Evening Star Newspaper, January 2, 1927, Page 34

Veterans of Great War Veterans of Foreign Wars. National Capitol Post, No. 127, Vet- erans of Forelgn Wars, at its bi- monthly meeting, Monday, held the annual election of officers, as follows: John J. Allen, commander; Jacob De Hart, senior vice commander; Harry Loveless, junior vice commander; Er- mest Wickstrand, quartermaster; Ja- cob Orken, post advocate; Edward J. Sullivan, chaplain; Dr. John L. De Mayo, surgeon: H. H. Rudolph, officer of the day. and A. E. Plerce, trustee. Presentation of a badge to the retir: ing commander and installation of off ecrs will be held January 10 at Pyinlan Temple, under the direction of Department Commander Charles H. Retile isted by department staff. Buffet luncheon will be served and ali members of the V. F. W. are invited. Commander A. E. Pierce announced that the quartermaster’s books will be inspected Tuesday evening at the resi | dence of Ernest Wickstrand, 707 H |1 astreet, and he desires all trustees to be present. Dr. Maynard perved in the 7.+ Simmons, _who 6th Regiment Engi feers during the late World war, and “larence J. Bleil, who saw service | during the war with Spain in Cuba and | Porto Rico, were obligated as mem- Yers of the post. Department Com snander Reilley, Comrades Blefl, Beat- tie and Schmutte made brief talks. Charles Kohen, department chair man of the hospitalization committee, | made a plea for clothing and shoes for needy veterans. The articles will be yeceived at 606 Thirteenth street. Department Commander Charles H Reilley, Department No. 1, Veterans of Foreign Wars, District of Colum bia, has announced that the next de partment meeting will be held in the | boardroom. District Building, tomor- | yow evening, at 8 o'clock. All future | Monday meetings will be held the first o~ of each month during 1927 rd room. bo:‘:\?nmunder Reilley urges all veter-| ans of foreign wars to support the American ball to be held January 18 et the Mayflower Hotel. §24, Veterans of jgn Wars, held its annual elec-| 53,'55? officers last Monday, as fol-| lows: Commander, Grover F Moore: | senior vice commander, C. J. Lawless; Junior vice commander, Garner A Green; chaplain, Rev. V. O. Anderson; officer of the day, Thomas H. Clinton; quartermaster, C. ; trustee, E. E. Doolan. Officers will be in- stalled January 24 by Department Commander C. H. Reilley. Z Equity-Walter Reed Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, wilt hold an in- | stallation ball” on the occasion of the Joint installation of the post officers and the officers of the Ladies’ Auxil- jary nest Wednesday at 8 p.m. in Pythian Temple. The installation will take place in the council chambers, and immediately thereafter the 1- room wiil be opened for the dancing and entertainment. The installation will be public, in order to permit the | guests of the post and auxiliary to at- tend. All members of the local posts of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Ladies' Auxiliaries are invited. The committee in charge of the in- stallation ball is composed of: E. J. St. Jacques, Jay D. Coulter, Lawrence B. Dunn, Capt. Edwin 8. Bettelheim, I Wiiliam L. Thomas, Frank G. Thomas, Stephan Garrity, James A. Barr, Vin- cent Childs, Martin Beeham, Gustave Griswell, James H. Reed, Joseph F. Beattle, Floyd J. Baker, Samuel Ber- Jin and Mitchel P. Walker. This committee will operate in conjunction with the entertainment and refresh- ment committees appointed by the president of the ladies’ auxiliary. The post will hold a short business meeting prior to the time set for in- stallation of the officers, in order to obligate the new members expected, and any other urgent business, for the reason that there will be no meeting Thursday evening. American Legion. At a recessed meeting of George Washington Post, No. 1, the Amer- tcan Legion, last Tuesday night at the elubhouse, 1829 1 street, all business for the present year was concluded and final action taken on applications for membership in the post of those expecting to make the pilgrimage to Paris next September. ‘Those whose applications have been favorably acted on and who will at- tend the ninth annual convention in Paris next Fall include Arthur R. Collins, Edward Ernest Taylor, Walter G. Moyle, and F. N. Oliver. Collins served as a first lieutenant with the First Army, A. E. F., in the Field Ar- | tillery and at present holds a commus- sion in the Officers’ Reserve Corps. Taylor was a first lieutenant in the Air Service during the World War. while | Moyle served as a first lieutenant in | the Field Artillery, A. E. F. Ollver | 18 one of the attorneys for the Inter- | atate Commerce Commission and has | a brilliant record overseas. He was | formerly a_member of Walter Reed | Post, No. 21, the American Legion, | disbanded last year and participated | in many important major engage- ments on the western front in| France. He was promoted from the | rank of captain to major for gallantry | in action and was severely wounded. | He took part in the St. Mibiel and | 2l Federal Post, Meuse-Argonne battles. | e Letters of regret at the deaths of | their fathers will be sent by the post | to Senator Wadsworth and ¢ | Dement, the latter a charter mem Der of the post. Both deaths occurred | about a week The regular meeting of the Societe | des § Chapeaux et 40 Dames will be | next Wednes at 8 pm.,Y at Rauscher’s. Miss Bernadette Carley | will be the hostess to the partners. | Le Chapeaux Departmental, Emily J. | Carey, will outline the activities of | the District of Columbia Salon for | the coming vear, at this meeting. A Christmas party was held at the home | @f Mrs. Leon Arnold last Wednesday night. A total of 462,107 World Wa weterans have converted their war risk insurance policies into some form ©of permanent government insurance, | Jast avallable figures in the hands of the National Rehabilitation Committee of the American Legion shows. | The guardianship work of the American Legion Auxiliary in the | future will be carried on as a part of | its child weifare program, Mrs. Adalin | Wright Macauley, national president, ¢ has announced from national head- quarters. The auxiliary its activities to assisting in guardian ship cases in which children are affected. This decision was reached after a conference with Gen. Frank director of the United Vaterans' Bu . and othel officials. The Legion Auxllia well as the Legion, has been active | for some time in protecting mentally incompetent veterans and children of deceased veterans from unqualified and unscrupulous guardians. Arrangements are progressing for the 1921 mational convention of the American Legion. which will be held in Paris, according to announcement from national headquarters. Advanced steamship sailings for the convenience of members were an- nounced by John J. Wicker, jr tional travel director of the Fi convention committee. He stated that tions recelved indicate that many leglonnaires will take advan tage of the unusual rates and oppor- tunities to visit Europe More than 20,000 rooms are under contract and each has been inspected by an American inspector, it was slated. Many of the posts throughout the pountry, it was stated. are busily ®= A ! membership have been broken by the | vance 1927 membership cards received will confine | gaged In rounding up their members who intend to take the trip. Al records in American Legion | advance 1927 enrollments being re- ceived at national headquarters, and an announcement of a fourth allot- ment of space to the various States for the pilgrimage to France is ex- pected to spur the departments to even greater efforts. The total reported is two-thirds larger than for the same period in 1925 for 1926 members, James F. Bar- ton, national adjutant, sald. The ad- | as of December 17 places Illinois at the top of the departments in. total enroliments, with Minnesota se and Kansas third. Some of the are holding up thelr reports beca of membership contests. The fourth allotment of space for the France trip will he made to all THE SUNDAY of certain Coast Artil- such & manner that all the units would be lo- reasonable distance of the sea coast is held by Maj. Gen. Andrew Hero, chief of Coast Ar- tillery, to be the solution of the difficuities encoun tered by that arm of the service this past year in train- ing Coast Artiller. units of the O Relocation lery units in but three of cated within Due to crease in funds al- lowed for trans- porting students to and from mer camps, it h not been possible MAJ. GEN. HERO. departments based on their 1927 paid membership as of December 31, | s As an_illustratio depart. | ment_whose 1927 membeiship as of | December 31, 1926, amounts to 20 per cent of the 1926 membership, as of the | Philadelphia. convention, will be en- | titled to a fourth allotment equal to 20 _per cent of its first allotment. The allotment system 1Is intended to act as a protection to the various ate departments, aseuring each State of space for a representative | delegation, as the total is limited to | 30.000 The first allotment aggresated | approximately 20,000 places. The other two allotments also were based on | membership. | Mr. and Mrs. Leon Arnold_enter- | tained the 8 Chapeaux et 40 Femmes | with a Christmas party at their home | | Wednesday. There was a Christmas tree and a Santa Claus, who presented gift to each guest. Dancing and games were a part of the evening's entertainment and a buffet supper was served. The regular a meeting of the salon will be January 5 and Miss Bernice | Carley will entertain at Rauscher’s. All partners are urged to attend the | meeting. The salon has taken a box for the American Legion department ball at the Mayflower January 15. Final plans for the staging of the | first annual minstrel show and ball will be formulated at the meeting | Tuesday in the District Building of Vincent B. Costello Post, American Leglon. Plans will also be completed for the first of a semi-monthly series | of athletic nights staged by the post for members of aH posts of the Legion and thelr guests. Members of th committees for the minstrel show and | for the athletic events are requested to be present. Charles Hess is chair- man of the former committee and Heinie Miller of the latter. The annual ball of the District De- partment, composed of 26 posts, wilt be held at the Mayflower Hotel Janu- ary 15. Senior Vice Department Comdr. Theodore Cogswell, who is chairman of the ball committee, reported last night to Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, the department commander, that the pre- liminary plans have been completed and that the tickets have been placed in the hands of post commanders for distribution to the members of each unit. There are 50 boxes available for the ball, and Chairman Cogswell and the members of his committee have made the request that each post take a box and aid in the disposition of the remaining number. Junior Vice Department Comdr. C. H. Hillegeist, who was chairman of a special committee on music for the ball, which included Past Senior Vice Department Comdr. Thomas J. Frailey and _Pgst Comdr. Charles J. Kohen of Costello Post, has announced that there will be a 12- plece orchestra. Co-operation Is being given the Legion committee by the memibers of the Department of the District of Columbia. of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Arrangement has been con- cluded whereby an appreciable per- centage of the receipts from tickets disposed of through the V. F. W. will revert to the treasury of that organi zation, and therefore the Legion ball this year takes on the nature of : Joint affair. Miss Esther V. Hall, third vice de- partment commander, who is chair- man of the committee on patrons, has announced that a distinguished group of Washingtonians has accepted the Legion's invitation to be included in the list of sponsors, which is headed by the President and Mrs. Coolidge. A meeting of the ball committee | ‘ednesday, and Chairman Cogswell announced that another | meeting would take place in the board- room of the District Building next Wednesday at 4:30 o'clock. The personnel of the ball committee | has been completed, and as announced | last night includes: C. H., Hillegeist. | vice chairman; Capt. George F. Un:| macht, the departmen: jutant, treas- urer; Miss Esther V. Hall: National | Executive Committeeman Paul Me- Gahan; Comdr. Gilbert T. Rude of | George Washington Post: Miss Emily Carey, commander of the Belleau | Wood Post; Past Senior Vice Depart ment Comdr. Thomas J. Frailey; J. W Schultz, department finance offices Past Department Comdr. Julius' I. Pe Miss Ma Pierson, | of the Delano V. Schwa Past Depart- | ce Comdr. Miss Helen J. Dr. Elliott Hunt, Forest L. Bartl, commander of Lafayette Post K Norman Templeton. commander of the & t Walcott Post: Austin S, Imirie, grand chef de gare. La Societe Nationale des 40 Hommes et 8 Che- vaux: Dr. D. A. White, Hen « Spengler Post; J. Thad Baker, com-| mander of the t Thomas D. Wi | Post; I (44 <, ago turbed by the ravages of | by using “Murco” product: “Murco” beautifier for ev: room. Ask our exper problems. 710 12th"St. N. W. GRANDS Lightly With The Lifelong Paint Homes painted many years bright face to the world—undis- made to be durable, as well as beautiful. thought to remember in 1927, Make It a Bright New Year E. J. Murphy Co., Inc. nd all ad- vance students to in fortifica- tions on the sea Summer training se: was necessary to establish at Fort Sill, Okla., but, as pointed out by Gen. Hero, it is not possible to give satisfactory instruction in fire against water targets at this lo- cation. In the opinion of Gen. Hero, the remaining three units should be lo- cated at present in the interior of the country and should major in anti- aircraft. ng the past year, 313 graduates of the 18th Coast Artillery Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units received commissions as second lieutenants in the Coast Artillery Corps Reserve mcing that_the The first call an i urement of lo- | campaign for the cal applicants for the citizens’ mili-| tary training camp in 1 Sum- mer camps about to commence was sounded last week by Maj. R. P. Lemly, Infantry, senior executive (ficer of the Washington Reserve units. General circular No. 1 of the 1 series, announcing the begin ning of the approaching citizens' mil- tary training camp campaign, will le accompanied by an extract from a circular on the subject of participa- tion of local Reserve officers in the C. M. T. C. procurement activities last | vear, the information contained in that circular being applicable to the 1927 campaign Four_instructional conferences will | be held at Organized Reserve head-| quarters this week, the first two of | hich, the Alr Corps and Chemical | Warfare Service, being scheduled to | be held tomorrow in the Graham | Building at 8 p.m. The Air Corps| will conduct fts third problem of the | war game. The Chemical Warfare reservists will continue the study of fundamental tactical principles gov- | erning the choice of chemical agents in war. Wednesday at 8:30 p.m., Re- serve officers of the 313th Field Artil- | lery, Col. Leroy W. Herron command- | ing, will hold their instructional as- | sembly, the subject of this conference | ‘being the tactical employment of artil- | lery. The 428th Infantry will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. Lieut. Col. R. B. McKenney, Infantry Reserve, president of the Washington branch of the Reserve Officers’ Association of the United States, announced last week that the annual meeting of the association will be held In the new Interlor De- | —eeeee Vincent B. Costello Post; Joseph J. Tdler, commander Edward Douglass ‘White Post; Miss Anrfa L. Berry, U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post; Don H. Foster, commander Lincoln Post; Earl J. Brown, commander the James A. Beauschane Post; George P. Frailey, commander the Tank Corps Post: | Walter C. Jacobs, commander the Na- | tional Press Club Post; Robert M. Zacharias, commander the Cooley-Mec- | Cullough Post: Charles Kohen, past | commander Vincent B. Costello Post; | Bernard S. Busher of the Killeen Post | and E. V. McIntosh, past commander | of the Robley D. Evans Post, which, with the McGroarty-O'Connell Post, is now known as the Victory Post. | Augusta-Aiken Special Leaves Washington 7:25 p.m. begin- ning Monday. Excellent tourist hotels and golf courses. Southern Railway City Ticket Office, 1510 H St. N.W. Phones Main 5633 and 7063.—Adver- tisement. UPRIGHTS e AND ~-- MIDGET PIANOS FOR RENT HUGO WORCH 110 G.EST.189 Murco” with “Murco” still turn a time—because “Murco” is A good s now indoors. There’s a ery article, and for every ts about your painting Main 5280 Civilian Army News STAR 9 WASHINGTON, D. €., JANUARY 1927—PART 1. ficers are invited. At last month meeting the full strength of local M: rine Corps Reserve officers attended. The assoc ion, of which Capt. Har vey L. Miller, U. 8. M. C.,R., is presi- dent, is planning many new departurea toward building up a big local Marine Corps drill_unit and maintaining peace-time efficiency rps: First Lieut. Herman 1 tchard, Coast Artillery Reserve, is E ned to the Third Coast Artillery district; Second Lieut. Edgar R. Baker, Medical Administrative T ing in Washington were announced last week by Organized Reserve headquarters: Second Lieyt. Verne P. Stimmons, Fleld Artlllery Reserv aving moved to the Fourth Corps |garve. is assi " 1 d to serve, signed to the 18th Surgical | the regular and reserve the same, and Ah"“ s relieved from assignment to | pospital, Fourth Army, in the ca-|is in line with bringing the reserve the Field Artillery group: First Lieut. | o, ojty of adjutant detachment com- | in,closer relationship with the regu- Dennis J. O'Donnell, Dental Re-|pjander and evacuation commander. | lar service and making it a compo- serve, is relieved as dental surgeon | SR DAL QPRGN NG Cors siring to enter the Naval Academy In of the 51st General Hospital, zone "(i - 3 S communication, and assigned to the The second monthly meeting of the Dear Hunting. 27 should submit their applications Boyle. | not later than January 15. The com- \ | 364th Medical Regiment, Fourth District of Columbia United S!Ilel, v: ~, “ From the Army; Capt. Charles Marine Corps Reserve Officers’ Asso. | | ~Been up in Mains. hunting, eh® Quartermaster Reserve. having | petitive examination will take place | clation will take place at the Press|Did vou get a buck? Ea moved to the Ninth Corps area. is|next April Club January 11, following a di o1y relieved from assignment to the 312th » ¥ e o e Motor Transport Command. 13th [JANUARY CLEAN-UP SALE| changed so that the wearing of the letter “it the uniform by Ma- rine Reserve officers is no This change in reg- niform for both . nd partment Building, Eighteen F streets, Janu 6, at .m. Maj. Gen. P. Summerall, the new chief of staff of the Regular Army, will address the association. All of- ficers of the Army of the United States are Invited to attend. th a 15 —— Marine Corps Reserve officers de- The following changes in the as- signments of Reserve officers Uniform regulations have been'Reserve comm / 3 / | Big Green Tags Tell the Story| ! 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