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6 December 1922 B u r a u cf N v i g a t i o n News Bulletin !be99,

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CQnRressional F e a r i n e l Cmgress i o n a l hearings on personnel of t h e G v y b y e b e e n completed by t h e Eourse I\Ltvfai Committee. The BureauFs data was c a r e f u l l y examined a n d seems t o nave m e t w i t h t h e approval of t h e Committee.

There a r e no ind i o a t i o n s t h a t t h e authorized s t r e n g t n of the S y y i n e i t h e r commissioned or e n l i s t e d p e r s m n e l w i l i be changed this year.

2, Trwwportatiqm., The Bureau is gratified by t h e savings e f f e c t e d under t r a n s p o r t a t i o n by the e x c e l l e n t c o o p e r a t i o n of t h e A t l a n t i c and a c i f i c Fleets i n t h e r e d u c t i o n of t r a v e l by O o m m c @ r c i ~ l Carriers and t h e u t i l i z a t i o n of government v e s s e l s whenever possible.

3, Men on ReLmAtiiw C u . 5 ~ The number o f men on r e c r u i t i n g duty due t o $0 t o sea before the 1st of Jznuary 1924 i s only 142. The Bureau Ms now on its I r e l i g i b l e l i s t " t h e mmes of a b a r t 230 men who have r e q c est Ed r e c r u i t i n g duty, and m ry more r e q u e s t s have b e e n r e c e i v e d . %e f o l l o w i ~t a b l e gives the p r o s p e c t i v e vacancies a.nd approved applications :

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Enlisted Personnel f o r Fbcific F l e e t : The HENDL%SON s a i l e d f r o m &rrpton Roads on 28 November with 13CO new seamen, second c l a s s , f o r assignment by t h e Com.ander-in-&ief N c i f i c P a t ; n l s o , 50 e n l i s t e d men of miscellaneous q t i n g s and 150 msrines. This w i l l b r i n g t h e P a c i f i c Fleet up t o complement i n number, b a t probably n o t i n propw ratings

5, Permanent Amointrnerks f o r Chief Petty Officers: A t present, there are 4proxinately 260 applicaations on f i l e f o r advdncamerrt from Rcting appointniert of Chid P e t t y Officers t o permanent a p i n t m e r k .

The Bureau i s engaged i n c a r e f u l l y c o n s i d e r i n g these v a r i o u s recommendations with a view t o i s s u i n g a p p s x i n ; a t e l y 250 permanent appointments t o Chief P e t t y Officers on 1 January 1923.

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A a i c l e s ou' t k e ikvv f o r ? n b l & c a t i o n : R e q u e s h come i n from time t o t i m e t o t h e 1 4 3 ~R e c r u i t i n g Bureau from v a r i o u s To meek t h i s d e m n d p u b l i c a t i o n s f o r articles p e r t a i n i n g t o t h e lbvy. the p e r s o n n e l of t h e S e r v i c e i s i n v i t e d t o submit manuecripts d e a l i n g with s u b j e c t s of i k v a l i n t e r e s t .

These m m s c r i p t s w i l l be subrr.itted t o such j o w w l s as seem t o p r o v i d e a m o s t l i k e l y market, and i f pryrnent i s secure& f o r tkem, t h e writer w i l l be reimbursed.

The s d j e c t s of such a r t i c l e s c a n be a h o s t h n y t h i q p e r t a i n i n g t o t h e K~vvy, b u t they should be w r i t t e n s o t h a t t h e a v e r a g e lay reader w l l l f i n d -&ern i n teresting.

Gunnery coIc$etitions, a t h l e t i c s , t r a v e l s , i n t e r e s t i n g i n c i d e n t s r e v e a l i n g touches of human n a t u r e , new f e a t u r e s of t h e e l e c t r i c d r i v e , rad!o, a e r o n a u t i c s , Diesel e q i n e s , s u b m r i n e s , a t c . a l l have a g r e a t i n t e r e s t f o r t h e p u b l i c , and i f w r i t t e n up and i l l u s t r a t e d with photographs mke s a l a b l e a r t i c l e s .

It can not be promised t h a t manuscripts w i l l be placed b u t every e f f o r t w i l l be made t o d o so and a s New Y w k a f f o r d s t h e b i g g e s t l i t e r a r y niarket, s n d a s t h e R e c r u i t i n g Burehu kee2s i n touch with t h e v a r i o u s p u b l i c s t i o n s , a writer w i l l have t h e b e s t opportunity i n t h i s way t o succaed with h i s work. @I r u s c r i p t s should be sent t o t h e ;)ff'icer-in-Charge, kvy Recrui-tinE, Burequ, New York C i k y . i n t h i s connectim Rttention i s i n v i t e a t o General Orders No. 46 of 20 My 1921 and Tfo. 80 of 25 Februa r y 1922.

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The k t o b e r e d u c a t i o n a l r e p o r t OKIHHOW n o i e s t h e following:

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Number of Ken e n r o l l e d . .

Assignments completed Subjects completed Courses completed A d d i t i o n a l enrollments..

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Bwew of I k v i , a t i o n c i r c u l a r l e t t e r 41-22 of 7 September 1922 d r e w t h e a t t e n t i o n of t h e Service t o Havy Study Conrses a s a n slid t o Commanding Officers.

The Bureau b e l i e v e s t h a t t h e t e c h n i c & l t r a i n i n ; : given e n l i s t e d p e r s o n n e l of t h e OKWHONlii will undod~teC3.y j-ncrekse t h z i r prof i c i e n c y i n t h e i r Naval d u t i e s .

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Motion F i c t u r e s .

Mr. Eugene J, Zukor of t h e Ihmous Players-Lasky Motion P i c t u r e Corporation r e c e n t l y vj s i t e d tine k v y Motion P i c t u r e Bureau a t Brooklyn, Rnd ';he following i s quote?. f r o m a l e t t e r which h e wrote t o t h e Cornrandant of t h e Navy Yard.

"It i s h a r d l y possible t o i m g i n e s o Gii,an"lic a n ins t i t u t i o n e x i s t i y a s .art of our &vj.

Tile eik'iciency of this o r g a n i z a t i o n i s iridzec! note-worthy, 2s L?ese r e n have not had t k e corrqercial experience su necessary i n bur inciuswy end i n s p i t e of t F i s obstacle, built 117 a n o t i m ;picture excFringe l a r g e r e m equal!y 8 s e f l i c i e n t a s an;. e x i s t i n , i n f ~ ceo m e r ciai f i e l d sild one t h a t zriy r.,otion pict.u,*e corgor - t i m would se proua of.^ the Bureau a:*

Bir. Z.&or's 1ette;- is a S O ~ L I ' C c;f ~ n.uck g r a t i f i c a t i o n t o i s gubiisherl f o r tne infomation o f t5e Service.

-2Requests were r e c e i v e d from Yokohorm, C o n s t h n t i n o p l e , t h e Yar$ze h t r o l , Coco Solo, C a v i t e , as w e l l as Iroii every t y p e of s h i p a r d s t a t i o n i n the v i c i n i t y of t f i e United S t 3 t e s .

3. h e c r u i t , : Iast week was the y e a r ' s bil;C:est week with 8 brand t o t a l o f 1079 r e c r u i t s . The A t l a n t a D i s t r i c t e s t a b l i k e d t h e b e s t r e c o r d of t h e y e a r w i t h 72 f i r s t e n l i s t m e r r l ; ~ .

AS a n experiment, t h e Bureau Ruthor.ized the FULTON, BUSHNl3LL and Submarine D i v i s l o n Four t o r e c r u i t and. mske f i r s t e n l i s t m e n t s t h e same a s r e c r u i t i n g s t ' i t i o n s . The experiment aac n o t s u c c e s s f u l . This emphasizes t h e f ~ c kt h z t r e c r u i t i n g i s a s p e c i n i t y r e q u i r i n g s p e c i a l l y t r a i n e d men and. o f f i c e r s ,

Vith 4800 e x p i r a t i o n s of e n l i s t m e n t t h i s month t h e R e c r u i t i n g S e r v i c e i s working day a m n i & t t o meet t h e Z e f i c i e n c y . The mvy i s only 496 men short of i t s a l l o t t e d s t r e r g t h . The Army i s a b o u t 7000 men below i t s a l l o t t e d s t r e q t h an indication of e x i s t i n g difficulties i n r e c r u i ti%.

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The Navy i n t k e Near Ezst: It i s L'esired b r i e f l y t o a c q u a i n t t h e S e r v i c e a t l a r g e w i t h t h e e x c e l l e n t work of t h e &vy d u r i n g t h e r e c e n t Near B s t Crisis.

The Department has been i n r e c e i p t of most f l a t t e r i n g letters from nany s o u r c e s , i n c l u d i n g t h e P r e s i L e n t o f t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l College a t Smyr#, t h e P r e s i d e n t of t h e Standard Oil Conpany of New York, Federated American Chambers of Commerce o f the Kear k s t , t h e S e n i o r B r i t i s h riaval Officer i n Turkish Waters, a d our own S t a t e Department, commending i n t h e h i b h e s t terms our o f f i c e r s a m men f o r t h e i r e f f i c i e n t and e f f e c t i v e p r o t e c t i o n of America n lives a nd p roperty and i e s c r i b i n g i n cietail t h e g e r e r a l r e l i e f work m d e p o s s i b l e a t smyrna anc? o t h e r p o i n t s by t h e p r e s e m e of o u r ~ W v n lf o r c e s .

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Midshipmen a t 1Nita.l Academy: i n tb *val B i l l now b e f o r e Congress:

The f o l l o ~ & n gp r o v i s o a p p e a r s

'That no part of t h i s a p p r o p r i a t i o n b h a l l b e a v a i l a b l e f o r t h e pay of any midshiprEin whose aiimission, subsequent t o t h e c l a s s e d e r i n g t h e Naval Academy n e x t a f t e r t h e w p r ' a v a l of t h i s Act, would r e s u l t i n exceecing a t any time a n allowance of t h r e e midshipmen f o r e a c h Sendtor, R e p r e s e n t a t i v e , and Delegate i n Congress: of one midshipmn f o r P o r t o Rico, 8 m t i v e of t h e I s l a n d , appointecc on nomina of t h e governor,

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and o f one niicshipran from P o r t o Rico, a p p o i n t e d on nomination of t h e R e s i d e n t Com,issioner ; arid o f two m i d s k i p e n f 0;- the 3istrict. o f Columbia : Provided f u r t h e r , That no&iiig h e r e i n shall be c o n s t r u e a t o repehl or riiodif'y i n any way e x i s t i n : : levas r e l a t i v e t o the appointne rf, of midshipmen a t large or frcm t h e enlisted p,?rsonnel ?f the naval s e r v i c e . ' '

"his i s i n accorda m e vi t% t h e r e c o m e n a a t i o n of t h e Chief of Btireau of i b v i g a t i o n

-2R e p o r t s from v e s s e l s w i t h t h i s t y p e compass indicate s a t i s f n c t o r y performance w i t h o u t e x p e r t s u n e r v i s i o n , aiu t i i u L L ~ AZ dnt from e i t h e r t h e t u r b o generator- OT s f i i p * s supply c a n b e V P w~i t h o u t any a p p r e c i a b l e change i n t h e compass hending, The Commanding O f f i c e r of t h e JOHN D. PORD d u r i n g a typhoon off Shantung Promontory on September 3 , 1922, barometer 2 9 . 2 2 , wind f o r c e 10-11, r e p o r t s a s follows: t"Ihe a c t i o n of t h e Sperry Yark V I gyro d u r i n g t h e typhoon of September 3-4, combined w i t h i t s very credita b l e performance over a p e r i o d of s e v e r a l months under v a r i o a s c o n d i t i o n s of se-rvice, has Gonvinced t h e Conmanding O f f i c e r t h a b the compass i s e f f i c i e n t and r e l i a b l e and a p p l i c a b l e t o t h e needs o f a d e s t r o y e r i n war."

S i m e t h e i n a t a l l a t i o n of t h i s compass on t h e JOHN D. PGXD, t h a t vessel h a s c r u i s e d a p p r o x i m t e l y 16,000 miles d u r i n g which time s h e weathered a s t r c n g s o u t x e s t monsoon witnout Yne c o m p s s d e v i a t i n g a p p r e c i a b l y from t h e rderiGan, R e p o r t s from t h e Commmding Officer of t h e MTIEERT i n ccmpafiy w i t h t h e FORD, iridic:Ate s a t i s f e c t o r y perforrmncc of Spsrry M2i-k V i c,mpass.

Durilzg t h i s e x t e n s i v e c r u i s i n g , t h e maximum error of t h e C O K ~ I ~ Swas S 2 degzees e x c e p t on two occasions one dae t p fsu:-i;y b a h r , c e cr.Ci one t o a s h o r t c i r c a i t , which f a u l t s were remedied without d i f f i c u l t y ,

The Chief Knd O f f i c e r s of t h e Bure u extend t o t h e S e r v i c e c o r d i s l C h r i s t n a s g r e e t i n g s and b e s t wishes l o r t h e New Year.

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Sl2ip.s' Newspaper&: The Senate Ntm.2 B3411f. O A P ~ P &# e~ ~ SallWner. proviso, which wa.8 recornended by the Bmmu of Pi$vi@tionr I

"Provided further that s h i p s ' newspapers are authcriead tie be published on boarib ship as heretofore under such regtllatfsns as the Secretary of t b Navy my prescribe."

If this p a s e a both Iiouses 4nd becanes 4 14w netasp%persRsay &gain tm p u b l i s h & on bwrd ship. Qpon pas-@ of t h e A c t , +,he Department w i l l issue instritctions governing t h e publication of skips' :+perls, .

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Radio Bearings: The Eyarographic O f f i c e has p r i n t e d on the back of Nor2h 4'ktbntiLc. and Central American W t e r s Pilot Charts f o r January and t h e North P d c i i S c and lndian Ocean Pilot Ch'liirts f o r February a Radio BeLrlrg Con-rers i o n Diagram developed ty Comagder is diagram i?, C. h h r t i n , U . S . k v y , of the HydrograFhic Office. w i l l also be i s s u e d a s H. 0. Chart No. 5193.

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The purpose of t h i s diagram is to e a s i l y c o n v e r t the r a d i o or t r u e b e a r i n g which i s r e c e i v e d by the v e s s e l i n t p R mer%tor b e w i n g S O t h a t it m y be l a i d down by t h e navigate;. in t h e o r d i n a r y way, t h u s a l l o w i n g h i m t o d i s p e n s e with t e d i o u s i n t e r p c l a t i o n s from tables o r %a diagram g i v e s a t once withcomwL&tion t o o b t a i n t h i s c o r r e c t i o n . o u t any o t h e r s p e c i a l f a c i l i t i e s just what i s ne'zded, hence m k i n g any This a v a j - l a b l e mercator c h a r t good for p l o t t i n g of r a d i o b e a r i n g s . r e n d e r s t h e a p p l i c a t i o n of this v a l a b l e a i d t o n a v i g a t i o n w i t h i n t h e r e a c h of all m a r i n e r s r e g a r d l e s s of whether or n o t t h e y c a r r y a s p e c i a l l y c o n s t r u c t e d s e t of r a d i o compass charts.

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Sonic Survey. West Coast: The U. S. S, BULL and CORRY completed, on December 22, a s o n i c survey of t h e West Cmst of t h e United S t a t e s , f r o m P o i n t Descanso, Mexico, t o Sin r'rlincisco.

Lines of soundings were run a t f i v e m i l e i n t e r v a l s from the hundred fathom c u r v e t o the f l o o r of t h e P a c i f i c , from Point Descanso t o P o i n t Conception.

Prom P o i n t Conception t o & n F r a n c i s c o , the l i n e s of soundings were ; a t ten m i l e intervals.

I n all 6800 miles of soundings wzre t a k e n a n d it i s r e p o r t e d thst s e v e r a l uncharted banks were d i s c c v e r e d .

The sounding o p e r a t i o n s were conducted u?on request of the Carnegie I n s t i t u t e of Washington t o be used i n c o n n e c t i o n