Evening star., 1940-03-24

distance, 1t.
d. g. F.. w.
Lemley, has OBJ
tanned a num- Rear Admiral Hooper.
Der of copies Of vessels, which
he has distributed through the di-
visions for the young citizen sailors
to study.
1t. q. g. w. H. Fifer, engi.
neer officer attached to the bat.
talon staff, took all of the bat.
talion's electricians mates and strik-
e-s on tour of the new naval tug
Navajo, while she was at the Wash.
ington Navy Yard; particularly ex-
planning to them the electrical in.
st allation aboard this most model
of naval tugs.
Ensign ]. F. Doubleday Of Green
Bay, Wis, former cadet at the
United States Coast Guard Acad.
envy, has reported for duty with the
local battalion, and has been as.
signed to the special Naval Academy
candidate division.
Rear Admiral James A. Schofield
United States Naval Reserve, or
duty at the Navy Department and
former commander of the local
battalion, is to review the organiza.
ton this week, the ceremonies tc
be followed by a dance. He will
award the "E" for gunnery Ell.
cheney to 18 members of the gun
crew who eXcelled all of the or.
carnations of the country in targe,
practice during their annual cruise
last summer.
With the cruising season now
really open, 1t. w. C. Jennings
commander of the battalion, IL
formulating a regular schedule tt
be followed by the various divisions
in taking the new training ship oi
the battalion out. 1t will be as.
signed to particular group or
each week end, and the organiza.
tions will be able to determine some
time ahead when they will be ex.
pected to go, SO that the ofiicers
and men may make the necessary
arrangements.
The approaching retirement OF
Rear Admiral James A. Schofielo
on April l will create vacancy
for another rear admiral in the
Reserve. The following promotion!
in the Reserve have been an.
nounced: Comdrs. Lawrence F
Drum, Alfred c. Flather, Henry H
Heimann, Lyell c. Kinney and Isaae
j. Van Kammen.
1t. Comdrs. Walter B. Armstrong
Henry A. Barner, William E. Bauer
Stephen j. Calender, Frederick G
E. Carlson. Arthur D. Condor, Bert
H. Creighton. Harold G. Drake,
Frank r. Dunbar. John F. Fisher
Earle j. Gluck, Joseph w. Golinkin
Walter B. Hamlin, Harold c. Hill
John H. Kangeter, George A. Mars.
den, Denis S. O'Connor, Walter @
Peterson, Reed A. Rose, James A
Ryan, Maynard r. Sanders, Viii.
liam L. Shields, Charles G. Shone
Eulan I. Snyder, George H. Stiles
Charles E. Williams and Ernest E
Wolcott.
Its. Melvin o. Bowen, Dudley M
English, Charles B. Henriques, Ed.
ward j. Kevern, William N. Martin
John w. Neel, Harry S. Weaver, jr.
Robert E. Worstell and Raymond ]
Zanzot.
Its. q. g. Parks, M. Adams,
Ernest E. Butow, Conrad w
Craven, Lorzneo B. Evans, George
M. Grening, Alvin A. Hero, Charlie.
F. Lyman, William A. Mcmahon
Robert H. Menges, Fred A. Plata
Chester A. Silver, Steward D. Ter.
rell, Robert H. Thomas, Lawrence
E. Toddhunter. Sidney X. Tully
Glendon D. Williams and Thomas
H. Wilson.
The Navy Department. has re.
ceived from the superintendent oi
documents of the Government
Printing ONCE number of request.
for the purchase of various Nava.
Reserve training courses. It an.
nounces that such courses are not
available at that ONCE, and that the
only ,ones issued are those which
the bureaus give out gratuitously
As fast as new courses are being
printed a sufficient supply is pro.
cured for distribution to the Nava.
Reserve. Additional copies Of Other
courses will not be available unit
such courses are reprinted.
Naval Reserve officers ordered h
active duty under the current emer.
gency, the Navy Department an.
nounced, are required to. have only
service dress uniforms and those
items Of clothing and equipment
normally worn with service uni.
| forms.
The controller general Nof the
United States has ruled that Naval
Reserve ofncers reporting for active
duty on account Of the present
emergency are entitled to q uniform
gratuity of $3.50. It was added tina,
they are entitled to this gratuity
irrespective Of any previous gratui.
ties and irrespective of their re.
porting for duty at q location where
uniforms are required to be worn
but they must have the Required