Evening Star Newspaper, February 23, 1930, Page 78

Veterans of AMERICAN LEGION. Meetings This Week. February 25—Victory Post, ‘Woodmen’s Hall, 935 Grant place iwest, 8 p.m. Pel 25—Stuart Walcott Post, board room, District Build- | ing. 8 pm. February 25—James Reese Eu- Tope Post, Y. M. C. A, Twelfth and T streets northwest, 8 p.m. February 25—Department mem- bership committee, board room, District Bullding, 8 p.m. February 26—Henry C. Speng- ler Post, Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue north- mh'b 8 p.m. = ruary 26—Henry C. Spen- gler Auxiliary, Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue northwest, 8 p.m. February 27—Department ex- ecutive committee, board room, t Building, 8 p.m. February 27-—James E. Walker Post, Y. M. C. A, Twelfth and T streets northwest, 8 p.m. The final meeting of the department | membership committee, prior to the | coming membership drive, will be held | Tuesday at 7:30 in the board room, District Building, when William E.| Spicer, chairman of the committee of | Department of the District of | Columbia, the American Legion, will | outline plans in an effort to increase | the membership in the National Capi- tal to 6.000 members. | National Comdr. O. L. Bodenhamer is desirous of having 600,000 paid-up | members in the organization by March 1, and he has called on all department commanders to exert every effort to sccomplish this end. An intensive cam- paign will be conducted by Chairman Spicer and the members of his com- mittee, starting immediately, and he feels certain that he will secure the membership sought. | The local posts have been divided into three classes. according to mem- bership, with trophies awarded in each class. In class 1, for the Earl J. Brown trophy, Sergt. Jasper Post is | leading with 59 per cent of last year's | members paid up for the year 1930. U. S. . Jacob Jones Post is second | Great War house, 1441 Rhode Island avenue, where an appropriate program would be given. On that occasion a bronze tablet honor- ing the memory of Col. E. Lester Jones will be unveiled. Col. Jones was the first commander of George Washington Post, as well as the first department commander of this department, and was admired and loved by all who knew him. Member of the U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, are requested to assist in the membership drive of the depart- ment from March 1 to March 7. The post card party will be held March 3, with Ella Chambers in charge. It will be held at the All States Hotel, Nine- teenth and P streets. At the last meeting the Americanism program was described by Georgia Munroe. This program deals chiefly with familiarizing a group of children with the points of national interest in the City of Washington. Miss Munroe takes her club on sightseeing trips to the various public buildings in the city, and the children are informed of the various activities represented by these buildings. ‘The post has received a citation from national headquarters for its Ameri- canism work for the past two years un- der Ethel Jane Rule. Vincent B. Costello Post, No. 15, met Tuesday evening in the board room of the District Building. The charter was draped in memory of Stewart T. Ander- son, who died February 11 at the Naval Hospital. _The post members will visit the hos- pitals the Sunday following the second meeting of each month for the pur- | pose of contacting those eligible for membership and to be of any service possible to the ex-service men confined by reason of sickness. Members of the James Reese Europe Unit, No. 5, American Legion, are striving to make this their banner year in membership, rehabilitation and child welfare work. At their meeting next Tuesday, at 8:30 p.m., the unit will pre- sent a patriotic musicale, in observance of the birthdays of Washington and Lincoln, at the Y. M. C. A,, 1816 Twelfth street. Students of the Miner Normal School will render numbers on the pro- gram. Department officers, comrades of the James Reese Europe Post, James E. Walker Post and unit No. 26 are in- with 50 per cent; George Washington, third. 50 per cent; Vincent B. Costello, | fourth. 35 per cent; August P. Gard- | ner, fifth, 34 per cent; Victory, sixth, | 32 ‘per cent, and James E. Walker | Post, 25 per cent | In class 2 for the L. E. Atkins| trophy, Jane A. Delano Post continues | to hold the lead with a good margin, | with 87 per cent paid up: Bureau of | Engraving and Printing Post, second, | with 72 per cent; Lafayette Post, third, 57 per cent; Second Division, fourth, 56 per cent; Lincoln Post, fifth, 51 per cent; Stuart Walcott, sixth, 44 per cent; Kenneth H. Nash Post, seventh, 41 per cent; Henry C. Spengler, eighth, 37 per cent; Quentin evelt Post, ninth, 37 per cent, and James Reese Europe, tenth, 30 per cent. | In the third class, for the Mabel F. Staub trophy, the National Press Club Post is leading, with 46 per cent: Cooley-MeCullough, second, with 38/ per cent; Stephen P. McGroarty, third, 36 per cent; Belleau Wood, fourth, 30 per cent; George E. Killeen, fifth, 23 per cent, and Tank Corps, sixth, 13 per cent. The regular meeting of the depart- ment executive committee will be held | Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the board room, District Building, with De- partment Comdr. L. E. Atkins pre- siding. A report from national headquarters of the Disabled Emergency Officers of the World War shows that on Decem- ber 31, last, 5,730 disabled officers had | been retired with pay under the re- tirement act and that 1,122 had been retired without pey. according to Wat- | son B. Miller, national rehabilitation | committee chairman. The total num-| ber of applications for the benefits ol! the act were 13,091 and the report expressed the opinion that eventually over 6,000 officers would be retired. | During the discussion in Congress | prior to the enactment of the law the United States Veterans' Bureau esti- mated that somewhat over 3,000 for- mer officers would probably qualify for Tetirement and that the annual cost would be about $4,700,000. The actual annual cost now exceeds $9,000,000. those retired with pay are 3 generals, 19 colonels, 69 lieu- tenant colonels, 410 majors, 1,496 cap- tains, 1,864 first lleutenants and 1,382 lieutenants. The highest rank- ing former naval officer retired is a captain and in the Marine Corps one | major heads the list. A large attendance is expected next | Wednesday evening at the meeting_ of Henry C. Spengler Auxiliary Unit, No. 13, at the Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue, on which occa- sion Past Department Comdr. Julius 1. Peyser, who was elected vice presi- dent of the F. I D. A. C., will deliver an . He will tell of the work| of this international organization and | other incidents in connection with his trip to the annual convention in Eu- | rope last Summer and Fall. The next meeting of Stuart Walcott | Post will be held at the Winston Ho- | tel, 116 Pirst_street, February 25, at | $:30 pm. Representative John C. Schafer of Wisconsin will address the | post on the efforts to enforce the eight- | eenth amendment. There will be other | items of interest to Legionnaires. Russell Cook has been appointed di- rector of the national Americanism commission of the American Legion and will take up his duties March 1, when he will confer with Willlam J. Cooper, United States Commissioner of Education, to map out a campaign of close co- tion between the Legion and the Government in wiping out | illiterscy. Mr. Cook succeeds Dan Sow- ers, who resigned. The annual conference of the national rehabilitation committee of the Ameri- can here was attended by nearly 150 officials of the Legion and auxiliary. ‘Watson B. Miller, chairman of the com- mittee, presided. Cien. Frank T. Hines, director of the United States Veterans| Bureau, and all of his assistant direc-; tors, appeared before the conference| and spoke on the work and problems of | the bureau. The conference refused to indorse the Rankin bill which, among other things, | would extenid the period for presump- tive service connection to January 1. Representatives Royal C. Johnson and | Edith Nourse Rogers addressed the conference. The majority of the ques-| tions considered were medical in char- | acter. The conference reiterated the stand of the Legion in favor of a stable and permanent medical organization in the Veterans' Bureau. It recorded a suggestion, however, that if Con[ress‘ decided it was unwise or impracticable to create such a permanent medical or- | ganization that the medical service of | the bureau should be turned over to| the United States Public Health Serv- ice or to the United States Army Medi- cal Service. Several members of the George Wash- ington Post made a pilgrimage to Mount Vernon yesterday and placed a wreath on the tomb of Gen. George Washing- ton, ‘On their return they stopped at Alexandria and participated in the rade and other activities in that city connection with the anniversary celebration to commemorate the birth of the first President of the United States. At the post's meeting last Tuesday evening, Col. John Thomas Taylor gave a resume of veteran legislation now | pending before Congress. Col. Taylor is ‘vice chairman of the national legislative committee of the American Legion and epeaks with authority on this subject. Past Post Comdr. John Lewis Smith, ehairman of the committee in charge of the anniversary celebration for v uet at g‘m “‘oxl‘flw at y avy it hbn‘dnh decided that a meet- ¢ ing would be held at the post’s club- | reduced in" laun vited to attend. Chairmen of the musi- cale committee are Marie S. Jordan and Beatrice Hayden. Officers of the unit are Margaret Key Kelson, presi- dent; Mamie Tate, first vice president; Pauline B. Holmes, second vice presi- dent; Frances J. Hall, treasurer: Dolly F. Hunt, recording secretary; Ellen F. Waters, corresponding_secretary; Elsie V. Jackson, chaplain; Beatrice E. Perry, historian; Marie S. Jordan, sergeant- at-arms; Nellie F. Walker, senior color bearer, nd Elizabeth Bean, color bearer. Jjunior Belleau Wood Post, No. 3, American Legion, will hold its regular meeting March' 2, at 3 p.m.. at the home of Comdr. Emily J. 201 Forest street, Cherrydale, Va. VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS. rey, Meetings this week. Monday—Federal Post, Thomas Circle Club; Front Line Post, ‘Winston Hotel. ‘Tuesday—National Capitol Post, Pythian Temple. ‘Wednesday — Overseas Military Band, Grotto Hall. ‘Thursday—Potomac Post, North- east Masonic Temple. ‘The Veterans of Foreign Wars dele- gation, consisting of members of the several posts of the District, marched in the Washington Birthday Parade at Alexandria yesterday, headed by their musical unit. ‘The Veterans of Foreign Wars min- | strels broadcast a program over Station WOL on Thursday. Songs were ren- dered by Elsie Jorss, soprano soloist of the Overseas Military Band. Herman E. Abrahamson, visitor from Ballentine Post, No. 246, Minneapolis, played sev- eral classical selections on an ordinary carpenter’s hand saw, accompanied by Elsle Jorss. A trombone solo was ren- dered by J. Dorsey, former band leader of the 79th Division. A number was also rendered by Tommy Creighton. The 20th Regiment Marines, now being formed in the District of Columbia, is being well filled up by comrades of the different posts of the department. The first battalion of this regiment, composed of men from the District, will sojourn for a two weeks' encampment at Quantico, Va., the first two weeks in July of this year. All comrades interested in joining this outfit should get in touch with De- partment Comdr. Harvey L. Miller, 1412 Pennsylvania ave. Pront Line Auxiliary distributed a number of ear phones and head sets to the patients at Naval Hospital. The annual poppy drive has been started. At the first meeting of the general committee for the sale of buddy pop- pies Front Line Auxiliary was repre- sented by Mary B. Guillermain, Vir- ginia Cercell and Edith Den Broeder, the committee appointed to take charge of the sale of poppies, Mrs, Cercell serving as chairman. ‘The next meeting of Pront Line Aux- fliary will be held tomorrow night at Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club, Eleventh and L streets, at which_time Harry J. Hooley, commander of Front Line Post, will address the members. ‘The dates of August 31 to September 4, inclusi have been officially desig- nated in an announcement by national headquarters for the Thirty-first Na- | tional Encampment of the Veterans of | Poreign Wars of the United States, to | be held at Baltimore, Md. A tentative program submitted by the Baltimore encampment committee has been given final approval by Hezekiah N. Duff, national commander of the V. F. W. and national headquarters. The 1930 convention will be featured | by the annual memorial services to be held in Baltimore’s $5,000,000 war me- morial building, a mammoth military parade, and an entire day to be spent on & visit to Annapolis by boat. The annual military parade, to be held on Labor day, will actually be a “parade for peace,” made up of march- | ing units of all World War armies of the allies, as well as those of the cen- tral powers, according to present plans. Veterans of America’s various cam- paigns will fall in line with companies of British, French, Italian, Belgian and German World War veterans in a peace-time demonstration of comrade- ship and international harmony, if pending arrangements prove feasibie. Plans are being made for handling the largest V. F. W. encampment at- tendance in history, due to action taken by the 1929 convention at St. Paul doubling the quota of delegates and alternates for each local unit. There are nearly 2,000 posts of the V. . W., located in every State in the Union, Alaska, the Hawailan Islands, the Philippines. China, the Canal Zone, Cuba and Paris, nce. Six million buddy poppies are being made at the present time by disabled veterans under supervision of the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars of the United States, in anticipation of the ninth an- nual Nation-wide distribution of the colorful Flanders Field symbols in May, 1930, national headquarters of the V. F. W. announced recently. Equality-Walter Reed Post, No, 284, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at its meet- ing February 20 moved that its dues be ching a membership drive. Arthur Fowle is chairman of the membership committee. Continued interest was manifested by :::Adln' I:;Ir:hl‘:n in 0%::!' affect- ress ing World War veterans. A discussion took place in which Comrades Boyer, Thomas and Capt. Bettieheim, a mem- ber of this pgst and also national leg- THE SUNDAY STAR; WASHINGTON,. D.- C, FEBRUARY 23, women of the V. F. W. to take greater interest in the patriotic affairs of the organization, in particular relation to the interest exhibited by other patriotic was . the local organization forming a part of the Rainbow Division, Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, an overseas veteran and at the present time com- mander of the 26th National Guard Di- vision, and Col. Thomas J. Dickson, senior chaplain of the A. E. F., were the principal speakers. Maj. Henry Fenno Sawtelle, who com- Rainbow Division Veterans. | manded the é\el‘e}[ };ocgllm while in_the The monthly m .| A. E. F., and Maj. Clarence M. Doll- president, Mrs. Dan E. Campbell, gave | ot THAEY f:';;" of the D. C.| 0" Gipt. ' Ivy - Pelman snd’ Gept. a talk, urging all members to uphold pter, ol ) Division Veter- | joseph Bogan, who served with the or- and cafry on the good work of the V.| ans, was held in the Rainbow room of | ganization while on the Mexican border, F. W. Mother Steel reported incidents | the Arlington Hotel with Capt. Walker | also spoke. regarding her hospital relief work. Mrs. ‘ H. Colston presiding. Following the| Jack A. Clarke, former president, and Frank Thomas, patriotic instructress of | business meeting a smoker was held in | Stevenson Masson, president of the | the auxiliary, made an appeal to the | honor of the 165th Field Hospital, which Maryland Chapter, were among the out- lllhfi'e chairman of the Veterans of 'Pbrelgn Wars, participated. | ‘The Women’s Auxiliary of Equality- Walter Reed Post, at its meeting Feb- | organizations of women. Future meet- ruary 14, at the Soldiers, Sailors and | ings.of the Women's Auxiliary will be Marines’ Club, initiated two new mem- | held on the fourth Thursday of each bers. The new officers were installed | month. by Department Auxiliary Comdr. Lola B. Helse, and, after the appointment of her various committees the incoming 1930—PART . SIX.. Rainbow men a . Com- les Topash, Grudd, Winslade and Volkman, officers of the Front Line Post, No. 1401, Veterans of Foreign ‘Wars,” were guests. Start Air Tourists’ Cruises. Alr tourist cruises are being inaugu- rated in Europe. The first to be or- ganized in England recently leTt Croy- don on a trip of 3,425 miles to occupy 20 days. The itinerary included Bor- deaux, Madrid, Lisbon, Tangiers, Pez, Franada, Barcelona, Lyons and Paris. The actual flying time was about 40 of -town Tad VISIT ST. MORITZ. Week Enders From Milan Include . Italian Nobility. Special Dispatch to The Star. ST. MORITZ (N.AN.A.).—A number of people who live in Milan have de- veloped the habit of week ending in St. Moritz. Fitted with chains, motor cars now make the trip from Milan to St. Moritz in less than four hours. So you may often see a little crowd of the Italian nobility among the bob hours, the rest of the time being spent | spectators. in sightseeing. 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