Evening star., 1936-07-26
Reservists Now
Cruising North Atlantic
Three Destroyers of Scouting Fleet Carrying
Sailors on Training Voyage to
West Indies
TINE three feet divisions compos

THE three feet divisions compos-
ing the 1st Battalion, United
States Naval Reserves, In the
4 District Of Columbia, today are
steaming southwark in the North At
lantic on their annual training cruise,
on which they will be gone for two
weeks. During this time the ships
will cruise in the West Indies, instruct
ing the officers in the manner Of
maneuvering ships in formation in
time Of war and the enlisted per-
sonnel as well as the officers in the
latest naval practice in ship opera
tion and gunnery.
The fiotilla of three destroyers left
the Washington Navy Yard yesterday
morning and steamed slowly down the
Potomac and Chesapeake Bay and out
through the Chesapeake capes. II
took the District citizen sailors but
little time to settle down in their
billets aboard the ships. as they have
had the benefit Of advance training
early in the Summer. when one Of the
destroyers was assigned here for drill
purposes.
The divisions assembled ut the
Washington Navy Yard Armory at
7:30 O'Clock yesterday morning, when
the division officers made q close check
Of men and equipment and final in
structions were received from Lieut..
James E. Sullivan, battalion COM
r,orS>r Thn oAa,>re and vaav, hoa rded
the ships at 8 o'clock and soon after
ward the lines were cast OF and the
vessels moved slowly down the Ana
costa River in formation.
The 1st Fleet Division, under the
command of Lieut.. q. g. w. c.
Jennings, is aboard the destroyer Tar
bell. The I'd Fleet Division. under
command of Lieut.. John Cleland, Is
aboard the destroyer Upshur, while
the Sd Fleet Division, under COM
mand Of Lieut.. q. g. r. s. Kirk,
is on the destroyer Ellis. The Ellis is
the flagship of Destroyer Division /
of the Scouting Force and is COM
manded by Lieut.. Comdr. G. B. NC
Way, Sd.
The battlion medical officer. Lieut..
John Cardwell, is aboard the Upshur,
as is also the battalion adjutant, Lieut..
q. G. Eugene c. Carusi. The bat
talon recruiting onicer, Ensign H.
Arthur Lamar. is aboard the Ellis.
Lieut.. w. B. Armstrong, engineering
specialist, Is with the 1st Division
on the Tarbell.
According to Lieut.. Sullivan, the
first week of the cruise will be de-
voted to emergency drills, individual
ship handling and rehearsas for
short-range battle practice, which
will be fired on the sixth day out.
The seventh, eighth and ninth days
will be spent in the liberty port, which
was not definitely announced before
the organization left, but it was said
that 1t may be Cuba, Jamaica or the
Virgin Islands. The balance Of the
cruise will feature tracking exercises,
ship maneuvers and long-range battle
practice runs. Standard ship organi-
zation and routine for destroyers will
be observed while the citizen sailors
are aboard the ships, with lectures
every evening for the Naval Reserve
oficers by the Regular officers assigned
to each ship.
When the destroyers bearing the
Washington contingent reached .
previously arranged rendezvous out
side the Virginia capes, they were
Joined by other destroyers carrying
Naval Reserve detachments from At
lantic Coast cities. The Tarbell, Up
shur and Ellis will return to Washing
ton on August z, when the local con-
tingent will be placed on the inactive
list for another year. unless an emer-
gency develops requiring their call
into the service.
Although the Washington Fleet
Divisions, along With ether lleet