Evening star., 1937-12-12
RESERv|STS FOCUS
/. ON annual TESTS
Rigid Training Work Facing
Sailors for Coming
Inspection.

Members Of the 1st Battalion,
United States Naval Reserve in the
District of Columbia, are working
under the intensive direction Of their
commander, Lieut.. James e. Sullivan,
in an effort to perfect themselves to
jump 20 points and thus reach the
top Of the list of Naval Reserve bat
talions and divisions throughout the
country, as measured by the marks
given them on their annual inspec-
ton by the United States Naval Re-
serve Inspection Board.
The board will soon make its visit
to the local battalion. The battle
problem Is expected to be submitted
to two of the divisions. In the past
only one division Of battalion has
been selected To make the test.
With their cruise and drill at
tendance at top-notch, the reservists
have been impressed with the fact
that they will have to keep up the
record by making every point in the
drills on inspection night count, and
if this is done they do not anticipate
much trouble in making the goal they
are seeking.
There will be a brief respite from
drill on Tuesday week That week has
been declared holiday, but during
the holiday week they will get right
back at their routine to have a run
ming start for the new year. which
will carry them right up to the in
spection date.
There will be a general assembly
or two prior to the inspection to ascer-
tain if there are any faults which
need special attention in the program
before the organization finally is
turned over to the rigid tests of the
inspection board. These preliminary
tests will be conducted by officers Of
the regular establishment, and it is
probable that one of them will be
conducted by 1t. Comdr. Charles B.
McVay,, Sd, U. S. N, inspector in
structor of the local outfit.
Comdr. McVay not only has assisted
the active reseryists in drills, but he
has arranged an instructive lecture
course for the purpose of educating
the local volunteer Reserve officers,
the group which is not required to
attend any regular drills. But, by
his interest and the instructor pro-
gram he has arranged, he has at
tracted large number of local VOL
unteers to the lecture course. And
through these courses many of the
officers have become so interested in
their naval work that they have at
tached themselves to the local active
battalion and take regular drills with
it. Their interest is indicated in their
work by the fact that they are given
credit on their fitness reports, which
are sent regularly to the Navy De-
partment These records which they
are building up by their voluntary
study will do them lot of good when
it comes time to select officers for
duty if it ever becomes necessary to
call them into active service.
Changes in personnel were an
nounced as follows
Placed on honorary retired list
Comdr. Lynn R. Rutter. 1t. Comdr.
Howard A. Boswick and 1t. Evert
Snellenberg.
Resignations-Lt Comdrs. Horace
w. Byers. Gilbert H. Mankin, Thomas
T. Sheppard and Sydney K. Smith.
Its. James w. Carr, Orion T..
Finklea. Vonnie M. Hicks, Cyril F..
Klinefelter, Clarence w. Koch, Irving
| M. Kutner, John H. Rathbone, Gilbert
N. Reed and Robert w. Wilson.
Its. q. g. Slas L. Heyman, Frank
c. Hodges, Herman W. Matsen, John
S. Mckee, R. E. Nellis, John P. Palmer
and Samuel B. Potter.
Ensigns Jack NJ Britton, Charles
H. Clark, Clarence F. Field, Carl T,
Frank, Stephen D. Fuller, Chesley l.
Kenyon, Manfred Krebs, william w
MacFarlane, Edward j. Martin. John
v. McKellip, Curtis c. Rodgers, Brand
ley S. Rosencrantz, Henry c. Rowland
Frank N. Sampson, Roy D. Shackley,
Francis G. Shaw, jr., and Clyde L.
Taylor.
Discharges: 1t. Comdrs Richard B.
Atherton, Lewis J. Hall, Alvin w.
Haynes, Julius c. Henderson, George
A. Saunders and Carl A. Tornberg.
Its. William A. Blake, Albert A.
Cohan, Frank ]. De Luca, Ebert J,
Henry, Raymond P. Ives, Edward T.
Reilly and William B. Swanson.
Its. q. g. Melburn G. Boys, Alex
andre E. Desjardins. Elaman D.
Hardy. Everett R. johnson, Hidde S.
Manning, Patrick j. Mullen, George
| nd rl
Ensigns John 3. Ashton, Ernest e.
Becker, Alexis Canter, william F..
Conroy, Isaac E. Dill, Prescott l..
Dixon, Orvis Ellgen, Marie L. Gui-
dette. George D. Hurley, Martin Jen-
toft-Nilsen, Robert c. johnson. Wall
ter L. Herman, Edward P. Krajoc.
Charles M. Lover, Michael A. Mar
shean, Joseph z. Reday, jr..; Rob-
ert E. Redding. William L. Ryan and
Roger K. Smith.
Aviation Cadets John B. Callaghan,
Edwin o. Dressed, jr.; Charles N.
Endweiss, William F. Flannery,
Charles j. Gibson, Frank ]. Gleason
Francis F. Grifhths, Frederick F.
Heizel, Fredrick E. Helfers, Reuben
B. Pitts, jr.; Richard w. Smell, Will
liam G.. Stansbury, Warren F. Ste
venson, Robert H. Syer, Harold G
Wells. jr, and Lyman L. Wiltshire
Examinations of enrolment: 1t. q
g9 Charles F. McCaffrey, Ensigns
Richard A. Beard, jr.; Bert S. Beas-
ley, Phillip D. Chubb. Golland L.
Clark, jr.; Emerson H. Dimpfel, Jesse
F. Coins, jr; Milton H. Jensen, John
B. Mackley, James T. Mathews, jr.;
Duncan J. McNab, Burrows w. Nor
gan, jr.; Albert E. Pallon, Oswald B.
Porter, jr.; Boyd Shafsky, Marion D.
Sims, jr.; Jerry H. Taylor, jr., and
John Vim, jr.
Local reservists, who have just pulled
their training launch out Of the water,
hope that with the coming Of spring
they will have docked at the Wash
ington yard a larger boat, to be used
on week ends for their cruising. They
also hope that it will bring a return
to their cruising on their own vessel
as they did prior to the depression
days when thew had destrover