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THE SERVICE,

OFFICER FERS ONNEL

Death o f Rear Admiral Ebwle.

Rear Admiral Edward !V. Eberle, U. S. Navy, died a t the Naval Hospital, Wash- ington, I). C, , at 10:25 on Saturday morning, 6 July, 1929.

Edward Walter Eberle was born in Denton, Texas, 17 Aukust 1864, before the close o f the C i v i l W a r . loss than a year old, and this remained his o f f i c i a l rcsidenco throughout his 10% years o f service. ago o f seventeen, ard graduatod in 1885.

H i s family movcd t o Fo r t Smith, Arkansas, when he was

Eo ontorcd tno Naval Acadcmy i n Scptombor, 1881, at tho

During nine years o f sea duty fo l lowing graduation, he served on the Atlantic, Pacific and Asiatic Stations, i n tho NOHICAN (ISSS), SHENANDOAH .(1886), RANWR,

(less), ALBATROSS (1887), LRNCESTER (183l), a n d IiURION (1893). ALEATROS, from 1887 t o 1890, he served undor that czqablo old m i n w , Captaiib Z. L. Tanner, inventor of t h o Tanncr sourding nachine. at the time, in running l ines of soundings in the turbulent seas round Cape Horn and in charting tho fishing banlcs o f f the Pacific Nortknoost and Ala&% A d m i r a l Eberlo was b o w n throughout his career as a sterl ing seaman and these eaxly years in the ALBATROSS under the able eye o f Captain Tanner doubtloss contributed In no small way t o his a b i l i t y i n t h i s rospoct.

The OREGON was being compbtrtd at the Union Iron Works, Sax Francisco, i n 8896, tvhan Lt.( j g ) Eberle completed a t o u r of duty a t tho Naval Academy and was ordorod t o hor f o r duty. t i m e munting modern turrets,a& ha 1:tas aosigmd t o duty as forward turret of- f icer. j o i n our Fleet at Sm.tiago,under Admiral Sampson. GON'S forvard tur re t vhcm tho Spaaish Floot under A d m i r a l Corvera ran f o r thc o p n soa on July 4, 1898, and f i r e f r o m nis t u r r e t was directed on the Spanish ships and assisted in beaching the COLON. In 1899, he m s ordered t o duty as Flag Lieutenant and Acting Chief of Staff o f tho Comndor-in-Chief o f the Asiatic Fleet, Admiral Barker; he acted i n this capacity during the Philippine revolution ard the settlement of the insurrection. He vas next ordered t o duty as Aide .bo the Suporintandent o f t ho Naval Acadomy, and whilo thoro, he wrote, I'Gun and Torpodo Drills f o r tho Unitcd Statos Navyf1, our first publication covering drill procodurc f o r mdern Wns and torpcdoos.

In 1901 and 1902, he served as gunnery off icer of the INDI~WL; th i s tvas followed by duty as Aide t o ths Cormandant of New York Navy Yard. While on the l a t t e r duty, he was temporarily detailed t o act as Lide to Admiral Lord Charles Beresford of the British Boyal Wavy durirg the v i s i t o f that distinguished of= f i ce r t o the United States. In 1904, hc 1751s dotailod in l ike capacity t o Urd Bercsford on tho occasion of the B r i t i s h off icer ' s sccorrl v i s i t , and t o tho Crown Prince o f Siam on h i s t o u r o f t h i s country.

Vhilc i n the

Tho ALBATlioSS was engaged,

a Sho was om of four vosscls i n t h o United States Navy of that

He participated in the now his tor ic dash o f t h i s ship would the Horn t o He was in c lwge of the ORE-

Lieutenant Comnder Eberlo next served as Flag Lieutenant t o the Commnder- in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet. first wireless telegraphs on naval vessels, and developed the carly procedure &and pract ical w o of t h i s m t h d of comrnication. Floot around the world, hb was cxccutivo officor of tho IOUISIsLNn until tho Flcct roached San Francisco. officor prosent on a aruiso around tho v:orld i n company with tho PETREL.

On this t o u r of duty he assisted in ins$alling tho

On tho cruise of thc Atlaxtic

In 1910, ho was in command of tho WHEELING and sonior

U 1911, tb, Atlortlo 9wpetla PU8t \.u Wmdi and br la0 p w d %a d (II the xmw form aonslstisg of the 8estrogetra. h i c h p r e then taking the i r is the schemo of things, and thq s u ~ i a e s ~ of that dayA He oonceived the use o f tb smBa*rrorebn and i i r r t omp.IQyob it in hamurors a g d b t battfoahipa of tho Atlantia Fleot off Bleak Ial8n& in 19&Z. 5 % ~ bQLttleships sto-d thoir OXLgixmS

in 2OfS t o IutqoMna tbo dapthr at wkUla rubmergd $ubmrloor, mulld bo dotooteb irola tho & A t .

He was next under instruction at the NaVa2 W a r College and on 8 secret mission t o Europe. At the \?w College he developed mine-layiag and rnine-smeplng

naval forcas in San Doming0 and tvhila c o m d i n g the P43HINGTON, raised tho block- ado of t h o island which had boon ostablishod, sq2rr:seod tho rovoglution and supor- Tisod the clcction of tho now preSidont of tho cow-try.

a d W r O SOura8tx fog Si(plrl8 &I tJI0 &8tYOv8 8 t O m O d through tho formation. & i P r t ~ p ~ mm h st8 m w a th@ ]Ita+g Whoa bb b d fo r t8 OQMWtod Off @--

e t ac t i c s for servicro USO. On his roturn from Europe ho assmod oommand of our

This was followed by dtrty as C o d a n t of Washington Navy Yard and Superin-

Acadeny, and b remsine4 on this duty u n t i l a f t e r tho World War. War tim ex- pansion at t h e Academy took place durlng his administration tharet and i n addition t o greatly awmntod class0s graduating froma ehortoned coursos of three pars, large numbors Df oolloge graduates and students, as wcl l as onlistcd mn, wore trained tho-ro in Naval Rorsorw Officorsl Training Classos and commissionod. Ha was anardod tho Distingufshod Scrvicc Modal with tho Solloning c i ta t ion f o r his sorvicos at Annapolis:

' tendent of the Naval Gun E ' a c t O r y r In 1915 he becam Superintendent of the Naval

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' "For exceptionally meritorious qervice i n a duty of great Fespon- e , sZbili ty as Super,intendent of the U. S. Naval

Xe vas promoted t o Rear Admiral, F e b r w y Z, 1918, and i n 1919 went t o sea where he commanded the Fif th and Seventh Div i s ions of the Floot f o r two years. In 1921 he assumed command of the Pacific Fleet w i t h the teanparary rank of Ad- m i r a l . D u r i n g t h i s comnrend the present Battle Fleet was organized, and he be- came the first commander-in-chief of tho mw fleot. Ho was appointed Chicf o f Naval Oporations i n 1923 and sorvod i n this high offico until NoVOmbor, 1927. C i v i l wars occurrod i n China and Nicasagua during this poriod, roquiring. tho . transpartation of largo Sorcos of narinoo and tho mvamont of mval uni t s t o t h ~ zones of distmbanco. H i s yoars of variod and distinguished snrvicc and ,his calm, cloar Judgmont f i t t o d him v m l l as an advisor on naval problorns and issuos as thoy dovclcpod.

A d m i r a l Ebdrle was relieved as Chief of &val Qara t i ons i n November, 1927, and he was assigned as C h a i r m a n of the Executive Comenit tee o f the Navy General Board. He served i n this capacity u n t i l he r o t i r a d on August 17, 1928. H i s b r i l l i an t naval caroer b c b d but throo pars of spanning half a century of sor- vico.

The fol lowing table shows the number of recru i t s under instruction st the various training stations under date of 29 June 1929:

: Great : Hampton : Newport : S a n : : Lakes : Roads : R.I. : Diego : T o t a l :

: Recruit Training f . Apprentice Soamon : 5'76 : 508 : 585 : 1054 : 2723 : S e a n Socond Class : 10 : 6 : 41 : 41 : 98 : Firemon Third Class 0 : 0 : 0 : 32 : 32 : 0 t her R a t i n g s : 33 : 33 : 16 : 59 : 141 :

: 619 : 547 : 642 : 1186 : 2994 :

NATAL RESERVE.

Commsndati on.

The Chief of Bureau o f Xavigation has recently addressed the following le t ter of conmendation t o W i l l i a m JMwards, C.M.M., F-1, U.S.Nava1 Reserve, U.S.S,C #431, home address, Sacketts Harbor, Jefferson County, New York:

')1. The Board of Inspection and Survoy which reccntly complotod tho material inspection of the USSC 431, has roportod t o the Bureau that, i n i t s opinion, you are deserving o f special credi t as shipbeper on the USS 431 f o r the very eff ic ient condition of the machinery installation,

112. The Bureau is pleased t o have the opportunity'to commnd you f o r your zeal and at tont ion t o duty which has rosultod i n tho efficient conlit ion o f tho machinery ins ta l la t ion o f tho USSC 431, as evidoncod by the report of the Inspection Board.

"3. of Navigation."

A copy o f this l e t t e r w i l l be f i l e d with your record i n the Bureau

" N I B A L Undertakes New Survey Pro.iect.

The U.S.S. HANNIBAL, recently returned from survey duty on tho Nor th coast The pres- o f Cuba, has begun mother survey of a somewhat different character.

ent survey is being made i n the interest of the Armstrong Seadrome Devolopmnt Company, which company expocts t o pbco thc first a r t i f i c i a l island on tho Atlantic f o r tho l d i n g of airplanes.

The area now being surveyed is about half way between New York and Bermuda and is about 40 miles East and West by 30 miles North and South, and covers approximately 1200 square naut ical miles.

will be forwarded t o the Hydrographic Office for inclusion on the chasrts of the N o r t h Atlantic Ocean published by thah office.

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Upon completion of t h i s deep sea survey, the hydrographic data obtained

27 JULY 1929,

PUBLISHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DISSEMINATING

GENERAL ~ N ~ O ~ ~ ~ ~ I O ~ OF PROBABLE INTEREST TO

THE SERVICE,

There a re two- grou;3s of medical of f icers who have been given training i n

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4 aviat ion medicine:

Edeiic:cl o f f i ce r s qualified in aviation medicine, or " f l i gh t suI'g:oonsfl. Medical o f f t ce r s qualified t o conduct aviat ion .physical

. . l ists who havo taken a basic course i n aviation medicine 01 2olloivt.d b , inclucling f l i g h t ox-

pcriencc, a t ' the E ~ ' P & L ~ ~ i k . $t&'iori, PC special ins t ruc t ion i n the subject o r have ltad considcrablc experience w i t h a c t i v c

have beon given othcr

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Grour ( 5 1 a r e medical of f icors who have completed tho basic course i n avia- t i o n medicin9 at t4o Nava l Mcdioa.1 School but havc not pocccded fur thcr i n tho sycc:in-Ltg. A l l m d i c s l o f f i co r s ordcrcd t q , the Scliool € o r instruction arc. now given t h i s course anu all medical o f f i ce r s vho have completed this course a r e f u l l y qualified t o conduct av ia t ion physical examinations.

Flight surgeons m e aasipwd only t o large aviat ion <activit ies and to cer- t a i n administrative avld t ra in ing duties. The duty these spec ia l i s t s have been trained t o perform aiid the rcturn the Dcpart.mnt expects from such t ra in ing do not warrant t he i r assigmnwit t o ovcry s t a t i o n that m y havo a few planes attached o r at which it m y fron time t o t im bc! necgssary to conduct aviation physical odu;aminatioaso examinations, etc. , can bo s a t i s f a c t o r i l y handled by medical o f f i ce r s o f group (b'.

It is corsihered that the conditions arising i n such commands,

Tke number of o f f icers , other than raval aviators and stiddent,mval aviators, who m y be ordered t o duty involving flying i s limited by law. group are a i r c r a f t spot ters , o f f i ce r s on design and inspection duty, observers, aerologis ts , s t a f f corps o f f i ce r s under instruction, e tc . quests f o r such orders considerably excecds tho numbor 'allowed by law, neces- s i t a t i n g an al locat ion under diffcront duties. s o t s of f l i g h t orders availablc f o r modicszl o f f i ce r s i s oightcm, which number c,m be oxocodod only cated t o some othcr duty.

Included i n t h i s

The' number of re-

In t h i s a l locat ion thc number of

by a corrcspoading rcduction i n tho number o f orders a l l o -

The a t t en t ion o f all of f i ce r s whose dut ies involve wtters r e l a t i n g t o avia- t i a n personnel i s invited t o paragraphs 1544 ahd 1261-1266 of the Manual of the Medical Department.

Ccmnond at i on. 8 . -.---y-L-..-.

The Secretary o f the Navy has recently addressed tho following l e t t e r of corrmundation t o Lieutfnznt Co.mailaor I,.. C. Stevens, (C.C. ), U.S.Ncvy, Lioutenant Comnder Charles A. Bicholson, (C.C. ), U.S.Bavy, and Lieutenant Samuel H. Arthur U. S .Navy:

" A s a r e su l t o f a se r ies o f oxperimeiits conducted on the Arresting

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U.S.S. UNGil3Y and U.S.S.SARiTOGA, f o r the purpose of developing a rpore e f f i c i en t arrebting gear f o r c,vrier uechs and airplanes, the Depart'ment i s pleased t o note tha t tliere has been invmtnd, aicvelopcd. and @laced in S € ? r V i C a hidhly sa t i s fac tory t y p of t r a i l i n g hook which h+s prevontcd a consider- 231s nuinbur o f sorious casueltles v4I35Ch baa boon for years acccptod as inhcr-

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ont ~ i p c z r r l c r opcratioxs.

.."fiic Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. 3,ABATOC-A roports i n part a s f o l l O W :

'This. roport (orr spcpia;i hook) hbs boor1 in lxros t and thc thoroughnccs vit ich tfw t o s t s in g

* - reported OM is a sdwce of &aLification t o the operating personnel:. Since January 1, 1929, appox imte ly two thousand landings have been &de o n th i s vessel v i t h a12 types ol s , e p i c e planes u t i l i z i n g thc traillng hookas do- v o i o p d by thc B u r ~ a ~ i anC, t h m v c l k-ir St2tion, -ton R o a d s .

* U T O S of the hook yropcr havc I;currec a i d tho Cbrmna;lidim Qfficcr t k t tlie "Anti-ridim$rl festurq ,of .the d@si$A h?q d i v q r t d ?. numbdr'of Cas- u a l t i c s i n operation.

cn conducted and

Fha .&eyr+k, superiority q f t h i s b o l t O V O r ' prdVi0.W design has boon demiistratgd t a . the aatkefaction, of' d.1 conoernod I .

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T h e lle-partmnt cons i ie rs tba$ this t i a i l i n g hoo ill serve materially. to decrease the k l d i n g in te rva l as we11 as incro;tst3 tho safety of +a i r c ra f t operations f r o m car r ie rs . l a rge ly duo t o yuw pwsorai oi 'forts znd professional ab$l;i$y, t h e Depmt- m n t commcnds you €02- thc succcssful rcsu.l ts attaincd.

Inasrruch as tho dcvolopmmt of# t h i s hook

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"A copy of t h i s l o t t c r 'is kin: f i l o d o f f i o i d ~ r ~ c m l i n the Depar tmen t . , ' *

Cornanendat ion.

The Secretary of the Favy roce:rtlJ nclaressed l e t t e r s o f conmendation t o en- 1 i s ted Tier some 1 8 s f o 1 lows :

John Jackson ,Darker, Slc, U.S.1:. , U.S.S.ALIEGHEN'I, horn? address, Station 10, Charisston, South Cdrolina:

tll. Tne Cclrimanciinl: Officcr o f the U.S.S.HOBOLINX has brought t o tho atten- t i on o f the Dopr'mcmit t h o hcroic conduct displayed by you in roscuing Harvey Eugcan Parks, Yeomli sccond c lass , U.S.TTavy, fron drowning.

1t2. was moored t o the f loa t at dock No. 4, Balboa, Cam1 Zone, embarking l i be r ty p r t i e s f o r t rwspor ta t ion t o the F lee t aiichored i n Panama Bay. R@EI>T -K':=s mored t o i ts stmbur,rd s i d e and a strong ebb t i de was runniilg f ron zstern. E. E. P'zrks, viio hp-d embmknd €or passaf;o to the IJ.S,S.; -ixiDLa;r, f e l l ovor5oarcl f rom tho stmbcard quartor! o f the BOBOLINK. Hoodlcss of tho danger of bqing q c p t bcnaz.th t h o vesmls, gou j q o C ovcraoard and namgcd t o lmcp Parkb ai'loat mti l iie could be hauled t o safety by members o f the crew.

It a p p a r s that on t k c evoning o f 9 Fcbruary 1929, the U.S.S.BCBOLINK

The U.S.S.

"9. c:)ndlitions, James X. ~;;:aI.,sh, Fireman first class , II.S.h':ivy, f e l l overboard frolr, the por t quarter of tlic U.S.S.ROBIF 2;d vas rondcrcd unconscious by

I t also appears timt on the evening o f 18 Fcbrmry 1929, under similar

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s t r ik ing ,h i s head on tho side o f the . s h i p d between the ti70 vessels, afid were. successful. in keeping Waf& a f l o a t h n t i l the crew of the. R O B I N hauled him O E board. over at the- tine.

('4. ThQ.Dcprtm?nt t:tlas plcasurc in conm;lmding you f o r your prompt and. cOuragcou~ actions which undoujtedly sailed the l ives of Parla and T?alSh. Your conduct on these occasions i s i n keeping with the $est t radi t ions Of the service.

*'5. of a life saving mcdal' i n rocognition of your deed."

Edwin William Scholhauso, S2c, U. S.N., U.S.S. BOBOLINK, homc adarcss, 7 EdgCWOOd Avonao, E a l t imoro, Md.

"1. t i on of the Departmnt your coEduct in assisting t o rescue Jams M. Wish, Fireram fir st class, U. S.Navy, from drowning.

"2. ?vas moored t o the float at docR 130. 4, Balboa,. Canal Zone, embarFinq, l i be r ty p r t l e s f o r transportation t o the Fleet wchored i n Pm-ann-.Bay. BOBIN was moorctd t o i t s s tarboard side.and a n t r o r l ebb t ide was running ':"

f rom astorn. f o r passage t o l;hc U.S.S.PUTl!iK, f e l l ovcrboard f r o m the port quarter of. tbc BOI3IW and was randorcd unconsc:faus 5y *strikiry; h i s he,xl on tho s ide of the ship. ' You, hccdlcss of the dmgor of bein& stvcpt bonanth thc vossh l s overboard a d assisted John J. Pnrkor, .Soamll first, c l z s s , U.S.Nm& b g a l i ne mound Wxlsh bg which ho vms haulcd on 'qoard thc frOBIN b;v af the crew.

"3. action which assis ted i n Saving Walsh's l i f e . Your condyct on is in &epSm with the best t rad i t ions of tb ssryice.

Yoii-apin j1myed overboard

Tho BOBOLINI;*S engine was t u r n k g

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You have been recommended t o the Sbcrctary of t&,.,Trcasury f a r - tho mmrd'

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The Comnaixliw Officer' qf the U,S.S. BOBOLINK -has brought t o the atten-

It appears t h a i on the evening of 18 February 1329, the U.S.S.BOBOLINK

TPhe U.S.S. .

Jams M. Wstlsh, Firoinrui ,first class, ULS .IITavg, who had cmbarBod

the BOBOLINKtS c?-Giw was turning over nt the time, I

The Depaxtmnt takes pleasure in commending ybu f o r your 0 eo us. oocasfsrX)I

I + , I "4. P3COPd,'in the Bureau.*1

Acopy of t h i s l e t t e r will be M e a par t of your o f f i c i a l service

The Chief o f Bureau of Navigation recently addressed t h o f o l l o w i n g lc t te r of cmp3qdation t o : i

Thaod Ill. *

'*I- e been brought t o the at tent ion of the hxreau by the Officer i n ChargB, %ivy R e c r u i t i x Station, Chicago, Ill.:

Stat ion ha has maintaiaod an avorago bf 'tjattor than ,on0 first ord is tmnt ' pyr WWk.

a t ten t ion t o duty, bg ctiprying on his ac t iv i t i e s after working hours as Wela - - $8 dmPng the daily working period, by co&nm~Wle in i t i a t ive @ W e matW

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i a m 1LI. bavis, Wlc, U.S.Navj, Wavy Rwruit'ing'Stat ion, OblqagO, dross, 1851 Allpgrt Street , Chicago, Ill.

The f o l l o w i n g report of your excellent record while on recrui t ing W y ) .

'3)Uring the tw yoars that Davis has bson on+.rcmruitirg duty at this

He has acoomplishcd this excellent recruit ing record by st r ic t .

of obtaining newspaper publici t;r, o f himself, navy Iiecruit i n g Sta$t%h, Chicago, and the Naval Service, and by securing high personal regard for . hiniiielf, co- operation of business men, school authori t ies and churchesai . "2. o f duty while attached t o tha Navy Recruiting Station, Chicago.ii

The Bureau takes pleasure i n commending you f o r your excellent pcrformanco

T k I N I N G .

Enliskcd~Candidatos f o r , Naval Acadenly. .a . . . . 1

mothing ovcr.350 mn wcre sent t o tho-Naval Bcadcmy Preparatory 29 per cent f inally passed the entrance ox;zm$nation te .$he Naval

year, about 250 nen went t o the Prepbratory Schools, o f whom 49 per' cent passed the entrance cxqinat ion. this left- 25 with no availnbIe appointmnts. i n sp i t6 o f the Bureau's e f fo r t t o elimimte prospective physical fa i lures at the beginning, and a rqmbea o f others have obtained Congressional appointments, so

A s the quota allowed by l a w is 100 nen, However, seven m n fiiileti'physically,

r e are only four who a r e l d f t unpropidcd f o r .

Rkcruit s un6o.r. Trainiw . * '

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. The fol lotving table sho~;m th.c numbor of r ec ru i t s under instruction at the a .

var$.qUs Training Stations @or date o f 13 July 1929:

Acprentice Seamon I : 601 : 543 : 622 : 1183 : 2949 : Seamen Seccnd Clslss , : 3 : 1 : 35 : 79 : 118 : Firemen Third Clriss : o : 0 : 0 : 40: 40 :

: 626 : 577 : 674 : 1371 : 3248 : Other Ratinffs : 22 ,: 33 : 17 : 69 .: * 141

Cowse of Training f o r Volunteer Naval Reserve .Officers 'at Great Iabs.

Tho Bureau notos with interest and approval the co*wse of tzaining in i t ia ted t h i s year a t Great Iakes f o r o f f icers o f the VolcEnCeer Naval Resorvo during their t ; v J O - ~ J Q O k s training poriod, as bscr ibod i n a reccnt l o t t c r f r o m the Commdant Hinth Naval District .

'IA study of the training given these'Reservs Officers i n former years d w i q t he i r t r a i n i x duty at Great Uims izxiicated that such training was l e f t t o the V a r i o u s head8 of the departments of tho Staff Corps t o which t h G Resarvo Officers

-belonged. sisted largely in performicg professional duties such as thoy vera accustomed t o in c i v i l l i f e $ f o r example, medical officitrs of the Reserve woro usod t o rdiCVo o r assist regular modical off icers i n somc of their routino duties. No particu- l a r l y methodical instructions i n m t t e r s of general nava l interest and inport=- that should be possessed by all off icers r e g a d l e s s o f corps, was evident,

Extracts from this l e t t e r a re quoted below: ,

It was further observed that tHe duty given these Rsserve Officers Con-

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YI"a Commandant believed that the two weeks trailzing duty f o r Volunteer Reserve Of-"ic;rs shocld 5e ntiZ.Lzea t o tho utmost i n &,i-ajpg them a grocrding i n the <ci?ei"n.l rknd9m~.r,kzl s c:' Ycval 1;nm:ledgc and procedure, t h a t should de i n the posst?sS i o 3 o f c v w y .th;?:~!:' of2wcr . Accordingly, the g;cnorsI p l m -ms adoptcd of assehbling alL'th6 V o l w ~ t a e r -Y;di;crve Officers i n one group, officvrs o f the med- ica l , dent r l , and s~:ppiy corps , as wol.1 as o f f i ce r s o f the Vo2.untoc-r Corbrrm;lication Rcservc. e n t i r e morning pcriods. turned ove r t o the hwds of thoir V ' W i O U S staff ac t iv i t i c s , f o r ins t ruc t ion in the i r staff spec ia l t ies as applica i n & V a l prnctico.

This one grcup was given ;oncral lectures an2 'drills vhich consumd thc In tho afternoon, liowcvcr, tlic Ccscrvc Of'ficdrr, were

Warty o f f i ce r s o f the Volunteer Reserve reporteci f o r t h i s tvro weeks training Fi f teen were o f f i ce r s o f the Voluntoer Communicati.on Rosorvc, th i r teen o f duty.

the Nedical Corps, t en o f t nc SupTly Corps,' ~ n d 4 w o o f the Dcntal Corps ,

"various regu-lar off icers .of *ti in'which t o lecturc thc Rcscrvc Officcrs.

minutedperiod va's given dur ing most ai' the mornings o f the t w o weeks. Officers appearod t o l ike this p x i o d of physical cxcrcisc and training t o a sur- pr is ing extent. It had tkie n&vanta.ge o f breaking the monotony of an en t i r e mrn-

Scvcral pcriod's were s p n t on thc p i s t d l and r ' i f lc rango; one pcriod was -ddovotod, tot ins t ruct ion i n boats under oars, and ona ebt j re- afternoon. and evening included a short cruise on a sub-chaser. One Re- serve' Officer was detai led s I tho Raserv6 Off5 co he Day, and he s tood duty with- the S ta t ion ;rogu;tar Officer o f . tho B y 9 hcc i r g t hc l a t t e r i n a11 in- spoctions, formt ions , ctc.

Officers at b o a t Ljkes. Despite the f a e t that it entarled hard ivckk!, and that many o f the Reserve Officers ware o f senior rahk and' ratv.rc yems, gLcoWcrsnco held on the f i n a l mrning of thc course elicit,oc! extromly onthusiaatic endorse- ments fYom the Rcservc Officers o f the beref i t s t-bt they gaimi! f r o m t h i s in- struction. The repeated commnt o f the 13en,erro80fficers tvas that they k id been given a conception o f tho N ~ v y that they had ncvor had before and that thcy were returning t o t l e i z various loca l i t i e s throughout the Ninth Navil, Dis t r ic t bettor of f i cc r s and bettor ablc t o present the Navy t o the o iv i l i an population with which they oam into

Fs t r ic t arid S ta t ion y m r e assigned periods - . The ComrimA2aa% entertainoa some doubt

, about physical and 'infznt'ry 8 r i l l . f o r th4 Rsserve Officers, but a forty-five Thc Reservo

' i.ne.devotcd ont isely t o labturcs.

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The following ex t rac ts a re f rom a l e t t e r addressed by the Secretary of the Navy t o Ensign W r y T. Wickes, Jr., A-V(G) USNR, 90 Shore Driv6, Winthrop, bbss,:

"The Departmcnt h i s rccoivod a report o f the rescue of f o u r boys on 16 June, 1925, f r o m a smll sai l boac that had capslied a b o u t ,three miles off Revere, @msc It appears tha t whcn the sail b o a t capsized you were ndking a f l i gh t by airplan? with fou r passengers :ad t ha t , upon sighting t h e over- turned boot, y3u flev low enough t o the boys t o not i fy them that you would re turn t o t b8 t r a id , then discharged your psssongcrs at Rovere and roturnod t o thc resmo u f thc boys.

. ttl?mo of the young men e S..ble t o ge t into 'the p l a e tvithout a s s i s t m c e but it was necessary t o help the other two onto the plane as they were nearly axhwstcd f r o m thoir exertions i n tho tvcter.

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an the plane you carried t)mm t o the shorc whore they woro safcrly : . landcd, none tho worse f o r thoir oxpcrionco. < .

'@The Department comasnds you f o r ybur alertness, dedision and soundness o f thought in e f f e c t i x the rescue o f these young mn.lt

B G I $UT I VE . Pay Board Concludes Report,

The Interdepartmntal B y Board on Friday, July 19, held its . f ina l me t ing and &pproved the report as submitted by i ts drafting committee. be fomvarded t o tho several Dopartmnts concerned, War, Navy,, T r o u and w i l l probably We rolcascd t o tho pross shortly i b r a s f t e r . it w i l l be reprodwed i n condensed fork in 'this Bulletin.

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Cruisers N O R T ~ k @ T O W a d HOLBTON,

Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, ,tvife 'of f.orrrier Pres,ident Calvin Cooli 6cbePted the invitation o f Secretary o f tho Navy Char18's"Fca;ncis Adams to:&$ as sponsor f o r the new 1ii;ht cruiser NORTHAMIXPON which w i l l 'be launchod o n Saturday, Septem- ber 7.

The NORTHAMITON is under construct ion by the- Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corpora- tion, Quincy, Massachusetts, ard will bo latmchod at thoir plant, the, f i f t h cruiser, of a program of eight l ight cruisers authorizcd i n 1924, t o bo lamehod,

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The Nevport NevJs Shipbuilding &id Dry Dock Cot, o r + Hews, Virginia, has ON at tho i r -plant, OB announced t h o csntomplatod bunching o f t2w Cruiser

September 7, 1929. Miss Elizabeth Holcombe, dzughter o f former' myor a i d &s+. . % : Oscar 2. Holcombo, hats becn dcsigmtod as tho sponsor upon this oc'casian,and Wry Ellen Bute, daughter o f Dr. and D s . J m ~ s House Bute. o f Houston, Yexas, been designated as the &!aid o f Honor when this vessel i s launched;

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Light Cruiser No. 30 A €DUSTON - is the fourth cruiser t o be launahed .of a . program o f eight l ight cruigers which were authorized in 1924.

A Res& o f the Save I1Old Ironsidestt ' Carmaign&

Fo!lowing i s a resum' of the Save "Old Ironsides" Campaigq by Rear Admiral Phil ip Andrew, U.S.Navy, Chair- o f the National Save "Old Ironsidost' CO,&ttee:

''In the f i r s t place, € 1 ~ sum of #500,000 which was original ly mntioned as nccossary t o rebuiLd tho CONS'P'ITUTION was tho figure fixed by the Board of In- spection and Survey f o r the rebuileing of the hull i tself , and this SUXI should nevi er have been mentioned as a goal* I l e p ~ t m n t t o accept donations f o r the robuilding of the ship, providcd that shQ W&S t o be ros torod t c hor or iginal conl i t ion as nearly a3 pact icablo . Manifestly this meant spars, rigghg, md sails, and the complete furnishing of the cabins an8 staterooms o f the ship, It also want boats and hawsers and anchors and other incidentals that nade up the equipment of t b ship of that poriod (1797-18201. okon the complota os t imato was mado, and that is long ago, it was stated that $745,000

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would be necessary t o rebuild has been s l ighf ly incrgased iq Sbms reapsat6 but, w i i n fac t , ' 'it may s o t be, Qxceeded a t all.

bhip i n acc"ar$anc h ,the. Act of Congress. 'This t be -materially emgeded: '

It is riecossqxy.to point out, however,: .part of t h g rebuikding' of tho 'CONS!l!I'll~$!ION . i s @.king out, wi ' thoat I

.- hi$ ont i re ly apart, thoso @rts o f thc ship . . vhich geed rapaac4ng. fhi's costs moncy, m r c pob&b;ly,than t o put i s takcn out is marbd ' i f it soems l ikcly t o be sorviccablo and it is replaced i n i t s place $f it \ v i 11 a s v a r the purpose.

original m t e r f a 1 tv?Ell'go back i n the ship.

timbor back. Homvcr, each piccc that

Thus, it is expected that appro#inratelfr . .,.

.? . , . . ye gre&t d i f f i cu l t i e s in rebuilding the CONSTITUTION ,can b tho work itsclf isJexaminod. T k ship had t o bo bracod.and. tbuS@&

cd in tho strongest way in ordor to.kOop hcr f r o m f a l l i ng apart in tho dry dock. It was a diff3cult engineering j o b to;place her i n dry dock and hold hsr:,In place i n the doc'k after tho tvater was removed, ..

nApproximately f i f t een .p?rcolit ~f the or ig ina l nater i d s w i l l .remain. $n tho ' :

CONSTIIIWION a b n rebuilding i s :complotcd. quarters Vhich has corn t o the at tent ion o f the Conpittee that very l i t t l e of the

w a s spen't or,.the ship but it vias m i n l y on,that 'paljt of the ship above the vater line: ' f t ' i s in the par t of - h e ship b'elsw the nater l i n e t h a t the. or iginal timber mostly s&sts. restoration: o f a restoration, because biteiy tfm repairs 'wom mdo hcretoforc on the CONSTITUTION, thoy, havc bocn sligh%;- 'h charactor. T h a t Pact and tho n$?&bct t o properly' care- f o r thc ship accountcd 'for her doplorablo conditionvhon. thc .p2os-

Therc is d eirromous bolicf i n som

t imber remains in tho ship, I wish to 'correot t h i s impression. 'Phf3 water- o f ' t b ship was never thoroughly o r w o l l rabu'ilt, In 1907, about $3.00,000 '

It is an exaggeration:ko say that what wo aro d o i a now 5s %he

ont rebuilding bogan. , .

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"1 think you are aware that the CO~'SIITUI!ION Campaign noti going on began about March, 1925, and began, mtura l ly , very modestly and quietly, so twt when I t o o k ' over the task as C h a i r r m Y I .of the Committee i n October, 3985, there had been col- lected about #52,000., Tho original idea vas t o col lect the momy f rom the school children, and the N a t i o n a l Association o f Elk8 aas handed tho job. possiblo f o r t h e m t o do it.bocauso..in almost a l l schools thore wcro rulos forbid- ding the colloO$ion of mnoy f r o m school-.ohildron. i t shoula never have been given t o them, appr: oximate ly $154,000 was . rai sed.

were bought; ten-color lithographs o f the O O N s C r I T ~ , ~ O ~ , yi th which.you a r e prsZIably familiar: They were first sold at 26 cents, a ridiculous sum since t,hey- would be worth as a r e t a i l proposition, $3.50. I raised tho pr ice to.5.0 conts-, ,and 3 am: .. sorry I didn't raipo it to.@..00, Tho total numbor o f picturcs sold has been. ap- prox3mat;ely 1,000,000~ and there ' remin on hand betweetz 5'00,000 and .6OQ,QQd., ,', :

1,328,226 pictures have been sent out from here, which' leave consignment s t l l t so ld , and about 300,000 s t i l l bere at

ani sale of souvcnirs mado f r o m t h s wood aria 'mota1 ranovod 'from the ship - i n tho courso o f robuilding,

. It proved izrr-

1. think it is sa fo t o say that But nevertheless through the i r e f fo r t s

Vhe next step was the sale of pictures, of whiih aboct one million and a,,half .

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"At m~suggest ion, a b i l l was passed @ Congress authoiizing the mnufactzu'e .

Thq sale of <th pfcturos and of tho souvenirs-has gone oa ion and has. oost 'honey, though nothing- lib what it would si t ion. Allr Xirnds of' waziass ayld nemppers , dai.?jr, given us free space in advertising the picttrres and the

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V o w I w i l l sumanasize a lit t l e ' in order t.0. m,ke 'the !Id.odcli6tdfisi:i. .lit t l e clearjerr . S' . 6 ' .

"There has been spent so f& Qn the &ip;-kp$to J'une'.lsC, ' $ k O l , ~ ~ . Ii'Pr salar- T h b mans type-

"b.r a short ies, over a p r i o d of:*more than four 'and one,-h$f;grears, $29, wi.iting, stonography, and a small'amount of publicity mcn who bimb, For publicity, including &r;n€Sng of eirculaas and. 1.

, and i l l u s t r a t ions for .tho-di$f 76, This makos a total o f .$SS,.S

-"And f rom the sa10 of tho pictiara8 thus As against t h i s money received themselves, which \vas $56,740; framcd and unframed); commissi offerod as much as 20 porcont co Tho coCt o f tubes t o send tho p ic f o r sending in. a .50-cent pioco t o against tho p i c t y o s of approxi

in the Navy Yard here has been $40,420 Yard, $12,658. - Total';. @3,0?8, Born up t o dsto, 4125,606; Wo havo of courso, will be sold.

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"1 have not. sioken o f th and which are increasing i n d o u n t and y~mber. $53,668 has been ei ther delivorud OE dcf'ini'tely promised f o r dolivery when wanted. . This morning I received the ne&i. that: President F q r e l l of the Unitbd Stateg Steel Corporation has promised t o pepsdpally donate the necessary pig iron for twenty- two carronadg guns f o r tho CONSTITUTION. t o arrange t g have the necosary sum donated *&or .@ving'thcss 'g$.ma cast and do- livcrod, of rope and 8 few o t h e r items which we havb not 'yet aouhted. iri' a8 assets because they a r e conditional on a group donatirpr them.

"The assets on hqpd,including the pictures priced at brtlokr's ji, 'cost, t l i g

.qakoa :ii t o t a l oxpcns

"To t a b up sale of the souven facttq.x?e of souvenirs

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"At thO..Fr68Cnt. t€m, thor

Up t o June 1st approxinntelg

Also, Prosiitent Fakroll promisos t o t r y

This makes .in a l l a donation o f about'.$$30@0., There' are other donations

souvonirs on hand ious incidental items used i n +e oam&a.i@;m o r in, the mk- ing o f souvenirs, to $201,542. of the pictures and the souvenirs and r e a l i z s on these inkidental 'assets, me would rea l ize jus t about enough t o complete the campaign. of material, the t o t a l . m u n t needed f o r completing the CONS~pI'I'uPIO~.woul.d~ be ap- proximately $250,000, but w0 ',have these donations promised, arad' we'hava tho- salablo assets, and thoroforb I f i x approximatolg $200,000 as the amount o f mmy needed, considering at the sarm t i m e the cost o f ge t t ing t necessary swn w i l l be reduo hopeful . plan f o r disposing of large gu&tiit,ies.ofs pibtukes-whiob, bas been called the 'schooJ. picture plan', t o the find t o the extent of purcha-siyig plimentary dis t r ibut ion t o the childr'w

Therefore, ij: we'c$n dispo.pe o f the balance, '

If we 'had no further donations ,

Wther donations of mter

"The National Save 'Old frpnsides" , C o d t t e e has 'r,ecent - . > *

Following it, tve qpproacwd vfdu+lsh, r&uesting them t o donate atid 'histories o f the ship $ 9 ~ oom

&e school which as youngsters they

attended. Thus we cont ime to combin6 the educational w i t h the financial i n f u r - thering the pa t r io t i c campaign with a fair degree of success.

"Counting i n the cost of the various things that have entered into the campaigitl. and the r e su l t s so far accomplished, the cost o f the campaign s o far has been approximately 25 pcrccnt, and when the fundcis completed I anticipato that it w i l l be about 15 pcrccnt.

"As thc moncy balance on hand a l l tho t j m o has bcen i n a Lnitcd State:: dcpos- i to ry in Boston, we have rccoivcd i n ifiterest, on thc bank doposits a t o t a l on June 1st of $25,486, which of course has been's help.

''1 @avc given EL .large par t o f my timo t o this campaign since I havc bccn here and there have been generally several off icers helping with the campaign. have approached pract ical ly a l l organizations i n the United States and have re- ceived a cer ta in amount of assistance &om them. We have scnt c i rcu lars t o mny hundreds of thousands o f individuals, and I believe have rather naturally mde a business yroposition o f collecting this mimy from tho pcoplo. '

There have been perhaps ten o r a dozen people who have contributed as much as $1,000 api'eoe, and a few have contribyted a l i t t l e more. mous qmount o f pa t r io t i c interest and enthusiasm created f o r the most part , how- ever, among people who could not express the i r enthusiasm i n much money.

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tTThe returns, howovcr, hmo been small f r o m a very large number of pcoplc.

There has been an enor-

"The campaign i t s e l f , however, has been very well worth while. With each picture has gone out a h i s to r i ca l publication t e l l i n g somthing of the emly his tory of this country and of the exploits of the CONSTITUTION. m y thousands QT l e t t e r s exprcssirg tho grgatest interest i n the rebuilding o f the ship, and the greatest amount of patriotism. When she is completed, which w i l l be some-time in 1930, the plan is t o send her a11 over the United States and l e t the people SBO her, evon to the Hawaiian Islands and A l a s k a . f loat ing national naval monument and as such dl1 be received by the people. There will be no question i n their minds as t o how much of the or iginal CONSTITUTION rerrrsins, .though that vi11 be stated. To them @IO w i l l be tho COWSTITUTION. The C O N S ' I ' I l ! ~ ~ Campaign, t o rqr m i n d , and it has been growing on mc f rom tho timo that I took it over, n i l l stand f o r education h the ear ly history of th is Coun- t r y and i n naval history, f o r patriotism and for Amricanisn. of Playgrournis and Sports iii Chicrgo has writ ten t o . = that they hzve found the Story O f the CONSTITUTION and the ac tua l exhibition of souvenirs made from the ship, of g rea tes t value ,among children o f forcign,..rs, and a d i s t inc t a id in the i r Amcr icanization plans. The Superintendent of Plasgrounds, V. X. Brown, says:

I have received

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The Superintendent

'Dealirg as we do ir. our p :*k communities with the children of immigant parents, i n a geest tsq- instaiices, ne believe that an nctivo support of th6 cmpsign t o save this h3: for ica l ly significant ship const i tutes much bettor Amzricaniziztion e f fo r t than som of ,tho ,Americanization work done i n our c i t i e s , and xu? f o o l that a rather conspicuous souvenir o f ths ship w i l l b v e a pemnei i t value, when housed i n our community buildings, as a reminder of the t rad i t ions and history o f the Wavy, as a national i n s t i - t u t ion. *

"These things are a l l worth while. runs through every pa r t o f t h i s canp~ign. great ,

The idea of education and patriotism The rmcccss along these lines has been

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1929 &npNav.v Tesnio IiQt-ch f~ir L&s&? ':.ropki$.

The sixth annual Leech Cup Match, won b$r the Navy, score 6-1 vas'played on Saturday, July 20th, on the courts o f the Chevy Chase Club, liashington, D. C., be- fore an assem33agc imlud ing many high o f f i c i a l s o f the Amy, Navy xfld Diplomatic corps. ' t

The tearns roprosenting'the scrvicos vwro composod of thc fol lowing of ficcrs:

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Col . W. (1. Johnson Maj. W. 111. Robertson bIaj. T. D. Finley Maj. !!. C. Paschal J&j. L. Ej. Hobbo Wbj. R. C. Van Vliet Wj. J. €1. EI i l l s Lt. T. L. Shorburno Lt. S. K. Robincon L t . D. D. Hedckin

Capt. Vi. S . Anderson corndr. C. C. G i l l '

Lt.Conrir. V. H. Godfrey Lieut. R. €1. Qatt, Jr. Lieut. D. C. Redgrave . Lieut, D. H. Dolo ' Ensign 18, E. H o w d Ensign C. D. Griff in 'Ensign J. K. McCuc Ensign J. M. Farrin Ensign H. J'. UicRoberts, (Subot i t u t c ) Ensign C. R. Fcnton, (Subst i tute) .

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The above toams rcprcsdnted, w i t h possibly onb o r twc oxccptions, the bcst tennis ta lcnt in tho i r r c s p c t i v o aorvicoc, tho p h y o r s h a v i r g been selected only after exhaustive try-outs. ,' '

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Lecture Series f o r Gen-1 Line'Cl&ss.

The Hydrographic Office'received the members of the General Line Class of the Post Graduate School, consisting of 60 of'ficcrs, on l? July, f o r a gcnoral in- spoction t o u r o f tho office. uled a ser ies of' f ive l ec twes t o tho General Line Class as follows:

Thc prsonnol of the Hydrographic Offioe has sched-

24 July 1929 : Maritime Security, Nautical Research. 31 July 1929: Special devolopnents i n Nautical Astronomy, Xlgnotic Rosearch,

Now Mothods i n Navigation, ctc. 7 Aug. 1929: Oceanography.

21 Bug; 1929: Hydrographic Surveys, includirg the out f i t t ing , oquiprmnt, and

28 Aug. 1929: C h a r t s and chart productioii. p rac t ica l operation o f a typical survey oxpodition.

The Hydrographic Office will be pleased t o have any other o f f i ce r s attend these lectures who may find it convenient t o do 80. Hydrographic Office.

The lccturcs will be g ivm i n the > '

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