Evening star., 1940-12-16
II Of Marine Reserve
Scouting Squadron ;
Leave for Quantico
Stringent Physical Rules
Knock Seven Men Off
Active Duty Roster

MoblllZed to active duty Tor dura-
ton of the emergency, 2 officers
and 40 men of the Marine Reserve
Scouting Squadron 3 left Washing
ton this afternoon for Marine Bar
racks, Quantico, Va, where they
will 60 into intensive training.
The outfit gathered early this
morning at the Naval Reserve Avia-
ton Base at Anacostia, where they
have been drilling as reserves at
least once a week. Final prepara-
tions were made, with issue of COM
plete equipment and last-minute
checkup on the physical examina-
tions.
Capt. Roswell B. Burchard, jr.,
commanding officer, had arranged
for the lengthy flight physical
examinations to be taken during
the last week on the installment
plan to dovetail with the other
work of the medical officers at the
Naval Air Station. Seven men were
dropped from the roster because OF
the stringent requirements of the
so-called flight physical" form "Y, u
and the squadron was reduced from
its strength of At men last week to
q departure strength of 40.
Photograph Only Ceremony.
FareWells had been said to the
boys by their families at home, and
no ceremony was staged at the base
except that the squadron lined up
in front of a dive bomber plane for
their photographs before leaving.
Although the weather was chill anc
damp, with occasional light rains
the personnel was in excellent spirit:
at prospects of going to active duty
They laughed and joked with each
other. had substantial midday
hot meal, piled into a huge motor
truck and left early this afternoon
for Quantico.
At the big Marine base on the
Potomac they were to set up house
keeping in new barracks at Brown
Field and become part of Marine
Detachment No. l, along with othel
squadrons being mobilized today
from several points in the East.
At Quantico the new detachment
will be put through intensive train.
ing expected to last for two or three
months. After that it is believed
the force will be transferred to some
southern base, probably in Cuba.
Making final plans for departure
from Washington. Capt. Burchard
conferred with 1t. Comdr. T. U
Sisson, commanding officer of the
Naval Reserve Aviation Base, and
with It. Charles E. Parker of the
Marine Corps, formerly of the squad
ron, who now Is attached to the
base staff.
Capt. Burchard, who resides at
3066 Porter street NV, took with
him to Quantico only one other
commissioned officer, Frank NJ
Richard, marine gunner, of 1929
Allison street NV. All other COM
missioned officers of the squadron
had been assigned elsewhere.
The noncommissioned officers and
enlisted men of the squadron who
left today were as follows: Master
Technical Sergt. Henry F. Camper,
273 Marshall road, Cheverly, Md;
First Sergt. Vincent c. Sullivan, 725
Fifth street NE; Technical Sergt.
Raymond B. Taylor, 2605 Hamlin
street NE: Staff Sergt. Howard F.
Block, PIP North Sixteenth street,
Arlington, Va; Staff Sergt. Lawrence
L. Jacobs, 1902 Orinoco street, Alex
andria; Staff Sergt. George G. Rab-
bitt, II Grant avenue, Takoma Park;
Staff Sergt. Parker v. S. Reed, 1920
Tuckerman street NV; Sergt. Harry
L. Aim, 2916 Nelson place Sc;
Sergt. Milton S. Bejune, 1889 Ives
place Sc: Sergt. Leland M. Swind-
Ter, 3546 Albemarle street NV;
Sergt. Edward j. Wines, 4O27 Thir-
teenth street NV; Corpl. James B.
Cox, 1925 Franklin street NE;
Corpl. Keeling H. Jacobs, AS South
Pitt street, Alexandria; Corpl. Alvin
j. Jensen, 1896 Eleventh street NV;
Corpl. Charlie H. MCGEE, jr., 1855
Vy0AAAAA6 oVCAAOC, SOI VI. LOulS "A.
Meneghini, 1913 Maryland avenue
NE; Corpl Eugene F. M. Moon, 10
Carroll avenue, Hyattsville, Nd;
Corpl. Joe w. Sparkling, zoos Kalo-
rama road NV.
Privates first class-Edwin C. ALL
bright, 1721 Twenty-ninth street
Sc; Charles A. Cole, jr., 1860
Lanier place; William o. Cooper,
7611 Georgia avenue; Elmer E. WAL
ker, Is Garfield avenue, Hyattsville.
Privates-Thomas Armat, jr.,
Graystone, Klingle road NV;
Stanley G. Baker, 27 Guide avenue,
Takoma Park; Edward G. Barbee,
1882 Fairmont street NV; John j.
Behabetz, 827 Underwood street
NV; Michael j. Fitzpatrick, 4618
Yuma street NV; John E. Gray,
2845 Monroe street NE; Julian B.
Hammond, 1641 K street NV; John
F. Harper. 1927 Ninth street NV;
Richard A. Haven, 1900 Sixteenth
street NV; Donald L. Herrick,
2308 Ashmead place NV; william