Evening star., 1940-10-06
LOO D. G. Reserves
Among 27,591C
For Duty With Navy
Local Marine Units
Also to Serve With
Expanding Fleet
District Reserue Roster on
Page A-11.)

The Navy Department last night
ordered to active duty about 1.1OC
men in Washington out of a total
of 27,59l organized reserves OF the
Navy and Marine Corps throughout
the country, who were mobilized for
preparedness"
This action was said to parallel
the mobilization Of the National
Guard by the Army, and was taken
under authority granted the Pres
ident by law to meet the limited
emergency" The Navy also called
all men in the Fleet Reserve.
The exact time Of mobilization
here and throughout the Nation was
not designated. but will be left Tor
later announcement by the Navy
Department. 1t might be very
shortly. it might be a month.
Six Groups Under Call.
Six groups are under call from the
National Capital. They are:
First Battalion Organized Re-
serves. consisting Of about 300 otfl-
GERS and men in command of 1t. w.
C. Jennings, U. S. N. Reserve. spe-
cial assistant to the Attorney
General.
Fifth Battalion Marine Corps Re-
serve. consisting of about 500 officers
and men, in command Of Lieut.. Col
Harvey l.. Miller. U. S. Marine Corps
Reserve. Col. Miller is secretary to
the D. c. Boxing Commission.
Scouting Squadron Reserve, lis
officers and men. in command OF
Comdr. Paul E. Gillespie. a pilot, OF
the Civil Aeronautics Board.
Marine Scouting Squadron 3 Re-
serve. Sc officers and men, in COM
mand of Capt. Ross Burchard, pilot
Members of the Fleet Reserves
Navy, number of Navy veterans
individuals estimated to be 100 OF
less in number. under supervision
of the Navy Department.
Members of the Fleet Marine
Corps Reserve. individual Marine
veterans. responsible to headquar-
ters, believed to be few in number
here.
No Surprise to Officers.
There are three groups of re-
serves, however. who have not been
called to duty here or throughout
the country. They are the Volun-
teer Reserve, Navy; Volunteer Ma
rine Corps Reserve. and Merchant
Marine Reserve. There are several
officers and men of the first two
groups in Washington, but few if
any of the last group. it is estimated,
as the Merchant Marine Reserve
center principally in seaports.
Official orders of mobilization had
not been received up to late last
night by any of the men in COM
mand of the local reserves. Re-
ports had been current, however, for
weeks that call to duty might be
expected at any time, so the an
nouncement from the Navy De-
partment came as no surprise TO
the officers and men.
The big question, uppermost in
all minds, was the actual time of
mobilization and departure from
the District. Asked if there could
be any definite indication as to the
date for actual call of the National
Capital men to service. one official
in responsible post indicated the
announcement put men on notice
to be subject to call Immediately.
To Be Notified Later.
This, however, did not mean. it
was explained. that they would have
to leave their homes and families
tomorrow morning and report for
duty ready to leave the city. Com
manding officers will receive official
notice, and the men individually
will be notified when to report
One estimate of the time varied
from few days to three weeks.
There was even one guess of a
month or two. But the most gen.
orally accepted estimate was some
where between two and three weeks.
The Navy. however, is known TO
be moving swiftly Many new ships
have been purchased, and are wait
ing for crews. So the local reserves
last night began making arrange
ments to shove off" at a moments S
notice
Destination of the Washington
reserves is not definite, except per-
haps in the case of the 5th Bat
talon of Marines. In all likelihood
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