Show LOSS OF THE NAVAL RESERVE personnel of force has shrunk in last few weeks from to nothing experts disagree us as to the possibility of a next war but they agree absolutely that if the next war does come it Is likely to be beon on the seas ind and in the air we are warned that we must have adequate naval and air forces wa ve must have adequate reserves yet in spite of these warnings the paid personnel of the naval reserve reserve force has shrunk in the last few weeks necks from to nothing the naval reserve in which hundreds of thousands served faithfully alth fully ind and valiantly during the war var has practically been abolished by congress which failed to appropriate enough money to pay vie the meager retainer fees of personnel tile navy department ma p t asserting it had no alternative discontinued the paid reserve all members were dis enrolled having only an opportunity to join class 0 of tile the reserve a class in which personnel la in not paid no matter liow how much time nay may be devoted to drills and ma neui lieu ers vers thousands of reserve sailors bailors went in n cruises this summer rt fit navy expense receiving only navy pay anil ani training which Is more valuable to the navy than to the rc reb OTnes erves to these men its Is to waste their tum lum merB merR work yet they tave have been a Is enrolled toward tile the close of the world war thousands of men joined the enval reserve ee r ve who were trained after tue tile armistice t fee all that training seems ms lost to the navy marly many reserves recently shipped over after expiration of 0 f their enrollment good intentions have not been considered the navy appreciates the reserve force the reserves appreciate that th the navy needs them only congress seems eams unaware that there Is in in time rf ft war a need for fop trained sailors out ilac ld our permanent forces american legion weekly |