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British Capital Ships Including the Battle Cruiser HOOD, 42,000 ~~ And Is· British capital ships including the battle cruiser HOOD , 42,000 ~~ and 8 destroyers were said to have partici­ pated in the Mediterranean battle, Bank of France, has rec.eived 500, 000, 000 francs froa its re1'ugee headquarters at Clel"lllont to meet German demands that all French and u.s. banks reopen for business at once, l , ooo, ooo, ooo francs will arrive next week to help reestablish the banks and to pay public employees. u.s. Exports, in May, increased to all parts of the world except Europe. May exports totalled $325 ,306,000, compared with $249 ,466,000 in the same month last year. German High COJIIIDIInd , cla1 med si nk1 ng of a. British sub- marine off Norway, British steamer HARTLEPOOL , 5, 500 tons , was sunk southwest of Portland, and a 12, 000 ton tanker and an 8, 000. ton mer chant ship were also sunk in a British convoy. British Air Miniatrz, eaid that Royal Air Force planes had attacked 5 Gel"lllan U-boats in 5 days of June and had been "successful" in all cases. Squadron 40-T, headed by the cruiser TREliTON , was repor- ted to have sail ed f r om Lisbon, Portugal todAy, U. S, S, DI CKERSQN, was reported to have arrived at Lisbon, from Bilbao. '...,:all ac 11 tl "\ 1 REPORT TO THE SECRETJIRY OF THE NAVY 8 July 1940 Total Enlisted Strength, 5 July • •••• ••••• • 145,624 Fleet Reservists (Enlisted) on active duty ••• 3,721 Other Reservists II " " II ... 1,745 Total • ••• •• 5,466 Aggregate Enlistments (last 24 hours) •••• ••• •••• 263 Aggregate Discharges II " II • ••• ••••••• 180 ~ • • •• • • • • •• 8.3 Retired Officers returned to active duty as of 1 July: Line Officers 412 Staff Officer s 134 Warrant Officers ~ Total 580 Naval Reservists ordered to active duty for enforcement of neutrallty patrol as of 6 July1 Number Number Number Officers Allowed Qblis;ated Ordered Aviation Instructors 150 150 128 District Patrol Planes 0 0 0 Naval Intelligence 85 83 83 W.sce11aneous 835 · 654 511 Ens. and Lieuts. (j.g.) with Fleet 200 200 163 Merchant !.Iarine and Lieut. D-V(G) 100 100 112 • Total Officers 1370 1187 997 Men District Patrol Planes 340 340 69 Communications 120 114 110 IAiscellaneous ~ m Total Men 27~ ~21 1153 2 . [ ._s_&. BARRY, It is thought that message Sunday on BARRY liminary acceptance trio.le on 9 July off Praviucetown, ca.ae troo an as yet unknown co:::oercial. source. Naval Jlaes. The Board of Inspection and Survq will conduct the c0!1D!IIllrlcat1one ' ~lately got in touch with the BARRY trio.ls. throuah Comnnder Squadron 40-T and found tr.at she was Price Indox for all Coe~:odities for the week ending 29 Jlm' safely anch~red inside the breakwater at Bilbao and that 1940, was "f7 .1, unchanged from the week before. the report o1' attack had no basis 1n fact. F. B.I. is en- DostroYert!, STACK , HUGHES, RHIN1l 1 and TRIPPE , will proceed deavoring to trace source o1' the incorrect report. Pan in company to San Juan on 15 July and report to Commander American Air Lines first picked up the report through one Caribbean Patrol for duty as relief to Destroyer Division of their air stations, but did not know the source, 61, . These vessels will r01118in in the San Juan - St. Thdmae· U. s.s. O!UJ!A and GOFF 1 are at Lisbon, Portueal.. area, rendy for emergency duty in distant service. Desdiv l'IAUE and ftAIJrnRIGHT, en route Rio Janeiro, u.s.s. to 61,, when rollevod1 will proceed to Navy Yards assigned for will arrive there 19 July and leave 20 July to carry out ovorhsul. regular schedule from Rio Grande de Sul. Naval. Reserve, Action is being taken to 1nfol'll1 by res­ CinCUS , Admiral. Richardson, arrived in llaahington yester­ tricted letter, all comoanding officers of ships and sta­ day to confer with Nay;y Deparl;ment ot'ficial.s regarding tions o1' the possible ooactment of a bill whicl:l would fleet training and 11111 return to the i'leet as soon as authorize the appointment to commissi oned and warrant conferences are completed. grades in the Naval Reserve of collll!deeiooed, warrant of­ IIArine Corpe, total enlisted strength as o1' 8 July is ficers and eullsted men of the regular Navy and the re­ 27 ,056. Average increase dailY is 65. Tl)ie i s expected tired list and men of the fleet reserYG. The Bureau of to improve 'lrban new recruiting stations now being organi- Navigation will receive the noadnatione o1' CO!IIIlllDdina zed are opened. Officers of those persons 1n the above categories wbom PC449, subclarine chseer built at Luders, will have pre- they consider qualified for such commiseioned or n.rrent lt.· status. The detennination of the conditions of such ap- pointments upon passage of the bill will be under r egula­ tions established by the Secretary of the Navy. Special legislation recommended by the Navy Department is necessary to me.ke sue~ appointments in the Naval Reserve possible be­ cause of the Naval Reserve Act of 1938, which prohibits any member of the Naval Reserve belonging to any other military or naval organization except the Naval Militia. u.s.s. MACKEREL (SS204) , is scheduled to be launched at the plan~ of the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Conn., on 28 September. French Seaplane Carrier, COl.I:AANDANT TFSTE, reported des­ troyed in the Battle of Oran, has reached a French port safely and undamag~ , according to the Official German News Agency, The COWWIDAlrr TESTE is of 10, 000 tons dis­ placement, and carries 26 aircraft with four catapUlts . RAdio Madrid asserted that 25 French ships in add1tion t o the battle cruiser STRASSBOURG, reached Uediterre.nean port s safely, chiefly under the protection of the STRASS­ OOURG ' s guns, during the height of the bettle wer e they able to effect escape trom the Brit ish. Ther e is no r e- port of French ships at Casablanca. @gnflMelfJ'FS SECRETARY OF 'rHE NAVY 9 July 1940 Total Enlisted St rength, 8 July • •••• • • • • • • 145,705 Fleet Reservists (Enlisted) on active duty ••• 31 721 Other Reservists " " II " • •• 1,745 Total ••••• • 5,466 Aggregate Enlistments (last 48 hours) ........... 189 Aggregate Discharges " " " •• ••••••••• .....!!2. Gain • • • • •••• • • 100 Retired Officers returned to active duty as of 1 July: Line Officers 412 Staff Officers 134 Warrant Officers .....2,4 Total 580 ! Naval Reservists ordered to active duty for enforcement of neutrality patrol as of 8 Julyz Nwnber Nwnber Nwnber Officers Allowed Obligated Ordered Aviation Instructors 150 150 128 Distri ct Patrol Planes 0 0 0 Naval Intelligence 85 83 83 Miscellaneous 835 654 511 Eos . and Lieuts. (j.g.) with Fleet 200 200 163 Merchant Marine and Lieut. D-V(G) .!Qq 100 112 Total Officers l.370 1187 997 Men Distr~ Patrol Planes 340 340 ~ Communications 120 114 110 Miscellaneous 2290 Y!Jz Total Men 2750 i;~ 1153 2. ·' I -Adodral Spears . l · . gaTe the openins e.ddress to the new Supply characters. Shangbai cnmicipe.l police bad requested ac- Officers School at Georgetown Univer11ity t.h:l.e nCIX"ning . tive support of Marines to prevent diaturbances . On 7 '" Students attendin8 001118 from all part!! of the country. July two Japanese ts.nks entered the Aaerican section with- Dei'anoe Colll:littee, con11isting of Mr. Philip Young, Admiral. out autborit)". An explanation :I.e being damnded. On the Spear, and Colonel Byrne, u.s.A., is handling all requeets same de.y the CoiiiJ!IIIllding General. of the Japeneae forces in f'roa foreign gO..:erncsnts for war supplies. Reouests from China aade an official. tour with a party of 15 care ~ Venezueui, ruz=k~y , Netherlands Eaet Indies, etc. , clear the American sector without perr:dsaion aDd w1 thout noti­ through this committee. Mr. Young succeeded Mr. Nelson as fying our authorities. Japanese attention is beina cilled Chairman. to this discourtesy. On 3 July, 125 Japaneae Arftq trucks 4th Yarinee, China, Tho local. J o.pnnese Commander of tho pe.eaed through the American sector in gross violation of Gendarmerie apol.ogized for incident concerning arreot of .,reement. An explanation is being requested. 16 peroons at Shanghai for violating Al:lerican quarter, giv­ CinCUS wil.l leave on the ennina of ll July for the ll'eat -~-"' ing assurances that there would be no recurrence or troubl.e. Coast to r eJoin the U. S. Fleet. The prisoners have been reJ.eased. At a preaa conference lfaval. C...unication Serrlce, announcn that the Aaerican on the eYening of 8 July, a Japanese spokeBIIaD launched Telephone aDd Telegraph Com]l8117 will open direct c<W!!I!m1- violent aoouaations against the 14arinea. the .llccuaation cation with Berlin tomorrow at 9 A.ll., laatina 10 hours a of maltreatl:lent or prisoners on the part of Mari.nee 1• da7· At 10 A.ll. direct oa.~Dication with Benle, Switz­ untrue. All were eXAnlined by a naval. aedioal. officer at- erland, will be eetllblished, lasting 6 hours a de.y. (Bo tachecl to the l.larines on confinement. Three bad super­ JN)lllc announcement.) ficial cute obtained on resisting arrest. Arrests were Naval Resern, Colonel Lowa.ry, County Cc.aisaiooer froa lllll.de in tho presence of municipal. pollee Who indicated to lliami, Florldll, 1s bere in the interest of b d ld1ng & the Marine Patrol that those arreeted were auepici ou. naval. armory for the City of Yiam1, lliami to donate the li· land, the county putt.ing up $.201 000 for a $901 000 building to be er ected under auspices of W.P.
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