Evening star., 1941-06-01
Reservists Who Failed Academy
Tests May Get Active Duty Gail
Citizen Sailors May Be Sent
To Vessels Soon After July !

Members of the United States
Naval Reserve who have been serv-
ing In the divisions here as candi-
dates for appointment to the United
States Naval Academy may be ex-
pected to be called to active duty
in their respective ratings, If they
failed to make marks high enough
to obtain one of the appointments
1t was learned last week. That is,
If they have not passed the age
limit fixed for entrance to the acad-
emy as a midshipman.
If they are still within the age
limit, and will be up to April next,
and apply for reassignment to one
Of the new divisions which is to
be formed, they may continue on an
inactive status as long as they attend
some preparatory school. 1t was
said at the Reserve headquarters
In the Washington Navy Yard here
that the enlisted men from Naval
Reserve units in other parts Of the
country have been sent to their home
stations to await the results of the
examinations, while those living In
the District and nearby are awaiting
to receive the report Of the exam
liners.
1t was said that applications for
the appointments for the class
which Is scheduled to enter the
academy in 1912 are very sparse to
date. and those in charge are un-
able to explain it. There is one
change in the plan this year and
that Is that the candidates shortly
after July / will be sent to a naval
training station for a short indoctri-
nation course, after which. on their
own application, they will be re-
turned to their home to attend
schools and to drill in the districts
to comply with the requirements of
the regulations.
Those who contemplate joining
the Reserve to seek midshipmen ap-
pointments, it was asserted at the
Reserve headquarters, should not de-
lay, because they might be disap-
pointed in their efforts to get into
the Reserve for this purpose. 1t
was declared that the procedure for
taking the men into the service
this year takes more time than
heretofore, and those who come in
late might delay their chances be-
yond the 1st of July, when all
candidates must be in the Reserve.
All recruiting for the Reserve, it
was explained, now has been
shifted from the local Reserve head
quarters at the Washington Navy
Yard to the regular station, and
after enlistment there, then the
mans record and the individual
are sent to the local Reserve head
quarters for final instructions.
1t is not the present plan, it was
said, to call the men to active duty
for service at the training stations
as soon as they are enlisted. They
will be informed to stand by for a
call, and when the training station
is ready for them they will be sent
down as group. Once there, it was
said that the academy candidate
groups very likely will be kept apart
from the other seamen, and given
a special course of training. and
upon return to an inactive status
upon completion of the course will
be expected to keep up this work,
under the direction of an officer as
signed to this duty. 1t. A. Arthur
Lamar, former officer of the local
battalion. who has had considerable
experience in the preparation of
these reserve candidates for service
at the academy, and who is now
on active duty as aide to the chief
of the Bureau of Navigation of the
Navy Department. is expected to
again take charge of the training,
which will be at night and in addi-
tion to his regular daytime duties
at the Navy Department.
Local Reserve headquarters is
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