* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Y Y + + + + + r - + Y + + * Y - + Y

w+

* * ** -Y r- YY

I *-

h- . ,

. . . OCTO6ER 1 5 , 1940, w +*

BUREAW O F NAVIGATION ++ +Y

++ ** BULLETIN

* NUMBER 285

Y+

++ +* ++

PUBL I SHED FOR THE PURPOSE OF D I SSEM I VAT I NG GENERAL INFORMATION OF PROBABLE INTEREST TO

THE SERVICE.

YY

. I *+

1 ,,'- A'

ZBDEX - B g c -- Addit ional Classes i n Slzbmrinc? Tra in ing ..................... 7

Another Arcturns .............................................. Are t h e F i r s t 20 Years t h e Tardcst? ........................... Eenef i t Guide Reprinted ...................................... Benefi ts JLscr-Jir,g t c J Fer s o m e 1 Recslled t o iicl5.m Dxty ....... Changes of Ships ' Kames ...................................... C i v i l i a n School C e r t l f i c a t e s ................................. Cormendations ................................................ Deprtme:it's Attitu3.2 on Easigns who 12m-y tv!aile Serving under

2€vocable C o ~ 5 s s i o r s ................................... E n l i s t e d Em Entering N a m l Acndexy - p i o r Service i n Xam1

geserve ?Jot Counted ..................................... F l e e t Eeserve - ClothiEg anfi S-xi11 S t o r e s .................... Rousing S i t t i a t ion V i c i n i t y of mr fo lk , 'TIEL. ................... Inc rease of Ago L i m i t cf Candidates fc r t h e Ya-ml Act.deKy .... L. Y. Spear Foundation Prize ................................. B a n 1 Aviatiorr FersoaTsl Act of 1940 ......................... OrSers f o r Of f i ce r s - Copy with a l l Dd3rscrnexts S h w i n g Trawl

Ac tua l ly Perforxed Xequested fo r BpFroml of Orderse. , , ... F r a c t i c a l Factors f o r il.?.macenerl?2 i n Rati:?g .................. Recrui t Get Recrui t .......................................... Ret i r ed and Reserve Of f i ce r s or? dc^,ive Duty - Annual. Thyslcal

B a a i n a t i o n .............................................. Ships . Xmes an2 Class Desi@-ations .......................... Se lec t ions f o r Naval Acadeyy Frepuratory School . . a + . a

Sponsors for New Ships ....................................... Supply Corps . Permanent Conmissions ......................... Training Courses fo r %l is t cd Iden ............................ Transfer of Cognizance of Certain Xa tey ia l anii Funds a a

1Vanted . Copies of Jane's "All t h e w o r l d ' s f ighting: ships" ...

Shore Duty f o r T$aval A v i a t i o n P i l o t s .........................

4 14 13 12-13 4

12 1-3

4

9-10 13

9 8 5-7

a

5 12 13 Ji

8 4 10-11

8-9 3 7 -8

12 13 14

--.

I

c

8

F i r s t Naval D i s t r i c t , sinco Jmuci ry 1, 1940, t h e d i v i s i o n a t t a i n i n g t h e * TI

Foe1 DAvis Tr-onhy. -- - This t rophy was presented t o t h e N a - q DepTr5xen5 5y 15". 1Em-y F.

Guggenheim (a ITaval Reservc a v i a t o r dur ing the :lorld lNar) i n 1927, and, a t h i s sugrcstion, mmed i n megory of t h e Is to Jiicuten.int Corur;lder Noel Davis, U. S o :?avtll Reserve ( a v i a t o r ) , who ',:rtl~ act ivr , as o f f i c e r of t h e regular PTavy and ftaval Reserve i n promoting t h e i n t o r e c t s of nclvd avia-

*

Navy Depa.rtxent i n c 0nnc:ction wi th f1tzv:rl 3escrv.3 av ia t ion . i n a n ueroplane crash while p e p r i n g for a t r m s - A t l a n t i c f l i g h t . trophy i s zviarded annual ly t o t h e TJzva1 Rescr-e a v i a t i o n squadron given the h ighes t f i n a l mer i t by t h e p a w l Reserve Inspectior1 Board.

H e was k i l l e d This

r* The B a t t a l i o n Trophy i s a bronze pltlquc, prcsentcd by t h e U. SI N%v;ril lieserve Of f i ce r s ' Associat ion and awarded annual ly b:j t h e I J ~ v ~

ORDERS FOR OFFIGEEiS - COPY '81T3 ALL F&JDOHSEI*El~fFS SHOPlINC; TRAVEL . . m g h P d - . --.I---- ,C~EEYT%EOT~JED REQ~JEST%II -r- '{id,, OF OKDE2S. II-

Recently t h e Bureau has receiTred nuxerous or4ers i s sued outs ide o f t h e Depart;.nont and forNtLrded t o t h e Bureau of Tiavidation for approval i n o rde r t o exable t h e o f f i c o r s comerned t o c o l l e c t reiLnburseinent fo r t h e t r a v e l involved. Xuny of t h c s o c rc ic rs hxve r,ot been accompanied by a carbon copy f o r t h o f i l e s a f t h e qure;.u, nor litid the Bixreau recej-ved a copy o f t h e crdc,rs prpviously. Bureau t o make a copy f o r i t s f i l e s i n each such case.

I t t h e r e f o r e w s n e c e s s u y f o r t h e

To e m b l e the hu-vau t o hfivs a lnore z o m p h t e f i l e u rd t o expcdi te t h e approval o f ord3rs v h c n forvardcd t o t ' ro Egrtau, il. GOPY o f t h e orders with all elidorsemnts ,;:.o>dng, t h e t r c v e l ?-{. tiit;lly perfcrincd, as well as the o r i g i n a l orders , sflruid acconpany %he rcquezt for .-pr\rovtll o f w d e r s .

(a ) Will postgr::u ' A t e wwk be perrnittsii or requ-1:. YI bcf 'ort t ak ing promotion r'xa. : Inn t iom?

By t h e t e r m of iilY;ltcv 48, d s w d June 2 9 , 19Xt , w r i t t e n pro- f c s s i o n a l exm.iwtiorzs f o r pi*r;.oxotion u r e not r q u i r e d dusing t h e e x i s t i n g nc.ticm1 eaergcncy. ills3 t a such 'h'avt~l RcscrvF: uv ic t ,*? wh, m L y t c dppointed t o commissioncd rank i - t h c reglxlar .-=vy.

Thzt x d e r s r i l l . be app l i cab le

Hwvcver, in o r d e r t J ?Ivunce t h e ZLVLI educnt;ion ot 3 f f i c c r s app3intod t c t h e l i m of t h e Yk-q? under t h e rroTTisjons o f t he Iiavdl .iTriation Persors-el Act of ,940, t h e B ~ ~ ~ - e s u proposes, when t h e s e r v i c c s of sirch o f f i c c r s nxiy b o s p r e d from nvia- t i o n d u t i e s , to hssign t h o s e oft ' lcors -LO postzrxlutl te i n - s t r u c t i o n f o r :& yea r ' s l i n e course. T h i s p o s t g a d u c t e i n - s t r u c t i v n i s not r equ i r ed y r i w t o t ak ing sxaminzt ims f o r pr oTotioC,

(b) :?kat w i l l he t h e rank and p receA ' - se %he r a g u l a r h'avy of an e c s i g n ;L-v(K) e l i g i b l e f o r l i t u t en r i lL ; ( j i inior grade) p r i o r tc ; s b l e c t i o n 3r Lppointnent i n 3.S. W v y but not promctcd p r i o r to s e l e c t i o n o r uppointneilt i n t he U.S. Bavy?

Of f i ce r s -&ll be appointccl. t o t h e sxne grade i n t h e line of t h e Pavy as t h u t he ld by them i n t h e rTava1 o r !&wine Corps Reserve, i l s t h e casi: mqy be, f i t the t i n e of such appointment. They w i l l t ake precedence next :Lfter t h a t o f f i c e r of t h e r egu la r Yavy Jf t h e saxe rnnk or grade whose l cng th of s e rv i ce i n such rank or grade on Septcinbor 8 , 1939, i s 3iie-half or t h e nea res t one-half of t h a t of t h e !Tuval Reserve officer appointed.

-5-

one of t h e followin$ statemcnts:

(a) It i s be!.iewd t h c t suiiSect imn -i?ould mkc: a good f l i g h t i n s t ruo to? ,

The Co;iptroller &?.era1 s r e p l y i s qu9ted i n p a r t :

"Cer n i n i y neit i icr t h e oroviFion fcr t h e tLgpoint9ent of e n l i s t e d mcn f r o n t k e :!egglar N-vy n o r scc t ;on 307 0: t h e ?Jax-%l Reserve ~ c t of 195s contcyplutbs the co:ibi:iing of surrit;c i n tke ti;^^ brarches to i-~ske up th, t o t a l se rv ice requi red f o r appointment f r o 3 c i t h s r , T i t l e 34 sf thL iJr:itE;d S t . i t c s CoCe :.n e n l i s t e d :xm of tk IJavy must have served 3-s an e n l i s t t d m a n o t lLss th sn one year--rea- sonably oni; ycar i ~ s cia e n l i s k d ma11 of' the: N ~ v y , not i n some o t h e r componext of t h e Xxvy--anl uilcier Scctior, 337 of t h e W~r3.1 Reserve Act o f 193e sn e i i l i s t e l m n of t h e rava1 >@serve o r ldrArine Corps Reserve reas3nabiy rmst h2ve served at l e . i s t ono year ;is an on-

I t i s t o be Cbscs?red t h a t under s e c t i o n 1942 O f

-9-

l i s t e d man of' t h e Reserve t o be e l i g i b l e for ax_ under t h a t sec t ion . I n thcse c i rc i r i s tances it a p p a r s ev ident t h a t t h e r e s t r i c t i o n cont%inecl i n the l a s t p roviso quoted *om t h e annual 3ppropri- a t i o n a c t r e l a t e s t o t h e nine months af' t h e man's se rv ice of one year us an e n l i s t e d m-ln o f t h e Navy, which must have Sean s e r v i c e aboard a vesse l of t h e Uavy i n f u l l coxqission p r i o r t o h i s nchiission t o t he Naml Acadeny.

"The s p c c i f i c ques t ion prescnted i s answered i n the ndffatim."

As a r e s u l t of t he prel iminary examination held on ;Fu~;~\st 1, 1940, b j tht: f C l l G W i 1 l E e n l i s t e d :?en of t h e Navv zd. Marine Corm have been ordered -*, f t o t h e U. S o Naval T;*aining St$ t ion , Nw:alk, f o r a course of' i n s t r u c t i o n at; t he TJavzl headmy Frc;psratory School, i n prepara t ion f o r t h e Naml

I n view of t he r ecen t enactment of l e g i s l z t i o n extending t h e upper i l i m i t o f t h c en t rance tLge a t t h e Wa-ml Acade:ny f ron L W tvrextieth t o t h e twenty- f i r s t b i r thday 'AS of A p r i l 1, it i s expccted t h a t other ccadidtltes

. w i l l be no:nin-itcd.

Rste Fhi 13 I '

Baveman, Charley E&VP rd Set1 2/c liar a den

Black, Jams -Jillim sea 27" S x i Francisco Blanchard, Richtw d . S e c k 2/c ?w adcn

Carid l o r , Sanue l LLne Sea Z/C T&s% Virginifi Chester, V ! i l l i m Richard F 3/c Cobb, Jesse Binion Sea 2/c Chc s t e r Crawford, Roger d v i n sea Z / C '@~itney Dirnick8 John Clarence E' 3/c Fn,,ii It o y1

Donqhy8 Charlcs F i t z g e r a l d F 3/c G r G c r '

Fc r gus on, Ti 1 1 i a~ Fr :ithe r O?Rrien Fleming;, Dean Gregory Sea I/C Kyoming George, Robert Forbes Sea 2/c New York Garre t t , Stanford Bruce Sea 2/c Pixpson Glotzbach, 9 o m l d Jams Sea 2/c Gough, Smue 1 LeLund Sea 2/c Grey, Vxlcntine Sen Z/C k , ? t t e r l e e IIumilton, Gsorgc Armstrong Sea Z/C Bus hunan Iiamilton, John Ri,nfred sea 2/c Mar y l ' a d Hansen, Jens Burnell Sea 2/c Beiv York Her.iphi 11, &me s Ir 1 Y or k t ovm Rilson, PAlph A b o r t Sta 2/c VyorninE; Fioch, Edward Gemge Sea 2/c ?&inle y Rucko npo eh 1 er , T i I l ia3 A r i z o m Huff, %iwin Harvey Sea 2/c Nzryland Hunt Ri char d Lewi s AS L r i zona

Bowes, l,E.lli.m avabrose Sea z/c Cole

Rrcwn, Sherwin B%tte:i, Jr. Sea Z/C LA 1ppe Fb" ~

C o l o ra ii 3

Sea 2/c California F 3/c

..' Farris, Franklyn Edward

SeL 2/c

Sen 2/c

- 10 -

Ship . ---.- :Test Virginia

Mar5 nc Cor ;3s - Bickfo rd Rich:- r d Idontgornery Pvt Tcxzs Rich, John B g z r P I A Colorado

-11-

P M C T I C A L FACTORS. FOR ADV~QTCSZiBNT I N RATTXG. - I t has been,brousht t o t h e a t t e n t i o n of t h e Burem o f IB-vigation

t h a t some f i r a t c l z s s y e t t y o f f i c e r s who have bcen recomcnded f o r advancement i n r a t i n g have been t r a n s f e r r c d t;o shore duty, s e rv i ce schools and r e c r u i t i n g dxty wlthout having c o n p l e t d the necesssm'y - p r a c t i c a l f a c t o r s f o r ndvnncsnient i n r z t i n g . A s t h e f a c i l i t i e s f o r completing p r a c t i c a l f a c t o r s on shore aro lirxited, it i s c7esirod t h a t a l l men cornplete t h t practj.ctL1 factors required f o r t h e nex t higher r a t i n g Ltnd n o t a t i o n be placed i n t h e i r service records and continuous se rv ice c e r t i f i c a t e s p r i o r t o t r c n s f e r ashore.

Ifhen e n l i s t e d nen so r eques t o f f i c i a l l y , c e r t i f i c a t e s of gradua- t i o n from c i v i l i a n schools w i l l be f i l e d v i t h t h e i r cmlis tnent records.

The following Navy Training Courses are now u-eAlab?.e f o r d i s t r i - b u t i on:

(a) I n s t r u c t i o n s f o r use ii? prep:%ratio.1 f o r t he r a t i n g

( b ) I n s t r u c t i o m f o r use i n p repa ra t ion f o r t h e r a t i n g

(c) I n s t r u c t i o n s f o r use i n prsparii t ion f o r t he r a t i n g

( d ) I n s t r u c t i o n s f o r use i n prepzrat ion f o r t h e r a t i n g

of Storekeeper 3/c.

of SignaLx,n l/c a, *id Chief.

of Aviation Xach in i s t t s ;iF.te 1/c and Chief.

o f Coxsv&.n.

BEREFITS ACCRTJIBG TO TERSONITEL KZCALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY,

"all o f f i c e r s , nurses, warrant o f f i c e r s , end e n l i s t e d men of t h e United S t a t e s Naval Rescrvo or TJnited S t a t e s Marine Corps Psserve, who, if called o r o r d e r d i n t o a c t i v e nsval o r n i l i t * r y sc rv ice by t h e Fede ra l Government f o r extended navnl or m i l i t a r y sers-jco i 2 cxccss of t h i r t y days, s u f f e r d i s a b i l i t y or dea th i n l i n c of w h i l e s o exployed s?iall be deerred t o ha-re been i n t h e z c t l v e nc%ml s e r v i c e < i r i n g such Feriod, and they o r t 5 e i r b e n e f l c i a r i c s s h a l l be i n all r e s p e c t s e n t i t l e d t o r e c e i v e t h e s m c pensioris, conpensation, r e t i r o m e n t pay, and h o s p i t n l b e n e f i t s 3 s * c ~ r e ncw or rX~y h e r e a f t e r be provided by l a w or r e g u l a t i o n f o r o f f i c s r s , v ~ r r a n t o f f lcers , nurses, and e n l i s t e d men of corresponding grade:: a d :-Gngth of s e r v i c e of t'k Rcgulw T'avy or Marine Corps: PROVIDED, That if a person who i s e l i g i b l e f o r t h e b e n e f i t s prescr ibed b y t h i s .ict be a l s o t j l i g i b l e for pension uader t h e Frovis ions of t h e Act of June 23 , 1937 (50 Sttlt. 3 0 5 ) , conpcn- s a t i o n f rox t h e ULnited S t a t e s mployeos 1 Conpensation Conmission under t h e provis ions of Sect ion 304 of t h e lW-ml Reserve Act of 1938 (52 S t a t . 1181) or re t i red pay under t h e provis ions of s e c t i o n 310 of t h e Nan1 Rescr-oe Act of 1938 (52 S t a t . 1185), he s h a l l e l e c t which b e n e f i t he s h a l l r e c e i v e .tt

t y f r o n m e a s c or injury

In view of t h e provis ions of t h e above-mentioned l a w , p a r t i c u l a r

-12-

oare should be exs rc i scd by Comw&wks 3f ?Java1 Sflstricts and others i n recosmendiag waicers 02 pliysLca1 rcquFrcLncnts which ,night develop i n t o phys ica l d i s a b i l i t y .

-13-

ARE TT1E FIRST 20 YEARS TIIE HARDEST?

The fol lowing e x t r a c t i s quoted f r o m a l e t t e r from a F l e e t Reservist received by a n o f f i c e r i n t h e Bureau of Ravigation:

"When I remarked t h a t 'if I could turn t h e calendar back I would l i k e t o do t h e 20 over aga in ' , I had l i t t l e thought t h a t I would ever be back i n uniforx again. A l s o , l i t t l e d i d I t h i n k t h a t my f i r s t assigniwnt he re would be on t h e U.S.S.

, a submarine t h a t I helped place i n c o m i s s i o n 2 1 years June. It was t h e f i r s t submarine I ever d i d duty on as

a crew member. said t o have i n iz supposedly haunted house. s a i d t h e f i r s t 20 x e r e t h o ha rdes t was mis informd.

Today I have t h e sai;le f e e l i n g on it t h a t one i s A l s o , t h e f e l low t h a t

"There are 280 F l e e t Reservists here inc lud ing 16 Chief Radio- men--just l i k e a convention. I a m i n charge of a crew of f o u r chiqf radloi.zen vorking on t h e I C

They have us doing all kinds of work.

sys t en and topside l i g h t i n g on t h o busy and out of t h e barracks.

. Anythin;; t o keep US

The food here i s excel1e:i-t and noralc: i s high, It i s all t l

t aken i n the r i g h t s p i r i t and evorycm seems t o hkve t h e idea 'There i s a job t o do, l e t ' s g e t it donet."

WANTED - COPIES C:F JANE'S "ALL _- THS I'fORLD'S FIGYTiNG SHIPS."

The Bureau i s d e s i r w s of o b t a i s i n g obsolcto cop i s s of Jmels " A l l t h e World's F i g h t i n g $hips" which a r e no longer o f use 011 board. requested t h a t such copies be forwarded t o t h e Bureau of Navigation.

It i s

-14-