Evening star., 1941-06-15

An increased tempo is being shown
at the local headquarters OF the
District Naval Reserve in both the
commissioned and enlisted branches,
it was said. An additional number
of officers who have been on the
rolls of the Reserve for number
of years have been called to active
duty and are being sent to various
ships and stations, and, in addition,
civilians, with special qualifications,
are being given commissions In vari-
Gus ranks, according to their age
and experience, and are promptly
being called to duty, most of them
for shore assignments. II was said
the Navy is seeking personnel for
the ranks, particularly specialists,
and including men who desire to go
to schools to try for commissions
both in the surface ships branches
as well as in the air service.
There are said to be number Of
line officers in this vicinity who
have not yet received their orders.
These include men who have been
in the Reserve for many years and
have had considerable experience at
sea during the annual training
cruises. There is said to be a pos
sibility that these are being saved
for duty atioat as the new ships are
placed in commission. Some of
these officers served throughout the
World War in responsible positions
af1oat, and it is believed that their
services would be valuable to the
Navy. Some of them have been con-
tacted, with view to ascertaining
whether they would be interested
in re-entering the Reserve service.
Men From Selective Service.
Use of selective service men for
the naval service has been indicated
| in military circles, and it was point
ed out by local naval officials that
the practice is not new, as selective
service men were used during the
latter part of the last war, as the
| demand became heavy on the Navy
for men to man the great number
of ships which were being placed
in commission at that time. When
the selective service system for this
service was inaugurated, it was saio
that the voluntary system of enlist
ments was stopped. During that
time the men taken in by thi;
route were enrolled in the Nava
Reserve and not the regular estab-
| lishment, and it was said that that
will be the practice at this tint
when the formal orders are issued
to bring in men through this route
1t was said the men TO be brought
into the service through the Sc
| lective system, rather than by vol.
untary enlistment, were to be sent
to vessels of the merchant type, usec
in the train" for supplies of vari-
Gus kinds, including the transporta.
ton of troops and other perSonne
between the various bases which
| are being established by the United
States. This, it was explained, i!
| due TO the fact that the men car
be more easily trained for these
duties in short time, whereas, or
the other hand, it takes severa
years to make a real man-o'-wars.
man aboard one of the combatan
ships of the fleet.
With a dearth of enlistments il
the Naval Reserve of men for tn,
competition for the 100 United
States Naval Academy appoint
ments in 1912, local Reserve of
ficials rather suspected that ther
would be a general rush of thes
candidates during the last few day
and few hours of the month. The,
sounded a warning, however, tina
a general rush at the last minut