Evening star., 1938-10-02
RESERVE CRUISE
UNSUCCESSFUL
Officers Are Pleased With
Results Obtained by
Citizen Sailors.


Ofncers Of the 1st Battalion. Dis.
trict Naval Reserves, expressed them.
selves Is being much pleased With the
manner in which the enlisted per.
sonnel performed their duties while
on their annual cruise aboard tbs
battleship Texas. Particularly were
they impressed with the gunnery
scores. and while 1t was explained the
actual scores are confidential infor.
nation, nevertheless they believe the
local gunners made such good marks
that when the comparative report II
received later in the year from the
Navy Department 1t will be found the
local outfit will be near the top Of the
list.
All hands performed their duties
aboard the ship very well, it was said.
For . number Of the men this was
their first experience with the routine
work and duties aboard q battleship,
as their training for the last several
years has been confined to duty aboard
destroyers.
The cruise duty this year took on
more significance because Of the inau.
guration Of a new policy on the part
Of the Navy Department which pro-
vides that the efficiency Of the various
Reserve units shall be based to q greater
extent on the performance Of duty on
the annual cruises. Beginning this
year, so per cent Of the total Is to be
based on cruise performance, as that
is where the officers and men really
show that they can carry on the prao-
tical work required for the operation
of q vessel Of the Navy.
The unusually large number Of men
Of the local battalion who have ap-
piled for appointment to the United
States Naval Academy from the Re-
serve this year has created a serious
housing problem in the local battalion.
At the present time more than 30 men
have applied. There are now so ap-
pointments available throughout the
country among the 36 divisions No
figures are yet available as to the num-
Der Of men who have applied in the
other units, but it Is expected to bs
large.
Under ordinary conditions, with the
three regular divisions, the Armory Is
packed, but with the additional men
who have Joined largely for the pur.
pose Of taking the competitive exar1i.
nations, 1t has become quite serious.
This condition, more than any other,
points to the great need Of new
building to serve as an armory, be.
cause Of the fact that from now on
this Is going to be an annual problem,
as each candidate must serve at least
one year in the organization prior to
the date Of appointment, which u
July /.
Some indication of the strong com.
petition which all youths face In taking
the appointments may be obtained
from figures just made public by the
Navy Department on the results Of
last years examinations. In the last
tests 172 enlisted men were examined,
Of which 81 made passing marks, but
only the rs high men received the
appointments. The increase to so
appointments was made this year.
The No. candidate on the list
had the following marks: Geometry.
40, which is the perfect mark: ALGEBRA
40; English, SO; United States his.
tory, SO; ancient history, 40; physics,
81; with an average Of 387. The
man standing No. IS had the following
marks: Geometry, SO; algebra, 3.5:
English, 81; United States history.
"a; ancient history, 80; physics. 3.5:
average, 3.3s.
1t was said that number Of re.
quests have been received by the Blu.
reau of Navigation Of the Navy De.
partment for waiver Of one or more
of the requirements Of the Naval Re-
serve regulations in regard to the ap.
pointment OF enlisted men Of the
Naval Reserve to the United States
Naval Academy. Requests for waiver
of the requirement Of one years serv.
ice by July Of the year In which
appointed are said to be most frequent.
1t. James E. Sullivan. commanding
the local battalion, has named board
Of three officers Of the local battalion.
with instructions for them to convene
during the next two weeks to review
the records Of enlisted men to de.
termine the outstanding man Of the
battalion, who Is to be awarded the
Veterans of Foreign Wars medal.
The board Is composed Of 1t. w.
Croft Jennings, It. F. 8. Kirk and 1t.
w. S. Brown.
The new course Of instruction OUT
lined by the Navy Department for
Naval Reserve units is being placed in
effect at the local battalion, in &C.
cordance with instructions. The syl.
labus provides . definite course Of In.
struction for the entire year from the
end of one annual cruise to the end
of another, 80 that each division
ofncer knows for the year what classes
are to be given certain instruction on
| given dates.
A similar system has been followed
by the local Reservists for some time.
50 that there are only few adjust
ulCIltS W DS ulAuC W CO1l1Ol III 0tlACt4y
to the departments instructions.
The Naval Communications Reserve
Division also has started its ormory
drill year with an elaborate program.
Schools have been ordered established
for classes in navigation, advanced
electrical physics, security and crypt4
analysis, procedure and code practice
for oficers and petty officers, and
code practice, radio instruction and
elementary theory for the enlisted
men. A special school for recruits
also will be established.
Od1cers have been assigned for
three Of the classes as follows: Navi.
cation, 1t. j. M. Fewell: advanced
electrical physics, 1t. q. g. Wells, and
security and cryptanalysis, 1t. M.
| Weinstock.
The Navy Department has called
the attention of Naval Reserve ON