Evening star., 1939-07-09
Naval Reserve
Staff Officers
Plan Training
Ship and Navy Yord
BiIIets Assigned
To Several

lIO SGVSIuI
While the three divisions compos-
ing the 1st Battalion, Reserves, are
cruising aboard ships of Division No.
81 of the Atlantic Destroyer Fleet,
there are still officers of the bat
talon staff to be provided for in the
way of annual sea training, but who
did not go on the vessels which left
here more than a week ago.
Under the plan of division Or
ganizations and training there are
no places for the officers of the staff
aboard destroyer for training pur-
poses. Each division is organized on
the basis of forming a nucleus of
destroyer crew in the event it should
ever be necessary to call them to
the service of the United States in
time of a national emergency. Of
course, there would have to be Off
GERS and men added for the pur-
pose of making up the full crew
after the Reservists took charge. but
in this case the difference is made
up of the officers and men of the
regular establishment who are at
tached indefinitely to the ships.
Even in the case of the cruising
ships some of them are transferred
during the cruising period in order
to make necessary space for the
cruising Reservists. Furthermore, 1t
is considered better training from
the naval standpoint to have only
the members of particular division
aboard the ship, together with their
officers. 1t is for that reason also
that only one division is placed
abroad each destroyer.
1t. w. Coleman Jennings. COM
mander of the local battalion, is
not on the cruise, but it was said
at the battalion headquarters that
other arrangements will be made
for him to take his tour Of duty at
sea as soon as he is ready.
1t. J. L. Cardwell, senior medical
officer of the battalion staff, is to
make a cruise to Coco Solo, Panama,
put in IA days. He will go down to
the zone on one ship and be trans
ferred to another for the return
trip.
1t. Comdr. w. c. Lockhart, bat
talon engineer officer, has been as
signed to duty at the Norfolk Navy
Yard, in the engineering plant, for
his two weeks of duty. Arrange
ments, it was said have not been
made for training for 1t. John
Schultz of the Pay Corps, battalion
paymaster.
The four ships of the cruising
division completed their target
practice on the Southern drill
grounds, off the Chesapeake Capes
last week. and this week end are
spending the time in New York, so
that for the usual liberty periods the
men could get brief visit to the
New York Worlds Fair.
The ships bearing the three divi-
sions, and division of Reservlsts
from Pittsburgh, Pa, will return
here next Friday for debarkation
This will complete their cruising
duty for some time. 1t had been
planned for some of them to take
the weekend cruise on the newly
assigned training ship, which re-
Gently was brought up here from
the Charleston, S. c.. Navy Yard.
They had hoped that the vessel
would be put in condition during the
two weeks they were away, and
would be ready for service this week.
After an examination by regular
officers and yard officials here. it
was found that so much work is
needed that it probably will be
necessary to send her to the Norfolk
Navy Yard for further overhaul.
If it is decided to overhaul the
vessel, the local Reservists will be
without a training ship during most
of the summer and will have to con-
fine their training to duty in their
armory In the Washington Navy
Yard.
1t. Gunior Grade) H. A. Pearce,
U. S. N, who has been on duty for
some time as assistant personnel
officer at the Washington Navy
Yard, has been given additional duty
as Instructor of the local battalion,
relieving Comdr. Leonard Doughty,
U. S. N.
1t. Pearce was assigned to this
duty only a few days before the
battalion started on it's annual cruise
and has taken the interim in famil-
1arlzing himself with his new duties,
so that he will start right in with
the training work as soon as the
organization returns this week.
The battalion division officers who
are on the cruise and the ships to
which they were assigned were an
nounced last week, as follows: First
Division, assigned to the DESTROYER
Hopkins-Lt. P. E. Kerst, command
Ing: 1t. q. g. F. w. Lemley, ex-
ecutive officer; Ensign I. Bunevich
gunnery officer; Ensign C. R. Cum
diff, engineer officer; 1t. c. H.
Siegel, volunteer officer.
Second Division-Lt. q. g. w. S
Brown, commanding; 1t. q. g.
D. j. McFarlane, executive officer;
Ensign E. D. Redington. gunnery
officer; 1t. q. g. C. S. Weber, en-
gineer officer; 1t. G.. w. Bains and
1t. d, g. B. H. Lindman, volunteer
officers, assigned to the destroyer
Reuben James.
Third Division, assigned to the
destroyer Goff-Lt. F. S. Kirk, COM
manding; 1t. J. F. Carpenter, ex-
ecutive officer; 1t. q. g. R. D.
White, gunnery officer; 1t. q. g.
w. C. Schofield, engineer officer;
Ensign H. Arthur Lamar, battalion
staff officer, who was the only staff
officer assigned to take cruise with
one of the divisions.
1t was announced that there are
several vacancies in assignments to
c. c. C. camps open to Naval Re-
serve officers. The commandant
of the 4th Naval District, with
headquarters at Philadelphia, Pa,