Evening star., 1940-06-09

Wnere tney nave 3
just completed
an intensive
course, along It. Jennings.
with number of Naval Reserve
officers from all parts Of the coun-
try. 1t. Comdr. T. J. Kennedy, Med
icals Corps, attached to the avia-
ton division of the local Reserve,
also took the course.
1t was pointed out that as result
of scientific advance in recent years
chemical warfare has become a
highly specialized subject, and as a
result of the instruction received by
the local battalion officers it is eX-
pected that an improvement in the
gas-defense training of the local
battalion will be considerably i'm
proved. 1t is the first time that the
local organization will have the benz
eft of specialized instruction in this
field, and it is expected that consid-
erable time during the next few
months will be given over to impart-
ing the latest information in this
field to the other officers and men
of the local outfit.
The instruction will be inter-
spersed in the activities of the local
organization in connection with the
training incident to preparations for
the annual cruise, which is to be
held late in the summer, aboard the
battleship Wyoming. The destroyer
training Of the local units has been
abandoned this year because of the
fact that practically all of the avail
able destroyers are engaged in neu-
trality patrol duty in the Atlantic,
and it was not deemed desirable to
relieve them for the purpose Of
conducting training cruises for the
reservists. In view of the situation
abroad it is possible that the cruis-
ing of the Wyoming will be confined
largely to the North Atlantic. adja-
cent to the United States coast this
year.
In the absence of 1t Jennings, the
battalion was commanded by 1t.
F S. Kirk. senior division COM
mander.
Ensign John S. Calomarie, Supply
Corps, attached to the staff of the
loacl battalion, last week left for a
tWo-Week tour of active duty for
training with Squadron 30 of the
neutrality patrol.
The local battalion was repre-
sented at the Memorial Day serv-
ices held at Arlington under the
auspices of the Fleet Reserve Asso-
citation for the dead of the Navy
BoatsWain H. r. Mousseau and 80
enlisted men formed a color guard
for the ceremonies at the watergate
A squad from the battalion color
guard fired volley over the flow
cred anchor as it f1oated away.
The new national defense pro-
program and the continuation of
the limited emergency declared by
President Roosevelt. it was said, is
continuing to draw a number of
of1cerS and men from the local bat
| talon to active duty both ashore
and afloat.
Enlisted men on active duty with
the Bureau of Navigation include
c. E. Manley. storekeeper, second
class; w. S. H. Hobgood, veoman.
second class: H. Barnstead. chief
storekeeper; C. X. Jenkins, seaman,
second class, and D. w. Wilson,
storekeeper, second class.
Some headway has been made in
the installation of the radio trans
mltter aboard the training ship. Of
flcers reported that the cabinet for
the set has been installed, but in
order to do this some alterations
had to be made in the wardroom
the officers messroom. 1t is ex-
pected that the full installation will
be complete within week, and that
the radiomen will be assigned on
the next cruise, so that they will be
able to operate it and keep in con-
slant contact with the local Naval
Reserve station while the vessel is
operating on the Potomac River and
Chesapeake Bay.
1t. Godfrey Wickware, Supply
Corps, has been ordered to two weeks
of active duty for training. He will
take it in the commandant's Office
at the Washington Navy Yard.
Members of the Naval Reserve
Supply Corps in this city who have
been attending the study group
classes held weekly at the Civil
Service Commission will complete
this duty for the summer on June
II, and on June IS will celebrate
the event with banquet at the
University Club.
The guests will be Comdr. A. B.
McCrary, U. S. N, director of Naval
Reserve affairs in the District; 1t,
F, w. Hatfield, U. S. NJ: Capt. Elijah
H. Cope. Supply Corp, U. S. N,
supply officer at the Washington
Navy Yard, and Comdr. William j.
Carter, Supply Corps, personnel Off
Ger OF the Bureau of Supplies and
Accounts, Navy Department, and in
charge of the correspondence courses
of which the local study course is
supplementary.
The District Chapter of the United
States Naval Reserve Officers' Asso-
citation will hold its final meeting OF
the summer at the Navy's ship-model
testing basin at Carderock, Md. 1t
j. w. Huckert, secretary, said that
the members Of the chapter will tour
the plant there.
Admission is to be restricted to
officers of the Naval and Marine
Corps Reserves, and no one will be
admitted without proper identifica-
ton. The tour is to start at 8 pm
Tho C0ntro1Ior Genero1 of thn