4 JUNE VIGATIQ BER 178. PUBL I SHED FOR THE: PURPOSE OF D I SSW I NAT I #G ..^ GENERAL I NFORMAT I ON OF PROBABLE I NTEREST TO THE SERVICE.

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1 4 JUNE VIGATIQ - ** ++ *+ 44 ** ++ 4 BER 178. _ I **..^ ** r4 *+ PUBL I SHED FOR THE: PURPOSE OF D I SSW I NAT I #G GENERAL I NFORMAT I ON OF PROBABLE I NTEREST TO THE SERVICE. *

2 OFFICER PERSONNEL isiitips OF JUIIIKI OFFICERS. Chapter 31 of the Navy Xegulations has been revised and will be issued to t,he service in change number 14. 'ib Eureau of 11avi~;ation has prepcred and issued on additional sheet to be made out and attached to each &port on Fitness of Ensign. GENERAL LINE PIJTIES FQR IJAVjiL AYIXTCIRS. In order that Naval Pviators nay tesomc proficierlt in all branches of their profession, the Commander-in-Chief, U. S. Fleet, has directd that aclvantage be ts?ken of opportunities to give e.vi.8- tors experience in the usual duties of Line cfflcars, inclurling experience in standing deck,mrtch in port and a.: DB~. - CCIFnrJZNDATIO>I. The Secretary of the Navy, on 27 1J11cjr 1353, addreysed a letter to Lieutenant E. E. Pare, U. S.Nmy, VJwhington l?eqv Ywd, commending him for his initiative and ability displayed in ccnceiving and developing a rotr.ry line switch circuit for use with the outomtic telephone zybt,ems ins balled aboard naval vessels. ENL I STEO OERSONNE L I TRAINING COUlZSES COPPLETED. During the quartel- ended 31 March 1332, the follovdng nmber of training courses were completed: Seaman Branch Artificer Br. (K.R.)....; k-rtificer Br. (Geck) Specie1 Br Commissary Br Messmn Br Aviat;,?n lir Special Ccurses General Courses 7 Total., COD!ZENL?ATIONS. The f ollowing-named men received commendator; let,ters from the Secretary of the v for the reason; k@-vt=?xlmj: Walter E. Allen, , I. Sezman firs'r, d.as:-, U.S.N., 1J.S.S. Reina Llercedes, for rescuing 2 seaman from dronrning. -1.-

3 Roy E. Hadin, , ex-seeman second class, nom residing 7 John 5. Ricciu, Machinist's?date first cless, U.E. S. In the A21 Service Srriming Meet recently held at Balboa, C. Z., Charles A. Richter, Boatswain's late second class, U.S. S. Hannibal, won the gold medal, finishing fixt in four events and third in the other in wiitch he vu'as entered. NAVAL OdSERVATOnY SECOND SETTIlVG DEVICE FOR COMPARING I7.4TCHES To eliminate the undesirable features in the present methods of second setting, the Naval Observ3tox-y has altered a number of comparing watches for issue to the service for experimental purposes. In this dteration the second hand is stopped by B pin but the second 1 shaft by springs which are zufficiently strong to carry the hand around JThen the pin is released, but not strong enough to stop the tenant Mctrcy Id. Dupre, J?,, s'hop foreman Jacob??heinkold, end watchmaker Ingild Pavelsen designed this method of second setting. (* matches, Consequently ships, having funds svailcble from the regular quarterly al.lot,ment, may o?,tain comparing watches with the Observatory vatory. The invoice price for.camparing watche3 is $29.45 either c with or without the second setting dicviee. Snips should stiite on requisitions, watch, comparing regulcted to mean (or to sidereal) time, fitted nit'n Observatory second se LtLq device, if these special. MISCELLANEOUS NAVY RZLIEF SOCI.~TY. of the Navy Relief Society. The existing depression has added greatly 'b to the burden of relief work. The following extracts are quoted from a letter fyom a dependent mother after +,he death of her son, a retired enlisted man: tt.....i am so truly grateful as I never was so need- I

4 Vhis great depression... my five years' illness... unfaithful friends Khom my son staked twenty yea,rs' hard earnings on, together with -death has stripped us of any support. own inheritance.....my sont s "This seems a God send to ne and words do not express my appreciation. With my dear son living I had the world, now at my age, what have I left. "So with true thankfulness,....letter OF APPRECIATION OF FLEET REVIE?!.- The following letter addressed to the Commander-in-Chief,?J. S. Fleet, cannot but cause a surge of pride at being a part, of this Navy: "Admiral Schof ield, Commander-in-Chief of The Pacific Fleet, San Francisco. "My dear Admiral Schof ield: lfgilmllnn HOT SPBINGS I'San Jacinto, Calif. "1 find -myself wondering if you had any curiosity about the reaction of t'ne spectators who lined Palos Verdes Cliffs Tuesday ;I.fternoon when the navzl parade took place. If so, read on: IlSeated in my car with a prosperous retired engineer, we awaited what proved to be the finest navd exhibition either of 11s had ever witnessed. The engineer na.s born in Scotland, receiving his early education there and his higher educslticn j-n the United States. I mention this because flbritinia Rules tlie i:avestl is ever strong in British-born na turnlized Americans. I have not read any newspaper accounts which doubtless you have seen. recall the return of the fleet following the battle of Santiago and the Dewey parade (I was in the old Plaza hotel in Fifty-ninth 'Street) and many parades since. In a land of parade there is the blare of music, flying colors, flags, brilliant uniforms, noise - perpetual action Qr movement. How different vas your exo6j.f from San Pedro. Through the hazy etmosphere frorn a point perhaps t'iree miles north of Point Fermin, I suddenly noticed a vessel, ghostlike, almost the color of the clouds. It did not seem to move. How a second similar fighting craft appeared in its place and the first one v:as farther out to sea, Still no agparent mavement. The first vessel -3-

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