Evening star., 1938-12-04
Naval Resere Man Will Get
Gold Medal Tuesday Night,
Chief Bootswoin's Mate BerryhiII
70 Receive v. F. w. Award

AuS 46t 0ett8uOu, O1SL[1CL NAVAL
Reserves, will be paraded Tuesday
night in honor of Chief Boatswain's
Mate G. M. Berryhill, one Of its
outstanding enlisted men, and who,
because Of that distinction, has been
selected to receive . gold medal
awarded by the District of Colum-
bta Department, Veterans Of Foreign
Wars.
Formal presentation will be made
by Department Comdr. Philip r.
Belt. He will be accompanied by
his stan, composed of Senior Vice
Comdr. George g. McLeish, Junior
Vice Comdr. Roland F. Kay, Adjt.
H. c. Kelso, Q. M. Aram Kojossar,
Judge Adv. Philip r. Biggins. Surg.
John L. de Mayo, Chaplain Howard
E. Snyder, Chief Of Stan Walter c.
Whitcraft and Inspector Stephen T.
Michka.
Following presentation Of the
medal, the battalion will be paraded
IN honor Of the visiting veterans.
A number Of the enlisted men
who have been serving with the
provisional division of the local
battalion. which has been formed
out of the hundred or more men
who are planning to take the COM
petitive tests for appointment to
the United States Naval Academy
from the Reserve, have been given
provisional petty ohicer ratings,
which they will hold until after the
division is disbanded subsequent to
the announcement of the successful
candidates.
. These appointments have been
given to outstanding men who have
been competing for them since the
division was organized last Sep
tember. The idea, 1t was explained,
is to make the division a self
contained organization and to in
spire leadership In the men, a
quality which many of them will
hear much about if they are sue
cessful in getting one of the coveted
appointments. Training at this
time in petty ofncer ratings, it was
added, also may be of material value
TO the successful candidates in get
ting one Of such appointments in
the midshipmen's regiment If they
receive one of the 100 appointments
which go to the Reserve. The
competition is national one and
the successful candidates are Sc
lected as a result of the marks in
the tests, regardless of the section
OF the country in which they reside
or to what organization to which
they belong.
In the past the local battalion has
taken a majority of the appoint
ments, when the limit was so. and
they are hoping to keep up the same
record this year in proportion to the
larger number which has been au-
thorized by Congress for appoint.
ment from the Reserve.
While preparing for their annual
inspections, which are to be held
shortly after the first of the wear.
the local Naval Reservists. neverthe-
less, are thinking ahead of the COM
ing spring, when they will have their
new training ship here. Not a few
OF them are taking keen interest in
their work, in the hope that they
will be among the group which will
be selected to go by train from here
to the Charleston IS. c. Navy Yard
for the purpose of putting the new
vessel In commission and bringing 1t
to Washington.
Two or three officers and a num-
Der of enlisted men will be selected
to make the trip. during which the
ship will be manned almost entirely
by Naval Reserve personnel. 1t
probably will take two weeks to
bring the vessel to Washington,
counting from the time the crew
leaves Washington. puts the vessel
in commission, gets all of her
equipment aboard and then cruise
up the coast and bay and Potomac