Evening star., 1940-05-19

II p G tlOn,
which will cover IT,
three phases,
personnel, mate
riel and discus
sion by the in
specting officer.
will be conducted 1t. weinstsek.
by 1t. Louis M. LIE Hardy, U. S. N,
and 1t. Comdr. James H. Nicholson,
former commander Of this division.
The personnel inspection will cover
the appearance of the men and their
uniforms. All members have been
urged to wear dress blues. After
this phase is completed, the inspec-
tor will examine the local Naval
Reserve Radio Station, NED. with
the following operators in charge:
F. Calvert, radioman, first class;
G. H. Melton, radioman, second class;
]. F. Price, radioman, second class;
H. B. Vanderbeck, radioman, third
class, and G. Reed, radioman, second
class. During this period of the
inspection, the local station will con-
tact NAA, the Navy's Arlington sta
ton, and put through any messages
of the inspecting officer.
Subsequent to this, according to
the present plans, the radiomen
will be called to battle stations and
will set up circuit and carry on
practice procedure. This will be
followed by an inspection of the
cryptanalysis group. The officers
class in the use Of the plotting board
will demonstrate this phase of the
activities, after which there will be
signaling and an examination of
the administrative activities of the
division. Later the whole group will
be assembled to hear brief address
Of 1t. LIE Hardy.
The Communications Division will
hold its annual Thursday night
widows dinner on June 6 at 7
o'clock. 1t. Comdr. James H. Mich
olson will be in charge The Thurs
day night widows, it was explained,
are the wives, mothers and sweet
hearts who have to forego the COM
pany Of these men on Thursday
nights while they attend their regu-
lar drills at the Naval Reserve Ar
mory in the washington Navy Yard.
It has been called to the atten-
ton of members of the Communica-
tions Division that the intercept
operator at the naval radio station
at Arlington has reported certain
violations on the part of Reservists.
They include the use of speed keys
on the circuits, the use Of unof-
flcial conversation in naval ahbrevi-
ated procedure. All of the men have
been warned that the use of Naval
Reserve radio circuits must be in
accordance with the communica-
tions instructions.
The battalion cclors, with a color
guard under command of Chief
Boatswain w. M. Mousseau, will par
ticipate In the annual massing Of
the colors at the Washington Cathe-
dral this afternoon. The same color
guard also will attend Memorial Day
service of the Fleet Reserve Asso-
citation at Arlington on May 80.
Capt. Elijah Cope, U. S. N,
supply officer at the Washing
ton Navy Yard, addressed the
supply officers class, which meets
for study in the offices of the Civil
Service Commission. Capt. Cope has
evinced considerable interest in this
group of supply officers Of the Re
serve, who have volunteered to at
tend these classes to prepare them
selves for immediate service in the
event of need.
Efforts are being made to obtain
ofhcers who are members OF the
Naval Communications Reserve to
volunteer for active duty, but so far
few have applied. OF course, 1t was
pointed out, many of the officers
are not in position to accept active
duty under the limited emergency
proclamation of the President. as
the duty, as of the present time. IS
to be only for year. Not few OF
the officers feel that they cannot
afford to give up their civilian jobs
even to serve the Navy for this
period, which, Of course. may be
longer if the situation in Europe
becomes more menacing. The Navy
Department has made it plain also
that 1t does not desire officers to
volunteer whose family situations
are such that they cannot accept.
The officers are needed for various
duties af1oat, particularly with the
ships which are engaged on the
neutrality patrol.
On the other hand, it was pointed
out, if 1t should become necessary to
issue a full emergency order. then
the department has no alternative
but to call officers to active duty,
but this will be the last resort. In
the event of such call officers must
answer it under the terms under
which they were given commissions
IN the Reserve. However, with a
great expansion of the fleet and the
commissioning of ships in reserve,
the need will become greater all the
time.
The department is still calling for
volunteer line officers and 1t is ex-
jected that some from the local
battalion may 60 into the service
in the near future. The department
has not called for officers higher
than the rank of lieutenant, and so
far as can be learned the restric-
tions will be held to this rank.
In addition to the officers needed
for duty afloat, the department is
asking for Naval Reserve officers
who are qualified for, and desire
active duty, with pay and allowances
Of their rank, at the United States
Naval Academy as instructors.
Rear Admiral George Petteng1ll,
commandant of the Washington
Navy Yard, in announcing the need
for such officers, said that he had