
ment is expected to be the guest OF
honor for the evening.
The subsequent inspections also will
be conducted by high ranking regular
officers, and the local citizen sailors
expect to be benefited materially in
their preparations for the big event
which will be held IN the Spring The
criticisms of the various inspection
officers in the preliminary tests is ex-
pected to aid them in perfecting Ger
tain details which will help them to
make a high mark at the time of the
annual inspection.
The first lecture for the officers of
the battalion was held at the Navy
Yard last Thursday night. =, Lieut..
Comdr. Mark H. Crouter, u S. Navy.
officer in charge of Reserve affairs in
this area, opened the series with talk
On the mooring board and battle prob
lens. The lectures will be held
weekly on Thursday nights at o'clock
until further announcement.
At a meeting of the officers of the
battalion held following the regular
drill last Tuesday night, the board
recently appointed by the battalion
commander. Lieut. James E. Sullivan,
to make survey of the problem of in
creasing the size of the divisions made
Its preliminary report.
With the possibility that the bill to
increase the size of the Naval Reserve,
which now is before Congress becom-
ing a law. or at least that provisions
will be made for some increase IN the
fleet divisions by July of this year,
the board is studying ways and means
of bringing the divisions up to full
strength on short notice.
Lieut. q. G. w. c. Jennings, eX-
ecutive officer of the Sd Fleet Division
and senior member of the board, made
the report. Other members Of the
board are Lieut.. q. g. E. S. Carusi
battalion adjutant; Lieut.. q. g.
Roy Zanzot platoon officer, LIST
Division and Ensign H. Arthur Lamar,
battalion recruiting officer.
Lieut.. E. I. Snyder of the Legal
Corps. formerly drilling with the I'd
Fleet Division. has been attached to
the staff of the battalion commander
as legal aide Lieut.. Snyder. a member
of the District of Columbia Bar in
civilian life, is employed in the office
of the Judge advocate general of the
Navy.
The chief of the Bureau of Naviga-
ton, Navy Department, has COM
mended Lieut.. Comdr John A. Beck
with, commanding officer of the 9th
Fleet Division, Portland, Greg, and
the members of that division for their
excellent showing and winning of the
Naval Reserve Gunnery Trophy for
the year 1885 by attaining the highest
merit among the fleet divisions for
the Naval Reserve firing of the modi-
fled short-range battle practice during
the training cruises of the Summer
of 1895.
The commandant. seventh naval
district. has addressed letter to Lieut..
q. g. Joe H. Mckinney. United
States Naval Reserve, commanding
officer of Section l., Naval Com
munication Reserve, seventh dis
trict, commencing him, and through
him all of the personnel of the Naval
Communication Reserve who partici-
pated, for their untiring effort and
excellent performance of duty during
the emergency caused by the hurri-
cane which struck Florida on Septem-
Der !, 1885, during the flve-day period
from September to 6, 1885. During
this entire time the Naval Reserve
IA radio station at Miami, Fla, was under
the supervision of Lieut. Mckinney.
Other Naval Communication Re-
serve personnel who participated in
the manning of this station were:
Lieut.. q. g. Frank Haselton, En-
signs Dale L. Scanlon and Charles r.
Hale. Chief Radio Electrician John
Laurent and Radioman (Third Glass;
Charles L. Foley.
In the list of three divisions record
ed as firing short-range battle prac-
tice during the annual cruises last
Summer, the End Fleet Division of
the local battalion finished 80 in a
total Of 102 divisions firing. The LIST
and 3rd Fleet Divisions finished 43
and A, respectively.
Because Of the large increase in the
enrollments in the correspondence
course on Navy regulations, the de-
n1and for copies of the regulations,
used in the study Of this course. great
ly exceeds the supply. Consequently,
It has been necessary for some of the
educational centers to carry new en-
rollees in this course on a waiting
list until books are available.
It Is requested that students, COM
pleting the course. return the book
loaned to them for study with the
submission of their last assignment,
and those who drop the course for
any reason return their copies as soon
as practicable to the educational CEN
tiers from which they were loaned. It
was pointed out by the department
that this plan will obviate unnecessary
correspondence, will speed up the re-
ceipt Of the completion letters for
the course and, most important, will
q benefit other officers who have re-
quested the course.
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