Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1928, Page 58

14 SPANISH WAR VETERANS Department Comdr. James G. Yaden in general orders announced the ap- pointment of Patrick McMahon of the Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp as depart- ment chief musician and W. D. Watts of the Richard J. Harden Camp as de- partment aide de camp. These appoint- a:ants were made to fill vacancies. The department commander and staff will make official visitations to the va- rious camps during the new year on the following dates: Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp, January 25; Richard J. Harden Camp, February 7; Col. James @. Pettit Camp, February 12; Gen. genry W. Lawton Camp, April 1; Col. fohn Jacob Astor Camp, February 18; Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp, March 8, and Gen. M. Emmet Urell Camp, March 30. Department Installing Officer William 1. Jenkins will install the officers of the camps clected for 1929 at the first reg- ular stated meeting of each respective camp in January or at such time as| each camp may designate. Camp commanders for 1929 are re- quested to send the name of the chair- man of the camp sick committee to Senior Vice Department Comdr. Lorin C. Nelson, chairman of the department sick committee. The commanders are also requested to send the name of a member of each camp to be a member | of the department grievance committee | to Junior Vice Department Comdr. Benjamin F. Motley, United States Sol- diers’ Home, chairman of the com- mittee. The department finance committee will meet at 7:30 p.m. before each coun- | cil of administration meeting, at which time any comrade who seeks to bring before the council a request for an appropriation for extraordinary expen=- ditures will present the proposal in writing to this committee for approval, placing it in the hands of John A.‘[ Gallagher, chairman. | All comrades who served in the fol- lowing regiments and served in the Philippine Islands are requested to cor- respond with Frank B. Dodds, Travel | Pay Committee, room 5, House Build- ing. Lawrence, Kans.: 1st Nebraska, 20th Kansas, 1st South Dakota, 1st North Dakota, 1st Washington, 1st Montana, 2d Oregon, 10th Pennsyl- vania, 1st Colorado, 1st California, 1st Idaho, 13th Minnesota, 1st Wyoming, blst Iowa, 1st Tennessee, Utah Artil- lery, California Artillery, Wyoming Artillery and Nevada Cavalry. Under the call of Commander-in- Chief William L. Grayson the following members of the national legislative com- mittee of the Spanish War Veterans held sessions Monday and Tuesday for the purpose of drafting a vension bill in conformity with the instructions of the national encampment at Havana, Cuba, and for consideration of other matters of legislative importance to the membership: Edward S. Mathias, Ohio, chairman; william C. Dufour, Louisiana; John C. Benjamin, North Carolina; George W. Peters, Iowa; George H. Lunn, New ork, and William L. Mattocks, District Columbia. Commander-in-Chief Grayson and t Commanders-in-Chief "Rice W. eans and John Lewis Smith of Wash- ington, D. C., were present in an ad- wvisory capacity. Past Commander-in-Chief Means, who was chairman of ‘the committee last year and whose recommendations to the encampment resulted in the adoption of the resolution placing the organization on record in favor of a $50 pension for Spanish War veterans who attain the age of 50 years, with appropriate increase for added age or disability, made a brief statement to the committee as to the reasons which actuated his recommendations. A tentative bill was drafted and Chairman Mathias was instructed to secure its introduction and to make arrangements for a hearing before the pension committees of Congress. Department Comdr. James G. Yaden and Senior Vice Department Comdr. Lorin C. Nelson of the District of Co- lumbia appeared before the committee and made statements advocating a 25- year optional retirement for veterans serving the Government in civil capaci- Congress now has under consid- eration a proposal to amend the pres- ent law governing the retirement of superannuated Federal employes, and | their proposal would provide the re- quired amendment to that bill Dr. W. A. Watkins, representing the contract surgeons, appeared before the committee and presented their request that they be included in pension legis- lation beneficial to Spanish War vet- erans. Other questions discussed by the com- mittee included that affecting the pref- erence rights of veterans in civil em- &lgyment under the Government in matter of entrance into the service, retention in positions and preference in promotion and assignment to duty. Department President Carrie E. Nolan presided at the special monthly meeting of the council of administra- tion of the Ladies’ Auxiliaries, when plans for the dance to be given by the department January 26 at the L'Aiglon were completed. The resignation of Mamie Galpin, department chaplain, was accepted and M. Elma Edwards of the Gen. Nelson A. Miles Auxiliary was elected as her successor. Emma Beck- with and Ethel Niepold were elected council members to fill two vacancies caused by resignations and Gretta W. Ludwig was appointed as a council member. The annual visitation of the department, to the United States Sol- diers’ Home Hospital wil] take place December 23 gt 2 pm. All members are requested to attend. ‘The following officers were elected at the meeting of the Admiral George Dewey Naval Auxiliary last Monday night: President, Catherine Huhn; senior ‘vice president, Katie Le Laurin; Junior vice president, Ida Kimmerling; chaplain, Mary Lipscomb: patriotic in- structor, Mabe! Hesen; historian, Ella ¥Ford; conductress, Carrie Flaherty; as- sistant conductress, Elizabeth Titlow; guard, Anna Mentges; assistant guard, Mary McNab. Visitors at the meeting were Department President Carrie E. Nolan, Junior Vice Department Presi- dent Bertha Cook and Chief of Staff Kathryn Teague. Announcement was made that the joint installation of auxiliary officers will be held at North- east Masonic Temple January 7. ‘The Presidents Club entertained their members and comrades at the last meeting with a banquet at Collier’s Inn. ‘There will be a meeting of the club for the month of December, the date to°be Bnnounced later, The Lineal Society of the Spanish war will hold a card party at the Oyster_Auditorium, Twenty-sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue, Tuesday night at"8:30 o'clock. ‘The meetings of the camps and aux- dliaries for the week are: Col. James S. Pettit Camp, Tuesday night, 921 Pennsylvania avenue southeast; Gen. Nelson A. Miles Camp. Friday nignt, Pythian Temple; Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp, Priday night, Ma- sonic ‘Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast; Col. James S. Pettit Aux- iliary, Thursday night, Potomac Bank Building, Wisconsin avenue and M street northwest; Gen. Nelson A. Miles a\:'xflhm Priday night, Pythian Tem- SYGGEST REPLY DRAFT. Frenoh Offer Advice to Britain on Berlin Answer, LONDON, December 8 (#).—The Brit- 1sh government has received suggestions from the French government for the draft of a reply to be sent to Berlin's note of October 30 regarding the set- ting up of a new experts’ committee on_reparations. 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