Evening star., 1937-03-28
Reserve Enlisted Men
Prepare for Academy Test
Sixty in Local Naval Battalion Studying
for Coming Exam
nations.

the Navy Department on April 26.
to change the drill nights so that only
one division will be present at time,
in order that every detail might be
examined during the two-hour drill
period
The preliminary tests will be con-
Quoted by the battalion commander
and his staff and Lieut. Comdr.
Charles B. McVay, jr., U. S. N, as
signed here as inspector instructor.
During the tests the divisions will
have the benefit of advice and recon-
mendations by the regular naval Of
f1cer who will point out details which
will have to be smoothed out in order
to get the highest possible mark from
the regular inspection board
The lst Division will be examined
on April S; End Division, April and
3rd Division, April 7. These divi-
sional inspections are in addition to
the rehearsal inspection of the entire
battalion which will be held just prior
to the arrival of the Inspection Board.
Lieut. j. M. FeWell attached to the
staff of the battalion commander, in
addition to his duties as head Of the
enlisted mans Examination Board, has
been detailed as director of the school
for quartermasters and signalmen.
The members of the class are re-
quired to master the intricacies Of
semaphore and blinker signaling, as
we'll as flag hoists and naval pro-
cedure.
Members of the Washington Chap
ter OF the Naval Reserve Officers As
sociation held special meeting in the
Naval Reserve Armory last Thursday
night, to discuss problems affecting
the Reserve, and particularly the
stand of the local unit on the matter
OF legislation, which soon is to 20 to
Congress involving amendments to the
Naval Reserve organic act.
Officers indicated they were not
ready at this time to make public the
action Of the body However, it was
understood the matter of presenting
differences of opinion on the amend
ments was discussed. 1t is known a
large number of members have not
taken we'll the action of the national
body in its annual convention in leav-
ing its stand on the amendments up
to its Executive Committee They felt
the matter should be threshed out on
the floor of the convention and q
definite stand taken, especially in view
of the fact that certain Reserve off,
GERS and Regular officers agreed on a
stand at Reserve conference held
here early in the year.
So keen has the matter become there
has been open discussion of forming
an opposition association. Most of the
officers of the local chapter are of the
younger element of the Reserve who
declare that the affairs of the national
body are dominated by group of older
oncers, who are largely interested in
protecting their own interests. In this
matter, the younger officers contend,
the older officers have lost sight of the
main problems for the benefit Of the
Reserve, and to large extent, so far
as the younger officers have discussed
the matter, they are supporting the
amendments which we're agreed upon
at the Reserve-Regular conference.
So far as could be learned they have
not decided whether to have a repre-
sentative appear before the House
Committee when the legislation is up
for a hearing, but 1t is probable that
their views will be presented by some
representative of the younger element.