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OFF ICER PERSONNEL

The Boar6s t o c e l c c t p o s t g r a d a t 2 o f f i s e r s i n U.xhanizal, E'lec- t s i c a l aizd Di.esel Engineering, Grdliaiice , CoiLTUnj ctltLons La1xr9 Aero- nauticp.1 and Gas Engineerinz, !ime n e t arid the i r r e p o r t t o the Chief of :;he Burcall has been approved.

I n accordance v i t h the recommrndnticns of t h e B2ard f o r t h e s e l e c t i o n c f h:scl:anical, Electrlc&l. and 3i esel Ehgircering, those ofTiczrs selected, who sii?mi t t ed a p p l i c n t ? : ons i'cr these co-uses:, v 5 l l 'us or6ered for pos tyaduate i n e t r u c cicm i n enGineering, wtthout cpec i f f ca l ly s t a t i n p their specia7,t,j-.

I n some c ~ s e s , q x c i o l physicel cxaTinotions will 5e held t r , deterxine de l in i tx ly t h e ph:Jcicr;l con6itlon of officers se lec ted . I

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A l i s t o f those s e l c c t d is 3s folloy;s:

e b The Eureav, m i l l d e t a i l P-R o f f f c o R ~ O has hsd past experience

on t h e N ? v y KiClc 'ie3rng t o be Ca2tzia of t h e t c m to be entered i n the €Jat,it)nsl iXat,cl?es next; s~inmer. Tn5s o f f l ce r should be of or sen!or tc ; the C3 ass of 1922. about 15 I.isy t o 1 5 Se;.tenber.

Tk2.s d1iLy w i l l cover a period from

Of f i ce r s who may desire this duty s h o d d forvmrd appl icat ions a s s o m 3s p a c t i z a b l e .

The Chief o f t he Fure3u of NwZSeticn r ecen t ly eddressed corn- mend2 torJr l e t t e r s tc;:

I-IUgli FLoyd S k r w o d , Chi%: Torpcdoxan, U. S. $1, , U. S. S. Falcon, hone ad,?TesS, 252 Crystal Avenue, 1J9:r 5ontlo~1, Con:?. f o r the 8s- s i s tncce t h a t he renrlered durinp the ??stionel Fafety Conference.

Dale I-Iyett, Coxrain, U.S.N., ' J . S .S . Jason, horne xidreEs, Olathe, &l., Ir;r 15s prompJz and c f f i c i z c t a c t i o n i n rescuing a F i l i p i n o 'coy froa drOi.ai1lg a t Llsnila, F. I.

The folloiving i s a L i s t , o f L%e enlistsd m n who p?se?d the exaEincLticns held on 20 July 1231 f o r promotion to t h e rrarrant grade

. . . - NATIONAL SATLORS HOM!L

I n a recent l e t t e r to a l l slii2s and s t a t ions , t he Chief of the Burezu of Navigation made the following steterr.ent,:

11 2 . The Eureau des i res t h a t t h e l e t t e r quoted below be brought t o the a t t e n t i o n o f e l l e n l i s t e d personnel.:

'"The National Sa i lo r s ' Home, 8' llJnssechirsetts Char- i t p b l e corpgration, cs tab l i shca a Home at. Kollcston, Massachusetts, shor t ly after the Civi l Weir n i t k f m d s .__ l. provided through publi c contr ibut ion. ta ined f o r the bene f i t of+ those who rendered honorable service i n the KavJ- o r Maririe Corgs of the United S ta t e s and ore now disabled by 7;;o'c1nds9 sickness, o ld age o r o t h e m i s e a i thou t regard t o the p h c e o f t h e i r enlistment.

This Home i s riain-

"The period when the serv;.ce wan rendered i s not m t e r i a l End i s not confined t o the time o f a nat ional conf l i c t .

*If there come t o your a t t e n t i o n any fcrmer navel or marine veterans who a re q c a l i f i e d and d e s i r e the Lene- f i t s of the Homc, plecse have them cornmica t s with thz Home, because vacancics &re coristantly occurring.

FRED 0. RICE, President Board of Trustees.

. October 20, 1930,' "

0, ouePtiocnnire ws recent ly submftted t o the undergraduate body o f Ya1.e University, r eq ie s t lng the s t u d e n t s f opinions on m i l - i t a r y prepcredness and the r e t en t ion of m i l i t , a y t r a in ing i n Yale University. p l i e s viere received from Z,rlS2 of th.os0 so l i c i t ed . submit Led nes the fol.lov;ing:

The ouestionnaires v'em sent t o 3,123 s tudents and re- Among questions

G. lkoulcl you favor qroppingroptionai m i l i t a r y t r a in ing from Pcle? i

A . Na, 2,050- o r 84.05%.

From the above, i t m y he seen t h a t the s tudents a t Yale a r e not i n any senee of the word rad ica ls , nor c m they be influenzed t o any la rec ex ten t !,owzrd giving up t'neir insurance o f nat ional preparedness. r ) i the s tuuenis t o whom these quest ionnaires were yropounded, only 33.34% had E a e r hEd Frevious n i i i i t a ry t ra in ing , so f t cannot be said t h a t the h igh percentages i n favor o f opt ional %raining i n colleges were influenced to zrry l a rge ciezree by t%ose v.ith previous mi l i ta ry t ra in ing .

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the vesse ls mentioned therein, and a l s o t o include the S ix th Regi- ment o f U. S. Marines on board the U.S.S. Henderson from 2 !Jay t o 2 June 1927 end the pcrscnnel of the hx2editionary Duty Detachent , A i rc ra f t Squadrons, Third Brigade, U. 8. Marires aho were on bawd the U.S.S. Henderson n t Sheiighai, Chiaa, from 25 Jitne t o 29 June 1927.

NATIONAL SOCJETY OF THE D.A.R. PRESEqTS GUNNERY TXOPHY CUP.

The Secretary o f the Navy has recent ly accepted th ree trophy cups f r o 3 the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. These cups a re t o be swarded annually t o the veFsels of t h e U. S. Flee t f o r excellence i n an t i - a i r c ra€ t gunnery, as Zetermined by the r e s u l t o f the f i r i n c s during the pinneiy year. av:arc?ed t o tho b a t t l e s h i p winning t h e highest t o t a l f o r a l l f i r i n g s of the year , znother t o the winner of the highest t o t a l i n the h e a v c ru i se r c lass , and t h e th.ird t o the wilznirg vessel i n t h e l i g h t c ru i se r c lass .

One cup w i l l be

The basic dcsign of the trophy cups was sxbmitted by Lieuten- an t Rslph' S. 2arnab;)T ( C C ) U.S.N. who has the addi t iona l d i s t i n c t i o n of holdin3 the first l i cense issued t o g l i d e r pi lot ,s . a r e being execute2 and cas t b;l- Caldrjrell Compcny of PhiladelThia, Pa. The design sEiows zn an t i - a i r c ra f t gun f i r i n g a t a group of planes and has a s e r i e s o f small sn ie lds around the bclrder for engraving the names of ninnin: ships and the year i n which the trophy was won. It i s expecteii t h a t the ti-ophies will be ready f o r de l ivery about the f i m t o f the year .

The tropplies

It i s intended t o ask Mrs. LOTFrell F!.etcher Hobart, President General of thc Society, tc! make onc of t h e f i rs t presentat ions t h i s yeer t o thc winner o f one of thc c lasses .

RESULTS @P T'!BGS;r PRPC'I"IC';YS, CRkJZSERS kND CARRI3RS.

Tile Office of t he Chief o f I\iaml Operations has recent ly an- nounced the r e s u l t s of several t a r g e t prac t ices f i r e d by the hecnvy cru isers , l i g h t c r u i s e r s and a i r c r a f t ca r r i e r s .

I n the S.R,B.?., the standing of the heavy c ru i se r s wes 36 f ollows :

1. PENSLCOSA 5. NORTHAMPT@?J 2. HCUSTOilT 6. AUGUSTA 3 . SALT LAKE CITY 1. CHEST% 4. CI-IICAGO 0 . LOUISVILLE

I n the Light Cruiser A. A. P rac t ices , the stnndings were:

1. DETWJT 6. MIL'AAUIiEE

3 . idEMPHI S 8. CONCOX'LD 4. C I N C I N N A T I 9. TliENTON 5. M2X3LhREAD 10. RALEIGH

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The S.R.B.P. f o r t he a i r c r a f t c a r r i e r s r e su l t ed with the Lex- ington f irst and the Saratoga second.

In tire B.A.A. rlTtf p rac t ice , t he Sarazoga won f i r s t place v i t h the Lextngton second.

Fs a r e s u l t of the A. A. Prect ices , the G e t r o i t will be awarded the LJ. ",R. t r o p b j f o r excellence i n a n t i - c i r c r a f t gunserf when t h i s trophy i s receivcd i n t t e near fu tu re .

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TThc follo*di1g is quoted from Nrvy~ FEcrfiiting Informstion Bu l l e t in $10. 39, d s t c d 19 recealxr !,931:

"The iT. S. S. &KRON, r ecent ly commissioned, i s not, a Idreadnaught' but zn a i r s h i p scouting c ru i se r ' ,

"Vtesels o f t h e S. Navy verp the f i r s t fore ign v c s s d s t o reach Yokjhma, J ~ p a ef tcr the dizastrous car-bhqirako of 1923.

" O u r ne-o: scouting a i r sh ip , the U.S.S. ATiROd, h s nn elaborate telephone system. It consjs% of 17 telcphonss, a switch bocrd, and t h r t x n i les of wires, Iil en emergency, nl.1 17 phones can be rung a t once aad the Captain can t a l k o r @vc orders t o a l l stra- teg ic pointz a t the sane time.

"A quzrtermrster i n -the Navy is e n t i r e l y d i f f e r e n t from an Army quar te rm ster. e tc . , bu t i s a p t t y o f f i c c r FCIO asrists the navigator of a ship and a t t ends t o thc s teer ing of t,he vessel .

:Ie has nothing t o do with su?pl< es , t ransportat ion,

"'The Chicf of Pol ice abozrd a navKL vcsse l i s knom 8 s the Chief Master e t k,rns.

"The Nmyy o i l Gankers arc n a x ? a f t e r r i v e r s . The r i v e r s which so lend t h e i r n3mes usually flsv t'irmc;.h an o i l producing region.

"The a i r c r a f t c a r r i e r , Sam toga, i s nrgpelled by e l e c t r i c mnchinery b u i l t to develop 180,003 horce?ov:er, ;1 pnmer grea te r than Yne co6bined output of the six el e c t r i c a l i y dri-ren ba t t i e sh ips , the New rkxico, CCifDrnic, Colorado, TJest Virginis , ieniiessee and I k q - l m d . I n other vmrds, t he Saratoga co7A.d meet the d e c t r i c a l nredr of a ciby Zbout t he s i z e of Los iingeles.

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Ytn her f i n e l speed tr ials, the SrraLogr dcve?oped over 200,000 horsepower, rnd a t ta ined a speed of neLrly 43 .I..nd miles per hour, the f a s t e s t ship of her s i z e and kind &f loa t .

!'The \;zra?o<:a i s 888 f e e t long over zll, v5th a maximux bean a t the f l i g h t deck of 106 f e e t . tons. sh ip ' s fo rce and 599 addi t iona l men i n the av ia t ion department.

Her displacement i s about 33,000 The wr complement of the ship i s 1437 en l i s t ed men i n the

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A C I A T I C STATION VPChNCIES.

The s l a t e f o r t'ne Asia t ic S ta t ion f o r 1932 i s nom being made out . now a t set?, who have but recent ly commenced t h e i r current c m i s e . The tour on the Asiat ic S ta t ion i s 2; years .

The Bureau m i l l consider requests from JAeutenant Commmders,

The Secretary o f the I k v y , on 1FI Jrnuory 13.72, addressed a commendatory l e t t e r t o Comcnder Naurice R. Pierce, U.S.N., 9 East 94th S t r ee t , Nev York City, f o r h i s zeal and i n i t i a t i v e i n preparing the l fPosi t ion TaSles f o r Aerial and Fwface Navigationft, and f o r the high professional a t t i t ac ie hc assumed i n of fe r ing i t f o r the use of t he NET vrithout any personal compensation.

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ILLEGISLE LEAVE ADDRFSSCS CAUSE CELAYS. _-------.___

Many case3 of i l l e g i b l e wr i t ing a re received when c f f i c e r s subxi t t h e i r leave addresses on the Pos t Car6 Form N.;Jav. 235. On many cards the s igna tures are so poor1;y sipned t k a t identi .f ica- t i o n i s d i f f i c u l t . of the Bureau i n addi t ion t o poss ib le ermrs.

This causes considerable delay i n the o f f i ces

A l l o f f i c e r s are requested t o use care i n f i l l i n g out cards. Commanding o f f i c e r s E;re requested t o c i rcul a r i ze t h i s information.

E N L 1 STED PERSONNEL VLCkNCiES ON r\JET!KdISZ:RS ED?. i E N R€:X?JLISTING. -- _-_I-

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The Bureau i s now a s s i p i n : men on reenlistment to the U. S. S. Portland 8nd the U. S. S. Indianapolis.

Requests should be re fer red t o thc Bwew and Een se lec ted w i l l be sen t t o the Receiving Ship, Bu:;ton, and the Recelving Stat ion, Philadelphia.

Some E l e c t r i c i o n f s Mates f o r these ships, i f qua l i f ied , mill be sen t Lo the Gyro School, Nev York, on 4 April; t o t he E l e c t r i c a l I n t e r i o r Communication School on 2 Iky; Sound IJction P ic ture Technicians' School on 29 February and 18 April.

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( c ) A new type Ai rc ra f t P i o t t e r has been develoyed and about 24 have been issue4 t o the aer-rice. Three despstches request ing addi t ional p l o t t e r s , a l l o f ahich descrrbe tine p l o t t e r as ffexcellentt t , have been received.

(a) Lieut. R. E. Smith 2nd Lieut . J.P.VJ.Vest h w e

coapuber suita3l.e f o r use i n a sint;!c: S O ~ + T 9

s t u t e d dev~lopment o n a mechanical dcad reckoning

using the p r i n c i p l e of the dead rsckoning 5 rmker ngw 011 ba t t l e sh ips .

Ljrtenrive and vallrable r epor t s have been received frcm the pe=.sonriel cf the f l e e t zs a resu1.t o f t he re lease i n the Fcresu of Navigation Nem Pt i l le t in o f 1.0 October 1231.

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Nr)BTFI PACIFIC CURRFNT CHAR??.

’ Attention i s called t o the cur ren t cha r t covering the major I por t ion or“ t he i lorth Pzc i f i c Ocean f o r the quarter , Iliarch; AprilJ

and May, appeasing on the reverse s ide of the :?orth Pac i f ic P i l o t Clisrt rkrch 1932. Iieretoforc these da ta mere pti.bbiished i n two sec t ions and on separate c h a t s , but t he new prescnt? t ion places moTe readi ly a t t he disposal of the navigator the avfr- age current conditions f o r t rans-Pacif ic passages a t t h i s t i m e of the year .

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The Observatory i s a l so perfect ing 2 new scheme f o r retrans- mission of time broadcasts which, i f it proves successful, w i l l eventually be i n s t e l l e d a t our out lying poTsessions i n the Pac i f ic when funds a r e available. successful i t w i l l be possillle t o rebroadcast tiine service from Honolulu and fur t l ler E a s t and t o record accurately any I.Zg due t o radio t rznsniss ion and reception.

If t h i s scheme proves completely

I n t h s very near fu ture the Observntory n i l1 rcceive i t s I t w i l l be i n s t a l l e d i n our I second Shor t t clock from London.

new time v a u l t sh ich i s j u s t reaching com?letion. clock being b u f l t for the Observ2tory by the 1L'eva.J. Resecrck Lab- oratory w i l l be completed i n the near future afid w i l l be an acided a i d t o more accurate timekeeping.

The new c r y s t a l

MISCELLANEOUS --_- NAVY OLYMPIC --I. sw1?13

The f o l l w i n g oTficers and en l i s ted men have been selected f o r the Nsvy Olympic 8qued. Candidates for fencing, are being assernbled a t the iT. S. Maval Academy for t r a i n i n g and coaching f o r the t ryouts f o r t h e American Olympic Team.

All nembers of the squad, except

The fencing members w i l l t r a i n a t New York.

I\Jc" vy O l s m p i c Cont inrre-nn-

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BARiiFIELD, Richard D. , Fireman, t h i r d c l a s s , 118-lb c l a s s u.s.lY. Ensign &reford G. Chapple, U.S.N. Heavy-UV. Ensign Francis D. Crinkley, U.S.N.

Ensign John A. Fitzgerald, U.S.N. 17'5-lb c l a s s Ensign Norman Hall, U.S.N. Middle-I;'. Lieut. ( j g ) Harry H. Henderson, U.S.N. 175-lb c l a s s Lieut. ( j g ) Georse 11. Moffett, U.S.H. 125-lb c l a s s Ensign Claxde V. Riclretts, U.S.N. 160-lb c lase BQHANLN, Ray 160-lb c l a s s f irst clpss , U.S.N.

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Fencing.

Ensign Richerd C . Steers, U.S.N. Foi l and Epee Ensign James H. Howard, U.S.N. Foi l

Submarine Base, New London, Conn. U . S . S. MILTiAUKEE

U.S.S. LSARY

U.S. S. TEXAS

U e S. S. FJEST V I R G I N I A

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U.S.S. LEXINGTON Harbor )

N. A. S., Pcnsacola

Mare Is land Hospital

U. S. S. PENIJSYLVAMIA

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c -&ana 3 ti c s . Ensign Raymond H. Eass, U.S.N. Rope

Rope CIinber Ensign Robert E. LockvJood, U. S.N.

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Ensign ' oh . J. Galbraith, U.S.N. U. S . S. PENNSYLVkNIA Y

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'00 M Free LCtyIe 2nd c l a s s , V.S.N. Lochool, San rx0-n PRENTICE, ?'rad; H., CcorPcnter's Mnval Air Sta - - - - * ~ -

10-Ft. Diving d cl:'ss, U.S.B. Diego, Cel. I I ireman, firs5 class9 . TEAVXR, P8~1,

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Lieutenant Eradford Dar t l e t t , U.S.N. U.S.S. COLE P i s t o l I

u.s.s, ARCTIC U.S.S. TEXAS h1:irine Corps i3a SC, San Diego

U.E.S. TEXAS

U. S. S. RALEIGH

U. S. S. TFXAS % k i n e Corps Barracks, P n r r i s Is., S. C.

U. S. S. LEXINGTON

U. S. S. WEST V I R G I U I A

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FT’L?LhY, JOY Ti. Senlncn, 1st c l a s s , 14h-lb c l a s s u. S.K. U. P.S. RICIPv!OL?D L n s i g George hshford, U. S.N.

U , I. S LLNGLLX Seaman, 1st c l sss ,

I.J-2-1-5 cl.ess u. S.N. U.S.S. NET! YORIC Lieu:. ( J g ) Heywood L, Edwards, U.S.N. Heavy-Kt . U.S.S. BONITA BC)UGIiI‘LIJ!IG, Kenneth R., Seanan, 1st class, Middl C-W. U.S.fu’. U. S. S. NEVADA Ensiyn Claud W. Hughes, U.S.N. iJt--HC8Vy--T?. U.S.Nava1 Academy MOORE, U l i e I. Coxswain, U. S.N.

Liout,. P a u l H. Kicdorn, U.S.N. 175-lb c l a s s . Navy Yard, Phila., Pa.

Lt-Hezvy-V. U. S.S. CALIFORNIA

P?.9VILSIGNAL NATIONAL ANTIIEIVI OF SPAIN.

The Bureau has secured band and orches t ra arrangements of the Provisional National Anthem of Spain and w i l l shor t ly i s s u e one copy of eech arrangement t o ships and s t a t i o n s allowed bands o r orchestras. They w i l l be shipped from the Navy Yord, Philadelphia, without re- queet from ships or s ta t ions , and sill be a charge t o t h e s h i p o r s t a t i o n allotment.

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