Evening star., 1936-09-13
NAVAL RESERVES
HEAD is PLEASED
New Commandant Satisfied
With Activities of D. c.
Citizen Sailors.
. EAR ADMIRAL GEORGE PET
TENGIII.. commandant of the

~ EAR ADMIRAL GEORGE PET
- TENGILL, commandant Of the
IN Washington Navy Yard, has
L y expressed himself as being very
much pleased with the work of the
oficers and men of the 1st Battalion,
United States Naval Reoserves in the
District of Columbia. Together with
United States Navy, and Lieut.. Comdr.
Mark H. Crouter, instructor Of the
local battalion, he made a very
thorough inspection of the sailors who
had only few weeks before completed
two weeks Of sea duty aboard a de-
stroyer.
He observed the various divisions in
many tests, including emergency drills
and Infantry movements. The Sd
Fleet Division, under the command
Of Lieut. F. S. Kirk held an abandon
ship drill The End Fleet Division,
commanded by Lieut.. j. c. Cleland,
conducted feet battle problem, while
the 1st Fleet Division, Lieut.. Gg) w.
s. Brown, acting commander, went
through a collision and fire drill.
Subsequently, six seamen from each
division, under the supervision of Lieut..
Brown put on knotting and splicing
competition. The battalion engineer,
Lieut.. Comdr. w. c. Lockhart, had the
engineers of the lst Division light of
the auxiliary boiler in the armory.
The men of the Sd Division, under
the supervision of the battalion medi-
through various flrst-aid demonStra-
tions. The inspection was brought to
a close by blinker drill given by the
quartermaster and signal man crew
under the direction of the battalion
adjutant, Lieut.. G.g) E. c. Carusi.
The admiral also showed interest in
the recruit school, under the command
of Ensign H. Arthur Lamar.
Admiral Pettengill, before leaving
the armory. called attention to the
marked progress which has been made
by Reservists.
The Naval Reserve training launch
left the Washington Navy Yard for a
long week end cruise over Labor day.
1t was manned largely by crew from
the recruit school under command of
Ensign H. Arthur Lamar. During
the cruise the recruits were given
training IN ship handling and landing
together with various emergency drills
Lieut.. Comdr. Mark H. Crouter
U. S. NJ, who leaves here this month
was among those commended for the
work of the Naval Communication Re
servists, which resulted in the loca
communications division finishing
third in the annual competition. Tht
9TH Naval District headed the list
the 18th Naval District was third
and the 18th Naval District was
fourth. Letters of commendation were
sent to the officers in charge by the
chief Of naval operations, who con-
sidered them largely responsible for
the satisfactory state of efficiency and
the high standing of these units.
In addition, the Secretary of the
Navy addressed letter to Lieut.. Ed
monston E. Coil, instructor of the
Naval Reserve communication unit of
the 4th Naval OSTRICH, commencing
him for his diligence, high sense OF
duty and interest in his profession
during the competition year just
closed, which resulted in his unit
standing highest for the year and also
stating that the necessary and excel
lent services rendered by that unit
during the Pennsylvania flood emer-
gency reflected great credit on Lieut..
Coil as head of the unit.
The chief of the Bureau of Naviga-
ton also has addressed letters to the
following officers who we're said to
have contributed much to the success
of the 4th District unit, commencing
them upon their excellent performance
Of duty.
Lieut.. Ug) William M. Uhler, officer
in charge Of the master control sta
ton, which stood first in efficiency
among the control stations Of the
Communications Reserve.
Ensign Barton P. Williams, officer in
charge of the alternate master control
station which stood third in efficiency
among the control stations.
The Acting Secretary Of the Navy
has presented the Lieut.. Edwin Fran
els Conway, u S. N, Memorial Trophy
to Lieut. Albert K. Morehouse, u S. NJ,
commanding officer of the Naval Re
serve aviation base, Miami, Fla, which
base attained the highest merit for
the fiscal year ending June 30, last, in
competition with nine other Naval Re-
serve aviation bases. This trophy was
donated by friends and associates of
the late Lieut.. Conway, in the Naval
Reserve organization of the Sd Naval
District. The presentation this year
was the initial award of this trophy
and 1t will be presented annually here
after to the base which stands first
In the annual competition of the Naval
Reserve aviation bases.
The following changes in person.
nel have been announced:
Honorary retirements - Comdrs.
Francis D. Burns and James j. Ho-
gan, Lieut.. Comdrs. Harrison j. Ang-
ley. Henry j. Claridge, Peter De
Piper, Frederick w. Griffiths, Thomas
G. Inman, Nils A. Johanson, Henry
c. Parkman, Herman T. Payne, Will
liam E. Payne and George H. Zeh,
Lieuts. Albert F. Andrews and Claude
Smith, Lieut.. q. g. Cataldo L.
Massa.
Resignations-Lieut. Comdrs. Ed
ward A. Schumann. Peter G. Sim
mons, George c. Sprague and Jonas
Wallin, jr.; Lieuts. John K. Hyatt,
Robert E. Kift, Israel Lecin, Leo A.
McClatchy, Harry o. Olsen. Julias
A. Pohl, Malcolm D. Thompson.
Lieuts. q. g. Adolph Anderson,
Robert D. Crawford, .jr.; William
McP. Fitzhugh, jr.; Erik Holman,
Charles H. Lutterloh, Edwin A. Pix