Evening star., 1939-02-12
Naval Inspection
Board Visits
Local Reservists
Citizen Sailors
Make Good Showing
In Annual Tests

In Annual Tests
When the Board OF Inspectors, =
composed of regular naval officers,
appeared at the armory of the lst
Battalion, District Naval Reserves,
last week for the animal inspection,
observers declared that it was the
Disappearing local Naval Reserve
unit which had ever been presented.
From general observation every man
had done his utmost to bring the
battalion to the top notch among
the Reserve units of the country, and,
furthermore, to bring this about as
a tribute to their commander, 1t.
flames E. Sullivan. who pleads to
seek transfer to the Volunteer Re-
serve within short time.
Many relatives and friends of the
men were on the sidelines during
the tests, which occupied nearly
three hours. The board not only
made a detailed inspection of the
appearance of the uniforms and
equipment of the men. but examined
individual officers and men in their
duties
Although observers believed that
the organization made an excellent
showing, and in their opinion may
eeach !he top point there is no inn
medlate comment by the members
OF the board, and the men will not
know whether the board found any
defects until the formal report is
received from the Navy Department
a few weeks hence. Even then they
viii not be able to know their rela-
tive standing among the battalions
and divisions in other parts of the
country, because it will be months
before the board completes all of the
inspections, when the relative fig :
ures will be compiled and published
The men will now resume their
regular schedule of training. which
Will have as its objective prepara-
tlons for the annual cruise. the de-
tails OF which are expected to be
announced within a short time so
that they may be able to make plans
for leave from their employment,
Although they were sent as bat
talon on battleship cruise last
year. there is hope among members
OF the organization that the NAVY
Department will find it possible TO
send each of the three divisions on a
destroyer this year They also are
hoping that it will be possible to
SEND them to foreign port for
their mid-cruise liberty. something
at least different from last summer,
when they were sent to the naval
station at Guantanamo to stretch
their sea legs.
Under the new regulations lust
promulgated by the NAVY Denart.
ment. there are number OF vacan.
cles in the Naval Reserve for lieten-
ants and lieutenant commanders.
The regulation provides that ccm.
mlssloned line officers of the Organ
lied Reserve and of the Volunteer
Reserve, general service. of the rark
OF lieutenant commander and lieu.
tenant, shall not exceed the per.
centages of l6 per cent and 81 per
cent, respectively, of the total num-
Der OF commissioned line officers
o. the rank of lieutenant commando
er and below in the Organized Re.
serve and the Volunteer Reserve,
general service, combined, exclusive
of commissioned warrant officers.
The department announced that
officers will be considered for pro-
motion to fill existing vacancies
at such time as they fulfill the re-
qulrements of service in grade and
active service in grade. and qualify
physically and professionally. In
order that officers may ascertain
how close they are to the top for
promotion to the next higher grades,
the department announced that the
following had become cue for p-o-
motion up to January Is. last 1t.
Oscar F. Dupont, 1t. q. g. Fred P.
Erinere and Ensign William T.
Romizer.
Staff officers of the organized
and volunteer branches of the Re-
serve will become eligible for con-
slderation for promotion when the
line officer next senior becomes
eligible. 1t was explained that in
cases where several line officers
OF the Organized and Volunteer Re-
serve have the same date of rank
on the lineal precedence list. staff
officers of ths same rank will be-
come eligible for consideration for
promotion on the same data as the
junior of such line officers.
The rank of commodore which
has been retained in the Reserve.
but which long ago disappeared
from the commissioned grades in
the regular establishment. has also
become history in the Reserve. COM
modore George w. Bauer has been
selected for the new rank of real
admiral in the Reserve therefore.
he has the distinction of being the
last to hold the old rank and the
first to be named to the new one.
A selection board has recommended
the following promotions for officers
of the Medical Corps of the Reserve:
To be commanders in the Organ
lied Reserve. William A. Stoops,
Page Oscar Northington and Will
liam L. Martin; to be captain in the
volunteers, Egerton l.. Crispin, Verne
A. Dodd and Philip K. Gilman: to
be commanders in the volunteers,
John c. Ruddock. William R. Lewis,
Lawrence F. Drumm, Ardenne A.
Stott, Robert B. Sweet, Robert T.
Canon. Waddie P. Jackson. John r.
Short, James c. Ghormley. John L,
Lavan, William H. Olds. Homer A.
Higgins. William E. CostoloW, Frank
T. Maxson, Harold A. Thompson,
Joseph S. Rhame, Roy B. Harrison.
Lyall C. Kinney, Joseph Madison
Greer, Julius l.. Waterman, William