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American Legion
Meetings This Week.
Tuesday—Victory Post, No. 4,
Odd Fellows’ Hall, 419 Seventh
street.
Wednesday—Henry C. Spengler,
No. 12. 1326 Massachusetts ave
nue.
Thursday—Department Ex
ecutive Committee, board room,
District Building.
Friday—Annual ball, Willard
Hotel.
Victory Post, No. 4. American Legion,
Will meet at Odd Fellows’ Hall, 419 Sev
enth street, with Comdr. C. W. Brown
ing presiding.
The matters of general interest to
Legionnaires and war veterans which
will be topics of discussion will include
veterans' preference, widows' and or
phans' pensions and national referen
dum on prohibition.
An amendment to the by-laws of the
post withdrawing its affiliation with the
Ladies' Auxiliary will be acted upon.
Comrade Rogers will report upon the
progress of the Departmental Ball Com
mittee. Comrades Shaw and Buchanan
upon the unemployment work of the
g)st and the department and Comrade
urke upon the contemplated activities
of the Drum Corps in the Bicentennial
celebration.
Lincoln Post, No. 17* the American
Legion, met January 14 at the Masonic
Hall. Fourteenth and Kenyon streets.
Edward L. Marthill. commander of
Sergt. Jasper Post, and many visiting
members from other posts of this de
partment were in attendance. Joseph
L Johnson won the door prize, while
C. F. Barrows and J. F. Burns won
prizes.
The post voted to hold a smoker in
Its hall at the next meeting. February
11, at which time a buffet luncheon
will be served under the direction of
the committee appointed by Comdr.
Buice. The matter of holding a post
dance at a later date was also discussed
and a committee appointed to present
recommendations at the next meeting
for consideration of the post.
The following new members have
been admitted: Jackson Corder, James
P. Hall, Herbert Slaughter, Charles
Watkins, Frederick T. Byrne, James A.
Blair, James F. Burns, Frank J. Little,
Joseph P. Day, William P. Pennington,
T. David Gates, James A. Barry, Lloyd
Prather, Girard Jetter, Vail S. Canfield,
Charles N. Proffitt. Roland Birnn,
James A. Owen, Joseph L. Johnson,
Philip G. Thompson, Columbus G. Wal
ler. H. O. Thompson, Harry C. Brod
erick. Ray L. Huff and Joel R. Moore.
Following the meeting the members
were entertained by Rustic’s Hill-Billies
SLing Orchestra of Silver Spring.
Comdr. Buice desires it to be an
nounced that further meetings of the
post will be held on the second Thurs
day of the month in Masonic Hall
Fourteenth and Kenyon streets.
U. S. S Jacob Jones Post. No. 2,
Will have a card party February 1 at
60 M street northeast. Comrade Ella
Chambers is chairman.
Chairman of Athletics Ruth Marks
organized the post's swimming class
last Monday evening at the Y. W.
C. A., Seventeenth and K streets. Al
ready there are eight comrades who
have enlisted for this feature of her
program.
On January 15 there were 252 paid
up members.
During the past week the post dis
tributed many dresses, coats and
sweaters to needy families.
At the last post meeting a motion
was adopted that the post recommend
to the department Americanism officer
that the foreign-bom in the Ameri
canism classes be considered in the
matter of school awards.
The Stanley Church Depue Post, No.
30. he'd a smoker Tuesday evening.
The Entertainment Committee has
plans under way for a dance at the
Kennedy-Warren Apartment Hotel
February 27. All Legionnaires and their
friends are invite*.
Comrade McGr th presented a reso
lution asking a c ange in the constitu
tion and by-la" . It was tabled for
30 days, to be vcted on at the next
regular meeting of the post. There was
presented by th chairman of the Reso
lutions Commi-tee a resolution calling
for the support and approval by the
post of the House joint resolution No.
115, as introduced in the Seventy
second Congress by Representative
Hugh I. Shott of West Virginia, calling
for: '"The transfer into the classified
civil service of all veterans of any war
employed by the Government in un
classified positions, who have been hon
orably discharged from the military or
naval service of the United States."
This resolution was adopted.
New members are Wesley B. Allen,
Incian F Powell, Harry M. Brown,
Charles H Warner, Robert L. Anderson
and Corbin E. Louk.
The chairman of the Membership
Committee announced a drive for new
members, to be held shortly, for which
a prize of $10 in gold is to be offered
to the comrade securing the greatest
number of new members.
The post is planning on entering a
bovling team in the American Legion
handicap tournament at the Arcadia
Ecwling Alleys February 27. Members
desiring to compete are asked to write
Graham E Wilson. 914 Evans Building,
for an application blank.
Adjt. R. A C. Horton appeared in
the new official American Legion uni
form recently adopted by the District
of Columbia. For details as to the
uniform communicate with the adju
tant, either by phone (West 2926) or
mall, at 1338 Thirty-first street.
Vincent B. Costello Unit, No. 15,
American Legion Auxiliary, held a spe
cial meeting at the home of Mrs.
Charles Kohen, 1722 Nineteenth street,
Tuesday evening. Mrs. Viola Costello,
president, presided. The unit adopted
th? constitution, by-laws and parlia
mentary rules for 1932, which were
drrwn up bv the president, Mrs. Viola
Costello, with the aid of the Executive
Committee.
There were two new members ad
mitted, Mrs. Margaret Smoot and Mrs.
Mvrtle Clerc.
Mrs Ada Murry, vice president of the
Department cf the District of Columbia,
gave a report on the Hospital Com
mittee work and read a letter from the
Hollis Ballaire Post, at Now York, about
the work of Mrs. Murry and the unit in
visiting Eugene Ronan, who is ill at
Mount Alto Hospital.
The next meeting will be held Feb
ruary 3 at 8 p.m. at 1106 Connecticut
avenue.
Mrs Beatrice Hayden of James Reese
Europe Post was named "Miss Eijrope”
In the popularity contest which was
held last Thursday night at the White
law Hotel. She will be given a trip to
New York City with all expenses paid
and will serve as official hostess for
the post during 1932. The runners-up
who won prizes are: Miss Rosa Hill.
Miss Lucy Parker and Miss Dorothy
Clomax. B. Murton was awarded a
gentleman's wrist watch.
The post paid tribute to the memory
of Julius Rosenwald, who died recently.
Howard A Walker recited the thana
topsis and at the conclusion of the
tribute the post’s buglers sounded taps.
Leonard Williams was given the gold
aw’ard In connection with the popular
ity contest as result of his having been
voted the most valuable member of the
post for the year 1931, with special
reference to his work in organizing and
financing the drum and bugle corps
The drum and bugle corps will make
Its initial public appearance Memorial
Dav.
The post will meet next Tuesday
night at the Scottish Rite Temple,
Eleventh street between Q and R
streets.
The George- Baldwin McCoy Unit of
the American Women's Legion held its
annual election of officers at the Church
of the Covenant as follows: President,
Mrs. Charles Demonet, jr.; first vice
president, Mrs. Acheson Hassan: second
vice president, Mrs. Howard Fisk; re
cording secretary, Mrs. Charles Reilly;
treasurer, Mr*. William R. Mackie, and
corresponding secretary, Mrs. R. S.
Patton.
The unit derives its name from the
son of former Chief Justice Walter I.
McCoy and Mrs. McCoy, who fell in
action in France.
The plans have been completed for
the annual department ball of the
American Legion, to be held at the
Mayflower Hotel January 29. Under
the direction of Maj. E. H. Hale, as
chairman of the Ball Committee, the
various subcommittees have worked to
make this the outstanding social event
of the Winter for the Legionnaires and
j their friends.
The ball room and the Chinese room
j of the Mayflower Hotel will be a riot of
I colors—formed by the national em
blems of the United States and of our
major allies during the World War.
The brilliant uniforms of the diplomats
S and military attaches of the different
j embassies will lend an added touch of
i color to the ensemble. Tho executive,
the legislative and judicial branches of
the Federal Government, as well as the
Army, Navy and the Marine Corps and
representative citizens of the District of j
Columbia will join with the Legion-1
naires in this annual rendezvous of
World War Veterans.
Stressing the need for new members
and pointing out the rapid increase in
membership, with congratulatory re
marks in conclusion for Commander
elect Edward L. Marthill, William H.
McGrath, junior vice commander of the
District of Columbia Department, ad
dressed the members of the Sergt.
Jasper Post, No. 13. at the regular
meeting at the Thomas Circle Club,
1326 Massachusetts avenue.
Annual reports, including fiscal state
! ment by Capt. Paul H. McMurray, |
j were received and accepted. Report of
Auditing Committee, headed by Russell
: W. Clarkson. w-as unanimously approved
I by the members. Post Finance Officer
Joseph J. Malloy reported a paid-up
membership of 305. Maj. Thomas J.
Frailey, chairman of Membership Com
mittee, announced a meeting of this
group to be held immediately preceding
the sessions of the regular meeting of
the post February 3 at Thomas Circle
Club. The post will be represented by
a large delegation at the annual de
partment ball at the Mayflower Hotel
January 29.
Announcement has been made that
the committee in charge of the Amer
ican Legion Athletic ticket consists of
the following: Henry E. Whiteley, John
B Keller, Norman S. Grant, Raymond
A Birke, E. Vernon Daley and Depart
ment Athletic Officer Capt. Daniel H
‘ Pratt. This boxing ticket, at a cost of
$3, also admits the holder to a series of
six basket ball games, which have been
arranged under the auspices of Colum
bus University.
In addition to department headquar
ters, Transportation Building, tickets
n^av be secured from Thomas Costello.
Room 15, District Building: George
Frye Room 17, Post Office Department,
Twelfth street and Pennsylvania ave
nue, and Louis J. Willette, Royal Blue
Bus Line. Raleigh Hotel.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Executive Board of the American Wom
en’s Legion will be held at the Willard
Hotel January 17 at 11 a.m.
The George E. Killeen Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary celebrated
the anniversary of its 11th birthday
with a dinner and dance January 13. A
large birthday cake was donated by
Past President Mrs. Irene Arnold.
President Mrs. Mary E. Kolhos welcomed
the guests and acted as toastmistress at
the dinner. . , , . .
The distinguished guests included
Fred Fraser, department commander of
the American Legion: Richard A.
O'Brien, senior vice commander; Mrs.
Sue Mimms, department president of
the American Legion Auxiliary; Mrs.
Edith O’Connor, first vice president;
Mrs. Mary Corwin, second vice presi
dent; Mrs. Ada Murray, third vice pres
ident; Mrs. Eugene S. Bruce, official
representative of the Gold Star Moth
' ers; Capt. Watson B. Miller, national
rehabilitation chairman, American Le
gion; Francis F. Miller, grand chef de |
gare, 40-and-8; Mrs. Willette Preston,
Chapeau Departmentale, 8-and-40; Unit
Presidents Mrs. Jennie Knight, Mrs.
William Mulkey, Mrs. Viola Costello,
Mrs. Marion Martin and Mrs. Hum
phries; Post Comdrs. Martin Dyer, Bu
reau of Engraving and Printing Post,
and Miss Emily Carey. Belleau Wood
Post; Past Comdrs. Mable Staub, James
Kehoe, William Kehoe and Tom Pro
bey. Bernard Buscher of the George
E. Killeen extended the greetings of
the parent post of the unit.
The committee in charge of the af
fair consisted of Mrs. Mary Killeen,
chairman; Emily Carey, Mrs. Irene Ar
nold, Ada Rilley, Mary Smith, Mrs.
Probey, Mamie Kehoe and Marie Dyer.
The unit subscribed for a box at the
ball to be given by the District of Co
lumbia Department at the Mayflower
Hotel January 29.
Mrs. Flora Fay, chairman, and her
Hospital Committee visited Mount Alto
Hospital Monday evening and played
cards and served refreshments for the
entertainment of the veterans. A play
will be the feature of a social meeting
to be held at the hospital in February.
Mrs. Marie Dyer, finance officer, is
i sponsoring a bingo party at the Killeen
clubhouse January 27. The Executive
Committee will meet at the home of
the president, Mrs. Mary E Kolhos,
1601 Argonne place, January 31 at 6:30
p.m.
At the last meeting of Stephen P.
McGroarty Post, No. 27, the unit was
invited to witness the presentation of a
past commander's medal to the Junior
past commander, Egbert E. Corwin, the
presentation being made on behalf of
! the post by the department commander,
I Fred G. Fraser. As a surprise feature
the junior past president of the unit,
Mrs. Egbert E. Corwin, was presented
I with a motto, suitably inscribed, by the
post for her co-operation during her
i term as president. Department Mem
bership Officer James F. Kehoe made
! the presentation on behalf of the post.
! Past Department Membership Officer
, Alfred A. Picchione congratulated the
! po't on winning one of the gavel bells
for leading in one of the phases of the
\ membership drive last year. Responses
were made by Mr. and Mrs. Corwin and
I bv Comdr. Lewis H. Guenther.
Mrs. Eva T. McGroarty, president of
the unit, spoke about her visit to where
her son, Lieut. Stephen P. McGroarty,
after whom the post and unit are
named, was first interred in France
after he had died as a result of in
juries received in battle. Mrs. Mc
Groarty invited the post and unit to
her home, in Virginia, for the February
meeting. Mrs. Bessie M. Schmidt, sec
retary of the unit, announced she will
hold a "cootie” party at her home, in
Maryland Park, next Friday night for
the benefit of the unit. The Enter
tainment Committee, of which Frank G.
Howell, second vice commander of the
post, was chairman, served refresh
ments.
Arrangements have been made for
President Hoover to receive the group
of American Legion rehabilitation of
ficials who will attend the annual Mid
winter conference of the Legion’s Na
tional Rehabilitation Committee to be
held here January 30 to February 1.
A Joint meeting will also be arranged
with the members of the Committee on
World War Veterans’ Legislation of the
House of Representatives.
Many problems relating to the re
habilitation of disabled World War Vet
erans will be studied. Legion rehabilita
tion officials from practically every
State are expected to attend.
American Legion rehabilitation of
ficials here have received a request
from the War Department that pub
licity be given to the necessity for fur
j nishing the department with full
names, serial numbers, rank and or
ganizations when inquiries are made for
information as to service records. Dates
and places of enlistments and dis
charges will aid materially In search
lng the records.
The department has only a limited
personnel assigned to the records di
. vision, and the more complete the ln
I formation they have to work on the
! more quickly will they be able to an
swer Inquiries as they are received.
The department is now many weeks
behind in furnishing service Informa
tion to the Veterans' Administration In
the cases of veterans filing claim for
disability compensation and allowance.
The resultant delay is no doubt caus
ing hardships in many Instances. Com
plete co-operation on the part of units
of all service organizations with the
department will speed up matters con
siderably.
Army and Navy
News
ARMY.
Twenty chaplains of the Regular
Army, now holding the grade of cap
tain. will be promoted to the grade of
major during the 1932 calendar year.
The five existing vacancies in the
Corps of Chaplains will be increased
to six on January 31, 1932, when Chap
lain Edward E. Lane is placed on the
retired list of the Army on account of
physical disability. The chaplains who
will attain their majority during 1932,
with their denomination and date of
advancement Indicated, are; Albert L.
Evans (Presbyterian, U. S. A.), Febru
ary 28; Frank P. MacKenzie (Presby
terian, U. S. A.), February 28; Philip
F. Coholan (Roman Catholic), March;
7; Harry D. Southard (Methodist i
Episcopal), April 4; Mariano Vassallo
(Roman Catholic), July 19; Benjamin
J. Tarskey (Roman Catholic), August
8; John F. Monahan (Roman Catho
lic), August 8; Luther D. Miller
(Lutheran), August 15; William D.
Cleary (Roman Catholic), August 16;
Edmund C. Sliney (Roman Catholic),
September 10; Harlan J. Ballentine
(Baptist North), September 20; Hal
C. Head (Baptist North), September
26; Walter J. Donoghue (Roman Catho
lic), September 26; Oscar W. Reynolds
(Methodist Episcopal), October 6;
Samuel O. Wright (Methodist South),
October 20; John MacWilliams (Pres
byterian, U. S. A.), October 31; Reuben
E. Boyd (Methodist Episcopal), Novem
ber 1; Roy H. Parker (Baptist North),
November 7, and Willis T. Howard
(Methodist Episcopal South), Decem
ber 25.
NAVY.
A request has been made by Rear
Admr. Charles E. Riggs, surgeon gen
eral of the Navy and chief of the
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery of the
Navy Department, for the appointment
of a selection board to recommend an
officer of the Naval Medical Corps for
advancement to the rank of rear ad
miral. The belief has been expressed
that a vacancy exists in that grade by
reason of the retirement on January 1
of Rear Admr. J. F. Leys, who was ad
vanced, upon transfer from the active
list of the Navy, to the rank of vice
admiral on account of service rendered
by him during the period of the con
struction of the Panama Canal and in
accordance with the law granting ad
ditional rank in such circumstances.
Capt. Edward T. Hoopes (Supply
Corps), who has been on duty as head
of the planning division. Bureau of
Supplies and Accounts, will be trans
ferred to duty as assistant to the chief
of that bureau as relief of Capt. F.
G. Pyne of that corps, who will go to
duty as supply officer of the Philadel
phia Navy Yard and to additional duty
as supply officer of the 4th Naval
District.
Capt. Kent C. Melhom (M. C.), who
has been on duty as head of the per
sonnel division, Bureau of Medicine
and Surgery, was detached from this
duty last week, and has reported to the
Secretary of State for duty as physician
to the members of the American dele
gation to the General Disarmament
Conference, to be held at Geneva,
Switzerland, next month.
Rear Admiral Prank H. Clark, on
duty at the Navy Department, as direc
tor of fleet training, will relinquish
these duties in June, for the purpose of
assuming command of the Scouting
Force, wdth the rank of vice admiral,
as the relief of Vice Admiral Arthur
L. Willard, who will come to duty al
the Navy Department, as a member a’
the General Board. Admiral Clark’P
duties in the fleet training office will
be taken over by Capt. Cyrus W. Cole,
recently selected for future advance
ment to the grade of rear admiral, now
due to make his number on September
1, 1932, and now in the command of
the U.S.S. West Virginia.
Eight captains of the line of the
Navy under selection for promotion to
the grade of rear admiral will be ad
vanced as follows, provided, in the
meantime no unforeseen vacancies occur
to advance dates. They are: John W.
Greenslade, May 1, 1932; Henry E.
lackey, July 1. 1932; Cyrus W. Cole,
September 1, 1932; Charles E. Court
ney (additional number) and Adolphus
E Watson, October 1, 1932: Harry L.
Brinser and Edgar B. Larimer, Febru
ary 1, 1933. and Alfred W. Johnson,
March 1, 1933.
Commanders under selection for the
grade of captain will be advanced as
follows: Henrv M. Jensen, February 1;
Robert A. White, May 1; Edwin B.
Woodworth, Ronan C. Grady, Hamilton
F Glover, Alfred W. Brown, and Guy
E Baker, June 30; Raymond A. Spru
ance, July 1; Henry K. Hewitt, Sep
tember 1; Felix X. Gygax, October 1.
American Gold Star
Mothers
The American Gold Star Mothers met
in regular session January 19, at 8 pm.,
at the Hamilton Hotel. The continued
illness of Mrs. George G. Seibold, na
tional president, prevented her attend
ance, and Mrs. Alida T. Bruce, second
vice president, occupied the chair.
Final instructions were issued to the
delegates from this organization who
will attend the sessions of the Women's
Patriotic Conference on National De
fense. opening here February 1.
The announcement of the death of a
member, Mrs. David Lynn of Rayland,
Ohio, was received during the meeting,
whereupon a short memorial service
was held and a floral star, the organi
zation’s emblem, was ordered sent to
the grave of Mrs. Lynn in Rayland. A
letter of condolence to the family will
accompany the star.
Reports were mode of recent activi
ties in which the Mothers participated,
namely, attendance at the meeting to
inaugurate a drive for memberships in
the Fraternal Order of Eagles, when
addresses were made by Representative
Horr of Seattle. Wash., and Representa
tive Sweeny of Ohio and Judge Mat
tingly of Washington. Also of the at
tendance of a number of the Mothers at
the birthday dinner and party of George
E Killeen Post at the Masonic Temple
in Georgetown on January 13. This
post is named for the son of the first
vice president of the order, and annu
ally they celebrate the birthday of the
auxiliary.
Mrs. E. M. Nash described the serv
ices at St. Paul's Lutheran Church
January 10, when three altar windows,
the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Leonard
Hurley, were dedicated. These windows
are a memorial to the three children of
Mr. and Mrs. Hurley, each of whom met
a tragic death. Mothers represented at
thls service were Mary D. Killeen, Mrs.
E S. Bruce, Mrs. Carrie J. Searl, Mrs.
Della Barber, Mrs. R E. Jacobs, Mrs.
Fannie Meeks, Mrs. Josephine TaWs,
Mrs. Edna Boardman, Mrs. W. J. Seelye,
Mrs. E. M. Nash, Mrs. J. C. Kelton and
Mrs. E. M. H. Guedry.
Oeorge G. Seibold brought to the
meeting a personal message from the
national president which told of a slight
Improvement in her condition.
Two new members were enrolled.
Mrs. Mary J. King, mother of Jesse J.
Marcellous, Grand Junction, Mich., killed
in action October 4, 1918; Avery P.
Fields of Ashland, Ky„ father of Clar
ence Fields. Company E, 28th U. S.
Infantry, killed in action, and whose
body now rests in the Cemetery of the
Somme in France, was admitted to hon
orary membership.
The next meeting will be held at the
same place, February 2, at 8 o'clock.
D. C. Naval Reserve
The annual Inspection to determine
the present state of efficiency of the
1st Battalion, United States Naval Re
serves of the District of Columbia, will
be conducted by a board of regular
officers from the Navy Department, on
I February 29. Information was re
' ceived by the local Reserve commander,
Lieut. Harold E. Richardson, last week,
complying with the requirement that
organizations be given six weeks' notice
prior to the time the board is sched
uled to arrive.
It is anticipated now that the drills
and exercises which the board requires
of organizations during the inspection
will be held aboard the destroyer Ham
ilton, the Atlantic Training Fleet ves
sel assigned to this area for Reserve
work. The ship is under orders to
proceed to the Norfolk area prior to
that time, but it is expected that the
orders will be changed to permit the
vessel to remain here until after the in
spection date. Under her present sched
ule the Hamilton is to leave here Feb
ruary 21 for Alexandria, where the fol
lowing day it will participate in the cere
monies there incidental to the launch
ing of the Bicentennial year program.
The orders also call for her to leave the
following day, February 23. for her new
training assignment. If the orders are
changed, the vessel will return to
Washington to remain until after the
Inspection of the local battalion.
The notice of the inspection contains
the information that the organization
will be expected to execute a simple
battle problem. Information that this
was to be expected was given the or
ganization some time ago. and they
have been working on it, with the aid
of Lieut. Comdr. Clarence Gulbranson,
captain of the destroyer Hamilton, and
the other officers of that ship.
The local organization is somewhat
ahead of its schedule for inspection
also, as Lieut. Richardson inaugurated
plans at the beginning of the new year
which started the battalion in prepara
tion for the inspection. Particular at
tention has been given in the prepara
tions to bolstering up drills and exer
cises in which the last inspection board
found the local organization .deficient.
It is the hope of the battalion offi
cers that by the time the inspection
board arrives on the scene the local
organization will have reached a
state of efficiency which will result in
its receiving a mark which will get
for it at least one of the two tro
phies donated by the Naval Reserve
Officers’ Association, to be awarded
each year to the battalion and divi
sion, respectively, which attain the
highest figure of merit as a result of
the inspections throughout the country.
Favored by good weather during the
drill nights so far this Winter, the or
ganization has been able to get in con
siderable drill work aboard the destroyer
Hamilton, which has been docked here
for several months, and this training
will be continued up to the time of
the inspection, if the ship is allowed to
remain here for that length of time.
The local Naval Reserve Headquarters
has been notified that Assistant Secre
tary of the Navy for Aviation David S.
Ingalls, has been commissioned a lieu
tenant commander in the aviation
branch of the Reserve.
Lieut. (Junior Grade) Henry B.
Hodgkins, Chaplains Corps, residing at
2844 Wisconsin avenue, has reported at
the Washington Navy Yard for 15 days
of active duty for training.
The following named have been
ordered transferred from the fleet divi
sions to the Volunteer Reserve, on ac
count of failure to maintain efficiency:
James S. Boxwell and Henry H. Shugart,
both seamen, second class, attached to
the 1st Fleet Division: Roy L. Boyd,
fireman, first class, and Samuel E. Cox
and James W. Dellar, both firemen,
third class, and all attached to the
1st Fleet Division.
The following officers of the Naval
Reserve have been notified that they
became eligible for promotion to the
next higher rank on January 1 last:
Lieut. B. B. Doll, legal branch; Lieut.
(Junior Grade) H. S. Souther, aviation
branch; Lieuts. J. F. Anderson and
S. A. Greenleaf, both communications
officers, and Lieut. A. M. Smythe, avia
tion branch.
These officers must notify the depart
ment when they are ready to take the
professional examination for promotion,
and will be promoted only upon suc
cessful passage of the examination.
Opposition to the Navy Department
schedule of retirement for Reserve
officers was expressed at the annual
meeting Monday night of the local
chapter of the Naval Reserve Officers’
Association, and the delegates to the
convention here yesterday presented
their stand against the proposal.
The local chapter elected officers as
follows: Lieut. J. M. Fewell, president;
Lieut. (Junior Grade) J. B. Cleland,
vice president; Lieut. C. H. Williams,
secretary and treasurer; Lieut. Jol%.F.
Moore, delegate to the national con
vention, and Lieut. (Junior Grade) G.
W. Dalsley national director.
The local chapter adopted a reso
lution, which was presented at the con
vention, expressing the appreciation of
the Reserve officers for the help given
them by the regular naval officers as
signed to work with the Reserve, in
cluding the lnspectors-instructors and
those on ships on which the Reserve
organizations take their annual
training.
Like the national association the
local Reserve officers believe that the
retirement scales for the various grades
proposed by the Navy Department are
too low. It was pointed out that if
the department plan is put into effect
It will result in an almost immediate
wiping out of active service of war
trained officers now engaged in build
ing up and keeping intact the Reserve,
the enlisted personnel of which is made
up largely of young men who be
came of age only since the war.
The Navy Department proposes Re
tirement at the following ages: Com
modore, 64; captain, 64; commander,
55; lieutenant commander, 50; lieuten
ant, lieutenant (junior grade) and
ensign, 40.
rne Reserve association countered
with the following proposals: Retire
ment for commodore after six years'
service in grade, regardless of age; for)
captain, at least one vacancy to be
created annually by promotion, resig
nation, retirement at 64, death dis
charge or selection out; commander,
58; lieutenant commander, 52; lieu
tenant, 46, and lieutenant (junior
grade) and ensign, 40
A communication of the Reserve says
that Admiral Upham, chief of the Bu
reau of Navigation, wrote as follows on
the association recommendations:
“The suggestions to solve this prob
lem are well worth considering. But I
feel that the ages are still too high.
However, it may be that we can start
oft with the ages for retirement a little
higher than we consider best for the
efficiency of the officer personnel, and
after this has been tried for several
years new legislation can be obtained
cutting down the ages for retirement
still further. It will not be wise to do
anything too drastic to start off with.”
Plans were discussed at the conven
tion for the establishment here of a
national headquarters office for the
association, with a full-time secretary
treasurer. In order to do this the sug
gestion was made that dues be in
creased to $10 a year and that the
national headquarters per capita tax
of $1 be increased.
Rear Admiral Butler, commandant
of the Washington Navy Yard, will pay
an official inspection call on the local
Reserve tomorrow night. Following the
inspection the officers of the organiza
tion will tender a dance to the enlisted
personnel and their friends.
The watch was announced as fol- j
lows: Ensign Gordon Dykes, officer of
the deck; Gunner’s Mate (first class)
H. G. Wynne, petty officer of the watch*
Quartermaster t first class) W. H. Wil
liams, quartermaster; Seaman (second
class) W. E. Smith, sentry, and H. O.
Nicholas, battalion commander’s orderly.
The meetings of the Communica
tions Branch of the Naval Reserve have ;
been changed from Tuesday to Thurs
day nights, beginning at 8 o'clock, at
the armory in the Washington Navy
Yard, it was announced by Lieut. C. A.
Briggs, commanding the organization.
He also announced that the radio
transmitter at the armory has been
completed and put on the air to oper
ate on frequencies of either 3,475 or
4,045 kilocyclies. It will be used in the
regular national radio drills conducted
over the air on Thursday nights, among
the control and alternate control radio
stations of the Naval Communication
Reserve in the various naval districts
throughout the United States The
drills it was announced, will begm
promptly at 8 o'clock and the unit as
siened for operation should be on hand
not later than 7:30 p.m. to adjust the
transmitter and answer calls and han
dle traffic directed through the station.
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Lieut. Briggs said that the radio
drill conducted last week was noteworthy
In several respects. All of the Reserve
stations in commission throughout the
United States were present for the drill,
and 100 per cent station attendance
was realized for the first time. Every
station was closely tuned to proper fre
quency. NED, the control station for
the District of Columbia, he reported,
led them all, being logged as perfect
to the second decimal place—that is,
correct to within at least 10 cycles per
second. He added that the new operat
ing frequency of 3.475 kilocycles proved
very satisfactory. ,
The subject of the local radio drill via
the air. conducted among the amateur
stations belonging to Reservists is up
for an early consideration. It Is planned
to increase this activity and make use
oi the control station at the armory.
The Naval Reserve Inspection Board
on February 1 will inspect the citizen
sailor unit at Michigan City, Mich..
February 2 it will be at Benton Harbor
in the same State; February 3 at Grand
Rapids and February 4 at Saginaw._.
The board will be composed of Capt.
John Downes and Capt. Alexander
Sharp, jr„ who will go from the Navy
Department here, and Capt. Halsey
Powell, chief of staff, 9th Naval Dis
trict, with headquarters at Chicago, 111.
The following bills affecting the
Naval Reserve have recently been sub
mitted to Congress by the Navy De
partment, as amendments to the Naval
Reserve act: To amend section 24 to
provide for forfeiture of pay upon fail
ure to report for inspection; to amend
section 6 to provide for discharge of
Reservists sentenced by civil authori
ties; to fix the status of Naval Reserve
officers restricted to the performance
of flying duty and who have not quali
fied for designation as naval aviators;
to regulate the minimum age limit for
enlistments in the Naval Reserve.
3,600 Tons of Matches.
Sweden shipped more than 3,600
tons of safety matches to the United
States in 1931.
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Boasts More Palaces Than ftr.y
Other Place in Europe.
BUCHAREST (N.A.N.A.) .—Sinaia,
much beloved of King Carol, high in
the Carpathians and an ideal Summer
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Winter sports when the snow comes.
It probably boasts more palaces, big
and little, than any other place in
Europe. Here Queen Marie of Ru
mania, King Carol her son, and Prin
cess Helen, his former Queen, have
their separate establishments in houses
that vary in size from a Summer pal
ace to a small villa. They are all set
upon the steep hills that rise above
the little town.
Sinaia itself is a smart resort in
August and September, frequented by
the Rumanian aristocracy. The casino
is an ideal spot for the gambler oi
moderate means, for a man with $100
could create quite a sensation there.
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