all hands naval bulletin - dec 1941

8/4/2019 All Hands Naval Bulletin - Dec 1941

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A A R LI1 r O J AiZEX--T I E BUREAJ OF' ??A'JIC'AT~OIJ SZ'lTUD TN f.Ew7 O X---The move of the Eureau o f I lavigation from the ? x J . ~ s v y Departmenton Co ns ti tu ti on Avenue, Xashinzton, t o th e Xayr Departnent Annex IJo. 2,h r l h g t o n , V i rg in i a, ~?::ich s t a r t e d O:I Octo 'xr 22, i ?L+. l , has Seen Tracti-

c a l l y completed. The Rove was c on pl ct ed v i t h t h e ninirnum of confusionand damage.t h e Hydrographic O ffi ce, 1J.S. IBrine Corps, Iiaval Records and Library,The Annex i s occi-lpled by th e Bureau of IJavigation, p ar t of. - . .ard p a r t of it by t h e A m y for r eco rds o f ez l i s t ed w n . Tne front o rnorth a?proach of th e b ui l d in g faces the Ar l ington Za t iona l Cemetery .The Bureau i s t r a n s f e r r i n g t o %::e ::ational Archives approxi-mately 750,000 s c r v l c e records o f en l i s t ed mer; 3 the Mavy; t h a t i s ,

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SEC2ETARY OF T E 3 XAVY FR-4NK KKOX MAKSS STATE1,IEMTON L I E N D b Z " OF NEUTMLITY ACT

(Cont.)from a shor t age of manpower, p a r t i c u la r ly men ava i l ab le f o rse r v i ce a t sea. Thus, the ac t io n today ins ure s tb. t both.t h e s h i p and t h e men w i l l be av a i l ab l e t o c l e l i v e r d e f en sea i d m a t e r i a l s a t t h o se p o i n t s m d i n su ch volume a s t o a i dma t e r i a l l y i n a s su r i n g v ic to r;r f o r th ase who f i z h t ag a i n s tY i t l e r an d h i s attempted domination of the world."

The Secretary of th e Treasury has awarded l i f e sav,;lg ned alsf o r t h r ee h e r o i c r e scu es o r at tenpted rescues from drownings performedby Ken i n th e Naval se rv ic e, t h e Navy Departnent announced Yecently.A gol?. l i f e savin;: rnecal was posthumously awarded I ra MackHelmid:, Seai an 2nd Class, U.S. Xavy, ~vho o s t h i s l i f e i n a t te m p ti n gLo save a woman a t Ocean ?iew, V ir g in ia , on August, f,, 1940.was rescued by tm o f EeLxick 1s shipmates. The womanThe goM medal, secor,c! of i t s kind to be awarded an en l i s t e dman i n th e Navy i n t e n y e ar s , has been presented t o Helmick 's fa ther , M r .

Char les Vi l l ian Eelmick, 500 Roselym Avenue, Parkersburg, YJest Virginia.

Coxemin, U.S. Navy, f o r rescuixg a s h i p m t e a t Char l o t t e Amalie, S t .Thoras, V.I., J u l y 11, 1940, and Jasper Joseph Ala, Molder 1 s t Class,V.S. Navy, f o r r e sc u in & a man or : June 23, 1940.S i l v e r l i f e savi-ng medals went t o Eugene Judson Johnson, Ex-

Johmon, d is charge6 uxder ho norable c or, dit ion s when hi s en-listment expired Septe-: 'ner 25, 1941, no-:{ resides a t 3832 West 15thS t r e e t , Des Xoincs , Iom, n Ml e Alc, xho i s on duty a t the Naval Train-i.ng S t c t i o n , Lo rf ol k, V i r g i n i a , l i v e s a t llOA All en St ' reet , Ben Nore el lPar!


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"A check-up shoved t h a t a l l members of t h e crem were accountedor and that a p pa r en t l y no s e r i o u s i n j u r i w e x i s te d - t h n t t h e U.S.S.SALINAS vmuld s tay c?T l o a t if t h e bulkheads hc ld and tha t we were %henint h e p ro c e ss of e f f e c t i n g r!ecessary energzncy repa i r s .in th e EngineeringDepartncrit !I

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( Cont .?-!omell and. Ernes t R. Bialecki , Fireman 1st Class, U.S. Navy,Tell between the PIiILIP and the 1J.S.S. T!,TCXX, t i e d up a l o n g i d e e acho t h s r a t the docks.

t h e water, found Howell and turned him over t o ano the r e n l i s t ed man,Johnson heard t h e i r c r i es f o r he l p and jumped i n to

He endeavored f o r some time t o l o c a t e F i a l e c k i , b u t was un-His rec0r.d sho:vs 5ha t he abandoned t h e se ar ch on ly whenuccessful .t h s ~board th e' PHILIP, fea2-ing t h a t he n i g h t be,Eome exha ust ed andd r o v m , too , ordered h i x t o r e t u rn t o t h e s h ip .

The IiaTiy ikpart::ent recently announce2 additional d e t a i l s of t h eto rpedo a f tack on t h e U.S.S. SSSINAS, vrhich ha; a r r i ve d s af e l y i n aUnit ed S t a t e s pox+,, made s h o r t l y b e fo re Sawn on th 2 morning of October 30about 700 miles o f f Kswfxmlland, z s r~vealed n t h e o f f i c i a l . r e p or t oft h s zhip's comaanding officel-.

Comander Fi-arley F. Cope, U.S. Navy, t h e commanding of icer ,has been oi f ic ia l ly conmended by Achiral h r o l d R. Stark , Chief o f NavalO p e r a t i o n s Y e t 1 f o rh e e x c e l l e n t degres of ;ud,-;Tlent, effort and seananshipdis2laj.ed o n t h i s occapl'on,' m d as 2 r e s u l t of v h i c h t h e U.S.S. SALINASw2.s brought, s?.fely i n t o p o r t

The' commendat ion a lso inc luded the off icers 2nd aen o f t h eski.? f o r c o n h c t i n ? l lyonrselves i n c? mmm-er r e f l e c t i n g t h e g r e a t e s tc r e d i t on th;. Nzval S5rviceCmvander Coni reportcci %he a t t a c k i n a pre -d i m hour whi let h e t a n k e r was i n a convoy bo un d. fo r %he Am,;rican mainland. TKOtor?edocs veri- f i r e d sl; approximately 7:12 a.m. (GCT), without warning.?Vhile the deck cre'r was m i n t s i n e d z t gun an6 a c t i o n st a t ;i o n s s t e p sw rs taken t:, i n s u e szfEtjr o f the ent i re c rew -chi le zn examinzt ion of

t h e daxage t o t h e v e s sc l 1 . a ~ ladc.Aboct 7:30 a.m'. (GCT) a submarine m s s i g h t e d on the s ta r -boar6 hcnd. The submzrine firl;d thrl;e torpedoes from a sur fac e pos i t ion.Th? SALINAS fi ra d. on th ? submarine. There w a s some evidenceth2.t t h e counter-at tack d i d dsmnge t o th e submarine, though th e ex te nt i5not known.


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' C O W N D I N G ,OF??IC,EROF U .S .S .I SALIRAS BEPORTS 02; TOFSEGOING:RECEIES.. COmQ3NDATION Ff tOM CHIEF OF 4AVAL. OPERhTTOX3'. . . _ .(Cont.)' About three afid one half hour s l a t e r another submar ine per i -

scope wa8 si gh te d.the tanker made an a t t ac k u i t h dep th charges, r e su l t s unknown..The es co r t ve ss el s detached f rom the convoy t o a id

' Despi t e cons iderab le ' s t r uc tu ra l damage t o t h e t a r h e r , t h e shipwas g ot te n m d e r way a d proceeded t o por t , Both t h e deck and engi-neer ing fo rc es iborked c ons t an t l y to no t or-ly r e p a i r d an ag es , b u t a l s ot o pr;eWrit t h e in ju red s t ru c t u r a l p a r t s o f t h e ' v e s s e l from f a i l i n g undert h e s t r e s s o f the sea and motion of %He Vessel. .

\'The conduct of t h e p e r s o n n e l d u r i n g t h e e n t i r e p e r i o d wasexemplary, A t t h e t i me o f t h e f i r s t e w l o s i o n t h e r e wzs n o t t h e s l i g h t -e s t h e s i t a t i o n on t h e p a r t o f t he b r idge per sonne l i n carrying o u t t h ep resc r ibed in s t ruc t ions r egard ing si.gnals t o be made, safety t o personne land sav ing the sh ip iE possible.IlComander Cope sp ec i f i c a l ly c i t e d the ac t ion s o f t he f o l l o w -Ing o f f i c e r s a d m n f o r pronyt, courag;eow and z f f e c t i v e a c t i o n ;Lieuteaant Cormander Ashton B. Smith, U.S. Nabyr, Lieu tenan t

L. J. Modave, U .S N.R.; Ensign S. J. Abruns, U.S .M.R,, Thomas G. Xnaavel,Quartermaster , 3r d c la ss ; Lunsford 0. Garrett, Jr., Seznan, 1st c l a s s ;Garland J, Vaughn, Seaman, 2nd Class, Edw-Ln Davi s, Seaman 2nd c lass ;FIenrJr J. Holzhauer, ChiEf Qua rte rma ste r; Edwad U. Eakin, Cuartermastw,1st elass; and E6w.rd J , Kurphy, Signalrfin, 1s t c l z s s .

111 con sid er t h a t t he cour?..ge and co olne ss i n such t ,ryingci rcumstances and t h t i r a t tc-ndmce t o d u ty by t h e o f f i c e r s and menmentioned above t o b e of t h e h i g h e s t ordcr.ll' "The Engincer Qfficw, Lieutznant ( j g ) Theodore &. Jermann,'

U.S.l?.R., sho:wd unh es ite nc y and c ourege i n goin? below t o t h e engi-nceriry= department yrhild t o r p d o c s "ere s t i l l be ing f i r c d a t us and7w were i n combst x i t n the submarine. His courzge VES of t h e h i g h e s torder and dcserving of t1x h i g h e s t praise.con diti or, i n th e SLLElAS s t i l l axisted r"rancis 5 , BIcInt,vrc, Chiefldachinist 's BIate, ,and Rqal S. :;Jilson,Xach in i s t1 s Ik t e , 1s t class ,vent beloa t o t:?c engineer o f f ice l - and h e l p d secure overboard valveso r T u p t u r d l i n e s . ,'This vork was dm e under th e xost, t r y i q ; condi-t io ns , and wi thout any fa l t e r i ng on t h e p a r t o f these xen .t i m l y vork unqu?st ionably md e i t possible f o r t he enz ineer ing depar t -ment to ' be l a t e r p u t i n an opera t in s con2 i t io r i as t he sea wate r, if itsingress had no t been proper ly shu t off, v.-oCLd have made it impossiblet o raaclf'port under he r ovn po:;rer.

V h i l e t h i s vcry uns tab le

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!!Lieutenant Jerintnn t hen re po rte d t o me on the Sridgr! t h a t , hebe l i eved t k eng-aker ing p l m t , as soon as ? fa< e p a i r s c o u l d be ef-fected could be p u t i n an opera t ing cond i tion i n a f ew ho i r s , and azkcd


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COMIU-MDIXG. OFFICER OF U .S .S . SALIIJAS bEFORTS ON TORPSDOING:RECEIVES COI~D.ENDkTIOIJ F E O M CHTEF-OF - N A V A L 0PEPLkTIOX.S(Copt; 1 ' -p e k k s s i o n t o t a ke h i s men below.belovr and permit a l l men who de s i r ed t o go vith him.g ineer ing fo r ce unh es i t a t in g ly l a i d below and began repa i r s .

"An azazing amount o f make-shif t connect ions .md r e p r i r s hadt o be undertaken and nuch in gen uity hed t o be ernploy'ed.vratch i n thE en gi ne er in g de;?artrr.ent a t t h e t int; t h ~h i p was stAwck5ytorpPdocs w r e : Raul S. Wilson, Llo:yd A . Savage, E!achiniet*s pates, 1stc l a s s ; W i l l i a m L. Sachs, Xa ch in is tl s Mate, 2nd cl as s; Roy Wood, Firman,1 s t c lass ; and William L. Archer, Fireman, 1 s t c lass .

c o l l e c t i v e l y , are deserving of special commzndation.

I granted h i m permission t o goThe ent i re en-.The nen on

!!In ny o pi ni on t h e en t i r e en g in zer fo r c6 , i n d i v i d u a l l y arid"The F i r s t Lieutenant , Lieutenant Ilenry K. Vkllace, U..S .N.E.,and h i s F-ssistant, Harold C. H o m E r , S h i p f i t t e r , 2 n d class ; wore out-sta ndin g i n th e i r v:ork immcdiatcly a f t c r th;. ex pl os io n and u n t i l a r r i v a li n por t . The l i s t o n t h e sh i p xas qu ic kl y take n o f f, quick and corn-p l z t e i n sp ec t i o n s w r e made of 211 p a r t s of t he sh ip and I was beingkcpt informed cont inuo usly throughout th e twmty-f our hours of each dayas 40 t h e ma t e r i a l co n d it i o n o t h e s h i p .Albert Ti. Brown, v a s ca l l ed upon t o perform s o nmy j o S s and repa i r sonany par t s of t h e equipment t h a t i t seemed t o n e in cr ed ib le t h a t on6 mancould work s o cont inuously f o r ixenty-four hour? a day for over ourdays. S in pl e prp-isc and conllend!ation h z r d l y appear zdequate i n hiscase.

The Chiif 3 l e c t r i c i a n l s b:ate,

"1 f e e l th 2. t I could very p r o pe r l y n m ? c v x y o th e r o f f i c e rsnd man of t h e sh ip and s t z t ? t h3 . t he k i d pari'orrnzd h i s d ut y ef 'r ' icim t-lg, courageously, anci i n accordr ,ncc yi t h t h e hight- :st t r a d i t i o n s of theNaval Serv ice."L I V I N G COXDIT.Ic3NS I N ICE.UND

The fo l lowing l e t t e r w a s r ecen t ly r ece ived from t h eo f t h e Navy, and i s herewi th quoted:t lSubject : Transpor tat ion of.Dependents t o I cela nd arid.Sr

Secre t a ry

enland1. I n view of t h e l i v i n g condi t ions i n Iceland and Green-l and and the need f o r a l l avai lable space aboard vessels pro-

t h a t no t r an sp o r t a t i o n T r i l l be provided f o r Navy cjependents t oei ther Greenland o r Iceland.' ceed in g t o p o r t s i n t hose areas f o r t r o o p s , i t has been determined

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L i b e r t y i s t h e s p i r i t th c t r i s e s up f ron t h e h d l o m d graveso f our hero dead end in sp i r e s us wi th reve rew e and p a t r i c

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Admiral Harold R , Stark , Chief of Naval Operations hasd i r e c t e d t h a t tw o r e c r e a t i o n c e n t e r s a t Xonolulu, T.H., be named f o rformer Commanders-in-Chief of the United Sta$es Flee t .

Navy F i e l d was renamed Hic Firdson' Rec rea tio n Cente r i n honorof Rear Admiral J.O. Richardson, U.S. Navy, w h i l e 'Navy Recreat ion Centerwas renaned Bloch Recreatio n Center f o r Rear Admirai C.C. Blcch, U.S.N.,nGw Comandant of t h e 1 4 t h N a v d D i s t r i c t a t P e a rl Harbor.

SECURITY- OFFICER - NAVY DEPARThEMTColonel h u e s R. Thacher, U.S. Narine Corps, has been orderedt o d u ty i n Marine Corps Eeadquarters i n Washington t o r el ie ve Colonel

Alley D. Rorex, U S . Marine Corps, R et ir ed .

The following i s quoted fron a 1 e t ; t e r f roE t h e S e c r e t a r y oft h e Navy, adctressed t o a l l s h i p s znc! s t a t i o n s :/Vhen members o f t h e Naval Service .?lake the supreme sacrifice -giv e t h e i r l i v e s x h i l e o n activ.2 duty - +,heir serv ice t o t h e i r .co m tr y should be given publ i c recogci t ion.,

It i s di rec ted , x3en a s h i p of the Uni ted St ,a tes Navy i s l b s t ,t h t a s ui ta bl e nc?moria l s s rv ic e ha zrranged a t t he home yardo r home po rt .o f t h e vc ss el by th e D i s t r i c t Comandant i n com-memoration of those who l o s t t h e i r l i ve s .When a'catastrophe o r acc iden t occurs t o 2 sh ip of th e UnitedS t a t e s Navy, r e s u l t i n g i n t h e d e a t h of ?Java1 per son xel but no ti n v o l v i i g th e l o s s o f th e sh ip , t h e Comaqder-in-CMef o f t h eFlee t concerned :sill d i r ~ c t he holdin;; of a s u i t a b l e m e m o r i a lse r v ic e i n commemrat iop or" those who l o s t t h e i r l i v e s .I n c a se of loss of l i f e i n s i r p la n e d i s e s t e r o r a c c i d e n t , . i ts h a l l be t h e d u t j o f the o f f i c e r commanding th e squadron t owhich the a i rcraff : VES a t tach ed t o a rrang-a appr opr ia tc menor ia ls e rv i c e s .If


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On September 115:i he d ec id ed t o r e p a i r t h e s i l or i g l i t away, because he had t ? Cet his corn i n i t . 1 vras go-i n g t o help him.t o do by my d i v i s i o n o f f i c e r , ta, he top o f t h e s i l o , S O t h a tth e neces sar y br ic ks could be hoisted- t o t h e t o p of t h e S i l owhere the repair work +;as goi1,ig on,hundred b r i ck . Th i s l a t e r t l im cd ou t t o be t o o many bricks.Af te r my br ot he r go t a l l t h e k ~ i ~ kmrk r e p a i r e d , t h e r e m s s t i l la l o t of b r i c k a t t h e t o p of t,lie s i l o on thc tvorkinc platform.which vie had b u i l t .So I climbed down th e lad der and i iwled th e b ar re l al.1 t h e IVayup,could undo It e a s i e r later;.and p i l e d br i c k s i n t o t h e b a r r e l. u n t i l i t -ms f u l l .clim$ed back down t h e la dd e r ,the brick down.heav ie r t han I m s nd when the 1 ,ar r r . l s tar ted dovm, I s t a . r t e dup.up I t.hought i t vould b;: sa fe r t o hang on .b a r r e l h i t me on th a sho ulder pre*: tp hard, but I s t i l l hung on,a s my d i v i s i o n c f f i c e r . t o l d ne t o alvays do when holding a l i n e .I v as going p r e t t y f a s t a t t h e t o p , and bumped my head hard.My f i n g e r a l s o got pinched i n th::: pu ll ey bloc!c. IiDJ:*:eV(3r, tt h e s m e t i nc , t h e ba rs cl h i t thr; ;qwunc! 2nd t h e bottom f e l lo u t o f i t , l e t t i n g a l l t h e br ic k o i i t .t h a n t h e c a r re l and s t a r t e d dov,n ag:ain.l e g by t h e o t h e r r op e as I w.Jent doan un tL l I rnet t h e barrel:a g a i n which m n t by f a s t e r t ha n b e f o r e and took t h s s k i n offm y s h i n s and h i t me o n . t h e o t h z r s h l ml d e r . I guess I landed p r e t t y h ar d on t h o p i l e of br i cks b (?cause a . t t h a t time, Ic6mple te ly lo s t my presence of mind a n d . l e t go of t h c l i n eand t he b a r r e l ccm6 down pr e t t y fas?, ?.nd h i t nie s q u a r e l y O n

I.,,rigged.:..ar re l ho i . s t a s I fiad been taught

Then -$;e hauled pp several

1 a i d I vmuld .take i t 211 do1:n below,Then I Secured thi , l i n e wi th sort of a. s l i p knot s o ITflen I c l h b e d back up the l adder

Then I u n t i e d the l i n e . t o l e tThen 1However, I fou:xi the b a r r e l o f b r i c k wasI thought of l a t t i n g go, bc. t by that time 1 ?iaS SO f z rHalf--;+?y up, t h e

I vas t h e n heavi2rI g o t burned. on the

t o p of the head.2. The doc tor wouldnt l e t nie s t a r t Sack t o t h c s h i punt i l Sep tember 16 th , which made nc .two.days o v e r l e a v e , l h i c hI don t th ink i s too much under the cir.cumstanccs.

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G I i A X ? A T I O M OFFICERS CUSSSUBb%HIIG SCHOOLThe 7 0 t h O f f i ce r s f C l a s g a t the Submarine School, Submarine

Nineteen regu lar and th i r ty - th re e Reserve of f i c e r sBase, Xerv London, Comecticut, w i l l hold gradEi. 5 i o R ceremonies De-cember 20, 1941.w i l l be graduated and assigned to duty i n all tmes of submarines. Thepr inc ipa l speaker w i l l be Rear Adniral Yates S t i r l b g , Jr., U.S.N.,(ret.),who established the Submarine Sase and s e t up the School a t New London,Connect icut i n 1916.

Succeeding classes will convene a t t h e Submarine School, Sub-Ap-ar ine 13ase, New Londcn, Connecticut i n January and April , 1942.p l i c a t i s n s are d es i r ed for the se cla sse s and t he y shoulc! be submit tedi n accordance with t h e -pr ov is io ns cDntained i n E3ureau o f NavigationCircular Le t t e r No. 128-41 of October 7, 1941.

The Navy De pr tn en +, anr.oa:nced r e c e n t l y t h a t a Board o f NavalOf f i cer s w i l l convene i l z %~hi.rqt ,w,E.C., on o r about Februslry 1, 1942t o s e l ec t Naval A v i a to r s i n t h e U.S. Iiavrl 3eserve and U.S. IJarine CorpsReserve f o r t r a n s f e r t o t?e L i n e 0: t h e regi;lar Navy.Selec t ions o f t he 3oard ?;ill e made from a l i s t o f recommended

app l i can t s for su ch t r an s f e r s an d t h e nvmher i s t o be determined by t h ePresi6en.L of the United States. Authori%y :or s;uch t ra ns fe rs a re con-t a i n ed i n P u bl i c Eo. 775 of $he 7 6 t h Congress, en ac ted August 27, 1940.Reserve of i c e r s v:hose ap pl ic at io ns a r c approved w i l l be ap-p oi nt ed i n t h e r eg u l a r Naq- n t h eReserve or Maripe :~.,es~?rv~ y a . d e s they occupy . i n th e NavalApplicarAs n w t s u b n i t t h c i r a>plications f o r s i i ch t r ans fer s

through the Conmnding Officer under nhom t hey are serving , o r t h rought h e Commandant of t h e 3 a ~ ; a l . D i s t r i z t if-^ i:.j.hich t h e i r r eco r d s a re ca r r i ed .The applications must be submitted t o th e Bu.reau by Jan uar y 1 5 , 1942.

I n o rd er t o & e l i g i b l e for considera t ion , an appl ican t mustbe l e s s t h an 26 jyars of tlg:l on June 30, 1942; nust have had. not l e s sthan 18 months of con tinuous ac t i vs se r v i ce by June 3 3 , 1942 2nd mustbe capable o f mei?ting th?e moral , physical, n:cArLtz.land ? r v f e s s i o n a lrequirements dcnanded hg t h c Navy.


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An American' a pp l i e d a t - a Canadianr e c r u i t i n g o fy i ce t o e n l i s t .!!I uppose you want a commissionf's a i d t h e o f f i c e r .!!No, thankstf, was the re?ly ,I f I ' m such a poor s h o t I ' d r a t h e rwork on a s t r a i g h t s a l a ry f f . ,

---N .A .S . M i a m i , F l o r i d aNAVY INAUGURATES SHORT TERIJ EI?LISTl!E?JTS FOR

U .S , IIAVAL FESERVEA new short term period o f e n l i s t me n t for men jo in in g the

Naval Reserve, wi th t h e minimum pe ri od s e t a t two ye ar s, has beeninaugurated. This po l icy narks an innovat ion i n Navy en l i s tm entp r a c t i c e s f o r h e r e t of o r e t h e f o u r year, o r min or i t y term per iod wast h e s h o r t e s t e n li s tme n t open t o IJaval Reserves.A d i s p a t c h s e n t t:, the f iecru i t ing Serv ice au thor ized en l i s t -ment i n th e Naval Rkserve for a p e r i o d of two, three o r fou r year sor f o r minori ty , except for men t r a i n i n g t o becoc'e off icers .t o execu t ion o f t he oa th o i ' er,listrncr,t, it, ~ - 2 1 - e exn la ined to a l lvolunteers f o r t h e PJavy and Naval Reserve that there w i l l be includedi n r r r it i n g i n t h e a r t i c l e s v;hich t h e y s i g n t h a t i n t h e e v e nt of w a ro r nat ional emergency c?uri.-.g t h e a: ;? l ican t fs tern o f s c r v i c e , t h e yobl iga te themselves t o se rve throughout th e var o r national emergencyi f so requi red .

P r i o r

The S ec wt ar y o f tlie idavjr reca:_t, ly i .nstructed t he S el ec t io nBoard o f which Captain Aqust ine E. Gray, C.: ; . ! : . , i s Pre s ide n t , t o con-s i d e r f o r i n c l u s i o n upon a l i s t recommended f o r t emporary p romt ion tothe grade of l i eu tena n t , t hose i i eu tenanlUs ( ju n io r g rade) of t h e l i n eof t h e Navy whose da t e of rank as such i s e a r l i e r t ha n J u ly 1, 1940,and who have n o t beer. p re v io us l y recommended i D r i n c l u s i o n on a prom -t i o n l i s t f o r t h e rank o f l i e u t e n a n t .

I n a dd i t io n , t h i s boa rd was d i r e c t e d t o c o n s i d e r for recon-mendat ion for temporary promotion to the rank o f l i e u t e n a n t , t h o s el i e u t e n a n t s ( j u n i o r g ra de ) o f t h e r e t i r e d l i s t who were on ac t ive du tyon the 17 th o f November, 1941.Nominations for temporary promotion t o t he grade of l i e u t e n a n twill be sub rn it ted t o t he P res iden t f r o m such a l i s t - a s the needs of t h ese r v ice r equ i rc and a f t e r t he p romot ion l i s t lor permanent promoti.ons

has been exhausted.@

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.T'G A C T A P P R O V E D J U L Y 24, :

(Public. No. 168 - 7'7th Congress)Su?plement,ing t he re gu la ti on s f o r t he aGmin i s tr a t ion or" t h e

above ' ac t , Bureau of Kavigzt ion Ci rc u la r Let te r 110. 149-41 i s herewith. quoted, and t h e ret;cl .at ions should be amndpd. accord ing ly :!?Reference: Bureau of Cav iga t ion Bu l l e t in X D . 297, datedIiovenSer 10, 1941, page 2.L.

1. Gn Xovenber 26 , 1941, h e Pres i den t approved th e 'fo l lov ing a ddi t i on t o t hc req uln t ions


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ENLISTED hE!J RTCOMVENDEDFOR GRADE OF 3 O A T W A I N ( TQPOP&RY) a( Cont.Name

11. Sherrod, Clarence G.12,. deunier, Alfred J.13. Cardoz, Manuel14. B ro u i l l e t t e , J o s e p h T.E.1 5 . Terrio, Harold16 . Carey, George F.17. PaTyton, Wallace I;.18. Ogorek, Thomas S.19. Sryan, Elner L.20. Cardell, Thomas 7 7 .21. Csizrnar, John22. Bird, Ralph 1.V.23. KcDermid, Alfred 7 .24 . Fisher, Tial ter H.25. Barlow, George 'Y.26. Lindeman, Matthevi J.28, 11oore, Clarence Id.29. Fleming, Sugene S .30. Kuhn, IVilliam E.31. Pendleton, Morris A.32. Manners, Vernon R,33. Noia, John F.34 . Tlelcher, Aloysius 3.35. Paolozzi, John36. Matthews, Floyd H.37. Pollock, B I i l l i a m3 8 . Lacy, Leamond F.39. Johnson, 1,5.11iax 3.40. Simpson, Xill iam41. Xockbee, John J.42 . Olender, Frank43. Richie, Cia-ence E.44. lSaxwe11, Joseph E.

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27. Bahlau, Paul F.

RatingChief Soa t m n s MateChief Boatswain's MateChief Boatswain's MateChief Boatswain's MateC h i e Boa tswai n s Kat eChief Boatstlrain*lsMateChief Boa.t swain s MateChief Boatsvrain' s MateChief Boatsvain ' s 19ateChief Boatswain' s ?!:ateChief fioatswa-in's UateChief Boatswain's I.lateChief Boatsxainf s MateChief 3oatsmin1s ?,lateChief auartermasterChief zuar tennas terChief Ju ar t rmast e rChief QuartermasterChief QuartermasterChief gumtermasterChief QuartermasterChief Juar ermast rChief T u a r t e rn a s t e rChief QuartermasterChief Juar termas terChief %artermasterChief QuartermasterChief Juart ermast erChief SignalmanChief SignalmanChief SignalmanChief SignslrnanChief SignalmanChi ef Si n a l n m

Home AddressEa st po r t, Md.Waukegan, I11.S a n Pedro, Calif,W h i t i n s v i l l e , ].Jass.Glendale, Calif , .Long Beach, Cal.Philadelphia, Pa.Chicago, I l l .Long Beach, Cal.Phi ladelphia , Pa,Bridgeport , Conn.Trenton, N. J.Honolulu, T. H.San Diego, Cal i f ,Yhitman, 3Iass.Chicago, I l l .San FranciFco, Gal.Afutlehoro, Idass.San Frs.ncisco, Cal.Norfolk, Va.San Diego, C a l i f .Honolulu, T .:I.' ikrrington, Fla.Bethlehem, Pa.Scln Pedro, C d i f .Loretto, Tenn.San Diego, Calif .New London, Conn,!'iilliarnsport, Pa.PougNteepsie, N .YoSan Diego, C d l f . 'Pasadena, C: lif.Fa l l R i v e r , Eass.E s tacsda , Oregon

ENLISTED 1.EPJ RECO1,E~iEKI)ED FOR GRAEE OF GUNNER ( TEXPORFIFiY)1. !;bite, Clarence H.2. Cregger, Bert E.3 . Cavender, John L.4. Garlend, George T.5. Edens, John6. Carr, Clyde l,$.7. Olson, i iart in8. I\lelson, Lawrence A.9. Summers, Ikyne L.

C hi12f Gunncr 1 s' :.b e Cosmopolis, Tc?sh*Chief Gunnzr 1 s 1 2 e ~ a n iego, Calif.Chief Gunnzr'..: 1 k t e For t Korth, Tex.Chiof Gunizr's ?:ate Dunbar, 1 Va.Chief Gunncrls ;,!ate I 'ior t ns vi l l e , IndoChief Turret Cc?ptz.in T i . Hollyvood, C i L oLong Beach, Calif.hief Tu rr et CzptainChief Torpedoman Grea t Lakes, ill.

Chief Gunner's X ~ L t . - Hollyr\rood, Cdi

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ENLISTED MEM ~ C O U M E R D E D FOR GRADE OF GWEPTEXPOFARY)(Cont .)

1011.1213.1.4..Name-

Kelf, Sidney A .Gallagher, Joseph CF i e d l e r , P e t e r B.Richardson, C p i lXckrt, George R.1 5 . Druke, Alexander R.16.. Blerryf ie l d , Zellas C17. %der, John H.18. Jzy, 3.oy E.19. Xorey, Frank

Rat ing Home AddressChi ef Torpedoman Bellingham, Yash,Chief Torpedoman Honolulu , T *H,Chief T o r p e d o m San Diego, Calif.Chief Torpedoman San Diego, Calif .Chief Torpedoman Waltham, Mass.Chief TorpedomanChi ef Torpedoman F o r t Smith, Ark.Chief F ir e Controlman Ba lt in or e, Md.Chief F i r e Controlfian San Pedro, Calif .Aviation Chi Ordnanceman Eannlulu, T.!I.

~ , j i m e a p o l i ~ 5 - m

. ENLISTED MEWRECOMICENDED FOR GRADE O F ELECTRICIAN (T E M P O ~ R Y ). .1, rankovich, Yichael J. Chief Elec. Mate Beachmont, !:!ass.. 2. S e i q u i s t , Arthur W. Chief Elec. Xate sari Dieco, C a l i f .. 3. Gui l l , Richard A . Chief Elec, Mate Spar ta , Ga.4 . Savage, John N. Chief Elec. Xate . spartanburg, S.C.. 5. Ammons, 7riillian T.A. Chief Ele c. Mate Altoona , Pa.6. Tavernier, Harry T. Chief Elec. Late MOO SU ~ , Corm.

J. Clinton, George W.2, Clow, Laurence E.3. Cooyer, Orvil le T. .4 . Bailey, Clayton 5. Gunn, Ekx C.. 6. St ou t , &mes B.7 . Boyle, James8, Nilkay, Jul ius9 Xof fmar,, lfliilliam D

Chief RadiomnChief kad-iomanChief EadiomanChief RadioxmChief RadiomanChief EadionanChie RadloxanChief RadiommChief Eisdiomen

ijew i3rimsrrick; E. J,Long Eceach, C a l . San Diego, Cal i f ,Sanford, Fla. IkKinley, Me,

ho [;e rsv i 11 , Tem.I?edlands, Calif .14orrolk, Va.Soush Amboy, rJ. J.

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ENLISTED FSCO?LP.Z!?DED FOR GMDE OF !J.ACKIfJIST ( TEl.!PO-WRY)(Xdht. - -.Name-

13. Thomas, George H.14. Freeman, Charlie1 5 . Borus, Felix E.16 . Palmer, John17. Bryant, W i l l i a m D.18. Smith, Harley W.19. Schnidt, August J.20. Fahlsing, Walter C .21. Harmer, John G.22. Thore, Oliver C.23. Post , Al be rt J.24. Stanley, Robert E.25 . Leach, Theodore C.26. Awes, F r i t ch o f27. Bickley, Lesley C.28. Christenbery, Thomas A .29. Vade, Frank30 . Warner, Glen E.31. Livingston , Lester L.32 . Naef, Frank L.33. Deal, Maurice H.34. Kendall, lYi1bur H.35. Heneau, Homer E.36. Harshman, Verne Vf.37. Faust , Harry F.38. Carls , X i l l a r d A .39. Deiter , ' i fal ter A .40. Bowlin, V i l l i am N.41. Heckbert , Charles A .42 . Ryan, Sidney H.43. P i t t s , Raymond J.4.4.. Sharp, James G.45. Chr i s t i an , Ralph C ,46. Burks , T i l lmn C.47. Flace, James I;,

Ha ti ng Home AddressChief Machinist1s Mate San Fra nci sco , Cal.Chief Machinist s Mate F a l l Riv-er , Flass.Chief Machinist Is Mate Webster, Mass.Chief Machinist 1 s Mate ?:orfolk, Va.Chief Machinist s ?,:ate Sunnyside BlockI s l an d , H.I.Chief Machinist 1s MateChief IdachinistI s MateChief Machinist1s Idate. Chief Machinist 1s MateChief Machinist 's MateChief Machinist1 s MateChief Machinist 1 s hiateChief Machinist 1s MateChief Machinist ts MateChief Water 'TenderChief Water TenderChief Water TenderChief '{rater TenderChief Water TenderChief Water TenderChief VIater TenderAvia ti on Ch. L!ach. l a t eAviation Ch. Mach. MateAviation Ch. Each. MateAviation Ch. Mach. MateAviation Ch. Mach. MateAviation Ch. Alach. Matt?Av ia ti on Ch. klach. MateAvi ati on Ch. Ik ch. !!lateAvi ati on Ch. Ikc h. ItateAviat ion Ch, Kxh. IJateAviat ion Ch. ldach. ].!ateAvia t io n Ch. Mnch. Xa teAvie ti on Ch. Mach. MateChief Boilermaker

Paci f ic Beach, Cal.Liverpool, N.Y.Ft. Wayne, Ind.'Takoma Park, D.C.Lomita, Cal i f .Uoravia, N.Y .Cranberry I s l e , Me,S a n Dipgo , C a l i f ' .San Diego, Cal i f ,San Diego, C a l i f .San Diego, Calif;Commerce, Ga.Philadelphia, Pa:San iliego, Ca li f.Frankl in, IdahoEdgef ie ld , S. .Sari Diego, C a l i f .San Diego, Calif..San Diego, Calif .IJorfolk, Va.San Uiego, Calif .V$ashington, D.C.Ind ianapo l i s , Ind .Ylashingt on, 3. .LOS Angcles, Cal.B ~ l l f l o w e r , Cal.La Mesa, C d i f .San Dicgo, Calif.Pensacola, Fla.Long Beach, Cal i f .

ENLISTED E E N RECO?i2C3NDED FOR GRADE OF SkRPENTER (T35F'OFARY )1. Reames, William L.2 . Austin, Ralph R. Chief Carpenter 1 s Kate San F'rancisco, Cal.3 . :dnchinsky, Joseph E. Chief Ca rp en te r' s Xate Long Beach, C a l i f . ,4. Clznents, James L. Chief Carpcnter 's Kate San Diego, Cal i f .5. Martin, .Joseph C. Chisf Czrperiter 1s Mate bleridur, Miss.6. Hall, Robert E. Chief CErpenter 1 s Mate Wh i t ev i l l e , 1J.C .7. O I N e a l , V i c t o r C. Chief Carpenter ' s Mate Varrington, Fla.

Chief Carpenter s Tdiate Sm f o r d , M3.s~

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ENLISTED AZN I?&COM!\IENDED FOR,GRADE OF CARPENTER ( TEMPORARY)(Cont.) .

Name Rating Home' Address8. Kilpa t r i ck , Ar len F, C h i e f S h i p f i t t e r Long Sesch, Cal i f .9. Coombs, Ednund F. Chi ef Sh i 2 f i t t e r Glouces te r, ?!:ass.10. Johnson, Lewis C. Chief Sh ip f i t t e r San Diego, Cal i f .11. Fe,rro, Joseph Chief S h i p f i t t e r Newport News, Va.12. Cramer, James E. Chief S h i p f i t t e r Long Seach, Cal i f .. L3, Green, Frank Chief S h i p f i t te r Phi ladelphia , Pa.1 4 . htolpus, Rich ard P. Chi sf Meta lsmi th hilm ingt on, Cal i f .1 5 . S p i d e l l , Pilorrov: M. Chief !!e t alsmi h Pi t t sburgh , ?a.1 6 . Kinder, Henry J. Av iat ion Ch. Metalsmith Rocheste r, N.Y.

f 17. Diehl,, Clarence R. Av iat ion Ch. hietalsmith San Uiego, C al if .18. Beal, Trinigan E. Av iat ion Ch. Bietalsmith Norfolk, Va.19. Reinikka, I v e r Av iat ion Ch. IJetalsmith F or t Angeles, ' 'iash.23. Alexander , Everet t 111 P a i n t e r 1 s t Class San Cisco, C a l i ? .

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ENLISTED ? E N EIECOIrDLCNDED FOR GRADE O F PWR?.%CIST ( TEIYPOIIARY)1. Coltrel l , Jose211 M.2. Smit h, J o h ~.3. Dalhoff, Homer E.4. Ford, ;";illiam S.5. Wordhausen, Xdmond J.6. White, Jesse J.7. Custer, Eclwin I l.8. Hickok, Hamilton G.9 . Dromne, Zobert I,;.10. Gidr i t es , Joseph C.11. Somiers, Jokrl12 . Lanp t on , F r anc i s A.13. Enloe, JesFie 1I.R.1 4 . Gray, i ialph '7.1 5 . Jockel , l ' i i l l ian C .16. Giske, Paul A .17 . O'Donnell, James Yi.18. Reil ley, Joseph R.19. Sorner, Herbert F.

Chief Pharmacis t 's liateC h k f Pha rmaci st 1 s MateChief Pharmacist 's NateChief Phamacis t ' s XateChief Pha.rmacistts ZateChief Pharxac i s t s LateChief Pharmacist t s KateChief Pharaacis t 1 s bfateChief Pharmacist 1s XateC3.i?f Pharnacis t 1s MateChief Pharmacist 's !dateCkief Pharxacis t, ' 5 !$ateCkief Pharmacist 1 s XateChief Pb.arnzcist s ?;:ateChief Pharmacist s :.iat,eChief Pharmaci st 's XateChief Pharmcis t ' s ?da teChief Pharmacist 's IiateChief Pharmacist 's "Iate

San Diego, Cal i f .L:eridian, Kiss.L i t t l e Rock, Ark.Newport, R . I .Galveston, Tex.High Point , ?J .C .F a l l River, !lass.Roanoke, Va.SonersvTorth, N. 13.',lashington, D .C .Long Ir,lar?d, N.Y.Ocean 3each, C 2 1 .San Dinro, Ca li f .SFokane, .,'ash.Rock Creek, OhioC +ncInnati, 0 ioJndiaxapol is , Ind.Washinjton, 3 . C .Rellingham, 'Jas h.

1, Rhine, R o y I .2. Boutin, Alrhonse J.3. Kirby, Arthur B.4. Evans, Gordon L.5 . Hoag, A1va.h N.6. F r m , John F.7. Folden, Laurel P.8. Goadvrin, Allen E.

Cniof YeomanChiei' YeomanChief YeoxanChief Y eornanChief YeoaariChief YsonanChief St o ekecperCki?f Storekeeper

New Orleans, L a.F a l l River, Mass.San Diego, Cal i f .Greenvi l l e , M . .Sen Dizgo, Cal i f .Birmingham, Ala.Los Angeles, G a l ,Portland, Oregon-15-


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EIJLISTED MEN RESCOhQZXDED FOR GRADE OF ACT-ITJS PAY CLERK (TE3POfA2Y) a(Cont. )Name Rzting Home Address-

9. Fox, Trevor E.10. Gall , Chesley A .11. Alber t , A lbe r t12. EIzechtle, E i l m e r 1413. Cline, Oscar P.14. l i e s t , Eenr:r 1,f.1 5 . Schildha.uer, Jacob F.16. Rarznister, Excie C .17. Vodopya, Louis18*Quinn, Lu!!e A .19. SaSott!te, krthur

Chief StorekeeperChief Storekeeper 'C:hief Storekeeper 'Chief StorekeeperChief Storekeener ,'Chiel ' St oi-& epe rChief S t o r e i r c e p rChief S oreke p rChief StorskeeperChief Storekee?er.Chief Commissary Steward

Bridgeport, 'Conr,,Stonehurs t , Pa.'iioxihavql, N.Y.Torrance, Cal i f .Ncw London, Sonn.'Jf, So n e rv i l l e , !k iss,r3rpokl:m, ?!.YeFranklinton, La.Ssn D i e c o , S&if.?hi ladcl2hia , Pa.Ne;;. Sritzin, Conn.

There has been es tab l i she d i n t h e f i e i d o f f i c e s of the I)ivisimof Cont rac t Dis t r ibu t ion of the office of Production hlanagement 5heNawl A dv iso ry Se rv i c e i n t h e v a r i ms Naval D is t r ic ts . !!aval heserveo f f i c e r s f o r a ssignment, t o a c t i v e d u t y i n t h i s s e r v i c e . r s . i l l be Frocured, through th e ComLandant of th e F i r s t , Third, Fourth, Fi ft h, Si xth , Seventh,

Eighth, Ninth, Eleventh, Twelfth 2nd Th ir te en th Kava1 D is tr ic ts , andt h e Commandant, IJavy Yard, :$ashinston, D . C . , n d o f f i c e r s a l r e a d y 27-pointed and on ac t iv e duty nay 5 e r e - a s s i p x i f o r t h i s duty.xhn have both Naval znti i n d u s t r i a l e x p e r i e n c e a r e ? r e f e r r e d : howv-er, i tm a y be necessa ry to cons idc r qua l i f id. c l v i l i m s T?IO have hac? productionexperience only.

8:!,p?licnnts

The Xegister of conmissionsi end -mrra.n'; afzicers, czviationcadets and mirkhiprnen of t h e U.S, ?lava: k s e r v e ' , i s expec tx i to SC Id i s t r i b u t e d fror:: t h c o f f i c c of.' 5 3 ~cp,r,int;nde'?t. of 3oc:Lwnts durincthe month of D2ccn!ler. This d i s t r i b u t i o n xi11 i n c l u d c o f f i c e copies.for a l l Ships and St a t i o n s a cc ord in g t o %he s m e c!istribu.tion l i s t asf o r th a Navy Iizgis tc r . Oficers W!IO d.esil-e t o oh ta in p ixsonal co?-kSof t h e 1,Javal Reserve l i eg i st er nay rnircha.ce t,hm 3 - o ~h e Supwintendent

_. of Documents, Govcrnment P r i n t i n g Off ic c, i'!ashington, ' D . C . T;7e p r i c ef o r ind iv id ua l cop iEs i s 8 .75..p-w- \,-\L.#>#-.', \ I\ m\ ,I ,I I\ ,\+s:++

The h i s t o r i c b a t t l e s h i p OREGON i s a naval museum i n Po rt la nd , Oregon.

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SELECTIONS F9R ENGINEER C ' K Y ONLYThe report of t h e Board fo r s e l e c t i o n of ' o f f i c e r s f o r Engi-ne er in & Duty Only, Rear Admiral Samuel M. Robinson, Se ni or :lenber,was approved by t n e S ec re ta ry of t h e Navy December 1, 1941,fo l l o w i n g o f f i c e r s w e r e recomended: The

Lieute::ant Coirmander :E d v a r d s , Freder ick A .Hickey, I7iiliam A.Buif3rd , Stephm I?.Tucker, Dmdas 1Reany, Thonas 2.IJam, Everett E.Iiart, Charles B.Crane, John J.Dolan, -,'rillim 6 .Seabring, Corr,elj.ue 2

' T h o rp , H a r l a n 7 . 7 .?enzett, Ra:5-con 2ndLarrr=nce, Eart n j,

Swir t , liobert L.

Lieutenant :, Engleman, Christian L.

The of f i c e or ' th e S e c r e t a r y o f t,h9 Navy v:zs e s t a b l i s h e d byCongress i n 179f3,-17-


19/41

,RETIRED AND RESERVE; PE;RSOIU?iEL

The following l e t t e r , o r i g h a t & g S i n t h e B weau of S u pp l ie s andAeeomts, i s herewi th quoted for informat ion:*~S~.h, ject : Pay and al lowances of r e t i r e d and reserve personnel of the

Navy, and transpor*ation o f dependents o f such personnel,under orders t o act ive duty on and a f t e r September 8 , 1339.Reference:

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(a ) Bureau of Navigation Cir cu la r L e t t e r 44-39, dated SJovember 7,1939 publ ishe d i n BuJYav Cir cx la r Le tt er No. 3-41,(b) AlNav 24 da+,ed Slarch 19, 1?410( e ) AliJav 5 1 dated May 21, 194.1.( d ) U.S. Navy Travel Ins t ruc t ions .( e ) Pub l i c L a w 2S7, 77th Congress 1 s t Session, app-oved October 30;

1941,1. Reference (e) provides as follows:

That of fi ce rs and e n l i s t e d men of the Naval Reserve and MarineCorps Reserve and r e t i r e d o f f ic e rs and. e n l i s te d nen o f the Navjand Marine Corps who were ordere d t o a c t i v e duty on o r a f t e rSeptezher 8 , 1939, con t ingen t on phys ica l qu a l i f i c a t io n therefo r ,and who were found phy si ca l ly q ua l i f i ed , and rep orte d f o r dutyu nd er su ch o rd e r s , s h a l l be en t i t l ed t r , act ive duty pay and al -lowances and t o t r a n s p o r t a t i o n o r milease for the time and dis-t an ces ac t u a l l y r equ i r ed t o per fo rm the necessary t r ave l by thesh or te s t usual l y t ra vele d rou te f rom home t o p lace o f a c t i v eduty, v i a t h e p l ace o f physical examinat ion, and for t h e timeac tu a l ly r equ ired i n undergoing the phys ica l exan ina tion :vided, t h a t such per son nel examined and found n o t , phys ica l lyq u a l i f i e d T o r act ive duty anci who r e t w r e d t o t!ie place desig-n a te d i n t h e i r o r de r s sha l l b e e n t i t l e d cnly t o t r a n s 2 o r t a t i mo r mileage from home t o plq.ce o f p5ysical e-uaniination and r e t u m r

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Sec. 2. O f f i ce r s an< en l i s t ed n en 02 t h e Na-Tal 3escrvs andJJarine Corps Reserve and re t i r e d o f f i ce r s and en l i s t ed ne11 oft h e N.avy and Idarine Corps (o f g ra de s e n t i t l e d t o t r a n sp o r t at i o nfo r dependen ts i n the r egu l ar I k v y o r I.hrlne Corps) ~610wereordered t o ac t i ve duty (o ther t han t r a i r , i ng du ty ) on o r a f t e r .September S, 1939, and rh o r ep o r t ed f o r du ty wder such o rder s ;s h a l l be e n t i t l e d t o t r a n s p o r t a t i o n f o r t h e i r dependent s t o thep lace o f r e p o r t i n g . f o r a c t i v e d ut y,lSec. 3 . I n ca se o f t r av e l h e r e t o fo r e p e r f 6 r md , as providedi n s e ct io n 2 o f . t h i s A c t , by.such personnel and their depend-en t s , t h e Comptroller General o f the Uni ted States i s author-i zed an d d i r ec t ed t o allow pay and allowa nces ar,d tra ns po rta -t i o n o r mileage as provided i n this Act.


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RETDIED AbD RESERVE PERSOKNEL( cdn t.2. Where o f f i c e r s and men of t he Naval R es er ve a nd r e t i r e d o f f i c e r sa n d e n l i s t e d nen o f t h e Navy were o rd er ed t o a c t i v e d u ty o n a nd a f t e rSeptember 8, 1939, the, Act quoted above au tho riz ed payment f o r t r a v e l ofsuch of f i ce rs and men and of t h e i r dependents, sub jec t t o the condi t ions

c i t e d i n t h e A c t , for t r ave l performed a t own expense on and a f t e rSeptember 9, 1939.3 . Claims should be s ub ni t t ed on t h e usual f o r m and r d l l be sub-j e c t t o t h e i n s t r u c t i o n s c on t, ai ne d i n r e f e r e n c es ( a ) and ( d ) .i n g p x s o n a l t r a v e l s h o ul d be y x bn i tt e d t:, t h e Bweau of Supplies andAccounts a i d those f o r t r a v e l o f dependents should be sub ni t ted t o the

Bureau of Mavigation.tw o c e r t t f i c d c op ie s o f o r d e r s and a l l endorsements thereon and shouldc l e a r l y i n d i c a t e t h e p o i n t between v h i ch t r a v e l was performed. I f t h et r av el er proceeded f rom a po h t , o the r than t 'nat t o which the o rde r s wereaddressed , t h i s f a c t shou ld be i r id i ca t ed i n th e c l aim.

Those cover-

The c h i n s should be suppor ted by the o r i g i na l and

4. If the scme o f f i c e r CT man si.$miis a claiin f o r b o t h p s r s o n a lt r e v z l and t r a w l of dependents, i t w i l l b e p o s s ib l e t o a t t a c h t h e o r i g i n a lorders t o only one c la im, and ther efo re both c la ims should be submit ted t ot h e Bureau of Ejavigation. The c l a i m suppor ted by o nl y c e r t i f i e d c o pi csof orders , should contain a r e fe r en c e t o t h e claim t o .iniliich th e o r i g i n a lo rde r s a re a t t ached .

5. The Act a l s o pro-sides t h a t th e o f f i ce r s and en l i s t ed men con-cerned a re e n t i t k d t o a c t i v e d ub j pay a nd ai io wa nc es f o r t h e t i n e r e q u i r e dt o perform +he n x e s s a r y t r a v e l via t h e s h o r t e s t u s ua l l y t r a v e l e d r o u tef r o n hcme t o place o f a c t i v e d ut y, via t he p l ace or" p h y s i c a l e x m i n a t i o n .Claim fo r any m oixi t be l i eved t o be due under t h i s p r ov i si o n n < l l n o t b epa id by d i sbur s ing o f f i ce r s i n the f i e l d b u t w i l l be subm it t ed t o th eGeneral Accounting Office via t he Bureau o f Supplies and Accounts.claims should be s tat ,ed on Gensral Accounting Offi ce (C la im Div isi on )Form ?io. 2034', accom?anicd with two c e rt i f ie d copie s of th e or ig i na l ord erst .o a c t i v e d-&,T, with a l l endorsements ther eon , showing d at es and hours ofa l l a rr iv al s and departures.h i s p r e s c n t d is b ur s in g o f f i c c r s h o u l d c x t i f y t h a t t h e c la im h as not, a nd w i l ln o t b;: pa id .bxed ia t c ly m akc ;? br i e f no ta tZcn the rcof or! h i s rough pay r o l l and , ont r a n s f e r o f t l i t : i nd iv idua l , shou ld assure himsel f tha t a similar n o t a t i o ni s p la ce d on t h e t r m s f e r ' o f pay accounts.

Such

If the claimant i s s t i l l i n t h e service,The disburs ing of f icer exc;cu ' i . ing th is ccs t2 i f ica te shollld

' .6 . In t \e tax' o f outs tznding suspens ions ra ised by the Gen-.ralAccount ing Off ice r e la t i r ig t c c r r id i t s of mi lzage, t r a ve l expenscs o rac t i ve due7 pay and al lowances cr ed i t ed t,o Navj personnel ordered t oact . ivc duty on or a f t e r S ep te xb er 8, 1939, c o n t ra r y t o t h e d e c i si o n oft he Cornt ro l le r Genera l R-11e13 o f September 3 , 1940, r e p l y t o t h eno t ic e of exception should be nade Sy reques t ing removal o r r e v i s i o n o f .t he suspension pur suan t t o th e au tho r i t y con tained h h e Act of October 30,l9L1." RAY SPSAR

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The follovking l e t t e r addr*e,ssed o a l l S!iipS a i id s t a t ionsi s a q a in c a l l ed t o t h e a t t c n t i o n o f officers occupying povernment quarters:11 Sub e ct : Submission of claims by o f f i c e r s I;ino occupied Panama

C m a l Z me Q u a rt e rs & r i n g f i s c a l y e ar s 1935 ahd 1936for difference between amounts allowed as r e n t a l al-lowance on cu r r en t r o l l s an 6 ac t u a l r e n t a l p a i d forsuch quar ters .(a)

d

Reference : P u b l i c Lax 2% - 77 th Congress,,approved October 13,1941.

1. Reference (a ) which contrAns remedial l e g is l a t io n foro f f i c e r s whh occu pied Pan am Can2.1 Zone Q m r t c r s d:x ing t h e C i s c a l years1935 and 1936 provides 2s f o l l o m :That an:: a n o u n t ~ a id t o the Pznana Canal or l e sF ees t h e r eo fby an y o f f i ce r of t h e Navy 0:- k r i n e Corps i n c id e n t t o h i soccupancy o f q u w t e r s u n d e r the J ; r i sd i c t , i o r l o f tlie IanamaC mn l dur-kg the f i s c a l years 1935 ?md 1936, dlicll were i nexcess o f t he xounts paid n :~c:? of f icer as r e n t a l a l l o m nc e ,s h i l l t o %he exucnt o f sxch cxcess be r e f u n d e d t o such personsu p m p r e s e n t z t i o n o f a c l a p ? t h c r e f o r t o tile Conp-kollerGeneral. 112. O f f i co r s who a r e e n t i t l e d t o t ,he benefi ts o f the above

quated law sh3ulct s t a t e t lzeir c laim on C-.=r.eralAccounting Office (ClaimsDivisioi i ) F o r n 2034 , o r by l e t t e r i f these forms a re n o t r e a d i l y a v a il a b l e ,!a t h e f o l l o l . ~ n gr,anr,er:ItFrom (=) t o ( da t e ) occupied q u m t e r s i n t he Pariama Canal Zonev:hich vcre under tlie ,jur isd ict i-on of $he Pan ma Canal. I n viewof the p r o v i s i o n s o f the Act o f Octoc?er 13, 1941, P u b l i c No. 266,77th Congi-ess, I hereby subxi t c la im for the d i f fe re nc e betweenth e n e t arnomt of r e n t a l allovmnce which was c r e d i t e d me, and theanoint which I p a i d as r e n t a l t o th e Panama Canal ( o r t oa leFsee cf the Panama Calial, from whom I sub leased) , fo r thisperiod. .

J

3 .e amounts which I received as r e n t a l a ll ow an ce f o r t h e per iodir, q u es t i o n w i l l be shown by the r o l l s o f t h e f o r t h e p e r io d- -to_- - _.-- - -Y i r i c lus ive , vh ich a r e now f i l e d i nthe General Accounting Ofiice.t h e p e r i o d i n q u e s ti o n in the sim of as evidenced by thea t t a c h e d r e c e i p t s (or w-ncel led checks, or i2 in a l lease , o r anyo+.her av ai la bl e sub sta nt i a t in g- evidence t o S ~ O W moimt p a i d ) I1

I a c t i n l l y p ai d r e n t a l d ur in g


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?ENTAL hLBANCES -( c m t )Clains sdx- i t te c! pirsl lcmt 50 p r o v h i o n s of the Act o f

October 13, 1941, should be f n r w a r d e d d i r e c t t o the General AccountingOff ice (Claim 'Division) Washington, D . C.3 . '

XA?! .SPEARChief o r ' 3 r e a uS - q p l i c s an6 Accounts". -FE'IC'iS' STATUS - .S. NA:!AL RESERVE

' A t N e p r e s e n t t ime t h e r e are s l igh t* over 21,000 )Java1F,eserve off icers of all c l a s s i f i c n t i s n s on act ive du2?.c ludes o f f i c e r s a f l o a t 2nd ashore .ashore , a l a r g e nmber are i n p o s it i ol l s s uc h t h a t o f f i c e r s o f %he reg ul arNavy have been released f o r duty a f l o a t .

Although the t,ot,al emr:,lZrnent of ' a l l c l a s s e s o f the Reserve,commissioned and warrant, is at;number i nc lu de s Xer-chant Xar ine officnrs, o.f;.icers , i n a probationar'Y s t a t u s,and a very Iimited nurnbcr v;ho are defc:-r.ed 5ecause o f the urgen t need forth e i r se rv ice , s i n Na tiona l Defense indust?;. I n the case of th e Merchanth!arine o f f i c e r s , who make u? a lay proport ion of th e inactive numbers,t he a u t h o r i t y e x i s t s t o order them t o a c t i v e (?.X~Y:~ b u t the pol icy o f t h eBursau of Navigation i s not, .to o r d e r t h e n exccyt, i n casts where the ind i -v i d u a l o f f i c e r r e q w s t s d u t y o r whe;-a h i s o;-der.s t o a c t ? % dut3- w i l l n o thamper the ef ficieiiclr o f the Iderchzxit :b,r.:i?.e Se:*v;ice. Aidd itio nal n w b e r so f i n a c t i v e o f f i c e r s $10 L X i n a prabationar;;:. st.z.tiis a r e no t being orderedt o a c t i v e chty unt j .1 they li?.~;. cozpieteci college E x k for degrees o r s p e c i a l ' .t r a i n i n ? of some nature.o f a small n mb e r froni va~io-.:s s t d f c q x .

erat.ed above, t h e o f f i c 2 r s 1 s t r e n g t h of the IJava1 X es er ve , e s p e c i a l b t ho s eof - the l i n e c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s , i s i n a 2 u l l act.ive r i ~ r t ~ :ta'ius.

This niL.nb?r in-Of those v h o a re ass igned ' to duQT

- . .. .?resen t t b e in excess o f 28,000, t h i s

Tie r e r a i n d e r o f ' t h e i n a c t i v e o f f i c e r s c o n s i s t s

.With t're exce?%S-nn o f t h e se p a r t i c u i a r c l a s s i f i c a t i o n s en*

Newly cormisstoned off icer . . :; na rt ic : : la ru those graduat ingfrom the' Reserve E!ic3n5ipen sc:mols, a]-ecommissioned.courses i n which $'hey .i.:ills p e c i a l i z e f m :>articld.rtr duties.o f t h i s s p e c i a x z e ? tl-a-iniq;, .W;ese officers, in ~ ~ 3 s tases ,d u t y a f l o a t in accordrtnce with the needs o f W e I'Javy Llnder the expandingc m s r u c ? on pr logran.

n::fkred t o ac t i ve duty ashe r:n,j'Crity cf t,:iese a re .being ..>i-dsred o var ious t r a in ingUpon completior.g o t r~ , - ~ , - ~~~ , - ~ , - ~ ,~ , - ,~~ ,~ , - ~ : - , ,~ ,~ ,~ ,>,, ,\ I $ I , I\ ,.,, \ I , I\ I\ I. ,\ I\ r r r r

The new Navy uni fo?n regula t ions .were two years i n p r e pw a t io nand a re the most, coriipreki~nsiv~ver p~.~bliSlie?.

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The folloveng l e t t e r wae recently received by the Pres iden to f th e Uni ted St a te s , Frankl in . D. Roosevelt :''New York City.

Dear Frank,I understand a cont ingent o f sai lors cronthe Chelsea, Idass. base w i l l b e s e n t t o I c el a nds h o r t l y .k indly do m e a f avor and has ten the i r de?ar ture .You see one o f t h e s e s a i l o r s i s r-iy rival for avery nice youns lady. The further am y he i st h e b e t t e r I w L i l l i k e i t . Ser,d him t o T-5~iauck-

too or someplace. Thank you , I shall re t -urn thefavor some day.

A s Pre s ide nt of th ese Unlted 'Sta tes

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RECRUITIXG - AWJE3'TISI?JG CAGPAIGN EXTENSIVEThe Navy has Seen canducting an aZuei*tising canpaign i n 28s t a t e s i n o r d e r t h a t boys and pare nts may appr eci at e th e value of Nalalse rv ice and the oppor tun i t i e s of fe red by i t .l a r g e s t ed uc at io n al i n s t i t u t i o n s i n the Twr ld , seriding 5,000 men a month t oone of i t s many trade schools which t e a m ?Lr.iost f i f t y t rades covering such

wide and varied fielcts ~r ?h~r::c.,c;-, -yYel$i:ii., arrri-' o n mechanics, and store-!:eeping .The Navy i s today one of the

Every new sh ip launc!ied o f fe rs ac !d i t ,ima l o p y r t w i t i e s fo ry o u n g men t o become p r o 3 c i e n t i n t r a d c s whic': ~511n r n t h e i r livelihoodt h e r e s t of t h e i r l i v e s.e r o p po r tu n it i es for r a p i d advancement t h a t the se rv ic e has ever known be-fo re .

Tic d e v e l o p x n t o f the two-ocean I h v y of fe rs g rea t?

There are now about 2&6,000 en l i s t ed nen i n the Naval s e rv ice .A s a r e s u l t o f i t s r e c r i x i t i n g e f fo r t s , Mavy en l i s tments for the f i r s t f o umonths of . this f i s c a l gear have Seen a t an a-j.erage rate o f 10,090 men aHowever, s i n ce t h e KEAILT:i.X and RE!JEEN JMESinc ide n t s , the re has been a d e c l i n e i n t h e r a t e c.f en l i s tments o f about 15%o f young mer, who wanted t o and would have otherv+ee Jo in ed t h e Navy.

'~ month, with t h e t r e n d upyard.

Tie Navy i s o f f e r i n g t x a f g r m s of en l i s tment . En l i s tment i n there g u l a r Naby c a l l s for s e rv i c e for minori ty or six years. Enlis tment i n theNaval Reserve i s f o r mipo r i t y o r four year5. Secre ta ry o f t h e Navy Knox hass t a t ed p reviousl ty th n t men i n '


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RECRiTITING - &XEIZT-ISING - CXliPAIGIJ EXTXSIL3(con t )

The Navy i s re ce iv in i exce l l en t , coopera t ion from m a l l townI t i s zlsoewspaper edi tors i n the ' s t a t es i n which i t i s a d v e r t i s i n g ;rece iv ing va luab le help i n i t s en l i s tment e f fo r t s f rom rad io s "&t ionsthroughout the count-ry which are c o n t r i b ut i n g t i me t o h e l p t h e Nay,r carryi t s s t o e i n t o t h e h o n e s of th e country. Aid i s a l s o b ei n g r e ce i v ed f ro nc9r card advert is ing corlpanies and f r o m such ci-vie organ iza t ions as t h eJun ior Chamber of Cormerce and th e h e r i c a n Legion,

It i s high* desirab].e f o r today'e tvo-ocean !hv;. t o b e main-t a i n e d as a volun tee r s e rv ice .mainta in d i sc ip l i ne and eff ic iency 'anong men, sone of ~vlionmay n o t v i s ht o be th er e, Ever2rone i i 1 the countq7 i s proud o f Lhe Nav;Jr, and most peoplea re f i r m l y convjzced tktt t h e Mayy i s ready t o hqndle any tasks of i l a t iona ldefense t h a t nay be assigned. t o i t . The Nayy w i l l b e a b l e t o ni ai nt ai n t h i sh i g h e f i i c i e n c y a n d norale onQ- if the no the rs and fa th e rs af the Zn i tedS t a t e s c o nt in ue t o g i ve t h e i r c o n se nt to the enl is tments of those thousandso f red-blooded Anericaii b o p rtno v d s h t3 volunteer for Naval service.

R s!iip a t sea i s t o o sriall a place t 3

A recent survey made over a perlod o f Tour xont!?s a tTraining Sta t+ionsshows t h a t 6,358 or 23.1 per cent of the 23,84a t t \ o s e s t a t i o n s a re h lgh school graduates .the Navalr e c r u i t s

The average sch ool grade c oiy let ed, as d i s c l o s e d by the s tudy,For t h e s t a % i o n s * a ts a p p ro x i mt e l y t h e 1 9 t h Era& Psr . t h e e n t i r e E F O U ~ .Sr ea t Lakes, I l l i no le , San Diego , CdiZo rn ia , ax? :ewport, Rhilc'e I s l and ,the median l i e s a few ? o i n k ~ ~ 5 t h i . nh e l l t h graae, x h i l e for t h e s t a t i ma t N x f o l l r , Virg in ia , ihe ned ian lies appro;;imately I n th e middle of the10th grsde ,

.

, RESERVE ()zFIC;R x;Ip;I?J!;The l?Gl-l?42 Reservc: Off ice r a a i n i n g hograr?.., known as t h eV-7 Midshipmen l?ro2ram, i s proceeding a t full capacity. Classes a re in

progress o n th e P r a i r i e S t a t e o f & x ~ ork and a t Nort'lwes tern University.These 'c lasses w i l l gr ad mt e abou t J anuary 15, 13L+2, a t *diLch time 1,100reserve midsliipmen w i l l be commissioned Ens ign s, U.S. IJaval &? s e r v e , a ndw i l l b e a v a i l a b l e for. t h e f l e e t , or' t h e Navy.

uated and were cmmissioned, and alriost a l l are now serving as Ensigns, U.S.. . During the 1949-1941 Program, sone L,621 young men were grad-


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N A V Y S%VICE SC300L - FCIZL) ?JOTOR CQ I!PA!Y-- -The Navy Service School establis4-ied on tiic grounds of the FordMotor Company a t Dearborn, Xichlqm, a t no c o s t t o %!le Government, i s com-p l e t e d w i t h Yne exception o f a s iz ty -hed ho sp i t a l r tL i ch dr, *Henry F o r d d s -c ided to have b u i l t .January of t h i s year, t h e , c a p a r i t y -::as 900 s t u d e n t s ,1923.

Vhen the I\J,?vd-ervice School - m s e::tabli::hed i n .Now the capcicity i sA t p r e s e n t t here are 1600 en l i s t ed men under in s t ru ct io n .

. @ne v e ry i n t e r e s t i n g f e a t w e o f t he schoo l i s t h e r p e c i n l p o w i xhouse . t h a t f u r n i s h e s th e e l e e t r i c i t y f o r t!ie barracks and adT:inir,trrt , ionb u i l i i n g ,on en te r ing i . t a person bel ie ves he i s or: board a m?n-o-mr.The p l a n t i s const ructed and operated along mirine l l n u s , andThe rec re a t i on bu i ld ing has rece;it,?j been completed, It has s e a t -ing capac i ty f o r 1100, and moving pictures usill be shorn here, !In Sxndaymornings, d iv ine se rv ic es are he16 i n t h i s b ui ld in g, I n addk'A.on, equip-ment has been provided with which the schoal ebn t a g e plays.

also been made f o r i nd oo r a t h l e t i c s .i n t he basement and t h i s bu i l d in g .a l s o has a r e c e p t i o n room i-here the en-l i s t e d p er so nn el nay meet f r i e n d s an d r e l a t i v e s .lnere.are f i e l d s qhere th e xen can p lay f o o t b a l l , b s e b a l l , s oc ce r, m dv d l e y b a l l .

Prcv is ion has,Showers a n d l o c k e r r o o x s are p - o v i d ed

In add i tio r , t o t he above,

This i s a covcrete and s p l e nd i d e x m p l e o f 41at Yr. Renry Fordand the Fosd f i i o t o r Company have d o n e I n the i n t e r e s t o f National Defense.

The Bureau o.f Naviynt ion recen t ly est,a!)lished a gyro compass schoola t t h e Navy Y a r d , New Yo'rk , f o r t,hk i n s t r u c t i o r l o f o f f i c e r s who in r i l l ser veon Local Defense. yessels. The 3 ? s t c l a s s xi11 be convened cn ?,he Clrrit o fDeceinber for a. short course o f ins t rucf ; ion 0 : aboat one ;noiithrs dumtior,.The second class v i11 convene .a>?ut,Janixiry 5, 19!+2 f o r n pert.od o f thr.ec?months . . . .

The opening class o f a se r i e s deziyncc? t o tcnch Cel?,rt,ial- Navi-gation t o o f f i c e r s I n the U. S . I L ' n v y and C o i s t Gu::rd g3t c ? f t o A CTod startori November 7. Tbese cl as re s ar e being conducted 5y meribers o f t h e I J D l t e dS t a t e ? P o m r Sqmdrom, and a r e h e ld i n t h e Fedcral OZfice Building, 90Church Street, Ns-irr YorA, N . Y . k very d e f i n i t e ,ne?,] o r such a course is in-d ica t ed , s ince L 4 rren, from E n s i p s t o Lieu tenant Corimanders, a t te nded thef i r s t c l a ss .allowed t h e i r n a v i q a t io n s t u d i e s t o l a p s e , as T x e l l 2s a tllorough grcuriding i nt ' n i s s u b j e c t for t h m e t o whom it, i s new, E. T. Ball of the IJorthwn i 'ki"Jersey Poiver Squadron l e d the d i s c u s s i m 3n t h e f i r s t tm clrtsses. Subsequcntc l a s s e s w i l l b e i n s t r u c t e d bjr ot h e r prominer,t Squadron tPach Prs .

I t i s designed t o be a r e f resher cou rse fz r thoss 8:na have

::o'Fon BO;L',ING


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iI n September the Navy fwmu;la.ted p lan s t o t r a i n a l a r g e number ofnen i n du t i es connected wi th ca intenanco and re pa ir o f r a d i o ma t e r i a l . S t ep swere i J m e a i a t e l y t ak en t o p ro vi de s c h o o l f a c i l i t i e s , a n d the Comandant ofthe Trvelfth Naval D i s t r i c t :vas a ut h or i ze d t o e s t a b l i s h a sc6ool o f l a rgecapac i t y on Treasure I s l a n d i n S a n F r m c i s c o Bay.

Prelirninary work has -been s-?arted a lr ea dy and eqgpm ent and suppl iesIn s t ru c t o r s a r e b ei ng s e l e c t e d an d ord ered now.re being ordered.

In s t ru c t io ns have been issued by th e Naval Zecrui t in g Service t or e c ru i t e x p e r i e n c e d r a d i o s e rv i c e n e n as r a p i d l y a s poss ib le . Espec ia l lyq u a l i f i e d o f f i c e r s a r e b e i ng s e n t t o e ac h R e c ru i t i n g D iz ts io r , He ad qu ar te rst o ass i s t the Rec ru i t in g Inspec to rs i n ob ta in ing qu a l i f i e d men who 11511 e en-l i s t e d as second c l a s s p e t t y o f f i c e r s i n Class V-6 o f t h e :Java1 Reserve.

February 1, 1942.and Noroton, Conne cticu t. h%en t h e San Frn nci sco Scho ql i s ready, the Navyexpec ts t o have s e v e r a l hundred men renc;y t o sen d t o i t h e d i n t e l y .

The Navy e x pe ct s t h a t t h i s s c ho ol fill be rezdy for operz t lon aboutIn th e meantime, and t o avo id any I n t e r delay, s t u d e n t sare beir,g assembled a t r a d i o o p e ra t or s 1 s c ho o l s i n b s Angeles , California,

IVAITING LISTS FOR THE RMXNSS OF SGlSTR.lc A-IID PRTR.1c1. The following men are on t h e w a i t i n g l i s t f o r t h e r a t i n g s of d

Bgmstr.lc and Pr tr .1 c as a r e s u l t of service-wide co np et i t iv e examinat ionsh e l d July 16, 1?41:

267-91-63 u. . . ,-iASPU. S . S . !*?ASHINGTON

1. RICHARDS, Corner2 JORDAN, John Duffield3 . U.JVtIIR, Frank Alexander 123-58-23 USI?TS San Diego, Cal ifo rni a4 . PALE, Robert d t i s 2G7-02-16 ITSI.JTS Great Lakes , I l l inois

144-66-56

PRIPITER, FTRST CGISS*l. KIRBY, E v e re t t e Gre cnl eaf 261-78-93 t Sub.Basc, P e a r l Harbor, T.H.2. H E R R I N G T O N , O l i v e r Edgar 268-07-52 U.S.S. O G U L T ,3. IJcGOIVAIJ, James W i l l i a m 320-84-7 5 U.S.S. H O U S T O N4 . Z I H X E R I J A N , Edwin Elmer 375-7246 U.S.S. V U L CA N5. RAZUFF, Thurman I I B l t 341-79-33 U.S.S. v m r i* Advancement of Kirby w as a u i i o r i z e d e f f e c t i v e n o t e a r l i e r than December 1,1941 .

No U.S. man-of-war has ev er mut ini ed o r been i n t h e hands of mutineere;


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, It w a s d i r e c t l y r e s p on s i bl e for t h e l o s s o f h i s Campaign of Ul.4and the whole empire he, bad b u i l t - nd he l o s t th e woman t o whom t hel e t t e r w a s vr ri t tcn , h i s wi fe , Idaria Louise. iJapoleon vras b a t t l i n g t h eAl l i es and decided th a t he would push t o the W m e Ziver and 'cu t the enemiesl i n e of comnunications. It was a p 3 d idea except tLat when he vrot,e h i swife he to ld her of h i s plans, and General Elucher , (-htmander i n Chief ofthe Al l ies , cap tured the messenger c ar ry ing the note; and r e a l i z e d as heread i t t h a t t h e r oa d t o P a r i s w ould be undefended. D ~ v m hat road Zluzherse n t h i s overwheh ing fo rce t o capt,ure Paris, d r i v e k p o l e n n L n t 3 ex l l e ,and cause ldaria Louise t o fl ep . The en pi re vas l o s t .

It has a l l been sumzed up as follotvs: "Everyone knows ofXapoleon s abgi cat i on and ex i le . t o Elba.h a r n l s s s l e t t e r o f a f f e c t i o n , l o v e and ego from h i s own hand, a n d n o t tripmil i ta ry genius of h i s enemy, caused h i s crushing defeat.!'" I n a mants l e t t e r s , you know, madam, h i s s o u ll i e s naked."l e s s l y lay t'ne s o u l o f h i s country naked and vulnerabl y exyosed t o the eneqyof h i s d isc losur e of 'unimpor tan t 1 in formzt ion ,

But f e w k:iom t h a t a s.ecmirlgly

D r . Johnson wrote:Yes n o t o n l y h i s soul , b u t a man of t he s e rv ic e !night care-

I n w r i t i n g - E VISE! 3% CAWRJL!

Lieutenant Cormander J . J . Tur,ney, :J.S.N.R., c m p l e t e d on Satur-T'r,e . p r imaFJ purpose of' t h i s t o ur w a s t'ne in te rv ie w andday, ..dvember 22 , a t o u r of t h e x i i n Navy R e cr 'u it in g S t a t l x s t hr ou gh ou tthe Uni ted S ta t es .s e l e c t i o n o f a number of young men with college decrees i n p k y s i mluca t ion fo r en l i s tme n t as c ll ie f pe t t y o f f i c e r s i r L t h e r,iavczl Reaerve. .the

t o u r has been h igh ly successfu l and the Mavy is well. pleased v i t h t h e Ye-s d t s obtained.I h m l D i s t . r i c t , w i t h Headquarters i n Chicagn, f o r the P w p n s e n f renderhE:sukh ass i s tance as the Comzandant may d e s i r e i n C,!iat 2 i : t r i c t i n connectionwith tkie Navy's Physic.ri1.Filmess Program.

Pi

Lieutenant Comxmder Tumiey i s ,?.t e s e n t a t the ' Ninth


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ViISCONSIN ALLNNI ASSOCIATIONThe fo l lowing l e t t e r from Harry C . Thcma, As si st an t Secreta ryof th e Wisconsin A l u m n i Association, &ujison Bisconsin, i s quoted i n p a r t :

A t i t s r e ce n t meet ing, t he board of d i r e c to re cf th e :/ isconsinAlumni Associa t ion voted t o send free co pi es o f i 5 s p u b l i ca t i o n ,THE VKLC5CCNJSIN ALUKNUS, t o a l l alumni an d f o mer s tad , nts whoa re now i n th e Amy, Navy, or BIarine Corps. I have been ablet o con tac t most of t h e army p o s t s I n t h i s cou nt ry 5 hr ou sh t h euse of a l i s t o f s uc h p o s t s t h a t was furnished u3.men i n t he Navj, however, i s q u i t e a d i f f e r e n t p ro po s it io n .Ilany o f our alumni, I know, a r e s e r v i n p o n board sh ip and serv-i n g i n d i s t a n t p o r t s which we cann ct reach. The same holdst r u e or those alumni s e rv i ng i n t h e b h -i n e C c q s , . .

Contczcting

The word we want t o g e t t o our alumni i s t h i s :t o s end f r e e co pi e s of THE -~.~SCCOIdSZIuLU?.iNUS t o a l l forrners t u d e n t s and g r ad u a t e s of the Universi ty of Wisconsin for thee n t i r e dura t ion o f t h i s emergency.w r i t e u s a t t h e above ad d r es s s t a t i n g t h a t h e wishes t o b e p l acedon th i s mai l ing l i s t and g i vi n g u s h i s co r r ec t p r e se n t ad dr ess .

lie w i l l be happy

Pie a s k t h a t the i n d i v i d u a l

- SUM SPOTS -81or many years , the Naval Observatory has been phctographingt h e sun each clear day wi th a sp e c ia l l y const ructed ccmera of approximately

f o r t y f e e t f o ca l l en g t h , known as a photohel iograph. Frcm th e pl a te sobtained, th e s i ze , loc at io n , and ar rangement o f sun sp ot groups can beac cu ra te ly recorded, and cont inuously fol lowed. . Col laborat ion wi th the MtWilson Observatory makes i t p o s si b le t o g e t d a ta for m o s t days when cloudsobscure thc: sun i n Yiashington.T n i s sun s po t work i s becoming in cr ea si ng ly important . Sh or t lya f t e r t h e sun s p o t s p a s s t h e sun! c e n t r a l meridian the bombardment 0 2 theea r t h an d i t s atmosphere by t he s t r eams of e l e c t r i f i e d p a r t i c l e s f r o r r t h esun causes ce r t a i n d i s t u r b an ces i n t h e ea r t h r s magn eti c f i e l d , t h e g asses

of t h e upper a i r become luminous, causing a ur or a l dis pla ys , and telephone,te legraph, and ra di o connunicat ions , ra di o beams, e t c . , iwy be s e r i o u s l ydis rup ted by the ensuing masnet ic s torms.have for an av ia to r fol lowing a r a d i o bean i n bad vrep.ther does n o t neede l ab o r a t i o n .

The importance t h a t t h i s !.1ipht

The sun sp q t d a t a o b ta i n ed a t the ilTaval Observatory and publishedi n t he Monthly Jeather Review furn ish es an i nva lua ble re cor d o f changes i ns o l a r a c t i v i t y ove r lo ng pe r i o d s o f time f o r s c i e n t i s t s e ngaged i n t h e s tu $o f t e r r e s t r i a l magnetism and cond i t ions i n the e a r t h f s a tmosphere.o f f i c i a l an d o t h e r ag en c i e s r ece i v e d a i l y r ep o r t s , such as the Bureau n fStandards , the . Carnegie In s t i t u t io n , Bureau of Ships, Vestern Ucion, ScienceS er vi ce and some i n d i v i d u a l s c i e n t i s t s do ing research work, and regular ser -

.Various


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TYPE. BUILT BLDG. AND/ORCDNVERTING TOTALCombatant 343 344 687Auxiliary 204 92P a t ro l V ess el s 187 256

(Tonnage) 1,372,375 2,108,608 3,480,983296Xine Craft 136 239 375443Net and Boom Craft 72 5 77

Grand Total: 936 1878(D i s t r i c t c r a f t , o t her t han Net and 3oom craft and IIotor E:inesWepers,are no t Lncluded i n t he s e t o t a l s ) .(The t o t a l f o r D i s t r i c t Craft i s 861).

Three sa lvage vesse i s now under t he cognizance of th e i3ureau ofShips - USS V I K I N G , USS CEUSADER, and USS UISCOnRm - a re nearing completion,and i t i s expected t h a t they will be p laced i n t r i a l op er at io n under t he eon-t ractors some t ime before the f i r s t of t h e year.These ships were taken o v z r by the Nayy from the Coast and Geo-

det ic Survey Divts ion o f the Department of Comerce an d were convertedi n t o sa1var.e ve ss el s , based on a new 11. S . Navy design. They a re equippedw i th t h e l a t e s t gear and apurt enanc I ;? s for salvaTe a o r k under a l l pos s i b l econdit ions.These sh ip s ar e 186 f e e t i n l e n g t h 115th a standard ctisplacenent ofapp-oxirx-itelS. 1,000 tons.

s t r u c t i o n Coripany, San Diego, Ca lif orn ia; the 'JSS CYiS;3ER, a t the GeneralEngineering and Dry Dock CoTpany, Alameda, C a l i fo r n i a ; and t,h5 USS DTSC3VE332a t $he Lake Vnion D r y Dock and 1Tachine A o r k s , S e a t t l e , '-Tas!ij.n'$m.

The USS V I K I I J G i s bein? converted a t th e San a iego l ix i n e Con-9

U.S.S. SEA OTT1;R ?TO. 2F i n a l t ' r ials o f t h e ?J.S.S. S d 3TT53 U0.2 were recent ly run and sub-sequent to changes i n 9achLnery in s" a1 la t i on deemed necessary. Arrangexentshave been completed by Comander '7 . S. Jameson, R.H., f o r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s ofthe Bri t ish Government t o witness t r i a l s o f t h e SC.4 OYTLB.Product ion on this type o f v e s s e l w i l l no t be,nin u n t i l complet ion

b k . Edward B. Gsrmain, pr es id en t of Ships, Incorporate d, a tf a l l t r iaJs .pre s en t i s malting a survey or' t h e c ou nt ry p r ep a r a t o r y f a r s t a r t i n g c o n s t r u c t i a ron building ways f o r the cons truc tion of SEA OTTER type craft.


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+"V ""&>A aI*V-* .Y. . e- . ......' , .,.Allocat ion as t:, types of the new 11LOO-boai't. program,.. qe.cently- . . ... _... , .... .......- ,au th or iz ed by Congress and a7,proved by the Pres ident , ~5.11e coinpleted i nthe near fu tu re .rill be made a t a later datc?.De ta il ed arrmuncernsnt o f the type o f c r a f t t o be con st ru ct ed 'SJOmJ> I LISTEN? . /

Overheard on street corner near t5e equat,or: -Wr. Tax-idriver, do you sabe eEp n o l a? l l"Yah, m ~ !aSe.1'." O K , muchacha bonita chequita ciinero, a t the Rhumba Casino?"No comprende me caballerc -but ny cab nT1i take you t o the*Wel l , s o you can t a l k Anerican!ltffHec!i yes, I ' n Jeff Sanchez fron N::tche::."Vel1 whaddayu knov,--I'm Een Fiecht l f r m Denv-.r-mi!, bu t i t ' sa small n-orld,l1

Rmba Casino." '

..

Parents arid o t h e r r e l a t i v e s of nen i n the N a y r may be assured thawhether af loat o r ashore they w i l l s i t down t o Christvmas dinner of the Samekind they would enj oy a t home, i t i s annouxed by the Navy Dqx'tnent.

Here arc some i t e m oc a Qrpical ship 's Chr is tmas wnu:shrimp, 3r f r u i t cock+-ail; ce le ry , o!.j.ves, r ad i sh es , swrnet x l i x e d p i c k l e s ,saltLnes; c>icken, wean o r tonato s o u p ; r o a s t yams tu?kep and s?ice.:! bakedIiarn; sage, oyster o r oyster a n d nut c!rcssing; nashed po ta toes , creaned o n i o n s ,baked squash, but . tered green peas; g i b l e t . gray,^, cynnberl-y same, bran rolls,bread and but ter , let tuce and t .omato salad; f r i i i t cake, pmpk;,.1 p i e , i cecrearn, assorted fresh f r u i t , nixed nutvs, ca.ndy, coffce , c i g z r s , c i g a r e t t e s ,

oyster ,

There fa .c i l i t . i e s a re ava i lab le , at r x ct ivc nenus are print.ed aboardSone o f then a r e exceedinsl:r artis-h ip s o t h a t t h e F en m y s a i l tiicrn h me .tic. F r e q w n t l y they in-clude a ?ict ,ure o f t , ! ~ hip. ,Althou@i def in i t e f i gw e s are r i o t a v a ' h b l e on j us t hov nany pounds-of various i tems a re cmsimi6d on t he se p x - t i c i l a r l : ~ f e s t ive holidays, theBureau of Su~ p1ic .s nd Accounts of t h e Nzvy est'l.mat.es th a t 1,600,002 poundsof f o o d . w i l 1 be required. T i i i s w i l l inc1ud.e an es t lmate o f 360,000 poundsof turkey. In sh or t , the men who m n t he Navy's s k i p s ,and phore f a c i l i t i e s

and nfho are. t t r a i n i n g s t a t i o n s n c t only s i t d o ~ m o a board w i t h all theU s u a l i tems of a Christmas menu, b u t t o one t'nat i s l eaded w i t h extra amountsf o r these cays..


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hY

..LARGE 'PUIZCNASE OF ?!COLE?E-1-c700,000 pairs of woolen socks and 33E,mO s u i t s of heavy woclenunderwear are being purchased t o supplement p res en t heavy win ter c l o t h in go u t f i t s n3w supp l ied t o the men of' t h e Kavy. T h i s m a t e r i a l b e c x e s star+a r d i s su e . J e l i v e r i e s w i l l s t a r t a p p r o x i a a t e l y J a nu a ry 1., .. .

b

The Navy Mother's Club 2f A i e r i c a I s a n a t i o n a l o r g a ni z a t i on i n -t e r e s t e d i n t h e i4;elfal.e o f i?ravy personnel L-*it without a:iy o f f i c i d conzec-t i o n with t he Navy Dcmrtne nt .a r e highlrv; cPmxnendabLe an? deserviflg of Tuil s i p p o r t . -L?cq o b j a c t l v e s o ft h e hlavy Plotherls Club o f k n e r i c a are t h e fo1lorvi.n~:Ho:7ever, t h e pu rpcs es or' t h e o r g 3 1 i i z a t ~ ~ o n

T2 c o l l e c t a nd d i s s e x i n n t e Inl'orca t i n n r e l a t i n gt o the Navy an-3. tn,e r,anner o f l i v i n g -.nd envSrome!!nt of itspersonnel.To encoura.ze csntentinent, ef fi c ie nc y, p'tr 'ia Llsz;,,and pr ide anpng h y s . and men s e r v . b g i n the Na;y.


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C I U ~ J E NF CO~JIYITTE.ESO N NATIONAL DEFENSEOF STATE BAR ASSOCIATIONS"In t he l i s t o f Chairmen of Committees on Naticnal Defense o fS t a t e Bar Associa t ions , publ ished in Bureau of Navigat ion Bul le t in #290of March 22, 1941 th e fo llo win g change sho uld be made:

w mCharles A. Stakely, Esq.F i r s t Na t iona l Bank Bui ld ingMon t go n e r jd

t o rep lace Ik. Douglas krant , C o w r Building, SFrminghLm't.

Number131-41132-41133-41134-411% -41

136-41137-41138-41

140-41141-41U 2 - 4 1143-41144-41145-41146-41147-41

Alloxances f or Transfe r o f En li s t ed nen and Baggage t oand f r o m Naval Ac t iv i t i e s,Naval War College:O f f i ce r s ,Examination o f Naval Reserve o ff ic er s t o determine phys icalf i t n e s s f o r a c t i v e d uty.Ins t ruc t ions Regard ing i ius te r Roll,Advancenerit i n Rati ng - Enl i s ted Personne l o f RegularNavy and Naval Reserve on a c t i v e duty. Re: Ser vic ereq uir ene nts fo r advancement,S ubve r s i ve A c t i v i t i e s - Conbatt ing or".Transact ion of money order business by Assis tant NavyMail Clerks ,Appointment o f c e r t a i n n a va l a v i a t o r s o f the Naval Re-se rve t o c o m is s io n e d ra nk i n t h e l i n e ol" t he r e p i l a rNavy.Temporaqr appo intments t o commissioned and war ran t cra desi n th e Naval Reserve of corxnissioned warrant officel*s,w a r ran t o f f i c e r s , and ce r t a i n en l i s t e d men o f the NavalReserve.O f f i ce r D a t a Cards, Forms I'J.NaiJ, 278 (revised) and N,Nav,Traiiiing Reports on Znsigns : (IJ,Nav, 443-b) submission o f .Annual Census Report.Discharge o f E i n o r s .Conmissions: Delays i n F ss mn ce o f ,Report on Absence or Discharge of Personnel PossessingSpecial Knowledge or informat ion,Appl icat ion for POStEradUate Instruction,Transfer of men awaiting immediate bad conduct o r dis-honorable discharge

Applications from Naval Reserve

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NAVAL ~ L K A N A Cit 3- 4 +$ +t i(< ifc * $( 3:- .)+ +* if.*i+u ts t anding even t s i n nava l h i s t o r y *if i l l be logged each month i n t h i s Jf . *i t B u l l e t i n . Some sh ip s and s t a t io ns i t3 have found i t conctruct , ive t o make i ti:up d a i l y s l i d e s e n t i t l e d , "Today i n $6-k Naval History '' and f l a s h them j u s t if.i k before the featured moving p ic ture i tif oes on.i t C r e d i t f o r c on ;p ilb ,g t h i s d a t a i s

-%

i t:c3t -x

due Cb.ap1Li.n ';,.X. XLfferty, U. S . . . 3i t Navy..* sc+$ 1c\ +e >c\ 1c\ if t 36 + +$ +$ +$ i$3 4 +$ -)$ >c\ x\ *

1 c

January 1-800 U .S .S. Experiment att ac ke d te n Picaronp barges of war, Gonaives,Hai t i ,-862 Mason and Sl idel l , the Cmfederate CoImissioners t o England andFrance were l i b e r a t e d from Fort Tiarren a t 3oston, and sa i l ed f o rEurope.Galveston, Texas, re ca ptu re d by Confederates'Spaniards evacuate Cuba, an6 Spain ceded Cuba t o th e United St a t e s *18631899

January 2-776I_8621900

C o l o n i a l f l a g f i r s t r a i sed .on Slue ground wi th red and whi te s t r ipes) .Combined Army and Navy attack upon Confederate force a t F o r t RoyalFerry, South Carol ina.Open Door p o l i c y i n China announced 'og S e c r e t a r y Hay.

(Crosses of St. George and St. hilrelv,

January 31852 U.S.S. K a t o l i d i e r a s s i s t e d A m y i n the defense of Plequemine, La.-912 Robley 9. Evans, R e x J d c i r a l , G.S. Xavy, died.-

, January L18621899 Boat Expe diti on a ga in ,s t Corifcderat,es a t !!ear Rluf f , South Carrll ina.Pre side nt IhcKinleg se nt t r e a t y of peace with Spain t o Senate.

January 5:781- .S .S. Pres iden t sunk s h i p 'l'l;'anderer!!, seven guns, off Barbadoes.U .S . Pr iv a te e r P ilF jrim cap ti ir ed n r i t i s h Sh ip 'lMary'l.

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N A V A L J & ~ N A C(Cont .-1846 Commodore a i d d e l l i n U.S.S. Columbus and Vincennes anch ore d ne ar- Canton, China.

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Medical Corps, U.S. Navy, es t ab l i shed .I n a l e t t e r da te d Ja nu ary 6, 1793, Joshua Humphreys, designer o fth e t tConst i tu t iont t , wrote t o Rober t Morri s desc r ib ing th e type o fsh i p which t h e U n it ed S t a t e s s h m l d b u i l d as the &ginning of i t smodest Navy. I t read , " A s our Navy f o r a cons iderab l t t ime Willbe i n f e r i o r i n n umbers, we a r e t o c o n s i d e r whzt s i z e ships wouldbe more formidable, znc? b& En over-match f o r th os e of t h e enemy...........F r ig z te s b u i l t t o c a r r y 1 2 an2 18 pounders vri-11 notansw:2r.tt "They must be sup cr io r t o any Europhan f r ig a t e , and ifo t h e r s ( o f thc enemy) should be i n cornpany, our f r i g a t e s can a.1myslead ahead and never be o b l i g ed t o go i n t o z c t i o n bu t o n t h e i r ovmterms, except i n a calm.11 The tl Co ns ti tu ti or P and hcr s i s t e r swere b u i l t as Ehunphreys suggested.

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1813 U.S.S. Hornet capt ured B r i t i s h s loop of - m r tEl lent t .-1846

U. S.c l o t h i n g f o r B r i t i s h Army on Lake Rorgne.Orders of Navy Department t o Commodore R iddle t o proc3cd lzrithftColumbustl o northwest co as t of Amcricc t o assume co:imiand of t h eNaval Forces o f t h e U.S. on thC7.t s t a t i o n .

1863 U.S 3. Pocahontas captured Confederate trAritonalt.Launch with 38 men capture zn? burn brig t f C y r u s t l , car ry ing-

Treaty powers undertook protect ion of: ra ilw ay between Pekin, Chinaand the sea..JanuLry 7

1779 United S ta t e s Ship General Arnold dr ive n ashore a t Plymouth andw a s l o s t (71 men).1822 U.S.S. Porpo i se cap tu re s ix ( 6 ) p i r a t e s hi ps o f f Cuba.Bat t leships Alabama and Kentucky col l idtd,--

Janu?.ry 81815 Navy p a r ti c ip a t ed i n t h e b a t t l e of New Orleans.Act ioh betwen U.S. Nnvzl Brigade and Mexicans a t San Gabriel River ,Cal i fo rn ia , Cap tu re o f L os 4-ngeles undcr Admiral Stockton.Brooklyn Naval Dry Dock f i r s t used.Chris tophzr R.P. Rodgcrs, U ,S .It., died .U.S. Government warned Ecuador against destruction of Americanproperty.

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January 91814 U.S.S. Pr e s id ent sunk o f f BarSadoes sh ip Edmrd--six ( 6 ) guns.-

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NAVAL ALMANAC( Con%.)- -Action between U.S. Naval Brigade and ILlexicans a t L a Mesa, Calif .Steamship "S ta r of the'.WestI! f i r e d on from Idorris Isl apd , Charlest on,South Carol ina.

January 10United States squadron at tacked Confederate works a t Arkansas Post,Arkansas.

January 11American Ship Alli anc e s a i l e d from Boston f o r France, with cont i-nen t a l re pres en ta t ive s and wi th General Lafayette. (The onlymutiny which has occurred i n th e U.S. Navy took pl ac e on t h i svoyage in ci te d by fore i gn sailors).Franc i s Sco t t Key, author o f S t a r Spangled 3anner, died .Experimental Ship Monitor s a i l e d from New York t o t h e PotomacRiver. (See January 4).U.S. Warship Hatteras destroyed by the Alabama off Galveston.Cap ture of Fo rt Hindman, Ark ansa s.U.S.S. I r o n Age grounded and w as dest royed in North Carol inawaters.Confederate blockade Vesta and Ranger destroyed off Xilmington,North Carolina.Henry H. Bell , Eiear Admiral, U.S.N., drolimed i n Japan .

January 1 2U .S. Ship Chesapeeke captured and sent t o Portsinouth ship I1Volunteer1l-- 1 2 guns, vdt h dr y goods cargo, etc . , value $700,000.00.U.S.S. Pensacola att ac ked and passed Confederate b a t t e r i e s onPotomac River.U.S.S. Lexington captured Mexican tovn of Sari 31as, mcl two ( 2 )schooners.P res iden t Tzft asked Congress t o app rop r i a t e f i ve In i l l i on do l l a r stoward f o r t i f y i n g Panama Canal.

January 13U .S, Wilkes Exploring Expedit ion ar r iv ed a t Nmila , P , I .Second Naval attac!i on Fort Fishe r , Uorth Carol ina.

tJanuary 14U.S. Pr iv at ee r Comet fought th re e B r i t i s h 2nd one Portuguese ve sse lsof war.U.S.S. Chesapeake cap ture d and sunk S r i g Live rpool Ben i n NorthA t l a n t i c .U.S.S. Pr es id en t sto od ou t t o sea s u c c e s s f u l l y a f t e r long blockade,U.S.S. Columbia lost near New In l e t , Sou th Csrol ina.


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1865 For t Fisher a t tacked and captured by AchFral Porter (Last Navalevent o f C i v i l ?;Jar) .e_January 1 5

1815 U.S.S. Pres iden t cap tu red by B r i t i sh squadron a f t e r f i g h t of s i xhours.-847 'City o f L o s Angeles , Cal i fornia , re taken b j r J o i n t A r m y and Rivalfo rces .1865 U .S .S. Patapsco sunk near Fort LIoultr ie , South Carolina.F i n a l a n d s u c c e s s fu l a t t a c k on Fort Fish er , South Carol ina .

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-813 U.S. Priva-teer Decatur captured by H i s Uajes ty ' s Shi;, Surp r i se o f fBarbadoes, West In d i e s .1840 ','lilkes E q e d i t i o n sax lanc! of Anta r t i c con t inen t .January 17

18133_ao'z .S. Naval Force made reco nnai ssanc e i n Tiri ght 's Rive r, SouthU.S S Piper captured by H.V .S . Narcissus.Carolina. . .

Jnnu?ry 181814 U.S. Brig Ente r pr i se and Ra t t l e snaks cap tured by F1.X.S: I s a b e l l a c

January 1s)1815I Boat e x p e di t io n u nd er P u r ~ c r hields cut out I3riCi-h Schooner 3OnHermans, Lake 3orgne, La.18821783 Panama Canal -- R e d work begun a t CuleSra.Treaty of Peace made with England,

Second Stone Fle ct sunk off Charleston, South Carsl ir ,a.January 2118151815 uccessful boat exgedi.ti.on s g s i n s t t h e 3ri t ish. oil L&c ForSne,Br i t i sh Schooner Dclore:: cap tured on the N i n s i s s i p p i Ria-zr .cap tur ing th ree enzmy vesse l s and tu rncd p r i sonws over t oU.S. Army.

1865 oat E x p d i t i o n on t h e A p al ac h ic o la River, Flor ida .

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N A V A L ALXAYAC(-ont .January 23-863 U.S.S. Cambridge captured Confederate schooner Time o f f New I n l e t ,

North Carolina.1870I U.S.S. Oneida sunk i n Yokohara Harbor, Japan, by c o l l i s i o n wit hP & 0 Steamer Bombay.January 24

1836 U.S.?, United St a t es sa lu te d Peruvian f l ag .1864.

The f i r s t s a l u t e t o.--- t h a t f l ag , Sr;nin having : I ~ : ;--.nderetl c m n t r y t h a t day.U .S S. Crusader chased as klrbckade runner o f f ' ;/intimill Point.-

Jan iary 25-_-1856 Shubrick Expedition o 19 v e s s e l s a x i v e d a t Asuncion, Paraquay.

U .S .S, Maine a rr iv ed i n Hava-ia HarSor.Jam?. y 2

U .S .S . Decatur slielletl to:,x ol' S e a t t l e t o ) r o t e ct se-t-tlers f romIndians .J o h n Paul Jones plczced i:; c q - p t , C h a y l , L-,?. Kava1 Academy.

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Commodore Chauncev, 1J.S.N., died.American sh ip Providence captur ed G B r i t is h f o r t a t Kew Providence,West Indies.spiked the guns, remvt3 t . i all. apnun it ions , th re e hun2red small arms,s a i l e d w i th s i x p r i z e v ~ s s o l s n6 re le as ed tv:ent,r jme ric an Pr is on