Evening star., 1939-07-16
Naval Reservists
Complete Annual
Training Cruise
Three Divisions
Return From
Destroyer Duty

Infused with the most advanced
training in which they have ever
been permitted to participate in,
three divisions Of the 1st Battalion,
District Naval Reserve, steamed to
the Washington Navy Yard on Fri
day, completing two weeks of train
ing at sea. They were billeted aboard
three destroyers Of Division No. 81,
of the Atlantic Fleet, and for the
greater part of the two weeks they
were away, remained at sea, en-
gaging IN target practice and tao
tical exercises. 1t was the tactical
exercises which gave them the ad-
Vanced training which will put them
in condition for assuming more i'm
portant duties at once should 1t be
necessary to call them to the colors
in the event of a national emer-
gency.
Having completed their tour of
sea duty, they will start right in on
the armory drill training, which will
lead up to the annual inspections.
There are still some members of the
staff to be cruised, and it is not
known what provision will be made
to take care of them, but they were
not permitted to cruise with the
divisions. Separate orders will be
issued to them from time to time, so
that they may comply with the law
Whlcn requires each officer and man
10 make an annual cruise in order
10 MAINTAIN efficiency and to keep
MN IN touch with the activities of
the fleet. In addition to the officers
OF the Organized Reserve, there are
the members OF the Volunteer Re-
| serve, who are neither required to
attend drills nor to participate in
cruises, but who seek sea assign
ments IN order to keep informed on
naval activities and practices. Many
OF them, however, do not receive
either pay or subsistence while max
Ing cruises, because of the failure
OF Congress to provide sufficient
funds for this purpose. However,
the Navy Department is trying to
encourage these officers to get better
acquainted with the naval service
by offering them cruises individually
on various ships of the fleet as they
become available, or have vacancies
in their compliments.
Many of these officers, it was ey-
planned, although drilling and TAX
Ing an active part in the activities
OF the organized divisions have had
no provision made for them on the
cruises.
Although the department has been
liberal in the past in authorizing
volunteer Reserve officers to 90 on
shake-doWn cruises to foreign
waters, 1t has decided to tighten
up on these assignments. Usually
there is demand for such cruises.
as the officers get an opportunity
to visit foreign lands, which, other
wise, many of them would not have.
No explanation is given for the policy
OF denying such training cruises to
officers, 1t is believed to be due to
the possibility that when these ships
start out with the intention of re.
turning promptly to the States,
nevertheless it may suddenly become
necessary to send them to other
duty which would prevent them re-
turning. In the meantime, the Re-
serve officers would either have to be
sent home or remain with the ship
until 1t touched an American port.
The following promotions in the
naval reserve have been announced:
To be commanders, Joseph B. Lynch
and Herbert L. Seward
To be lieutenant commanders:
Thomas w. Boiling. Stephen J.
Calendar, Harry P. Mel. Connor,
Walter c. Greene, jr.; Carl w.
Hawkins, Walter w Koch. Fraser
l.. Madden, Richard R. McNulty,
Slegfrld A. Ojstedt, Andrew P. Ped
erson. George C. Thomas and
George w. Wagner.
70 be lieutenants: Howard B.
Abrahamson. William T. Alexander,
George D. Arntz, Alfred L. Bergtold,
Frank E. Blackmore, Ernest G..
Burnheimer, William L. Bray,
Angelo j. Capone, George Cook,
Joseph A. D'Avi, Henry C. Gernand,
William F. Crogan, Eugene R. Ham
mersley, Franklyn D. Hankins.
Harry L. Hansen, Henry c. Hollen-
beck. Samuel E. johnson, Edward
t. Kelly, Charles L. Kiewert, Her
man H. Landgraf, William r. R.
La Vielle. jr.: Jacob B. Lee, John c.
Leslie, Alexander D. Mair, Carl G..
Olson, Jack H. Prause, Leon A.
Shearer, Walter L. Sorenson. Donald
M. Strong and Herbert c. Weller.
To be lieutenants, junior grade:
Clarence A. Adele. jr; George w.
Albin, jr; Arthur H. Ashton, War;
rem c. Boles. Dana L. Boiler, Rich
ard K. Cockey, Clement o. David
son, Walter Def. Day, Eskil T.
Eskilson, John L. Everett, jr.; Byron
E. Goetz, Harry B. Gompert, James
j. Gunnip. Thomas NJ Hale, Laurent
o. Hess, William j. Huber, Robert w,
Hutchinson, Francis E. Johnstone,
jr.; Henry j. Kostowal Ernest Lei
bacher, Louis j. Lyna, Robert Nc
Afee, William M McCloy, John A.
McGinty, Harold r. McPhee. James
E. OBrien, William F.. OConnell,
Edward M. Peckenpaugh, Robert w.
Pond, jr.; William K. Proctor, Cecil
j. River, James H. Smith, Martin E.
Solotar, Francis P. Steel. Malcolm
H. Tinker. William B. Tucker and
Louis A. Woodland.
Answering question as to
whether classes from the Naval
R. O. T. G. units. when commits
stoned in the Naval Reserve, in ex-
cess of existing quotas, the Navy
Department said that If any district
procurement quota will be exceeded
by the commissioning of the 1899
graduating classes in the. N. r. o.
T. c. units, the number of officers
commissioned in excess of the pro-
curement quota will be regarded as
temporarily in excess of existing
procurement quotas.