Evening star., 1942-02-01
Work on Butts Manual
Given Candidates for
Naval Academy
Reserve Battalion Gets
Into Physical Condition
For Stiff Examinations

Physical drill with rifles, better
known in the services as Butts
Manual, is being stressed in training
of the Naval Academy Candidates
Division, Naval Reserve Battalion,
here. This is being done in order
to get them in physical condition
for mental tests they soon will face
to determine whether they will en-
ter the Naval Academy July l.
A number ef members of Congress
are selecting men from the Naval
Reserve Battalion for congressional
appointments to the academy be-
cause they realize the men have
had fine basic training. like the
service and will continue in the
academy after their appointment,
it is said. Those who receive con-
gressional appointments are re-
quired by the Navy to accept them,
to make room for others who want
to enter the training battalion.
48 Men in Division.
There are 48 men in the local
division. Officers here say that they
do not know how many candidates
there are in other parts of the coun-
try. There are not many, however,
as many cities, which formerly had
Naval Reserve units on an inactive
status, were not permitted to reform
them after the original units were
called into service. AS soon as the
men training here are called to the
academy, it is expected that another
group will be formed.
Those who wish to seek academy
appointment, through the Reserve,
should make prompt application so
that enlistment can be completed
by June 30. All candidates must be
in the service by that date to comply
with the statute requiring them to
have served at least one year in
the Naval Reserve at the time of
entrance into the Naval Academy.
High school or college students who
desire to enter the Naval Academy
may enlist now, and continue their
schooling, remaining on an inactive
status After next July l they will
be called to active duty for instruc-
tion at a naval training station.
After completion of that course they
again will be placed on the mac
tive list to attend schools to pre-
pare for the competitive tests for
academy appointments.
Aids Medical Students.
The Naval Reserve also announced
the Navy Department, to bolster the
Medical Corps and to assure that
medical students will be left at col
lege to complete their courses, will
enroll as Medical Corps probationary
ensigns all pre-medical students who
have been accepted for entrance In
class A colleges and all students now
taking medical courses in such COL
leges. On completion of the courses
they will be permitted to continue
their internship either at private
hospitals or at naval hospitals for
a year and then will be commits
stoned lieutenants, junior grade, In
the Naval Reserve Medical Corps.
Acceptance of commission in the
Naval Reserve does not preclude a
Reserve officer from applying for
d COIIIIllSSlO1l LII IIle McOlCdl SOI pS
Of the Regular Navy.
Applications for appointment must
be filed with the commandant of
the naval district in which the ap-
plicant resides. Forms may be OBJ
tanned from the deans of medical
schools, from the Bureau Of Medi-
cine and Surgery of the Navy De-
partment here or from the COM
mandant. A pre-medical student
must inclose a statement. signed by
the dean of the medical college, that
the candidate has been accepted as
q first-year medical student in a
class A school for the next entering
class. Enrolment in the Naval Re-
serve Medical Corps exempts stu
dent from the draft.
The local Naval Reserve recruiting
headquarters still is receiving an
average of 300 applications day for
enlistments and for commissions as
officers In various branches of the
Reserve.