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5 PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP With the exception of Naval Reserve nurses, only male citizens of the United States and of the insular possessions of the United States who have attained the age specified in the appropriate sections hereof, and who, by appointment or enlistment therein, or by transfer thereto, obligate themselves to serve in the Navy in time of war or when in the opinion of the President a national emergency exists, are eligible for membership in the Naval Reserves. No person who is drawing a pension, disability allowance, disability compensation, or retired pay from the Government of the United States, is eligible for appointment, enlistment, or reenlistment in the Naval Reserve. All statements made in applications for appointment or enlistment are held to be material facts, and any misstatement or omission of such material facts will be considered as grounds for discharge. GENERAL PROCUREMENT POLICY A basic requisite of the Naval Reserve is its immediate availability for mobilization, and its members are under a continuous liability therefor. The vital importance of the civilian effort in modern warfare is also recognized. Consequently, an individual whose civilian occupation, either personally or as one of a group, is such that his immediate separation from his civilian occupation on mobilization will not be to the best interests of the national defense will not be admitted to the Naval Reserve. Applicants should understand that upon accepting any Reserve status it is continuously assumed thereafter that they are immediately available for any naval service or mobilization. Availability for mobilization of persons employed in merchant ships will not be a factor in determining eligibility for commission or enlistment in the Merchant Marine Reserve. It is considered that the mobilization of Merchant Marine Reservists other than those serving in ships taken over by the Navy would unduly interfere with the normal operation of the Merchant Marine. Insofar as practicable, it is therefor proposed to man merchant ships placed in commission with their own licensed and unlicensed personnel. PROCEDURE IN MAKING APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT AS OFFICER IN THE NATIONAL RESERVE (1) Applicants for commission shall use the following forms, which may be obtained from the Commandant of any Naval District. Applications shall be submitted via the Commandant of the Naval District in which the candidate resides, and shall not be forwarded direct to the Bureau of Navigation: CLASS|Form No. (a) Fleet Reserve|N. Nav. 353. (b) Organized Reserve|N. Nav. 353. (c) Volunteer Reserve (general service) (other than Naval R. O. T. C. graduates).|N. Nav. 353. (d) Volunteer Reserve (special service) (other than classes A-V (S), A-V (T), and A-V (K).|N. Nav. 353. (e) Volunteer Reserve (special service). (Classes A-V (S), A-V (T), and A-V (K).|N. Nav. 392. Applications fir appointment in class A-V (T) must be accompanied by a duly certified statement of total pilot time with types of aircraft, and pilot time for past 12 months. (f) Merchant Marine Reserve as deck or engineer officers|N. Nav. 145 (g) Merchant Marine Reserve. (Classes MC-M and SC-M)|N.Nav. 353. (h) Applications from Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps graduates for commission shall be submitted in accordance with the regulations for administration and training of the Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps. (2) An application must show and be signed with the full legal name of the applicant. It must by accompanied by or include the following: (a) Evidence of citizenship as shown below. 1 If native born- (1) A duly verified copy of a public or church record of birth; or (2) The affidavit, under oath, of the physician, midwife, or other persons present at the birth. (3) In cases where neither (1) nor (2) can be obtained by the candidate, the affidavit of either parent. (4) In cases where the candidate certifies that no one of the above is obtainable, the affidavits (under oath) of two reputable citizens acquainted with him. Each of these affidavits should state the facts within the knowledge of the deponent upon which he bases his statements as to the citizenship of the candidate, as, for example, that he has known the candidate since birth, that he knew his parents, or as the case may be. If foreign born- (5) Certificate of naturalization, under the seal of the court in which naturalized. (6) Certificate of naturalization, under the seal of the court in which naturalized, of the parent during the minority of the candidate, together with the affidavit of a parent that the candidate is the child of the parent whose certificate or naturalization is submitted. (7)In special cases where the candidate certifies that neither (5) nor (6) is obtainable, the affidavits of two reputable citizens acquainted with him. (see par. 4, under native-born citizens.) As every naturalization is a matter of record in some court, these affidavits will be accepted only in very exceptional cases, and on the understanding that the candidate shall later submit a proper certificate of naturalization. [[foot note 1]] These items are not required with applications for appointment in classes D-M, E-M, and DE-M, Merchant Marines Reserve.
