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BuFeau o f Mavlaation News Bulle~5n No. 30, :i The Bureau .requests.^;hat this Bulletin be @veri free c l r oulation among -officers -and that i t e q .of interest be puolisL,mi-s B u l i e t i n -ic<gg c a n f i d m t ' n ~ and 'he enlisted personnela m W be destroyed"at -the. disoret3or of-the Comupnding 0 __ __structive suggestions _for improverrent will be aonrecinted-

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the applicant has)a_good record and shows aptitudc for In add1tion- the q p l i c a n t should possess an'elemeatary knowledge of- arithmetic and should be able t o do simple pqblems i n addition, su'$raation, d i v i s?.o II, mu1t i p1ic at ion , cans e_ll at Z-0 n decimal 8 , s imp1e He should 3e able -to read, s p e l l and prcpoytiQn, etc, w r i t e EngJish-iT3.th.8 f_air degree-of a b i l i t y and i n general shou1.d -poseesg the. eguivalent o f .a grammar school ediication i n these ,subjects, Befo-re recpmmending a cand i d a t e t o - ~a tred-e-school h e should be-given a w r i t t e n t e s t to dete-in-e- his -abA>ity 3 s -se.t-_f_rG. above, 2- rSU$lSSS the applicant -i-e_qualified requests f-or details t o trade schools qk;ould got-hq forwarded. the rating, desi re&

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Eiscellane-, e a miform r e g u l a t i o n s w l l l %@ j,1cL&d i n t h e neak f u t u r e t o o%&e dl s t i n g v i s h i n g narks ??W bs: "$Un d i r e c t o r F o i n t e r s " and "pSl T@l$e f i n d e r o p e r a t o r s " . clutlined i n S e c r e t a r y o f t h e Navyfs l e t t e r , f i l e clp-L? (45242) Ithe farmer w i l l :7eai t h e "gun FOinterS 21393-7402, of 19 June J.923. mark" and t h e l a t t e r t h e " f i r e c o n t r o l men" s4ecially mark as a d i s t i n m i s h i n g mark.

The B l u e j a c k e t s Zanual has been r e v i s e d and i s now at t h e Government P r i n t i n g Office, I t w i l l probably be about. s i x months b e f o r e i t i s i s s u e d t o t h e Service, The r e v i s i o n o f t h e Boat Book w i l l be stclrted about January 1, 1924. This r e v i s i o n i s made necessary because o f many chsnges rin Corcmunications , Office o f Naval QpemtzLons.

The Shlp and Gun Drills bas b e e o x w i s e d and t h e f i n a l proof now ready f o r t h e S e c r e t a r y ' s signature. I t will probably be about s i x months b e f o r e i t i s issued to. tfia S e r v i c e .

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The T r a n s p o r t a t i o n Section i s flooded n i t h correspondencc, b o t h o f f i c i a l and u n o f f i c i a l , fron o f f i c e r s naking r e q u e s t s f o r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n 0 2 persons o t h e r than l e g a l dependents, The Bureau d e s i r e s t o be as l i b e r a l 3s p o s s i b l e i n a f f o r d i n g t r a n s p o r t a t i o n t o t h e f m i l i e s o f o f f i c e r s , and especial137 d e s i r e s t o accorrmdate t h o s e , o t h e r than t h e l e g a l dependents o f o f f i c e r s , who permanently r e s i d e v i t h t h e o f f i c e r ' s f a x i l y .

On every w i l i n g , p r a c t i c a l l y .ill space i s r e q u i r e d f o r o f f i c i a l t r a v e l .

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There a r e no f x i l i t i e s on bosrd any n a v a l v e s s e l s f o r t r a n s p o r t i n g c o l o r e d female s e r v a n t s , snd none f o r white s e r v a n t s u n l e s s the arrang?ment o f space on b o a r d y e m a t s t h e i r t r a v e l i n staterooms With In future4 the t h e families o f o f f i c e r s t o \vhon they zre s t t a c h e d , Bureau mill n o t c o n s i d e r anjj s p p l i c a t i o n s for t r a v e l o f such persons, The next c l a s s i n a v i a t i o n w i l l cunvene 2 January 1924, a t t h e N3val A i r S t a t i o n , Pensacola, Fla. Applications submitted i n accordance w i t h ?art C , Chapter 1, Section 2,, Bureau o f Navigation lIanual should r e s c h t h e Bureau o f Navigation n o t l a t e r than 1 November, 1923.

Captain Alfred Brooks Fry, U,S,Naval Reserve Force, :VhO has been on a c t i v e duty i n t h e o f f l c s of N s v a l Operations f o r some time i n connection with t h e i n s t r u c t i o n , t r a i n i n g and d r i l l i n f f o f t h e Naval Reserve Force, has been r e l i e v e d f r o n such duty at h i s om request. Captain Fry has been appointqd Conmodore; commanding t h e New York Naval S l i l l t i a by t h e Governor of Xkw Y-ark-to s u m Cornmodore R. P, Forshew, mho has be5n r e t i r e d from a c t i v e s e r v i c e i n t h e Naval Reserve Force and Naval Xilitia, Captain Fry has had over 30 y e a r s Lssrvice i n t h e Navy, Naval : : i l i t i a , National Naval Volunteers and N a v a l Reserve Force, snd dis appointment t o a c t i v e s e r v i c e i n t h e fjepartment met w i t h the u n q u a l i f i o d approval o f members o f t h e Naval Beserve Force, and t h e Naval s e r v i c d g e n e r a l l y , Captain Fry found t h a t i t was impossible t o a t t e n d t o h i s d u t i e s as Cormanding O f f i c e r o f t h e N s v a l : 2 i l i t i a o f New Y o r k and 3190 perform active s e r v i c e i n t h e Navy Department in '2ashington. He will be

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suaceeded i n the Office o f Naval Operations by Captain Charles F. Ililackliq, Commanding Officer o f the U, 3, S. CHEYEDYE and Naval Reserve U n i t s at Baltinore, The f o l l o w i n g l e t t e r regaraing promot ions o f o f f i c e r s o f the Naval Reserve Force hap been issued t o t h e Cormandants o f Naval

Districts: " A l l o f f i c e r s mho a r e e n t i t l e d t o confirmation transferrea t.0 Classes 2.and 5 have been confirmed up t o the present d a t e except possibly twenty W,w have n o t as y e t taken the physic01 examinat ion required p r i o r t o conf irmat i b a ,

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'*The Bureau o f navigation has p r a c t i c a l l y completed an examination of t h e records ag.aa$ o f f i c e r s who a r e ent i t l e d t o promotion and examination papers f o r such o f f i c e r e will s h o r t l y be prepared and forwarded t o Commandants who w i l l be instructed i n regard t o the convening o f t h e necessary examining boards. A reasonable amount of time w i l l be allowed o f f i c e r s t o prepare p r i o r t o t h e i r appearance before the exaTining boards; the d e s i r e o f t h e Navy Department being t o examinine as many o f f i c e r s at t h e - & same time as ma&' be possible. '

The Bureau i s assigning Running Xates t o Officers and computing sea service t o determine whether o r n o t they are e l i g i b l e f o r promotion.

Upon complstion o f t h i s task, request w i l l be Fade t o the.Examining Board It is believed that a l l o f f i c e r s will have f o r examination questions, had amgle opportunity t o prepare f o r examination before f i n a l i n s t r u c t i o n s regarding the examination.we issued, The Bureau expects t o issue i n - t h e near f u t u r e copies o f navy Department General Orders _Navy Regul;lgilons and Bureau o f Navigation Uanual t o a13 Dfficers of Cl.asaes 1.,2 and 5 o f the Naval Reserve Force,

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officers and that itenis of intl;rc.st be p b l i s h c d to J c o n f i d m t i a l an2 m y ConstrLmat t h e discretion of the GmianJing Cificar,

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Extensions Re-enlistment & Extension Expiration of 3iqlisCmt;nt dir E*enslons

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-2BUREAU OF N,iirIGlfIOi\3 NElJS 33LUTLfJ NO, 31 {continued) I _ _ . _ .

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b o n g t h e r a t t o r s d i s c u s s e d were: PROMOTION OF SNLISTED Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LIB : It a p p e a r s t h a t t h e r e h a s b w n some dclay by t h e Bureau of iilavigation i n a c t i n g on recommendations made by v e s s e l s a f l o a t i n r e g a r d t o t h e promotion of u n l i s t c r i nien, After thorough c o n s i d e r a t i o i l it was decided t h a t i n oriicr t o p r e v e n t any delay a quota wou1.d be a s s i g n e d t h e v a r i o u s cornoands o f t h e YJavy, both a s h o r e and a f l o a t , f o r each q u a r t e r .

The cornanding o f f i c e r s of t h e s e cornrands ,!auld t h e n inmediatoly, upon r e c e i v i n g t h e recommendations and cvidences of p r o p e r q u a l i f i c a t i o n , a s s i g n promotions, P;ZOCZDUr?E i n Z G & E

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A d e c i s i o n was reached by t h e S e c r e t a r y t h a t t h i s ratter should be r u f e r r o d t o t h e General Board f o r reconunendation, The General E o x d i s f u r t h c r t o rrnko recommend a t i o n t o t h e S e c r e t a r y r e l a t i v e t o l e g i s l a t i o n which would g i v e comanding o f f i c c r s m0i-t: au-thority i n the punishment of men i n t h e way of f i n e s , t h e idsa being t h a t t h e p r e s e n t Deck Court, by which a j u n i o r o f f i c e r on a s h i p nay a s s i g n a punishment i n v o l v i n g f i n e s t o dn m l i s t e d nan wheruas t h c c a p t a i n has no such a u t h o r i t y , should be changed, It i s b e l i e v e d t l i m t i n many cases a pmishmont, s ~ c has a Tine, a d m i n i s t e r e d immediately upon t h e comrnission of an offense a g a i n s t t h e d i s c i p l i n e of t h e Navy would have much more b e n e f i c i a l effect t h a n a h e a v i e r punishment a d m i n i s t e r e d by a c o u r t , and there would also be a g r e a t advantage t h a t t h e time t a k e n up by t h e c o u r t would be avoided, WAR-TIME: UNIFORMS : There is c o n s i d e r a b l e complaint about t h e q u a l i t y The s t o c k on hand a t t h a of the p r e s e n t uniform of t h e t t n l i s t c d men. p r e s e n t time i s very largely war s t o c k , and in many cases i s m d e up of inferior m a t e r i a l whicb does not wear v r d l and which s h r i n k s and changes i t s color, t h u s making it nlrnost impossiblo f o r an e n l i s t e d man t o have a good-looking uniform from r a k e r i a l f u r n i s h e d from t h o A d e c i s i o n was This a p p l i e s only t o t h e b l u e uniform.

Government. reached t h a t a r c p r c s c n t a t i v e of t h e Bureau of Navigation and one from t h e Bureau of Supplios and Accounts shoxlcl m k e a thorough i n v c s t i g a t i o n of t h i s r a t t o r and submit f u l l r e p o r t t o thc S e c r e t a r y of t h e Navy with recommendations as t o a c t i o n which s h o u l d be taken t o b r i n g about b e n e f i c i a l r e s u l t s .

HATJDLIDI!2 OF ENLZSTZD IiEN : This very important q u e s t i o n was discussed X d m i s i o n was rsnchud t h a t t h e Bureau of Navigation q u i t e thoroughly. should e x p e d i t e i t s work i n g e t t i n g up i t s courses of i n s t r u c t i o n on t h i s important s u b j c c t , This work i s now w o l l undsr way by t h e Training D i v i s i o n of t h e Bureau of iiavigntion,

COIFORT OF 8NLISTED IdEhE; The q u o s t i o n of more p r o v i s i o n f o r com-

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e s p e c i a l a t t c n t i o n bGing given t o thi: quusfion or" propei.. s l m i l i n g f a c i l i t i e s and p r o p e r mmns fos stowing c l o t h i n g of e n l i s t e d mcn.

A p p l i c a t i o n s w i l l be consiiicred f r o m Members of t h o Kava1 Academy Class of 1922 f o r assignment t o i n s t r u c t i o n i n i ? a V a l ConApplicas t r u c t i o n P r e l i m i n a r y t o t r a n s f e r t o Construction Corps, t i o n s must be r e c e i v e d p r i o r t o 1 October 1923, There i s p u b l i s h e d below a t a b l e showing t h e percentage. of re-enlistments by grades f o r t h o calendar y u a r t o d a t e , The Bureau i s much p l e a s e d w i t h t h e large i n c r e a s e of r e - o n l i s t n o n t s reported f o r t h e month of August,

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Petty Officers 83.6 Officers IC. 62.0 O f f i c e r s 2c.

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42,Q Scar 1c.F.lc. & B,h.lc.44.7 6?,3 Sea.2c,F.2ce& H.L2ct A.S. & F.3c.

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FAILURS t o SSND TRANSCRIPT OF SZRVIG RECORD with RiCObDJICNDATIOk~S for UDVdJJCEFfL24T To C H E F PXTY OFFICER RATITIGS. Many recomaienzations and r o p o r t s of examination f o r Chiaf P u t t y Officer r a t i n g s d r e r e c e i v e d i n t h o Bureau without Form N,iJav*21 as r C q U l r c G

by A r t i c l e D4140 ( c ) Bureau ivhnual, T h i s n o c o s s i t n t u s a r e q w s t f r o m t h e Bureau f o r t h i s form and a d d a y of one or two months i n p l a c i n g a man on t h o e l i g i b i l i t y l i s t , and i n some c a s e s an o q u i v a l e n t delay i n F a i l u r e t o forward t h i s form t h e promotion o f thd man concerned. i n c r o a s o s t h e c l e r i c a l work i n t h e Buroau; and commanding o f f i c e r s should e x e r c i s e g r e a t e r c a r e i n forwarding r e p o r t s of Gxanin3tion f o r advancemen% t o c h i e f p&ty o f f i c c r r a t i n g s , accornpaniod by t r a n s c r i p t of c u r r e n t s e r v i c e record on form fJ,Nav,21.

The Bureau has a u t h o r i z e d Supplies and Acoounts t o supplY cap ribbons with W. S,Naval T r a i n i n g S t a t i o n " wovm on thcm t o T r a i n i n g S t a t i o n s as soon as t h e supply of W,S,Navyff cap ribbons is exhausted,