Ah192310

BWl?EkU OF NAVIGATION NEVB BULLETIW NO 32.

The Bureau requests t h a t this B u l l e t i n be given f r e e c i r c u l h t i o n among o f f i c e r s and t h a t items o f i n t e r e s t be puhlishecl t o t h e e n l i s t e d personnel, This B u l l e t i n i s NOy c o n f i d e n t i a l an3 may be des+vroye&at t h e d i s o r e t i o n o f t h e Comnndiag Officer, Construct i v e suggestiofis f o r improvement Wi11 be appreciated.

The Bureau i s receiving rsgnlar repoFts f r o m t h e Training S t a .

1, t i o n s , tvh$rh i n d i c a t e a very satisfaetJiy qv.alfty in t h e recsuTts now being reGeived, For exanple, 1044 r e c r u i t s were r e c e i w l at the Newprt TPra%niagStation batween 1.7 iP~gust a t ~ d28 September 19273; of t h i s nrm3er 987 were manifestly desirabze and 14 physically w f i t ; 43 were r e l a t i v e l y undesirable, The Commagdants o f the Training S t a t i o n s a r e mak.i.ng p a r t i c u l a r e f f o r t s t o Feaove t h e r e l a t i v e l y undesirable f e a t n r e s o f these men, m-d a good many o f them make good, Those physically ixdsvelopsd a�e Where minor given &siea1 exercise and watched over caref’ul73,: operations a r e involved, such as phimosis, these operations a r e done. h o t h e r report on the c p a l i t y o f r e c r u i t s received at t h e Training Station, Great Lakes, indicates t h a t 1Z6 r e c r u i t s were reO f t h i s number ceived between 20 September and 30 September, 1923, 128 were manifestly d e s i r a b l e , there were no physically u n f i t , no r e l a t i v e l y milesirable, and only 8 n o t e s p e c i a l l y d e s i r a b l e , The Bureau i s well pleased with t h i s excellent showing on t h e quality o f recruitsr

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That t h e placing o f men 9f PI?OBATfON FOR lNLISTEI) XQ?: 2. t h e service on probation i s often jilstifiecl i s clear1.y shown by t h e following s t a t i s t i c s crampiled by t h e Bureau:

1918 1939

1920 3.921 1922 1923 Average f o r 6 y r s r

54 57 60

08 86 e4

60

79

52

3s d5

.. 61 58

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NO&AR

30 October 1923.

The Bureau requests that this Bulletin Be @mfree circur lation among officer3 end Chat items o f inWstsst be pdbbA&wd t o the ealisteg prsonnel.

9hfs Belfetia i s I@&$ osllPP%bentisPand may be aestroged at the discretion o f the CotmandSng Officer. Constructive Suggestions $or impraoewt will be qp@%igated.

Honb Dischetrge 2,159 Ordtnary ( Bu.for Enl. ) 80 Ordinary {Not Rec. for I%&.)

30 Entitled t o Em. Blq DlScL but extended ml.

4!2 InaptitDidah.

16 Undesirab3.s Dfsch, 361 3ad Conduct Disch.

123 D i shona rable Di ach 68 Medical Survery 103 303 $pee. Order Dimh,

.

Deserted

783

Trmsie3xed, P.LJ.R*

Cmae;ll& Rat itrfgd

2 81

Dbd '

2,948 51

3.076 66

L

B

656

540 49 206

'a

l60 139 82

203 la5 923 53

4,223

,64$

86 527 405

145 59 168100

233 47 4

"JOB 2,575

8 69

42 22

128

16

5 46

10 43

s

ry

4,788

T o t a l Exp, o l Enl, PisoWrgee (En1i s tmen t B u f tha rn extended inelude& as Exp. Znl. Biscrla,) 2,661 3,054 Percentage Eq. of 2hl, D i s h o f total losses

1+617

a?

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G W D TOTAL

6,583 197 20

.63$

70

,

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,

4,465

13,3.16

2,682

e, 397

60&

63%

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The following t a b l e r e l a t i v e t o d e s e r t e r s f o r the f i s c a l year t o 17 October is brought t o the a t t e n t l o n of t h e Service:

Month 3dY August Pept fa 17 Oct.

Total Desert i o n s 703 923 8 69 389

'Met Desert ions

Returned Sur, & Del.

0

Return

147 330

436 593

45 36

456

403 112

53 71

277

This increase i n the number o f d e s e r t e r s returned as indicated i n the Ootober report i s g r a t i f y i n g i n view o f t h e steps that have been taken t o secure men who desert.

It ahould be brought t o the a t t e n t i o n l a r g e p r c e n t a g o o f d e s e r t e r s are returned t o t o t r i a l by aourt-martial.

T h i s information vantage i n checking Pesertlrms by bringing t o men A h a t a6 large a proportion of d e s e r t e r s for t h e offense,

o f all men that t h i s tk s e r v i c e and brought should be usod t o adt h e a t t e n t i o n of t h e a r e brought t o punishment

The fallowing s t a t i s t i c s showing t h o educational t r a i n i n g of e n l i s t e d men per thousand, p r i o r t o e n t e r i n g the Service, i s o f i n t e r e s t as i n d i c a t i n g t h e higher educational q u a l i f i c a t i o n of men no3 being ~ n l itsed : Leas than 7th grade grammar school Finished '1 1) t1 It 6th '1 1) 1' ti 1 yr. high school tI 2 yrs. It 11 I4 3 yr8e It Graduated from If f* 1) and taken higher course

-.

107

-- 125 303 146

-.

-

c

II

138 85 74

22

1000

The a t t e n t i o n of t h e s e r v i a e is c a l l e d t o t h e f a c t that many men a r e discharged whose records show that they are considered qualified for t h e next Pigher r a t i n g and who a r e recommended for reenlistment i n the nest higher r a t i n g , m e s e men n a t u r a l l y apply t o be r e e n l i s t e d i n &he r a t i n g for which reoomrr,ondedand are d i s s a t i s f i e d when they are refused on acoount o f n o t having been examined, 6s there mw be considerabla delay i n examining t h e m e n upon reenlistment and assignment t o duty, they a r e often deprived o f pornotion for which q u a l i f i e d for several months. It is believed that a considerable number o f reenlistments

BOREAU O F N AVIGATI@T

IETIN NO.33 ( c o n t i n u a

a m l o s t in this way, and it is mqYe@tedt h a t particular cape be taken t o examine shortmtlcers who are considered qualified for adomcement.

The follottr2ng l e t t s r frm a high official of the Chfaago and a t o n Railroad Co, t o the Cornandant of the Great Lakes Training Station i s quoted fro IW lafonaation o f ttE service: “ft has been my pleamzre t o have moompanied two partfea o f sailors over tb Chicago and Alton Rail?erhaps it would i n t e r e s t you t o mad from Chlcs$a.

Inasmuch b o w that $he deportment o f these men w a s lo@.

BLB I handled troop trains for se*ral months during the Var I bePieve that I am P &&a Sudge of w h a t constltutea good deportment, bath in the Army and Navy, and I agsure you that never has i t been my pleasure t o accompany a more gentlemanly orowd than these two parties,

“You are to be complimented on the training they must have reoeived, while at Great Lakes, as ilt surely h a s l e f t its impression with the m n as was shorn by their SCt i o n s after leaving Great Lakes Station,fi The Bureau i e pleased and gratified t o receive such an excellent report as this, whioh clearly i n d i c a t e s the high quality and standards of these recruits,

The Bureau has received from Lieut,Comdr, MI S E E MOVS 2 J m L. King, U.S.S. BILLfmGSSEY, an excellent course of instruction, illustrated by colored diagrws, on t h e subject o f refrigeration,

The Bureau appreciates the emellent work done by Lieut, Corn&, King, and the course o f instruction will be incarprated in the N a v Xn a t rue t ion Coursea.

The auademic term at the Naval Academy comenca;tl October 1923 w i t h the largest number o f midshipmen ever a t the Academy a t one time, by classes as fallows:

lst, ClgSS

a.

fi

36.

4th

$1

. .. .. .. .. ., ..

531 ,..,.,501 581

0

885

As a result o f a preliminary examination o f candidates f o r midshipmen from enlieted personnel, the followlag 1s the number that w i l l begin inatmotion on 1 November a t the special prepmatory schools at

BUF@kU OF r:AVIGATIGI? NEWS BULLETIN N0.33

(cont i n u e d l

t A e Naval Training Stations at Haapton Roads, Virg$tlis and San Diego, California:

naval Training Station, Hampton Roads, Va,

............ ,126 .............................. 14

E n l i s t e d Xen of the M avy Llarines

T o t a l C....c,......-.....tE.14Z Kava1 Training Station, 8m

Dieso, Calif,

., ,. ,..+*. 69 ............................. 2

E n l i s t e d tlen o f t h e navy.

Marines,, tot^.

TOT&

p .

.......................71

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,213

The course o f iu@ruction w i l l continue u n t i l 16 April 1924, The one hundred when t h e competitive examination will be held. passing the highest i n the exmination w i l l receive appointments as midshipmen, should that number qualify.

BUREJJ

OF T?AXGATIOX EV$BULLETIS NO, 32 (continued)

N o data i s available t o show percedtage o f men vJho remain

In good standing a f t e r successfully completing period of probation.

3, NISCELL~UTEOUS: If the Navy i s rccruitedup t o the full strength o f 86,OCO by 1 January 1924; and f i is believed i t w i l l be, the following sha:ils the estimated n.;Lrr;er o f recrai:s required t o maintain f u l l strength for the first six nonths o f next calendar year, This neans QUALITY r e c r u i t s ,

January February PiaTch April June TOTAL

1543 1 478 1462

1458 1.62;L__

..,., 9090 P

A t the time o f t h e establishment o f the Navy â‚Źlotion Picture Exchange, t h e Bureau was a b l e t o e n t e r i n t o very advantageous contracts These contracts with p r a c t i c a l l y a11 the b i g rcotion p i c t u r e praducers, have been s o advantageous t o the Navy t h a t l i t t l e o r no p r o f i t has been The Bureau is using every e f f o r t t o increase made by t h e producers, t h e efficiency and entertainment value o f t h e motion p i c t u r e service.

The Exchange has expanded since i t s establishment; improved rcethods o f circulatj-on have been put i n t o e f f e c t : and today p r a c t i c a l l y a l l act i v i t i e s showing m o t i o n p i c t u r e s nse the Havy Exchange,

li?e Bureau has recently inaugurated a system f o r the Furchase of duplicate p r h t s o f all p i c t u r e s obtained, The estimated revenue f c r t h e current f i s c a l year w i l l a l l o w f a r t h e purchase of 20 d-aplicate p r i n t s each rconth.

Heretofore, when 30 s i n g l e p r i n t s were obtained, i t was necessary t o c i r c u l a t e 15 o f these p r i n t s t o t h e a c t i v i t i e s Iiaving cone through on the Atlantic C o a s t and 15 on the Pacific Coast. t h e i r i n i t i a l c i r c u i t s these p r i n t s were usually found t o be physically With duplicate p r i u t s , t h e n m b e r u n f i t f o r f u r t h e r exhibition, of new p i c t u r e s per month i n c i r c u l a t i o n will be increase4 by 5, One b f t h e Largest producers i r r the country has recently informed the Bureau t h a t i t i s unwilling t o renew i t s contract a t i t s expiration next December, T h i s Company complains that some Xavy z c t i v i t i e s are renting t h e i r films f r o m coxmercial exchanges which th.r;rc pbtain an advantage i n p r i c e over the service furnished the Navy *+ by them, and they informed the Bureau that they cannot see t h e i r way c l e a r t o t h i s c o n t b m d loss O f revenue. Every e f f c r t will be ~ a d et o r e n w t h - i s contract, b u t if t n e p - a c t i c e o f r e n t i n g from coD.Jnerc-al agetits d i r e c t '.P n o t d i s c m t i n u e r l , other producers are l i a b l e t o f o l l c w .

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION NEWS BULLEYP-DI NO 32 (continued)

The Bureau has o m s t a n t l y attempted, through various means, t o encourage t h e u s e o f the Navy Xotion Picture Exchange by all Navy and Marine a c t i v i t i e s becanse 1.t is only with wfiole-heas5ed support o f t h e entii’e servicre that the Navy Idotfon Pictinbe Exchange can exist, The g r e a t e r tfie nimber o f Navy act-ivit!-ee that use t h e Exchange, the g r e a t e r w i l l be the revew2e derived and inoreased entertainment will a a t w a l l y f oIlow, Complaints come t o the h r e a u o f the FOOF qr.ality o f the Xavy Movies, but the Bureau doubts whether it wo;lld be possible for the same people t o see as high an order o f piotures night in and Out o f the 45 shows on night out -.. as theNavy can give them, Broadway, t h e present month, 37 have been purchased by t h e Bureau Of Navigation.

4, NLVAL REWRVE ACTIVIT.IES : The Navy Department has authorized the Comandant o f the Naval Traiaing Stat!.ou, Great Lakes, I l l i n o i s t o e s t a b l i s h aNaval Reserve Aviation U n i t a t Great One q u a l i f i e d Naval A v i a t o r and four eniist.ed men o f the Lakes, Naval Reserve Force -11 be c a l l e d t o aotive duty for service with t h i s Unit,