Evening star., 1938-06-05
D. c. MAN HEADS
ACADEMY LIST
Member of Naval Reserve
Is Highest in Annapolis
Competition.

SOtttSSkttiVth
With increasing interest among
young men In the opportunities Of
fered to enter the United States Naval
Academy through the United States
Naval Reserve, the Navy Department
finds itself this year with 81 Reserve
enlisted men having been certified rs
having passed the examinations with
only rs appointments to be filed.
While the names OF all OF those
who passed the examinations, or even
the names Of the top rs who will get
the appointments, have not been made
available it was learned that mem-
Der Of the LIST Battalion, District Naval
Reserves, Is first on the list. He is
Frank NJ L. Davis, 1928 Fulton street
NV, . member of the I'd Fleet
Division. who enlisted in the battalion
last June. 1t is expected that the
local battalion will capture a ma
jority of the appointments, as 1t has
for number of years.
The rs men who obtained the high
est marks in order will receive the
coveted cadetships. The remainder,
II they do not pass the age limit in
the meantime, may take the exami-
nations again next year. However,
there is some regret over the fact that
appointments are not provided for
all men who show by their examina-
tions that they are qualified to enter
the naval training institution.
The Navy Department and the Re-
serve units have been trying for a
number of years to have the number
OF appointments increased to SO, but
30 far they have not been able to get
the matter through Congress.
The local Reserve training launch
left Washington last week on one Of
its longest training voyages of the
season. Under the command of 1t.
j. F. Carpenter two other officers
and about Is enlisted men went down
the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay to
Norfolk, returning here Monday night.
During the voyage the enlisted men
were given periods of routine train
ing, and while in Norfolk the vessel
was docked at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
Treatment Of members Of the Naval
Reserve who become i'll or are injured
while on training duty Is one of the
important provisions of the proposed
new legislation. There is a provision,
however, that this treatment is not
to be continued for more than 10
weeks following discharge from active
duty, except on the approved rec
ommendation of board Of medical
survey, consisting of one or more
medical officers of the Navy, or on
authorization Of the surgeon general
of the Navy based on the certificate
Of reputable physician that the ILL
ness or disease is continuation sus-
tanned or contracted during the period
OF active training duty, and that
further benefit will result from the
continued treatment. 1t provides also
that in no case shall sickness or dis
ease be regarded as an injury.
Instead Of the usual four-year ap-
pointments for officers under the pres
ent system, the proposed act would
have officers commissioned. to serve
during the pleasure of the President,
as Is the case with the officers in the
Regular establishment. It also pro-
vides for the appointment of limited
number of officers in the Reserve in
the ranks Of rear admiral, captain
and commander. In the case OF the
higher rank officers 1t is provided that
the total number of officers in such
higher grades shall not exceed one
half Of per cent Of the actual num-
Der Of enlisted men regularly assigned
to the divisions or other units of the
new special Reserve which would be
organized under the terms Of the bill
1t specifically provides in time Of
peace that there shall be one rear
admiral In the Reserve.
The bill also provides for increas-
ing the number of appointments from
the Reserve to the Naval Academy
from Is to SO. However, the measure
does contain another provision which
is important to reservists who seek
the Naval Academy appointment. If
In any year the Navy is unable to
fill the vacancies allocated to enlisted
men of the Regular establishment it
is provided that these appointments
may be given to the Reserve.
Under the new plan Reserve officers
must undergo physical tests every four
years, and If found lacking and unfit
for further service they are to be
either honorably discharged or placed
on the honorary retired list within the
discretion of the Secretary of the
Navy. 1t provides also for the estab-
Gshment Of this honorary retired list.
Members are to be transferred to this
list under the following conditions:
Upon development of a physical dis
ability, upon their own requests upon
completion of 80 years of service, with
mandatory transfer upon reaching
the age of 64 years. However, for
those Reservists who have been spe-
cially commended for their perform
ance Of duty in actual combat with
the enemy during the World War, by
the head Of the executive department
under whose Jurisdiction such duty
was performed, shall, when placed on
the list, be advanced to the next
higher grade.
Those placed on the honorary retired
list who have performed a total of
not less than 80 years Of active serv-
ice or who have had not less than 20
years such active service, the last 10
years Of which shall have been per-
formed during the IL years immedi-
ately preceding their transfer to the
list, shall be entitled to pay at the
rate of so per cent of their active
duty rate of pay. However, the pay
is to be out of a special appropria-
ton, and not from the funds pro-
vided for the maintenance of the
Naval Reserve.
They would receive one-thirtieth of
the monthly base pay of their respec-
tive ranks or ratings for each drill
attended, with provision that no
single payment is to be for more than
$40. which, of course, only affects the
high ranking officers. None could be
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