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OFF ICER PERSONNEL

Eo c'iiariges hnve been made i n the ent,rencc recui rewnts during r-l the pst p n r .

method of c,ua?-iP;ring mental1;r cant hue:: the mos t p o p u l ~ r end e ich ycar tine number of c e r t i f i c a t c s submi t td have inci-eased.

!.he ce - t i f i cz t e s.cd subetantls Ling cxxr,5nction

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"The use of t h e G. G. fcc tor in rnzking it possib

“Annomcet,eni of f l iurseatl , bu t rill. b e f a r maye inclusive and will zive a co:;lplo~,e p ic ture o f the t ra ining a c t i v i t ; e s f o r en- 1.isteJ men, including Training Stat ions, Trzde Sc’ioo7.s, Train- i ng C o ~ ~ r s c s , Slidefilms, rkthods of Snstruciion, Zelcction of Cand,idc?tw i o r Traile School:;, Aptitude Teste, e tc .

4s soon E S F trainin:; c o u x e i s rcrdy ?or diFtr ibut ion it v.:il,l >e annmnced :in the Cui1eti.n.

I N A V A L 08SERVATORY

111 i:,e Curt:a?1. 1 ~ 2 ~ : recej-ved a l e t t e r from the regard t o the usc of lj.$its on tho Universal. ctri;lftin7 machine, p a r t of vhich i s ;,ublisked as R n a t t e r af u a e f u l information, as f o l l o “JS :

Y n the uso of t’ie draf t ing nachine on the bridge, Gifficul-t j i s o .3~11 experienced i n obtaining s u f f i c i e n t li&t f o r a c c u r a t e p lo t t ing . the p l o t t i n g i s r e y i r c d a t niyht o r i n $he ear ly morning t,iii,Lli;=.lit rhen the ship i s g e t t - i q u n d e r c y i;r anchorliig. Strong 1i:hts i n the char?, desk irtLc.rferc 1r;ith the vizion of the o f f i c a r of -the deck. illash-iights h a s bccn i n use on tills ship f o r several months and t2le r i g ~ E S l m n found e f f i c i e n t . li,:hts viere obtained. Tht: top or @he 1”roocien knob i n the center of t i i t , m’ c k h e w s cu- l o f f 2nd bro paral3el s l o t s rnadc i n tlic ::oo~I t o receive %he f lcrh- l ights . b f tc r flash-- lights weye +t i n the slots, the J-iglits v,ere held i n p h c e 3y a $ece 02 co1?pcr, bent t o fit oker them and securcd t o tkze wod b;r scrt,‘l-s. d r a f t i n g machinc arid the snap CGVeI prevent:; g lare i;i the eyes, One l i g h t i.l.llur!ii~atcs the zero, ;I& 3lie other 1803 from t h e s e m mark. e r a l montIis.

This i s particul,-.rly t rue i f

A d m f t i n g mechine rigged with

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Y5e l i g h t s s d n e on thc sca le of the

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[VlISCELLANEOUS

F ~ r k Zoxer t s Largf?lg Attellded ._ I n appreciation of the ban2 concerts given by the ‘J. S. Navy

Band, Colonel U e S. Grant, 3d, IXrector of Sublic Buildings and

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OFF LCER PERSONNEL ; ~ J . D L wmii cwwl'iZs KPYOETI ~i). ___- "L- I 2-2 I I__- -.-

The Pollcviing t ~ p p ~ i . n + m m t s o f IleZiaontsZ. Gff icers arrd S ta Pf were recen51y Each by SJsv31 .,?caJem;; t . i i t hd . t i e s :

Midshipwn Ccmi,ic?xkvr F:ii,,cchan, ld. Y. Rpg. Comdr. L t .Cosdr . T y x , T. E. G r g Fu>. Corndr . 1,ieii tenait fdacK.en>,ie, G.K. J r . Re?. Adjutant l;ieil.tdenz nC, C r q 4. 3. %E. Sig. OFficer Lieut . ( j .;.) MedkLm, 8. C. %?E. Cornmisca.r,.

if I)ob~c1lg r3 . C., Jr. Color Becrer (National) 'I (Regimen t z l )

OffZcer I';irhp:trick, C . C. Rcg.Chief P e t t y Officer

iYL"--__ LTHUZ'!'IOfJ ,"i(TT:-IOI-tL 2 T D .

The follov-In6 C?:ief blrrrrnt onrl. iSnrrmt G f F i COTS heve been w l e c t e d t o take Lpecinl courses of i n n t r a c t i o n i n the c lpsses which convene iit t h e Nmy k'corrl, bdesiGngton9 D. C . nn o r ?bout 5 January, 1931:

(a) ?&vin,?; - Chief Gunner Charles E;. Be-,tner 11 \!. J. rave

Gwner J . 7 . . 1IolloT:ay

(b) Optics - Chief liack;. J. J. Cufdnnt 11 Lrlc 9. Ikss leT

Mcch. C . S. Grover S. G. €!o.re

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7 7 t o r b y Candidatcs Eucices:ful. -

I n July, 3.930, ninety-nine cn l i s t cd lien t ; e x exmined for r m - Six@-nine Tare found crualii'i cd. motion t o var ious warrait grac:es.

Inasmuch as vacancies f o r only f o r t y cundida'ces c x i s t a t t'he prcs- en t time, fo r ty ~ h o made the highest &rage nark o n the cxamin::tiun were iscuez appolntxnents a? of J.6 Octcber, 1930. They a re as folllons:

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MorgCoLn, Sam P. c . !,.m Nhval Tmining StPtinn,Nenyort~,R.I.

Lindeman, Francis l'd. C.6 .Fd. TJ. S. L;. SPN3S Knight, Sei@ ~ . r ~ i c i U . S . S .. 1:'l DCEO B Coo&y, Theodore R. A.F. Icl N: val Aj.r St,ation,Pearl Hzrbor9'T. H.

h o p ? , Charles L. Q . id. I.cl u. I$. L. i@YJS;TOOfC Lamon, Jacob F. S .LI . " I .~C~ U,S.S. BFV;?,PA

Pointer , P a u l IF. C.R.i.il. u. s. P. I!Ii;3L

I Reynolds, Carl 3'. Tq.T.2.1 cl

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The selectAon o f qiii2lified mon i s made i n accordance mith the l e r g t h of conttnuous s e ~ sr.rv'ce s ince l e ~ t tour of shore duty, o r s i cce first ed.istroentf Or reei?lictrncnt, a f te r broken service. This i s a fa i r a i d i m y x r t i : > l s y s t e~ i aid csnuot be deviated Ervm beeewe of personal. o r family reasons.

The rccrui t i n g duty e1-igib.jXty l i s t contains t h e names of spproxim:itel.y 890 crui+,ing dinty c a c h year . As mn;. appl ica t ions are received from rnen irnmedia?,elg u ~ o n the cmiy.le tior! of t h e rninimm amount of sea serv ice necessr'ry f o r eligibi.1-ity, it i s obvious t h a t inen iicving less t h n 8 years ' ses serv ice have a very e l i g h t opportunity f o r d e t a i l . therraore, t h i s oprostuni-ty va r i e s vri-i.,h the sts-t ion a t which r e c r u i t i n g duty i s desired. on the writi.ng l i s t :or t h e Rccmlitkng S ta t ion , Los Angeles, who has 18 years' sea serv.i_ce t o h i s c r e d i t . ,;hen i t i s r ea l i zed t h a t there are o t h m s who have 1 2 or rwre yccrs service, t he E t i t i J i t , ! r o f mcn who have complcted tiic rd.ni1iiupi amount oi" such sei-vic:e I n securing ear ly d e t a i l m i x t be a p p r e n t .

men, of v;hom less than 250 EPC: assigned. t o re-

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S o w auntiie agc t h x e T'FS esteb2ished a t the Naval Training Sta t ion , Hampton 1k.adr, 5 class f o r Officers' Codrs and Stewards, Tm OY t h e e c f ~ s s e s lave ;pduaC,ed from t l ia t school. foimd t h n t +,he s t?ndard of q u - l i f i c r tiqris of t1.e cooks 2nd s t e w r d s i s renar2abJ.y low. T h i s i s not unexpected, but en examination i n t o jmt how 1 . 0 ~ t h e i r q u a l i f i c a t h n s arc siigges ts t h a t a rte:onaLle amouns, 01' a t t e n t i o n t o cer tc i i i eicmentayy reqii ircnents ~ o i i i d enable these rat inf-3 t o serve tk,e officei 'st messes b e t t e r . rnen are eo compIetel:r l ack ing i n .the elcmerit,s of c.r.ithnettic that , they a re q u i t e unable t o keep any ?:in3 of accounts. l e a s t one case of e m n vho co:rlJ not even coimt Lis mney when he \;as p i id . haw inuch of the var ious Ingset3ieni;s t o :;ut, i n t o a b,ztch of dmgh m d e from n rccipc ?+en the 3 ize o f t h e batch IKS iiot the s i z e given i n the recipe. but i t c r m u t 5e doubt,ed tk t they w u l d be ab1.e t o serve t h e i r messes wi th greater ccoiiomy i f t;ir*Ly elemsntary f igu r in2 nccecstlry t o Peep track of ~ f - ~ o c i ' , t o cs t imate quantities and t o hsnille m 0 1 ~ ~ 7 in1,e.lliq:ontly. Off icers ' cooks and s t e w w i s now Leilie prepared x i i l l cgver tkis matter, and i.n t he meant im *;liere shoinid iie no d i f f i c u l t y i n f inding :;uit,sble i n s t r u c t o r s i n Fr i th i le t ic on boarti sh ip ,

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