Evening star., 1941-04-06

mediate call to duty at any time.
Generally speaking, it was said. be-
cause of the desirability of filling
all of the allowed vacancies at the
academy, the Navy Department is
not likely to order these young men
to active duty while they are pre-
pairing to take the entrance exam
nations for the naval school.
There still remain on inactive
duty here two destroyer divisions
that is, divisions whose personnel is
trained to man destroyer. If both
of these divisions should be called
to active duty, it was pointed out,
then there would be no means Of
furnishing the candidates with one
of the necessities for taking the
examination, and that is one year
of service with an organized di-
vision. One of the local divisions
was sent to Panama to man the
destroyer J. Fred Talbot. Officers
here have expressed the lack of
knowledge as to the reason for
ordering out one of the divisions
and permitting the other two to
remain.
If one or both of the local di-
visions should be transferred to the
coastal service and allowed to re-
main on duty here, then it was
said the Naval Academy candidates
could comply with their one year
of service law. Among the duties
of these coastal defense divisions
is to man small boats and patrol
the waters adjacent to their terri
tory. and in the event the change
should be made, then it is likely
that motor boats would be sent here
for the training of the local outfit.
At the present time the local bat
talon Is without surface training
vessel. It's former ship was ordered
away shortly after the beginning
of the current emergency. Officers
says there is little likelihood that
they will be assigned another train
ing ship until the Navy Department
definitely determines what DISPOSE
ton is to be made of them in the
way of an assignment on the active
list.
In view of the possibility that the
local divisions will be allowed to re-
main here. and possibly on an in
active status, there is a proba bility
that they will participate in an an
nual cruise this year aboard a ship
of the Atlantic training squadron.
Under the Naval Reserve Act each
OF these divisions must make one
annual cruise in order to maintain
efficiency Their last cruises was
during August and September of
last year, and there is a probability
that the cruise for this year will be
held about that time, although Off
GERS said that they had received no
information on the subject. The
problem will be for the Navy De-
partment to find ships which it can
relieve from their present duties to
take the Naval ReServists out. The
training squadron is expected TO
have a pretty full summer, what
with the midshipmen to be taken
out on their annual training cruise
and another increment of young
college men to be taken out on 30
day cruises each to determine
whether they are suitable for fur
ther training in special naval schools
to become ensigns in the Naval Re-
serve.
1t. q. g. Carl johnson, who has
been serving with the I'd Division,
has received active duty orders. He
has gone to Boston, but his assign
ment there was not known to the
local officials. At the same time
Boatswain's Mate CFirst Class Ar
thur R. Rollman of the 1st Divi-
sion was ordered to the active list
and also sent to Boston.
Capt Edward A. Evers has been
selected for promotion to the rank
of rear admiral in the Naval Re-
serve by a selection board. and the
boards recommendation has been
approved by the Secretary of the
Navy, it was announced. The board
was COMPOSED of Rear Admiral
Hayne Ellis, U. S. Navy, president;
Rear Admirals Arthur P. Fairfield,
Gilbert P. Rowcliff and Alexander
Sharp, U. S. Navy, and Rear Ad-
miral John T. Nelson, U. S. Naval
Reserve, as members, and 1t.
Comdr. James A. Mitchell, U. S.
Naval Reserve, recorder.