Evening star., 1937-08-01
LOCAL RESERVE
HEAD IS PRAISED
Communications Division
Head Gets Letter From
Naval Official.

| contained in a letter sent him by the
chief OF the Naval Bureau of Naviga.
ton. The bureau head said he had
noted from the report of the chief
OF naval operations that the local
communications unit stood first in the
Naval Communication Reserve ma
tional radio competition for the COM
petition year 1936-l937.
| The naval chief said as command
| ing officer Of the local unit the bureau
considers he has demonstrated excel
lent leadership and ability and by
your untiring efforts have contributed
much to the success of the Naval
| Communication Reserve in the Dis
tr1ct of Columbia. The bureau COM
mends you for your excellent perform
ance of duty"
| This appears 10 have been banner
year for the local reservists. As in
dlcated last week, the local Fleet Re-
serVlSts made great strides in their
efforts to get to the top of the list in
merit. The figures and standings
nave just been made public by the
Navy Department, and they show that
the lst Battalion here stood sixth on
the list but the spread between it
and the top battalions was so small
that the local officers and men are
| quite SatlShed with the advances made
and hope to reach the top next year.
The leading battalion was at LYNN,
Mass. with a merit of 81 SO. while the
local battalion finished with 85.1s.
difference of only PAS. The other
oattailons which stood between the
| hrst unit and the local battalion, with
| their percentages, were as follows: At
| lanta, Ga, 8704; Boston, Mass. 1857;
| connecticut 1921, and Philadelphia,
8537.
The standings of the other battaI-
IONS follow; New Orleans. 8504:
Brooklyn, N. Y, "a 95: East River N.
Y, 8474; Buffalo. N. Y. 84Ol; North
! River, N. Y, 1880; Camden, N J..
| oZo4; st. Paul, MINI, 1891; JERSEY
City, N. j.. 8247; Kansas CITY. Mo,
oz,44' Whltestone Landing. N. Y,
82l4; San Diego. Calf. 81 so: St.
LOUIS, Mo, 8l43; Seattle. Wash.
BIB; Chicago. Ill. 5th Battalion,
81 .oo; 9th Battalion. 1898: Rochester.
N. Y. 8072; Baltimore. Nd, 80.5l:
Chicago. III, 14th Battalion. 30 40:
Portland. Me, 79 SO; Perth Ambov N.
)" 1881; Detroit. Mich 1873; Mil
Waukee Wis. 7947; Los Angeles.
Calf, 1880; Columbus. Ohio 1887:
Minneapolis, MINI. 7846; Duluth
MINI, 40; Cleveland, Ohio, 764O;
Toledo. Ohio, 1901: San Francisco,
CaIll' 1873 Indianapolis, Ind. 1886.
Inc Sd Division of this city reached
t~elfth place, with 1884, being led
oy the lst Fleet Division of Boston.
Mass, with 9007. The I'd Fleet Di-
vision OF the local Reserve Battalion
mace percentage Of 84.39, While the
ISL Fleet Division had 843l The
DIVISIONS which placed ahead Of the
50 Fleet Division here. in addition IN
the topnotcher. were: Sd Division Ros-
ton, Mass, 80 55; 14th Division. LYNN
Mass, 80 "a: 30th Division. Peoria. nj
1888; 18th Division, New Haven
Conn, 88.4l; 4th Division. PhIladel-
phla. Pa, 1902 31st Division. New
Rochelle, N. Y. 1886; I'd Division, New
Orleans. La, 1927: I'd Division A.
lanta, Ga. 1925; 5th Division, Norfolk.
Va. e702; 18th Division, Osvepo,
N. Y. s6s7.
The following personnel changes
were announced
ReslgnatlonS: Lieut. Comdrs. Joseph
Z. Bell, Patrick B. O'Sullivan and John
U. Stewart, Lieut.. Reginald C. M
Pelrce, Lieut.. u. G) Thomas q
BroWneI, Ensigns Jay D. Bacon. fr.
Donald R. Ehrmann. Harold P Ger
don, Karl w. GertSmann. John F.
HelStand Alexander c. Holt. ir.: Rus
sell E. Jones, Herbert L. Kelley. ir.:
Neil R. MacIntyre. Harold L. Parr
Edward F. Ritter, jr; John H. Sander
and Robert S. Smith.
Transfers to honorary retired list
Lieut.. Ralph H. McCumber. Ensign
, Alfred j. Hamlen, BoatSWain Frederick
A. Anderson.
Discharges: Lieut. Comdr. John
M. Dunn, Lieuts. Baylor B. HICKMAN
Clarence Martin and Thomas r
Mckenna; Lieut.. d. g) Albert J.
Raphael, Ensigns William Auer.
Emil Baumann. Lawrence Dake
Richard G. Ellis and Thomas A
Jones; Aviation Cadets Felix w. An
drus, Arnold w. Beyeler. William p
Black. Jr.: Edmund V. Cliff. ir..
Joseph G. Keefe, jr. Frank P. Lam
bert, William Lankin. BENJAMIN H.
Lohse, Richard H. Long, Rynum z
Murphy, Rudolph M. Peterson and
Paul J. YurkaniS.
Capt. w. o. Spears. U. S N. has
been relieved as director of Naval
Reserve personnel by Capt p. X.
GygaX, U. S. N He will assume
command of the United States battle
ship West Virginia, flagship of the
commander OF battleships, Battle
Force. United States Fleet, in the near
future.
Capt. Gygax, a former professor
OF naval science and tactics at the
University of California comes to
the Naval Reserve Division after
tour Of sea duty in command Of the
United States cruiser Augusta. flag
ship Of the commander of the United
States Asiatic Fleet.
Promotions in the Supply Corps Of
the Naval Reserve have been recon-
mended by selection board COM
posed of Capt. Ray Spear, Supply
Corps, U. S. N, president; Capt.
William S. Zane, Supply Corps,
U. S. N; Capt. Hervey B. Ransdell,
Supply Corps, U. S. N; Capt. Fred
erick H. Lemly Naval Reserve Supply
Corps; Capt. George C. Isbester, Naval
Reserve Supply Corps. and Lieut..
James S. Bierer, Supply Corps,
U. S. NJ, recorder. The board recon-
mended Comdr. Carl G. A. johnson
be promoted to captain, and Lieut..
Comdrs. Willard C. Brown and Cliff
ford c. Edwards be promoted to com.
mander.
These officers were selected by the
hro rd 70 he ,rop,ote6 la