Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-10-10
ENLISTED MEN
RETAINED THRU
THE EMERGENCY

made this week in Washington by or
der of Secretary of the Navy Knox,
"All men now enlisting in the Naval
Reserve will be retained on active
duty throughout the period of the ma
tional emergency, but they will be re-
leased to inactive duty as soon after
the emergency as their services can
be spared, regardless of the length OF
time remaining in their enlistment"
Enlistment in the U. S. Naval Re-
serve is for four years but, if man
enlists today and the emergency ends
within a period of several months, he
will be returned to his civilian job as
soon as possible after the emergency
is over, and will not be required to
complete his four year term in active
service.
Four classes of service in the Unit
ed States Naval Reserve need men
urgently today. They are Class V-3,
which includes radio and communica-
tons, VS., aviation; We, for trade
specialists or men desiring trade or
vocational training; vi, fleet Off
GERS. A more detailed outline of each
class follows below.
Men with specialized training in
radio, searchlight and semaphore sig
mailing or Morse telegraphy may be
enrolled in Class V-3, the commune
cations class of the Naval Reserve.
These men will be enlisted as petty
officers with ratings according to
their degrees of proficiency. Pay for
men enrolling in this group ranges
from $50 a month for a petty Off
Ger third class to 500 a month for a
chief petty officer. An additional al
lowance of $1.15 per day is made for
men with dependents who have the
rating of petty officer second class
or higher.
A man with at least two years Of
college education who desires to enter
naval aviation will be enlisted as a
seaman second class in Class vs. OF
the Naval Reserve. After months
preliminary training the vs. recruit
will become a naval aviation cadet
and will be sent for advanced train
ing to one of the three principal ma
val flight training centers: Pensacola,
Fla, Jacksonville, Fla; or Corpus
Christi, Texas. On completion of this
advanced course which requires ap-
proximately seven months, the Vs.
cadet will be designated as a naval
aviator and will be commissioned as
an ensign in the U. S. Naval Reserve.
During the first month of training,
VS. recruits are paid $50. On COM
pletion of the first months training
the VS. recruit is designated as a
naval aviation cadet and will be paid
$75 month, plus 81 per day living
expense. Upon commission as an en-
sign his pay will be increased to ap-
proximately $245 a month and in ad-
dition he will receive regular pay
bonuses of $500 for each year he
serves in active duty after the train
ing period.
Class We in the U. S. Naval Re-
serve offers opportunities for men
with specialized training to continue
their trades and at the same time
serve their country. This group in
cludes specialists of any kind such as
electricians, carpenters, machinists
stenographers, accountants, plumbers
cooks, bakers and many other trades
and vocations. These men will upon
enlistment be given ratings in accor-
dance with the amount of previous
specialized training they have had
Men with no previous specialized
training will be enlisted in Class We
as apprentice seamen with pay of $21
a month. Directly following enlist
ment the new recruit will be sent to