Evening star., 1942-03-08
Naval Reserve Here
Seeks College Men
For Enlistment
Engineers With Limited
Experience Eligible for
Immediate Service

Deans of local colleges are being
contacted by the local Naval Re-
serve authorities to obtain enlist
ment of college men in the Reserve,
with a view to their obtaining COM
missions Immediately upon compile
ton of their graduation. While
members of the Naval Reserve these
men will not be subject to the selec-
tive service. because they would be
in a part of the military machine
and obtaining their education, some
part of which would be along naTal
lines and indoctrination, it was in
dicated
Local officials as well as COM
mandants throughout the country
are also looking for young engineers
with a limited practical experience
for immediate commissioning in the
Reserve as ensigns. Formerly, it
was said, only those with a mini
mum of three years Of engineering
practice. following graduation,
would be eligible for the civil engl-
neering corps in which the new
group is desired. Numbers Of these
engineers are needed to aid in
supervising as we'll as planning the
engineering work involved in the
construction of new bases, as well
as new and additional construction
at the old naval stations. bases and
air stations. Those desired are
young men with degrees in civil
engineering, mechanical engineer
ing, electrical engineering and ar
chitectural engineering. Specifically
the call does not include, it was
said, those with B. A. and B. F. A.
degrees in architecture.
Applications here should be filed
with the commandant OF the WASH
tngton Navy Yard
1t. Gullickson Promoted.
1t. o. ]. Gullickson, U. S. NJ, re-
tired, who for some time has been
serving as the director of Naval
Reserve activities here, under the
commandant of the Washington
Navy Yard, has been selected for
promotion to the rank of lieutenant
commander. He is directing the
procurement of officers of all grades
and classes for active duty in the
Naval Reserve.
A survey now is being made of the
officer personnel in the local Naval
Reserve offices, with view to de-
termining what officers can be re-
lieved of their present desk duties
and sent to sea. Some Of them were
members of the former Organized
Reserve battalions, all Of which
have been trained over period OF
wears for sea duty, particularly
aboard destroyers and vessels OF
that general type. Others, it was
said. have been enrolled particularly
for administrative duties and have
not had any naval training which
will fit them for duties aboard ship.
Want Medical Students.
A special effort is being made to
enroll in the Reserve students at
medical colleges, with view to
granting them commissions in the
Medical Corps as soon as they COM
plete their medical education
These members of the Reserve
would be kept on an active status
long enough to complete their in
ternship at private hospitals after
they complete their medical edu-
cation. However, there was no as
surance, it was indicated, that this
system will be continued, as it may
be necessary to call them to active
duty Immediately upon completion
of their studies, and then assigning
them to naval shore hospitals to
complete their internship. The
eXigencies of the service and the
demand for medical officers as the
war progresses ultimately will de-
termine this. it was said.
Members of the local Naval Acad-
emy candidate division have little
more than another month of drill
ing with the local battalion before
the examinaticns for appointment
to the Annapolis school from the
ranks of the Naval Reserve
There is belief that if the num-
ber who pass the tests is greater
than the number allowed by the
statute for appointment to the
academy from the Reserve, that
Congress may pass another law per-
mitting these men to go to the
academy. This was done last year
when it was found there were still
facilities at the school for additional
young men.