Evening star., 1939-06-11

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only duty Of
Csmdr. Doughty. looking after
local reserve affairs, it is believed
to be only temporary pending the
making Of permanent assignment.
A number of local reserve officers.
out of the organized branch which
is to make its annual cruise, be-
ginning July /, have been ordered
to active duty in various places and
for special duties.
It. J. H. Nicholson, commanding
Naval Communications Reserve Di-
vision; Ensign John M. Chamber
lain, and 1t, jr. grade, Ivan H.
Loucks are on duty at the local
armory, and while there are over
hauling the radio equipment and
otherwise improving the radio set
there. 1t. Comdr Thomas H. Chap
man is on duty at the reserve avi-
alton base at Anacostia. 1t. Comdr.
Walter H. Montgomery is at the
Naval Air Station, Norfolk. Va. 1t,
jr. grade, Harold P. Hallock and
Ensign Theodore H. Sarchin are
on duty aboard the cruiser Nash
vile. 1t. Comdr. William G.. Brom-
bacher is at the Naval Aircraft Fac
tory, Philadelphia, as is also 1t.
Comdr. James A. Buchanan. 1t.
John w. Martin is on duty at the
Navy Yard here. 1t. E I. Snyder
is aboard the cruiser Savannah. 1t.
Harold B. Atkinson is at the Navy
Yard here.
1t. Comdr Sydnie A. Greenleaf
is at the aviation base here. and 1t.
Morris Welnstock is on duty at the
Navy Department. 1t Vernon H.
Grant Is at the aviation base. as IS
Lit. u. g. Eugene Bollay. Ensign
Robert H. Kuppers has been as
signed to the Receiving Station at
the Washington Navy Yard and 1t.
Comdr. Herman A. Lucas and 1t.
Henry A. Monat are at the aviation
base here
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week put the local Reserve Aviation
division through its annual tests
Tor efficiency at the Reserve Aviation
Base at Anacostia. Comdr. Edward
w. Rounds, commander of the
division, has been promoted to lieu
tenant commander.
AS result of the transfer to the
volunteers of 1t. James E. Sullivan
and the detail of 1t. Coleman Jen-
nlngs to command the unit, it has
been necessary to make several
changes among the division officers
of the unit.
1t. Paul E. Kerst has been de-
tailed to command the 1st Division
to I'LL the vacancy created by the
transfer of 1t. Jennings. 1t. Kerst
is graduate of the Naval Academy
in the class OF 1923 and is a patent
attorney in this city. He served IN
the regular establishment for three
or four years after graduation. He
formerly was executive officer of the
I'd Division.
1t. q, g. w. H. Fifer has been
relieved of duty as engineer officer
of the Sd Division, and transferred
to the volunteers. This change is a
result of the policy of taking out of
the active Organized Reserves off,
GERS whose civilian occupations are
with the Navy. He is with the Bu-
reau of Engineering of the Navy De-
partment.
1t is anticipated 1t. q. g. w. C..
Schofeld may be detailed as engl-
neer officer of the Sd Division. He
is son of Capt. j. A. Schofield. a
Reservist on duty at the Navy De-
partment, who recently was selected
to become rear admiral in the Re-
serve, and who formerly commanded
the local battalion.
1t. C. H. Sigel, recently trans
ferred here from Duluth, Mimi, has
been assigned to the battalion staff
and detailed as a member of the
Enlisted Mems Examining Board.
He is in the volunteer branch and
before coming here served with the
c. c. G. camp in the 9th Corps Area
He is graduate of the Naval
Academy class of 1925.
1t. Curtis Shears, graduate of
the Naval Academy class of 1922
and lawyer with the Federal Trade
Commission, recently transferred
here from New York, has been de-
tailed as a member of the Enlisted
Mems Examining Board of the local
battalion.
1t. W. G. Jennings, in his schedule
of operations for the battalion for
this month, is stressing preparations
and training for the annual cruise,
which is to start on July /, for two
weeks aboard the destroyers of the
active fleet.
Battle problems, bag inspec-
tions, vaccinations and inoculations
against typhoid and other prepara-
TOMS predominant in the few drill
periods to be held between now and
the time of departure of the three
divisions for their annual tour of
training at sea.
These preparations will be punctu-
ated by a battalion inspection in
full equipment to be held on the
night of June 20 in honor of the
recently assigned director of the
Naval Reserve.
The physical examinations of all
who have indicated that they will
make the cruise are to begin on
June 26, when the 1st Division will
appear before the medical officers
to determine whether they are
physically fit to withstand duty at
sea. The I'd Division members will
be examined on June 27 and the
Sd Division on June %.
Special attention is to be given
the training of quartermasters and
signalmen, as it is expected that
they will have plenty of duty on
the cruise, in view of the fact that
there will be a whole squadron of