Evening Star Newspaper, January 6, 1924, Page 75

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Beautiful tropical scenery. Most adequate living accommodations. Mid-Winter Regatta and National Aeronantic Flying Boat Meet—March 7th and 8th World's fastest speed boats and flying boats will compete. Famous Curtis Trophy and valusble prizes. U. S. Navy Planes will participate. ARTHUR PRYOR'S FAMOUS BARD Cencerts twice daily in Reyal Palm Park 5 Hotels with accommodations to suit every demand. 200 Apartment Houses; locations, furnish- ings and prices to suit all. 5.000 Cottages, Bungalows and Residences for rent, completely furnished. 15 Million Dollara in new buildings. ‘Wirita for handsome beoklet with full informatien E £ g 2 Y/ Spend Your Armyand NavyNews BY M. H. NAVY. Commander Frederick G. Pyne, S. C., U. S. N., has been appointed the co- ordinator for traflic and the chairman of the federal traffic board, by orders of the President He succeeds Com- mander Chester G. Mayo, 8. C., U. 8. N, who has re- cently received or- ders as supply of- ficer of the 15th Naval District. McINTYRE 28 and Lieut. Edwin B. Fisher, U. S. N., will retire January 21. The annual report of the judge ad- vocate general of the Navy shows that during the year this office re- viewed the proceedings of ninety-five courts of inquiry, 172 boards of in- guest and 487 boards of invastigation Besides this, it directed ihe activities of a number of other hoards and supervised the adminfstration of the four naval prisons. The introduction of the report covers a short histori- cal sketch of this office und is fol- {lowed by an outline of the work done on international law, officers’ recor: {publications, administration and ad- miralty law and kindred subjects. It also contains complete tables which | named to fill the vacancy created by the promotion of Gen. Bandholtz, while Col. LeRoy §. Upton was given gw vflu;ney due to the promotion of en. Y. It i3 stated that practicaily every colonel who held the rank of a gen- eral officer during the war has been recommended for. this remaining va- cancy. A number of congressmen have called at the War Department at the request of their constituents to recommend a colonel, and, in addl- tion to this intereat in this appoint- ment, veterans of the great war have been very active in supporting their former commianders for the vacancy. The annual meeting of the Soctety |of American Military Engineers wiil be ‘held January 14 at the national headquarters, 324 Mills bullding. Two | important questions will be taken up at the meeting. * - Conferences held between the as- sfstant secretary of war, the assistant dean of the Harvard School of Busi- ness Administration, the chiefs of the IlnDDlY branches of the Army and the finance department, have resulted in A study of the!show the proceedings and disposi- | the selection of eight Army officers to desertions fr o m the Navy for the past year and four months ending with November 30, 1923, shows that ! the ~ largest per i COMMANDER PYNE. centage of deser- tions are from the Dattleships and_the smallest from the submarines. The most feature of the analysls is that there is a 50 per cent decrease in desertions since the beginning of the fiscal year 1924, The Navy Department will at this session of Congress make an effort to repeal or modify the provision of the law under which retired Navy officers are not permitted to accept employ- ment from business b Wwho trans act business with the lis stated that some of th fuent members of Conaress are inter- ested in firms which do bukiness with the government. and that members of Congress frequently resign to accept such employment. It is also pointed out that members of both houses have contracts on the Chatauqua circuit, that as no objections are made to this, the same should apply to members of the Army and Navy. It is stated that retired Army and Navy officers should be permitied to take part in the nation’s business and should keep in close touch with events in the industrial world. During the war retired Army and Navy officers who were engaged in private enter- prises, immediately offered their serv- ices to the government, and it can be sald that they were invaluable in the industrial mobilization of the country during 1917 and 1918 than if they had been idle during thelr period of re- tirement. Instead of being restricted by law from engaging in private bus- iness, retired officers of the military and naval establishments should be encouraged to seek this employment, if they are physically fit, and it is hoped that some steps in this direc tion will be made during the present session of Congress. With the close of the vear 1923 an unusual num of Navy retirements and promotions took place. Heading this list are the retirements of Capts. Denton C. Decker and C. R. Miller, U. 8. N. As a resu cember 5 r Densmore promoted Thomas retirement Henry Janson to ptain Emanuel A. Lofquist, U. . to be commander, and Frank L. Johnston U, . to be licutenant commander. The { the retirement, De- W. C. len wi Decker's promoted w0 rien mber Capt. retirement of Capt. Miller, U on Januar: promoted Pere captain: Henry S. N., to be comman- der, and Zemke, U. . to jof Licut Co u . January . O'Keefe, U. mander BE. K promoted Edward The Navy De- dvised in a bri death of Comm s executive officer elo, Wwas cansed pelo was s the ship put in at | heart failu for Galvestos | Key West to ased officer but Albert W, De: grade) retired_on _ RESORTS. inl ny Vlanl. Qi Hotel BERMUDIANA Superbly equipped, modern, fireproof, built of steel and stone throughout. Request booklet, from ohn O. Evans, Mgr., amilton, Bermuda, or Furness Line, Desk B, 34 Whitehall St,, N. Y. Winter Vacation ) at one of the many tourist resorts located in the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILWAY Seaboard Florida West Coast Limited. — (Now in operation). All-Pullman de luxe train leaves Washing- ton daily 9:46 P. 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C. encouraging ;v ¢ |ships. ammunition {be leutenant communder. The death | Nile, | and the remains of the | tions in all trials and Investigations jduring the yea | A study of the probable promotion (of Navy officers from 1924 to 1927, |which has just been made by the ‘Navy Department, Includes four rear |admirals, four captains, four com- {manders, four lleutenant comman- ders and four licutenants. This re- w of the officer personnel situation {shows the following officers in Krado at the dates indicated, assuming 2.8 |per cent of attrition.’ They are as follows: Rear Admirals, J. K. Robison, July 1, 1924; R. R. {Belknap, July 1, '1925; R. H. Lelgh, 1July 1,'1926; Y. Sterling, July 1, 1927, Captains. J. Downes, July 1, 1924; N. E. Nich- {ols, July 1, 1 : DL T. Ghent, July Commanderx. R. K. Turner, July 1, Cunningham, Jul ter, July 1,1 July 1, 1927, Lieutenant commanders: ger. July 1, 1924; K. Pro 1 : J. H. Campman, R. Holcom J | Lieutenants: W. L. A. 3 1, 1924: G Morrison, W ¢ {nin i 1 |,. The annual report of Rear Admiral E, R. S$titt, U. S surgeon general lof the Navy, indicates that “the pro- ifessional work has been of a high |Standard” and that “the naval hospi- tals are In an excellent condition. As In past years, the medical department jof the "Navy has experienced great difficulty in ‘securing desirable acqui- Isitions to the commisioned personnel, jas well as to the Nurse Corps and the Hospital Corp | The report touches the post- ‘graduate work. p: a high tribute ito the great seérvice rendered by the ientire medical branch, care of the dead intorred abroad, inspection of hospitals and stations and the other lactivities of the Navy. July on Under the command Robert E. Coontz, eleven of the United States fleot sailed Jan- uary 2 from their home ports for {the” southern drill grounds. This- is |the largest assembly of United States al vessels ever mobilized, and in- s the following: Fifteen battle- ships, sixty-three desiroyers, eleven |submarines. four light cruisers, leighty-seven aircraft, one airplane {carrier, one airplane tender: four de- {stroyer tenders, five of the n e force, three submarine tenders. thirty-three {train vesse nd in_addition to this {formidable array of naval ithere will be a number of fuel hospital ships. target ships, ships_and tugs. { _Under Admiral S. S. Robinson, ‘U.S. N., the battle fleet will sail from western ports; the California, ¥ land, New Mex Arizona, ldaho, Mississippi, Texas and Nevada will |said from ‘San Pedro. and they will be joined a little later in the Carib- bean by the Pennsyivania and the Tennesses ‘The scouting fleet. under the comma of Vice Admiral N. A. |Mecully, left Atlantic comst ports of Admiral bdivisions neuvering grounds, while the Ma- rine Corps expeditionary force, con- ng of about 3.600 men, are aboard he transports Henderson and Chau- iont. They will participate in the aneuvers “in Panama and®on Cu- ebra Island. 3 l;m:x are proceeding to the winter ma- The publication of the annual re- port of the paymaster general of the Navy, which this year appears in {three’ volumes, is a continuation of Jthe practice inaugurated last year. in which he pays & tribute to the loyal- ty, zeal and ability displayed by the ¢l employes of the bureau through- out the past and preceding years. Army. A study for the development of the Army of the United States under the national defense act will be submit- ted by the general staff, which has been working on this for eight or ten weeks, ien. Pershing on his re- turn from It is stated that this not only the approval of the deputy chiel of Staff but the assist- ant chief of staff. This program will cover a period of ten years and will take into consideration both problems pertaining to personnel and supply. It will not only take up matters of industrial’ preparedness, but will call for plans for the mobiiization of the man-power of the nation. In line with this policy of buflding for the future. the Navy Department has already taken a step in this di- rection in a recent report, which calls for a ten-vear's development of its naval bases and shore stations. The Secretary of the Treasury, it is un- derstood, s now engaged in prepar- ing a ten-vear program for the con- struction of public bulldings. and the Army engineers have worked out a program for the improvement of rivers and harbors. The Navy, however. has no comprehensive building program, which deals with the future, since the completion of the 1916 program. A study has been made with respect to a building program by the Navy De- partment general board, but nothing has been promulgated Wwith the ex- ception of the ten-year naval base and shore station pro 3 In the amended national defense act it provides for the three com- ponents of the Army of the United States, but the War Department has never issued an official document pre- scribing how it should be bullt up to meet the conditions of the country as they develop from year to year. Announcements have been made by both President Coolidge and Secre- y of War Weeks that the limit hay reached in reducing the strength of the Army and Navy.. While dis- cussing the budget, former President Harding declared that the time was rapidly approaching when the end of the policy of reducing appropriations would be reached. With such declar- ations, it is pointed out, the War De- partment general staff ‘in submifting a comprehe plan for bullding up the land defenses of the nation, is fully justified. Prior to the adjournment of Con- gress during the recess over the holi- days a number of colleges and mili- tary schools all over the counts made known their interest in a biil to increase the number of non-com- missioned officers in the -regular establishment. In fact, so m! in- terest was evinced in ' this that a number of-college presidents and men prominent in - National Guard and reserve officers affairs came to Washington in person to in- terview their representatives in Con- gress on the subject. This bill, which has a strong indorsement from the ‘War Department, was introduced im- mediately after Congress canvened and both Chairman Kahn of the House committee on military -affairs and Representative McKenzie of Illinols are greatly interested in the measure. had Although the War Department an- nounced on November 2 the appoint- ment of & list of general officers, | there still remains a vacancy in grade, of brigadier general. _ Brig. en. Harry A. Bandholtz, former com- ! manding general of the district of ]\\‘Mnlnl(on. was promotéd to fill the vacancy which resulted in the retire- ment of Maj. Gen. Edward F. Me- {Glachlin. _ Next came the appoint- iment of Brig. Gen. William H."Hay !w fill the vacancy caused by the re- tirement of Gen. Bandholtz. Brig. Gen. Walter H. Gordon was named. to flllurlh. V‘lcltnfll?‘l:!loul(ln ml‘; :‘ retirement o en. on_pe- count ‘of physical disability. As a resuit of all these promotions and lm}rfl&cn“hls!m‘r:: va- cancles in the e o gen- eral, Cok Charies J, Symonds was attend this course, which will begin thefr instruction February 1 and ex- tend over a period of two years. These officers are being sent to the school for the purpose of educating them in the principles of business administra- | tion in order that they may develop & concentrated course In these sub- Jects, which will become available to @ large number of officers of the ATmy. The officers who have been selected by the War Department to take this course are: Maj. Napoleon W. Riley, Q. M. C.; Capt. Bdmund de T. Ellis; . M, C.: Maj. Harry K. Rutherford, rdnance Department; Maj. Edgar C. , Medlcal Department; ~ Maj. 8. Creighton, Medical Depari- First Lieut. Lowell A. Elilott, 8. Maj. W. R. Weaver, Air and Capt. Lawrence L. Clay- Three medical officers graduated De- cember 15 from a three-month course in the school of aviation medicine, which instruction was given at Mitchel Field, L. I. This course was formerly called the course for flight surgeons. Those officers who have just com- pleted thin course are Majs. Robert A. Hale, Irwin B. March and Capt. Orlando J. Posey. Accurdin{‘!o the plans of Brig. Gen. Briant H. Wells, commandant of the Infantry School, Ga., and Lieut. Col Fort Benning, A. W. Bjornsta Benning will become a recreational and amusement center, which system, it is thought, will eventually extend throughout the Army. That their ob- jective is to wrest athletic honors from Quantico and the 3d Corps Area is not doubted ofr a moment, but be- sides this it is their ambition to turn out the smartest military organiza- tions on review and in parades in the Army. Although they are not yet ready to make public their plans, it is known that they include the construction of a stadium which, when completed, will be one of the largest in the country. The construction of this stadium wili not depend upon federal appropriations, but financial assistance has been proms ised from outside sources. At the Army medical center, Walter Reed General Hospital, January 2. thirty-six medical, nine dental and scven veterinary officers began their six-month course of instruction in the medical, dental and veterinary schools, respectively. Four medical officers compose the class in preventive medicine, which will begin a four-month course of instruction at the Army medical ¢ ter January 7. They are Lieut. Cols. George M. Ekwutzel, George H. Scott and Majs. Patrick F. McGuire and Albro L. Parsons. Maj. George W. Cook, M. C.. and Capts. Harold O. Brown and William J. Carroll, M. C, will graduate about January 16 from a three-month X-ray course at the Army medical center. Maj. Owen S. Albright, 8. C.. who has been on duty in the office of the chief signal officer, has been ordered to Camp Vail, N. J, for temporary duty to take command of the Signal Corps post and school during the absence of Licut. Col. John E. Hemp- hill, who has been granted a four- month leave of absence. The Secretary of War announced he had selected Col. William P. Burnham to fill the vacancy in the grade of brigadier general which has existed since the promotion of Gen. Gordon November 7. This, however, only tem- porarily relieves the situation as Gen. Burnham will retire on January 10. | SPANISH WAR VETERANS. Monday night—Business meeting and rehearsal, Department Band, 921 Penn- sylvania avenue southeast. Col. John Jacob Astor Camp, Stanley Hall, Sol- diers’ Home. Tuesday night—Col. James S. Pet- tit Camp, 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Wednesday night—Co Aster Ladies’ Auxiliary. vania avenue Southeast. Friday night—Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp, official visitation, depart- ment commander and staff, installation of officers and banquet, Northeast Ma- sonic Temple, Sth and F streets north- east. Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp. in- stallation of officers, Odd Fellows' Tem- mie, 419 7th street northwest. Col. James S. Pettit Ladies' Auxiliary Thureday night elected the following officers: Emma R. Lovett, preaident; Mary Hohenstein, senior vice president Carrie_Nolan, junior vice president: Clara Walker. chaplain: Mary Hensler, historian; Mary Bauer, patriotic in- structor; Susie Thomas, conductress; Anna Moore. assistant conductress: Catherine Bailey, inside guard ; Mildred Hessen, assistant guard; Myriie Hens- ler, color_bearer: Emma Thomas, color bearer. Mary Studt, Martha Donaldson and Ellinor Greenweel were admitted as members. President-elect Lovett appointed M. Gertrude Keyes as treas- urer, Edna R. Summerfield, secretary. Next Thursday night a public installa- tion of the above officers will take place. Past Commander Andrew. Kimmel of Dewey Naval Camp. who is the depart- ment installing. officer, will be quite busy during the month of ‘January in- ducting into offfce the newly elected and appointed officers who will make up the active working body. for the new year of this department. Past Department Commander Charles W. McCaffrey has been appointed chair- man of the and welfare commit- tee of Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp for the new year by Commander-elect Berthiaume. John M. Watts, newly elected senior vice commander, will _look after the sick and relief. The third annual banquet of the De- ent Band will be. held January 8. Manager John Ford will preside at the ness ‘meeting of the band, ‘whioch will be held tomorrow night at department headquarters. Wee! re- hearsals will be held every, Monday night; beginning . tomorow at 8:15 pmi. 921 Pennsylvania avenue south- east. WOULD WIDEN STREET. Ball to Introduce Nichols Avenue Bill. A Dbill providing for widening Nichols avenue bétween Good K Hope road and S street southeast ‘will be introduced by Senator Ball, chairman of the District committes, when the Senate mests tomorrow. He Introduce also a bill to olose & . on of usetts avenus betwesn 35th street and Ham- liton Circle. John Jacob Pennsyl- MAINTENANCE IS ASKED. . Gladys K. Raley has filed. suit for Taintenancein the District Supreme Court aguinst her husband. Thomas E. Raley. They were ried In St. Marys county, Md., February 11, 1918, and” have no. children. ‘The wife charges cruelty and says her husband has an automobile, owns premises 2314 Georgia- avenue northwest and is manager of a chainstore; for which he receives $140 monthly and a com- misaion. Attorney James F. Hughes for the wite. Maj). W. Lawrence Hazard has been eJected commander of Columbla Post No. 833 of the Veterans of Forelgn ‘Wars. This post, which is composed mostly of members of the Old Third and First District of Columbia (Na- tional Guard) So- cieties, numbers among its member- ship Maj. Gen. An- ton Stephan, com- manding 29th Divi- #ion, Col. Frank White, treasurer of the United States; Col. Carlos Pennig- ton, assistant direc- tor, United States Veterans' Bureau ; \ Bdgar ¥ Hale, Col. Georg L. Tait, ~superin- MAJ, W. L. HAZARD, tendent of the Pennsylvanla avenue post office, and numerous others prominent in the District affairs, Commander-eiect Hazard is a native of the District of Columbia, attended public &chool here and graduated from the Business High School. He Joined the District of Columbia militia in 1892 and Was a member of the original “Corcoran (jdets,” ono of Wushington's finest mil- tary organizations. He served with this organization until it finally became Company E, First D. C. Infantry. He held all ranks and grades from private up to first lieutenant. pORJune 19, 1916 he proceeded with # regiment as first lieutenant for duty on the Mexican horder, refurn- Ing to Washington March 13, 1917 to be mustered out only for ‘a few days, when he, with others of his regiment, answered the President's call on April 1, and went back into the service in ‘the world w His regiment was given the official world war designation as 163d Infantry and became part of the 4lst Division, made up mostly of northwestern troops. After a short time Fort Myer his divislon went overseas on December 14, 1917, arriving in France on Christmas day. Unfortunately his division was made a replacement division, because of meed of troops at that time, and was badly split up, On April 1, he was assigned to com- mand Company 125th Infantry of the 32d Divislon, and immediately sent to front line duty in the Alsace Loraine Sector and later in the Chateau Thierry offensive. His career overseas was cut short in September, 1915, when he was re- turned to’ the United States to be Instructor in newly organized di- visions, and took charge of infantry training in the 96th Division. — He Jras discharged as a captain of in- antry at Camp Lee on tembe: 15, 1919, and was s o £ missioned as major of i the Officers’ Reserve Corp sumed his duties in the p reau. Maj. Hazard joined of Foreign War as_one inal members in Post in 1920, and charter member of the Columbla Post in 1921. He served for two years as post quartermgste last year he was the senior vi mander. The other offic post are Capt. senfor vice antry nd re- ion bu- the of nal ater became Veterans the elected in A. Livingston, commander; James B. Jones, junior command. Dr. Dougias A. quartermaster, and Maj. Alvin D. Hathaway, adju- tant. the Many chapters of the Disabled Amer- ican Veterans of the World War have already started plans for representation at the national convention at Salt Lake City next June by setting aside at this | time a proportion of the forget-me-not receipts for expenses of delegates. The Disabled American Veterans of the World War, District of Columbia department, are beiieved to have made the best comparative showing of any department in the forget-me-not r year. The District mem- more than times The council of administration, Vet- erans of Foreign Wars, has decided to hold the twenty-fifth national convention at Atlantic City, N. J. Although the exact date has not vet been officially announced. Frank Bennett, member of Post No. 215, Atlantic City, the coun- cil's selection for chairman, has been directed to lay his plans for late September. In a dispatch to all posts of the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars; Capt. T Bettelheim, Washington repres of the former everseas men' calls attention that although a poll of Congress reveals the honus measure will g0 over in the House at nearly six to one, and in the Senate at three or four to one, it is no time for the vet- erans’ or; tions to relax in the cam paign. F ates that big business ir terests and opponents to the bonus are , with the annual dance to be given | suing lof {late STEAMSHIPS,® sending out rafts of literature and are getting thelr members to flood their congressman with letters opposing the measure.. Bach post is urged to get in touch with chambers of commerce, boards of trade, civic clubs, patriotic socleties and othor bodies of citizens, requesting that they bolster up the al- ready sy®pathetic vepresentatives in Congress to stand by their promise to the ex-service men. Meeting at the headjuarters of the District of Columbia cepartment of the American Legion at 1423 New York avenue last week, the budget! committes completed the details of the first steps to be taken to rehab. ilitate the finances of that organiza- tion for the calendar year 1924. Plans wero approved in ‘connection at the New Willard Hotel, February 18, by the department. for the bene- fit’ of its funds so that its work can be furthered. An_indication of the interest in the social side of Legion activities was given at the annual recemtion ten- dered members of the American Le- glon and of the American Legion Auxiliary, which was held at the New Ebbitt Hotel, New Year's night. Arranged by the department organi- zation of the auxiliary, under the Girection of the department presi- dent, Mrs Thomas Faweett, the event was highly successful, The officers of two posts of the American Legion in the District of Columbia were installed during the past week by Department Commander Paul J. McGahan. Wednesday night. at the post headquarters, the officers of the Kenneth A. Nash Post were inducted with proper ceremon Thursday night, at the Guard armory, there was stallation ceremony for th spengler srican Legion and the auxi of that post. Department er McGahan and Depart- ment President Mrs. Fawcett offici- ated. George L. Tait was the outgoing | post commander and Mrs. Anton Stephan the retiring president of the Spengler Post Auxiliary. They were succeeded by Fred A. Livingstons as post commander and Mrs. Paul Twy- man as_auxiliary president. The other officers of the Spengler Post are: W. Lawrence Hazard, senior vice commander; James B. Jones, juntor vice commander; Douglas A White, finance officer; Edgar H. Hale, quartermaster: Earl Smithson, -arms; Glenn C. Dorse: reeant-at-arms; Charles R. Luce, surgeon: Arthur L. Smith, chaplain; Charles W. Moore and Roy N. Purdy. color hearers, and Ben L. Fuller, historian. Past National Vice Commander Watson B. Miller, chalrman of the national rehabilitation committee of the American Legion and a member of the Spengler Post, made the presentation addresses accompanying jeweled emblems of their office to the retiring post commander, George L. Tait, and the retiring auxiliary president. Mrs. Anton Stephan. Department Commander McGahan i« scheduled to install the newly elected officers of the Tank Corps Post at the meeting of that unit, to be held in the board of trade head- rters next Tuesday at 8 o'clock nk I. Peckham has been re- elected as the commander of this post for another year. Capt. Johg H. Craige, U. 8. M. € the newly elected commander of the ational Press Club Post, has called meeting of the post memb for ¢ night. next, at the National The meeting will be receded by dinner, and plans for the itles of the post during the en- twelve months will be out- lined < Miller, who is the repre- | sentative on the national executive committee of the American Legion from the department of the District Columbia, and William Wolff Smith, the alternate national com- mitteeman 1 leave Washington | next week for Indlanapolis.| will attend the first mee jonal committee sinc will urge indorsement by t of a proposal submitted by ¢ Mulford, formerly of Wash but now of Asbury Park, that a memorial tablet be| placcd in the Library of Congress in honor of the four attaches of the library who gave their lives for their | country during the world war. Plans for the establishment of the an_ Legion Auxiliary Service 1t 218 3d street northwest, were discussed at a meeting of the District | of Columbia department in the as-| sembly hall of the Church of the Epiphany, - the past week. Dr. Kate | Waller Barrett, past national presi- dent, made an address, in which she epoke of the work of the club. i As outlined the club will not only give comfortable, reasonable quarters to auxiliary members, both local ar isiting, and to legionnaires, but w POLICEMAN IN COURT FOR SLAPPING MAN Arrested Painter for “Stealing” Bottle of Milk He Had Bought. Policeman Edward K tached to the first pro: " was in Ploolice Court yesterday charged Wwith slapping the face of had arrested for “stealing” a bottle of milk the prisoner had bought. The complainant, Alvin H. Shelton, at- Davis, jemployed at the government printing office, testified that he had made ar- rangéments witl proprietor of a grocery store to leave a bottle of milk . When Officer Shelton saw Davis take the milk 6a ln‘memner 12, he promptly arreated him. When Davis attempted to explain, it was testified, the officer struck hir in the face. At the station house the proprietor of the store confirmed Davis statement and he was released, upon which he ordered the policeman ar- rested. Shelton prayed trial by jur and was released on his personal bond. encourage familles from various parts of the country to visit Washington who have relatives buried s Arlington cemetery, it is explained. Miss ‘Elizabeth Fisher was appoint ed chairman of a committee to pre pare a prospectus and letter to be mailed to each department of the Amer- ican Leglon and of the auxiliary. Mrx Mamie ¥. Do v was selected as chair- man of the I 1 committee. ‘The club will be formally opened with a housewarming & Valentine's day, February 14 with Thursda 3 el the department com- mander, Lieut. Kenneth L. Coontz, x N., of the Veterans of Foreign ‘Ware, comm d his annual visita- tion and ins, *tion of the local posts in the District. These . visitations will extend over the period of the month of January. Department Com- mander Coontz accompanied by his full staff and each visitation s the occasion for the insi n of the annually elected officer various pusts vis Last week cere Thursday evening eed Post in and Friday evenin, ital Post in Odd Next Tuesday and monies will be held the Admiral Perry Ship, the old Navy Post, in_the Odd Fellows Temple, and of the Columhia Post in the National Guard armory January 17, the bab post of the organization. known the Potomac Post, will be vi the Naval Hospital on Pen avenue southeast. This lowed by a visit, January eral PPost in the Odd Fellow: &and January 29 to Post in the nies were held at Equality-Wal- Pythian Temple monthly t headq; 14 " in mory and the work ear of 1924 will be taken up discussed. "Among other things to 1 arranged for are: The formation « a foreign service club wif u rooms in the District; the p the annu Beach, an The Veterans of Foreign Wars, (o- ward Americanization work, has of fered a scries of prizes for public school childrens under the age of" sixteen years and for school teachers For the best set of es: subjects enumerated it of Schools Dr. . under date of J pted the kind offer o of Forelgn Wars and announ he was submitting this matte | meeting of sc ary S. James A mander Voterans. Lis._home in work in_th for the disabled. The delay in the the House served sideration of certain measur on his recent visit MoFariand said he received ances from leaders on both sides of the House that the formation of veterans' affairs committe the first item on the D, gram, is a As soon it will organizat to postpon ced befo lative f the D. which was at the convention at Minneapolis last sum- mer. 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