London, Oct. 28.
ho King had decided that one of the two new British battleships now being laid down should -be named King George V and. the other the. Prince of Wales, it was announced by Sir Samuel Hoare, First Lord of the Admiralty, in a speech at the annual banquet of the Navy League in London last night, The battleships, when completed, would be the Joint result, he said, of the most meticulous study and the Tessons of petual practice.
"The construction programme, Sir Samuel declared, was making satisfactory progress.
Sir Samuel stated that large num~ bers of men and boys of the right stamp were Joining the " Navy. He then announced that it was proposed to create a new reserve, to be called the Royal Naval Volunteer Supplementary Reserve, In which yachts~ men between the ages of eighteen and 39 who wished to be earmarked for training as executive oflcers in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve would be enrolled.
'The enrolment, he said, would Involve no actual training in peacetime, nor would the members, wear Uniform, but, on being called up, they Would' be classified with sub: Heuitenants of fie regular Royal Naval Volntecr Reserve 'The First Lord of the Admiralty paid tribute to the British Navy for Its work In transporting refugees from' disturbed areas in Spain to' places of safety—Reuter.
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