Evening Star Newspaper, April 15, 1928, Page 36

Pa C. Naval Reserve are belng formulated the rve Battalion of the District just arrived at her berth here after having been put in commission at the Philadelphia Navy Yard under the direction of her com- mander, Comdr. Mark L. Hersey, United States Navy, who also took the De- stroyer Allen to Philadelphia and placed here out of commission. Officers and men swarmed over the new vessel last Monday night and thoroughly inspected her. Both offic and men expressed themselves as highly picased, the crew particularly express- ing their pleasure over the excellent a commodations for them. The vessel | has only steamed 7.000 miles since she was originally built and placed in com- | mission, and is said to be in the best | s . Her guns are newer than | those which were aboard the Allen, and | the searchlights are said to be fine. { man, second class, being assigned to the Headquarters Division. He also has been placed on permanent active duty as a shipkeeper aboard the de- stroyer Abel P, Upshur. George H. Stiles, 4018 Thirteenth street northeast, passed a physical ex- amination at the navy yard during the week for appointment to the Civil En- ineering Corps of the Volunteer Nava rve. Lieut. Harry J. Nichols, executive officer of the battalion, will be ordered up for examination for promotion to the rank of lieutenant commander during the next two months, according to information received at battalion headquarters. Lieut. Nichols gradu- ated from the United States Naval Academy in the class of 1917, served throughout the war with the destroyer squadrons engaged in escort duty and ! in submarine patrol in the war rone and resigned after the war Efforts are being made by the local battalion headquarters to enlist in the Reserve all amateur radio fans, par- ticularly those having their private sending and receiving sets. These men Smith, commander of the organization, of altgrnating the cruise periods. It will go'from June 30 to July 14 The 1st Fleet Division will make the second cruise from July 21 to August 4, and the 2nd Fleet Division will make the final cruise from August 11 to August 25. his will give the ship a week in port at the end of each run. With the local Reservists will the division from the Maryland Naval Reserve Bat- talion at Baltimore, Ma. Comdr. Smith has issued instructions that all o®cors and men must be in uniform at the armory at 7:30 o'clock 1{on the night of the annual inspection, as the muster myst be completed and the battallon turhed over to the in- spection board promptly at 8 o'clock. $80,000 IN ART STOLEN. Burglars Make Haul in French Chateau Near Beauvais. Correspondence of the Associated Press, BEAUVAIS, France.—Art burglars | made an $80,000 haul of fine old tap- estries and pictures at the Chateau de Fresnaux-Montchevreuil, belonging to the Marquis de Balleroy, one of the show places of the region. | Among the things taken were four seventeenth century Aubusson tapestries | measuring 6 feet by 715 feet: a fine por- Beginning tomorrow night, the bat- | will be made a part of the communi- | trait on copper of the Prince de Conde; talion will shift its training from the | cations reserve, and in time of emer-|two portraits of Mme. de Maintenon, armory in the navy yard to the Upshur, | gency would be placed at the big naval [one painted by Mignard about 1665; a Kepnntory 10 the annual inspection | fore members of a board of regular naval officers from the Navy Depart- ment. be required to emergency dril in the five weeks intervening before | the inspection both officers and men | pect to make enough headway to| make a very creditable showing. i William G. Perry, 642 F street south- | west, enlisted in the battalion during | the week, it was announced at battalion | headquarters. He shipped in the en- gine room force as a fireman. third class, and was immediately assigned to the 1st Fleet aboard the ship, and | linton W. Ringrose. who has served years in the regular service. al ted during the week as a signal radio stations to keep the heavy wal time trafic moving. There are about 50 such amateurs in the District, it member of this reserve. Preparations also are being made by the local battalion headquarters for the annual cruises. of which there will be three. The enlisted men are being instructed to make arrangements with their civillan employers for leave to the cruises with their respective jon, and no man will be allowed o go with any other division, unless it 1= shown positively that he is unable to get leave at the time his division goes on the cruise The 3rd Fleet Division will make the first cruise this vear, under ‘the plan originated by eut. Comdr. Finney B. portrait of King Henry IV of France by Porbus; and portraits by Duplessis-Mor- ¥ | nay of the “Pope of the Huguenots” and | The organization this year will | was said, and each will receive a per-|of the Marquis de Montchevreuil, of | through a series of | sonal letter inviting him to become a | 1680. i Praises Baby, Steals Purse. Grangemouth, Scotland, claims | have the meanest woman thief in Eu- rope. 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