Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1931, Page 54

‘The first word from the United States destroyer Hamilton, which is scheduled to_carry the members of the 1st Bat- talion, United States Naval Reserves of the District of Columbia on their an- n of sea duty for training gurpom, was received during the week hz the headquarters of the Reserves re. The commanding officer of the Ham- iiton requested information as to the names and qualifications of those who are expected to take the first cruise. The vessel at the time of writing of the letter was at Portsmouth, Va. The Hamilton is a part of the newly formed training fleet of the Navy, organized for the purpose of cruising Naval Re- serves when the economy policy made it necessary to decommission certain ships assigned exclusively to the Reserve or- ganizations for training purposes. nce assignment to the training fleet the vessel has been en d _on some g{perl.ment&l work in the Chesapeake ay. Officers and men of the 3d Fleet Di- vision are making preparations for their cruise, which will be the first of a so- ries of three to be taken during the Summer to the Bermuda Islands for training purposes. Harold W. Rusk, seaman, second class, 1467 Rhode Island avenue, was enlisted in the organization during the ;l‘:fk and assigned to the 1st Fleet Di- on. How to live in the Navy was discussed by Lieut. B. J. Dayton, U. 8. N, in- spector-instructor for the Naval Re- serve battalion of this city, at a meet- ing of the Volunteer Communication Reservists at the armory of the navy yard last week. He stated that life on board ship was so different from that elsewhere, that it was imporiant for those who had never been to sea to pre- pare as much as postible beforehand. ‘The Reservists, at their drills, he said, should practice the routine, the salutes and the terms and expressions in regu- lar use on shipboard. Such preparation, he added, may determine whether an individual enjoys his first Naval Re- sarve cruise or is dissatisfied with it. ‘The observance of details, intrinsically rmall, is often of considerable practical portance in enabling the Reservists €0 make a favorable impression. A text on naval terms and definitions was dis- trbuted to - the Reservists present at wae drill. The Naval Communication Reserve will some day be one of the most im- portant branches of the Reserve, ac- cording to the expectations of Lieut. Dayton. It is now realized, he said, that it takes time to make a good radioman. He also expressed the be- lief that the Volunteer Communica- tion Reservists are in an especially favorable position to realize the bene- fits of the efforts which they put into their work. The Naval Reservists of the present day (grmf a cl’ed.tzamfi l;:dw ogg:peunt ground of men, accor e Reg- ular officer,. who stated that he enjoyed his duties as inspector-in- structor of the local Reservists and gained & high regard for them and that he would follow with interest their future development after he takes up other duties. Lieut. C. A. Briggs, commanding the Jocal group of Naval Communication men, announced that a drill would be held Tuesday night at the Eleventh Street Armory. Ele also said that radio drills, via air, will be conducted Thurs- day, beginning at 6:50 p.m. ‘The “chief of the Bureau of Naviga- tion of the Navy Deartment has ad- dressed letters of commendation to six officers and men of the District of Co- lumbia Naval Communicution Reserve for excellent work done by connection with the handling of radio them in|in wmmunica:nn from Managua subse- juent to earthquake. q'l'he letters went to Lieut. C. A. Briggs, commanding the local Reserve Communication Unit; B. B. Stahl, chief radioman; W, J. Swenson, radioman, first class; M. F. Darcy, radioman, sccond class; W. L. May, radioman, second class. ‘Through arrangements with the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. some eight of their specially se- lected young engineers will be appoint- ed ensigns in the Naval Reserve, for engineering duties only, the Navy De- | partment announced. They are to be given a three-month training duty afloat, without pay or aHlowances, or other expcnse to the Federal Govern- ment. At the end of this time they are to be examined for commission as ensigns. These young men will be ordered to report to th: commander, Light Cruiser Squadron, Scouting Fleet, at New York, for further assignment by him to various vessels of the fleet. It is the announced plan of the Navi- gation bureau that the young men be assigned to duty on vessels cf the latest design, and under such conditions that they may acquire as much experience as possible in the actual operation of machinery under way. Through the arrangements completed, the Navy will obtain young engineer officers of high caliber, the department announced. In a number of naval districts, the fleet reserve armories have been equipped with high frequency radio transmitting and receiving sets. In other districts the armories have been equipped with high frequency receiving sets. Consider- able stress now is being laid upon the importance of training flect reserve communication personnel in the duties required of communication officers and men. ‘The master and alternate control stations of the volunteer communication reserve in every naval district are avail- able for use in training. The com- munication reserve officers are ready and willing to establish schedules with the fleet reserves from these stations, Much valuable practice and instruction; it was said, may be obtained by such radio contacts and schedules. The va- rious commandants can make neces- sary arrangements. Individual members of the fleet re- serve owning amateur radio stations, it was announced, should make an at- tempt to listen to the Thursday night. schedules from NKF, beginning at 9 pm., Eastern standard time. At this time, it was said, the master and al- ternate control stations of each dis- trict are formed into tactical units, for the pu of conducting tactical sig- nal drills by radio. Various forms of procedure are used for relaying, ac- knowledging and repeating back signals, and the instruction closely approximates the procedure used in the fleet. ‘The local Naval Reserve air detach- ment was given its annual inspection Thursday at the Naval Air Station a® Anacostia, D. C. The radio drill attendance compe- tition between the reserve radio con- trol stations will terminate for the seeson on June 18, next. The office of chief of naval operations will award a handsome silver loving cup to the district in which the radio control station attendance has attained the highest percentage. BPresem. indications are that at least five districts will be tied for first place with a 100 per cent attendance record. In case of such a tie, it is understood that correctness of procedure and oper- ating, punctuality and smartness of operation, will be the deciding factors selecting the winner this vear. ‘The office of chief of naval operations will appoint a board of two Navy and one Naval Reserve officers, on duty in :i‘i’; mdetunmmt. to select the winning ct. A training course for aviation ma- chinist’s mates, second class, in the new form now is ready for distribution, the department has announced, but progress tests and examination questions will not be completed for several months. This course, the notice states, should be added to the list of courses available in the Year Book of Enlisted Training, 1930. However, it was pointed out that if the course is desired without the progress tests and examination questions 1t will be supplied upon request. Small-arms target training is not viewed with much favor by the Navy Department, it was indicated by an of- Army. week of Col. Robert U. Patterson to be| rank of major general, as the successor | of Maj. Gen. Merritte W. Ireland when | the latter retires for age on May 31, | this appointment will be followed, prob- | ably about June 1 by that of assistant | surgeon general to succeed Brig. Gen. | H. C. Fisher, who also retires for age on May 31. Interest is manifested in | the identity of the officer who will suc- | ceed Gen. Fisher. The names of four colonels of the Medical Corps have been mentioned in this connection, as fol- lows: E. L. Munson, now on duty at 9th Corps Area headquarters, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif.; A. E. Truby, on duty as executive officer in the sur- | geon general’s office; Charles R. Rey- | nolds, commandant of the Medical Field | Serviee School, Carlisl= Barracks, Pa., and C. C. Whitcomb, on duty at Brook- Iyn, N. Y. It is expected that by the latter part | of July, the removal of the Air Corps ‘Tactical School, now located at Lang- ley Field, Va., to Maxwell Field, Mont- gomery, Ala., will be accomplished. In | order to make room for the establish- ment_of the tactical school at Max- well PField the 22d Observation Squad- ron, now located at that field, will be ¥aved about June 25 to Brooks Field, eX. Navy. Admiral Willam V. Pratt, chief of naval operations, has issued orders di- recting that the naval engineering com- petitions be continued through the com- petitive year beginning July 1, with the modifications in the regulations put into force during this year and certain others to become effective on that date. Further studies will be made during the coming fiscal year (1932) looking to further modifications of the regula- tions. The modifications that have been made and those that will become ef-| fective néxt year are generally toward reduction of the paper work of the engineering personnel afloat by simpli- fication of records and reports. Among the changes in the regula- tions to become effective July 1 are those reapportioning the avaijable prize money for the destroyer, submarine and minesweeper classes, so that in- creased number of prizes for greatest engineering improvement may be awarded without increasing expenditure far that purposs. Widespread criticism of and objections to the engineering | competitions in the form that- hereto- | fore has preva’led was the reason for | modifying the rules and regulations governing the engineering competitions, and to ascertain during the coming year the practicability and_desirability | of further modifications. It is the in- tention of the Navy Department to set | |up a more simplified recording system | | that will stimulate the engineering per- isonnel in maintaining the machinery plants of ships on an efficient basis and Army and Navy News With the formal designaticn last|fuel and engineering supplies. I vi e |of 11 new type of destroyers will surgeon general of the Army with the |95 the Brookiyn Navy Yard within the ficer of the department. Such training | Department Ccmdr. Benjamin F. Mot- naval ‘when called out by the Federal Government their duties would be almost entirely on ;'h:g: board, where arms would ably never be used. Of course, it was added, the Federal Government t call out the reserves for a national emergency during peace times, but the chances of this are very remote. It was explained further that the Na- tional Guard promptly would take care of any such emergency, and the expense involved in attempting to train re- servists on rifle ranges would not be commensurate with the benefit gained thereby. to attain economy of expenditure of Construction of the first of a m next few months, the cost of which is estimated to be $4,700,000 each. The new ships of this class will have a dis- y ment pi placement of 1,500 tons, as compared with 1,051 tons of the present destroy- ers in service. The new vessels will not only have a sea speed of 35 knots, but they will have a larger ermament and will have a longer radius of action n the present first-line destroyers. The destroyers now in use were built be- tween 1918 and 1921. Rear Admiral William T. Tarrant, now on duty as chief of staff to Ad- miral Frank H. Schofleld, commander of the Battle Flect, will serve with Ad- miral Schofield in the same capacity after the latter assumes command of the United States Fleet in September. | Admiral Tarrant had been selected for duty at the Navy Department as head of the navy yard division of the secre- tary's cflice, but now it will be neces- sary to select anoth?r officer for that duty. Meetings This Week. Monday—Pettit Auxiliary, Na- val , Fou street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Tuesday — Pettit Camp, 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast; Llawcon Auxiliary, Pythian Tem- ple. Department Comdr. Benjamin F. Motley announced that on Memorial day all Spanish War veterans in the District who are physically able should be in the line of march. He also stated they should attend the exercises at Hitchcock Hall, St. Elizabeth's Hospi- tal, today at 2 p.m., in honor of the. department dead of the District of Columbia. Past Department Comdr. Charles W. McCaffrey, chairman of the Memorial Day Committee, announced, in con- nection with the exercises at St. Eliz- abeth’s Hogpital today, the address of welcome will be given by Dr. William White, Others who will ak are Department Comdr. Motley, Gerald F. McGillicuddy and Dr. B. C. McNeil, commander American Leglon. Astor Camp was called to order by Comdr. T. F. Donovan. Michael J. Moran, Company K, 5th U. 8. Infantry, was mustered into the camp. Dewey Naval Camp paid a camp visitation, and the following made remarks; Sen- for Vice Comdr. George bert, Quartermaster C. Daughterty, Past Department Comdr. Arthur H. League, Now All Can Have SELECTIVE FREE WHEELIN IN THE NEW ley and Past Comdr. Hemmeter, Naval Camp, Philadelphia. Pettit Camp met, with Comdr. B. J. E'obhinm-ehdr. It was the occasion , Past Comdr. Miles Camp, Comrade Copley of Scout Young cnng. Portland, Oreg., and D, O. Hopkins of ', Pa., made addresses. Department President Bertha R. Cook, Department of the District of Columbia Auxiliary, U. 8. W. V., announeed that all the auxillaries will participate in the Memorial day parade. ‘The memorial services for those who lost their lives at sea will be conducted May 31 on board the U. 8. 8. Apache. Past Department Comdr. Lorin C. Nel- son will be master of ceremonies. Representatives from the various auxiliaries will participate in the mass- ing of the colors at the National Cathe- | dral today. The Col. James S. Pettit Auxiliary met, with President Annie K. Berthiaume presiding. It was the occasicn of the annual visitation of the department president and her staff. The depart- resident, Bertha R. Cook, spoke. Solos were rendered by Misses Irene Basselman, Margery Butler and 1vy n. They were accompanied by Miss Mary G. Moxley. A comedy was presented by the Glee Club. Mrs, Annie Berthiaume’ gave a shad bake at her home, McLean, Va., May 23 to members of the auxiliary. At the close of the last meeting of Dewey Auxiliary a play was presented under the direction of Cordelia Pollard, finlm- vice president of Lawton Aux- ary.. — At the last meeting of the National Lineal Society Mrs. Katherine Parker was initiated. Supreme Chief Ruler Lucy Goldsborough placed a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Al’lll’(lfiwn National Cemetery on Moth- £ . Helen M. Kennicutt, captain of the Miles Auxiliary Drum and Bugle Corps, announced that the crops will assemble at 8 a. at Tenth and E.streets to participate in the Memorial day parade. She also stated that the corps will as- semble at 11:45 am. at the tomb of Gen. Nelson A. Miles, at Arlington Na- tional Cemetery, Memorial day to take part in the services that are held by the camp and the L ‘The Sunday music hours have been " | discontinued. ‘The Elizabeth Somers vespers will be f|held today at 5:30 o'clock, with Dr. Allen A. Stockdale, pastor of the First Congregational Church, as the speaker and Miss Edna May Anderson as the leader. ‘The pool at 614 E street will be closed permanently on May 30 and swimming activities of the Y. W. C. A. will be concentrated at the pool at Seventeenth and K streets. The Kgmp Kahlert Kouncil is spend- ing a week end at the Summer home of Mrs. Harold E. Doyle, chairman of the Kamp Kablert Committee of the Y. W. C. A, located on the Chesapeake. re will be an open chapter coun- cil meeting at Vacation Lodge at 11 o'clock Monday. Luncheon will be served by the Princeton Chapter. Mount Pleasant Chapter will meet at the home of Mrs. George W. Rose, 1418 Van Buren street, on Tuesday at 1 o'clock. The business meei=3 will fol- low the box luncheon. ‘The younger business girls will close their weekly activities for the Summer months this week when the Blue Tri- angle and Silverelle Clubs have their closing parties on Thursday and Friday evenings. All old members are cordially invited to come out and join in the fun the two evenings. ‘The Girl Reserve Committee will hold its last meeting for the school year ‘Wednesday at 4 o'clock in the Girl Re- serve room, with Mrs. Willlam Mc- Clellen Ritter presiding. Bon Secour Girl Reserve Club of Central High School will entertain thelr graduates at a banquet Wednes- day at 6 o'clock at the Y. W. C. A. Miss Mary Lesta Wakeman, president, will preside. ~ The annual Girl Reserve tennis tour- | nament will take place on the munici- pal courts, beginning June 1, with all senlor high school clubs participating. There will be a meeting of all entrants in the Girl Reserve club rooms Friday, May 29, at 4 o'clock. There will be a bus trip to Char- lottesville, Va., on May 30, to visit the home of Thomas Jefferson and the Uni- versity of Virginia. The bus will leave SUSQUEHANNA TRAIL OFFERS INTERESTING MOTORING TRIP |&iy —_(Continued Pro urth Page) lows Lycoming Creek, one of the best | fishing streams in the State. Starting at Trout Run the tourist e vinding up. throueh miles, up “ througi green peaks until an altitude of 2,200 feet is reached. The entire ascent is gradual and the concrete road en- gineered so that the trip through this picturesque section can be negotiated in perfect ease. After the high point, the top of Steam Valley Hill, is attained, there is a slight descent fore the highway again straightens out into level countrysides. and intersects the Roosevelt way at Mansfield. It then continues in a northerly direction and crosses into d New York State at Lawrenceville, named for Capt. James Lawrence of Revolutionary fame. An optional route is presented just before the tourist reaches Mansfield. This lles westward via the Roosevelt Highway through Wellsboro, Couders- port and Port Allegheny and then north to Niagara Falls via Olean, East Aurora and Buffalo. It opens up more of Pennsylvania’s famous mountain coun- | try and offers a fine concrete road all the way. Painted Post, just across the New York State line, is a quaint old Indian village, famed in song and story for |time the boldness of scenery in its adjacent countrysides. In this vicinity numerous tribal battles were fought and many white ploneers slain in penetrating the wilderness of primeval times. 01d Williamson Road. In 1,3 the Willlamson_road was completed through from WAlliamsport the Y. W. C. A. at Seventeenth’ and K | streets at 7:30 o'clock. Another trip is being planned on June 7 to Mercersburg, Pa, to hear the carillon program at the Mercers- burg Academy. The bus will leave at 10 o'clock from the Y. W. C. A. Fur- ther information may be obtained from the industrial department. 1,500 feet in seven | wy bold, olis in the heart of the wilderness. Bath is on the Susquehann: some miles beyond Painted Post. this city the Wayland the route splits in two and offers optional roads through East Avon, Batavia and Willlamsville or through Dansville, Mount Morrls, East Aurora and Buffalo. The former is the mmlly selected, inasmuch as it elim- tes Buffalo and the heavier traffic. Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls is a place that no tour- ist leaves willingly. Its stupendous rush and drop of water, mighty gorge, im- es, huge power display: I lel : s always awe-inspiring, Travelers will also be mmmmm:g see- ing Niagara’s new face, a marked irreg~ ularity in her old, familiar profile hav- ing been wrm:fin by the sinking of tons of rock, resulting from years or erosrom, some time ago. Thus the tourist comes to the end of the Susquehanna tour, and he may either return home over the road whence he came or by optional routes through Eastern New York, Pennsyl- vania and New Jersey or Western New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, depending upon the amount of one has to . Canada, too, is just across the border and holds in- finite _possibilities, lncludin& Georgian and North Bays in the fishing and hunting regions, Toronto, the Thousand | Islands and Quebec. One might even drive west to Detroit via St. Thomas and Windsor and then return directly to Washington via To- |ledo, Akron, Canton, Steubenviue, | Washington, Pa.; Cumberland. Md.: | Hagerstowr: and Fred-ricg. ‘Washington motorists interested in | making this tour may obtain copies of the special Susquehanna Trafl booklet prepared by the Willlamsport Chamber |of Commerce. It contains valuable mlg and road logs, describes the routes to followed and tells of ints of in- terest along the way. 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