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INSTALLMENT XXVIL E 8 license, yes. But EX’m have to let me tell it the way it h.pgned. Van took me back to the Monterey Hotel that night,” she resumed, finding her words slowly. “And he kissed me good-by and said that he would always love me and that I belonged to him. I believed him. I was all excited, but not ashamed, not one bit unhappy, Gail. I thought that there was something heroic about — “Dot didn't come in until after I did, and of course I didn't give her any hint. But we talked things over and decided that we'd get up early the next day and give the boys the slip. We were wild at them! But the next morning the boys said that they were sorry and they'd drive us home quietly and the whole thing would blow over. “I was—well, of course, I hadn't slept all night, but it was a sort of pleasant excitement, too; I felt—sort of swim- ming, in emotion, you know, and I sald I'd like to watch the Pebble Beach golf for a little while, so we went there. Van was there, looking stunning, of course, and terribly sweet; and we had @ few words together—— “I wanted to get home and get rested, and have things go back to normal. So ‘we started about 12 o'clock and then—— “Then, of course, the accident came. I thought Van would come to me the minute he heard. But he didn’t. He stayed away—I thougnt I would lose my mind, worrying and thinking and wondering if that would come out in the evidence, too—where I'd been from midnight until 2 o'clock Saturday night. “And then when he did show up in eourt, he only would laugh, and I couldn't get him back to that mood— the way he'd been at Cypress Point— and he didn't say anything about an engagement. “Once when I sald something he hushed me up as if he were scared even {3 to think about it, and said his step- | bad. father would cut him off without a oent if he ever dreamed of it! He sald that the main thing was to keep out of all—" Gall could hear him. She could re- member the ethereal little Ariel of three years ago; she remembered the casual, laughing Van. Ariel struggling with the saddest problem any woman ever knows—youth, faith, gayety, security, ‘wiped away at & blow—and Van noisily jovial over her whispers, her asides, her anxious smiles and too-ready tears. “You see, Gall, 10 days after that trial I knew what I was facing. he didn’t even like me; he didn't come near me. I telephoned, I sent notes, but he wouldn't come. You and Ede were 50 pleased that tne trial had sort of—exonerated me and that I was sobering down; I saw it, and every one ‘was s0 happy, and all the time—this tiger tearmg at me.” “You poor little thing!” It was the first note of sympathy that had come into Gail's voice and Ariel answered it by a quick blinking of filling eyes. “It was all my own doing, Gail!” “Isn’t it always?” Gail asked slowly. ‘Those had been happy days for her. Days in which she had discovered Dick, discovered her own heart. And all the time the little sister had been walking :uide her in the shadows deeper than eath. “You can’t think what it was,” Ariel #ald. “It's—well, there seem to you to be just two classes of women the world. The girls who are—in trouble, and the ones who aren't! And no others. ever get out—if I ever get out'—" . I didn’t know what He didn't believe me or he didn't,” Ariel resumed, “and the next thing I knew some one told me calmly that he'd gone East. There was just one ghing, Gail—" She paused. “Just one thing ti kept me from killing myself,” she added. “And e Yo “You. You kept talking about how we all had to hang together and get through the hard years, and carve out our destinies for ourseives. And I just couldn’t do it! I couldn’t shame and hurt you that way. “The day after Van left, I told Doro- thy. And she said what he said, that she didn't think it was true. But they went away too, Gail. She must have told her mother, and do you remember that Mrs. Camp took Dorothy East to school right away?” “Beast!” Gail whispered, looking away. “So then I had nobody, Gail. I couldn’t tell you or Edith; I was afral to tell Phil!" “Arlel—you poor child—" “Van didn't answer my letters and time kept going on, Gall, and I had no money! I couldn't get away and I couldn’t stay at home. And when I thought of Dick and that maybe if I was nice to him he would want to marry me right away—in time.” She laughed bitterly, fell silent sgain. “What & fool I was!” she said. And you say to yourself, ‘If 1|, “But he didn't. Hc'vn ‘wonderful, he didn't care—that way. b“‘?And then Christmas week came and Dick was going Christmas afternoon to Los Angeles on a case for three weeks. I wondered if he could get me a job, any kind of job. So I went to his office—and I told him the whole story. “He was wonderful! He never said a word of blame; the vnly thing he seemed to think of was how to get me out and how to spare you and Ede and Phil. He adores our fam:y, of course. “He said that since I was a minor & very serious cl could be brought against Van. At first I wouldn’t con- sider that. But he talked me over and composed & letter to Van, as my lawyer, and sent it off that afternoon, & few days before Christmas, And Dick told me just to keep quiet and not worry: that he would keep worki: t it and it would all come out all right. rosgh the. Ciippersville post_ o, through the persville A rgr !e'lr we'd bepdl.seovered. We had rented a box in the Greenvale fice and I used to take the trolley over there and ask for letters. And during this Christmas week I went over and there was a letter—from Van. I had written him that I was sure now. But he didn’t say enything about that. He just said that he was not going back to college, but that his father had staked him to a year's trip around the world, and he and his chum were going. Gall, it went through my heart like a bullet. A “You should have wired his mother!" Gail said passionately. “You ouz‘mn’t to have let him get away with it!" “She knew, of course!” “She couldn't!” “Of course, she did!” -- Gall was silent, sickened by the bad- ness of the world. “Van had simply—as far as she cared.” Aflell i;.&lod. “!.L:;FF got a Clip- rsville girl trouble!™ pe“l can't bear it!” Gall whispered, hands over face. “‘Gall, do you know that I never felt Gall reddened in embarrassment. “I know what you mean. “I mean,” Ariel sald, “that I loved him—1 did care. I was carried away; I'd never loved any one before! ut what I did feel was fury. Fury at my- self for being such a fool! Like some cheap little factory worker—like & servant girl; why, the servant girls have more sense! I could have torn myself to pleces, having Van smile and go his way, and Dorothy and her mother clear out like that.” “You have a child, Ariel?”. “Wait. Well, I lay awake all that night of Christmas eve, and I thought and thought—how to get away, what to do! Andltleemedui:memnlwu going raving i then quite suddenly, up my mind to go make you think we were gloping. I thought that it Van sent for me I could tell you then, and if he didn't—Dick would fix some way out! “I got up at 4'and packed my bag and it down and shut it in the old wood shed. That afternoon when you thought I had to Miss Vail's I went out and waited for the trolley, and took the bus to San Jose, and bought myself a ticket to Gilroy. That was as far as my money would go. After the train had started I walked through it, I found Dick talki to a man, and he came right back with me and I told him what I'd done!” “And was he wild?” “Wild? Oh, no! He sald that he thought I had done right. He was ‘wonder7ul!” Gall'y eyes flashed darkly blue. ick——" ghe breathed. ‘He said he thought it was the right thing to do. And he said not to worry a2nd that he would arrange everything the next day. He asked me if I had anything with me, and I said, oh, yes, my suitcase. So I took his berth and he sat up all night—thinking, he said. The havoc she had left behind her, the havoc she had wrought in his life, had meant nothing to her then and meant nothing to her now. +He didn’t mind,” she sald vaguely. fed she presently “But you can't do that down there. Dick wrote you that we were getting a license, and we did. But we couldn’t get married, not for several days, and meanwhile Van wired—wired to Los Angeles. You see, he'd had Dick’s letter and it was true that he was going around the world, but by Panama. He Wwired that he would be in Los Angeles in 16 days and would see Dick. “Then Dick said it would be much better to wait and see Van. To make sure, he cabled the shij bacl ’Xll 0.0 San D d n Diego and to San Pedro. But I just wll&e‘g at the boarding house. It was horribly dull ship k got in ried and Dick and I should ever know. I hated him then; I didn’t want to marry him at all. But Dick sald he would "start legal pro- (To Be Continued.) and we were m swore that nobody D. C. Naval Reserve ‘The 3d Fleet Division of the 1st Bat- talion, United States Naval Reserves of the District of Columbla, returned home yesterday, after completing 15 days of training at sea, aboard the U. S. de- stroyer Hamilton, one of the vessels of the newly formed Atlantic Training Squadron. Tanned and hardened by their 15 days of service, during which they cruised part of the way across the Atlantic to the Bermuds Islands, the officers and men were placed in an inactive status for another year, after being paid for their two weeks of work by the pay- master at the Washington Navy Yard. A number of the men will receive romotions as a result of the cruise, e division commander making up a list of those who showed proficiency in their duties while sboard the ship. The list will later be certified to a naval reserve examining board, which will sit during the armory drill period during the coming Fall and Winter months, During the voyage the men engaged in emergency drills, in addition to th-ir Toutine work in connection with the cruising of the ship, and while at Ham- dlton had boat drills, concluding during the return voyage with target practice with the big guns aboard the vessel. ‘The Hamilton will remain berthed at Teserve battalion, to make the second cruise of the season over the same itin- erary. This is the first foreign cruise which the local battalion had - pated in for several years. During the stay in the vessel will take aboard fuel an lum;lhs for 15 days more at sea, after which it will return and teke out the lt.u‘ch of the &ruhemflt.tm "-“'"-“{ qn the same when it re- turns the 1st Fleet Division to its home station. A trophy for excellence in communi- laced the 2 in competition for N&MMWWNIVY ous naval districts, Porto Canal Zone, has been awarded to the 9th Naval District, which comprises 13 States, with headquarters at Chi- cago, Ill. The . & silver cup, will remain in the possession of the winning naval district during the next competitive year. ‘The Chicago Naval District, contain- ing two Naval Reserve radio stations, dividual score of 94.80, the hest score made by any Naval me&'i' sta- ton in the United States. The other station in the 9th Naval District, Radio NDP, is located at Kansas City, Mo, The standing of the leading four districts in the competition was as fol- lows: Chicago Naval District, 92.50; New York Naval District, 91.90: Phila- delphia Naval District, 91. West Naval District, 91.65. The Reserve stations which competed this past year are operated on a vol- untary basis by members of the Volun- teer Communication Reserve. This or- ganization now consists of more than 3,300 officers and men and has estab- lished sections and units i every State in the United States and in Porto Rico and the Canal Zone. Its peace-time radio training and drilling activities are based on voluntary service and en- thusiasm of its members. It consists of manywprominent radio engineers, | amateurs and commercial operators and its members are engaged in nearly every branch of communication. The Volunteer Communication Reserve, the department announces, has one of the most complete and far-reaching com- munication systems of any military re- | serve organization in the world, Key Ensign Jes commissioned in the Volunteer Reserve for general nerrvlu for d::y in both engineering artments. Ensign Matthews lnduludplrvm the Naval Academy last June and was one of a number who resigned. He resides at 345¢ Macomb street. Alfred L. Johnson, Michael D. Fenton and Henry B. Johnson have been pro- moted from seamen, first to class. They are members of the 1lst Fleet Division. . Arthur G. Rollman, coxswain, 1st Fleet Division, has extended his enlist- ment for four years, as has also Ells- worth G. Morgan, boatswain’s mate, first class, in the 2d Fleet Division. class, and William P. W] to the Volunteer Reserve for fallure to maintain efficlency, according to an announcement at the headquarters. Members of the N: Re: 3 on the annual cruises or while engaged on any active duty in time of peace, the Navy Department announced, made 3 titive score of 92.50 out of & NS, located ot the Wavai made an in- whether with or without pay, or when employed in a travel to and from such ing | for State Jerry A. Matthews has been' bers of the Nayal inj receive italization and ‘treatment under the jurisdiction of the commis- sion, It was added, however, that members of classes F3c, F3d, Fdd and men transferred to 16 or 20 yea gul establishment, are not entitled to the benefits of tion or treatment under the § iction of the Compen- sation Commission, since they are el titled to hospitalization and treatment at naval hospitals or as veterans under the United States Veterans' Bureau. ‘The percentage of officers of the Naval Reserve who fail to pass profes- sional examinations for promotion is growing less each year, according to the tion of the Navy De- |-llo ints gut that applying for and taking their e'xl.mlnntrons more promptly. Of- ficers of the fleet and voiunteer branches of the Reserve, General Serv- ice, are required to establish their pro- fessional fitness for promotion by writ- ten examination, and these tests are conducted by the Naval Examining Board and are approximately the scope as for officers of the Regular Service. ‘The dual status of some Naval Re- serve organimtions caused by the fact that the members also are members of the Naval Militia organizations of the State is a matter which is being given some study by the Navy Department. The situation has been brought about largely by the failure of the Federal Government to provide armories and certain other facilities at the home sta- tions of the various Reserve organiza- tions. may Discussing _ the T‘leltlnn recently, Capt. Hugo W. Osterhaus, head of the Naval Reserve Division, said that it is well known that certaln States have done much for the Naval Reserve. The appropriations which have been made by States for armories, etc., and from which the Naval Reserves have bene- fited have: been due ly to the in- terest of the Naval tia-Naval Re- serve officers acting the several States. On the other hand, he pointed out, the Naval Militia has been ddehd R‘ the Federal Og;er&nw:zu throdu appropriations, e ve duty pay to Reservists are likewise in lt’l.'le ‘who Militia and by pay for attendance at drills. 8o both Federal Govern- ment and the States have mutually | ing :fineflhd each by the other's expendi- ures. He added that the Naval Militias of some of the States take a rather dif- ferent view of the obligation of the Federal Government to the States. Some would advocate return to the old Naval Militla system. that could be expected from those har borlgs this line of thought, he con tinued, ‘would be dual control of the Naval Reserve by the Federal and State authorities. The fact, however, is, he said, under the provisions of the Naval Reserve law the Naval Reserve alone, as now organized, is designed to furnish the additional personnel required by the Navy for mobilization purposes. Naval Militia organizations are maintained rposes, and it is not for the Federal Government, he continued, to question the wisdom 6f the various institutions set up by any sovereis State within its 1 rights. If the States chocse to provide armory facili- ties for the use of their Naval Militias, the Navy Department is happy to have those facilities made available to the Naval Reserve and in exchange there- for to make the accouterments fur- nished the Naval Reserve organizations also avallable for the use of the Naval Militia. He said that the quantity and quality of armory facilities furnished are quite cuside the jurisdiction of the Federal Government, and the costs therefor are generally even outside its knowledge. It is conceded, he continued, that the States should have control over the '€ | moneys expended by them and to have a say in the selection of those who are to make the expenditures. Cer- tainly the Navy Department has no control over these ditures or the selecting of Militia icers. He point- ed out that it is regrettahle that the Federal “ggvemment d::\! not J‘ppro- ate sufficient money to cover the ex- flu of armories and other activities to properly carry on Naval Reserve work without the assistancs of the States, and added that the question would never have arisen had the Fed- - | eral Government never accepted State help. Miss M. Marianne Mills, religious education and girls' work secretary, with Htens ‘Gablet ?mww-.“'nn:rn‘{l e Helene let d'. - iy of m Federation des Foyers Belg Kahlert on Sunday, Vacation Lodge Monday evening, the girls of the Camp Stay-at-Home Tues- day morning, and both she and Mile. Goblet d’Alviella spoke at a luncheon Monday at Seventeenth and K streets. is one of the tes from the Mrs, Helen Wyman former secretary of the Y, W. C. A. in Wash- ington, and until recently health educa- ‘Taylor, & dinner party was given for Mrs. m:inx Bates an, Priday at Vacation . Mrs. Bates whs a former reli- us education secretary and hostess or Vacation Lodge. She will be asso- ciated with the Caney Creek School in Kentucky. ‘The hedflll“-!uufionn it ":l‘l. :‘;fldm" e wfrvm 2to 4 o'cloeg. In addi- Park View Women's Club—Mrs. Glen C. Leach was hostess June 35 at an all- day outing at the Bureau of PFisheries station on the Potomao River. There charge of Mrs. Plerce B. Ashl ident of the club. Mrs. man, vhohulonflbeen the work of the club, was National e of American ‘Women.—The Chevy Chase branch Pen will be entertained at an airplane luncheon | W at the Chevy Chase Club Jul; 13 at 1 p.m. by Miss Irene Juno. A short busi ness meeting will be held at noon un- der the trees, presided over by the pres- ident, Mrs. David McPherson, who outline some new ideas to be carried out by the members regarding the pur- chase of a clubhouse for the branch, following which the luncheon will be served. No guests will be invited or entertained by the members. ‘Women's Bar Association ef the Dis- trict of Columbia.—The monthly dinner was held at Commonwealth Farm June 25 under the chairmanship of Dean Grace Hays Riley of the Washington College of Law. This was the last of the monthly dinners until September. Phil Sheridan Women's Relief Corps— At a patriotic service last Sunday an American flag was guented to the St. Columba Episcopal Church. The mem- bers attended in & body. Mrs. Charlotte Carey, patriotic instructor, presented the flag, and Tyler Page, senior warden, accepted it in the name of the church. District of Columbia Women’s Demo- cratic Educational Council.—Mrs. Clara ‘Wright Smith, president, will meet in exacutive session with members of the board preceding the program to be given following the pienic dinner meet- ing in Rock Creek Park tomorrow at 5:30 o'clock. Col. Edwin A. Halsey, secretary to the minority in the United States Senate, will be the guest speaker. “Sidelights on the Senate” will be the subject of the talk. Miss Mae Helm, past president of the council, will give a talk on Woodrow Wilson. Members of the council and their friends are invited to attend these Sum- mertime open-air meetings, which will be held the first and third Mondays of July and August. District of Columbia ‘Women'’s Clubs.—Mrs. H. M. inter, talk by Patrick J. Halti- gan, reading clerk of the House of Rep- Tesentatives; trumpeter of the United States Marines will be heard; Mrs. MEETINGS THIS WEEK. ‘Wednesday—Columbia Post, No. 833, Thomas Circle Club, 1326 d Bugle Corps, National ane ug! Guard Armory, Sixth and Pennsylvania avenue, 8 pm. ‘Thursday — Potomac Post, No. 1085, social, Soldiers, and Marines Club, Eleventh and L streets, 8 pm.; Follow Me Post, No. 1830, Concord Club, 314 C street. LADIES' AUXILIARIES. ‘Tuesday — Equality-Walter Reed Ladies’ Auxillary, Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street, 8 m. p. Thursday—Potomac Ladles’ Aux- iliary, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club, Eleventh and L streets, 8 pm.; Follow Me Ladies’ Auxiliary, Concord Club, 314 C street. With prospects of the presence of President Hoover in the reviewing stand for the annual military parade that will feature the thirty-second Na- tional Encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States on August 31, in Kansas City, Mo., the { headquarters city of the national organ- ization, an auspicious inauguration of the annals of V. F. W. reunions will be & possible o acoept the vitation. that to accept the invitaf was presented to him, the Encampment will have the distinction of entertain- ing for the second time in the history of V. F. W. reunions the President of the United States. Last year at the Baltimore Encampment President Hoo- ver was an honored guest. In 1920 the twenty-first national en- campment was held in Wi n, di the incumbency of the late President Woodrow Wilson, who was, however, confined to the White House by illness, and though he was unable to appear before the encampment y he witnessed the annual military. as it passed by the White House. Increased enthusiasm in anticipation of the V. F. W. convention is evident in civic cirg'e: in Kansas City as well &S among overseas ex-service men of the Middle States. There are ample hotel accommoda- tions in Kansas City at any price that visitors want to pay, but rooms available at three or four of the first- class downtown hotels are limited. Housing e A legislative i that gra; f::etz all mm;m inf et of all wars, need of World War widows’ = 8 tion to this special dip period there are | port also classes for children, which are held in the early morning and during the noon hours. A new golf class to be taught by Mel Shorey of u:fly n:n Potomac golf course 1 begin Ji 5 'fl‘rhe Girl Reserves at Camp Stay-at- Home Thursday went out to Tree Tops, the home of Mrs. Luke I. Wilson, mem- "“w‘"c"l’ here they prepared supper Y. W.C. A, where ed the early evening with study and a hike. ‘The hobby groups, includi binding, photography, the and furnishing of a doll house, music and dramatics, etc., are all well attended. One new group will start this week un- fclas group JEaPAIng 1o learn intes a‘l’lldl and llndwll:hel;. i 8 classes are progress - der Miss Elsle Huntley, and new will be organized to meet the book- William H. Wagner, fireman, third [elly, Edith llson, Reserve | Helen J board of directors of the |y, ‘The officers of the District of Colum- bia Department for the incumbent ad- ministration are Charles B. Jennings, department commander; Herbert C. Davis, senior vice commander; Nathan D. Golden, junior vice commander; E. F. Clark, department adjutant; Chester h, department ~quarte; 3 a s e new and | gy of | Santa Fe . | China: The Colla) espect for those of the Diocese of , and all associates are in- e recently at the Soldiers, Sailors and rines’ Club, with its president, Mrs. Car- rie H. Doyie, pi . The president and mem| called on Mrs. Delia L. O’Brien at her home, 2140 O street, and gr:lemed her with a gift on June 24. e corps held a picnic June 27 at Hains Point. Invited guests were Com- rade Godfrey, next Mrs. Brew! . “The meeting will be held July 6, at which time there will be initiation. Curley Club—Roland J. Hyland, vice Rhvarotay night ot i dmemhn': y at the rogular m in the Continental Hotel. Jonn L. Don. nelly, former presiden 1 l‘wm— secretary; Hugh arvey, advocate, and Miss Stella McGarvey, warden. Members of the club went to Chesa- peake Beach last Sunday, where they were guests of Bryant Townsend at his cottage at North Beach. Members of the club, under the aus- ploes of the Athletic Committee, Joseph Day, chairman, went to Bethesda, Md., Wednesday evening, where sup) r:al" held on lawns adjoining the dence of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard. ‘The next meeting will be held Thurs- day evening at the Continental Hotel, at which e the officers will be in- stalled. Roland J. Hyland will preside. lngmm will follow the business meet- The Zonta Club met Wednesday at the Raleigh Hotel. In the absence of the t, Mrs. Amella Gude Thomas, Miss Nannie Meem presided. Miss Mary Tucker, representative of the Rallroad, was the guest of Miss Elisabeth Haney and gave an ac- count of her work as courier in the Indian country around Santa Fe. Miss Hettle Anderson entertained Mrs. Helen Ryman Taylor of Birminghsm, Ala. Mrs. Taylor was recently a member of the Dallas, Tex., club, and she told of the work of that club. named lgelnt at arms, Christtan Schelble or sergeant, Thomas R. J. and Willlam P. Cavanaugh color guards and W. Winslade bugler. Natlonal Capital Post held its semi- mcnthly meeting June 23 at Pythian Temple, when many constructive vet- eran pi were deliberated upcn. The following were obligated: Earl E. Engleman, Engineer Corps: Phillip C. Fuller, Air Service Corps; Emil C. Her- man, Optical Unit; Charles M. Rhodes, Jr., Base Hospital 18; Earl J. White, 121st Engineers; Phillip Oster, Company C, 24th Engineers, and C. A. Reynolds, Ccmpany B, 9th F. 8. Battery, was re- instated. Reports were submitted by the Sick, Relief and Entertain- ment ittees. Comdr. Thomas R. J. Cavanaugh was unanimously elected a delegate to the national encampment at Kansas City in August, in association with the fol- lowing delegates: Oscar W. Hollings- L. Burton, Daniel J. Leahy, V. McAlear, John J. Al- len, I . Ambrose and Christian Scheible. As alternates, the following were elected: George Wallace, Michael Guiffre, Phillip Oster, Willlam P. Cav- anaugh, David Blakeman, Lawrence G. Brubaker, Bernard S. Bladen and Frank G. Thomas. ‘The post records show a net increase of 72 members during the seven pre- ceding months. Past Senior Vice Comdr. Hollingsworth was unanimously elected :mu;e’emrmumandluneember 1, 1932, Comdr. Phillip R. Belt of Follow Me Post; Frank Daly, trustee and council member of Potomac Post, and many other visiting comrades declivered talks. Front Line Post will give its annual moonlight trip down the Potomac River aboard the steamer City of Washington on the evening of August 11. The pro- ceeds will be used to help defray ex- penses of delegates to the national en- campment at City. Capt. Louis Cukela, one of the four living men to hold two Medals of Honor, is now vaca- tiol in his native land—Hu return in time to join the cara. van m“ delegates to the national convention. Capt. Cukela holds the honored ition of a national aide-de- camp and will serve in such capacity at the big conclave. Advices have bcen received by Adjt. Cardella that Front Line Post has the largest membership of any post in the fourth district, which Maryland, :!h. Bfillew dt Vlrl!nhh Dd‘ nd, st an the District of Columblia. Timcnt adjutent, The ol e ent_adjutant. Mm lly represented in the rtment council of administration for this year by J h B. Gardella, Walker H. Cols- J. Harry J. the Fall ‘Walter P. Boehm is in charge of this committee’s activities. An attractive and instructive ’l:- ing the past reasons why should affliate, etc., has been printed for free distribution among ex-service men of the District of Columbia. Nearly & scors of members attended the annual conclave of the Virginia de;nrmnt, held in wlncheclt.er. J:'l'}‘e 22-14':'l | ‘The next regular meeting of e pos will be held Julw 13 at Logan Hall. Economic and Social Conditions. of Nathanfel er. 66.- by “‘Wise’ is the word that comes to mind as one reads the first half of Mr. Peffer's book. He sees things in disillusioned perspective, mellowly, without angry moralizing. He actuali; understands the inevitability of his- tory. He admits rbutllx.m ities, sees Dete. mor foreighers. which omkced s ore! -which mal book unique among books about China.” L. 8. Gannett. Modern Chinese Civilization, by A. F. . 1920. G66.L524m.E. “As director of the Im 1 School of Medicine at Chengtufu and later it & roving mandate, . Lepeac a mandate, Dr. ndre came into contact with all Chin soclety and, the ol and lludg‘ regime. He is therefore in a position to support his -e?mlom with facts and arguments ba: on a close personal observation and a wide rangs of ex- perience.” China, ed. by H. P. James. 1930. F66.Am37. Social fo;.duyu. industrial and levelopment iternal politics, with an account of events in Manchuria, Mongolia, Turkestan and the frontier provinces. Contains & bibliography by W. A. Slade. Tbe“l)ncon and the Foreign Devils, J. G. Andersson. 1928. G66.- AD22.E. “The wide sweep of the author's shrewd observation, his disinterested liberal point of view, and his sound Swedish common sense make it an in- valuable study for Americans in check- ing up our alternately idealistic and ‘brass tacks’ attitude toward China.” Gardner Harding. Tortured China, Hallett Abend. 1930. JUG66.Ab33. “The book, naturally, is not quite ug to v.h?mmlnme—n aere:‘: one mhm put up with considering the kaleidoscopic nature of events in China—but it is still very timely and sufficiently up-to- date to be prett; as 8 picture Matthews. § by Politics and Foreign Relations. The Chinése Revolution; a Phase in the Regeneration of & World Power. by A. N. Holcombe. 1930. F66.H693. “The present volume is the most valuable of all those which have dealt with the domestic situation in that great country. This excellence is due not merely to the fact that the work is based upon a personal and first-hand study by the author of the evenis Gealt with, but also to the circumstance that these events are objectively evalu- ated by a scientifically trained political mind.” W. W. Willoughby. The Inner History of the Chinese Revolution, by Tang Leang Li 1930. F66.T16. “This careful and detafled study of the Chinese revolution is without ques- tion one of the best books on the sub- Jject which have appeared in this coun- posit! Britain of the Central Executive Com- mittee of the Kuo-Min Tang has brought him in contact with the lead- ers of the revolution and given him access to documents which no forei gxm'?rlun could hope to see.” F. es. China’s Millions, by A. L. Strong. 1928. F66.5t86. “‘Miss Strong's chief interest is in the emergence of important new political groups in China—organized peasants. workers, students, women—the special problems of each and their attempts to achieve organization and freedom.” The Natlonalist Program for China, by Chao-Chu Wu. 1929. JU66.W95. “An explanation of the principles and program of the Chinese National- ist party by the re Minister from China to the United States, formerly minister of foreign affairs of the Na- tionalist government of China.” The International Aspect of the Mis- Movement “All things considered, it is hard not to regard this as the most damaging attack on the social results of the ‘Western missionaries into China so far delivered. It is Just because it is in no sense an attack. * * * Cace by case the record is piled up of the way in which the activities of the mis- slonaries have operated to inflict upon China loss of territory, impairment of mmlgx;y and indignities of too rl:!lny ds to recount.” Paul Hutch- on. - China, Where It Is Today and Why, by T. F. Millard. 1928. JU66.M6lc. “It is in politics that Millard is most home. He can look out upon the sea of Chinese mass nion and tell will breal and which will wash them- selves out in silence. Perhaps hc lays too little upon those economic undercurrents, which in the long run determine. the surface manifestations.” Treaties and Agreements With and Concerning China, ‘19151-1929. z&r; Endowment for International ml’me. Division of International Law. 1929, JXAR.7C22. v.22. Capt. Robert H. Jeschke, incident to change of lhuw:‘. u:: temporarily in ¢ | Sia: boro, Md. 5: oen t et 3 "e."i‘:“’“fi n n, Borarily 4 mm" ing at 2010 east. temporarily in the city, Rhode Island avenue n 3 Second Lieut. Lee N. Uts, heretofore attached to the camp of the President at Rapidan, Criglersville, Va., has been Car mm‘ M., wgilo t present uucfid to Phuadglpm:’ Barracks, is to be ordered hwdut:’ym ."1':" Quantico base, approxima ly 15. Capt. William ‘ Beattle, assistant quartermaster, heretofore attached the Quantico base during the past week. of the Navy Adams has mronfl findings of Line Selec- Board of the which thus far has placed one colonel of the line of the on the retired of 1 corps : list as July nts of the new | tary into roaring | & Civilization, | the 1930, the troops whils engaged in combat ex- ly | ercise to determine their real readiness for fleld service in case of an emer- gency, Ci Roy also sald that his company wil used on actual military police duty wherever le. continued, will have preference over all The training objective is to in all duties of a military police company in actual field operations, and to function effectively at existing strength under field service conditions and to provide a sufficiently trained force for expansion to war strength. ‘The schedule indicates that the mili- policemen will get right down to instruction as soon as they arrive in camp on Sunday afternoon, for the pro- gram provides one-hour lecture in camp sanitation and nyglence and a one-hour session of a non-commissioned officer’s school. This is to come after the men have tolled with their tents, erected and stored their equip- ment. more eliminations This duty, he | taking portant in the work of the Guard or- ganizations. < The following have been ordered honorably discharged on account of re- moval from the District: Sergt. Colvin Parker, Company A, 121st ineers: Pvt. Austin W. Smith, Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, and Pvt. Walter O. Bartlett, 20th Division, Police Company. The following have been ordered transferred from the Reserve to the active lists of their ive tions: Pvt. Willlam 8. however, shows that | gine The program, the drills during most of the two weeks will be concluded at 3 o'clock daily. Mass athletics have been provided on some days. ‘The National Guard of the District of Columbia on June 30 was at the ex- act strength fixed by the Militia Bureau of the War Department, 987 enlisted men. The assignment of numbers to the various units is provided in an order just issued, the i?luru given be- ing the maximum which each organi- zation may have. ‘The assignments follow: State Detachment, 19; He uarters | Detachment, Special Troops, 20th Di- vision, 9; Headquarters Detachment, 29th Division, 48; 29th Division, Mili- tary Police Company. 59;: Medical De- partment Detachment, 121st Engineers, 3 and Service 121st Engineers, 63; Company C, 121st Engineers, 68; Company D, 121st En- gineers, 64; Company E, gineers, 70; Company F, ers, 63; tery A, 260th Coast Artillery, 54; Bat- tery B, 260th Coast Artillery, 62; Bat- tery C, 260th Coast Artillery, 60; Bat- tery E. 260th Coast Artillery, §1; Com- pany E, 372d Infantry, 71. The order au ureau tables or organization for the unit concerned. ‘The complete organization and as-| signment of commissioned officers for | the 6th Marine Brigade, 20th and 23d Marines, for the annual training camp at Virginla Beach, Va., August 22 to September 6, was announced by Lieut. Col. J. J. Sfillfiy, ccmmanding the bri- le, last night. ":-lznmem of offiders is as follows: Capt. David Hopklna plans and train- ing; Capt. Vincent Carter, intelligence; Capt. Andrew L. Somers, sir officer; Capt. Henry 8. ‘Wheeler, personn<l officer; Capt. C. A. Newcomb, jr., pay- Capt. Francis R. Geraci. ordnapce and| range officer: Col. Penorary medicai medical | director; Lieut.| Lieut. R. . De- | Witt, brigade adju- | tant; Capt. W. B.|p Capt. Paul Sullivan, quartermaster; Lieut. J. M. O'Leary, commissary; Lieut. W. W. Stickney, as- sistant quartermaster; Lieut. A. E. Har- per, bandmaster; Lieut. J. E. O'Brien, commanding engineers; Lieut. J. B. Berry, commanding motor transport. L. Miller, acting com- 20th Marines, and Battalion; Lieut. adjutant; Lieut. . E. Combs, commanding Company A; Capt. Thomas J. Luckett, command- ing Company B; Lieut. Julius H. Rice, m“:-ltmny officer, Company B; Lieut. J A. Shook, commanding Company C; Lieut. Winslow H. Randolph, com- manding Company D. Capt. Michael J. Kelley, command- ing Company E; Lieut. Paul Collins, company officer, Company E; Lieut. Don R. Hyland, commanding Com- pany F; Lieut. Cromwell Warner, com- manding Company G; Lieut. Peter W. Hazes, company officer, Company G; Lieut. Smith W. Brookhart, command- pany H. 3 A. Strine, command- ing Medical Detachment, 20th Marines; Lieut. Phil A. Caulfield,-miedical officer, 20th Marines; Lieut. Lester M. nd Bade officers’ mess treasurer; Maj. Earl . Lane, acting commanding 23d Marines, and the | dental officer, 20th Marines, commanding 1st Battalon; Lieut. Willlam E. Combs, ad- | Pvt. jutant, acting; Capt. Frank L. Ach, commanding Company A; Lieut. A. C. ymaker, commanding Company B; Lieut. W. W. Whitside, commanding Company C; Lieut. %ohn T. Irwin, com- manding I Lieut. cn.r?:"fi. Nerren, command- ing Company E; Lieut. Frederick H. Shepherd, commang Company F; Capt. W. B. Stroup, commanding Com- pany G; Capt. Harold C. Smith, com- - | mendations, officer, | d manding Company H. Plans have been wmfileted for the guldons presentation ball at the Na- tional Press Club auditorium July 15. The first military formation with the new guidons will take place at Ana- costie Park 8t . July 19. D, 1213t Engineers, and Pvt. Ryan, Company D, 121st Engineers. The following have been ordered transferred from the active to the Re- serve lists of their organizations for the reasons given: Business interference with the per- formance of military duty—Sergt. e Scordos, Battery A, 260th Coast ery. ‘Temporary removal from the District —Pvt. (first class) Paul F. Main, 20th Division, Military Police Company. the Reserve to the active list of Company F, 121st Engineers, ‘The following of Battery A, 260th Coast Art; on duty , were ordered last week in connection with a night maneuver: First Lieut. L. M. Swingle, First Sergt. Carl Santilll, Sergt. H. L. Stebbins and Pvt. (first class) W. G. Lanham, jr. Authority has been local militia authorities bers of the R. O. T. C. camp to use the rifle range of the Guard at Camp Simms, Congress Heights, D. C., for rifie and dismounted pistol practice during the period July 12 to 18. Because of the presence on ‘the range of the local high school cadets, the use of the ?“x;nuwuld not be permitted on* ly 11. The following of Company P, 121st Engineers, have been ordered honorably discharged on account of removal from the city: Pvt. James C. Chancey and Pvt. William C, Chancey. Pvt. Walter C. Scheller, Company P, 121st Engineers, has been ordered transferred from the active to the Re- serve list of that unit on account of business interference with the perform- ance of military duty. The District Engineers when they into camp at Virginia Beach n!’l‘i month will find new ice boxes avail- able, in which thev may preserve their foodstuffs. The Militia Bureau has Just authorized an expenditure of $1,340" for 'C;fnppurchm of ice boxes for this The Militia Bureau has authorized members of the District of Columbia National Guard to attend service schools during the current year as follows: One officer to the battery officers’ iven by the for the mem- next; one non-commissioned officer attend the Medical Pield S:gvlee : | from October 1 to November 28 next. Applications must submitted, 'l’lh:Dmml!dlflmfl officers, in time to brigade head juartérs least 45 days prior to the opening of et , and must be indorsed and separate battalion to show their recom- as 2 oud alternate, principal, first or sec. Corpl. Albert B. Burton, 20th vision Mtlitary Police Company, has b?en or- mred reduced d:oflome ¥lde of private recommendation company commander. NS The Militia Bureau has authorized an expenditure of $348 for repairs painting of buildings at &55‘49 vou ., Md., where ;fl lconnngent of the Dlst.urlct troops encamp this Summer for training. The 1st Platoon of B, I21st Engineers, held 1ts drill at Camp Simms, Congress Heights, last Sunday. Pvt. Joseph Koelbl, Battery E, 360th Coast Artillery, has bzen ordered honor- ably discharged on account of removal from the city. Company Pvt. John K. 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