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this letter, but Bureau of Navigation, Navy Oopsr!nfnt, Washington, 0.C. P-

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N A W DEPARTMENT

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION WASHINGTON. D. C.

3 July 3.9234 Bureau of Navigation Mews Bulletin So. 2?r

( I t i s requestet! t h a t t h e Noms B u l l e t i n be circulntaa among a l l o f f i c e r s and t h a t item of i n t e r e s t t o e n l i s t e d men be published t o them).

1 . Recruiting: 269 Canvassers a t 28 Recruiting Stations were The requested t o state t h e reasons why recruiting has f a l l o n off. reasons given, w i t h t h e precentnge of Canvassers reporting some, are as f o f l i w s : 84.4$ Scarcity of k b o r and high'.pay in civil life: Four-year enlistment t o o long: 37.5% Disgruntled ex-scrvice man's reports preventing first e n l i s t ments: 28.2% Parents objcctions: I?. 1% Physical requirements t o o high: lL9$ Bo Trade Schad G u m t o e : 5.6% Other prominent reasons assigned were dependency cut13 i n a b i l i t y furnish satisfactory cvisence of birth.

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Desertion reports received i n the Bureau on Friday, June 15th, This exceeded t h e f i r s t enlistments f o r t h a t date by 57; t o t a l l e d 127.

...................83074 2926 .....29282

Total strength 28 dune Shortage.

1st. enlistments since 1 July 1922...

Deductions due t o underage and physical

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Total 1st. enlistments,weok ending 28 June.....

506 Ro-cnlistmerrts waek ending 28 Junc..83 Extensions..

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590

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Education and Trzining: P r z c t i c a l l y one t h i r d of the e n t i r e s t a t i o n complement a t t h e N z v a l Air Station, Pensacoh, F l G are enrolled During t h e month of May an average Of i n the Navy Education System. more than one assignment per ran cnrollcd was completed.

-2Tho Bureau anneunces t h c t t h o follorring acklitionnl coursos arc

now available upon rcqucst t o thc B w s ~ uof Hnvigation.

1, B o i l e r Care and R3pair, prepared by t h e Bureau of Engineering.

2. Plicrrr!acy, prepared by Burccu of MeCLcine and Surgery, 3, Geography.

4, c i t i z e n s h i p .

Reports rccoivcd from t h c Comander-in-Chief , U. S, F h c t on c o m m i e a t i o n s i n gcneral have r a t ~ ~ r i c i i laided y t h e Training Division i n r e v i s i n g i t s r a d i o school curriculum.

Attachcd t o a requcst from one of t h e s h i p s for t h e Bureau's on h r s o n s Turbines i s t h e f o i l o w i n g rmark.

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"Th3 Bureau's Courses on Curtis Turbines nnd B o i l e r s , previousl y received hzvc bccn t a k e n up, striuicd and discussed by t h e Engineers Force i:ith obvicus imyovement i n opcrntion cad a more i n t e l l i g c n t i n t e r e s t i n thc m x h l n e r y r e s u l t i n g in a higher engineering e f f i c i e n c y of t n i s v e s s e l . " O f f i c i d correspondence i z s t i U coning i n t h e Burezu addressed t o t h e 'Morale Divisionll ami Gixti.1 Division", notwithst;nding t h e f a c t that WliaJ3iiriai.w EO Loneor exists as i n d i c a t e d i n Bun;v, Circular Lettcr $23-23.

The c o r r e c t nzme i s ITrnining Division".

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M&s-?c1!m,cous: T3e S e l e c t i o n Bo:& f o r t h c promotion o f o f f i c o r s of t h e Line 0: t h e llnvy of t h e graJes o f Czptciin, Comxnder m c l Lieutenant Corn-nnder to thc n e x t hjg:icr grq6.e r e s p c c t i v c i y , w i l l meet i n t h e Mavy Depzrtment on July 9 , 1923 cnd w i l l bc composed of ';he f o l l o v i n g rimed officers: Admirzl R,E,Coont,z, USN. R , l d m i r a l C, S.:Villians, USN. f1 Joseph S t m u s s , USIG'.

I! Vi. R. S;ioenaker, US3.

It N, A, ?*4?cr=ull y , urn.

19 12. E. Robertson, USN, tt R. H.Jnc:kscn, USN. 11 B .E',:IuLchison, USN. It n i,P.Mzgruder, USN.

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On 20 August 1923, competctive examin-kions w i l l be conducted f o r t h e appointment of 7 2 Cmncrs ( o r d x n c e ) , 29 Gwncrs ( e l c c t r i c n l ) , This exnmin-tion is n o t only open t o chief a d 58 Gunners ( r a d i o ) . p e t t y o f f i c e r s , b u t also t o p e t t y o f f i c e r s f i r s t class. In view of t h e small- nuIi.ber of appliccLtions received s o f a r , Corrmmding O f f i c e r s a r e requested t o give t h i s exm.h-.ticn 2 s much p-iblicity as possible.

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Bureau of Nzvigation News B u l l e t i n KO, 27 (Continued)

- 3 I n s t r u c t i o n s relating t o t h e praliminary exnminction are cont z i n e d i n the Bureau's Circular l e t t o r 31-23 of 10 k y 1923,

The following i s the p r e s e n t nurcber of a p p l i c a n t s f o r t h e Pharmacists and t h e Gunners examinations:

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VICanc ie s Pharroacists Gunners ( ordnnnce) Gunners ( r a d i o ) Gunners ( e l e c t r i c a l )

--Dcpt. Distribution I to X inclusive

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