Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1931, Page 45

D. C. Naval Reserve Another change in the command of the 1st Battalion, United States Naval Reserve of the District of bia, will be made tomorrow night, whem! Lieut. S8amuel W. Stinemetz, who has headed the organization for the past two years, will step from the active to the volunfeer branch. Lieut. Stine-!| metz is relinquishing the command voluntarily because of the pressure of his private business, which makes it impossible for him to give to the or- ganization the time that it requires. | The relief of Lieut. Stinemetz will| tender it necessary to e several | changes in the division commands, to fill the vacancies, and his departure will create another vacancy in the active Reserve to be filled by trahsier to the organization of some commissioned member of the volunteer branch. The | commissioned personnel is limited numerically in the active branch. | Lieut. Harold E. Richardson, com- mander of * the headquarters division and executive officer of the battalion, it was will be detailed to com- mand the organization. Lieut. Rich- ardson has been executive officer ever the com- | has been his chief aid | ying and carrying out the ‘pro- gram of training which has raised the | efficiency of the organization during the | past two years. | It is expected that Lieut. John F. Moore, now commander of the 2d Fleet Division, will be detailed as exec- utive officer of the organization, and that his command will be filled Ly the detall of Lieut. B. M. Coleman from the 1st Fleet Division. ‘The changes are expected to take place at the regular drill tomorrow night, when, it is understood, Lieut. Stinemetz will deliver his farewell as dress to the members of the organiza. tion. It is known that Lieut. Stine- metz has contemplated this step for some time, as he has declared that the work of the organization was becoming €0 pressing that it made it necessary | for him to give too much of the time | needed in his private business. | This latest change is another instance | of the demands ot the service on the | time of Reserve officers, forcing the vet- erans to give up their duties, It was pointed out that not only does the com- missioned personnel, particularly those members with commands requiring much administrative work, have to give time on the regular drill time during the m order to keep up with the work. In addition they are required to put in time in study in order to keep up’ with’ the naval progress, and they must: make plans for the drills of the %0 that things work | sm on drill nights. | Not only is this time required, buty instructions have been issued this year that at the next annual inspection the graanizations will be put through a battle problem. Where the organiza- tions do not have training ships avail- sble for drilling, it will be lan and devise means for them to assimila e work in the will involve plans for communi- cation lines, and other equipment, such available on destroyers. ‘They must also use their own time in visiting in order to get certain secret pul ns which necessary of Comdr. J. Kennedy pleted 15 days of trainin, the Naval Medical School 1]‘[ ¢v.‘!l:'u' Ensign C. C. Ward has completed days of training duty at the Station at Amcomi. i e ann of traini Naval Afr se-uon,:c Anleonrli:. e 4 ‘The local aviation division, which h: its headquarters at the Naval A: Station at Anacostia, is to have an officer on permanent active duty to handle the affairs of the organization, Lieut. Rounds will retain command, but it was pointed out that so many prob- lems come up between drill periods that if takes too much time of the | :,T,m"‘h;' officer from his civilian | (Junior Grade) Malcolm M. Cloukey has been ordered to active duty for an indefinite period to take charge of the Naval Reserve base. He has had considerable active duty, it was said, and only recently completed a long tour of duty at the Naval Air Station at Pencacola, Fla. The local aviation squadron now has six planes assigned to it, based at the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, and it is authorized to have six enlistea mea on indefinite active duty to lnok"l"-!f‘ this equipment. Of this number, four | now are on actiye duty and two are | yet to be ordered to duty. The Bureau of Navigation of the Navy Department reported that it has received a letter from the commanding officer of a Naval Reserve division which states that the progress test pamphlets have been used every drill night with the instruction of a boatswain’s mate and a coxswain of the division. These men, it was pointed out, have been greatly interested in the results at- tained, and on certain occasions when time was sufficient only for the regularly assigned drill, they reported one hour in advance of the drill pericd to take the progress test. The otker | men in the division have become inter- | ested and have requested that they be permitted to take progress tests and | complete the Navy training course for | their ratings. | ‘The commanding officer further states that the progress tésts afford the divi- | sion office the best method of checking and recording progress of enlisted men | in grasping their duties that he has yet seen in the Navy or Naval Reserve. | Preparations already have been start- | ed by the lccal Reserve battalion for the battle problem which will form part of the armory inspection of the or- ganization next Spring { Although the local Naval Reserve | battalion did not reach the top of the list as a result of the figure of merit | lven them by the inspecticn bozrd for | cwrrent year, nevertheless compara- | tive m furnished by Lieut. Stine- | metz the reports for 1929 and 1930 show that all of the divisions showed remarkable improvement during | this 3 lnr:":‘me battalion stood 20 on the }st among the organisaticns throughout the country and its mark at that time was 73.3. l-lwevm3 'Wpe::n‘tyuzr 1]9(:: organization jum 0 twel =%, with a mark of 78, and at the tion it reached sixth place, ihapect 3 “with ire of merit of 831, With i uwmmm past two ' | it elgnty-five on the oo Infs years, the officers of the battalion sre striving to reach the top of the list ne.x:‘:‘ul:‘.‘mtm have every hope of m: The divisions likewise showed progress during :hh period, the 2nd me{,“r:lvi- sion going from ninety-third p! in 1920 to thirteenth place in 1931. The 1st Fleet Division in 1920 re- ceived as & Tesult of the inspection of that year a mark of 73.6, which placed list of divisions for the country at large. The fodowing year this organization was 46 on the list with a mark of 79.2, and this year it went up to 42 on the list with a mark of 82.3. The 2d Fleet Division was 94 on the list in 1929, with a mark of 72.8. The following year it was 93 on the | list with a mark of 754 and this year it went to 13 on the list with a mark of 824. 3 The 3d Fieet Division was 85 on the division list in 1929 with & mark of 73.6. The following year it Jum:: up to 43 with a mark of 79.4. the current year, however, it fell back to 67 on the list, but its mark, 80.7, was higher than the previous year. ‘While the local battalion this year did not reach the top in the figure of merit mark, nevertheless the officers are jubilant over the fact that the unit was classed as first in mobfliza- tion efficjency, which, they explain, after all, is the final test of the ef- ficieney of an o lon. ‘Ine marking following plan: division, a standard number of petty officers in the deck, engineering and artificer ratings was established. These numbers were based on the percentage of the allowed complement a division might have and not exceed 20 men in the four upper pnyeaudu ‘The mobilization iclency marks were divided into seven factors, as fol- lows: Number of petty officers in deck ratings, or purely en; ring ratings; number of petty officers in engineering ratis deck artificer ratings in case of a deck division, engineer artificer ratings of becoming pas- st Baptist Church of | Denver, Colo., specula is being in- dulged in as to the identity of his probable successor. The geographical factor is a determining one in the se- lection of a chief of this bureau, the first requirement of which is that he must be a National Guard officer, with & certain amount of 3 mxatnomkhm “Br %e :lr Departmen week name . Gen. Richard E. Middlestaedt, California; Brig. Gen. Raymond H. Fleming, Louis- iana; Brig. oeln. James W. ‘who is now on duty as the most post. Kansas Minor delays will prevent the four Republic, Grant, Chateau Thierry and the St. Mihiel, from opvnu&.‘ their sound “movies” sound moving pic- ent_will not be completed e. Pifteen thousand dollars ade available for the installation sound picture jpment aboard- H N 1 . Y., for the sake of uni- ity and centralized administration. of officers has been appointed the War Department for the purpose ting the storage and ad- inistrative facilities and requirements ’i‘g i in case of an THE SUNDAY ommander Quit D. C. NAVAL RESERVE HEAD RELINQUISHES POST. LIEUT. SAMUEL W. STINEMETZ, Commander of the 1st Battalion, United States Navai Reserves of the Distrint of Columbia, who has applied for transfer fram the fieet Lo the Volunteer Naval Reserve, because of u:;m mh;.h:: )ll': personal business. cl scheduled to take place at the regular drill tomorrow night. engineering division; total number of men in the four upper pay grades, not | to exceed 20; the proficiency shown by | petty officers at inspection, this based | on both observation and actual ques- tioning in many cases; number of offi- | cers on a fleet status, exclusive of staff | corps, attached to the division: \mf'm-onmncy of officers as observed at inspection, and the general smart- ness of the division as observed at drills and Instruction classes. Ma). Paul X. English, C. W. 8.; Capt. Leonard 8. Doten, Q. M. C., and Capt. A 5.0 rhe . bowrd Clarence O'Leary, O. y | Will report its findings and re ‘ecommen - ?uom to fhe adjutant general of the The Edgewood chemical warfare re- serve depot was authorized in 1921, In | 1927, however, the designation of this | depot was changed o the Edgewood | chemical warfare depot. 5 Navy. All medical personnel of the Navy on duty with the Public Health Service of Hait{ will be relieved from duty next Wednesday, when the administration of that service will be assumed by Haitian personnel. Establishment will be made at that time, under the American min- ister at Port au Prince, of the America Scientific Mission, which will have di- rection and control of sanitation at Port au Prince, Petian-Ville and Cape Haitian. Capt. Montgomery A. Stuart (M. C.) U. 8. N, director general of the Public Health Service in Haiti, will become director of the new sclentific miss! D Oliphant of the Navy Medical Corps n avy nAxl:]d égut Pharmacists Wi together with three hospital corpsmen, who have been with the Public Health Service. All other medical ment 1 who have heen Wwith the Pub- ic Health Sesvice will be withdrawn from Haitl ‘The changes brought about in the status o/ the Public Health Service of Haiti will not affect +tie medical depart- ment personnel with the PFirst Brigade of Marines and with the Garde d'Hait! and the following service personnel wil remain in Hait! for the present: With the Marines, Comdr. John B. Pollard, Lieut. Comdrs. Leon W. McGrath, F. E Locy, Frank L. Kelly, John T. Stringer and Eustace H. Prescott, and Lieuts. : [Edward M. Harris, jr., and Winfred P. Dana. Q “W\\\\\\.- . N STAR, gen- | WASHINGTON, D. Congratulations on the achievements of the rifie team which the National Guard of the t of Co- Jumbia at_the recent matches of the National Rifie Association at Camp Perry, Ohlo, have been receiveq from a number of sources by Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, © ng the local militia, and the 20th National Guard Division, comprising the citizen troops of this city and Maryland and Virginia. Brig. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, com- manding the Maryland National Guard, and executive vice president of the Na- tional Rifle Association, in a letter to the general, "said: “Permit me to extend by congratula- tions to the District of Columbia Na- tional Guard for the wonderful showing made by their team in the national team match at Camp Perry. It is gratifying to me to see a representative of the National Guard well up among the leaders and I feel you are to be compli- mented upon the result.” “My sincere congratulations to the rifle team, to the 121st Enrineers who furnished the bulk of the team, to the whole guard and to upon the splen- did work done at Perry,” wrqte Lieut. Col. Frederick H. Smith, U. 3. Army, former adjutant general of the local militia, and now detailed at Fort Mc- Clellan, Ala. “That trophy can be hung somewhere now and not storcd as we had it most of the time before.” & Manufacturers’ Associa- tion, wi.te as follows: “On behalf of the Merchants & Man- tional Guard, our hearty congratulations for its remarkable achievement in winning, for the second time, the coveted i Hilton Trophy at the recent National Rifle Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio. “To have won this honor twice in competition with over 100 teams from | various parts of the country is indeed a great achievement and indicates fine training and most sble leadership. | “The members of the Merchants & | Manufacturers' Association are proud of | the enviable record of our local National Guard and extend to you our sincere eo_}z{.mmtom." 1AL N At Juisk team was t. Ordnane C. Jensen, ce rtment, in charge of rifie training the local ‘The scope of examinations which must be taken by enlisted men of the branch of the public by the local Guard. The exami- nation for the local citizen soldiers will ‘be conducted by the United States Civil Service Commission at Tempo Building No. 1, Eighteenth and D streets, begin- | ning at 9 o'clock on the morning of October 31 Members of the National Guard de- to amination must aminations, must take the regular en- trance examination later. h'nn lubjecgy ulr“e:h are lln‘ar;n plane geometry, com) and literature. The time for u{’fi' art of the examination will be llmi'eg to three and one-half hours. Following it there will be a half hour intermission, , | after which there will be & two-hour N, ave 300~ 700 FRANKLIN We Are Celebrating Their 30th ANNIVERSARY as Automobile Manufacturers by making THIS SUBSTANTIAL OFFER The cars are brand new—fully equipped—carry the guarantee and available for immedi- ate delivery. 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Remember this love to own a the active head; and quality merchandise have made this achievement possible. is Franklin's Thirtieth An- niversary, no other endorsement is necessary. Mr, Frankla started the company and is still only sound business policies Five-passenger Sedan, $2,295 f. 0. b. factory. CALLAN MOTORS, Inc. 1529 M St. N.w, Franklin Sales & Service Open Evenings and Sunday C., SEPTEMBER 27, District National Guard period on United States history and general , the latter divided into ancient, 1 minations in English grammar and physics also are to be vided, but the candidate may take either one or both. One hour will be allowed for each of these examinations. In the general history examination candidates may select any one of the three groups, or they may select five of the 15 numbered questions in each group. First Lieut. John G. has been granted 30 days’ leave of absence. He is attached to Company E, 121st En- gineers. Second Lieut. Luther B. Hall, Com- pany C, 121st Engineers, also has been granted 30 days’ leave of absence. First Lieut. Edward A. McMahon has been granted 18 days’ leave of absence. First Lieut. Walter A. Knight, Com- red be- ded by i nuh"us:’vurpm' f being Totie n! or of e 3 omotion to the rank of captain of and modern and —— Schools for cominissioned officers of the 121st Regiment of Engineers have been ordered on the following dates: Oc- tober 9 and 23, Novemper 6 and 20, De:e.fibfl- 4 and 18 and January 8 and 22. Neil M. Goen, Company D, uls:trgmnm. has been ordered trans- ferred from the active to the reserve list of that command on account of temporary absence from the District. ‘The following have been ordered transferred from the reserve to the active list of Company E, 121st En- gineers: Pvts. Stacy C. Harkey, James C. Sorenson and Carolus J. Yingling. The following members of Company B, 121st Engineers, have been ordered transferred from the reserve to the ac- tive list of.that commana: Pvis. Irineo P. Almiranez, Arsenio Y. Arellano and ‘Taylor Smit! 1931—PART FOUR. Pvt. (first class) Edward H. Hill has ‘Company Plfll‘:gnhgimw because of removal !mml “the city. Pvt. Emmitt R. Towers has been or- dered transferred from the active to the reserve list of the 29th Division, | Coast Military Police Comj , on account of business interference with the perform- ance of military duty. First Sergt. George T. Finnin, 20th Division, Military Police Company, has been ordered honorably discharged cn his own request, he having completed Qne year of a three-year re-enlistment. Two organizations of the local militia mustered sufficient men at the drill last week to be placed in the classification of superior in attendance. They were the 20th Division Military Police Com- pany, which headed the list with a per- centage of 96.66, and the State Staff, with & mark of 90.47. ‘The other organizations, in their re- spective classifications, with percent- ages, follow in their relative order: Excellent—Headquarters Detachment, 29th Division, 88.88: Headquarters De- tachment, Special Troops, 29th Divi- slon, 87.50; Headquarters Detachment and Combat Train, 260th Coast Artil- lery, 85.29; Company A, 372d Infantry, 82.32; Medical Department Detachment, 121st Engineers, 81.80; Medical Depart- ment Detachments, 260th Coast Artil- lery, 80. ?u-y satisfactory—Company C, 121st Engineers, 74.20; band, 121st Engineers, 71.42; Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery, Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, ; 121st_ Engineers, 68; 121st Engineers, 67.20; ‘v“r. 121st Engineers, 61. lactory 260th — Battery A, Coast Artillery, 53.33. Very unsatisfactory—Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery, 46.50. ‘The following have been ordered transferred from the reserve to the ac- tive lists of their respective commands: Pvt. Arthur A. Tomelden, Company E, 121st Engineers; Pvts. Ivan M. Koontz, Clarence W. bu-z and Hi ©O. Mc- Quary, jr, all ed to the Head- quarters Detachment and Combat Train, 260th Coast Artillery. ery; Sergt. Henry L. Von Ahn, Company ‘B, 121st Engineers, and | Pvt. Joseph R. Sesso of the same com- mand. Business interference with the per- ' formance of military duty: Pvt. Ed- win W. Beadle, Quartermaster Corps, State Detachment. Corpl. Louis H. Kalhoun has been ordered reduced to the grade of pri- vate in Company B, 121st Engineers, while Pvt. Fred D. Vechery has been promoted to fill the vacanecy, both changes being made on recommenda- | tion of the commanding officer of the company. | ~Pvt. Lester M. Luther has been or- | dered promoted to the grade of cor- | | poral in the Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, Sergt. Adam G. Mouton, Headquat ters and Service Company, 121st En- gineers, upon his own application, has been relieved of duty as personnel ;eflmmt and reduced to the grade of val Corp] vision Military Police Company, has been ordered reduced to the grade of private in that command. ‘The following have been ordered pro- moted in the 20th Division Military Police Company: Pvts. (First Class) John F. McKenzie, jr, and Raymond B. Taylor, to be corporals. Dog Reveals Death of Master. How a dog revealed the suicide, by hanging, of his master was told at the inquest at Lewisham, England, over S 'y A. Phi n. Willilam Shackleton of East Dulwich, said that he was walk- ing over waste d when a little white dog ran up and jumped around him. “T tried to send it away,” he sald, “but it would not go. I said, ‘Where is your master?’ and the dog began to bark furiously. 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