Evening Star Newspaper, October 14, 1928, Page 89

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Veterans of Great War Veterans of Foreign Wars. In response to a call from Com- mander-in-chief Eugene P. Carver, jr., Boston, Mass., a meeting was held Fri- day, yesterday, and is being continued ¥. Action on important organiza- tion: problems, launching of an exten- sive expansion program and general discussion of _teran policies for the ensuing year was the order of business. ‘The council, consisting of 14 mem- bers, .representing 14 districts in which the country is apportioned, will meet at Lansing, Mich., in conjunction with the annual mecting of the board of trustees of the Veterans of Foreign Wars national home for widows and children of deccased veterans at Eaton Rapids, Mich. Fred Stover, Butler, Pa., president of the board, will pre- side at ail sessions and the annual elec- tion of officers. In connection with the board of trustees’ meeting a delegation repre- senting the Department of New York Veterans of Foreign Wars will arrive at Eaton Rapids for the dedication of the New York State unit. recently con- structec at the national home. The New York building has been completely +» furnished with equipment contributed by New York posts and auxiliaries. National officers who will participate in the conference at Lansing include Commander-in-chief Carver, Past Com- mandre-in-chief Frank T. Strayer of Indianapolis, Senior Vice Commander- in-chief H. N. Duff, Lansing, Mich., who is also treasurer of the Veterans of Foreign Wars' National Home: Junior Vice Commander-in-chief Paul C. ‘Wolman, Baltimore, Md.; Judge Advo- .cate General Harpur M. Tobin, Phila- delphia, Pa.; Adjt. Gen. R. B. Handy, jr., Kansas City, Kans.: John Mulligan, Newark, N. J. and James F. MacFar- Jand, Providence, R. L, inspector gen- eral. Members of the council who will at- tend are Harry A. Hoffman, Provi dence, R. I; William P. Dibble, Meri- den, Conn.; Fred Stover, Butler, Pa. who is a member of the council repre- senting the third district, as well as president of the Veterans of Foreign Wars' National Home: George J. Neu- ner. Washington, D. C.: John G. Lewis, ' National Sanitarium, Tennessee; A. C. Eversole, Jackson, Ky.; S. H. Myers, Chicago, Ill.: H. J. Snodgrass, Kansas City. Mo.; Andrew Hawkins, Minne- apolis; R. C. Anderson, Denver; Donald Coe, Sacramento, Calif.;” P. W. Kelley, Portland, Oreg., and R. Muskogee, Okla. Federal Auxiliary, No. 824, met Mon- day night at the home of the junior vice president, Mrs. Petty. A social followed. A card party will be held Thursday, October 18, at the home of Mrs. Lohman, 822 G street northeast. A dance and card party will be held at Oyster’s Auditorium Novembecr 28, to * which the public is invited. National Capital Post, No. 127, Vet- erans of Foreign Wars, held its regu- lar meeting in Pythian Temple October 8. Comdr. R. C. Muschlitz has made extensive plans for recruiting for the balance of his term of office. Frank Heisie, department chairman of re- cruiting, addressed the meeting and gave an outline of the campaign. Four + valuable prizes are to be given in the contest. Each new member counts 100 points and attendance for a regular member counts 10 points. Chairman Earnest Wickstrand is co- operating with the auxiliary for a card party Wednesday evening at Oyster's Auditorium, Twenty-sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue. Games and other features of entertainment are planned. Post meetings for this week: Thurs- day, Equality-Walter Reed Post, No. 284, Pythian Temple. Members in the District of Columbia are arranging to attend the joint ball | + with the American Legion the evening | of November 11, at the New Willard Hotel. F. C. Lucas is handling the tick- ets for.the V. F..W. The joint commit- tee of the two organizations is holding | weekly meeiings at the Army and Navy Club. E. C. Babcock is in charge of the V. P. W. subcommittee. Capt. Frank Lockhead, commander of the D. C. Department of the V, F. W., after an absence of nearly two months, presided at the meeting of the council of administration, held in the board room of the District Building last Monday evening. The council dis+ posed of several matters thab have been a problem in the department for * some time. The most important of these was the question as to the rights of past department commanders in the council of administration and after hearing a report from the department judge advoczte, voted to give all past department commanders a vote in the Nock participated in the ceremonies. Touching upon the significance of the occasion, Comdr. Wood said: “Ten years | ago, for God and country, our comrades were making the supreme sacrifice on the battlefields of France. We are charged by our immortal dead to carry on their fight in the battles of peace. Let us therefore continue to meet our responsibility individually and as an organization. When we and the Nation become unmindful of our obligation to the heroic dead the security of our Government is imperiled. If ideals of patriotism wane, civilization itself will die. Conscious of our duty and our hallowed opportunity, and inspired by a determination to shoulder the burdens of peace, the perpetuity of our democ- racy is assured. We reverently anproach the tomb of this unknown dead to re- new our allegiance to the cause of jus tice, freedom and democracy. He who is enshrined before us represents our Nation's dead. They did not fail us. We shall not fail them. Proud of the heritage bequeathed us in the sacrifices of our comrades, we pray for strength to maintain the fight, the light of God for our paths of duty and the courage of the fallen to sustain us. As an evi- dence of our faith in these principles, our pledge to support them, and with an affectionate remembrance, I deposit this wreath of homage on the tomb of the national commander and in the name of the American Legion.” On the conclusion of his address the assemblage stood in silent prayer for two minutes, after which Department | Chaplain Col. T. J. Dickson offered a | praver. The District of Columbia Depart- ment of the American Legion, in co- operation with the newly elected na- tional commander of the American Le- gion, is arranging an elaborate program for Armistice day. A memorial ball, cponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion, will be given at the New Willard Hotel Novem- | ber 10. Excrcises will be held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Sunday afternoon, November 11, and that eve- ning it is expected the President of the United States will deliver an address, to be broadcast on a national scale as a part of the Armistice day celebration. Details of the ceremony will be an- nounced at a later date. The commit- tee consists of Majs. Wallace Streater, chairman; L. E. Atkins and Walter O. ‘Woods. and Capts. George R. Unmacht and Theodore Cogswell have been ap- pointed to arrange for the program. ‘The members of Eight and Forty, the fun and honor sociefy of the American Legion Auxiliary, have devoted their efforts during the past year to increas- ing the membership of the Legion and auxiliary and forwarding the splendid programs of these organizations, says a report submitted at the national con- | vention and included in the yearly re- i port of the Legion to be filed with Con- gress. In order to stimulate interest, Eight and Forty has given many prizes | and awards to individuals who gave the | greatest assistance to the work, accord- | ing to this annual report. Eight and Forty, which goes under the French name of La Boutique des Huit Chapeaux et Quarante Femmes, as- sisted the national child welfare pro- grem of the Legion by contributing | $1,500, to be used in direct aid under the management of the national com- mittee. Donations have been made for the flood relief in Mississippi, Vermont 2nd California. Eight and Forty will make an_annual contribution of .$500 from its World War orphans’ fund for work among the war orphans of Paris, the report says. — ) Victory Post, No. 4, held its regular meeting Tuesday in the Woodmen of the World Hall. Post Comdr. Tom Franklin of the Bureau of Engraving Post outlined progress made on the joint Armistice day ball to be given by the Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars November 10 in the New Willard Hotel. Victory Post voted to take a box | for this occasion. October 23 at 8| o'clock in the Woodmen of the World | Hall the newly elected officers of this post will be installed by Department Comdr. Harlan Wood. This will be a Jjoint meeting of the George Washing- ton Post, No. 1, and Victory Post, No. 4. iMany distinguished Legionnaires will be guests, among whom are Gen. Per- shing, Gen. Fries, Gen. Hines, Col. Rob- bins, Assistant Secretary of War Col. John Thomas Taylor, Col. Miller B. Kenyon, Maj, Paul McGahan, Maj. Julius I. Peyser, Capt. Watson B, Mil- ler, Grand Chef J. O. C. Roberts of the 40 and 8 and all post commanders. Arrengements are being made for a pa- rade from the District Building at 7 council. Junior Vice Comdr. A. Grudd announced an entertainment to be | given at Walter Reed the evening of | October 16. | Chief of Staff Frank Heise outlined | a plan to stimulate recruiting in the | various posts and he was given full | to put the plan in operation. lan in detail is to have a com-| petitive recruiting drive inaugurated among the posts with valuable prizes as the incentive. It is planned to be- gin the contest October 15 and bring it to a close December 31. Prizes will be given to the post bringing in the largest number of new members; the post having the largest percentage of gain in membership; the post hav- ing the of gain in membership; the post hav- ing the largeset attendance at each meeting during this period and to the | post having the largest percentage of its membership in attendance at each meeting during this period. It was announced 22 names were on the rolls of the proposed Drum and Bugle Corps and that this long-looked for auxiliary to the department would soon be a reality. An organization meeiing will shortly be held Ceremonies for the unveiling of a stona over the grave of the late Gen. Lloyd M. Brett, in Arlington, ere held September 23 by members of the 80th Division Association and the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars. Gen. Brett was a member of the 80th Division overseas and was a past commander- in-chief of the V. F. W, T. N. T. Pup-Tent, the local unit of the Military Order of the Cootie, which is the fun-making branch of the W., gave the first of a series of banquets at the Roma restaurant Weadnesday evening. Cootie V. G. Guil- lermain, a_member of T. N. T, who | was elected national senior vice com- mander at the Grand Scratch in In- dianapolis, told of the plans for the national organization for the coming year. Seam Squirrel Nat Laden w master of cercmonies. Front Line Post is completing ar- rangements for its Navy Day ball, whic! will be held at the Raleigh Hotel the evening of October . Commander Harvey L. Miller is general chairman of the bell committee and he announces that meny novel features are being planned. largest attendance at each | p.m. to the Woodmen's Hall, led by Vic- tory Post Drum and Bugle Corps, for the above occasion. A committee_composed of Maj. Wal- | ter O. Woods, Post Comdr. E. B. Lyons, Raymond A. Burke, Cornelius E. Lana- han, Horold E. Supplee, Lloyd Shumac and Robert Hundley assembled with the post colors at Arlington Cemetery last Monday to take part in the laying of a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Department Comdr. Harlan Wood simultaneously with the open- ing of the American Legion convention at 8an Antonio, Tex. The Drum and Bugle Corps will give a progressive 500 card party at the Northeast Masonic Temple, November 3, at 8 p.m. . More than 7,000,000 ies were sold by the American Lpz’l‘:r‘l)pAuxmary in | the annual Memorial day poppy sale | this year, according to the annual re- | port of the auxiliary, which was nre- | sented to the national convention of the | organization, held at San Antonio, | Tex. The money raised by the sale has |been devoted to the rehabilitation of disabled veterans of the World War and in chlltz‘ wcl!ndre work. The disabled en who made the fes received | about $70,000 for theirp:glrjk, according to Athe repart, | A new high total in membership w reached by the auxiliary durm; the |vear. On August 31 the membership | | Was 297.909, as compared to the pre- | vious high total of 277,910 reached | | December 31, 1927. From January 1 | to August 31 this year 476 new units of the auxiliary were chartered, making |a total of 6,628 units located through- {out the United States and territorial possessions and in four foreign coun- tries. ‘The membership of the auxihary is made up of mothe! ives, daugh- ters and sisters of Legionnaires, de- ceased veterans and men who gave their lives in the war. All members of U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, are notified that the Braille work has started for the Winter season The post is again assigned the first and third (and also the fifth if there is one) | Tuesday nights of the month. The class starts at 7:30 o'clock. Volunteers are requested for this worl The post is conducting a stationery | drive. Mayme Smith and Lucille Allan at the Navy Department and Mary America’s unknown dead on behalf of | 5 | Whitman Cross, Mi cial party will be a card party, bridge, 500 and dance, November 29, at the Hotel Colonial. i Applications for membership have been received from Col. Thomas H. Shanton, Capt. D. P. Guynn, Capt. George L. Strong, Lieut. Joseph Lloyd, Merideth D. Palmer and Thomas W. Jones. The board of governors is pre- {paring an elaborate program for the annual New Year eve dinner and dance to be held at the Releigh Hotel December 31. Judge Robert E. Mat- tingly will be the toastmaster. Secre- tary Harry Pollock has been commis- | sioned an’ ensign of the Navy. Sergt. ! A. R. Thompson, treasurer, has been commissioned a_lieutenant of Infantry in the Reserve Officers Corps. ° Armistice Ball. The joint armistice ball committee | met at’ the New Willard Hotel last Tuesday. The plans for the poster con- | | test were approved by the committee | as a whole. Each art school in the District of Columbia will be asked to participate and ¢ncourage students to | | enter. The poster subcommittce now consists of the following: J. W. Boyer, Chaplain V. O. Anderson, Francis Mil- ler_and Joseph Beattie. The rules of the contest are as fol- lows: i 1. All designs must be appropriate to Armistice day. 2. Size to be at least 14 inches wide | and 26 inches long. | 3. Not more than three colors to b'v‘ used, though charcoal and pen and ink | sketches are equally acceptable. { 4. Heavy stock suitable for usual poster display purposes must be used. 5. All posters to remain property of the committee, whether awarded prizes or not. ¥ 6. Entries will register by mail with Rev. V. O. Anderson, 103 Seaton place northwest. 7. Contest closes midnight November 7 and all posters must be in the hands of Rev. Anderson by that date. 8. Prizes are $10 for best design and $5 for second best. 9. Awards to be made at the ball November 10 at the New Willard Hotel. 10. Judges to be disinterested parties selected by the poster committee. E. J. St. Jacques and Thomas F. Frailey were appointed as a committee to attend the meeting of the Overseas Women's League and invite them to assist in making the ball an all- veterans' affair. The full committee as it now stands is composed of the following: For the American Legion—Thomas J. Frailey, chairman; Howard S. Fisk, treasurer and printing; Theodore L. Cogswell, invitations; Thomas D. Walsh, music; Miss Emily J. Carey and Miss Helen O'Neil, patronesses; Ernest V. MclIntosh, ticket sales and decorations; E. H. Hale, ticket distribution; Thomas E. Franklin, boxes, and Francis Miller, floor committee. For the Veterans of Foreign Wars— E. Claude Babcock, chairman; E. J. St. Jacques, treasurer; F. C. Lucas, sec- retary; E. S. Bettelheim, jr., invitations; William L. Thomas, music; James W. Boyer, publicity; Mrs. Mary Lucas, patroness; Charles H. Reilly, floor com- mittee, and Joseph F. Beattie, ticket sales and posters. The future meetings of the commit- tee will be held at the New Willard Hotel, on Tuesday of each week until the week of the ball. Disabled American Veterans. ‘With Capt. Fred Kochli, State com- mander, presiding, the District of Co- lumbia Department of the Disabled American Veterans met last week at headquarters, in the Earle Building, and agreed on the general plans for the an- nual Forget-Me-Not drive, to be held November 9, 10 and 11. Past Comdr. George W. Phillips, who ! beginning is general director of the campaign, re- ported in detail as to what has already been done and expressed the opinion that if a sufficient number of women and girls are obtained to act as sellers of the flowers the success of the drive is ‘assured. Phillips said he was still conferring with the representatives of several organizations which had prom- ised to assist in enlisting sellers, and he hoped to have.a more complete report on this matter at the meeting of the department to be held next week. It was reported the following have ale ready agreed to act as members of the citizens’ advisory committee: Justice Walter I. McCoy, Bishop William F. McDowell, Right Rev. James E. Free man, Rev. Jason Noble Pierce, Rabbi Abram Simon, Mgr. C. E. Thomas, Jus- tice Frederick L. Siddons, Dr. Charles ‘Wood, Harry S. New, Rev. Willlam S. Abernethy, Jesse C. Adkins, Merritt O. Chance, Robert N. Harper, Frank R. Jelleff, Radford Moses, Frederic Willilam Wile, Gen. Anton Stephan, Paul V. Col- lins, Harlan Wood, Frank H. Lockhead, John Lewis Smith, Mrs. Virginia White Speel, Mrs. Giles Scott Rafter, Mrs. s Gertrude H. Bowl- ing M Henry H. Flather, Mrs. Ed- faund D. Rheem, Mrs. Florence Gom- pers MacKay, Mrs. Noble Newport Potts, Mrs. William F. Shanahan, Mrs. James M. Wiliey, Mrs. George F. Bowerman Mrs. Helena Reed, Mrs; Edgar B. Mer- ritt and Mrs. Carrie E. Nolan, For five years the department has maintained at 1540 I street a liaison service to act as free attorney to Wash- ington’s disabled and their dependents in preparing and presenting claims be- fere the Veterans’ Bureau, this work having the indorsement of President Coolidge and Director Frank T. Hines, However, Comdr. Kochli explained to last week's meeting that upon the suc. cess or failure of the drive for funds next month will depend whether this service is to be continued, and in order that the work of preparing will be properly distributed among members of the organization he named several sub- committees whose business it will be to handle certain details of the driv Early next month there will be a meeting in Washington of national of- ' ficials of the D. A. V. to consider legise lative activities at the coming session of Congress, based upon the program which was adopted at the eighth na- tional convention, at Denver last June, National Comdr. M. W. Rice addressed the national convention of the Amer- ican Legion at San Antonio last week, and following an inspection of several hospitals in the Southwest will come to Washington for the legislative confer- ence. CARd N AT I ey Rebuilding 0ld Fort Washington. More than 30 years ago a move- ment was started to preserve old Fort Washington in the upper part of New York City. At that time there were no houses near it and the fortification oc- cupied a position which commanded the surrounding country. The move- | ment to preserve the old reclic of the | Revolution failed and in the meantime | building operations have moved up to {1t until one portion of the ancient structure is now covered by the foun- | dations of an apartment house and smaller structures entirely surround it | At this late day the cffort to preserve it has taken hold and the city has secured possession of the ground and | the fort is to be restored to Revolu- | tionary aspect as far as possible and D. €., OCTOBER Y4 1928—PART 4. 18" ArmyandNavyNews Army. About 30 officers of the Regular Army, National Guard and Reserve will be detailed to undergo the second course of instruction for unit gas officers, which will be given at Edgewood Arsenal tomorrow and concluding November 9. The other gas courses to be held during the next calendar year are the line and staff course to be held from February 11 to April 19, 1929, and the field officers’ course from July 8 lo August 2, 1929 The Regular Army officers who have been detailed so far to take the unit gas course are: First Lieuts. Kent J. Nelson, Robert A. Schow, John D. Armstrong, Frank G. Davis ‘and Charles F. Ivins, all In- fantry; Hugh F. Conrey and George A. A. Jones, both Field Artillery, and Second Lieuts. Paul M. Seleen, Ordnance Department; A, H. Burton, Corps of Engineers, and A. H. Cavenaugh, Cavalry. Col. E. G. Peyton, who has been in charge of the personnel section, office { of the chief of Infantry, has been as- | signed to the G-3 section of the general staff. Maj. George S. Patton, who has | has assumed charge of the plans and training section, office of the chief of Cavalry, relieving Col. Roger S. Fitch, Cavalry, who has gone to command the 11th Cavalry at the Presidio of Monterey, Calif. Maj. H. A. Flint, who has been on duty as a student at the Ecole de Guerre, Paris, France, has been assigned to duty in the material and equipment scction, office of the chief of Cavalry. Upon the recommendation of the surgeon general of the Army, the Sec- Army internes to serve at least two years in the military service upon the completion of their year of interneship training at the various Army hospitals. | In the past, due to the absence of any | such regulation, a number of Army internes have, after .completing _their vear of interneship training, resigned immediately for the purpose of enter- ing upon their professional careers in | private practice. | Since the establishment of the Army | interneship training a_ total of 95 | internes were appointed first licuten- | ants in the Medical Corps of the Regu- retary of War has established a new | policy that will make it mandatory upon | withdrawn from the military service. In order that the Army will not lose the services of these internes immediately upon the completion of their training in the military hospitals, the Secretary of War has prescribed that “hereafter appointments of internes in Army hos- pitals shall include a contract that the officer appointed shall serve two years, or such longer period as the surgeon general may consider proper. after his completion ‘of the interne course and the acceptance of his commission as an officer of the Medical Corps of the Regular Army.” Navy. | _In addition to his dutics in the Bureau of ' Acronautics, Navy Depart- ment, Lieut. Comdr. John E. Ostrander has been assigned as White House aide. The resignation of Licut. Comdr. F. §. Irby, to become effective on October 15, | will result in the promotion of Licut. | E. M. Senn to be a lieutenant_com= | mander and Licut. Comdr. (J. G.) C. | Faine to be a lieutenant.. The retire- | ment of Lieut. John McCloy on Octo- | ber 15, on his own application, after 30 years' service, will result in the pro- motion of Lieut. (J. G.) H. F. Goodwin to the rank of lieutenant. tion of Lieut. Thomas E. Lee has been submitted, to tgke effect also on Octo- | ber 15, the acceptance of which results | | in_the'promotion of Lieut. (J. G.) A.L. | Danis to the rank of lieutenant. Ap | £roval has been given by the Navy De- The resigna- | naval aviatpr of Capt. Charles C. Soule. Comdr. Claude B. Mayor and Lieut. R. Kelly, all of whom are on duty at | the Naval Air Station at Hampton | Roads, Va. | Boards to select candidates for Navy | post-graduate instruction for the class | to be ordered in 1929 will meet on or about December 1. Candidafes will be selected in number and classification as follows: General line, 60: mechani- cal engineering. 22: electrical engineer- ing, 14; communication engineering, 15: | Diesel engineering. 14: aeronautical | engineering, 3: ordnance. 10: acrology. | 4; compass design. 4: naval construc- tion, 6: civil engineering. 3, and law. 4. The board will consider requests of applicants in naval construction and civil engineering from graduates of the Naval Academy class of 1927 only. other subjects only those applicants who will have completed five or more years | of commissioned service on July 1.1929, will be considered. Selections will be announced by the Navy Department | prior to Fgbruary 1. 1929, Great Pile of Snail Shells. 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Deecatur 686 | Tatspaugh at the Navy Yard have a wiil take the form of a public park, | supply of samples of this stationery, and | In 1776 the fort was taken from the number of the other comrades also| Americans and 3.000 prisoners taken have samples. | who were subjected to untold horrors in | The post is arranging a Halloween their prison so that when an exchange | party. Detailed arrangements have not | was effected some time later but 800 American Legion. As a part of the session of the na- tional convention of the American Legion just closed in San Antonio, Tex Brothers Standard Six $875 to $945, also on display Department Comdr. Harlan Wood at the personal request of National Comdr. Ed- ward E. Spafford at 1:30 o'clock last Monday placed a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery. Memorial services were being simultaneously held at the tombs of the unknown soldiers of our ailies. The committee consisted of the following Legionnaires who assisted the com- mander: W. A. Bethel, Herbert M. Lord, U. 8. Grant, 3d; C. B. Robbins, As- sistant Secretary of War F. Trubee Day- ison, C. R. Long, Ennals Waggaman, L. E. Atkins, Frederic Willlam Wile Seelye Jones, Peul V. Collins, Imirie, Theodore QCogswell, Wallace Streater, George P. Unmacht, J. £mith, Maj. Gen. J. A. Lejeune, Walter 0. Woods, E. A, Costello, T. J. Dickson. tn Viest Hemilton, C. E. Lanahan, Francis layton Emig and | g. Gen. H. O. Williams. A number of Miller, B. Buscher. Cla B Legionn were including Fauline McVey. present, A delegation representing the Amer- fcan War Mothers headed by Mrs. Ethel R. | | yet been completed, but it is requested | that the comrades reserve Halloween for the post's party. A tie vote resulted at the last meet- | ing of Vincent B. Costello Post to in- | crease the annual dues. Another vote [will be taken at the next meeting. The post bugle corps did not go to the | national convention and the members | decided to purchase new uniforms. | Plans have been made by the minstrel | troupe to present a show about Novem- | ber 15, Al Stern is directing the show The ninth anniversary banquet will [be held at the Racquet Club the latter part of this month. s The post will meet Tuesday night in | the boardroom, *District Building. American War Veterans' Club. The American War Veterans' Club golf tournament will be held on the Rock Creek golf course October 21, commenecing at 9 am., for members only. A silver cup will be presented to the of this event. The next so- of the men were alive. It was here in the breastworks Margaret Corbin took the place of her fallen hus. band at the gun and did some effec~ tive service, Weird Powers Zaid to Agate. In many parts of the world the su- perstitious attribute strange powers to agate. 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