Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1935, Page 37

Legion Rehabilitation Meeting Opens Today National Officials to A ference—Future Program to Be Mapped. ATIONAL rehabilitation offi- cials and representatives of | the American Legion from | every State in the Union will hold a three-day conference | at the Mayflower Hotel beginning to- | day at 10 o'clock. Watson B. Miller, a past department commander of the District of Columbia and chairman of the National Rehabilitation Com- mittee, will preside. ‘The meeting is scheduled to con- sider reports from various depart- mental heads and to lay the founda- | ‘ tion for a future program for the * betterment of World War veterans ‘ throughout the United States now in “need of constant care because of physical and mental diseases. Among the subjects to be discussed will be procedure in hospitalizing | veterans, guardianship, examination and rating of cases, hospitalization and domiciliary care of women vet- erans, insurance, decentralization of insurance and death claims and de- * velopment of cases for adjudication. Increased hospital facilities now pro- posed in bills before Congress are also among the items to be discussed. | Special attention will be paid to| the subject of caring for women pa-! tients from the World War veteran ranks. Special facilities for colored veterans and those suffering from mental and nervous ailments will be given prime consideration Representative John E. Rankin of | Mississippi and Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of veterans affairs; Na- tional Comdr. Frank N. Belgrano, jr.; | Past National Comdr. Edward Hayes, Mrs. A. C. Carlson, national president, American Legion Auxiliary; Miss Emma Puschner, national director of child welfare. and Frank E. Samuel, | . mational adjutant, will make addresses. | At the last meeting of Sergt. Jasper | Post, No. 13, at the Thomas Circle | Club, an address was delivered by Representative Ernest Lundeen of Minnesota. He spoke on veterans af- - fairs and the several bills now pending * in Congress affecting veterans. Comrade Clarkson reported on the Department Musical Committee and Comdr. W. A. McCallum reported this | post has been awarded the silver cup + for the best showing in the Army day parade. He appointed Comrades Bowserman, Pritchard. Pierce and Me- Curtney as color bearers and color guards, respectively, to serve for the - balance of this year. Nine new applications were received for membership, among them being Charles J. Catanack, a magician, who gave a demonstration in the art of magic. .. The Spring card party of the U.S.S. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, will be held at the Hamiiton Hotel tomorrow eve- . ning. Charlotte Berry is chairman. . A special Mother's day program will feature the next regular meeting of the post. Mme. Cantacazene-Grant will speak. Chairman Alma Sarton has selected 2400 Sixteenth street for the birthday ,dinner May 22. The committee as- ..sisting her is: Helen Linkins Opitz. Jane Cox, Anne Frame, Edna Smith, Charlotte’ Berry and Past Comdrs. Helen McCarty, Jane Breen, Mary ‘Tatspaugh and Mary Weide. Fort Stevens Post, No. 32, went on record to maintain its own drum and bugle corps at a meeting of the De- partmental Musical Organization Committee last Wednesday The Americanism plan, submitted to the department by this post, was considered last week by Dr. Frank W. Ballou, supertendent of schools. | Comdr. Hargrave his credted a committee to determine whether or not permission can be obtained to erect a World War memorial shaft on one of the numerous plots of | Federal-owned property in the far northwest area. The same committee | is commissioned to investigate the de- lay in reconditioning the Fort Stevens battle site * Members assisted in the Easter Mond#¥ parade of underprivileged children sponsored by the Good Sa- maritan Home. Easter visits were | made to veterans at local hospitals | by members of the Service Commit- | S tee. ¢ Membership turned the 300 mark | when Officer George Donohue report- | ed to the department cn April 26. The post will meet at Fort Stevens Hall, 306 Kennedy street. next “Thurs- | day, at 8:15 pm. A special social | _meeting for May and Memorial day | plans will be discussed i An informal card party and dance * will be held in the hall May 4. | The post squadron of the Sons of | the American Legion met last Fri- | day. The charter was closed with 87 | signers, the largest squadron in the | local detachment. Acting Captain | Caffery presided. Adjutant George D. Frye of Vin- ,.cent B. Costello Post, No. 15, was ap- pointed by the commander as a spe- | .cial representative to appear before | & meeting Wednesday evening of all local posts in relation to the forma- tion of a departmental musical or- ganization committee, having as its object the sponsoring of either a de- partmental drum and bugle corps __or a combined band and drum corps. | Thomas J. Hurney, a late member of this post, was buried with military honors in Mount Olivet Cemetery last Wednesday. . Capt. Dennis, commander of Cos- tello Post Squadron, Sons of the Legion, has called a meeting of that . organization at the National Guard . armory tomorrow at 6 p.m. Representative James A. Shanley of Connecticut was the guest speaker at the meeting of the Stephen P. McGroarty Post, No. 27, April 22 at the Thomas Circle Club. New members, Frank J. Corcoran ~and Richard C. Lankford, were intro- duced by Membership Officer E. E. Stuart Walcott Post, No. 10, met “ Tuesday evening at the Corby Bakery « on Georgia avenue, Comdr. Samuel Rose presiding. The honor guest was Representative P. L. Gassaway of Oklahoma. Eugene Costello, com- mander of the George E. Killeen Post, extended an invitation to members to visit the club house of the Killeen Post. Other guests were Howard W. Woer- ner, commander of Equality-Walter Reed Post, No. 284, of the Veterans of Forelgn Wars, and Dr. A. H. Parham of Kenneth H. Nash Post, No. 8, American Legion. . .A. E. Ryan, Dallas R. McKinney, Fred T. Devine and Ben F. Rynearson » were admitted to membership. The adjutant read a communication - from Mrs. Nelia Eichkorm, chairman + of the Department Graves Registra- tion Committee, in which' she re- quested that details relating to all de- ceased memkers of the Legion be fur- nished to her committee for use in establishing a file to record permanent- « 1y the name of every deceased World . War veteran, giving the lccation of their graves, military record and other evailable data. A communication 1 30 not be allowed to interfere in any ) ttend Three-Day Con- MEETINGS THIS WEEK. Today—National Rehabilitation Conference, Mayflower Hotel, 10 am. Monday—National Rehabilitation Conference, Mayflower Hotel, 10 am. Vincent B. Costello Post Drum and Bugle Corps and Sons of American Legion Squadron, National Guard Armory, 8 p.m. Tuesday—National Rehabilitation Conference, Mayflower Hotel, 10 am. Thursday—Jane A. Delano Post, No. 6, 1746 K street, 8 p.m. Kenneth H. Nash Post, N 654 Pennsylvania avenue southeast, 8 p.m. Fort Stevens Post, No. 32, 306 Kennedy street, 8 p.m. from the department commander, J. O'C. Roberts, requested that the mass- ing of colors at Mount St. Alban Cathedral the Sunday preceding May way with memorial services at the various cemeteries. N. G. Donaldson entertained the meeting with a recitation. The Stanley Church Depue Post, No. 30, will hold a Georgia barbecue May 18 at Kenwood Country Club | from 2 pm. to 6 pm. Al Leglon-‘ naires are invited. VETERANS OF 1698 HOLD CEREMONIAL Muster Service Conducted | to Recall Declaration of War. MEETINGS THIS WEEK. Camps. Thursday—Richard J. Harden, Pythian Temple. Auxiliaries. Friday—Gen. Henry W. Law- ton. 930 H street. Wednesday — Lineal Society, Pythian Temple. Monday—Military Order of the Serpent. Soldiers. Sailors and Marines' Club. Eleventh and L streets. Col. John Jacob Astor Camp, Span- ish War Veterans, met, with Comdr. T. F. Donovan presiding. Past De- partment Comdr. Benjamin F. Motley, assisted by Frederick N. Davis, in- stalled John Leishman as officer of | the day. The annual muster-in cere- mony was performed. Past Department Comdr. B. F. Mot- ley, Joseph A. Davis of Punston Camp of Florida, Past Comdr. Cooney, Fred Davis, Charles Donoghue and others spoke. Comdr. Gary E. Powell of Gen. M. Emmett Urell Camp presided at the last meeting. The muster cere- mony was conducted in commemora- tion of the declaration of war with Spain 37 years ago. Legislation pend- ing in Congress affecting the vet- erans of the war with Spain was dis- | cussed by Junior Vice Department Comdr. J. B. Freeland, Past Depart- ment Comdr. S. J. McWilliams, Wil- liam N. Barnes, Comdr. Charles D. Long and A. F. Trammelle of Harden Camp, Joseph Thornberg of Miles Camp and John J. White of Pettit Camp. Senior Vice Department Comdr. George V. McAlear spoke on the coming activities of the depart- ment. | Charles D. Long, commander of Harden Camp, conducted the meeting. Edward Webb, who served in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War, was elected to membership and he and Lorenzo D. Donaldson were mustered in. Other new members put on the rolls were Henry L. Whiting and Edward J. Dolan. The camp adopted a resolution, pre- sented by Past Comdr. J. A. Chisholm, relative to bringing the U. S. S. Olympia, Admiral Dewey’s flagship in the Battle of Manila Bay, on May 1, | 1898, to Washington to become a na- | tional shrine. The speakers included Q. M. Gen. | Patrick J. Callan, Past Q. M. Gen. | J. J. Murphy, Department Comdr. Charles B. Emmonds and Comdr. Wil- liam King of King Camp, in Alex- andria, Va.; Senior Vice Comdr. George V. McAlear, Comdr. Gary E. Powell of Urell Camp, Jacob Orken, A. F. Trammelle, T. A. Hudlow, John D. Shaw and J. Fitzpatrick. Gen. Henry W. Lawton Auxiliary met, with President Lora Hill presid- ing. The following were elected to the | department convention to be held in | this city in June: Delegates, Elizabeth | Burlingame. Catherine Morgan and Carrie Lucas; alternates, Ellan Miller, Susan Brown and May Guatterbaum. Catherine Dintler, department presi- dent, accompanied by her staff, will make an official visitation May 17. The next meeting will be May 3. A meeting of the Department Aux- iliary will be held May 1 at 921 Penn- sylvania avenue southeast. Gen. M. Emmett Urell Auxiliary met and President Alice Bruner pre- sided. Delegates and alternates to the department convention were elected as follows: Delegates, Florence White, Catherine Baughan, Catherine Shugh- rue and Mabel Wehrle; alternates, Margaret Dinnix, Carmen Ramos, Laura King and Tillie Mulquin. The next meeting will be May 15, President Ethel E. Finn presided at the meeting of Col. James S. Pettit Camp when delegates and alternates were elected to the department con- vention. Plans were made for a silver tea May 5 from 4 to 7 pm. at 1521 Vermont avenue in honor of Comdr. Calvin B. Lucas of Pettit Camp and President Ethel E. Finn of Pettit Aux- fliary. Department President Cather- ine Dintler and her staff will make their official visitation May 22. Gen. M. Emmett Urell Auxiliary will visit the Sanico bakery, Eckington place at R street northeast, Tuesday at 8 pm Grand Gu Gu Grandississimo James B. Freeland of the Military Order of the Serpent announces a grand ca- rousal May 1 at Pythian Temple at 7:30 p.m. All United Spanish War Veterans - are invited. Prominent speakers will be present. id | president of the American Legion Hostess MISS M. EDNA McINTOSH, President, District of Columbia De- partment American Legion Auxil- iary, who wiil head the committees in charge of the auxiliary ball to be held May 4 at the Mayflower Hotel. LEGION AUXILIARY WILL GIVE PARTY Comdr. and Mrs. Roberts to| Assist Miss Mcintosh in Receiving. The Department of the District of | Columbia American Legion Auxiliary will hold a dance and card party next | Saturday from 8:30 to 1 o'clock at the Mayflower Hotel. The colors of each unit will be presented with the | colors of the department. Department Comdr. James O'Connor | Roberts, with his entire staff and their wives, head the list of sponsors. Comdr. and Mrs. Roberts will assist the department president, Miss M. Edna McIntosh, and her staff in re- | ceiving the guests. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. Militia Establishes School | Blew Exoeutive On Food P reparation Selected Officers and Enlisted Men to Take Special Course Under Regular Army Officer. With the idea of assuring well pre- pared and balanced meals to the members of the National Guard of the District of Columbia while in the fleld during maneuvers this Summer, orders have been issued for the estab- lishment of a school for mess man- agement. A selected group of mess of- ficers, mess sergeants and cooks will form the school personnel, and they will be hand picked from the various units. Attendance at the school will be compulsory, and every man is ex- pected to be present at each forma- tion, as a regular plan of instruction has been mapped out. First Lieut. W. A, Fuller, 3d U. S. Cavalry, at Fort Myer, has been de- tailed by the commanding general of the 3d Army Corps Area at Baltimore, Md., to supervise the instruction in the school. First. Lieut. Pearson C. Conlyn has been placed in charge’ of the National Guard personnel. The school is to continue until June 25, and the subjects’ include management of company mess, the ra- tion, meat, fish and foodstuffs, ele- mentary principles of cooking, field cooking, practical demonstration of preparing a meal, recipes, examina- tion, review. Company and battery commanders have been instructed to detail one of- ficer as a student in the course, with the expectation of utilizing him as mess officer during the Summer en- campment. They also have been in- structed to detail mess sergeants | cooks and one other enlisted man, | the latter to serve as an understudy, | to attend the school. In units not pro- | vided with specific personnel for this purpose, personnel normally detailed for duty as mess sergeants and cooks in the field will be ordered to attend the school when such attendance will not interfere with other duties, so that a minimum of four enlisted men from each company and battery will attend. The commanding officer of | the Guard, Col. John W. Oehmann, has anonunced that he desires 100 per cent attendance by every stu- dent detailed to take the course. The school also is open to the voluntary attendance of officers and men not detailed to take the course. The local militia headquarters has The committees in charge include: Mrs. Edith Landvoight, chairman; | | Mrs. Thacker V. Walker, vice chair- | man. Cards, Mrs. Helen McCabe, | Mrs. Thelma Stuart and Mrs. Grace | | Close. Dance Floor, Mrs. Louise Good- acre, Mrs. Catherine Waters, Mrs. | Gessford and Mrs. Catherine Sheedy. | | Door, Mrs. Porter Bush and Mrs. Cath- | erine Mills. Colors, Mrs. Margaret Carroll. Distinguished Guests, Miss | | McIntosh, Miss Clara Humphries, Miss ‘ Nici Perrel and Mrs. Thelma Stuart. | Publicity, Mrs. Thacker V. Walker and Miss Lillian Reagan. | Victory Unit. No. 4, celebrated its| | fifteenth birthday anniversary April 22 at the Gingham Club with a din- ner dance. Among the guests were Miss Edna McIntosh, department president; her two vice presidents, Mrs. Stuart and- Miss Humphries; | Miss 1. Sheehan, president of Costello | Unit, No. 15; Mrs. Marie Dyer, past department president: Mrs. Dorothy | Harper, national chapeau passe, and | many others, A tribute to the Gold Star Mothers | will be paid in the form of an out- standing program, May 10, at the Thomas Circle Club at 8 pm. Miss | Edna McIntosh and her staff of of- | ficers will also be entertained on their official visitation the same even- | ing. Mrs. J. H. Mims is chairman of arrangements. | A social meeting was held Thursday | at the home of Mrs. Belle S. Gibson. After a brief business meeting the unit | was entertained by the hostess. | | sergt. Jasper Unit. No. 13, met at | the Thomas Circle Club last Thurs- | day evening. A mother's day program | was presented. This unit will hold a birthday party and dance tomorrow at the | Gingham Club in Child’s Restaurant. | This will also include the regular | floor show of the club. Tickets may | be secured from any officer of the | unit. The Americanism and National De- last i!en.se program will be held at the { Thomson School next Friday at 8 p.m., when the unit will present the colors to the Sergt. Jasper Squad, | No. 13, Sons of the American Legion. | This program will be in charge of | Mrs. Gladys Marthill, Americanism and National Defense chairman of this unit. Among the speakers will {be W. A. McCallum, commander, Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13; A. C. Case (of Palais Royal Department Store, Mme. Julia Cantacuzene Grant, Porter Bush, detachment commander, the Sons of the American Legion; Miss Edna McIntosh, department | Auxiliary, and several others. The committee arranging the May dance of Salon No. 14, Eight et Forty, met at the Washington Hotel on last ‘Tuesday evening, with the general chairman, Mrs. Dorothy B. Harper, presiding. It will be held at the Washington Hotel. Among the distinguished guests | accepting invitations are Senator Rich- ard B. Russell and Miss Ina D. Rus- sell, Representative E. W. Gearheart, past department commander American Leion of California; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest B. Grant, Miss Faustine Dennis, national president Women's Overseas League; William H. Morrell, national pilgrimage officer Department of the District of Columbia, American Legion, and Mrs. Morrell; Miss Ann D. Pryde, department welfare officer of the American Legion, Department of the District of Columbia; Mrs. Jonathan Y. Wheatley, national vice president of the American Legion Auxiliary for this division; Miss Alice Hawkins, demi chapeau Nationale Eight et Forty; Mrs. Marie Dyer and Mrs. Irene Arnold, past department presidents of the American Legion Auxiliary, and Miss Edna McIntosh, department presi- dent of American Legion Auxiliary, and her entire staff. The last meeting of the salon was held at the Washington Hotel, with Chapeau Mabel Staub in the chair. Visiting members in the eity attending the D. A. R. convention were guests of the evening. . The junior department of Stephen P. McGroarty Unit, No. 27, met at the home of the unit president, Miss Mary Glenn Newell, in Falls Church, April 20. Eggs were dyed and 28 Easter baskets made and filled for the nursery school of Neighborhood House. The next meeting of the j;;nlo:;n wili be Saturday afternoon, ay 4. ‘The regular meeting of Stephen P. McGroarty Unit was held Monday evening at the Thomas Circle Club. Seven applications for membership were received. The unit held a poppy meeting Thursday evening at the home of the Misses Stambaugh, 3200 Se"!nue':ltg | Company, received a communication from the War Department announcing a policy of having a minimum of 5353 Na- tional Guard officers as graduates of | | the special service schools. The letter says that in order to provide and maintain this number | approximately 295 officers will be sent to service schools annually. The schools and the number to attend each year is given as follows: Command and General Staff School, 11; Air Corps Technical School, 4; Cavalry School, 15; Chemical War- fare Service School, 20; Coast Ar- tillery School, 25; Engineer School, . Fleld Artillery School, 57; In- fantry School, 116: Medical Field Service School, 19; Medical Aviation School, one every third year; Quar- termaster School, 5; Ordnance School, 3; Signal School, 8; Tank School, 2. The attendance record for the 29th National Guard Division headquar- ters units for the month of March, just made public at the division head- quarters here, places the 29th Di- vision Military Police Unit at the top of the list with an attendance of 98.83 per cent. This figure brought it up from second place last month. The other units and their respective percentages follow: Headquarters Detachment Special Troops, 95.83; 29th Division Signal 91.95; Headquarters De- tachment. 29th Division, 91.40; 29th Division Tank Company, 88.93; Dis- trict of Columbia Units, 28th Di- vision, 95.35; Virginia Units, Special | Troops, 29th Division, 90.44. Pvt. John Mooney, Company D. 121st Engineers, has been ordered honorably discharged because of re- moval from the District of Columbia. Pvt. Clyde B. Bradshaw has been ordered promoted to sergeant in the | Headquarters Detachment, 29th Di- vision. The following changes in personnei ratings in Battery B, 260th Coast Ar- tillery, have been ordered Walter W. Burns, battalion com- mander: Corps. Charles J. Huffman, jr., and | Benjamin Frick to be sergeants. Pvts. Vincent J. Antonelli, Wilbur T O'Brien, Edward B. Scrimger and William F. Edmonds to be corporals. Sergt. Oswald C. Robertson to be private. Under a reallotment of enlisted strength for the Special Troops, 20th Division, the Headquarters De- tachment, Special Troops, is given nine men; the Headquarters Detachment, 29th Division, 43 men and the 29th | Division Military Police Company, 58 men. All officers and a selected number of enlisted men reported at the rifle range at Camp Simms, Congress Heights, D. C., last night, to begin, early today, a special course of in- struction. Col. Oehmann announced that this assembly is for the purpose of co-ordinating and making uniform the method of instruction of rifle marksmanship throughout the resi- ment. A number of quizes are to be conducted in addition to firing. A similar assembly will be held next Sunday. Pvt. John A. Donahue has been or- dered transferred from the inactive to the active list of the Headquarters De- tachment and Combat Train, 260th Cpast Artillery. Because of business interference with the ce of military duty, Pvts./Nevile O. C. Dietrich and Clem- ent L. Dechene have been ordered transferred from the active to the in- active list of the Headquarters De- tachment and Combat Train, 260th Coast Artillery. The appointment of Dr. Emil J. C. Hildenbrand as first lieutenant in the Medical Corps of the militia was announced. He has assigned to the Medical Department Detachment, 121st Engineers, for duty. Pvt. (First Class) Roland R. Ruehl- man has been ordered corporal in Company A, 121st Engi- neers. Pvt. George E. Vadney has been ordered promoted to corporal in Bat- tery A, 260th Coast Artillery. The appointment of Second Lieut. Howard J. Burd, Company E, 121st Engineers, as a first lieutenant of engineers, and his reassignment to ments, Thirteenth and Clifton streets. The unit will give an entertain- ment at Walter Reed Hospital May 10. A play entitled, “The Seven Old Ladies” will be presented by a group of boys and girls of the Jefferson School of Falls Church, under the Mrs. ug! street. The next poppy of the same unit for duty has been an- nounced. Upon the recommendation of the company commander, Pvt. (First Class) Albert E. McNichol has been ordered prcmoted to sergeant in Com- pany F, 121st Engineers. Pvts. Clarence F. Butler, George T. Dunn, Walter E. Klein and James A. Matthews, jr., have been ordered transferred from the inactive to the active list of Battery A. 260th Coast Artillery. — | The following have been ordered | transferred from the active to the in- active lists of their respective units o? account of business interference with the performance of military duty: Pvts. Robert N. Hartshorn, Medical Department Detachment, 121st Engi- neers; Charles E. Foster, Headquarters Detachment, 29th Division; Henry B. Doleman, Richard E. Macomber and Herman C. Marshall, all of Company F, 121st Engineers. Pvt. Haskell V. Llewellyn has been | ordered transferred from the inactive to the active list of the Headquarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers. Pvt. Arthur B. Freed, Medical De- partment Detachment, 121st Engi- neers, has been ordered honorably dis- charged, upon his own request, he having completed one year of a three- . LOCALV. W POST WL HOLD PARTY {Pinochle Tournament Will Feature Evening of Bingo Games. by Maj. | Meetings This Week. Wednesday, 8 p.m.—Federal Post, No. 824, Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue; Overseas Military Band, Drum and Bugle Corps, National Guard Armory. Thursday, 8 p.m.—Equality-Walter Reed Post, No. 284, 723 Twelfth street. Potomac Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will hold a bingo party next | saturday night, under direction of Comdr. Abe Grudd, at the Soldlers, C., APRIL 28, 1935—PART TWO. D—$§ Naval Reserve Officers Asked for C. C. C. Duty Commandant of Washington Navy Yard Offers Opportunity for Work to Those in D. C, Area. COL. E. S. HARTSHORN, Who will arrive here June 15 to assume the duties of executive for Reserve affairs in the War Depart- ment. He will relieve Brig. Gen. Charles D. Herron, who will take command of the 6th Field Artil- lery Brigade at Chicago. COL. HARTSHORN DUE HERE JUNE T3 | . {To Assume New Duties as Executive for Reserve Affairs. Col. Edwin S. Hartshorn, Infantry, now on duty with the 7th Infantry, Vancouver Barracks, Washington, will arrive here June 15 and the latter part of that month will assume the i fairs in the War Department. He Letters have been sent to Naval Re- serve officers residing in the city, ask- | ing them if they desire to be ordered on active duty for service with the Civilian Conservation Corps. The letter from Rear Admiral J. R. De- frees, commandant of the Washington Navy Yard, says that his office does not know the location of the camps to which the applicants might be or- dered. Only those with the rank of lieu- tenant, lieutenant (junior grade) and ensign will be permitted to avail them- selves of the opportunity for service Although no definite information has been received, it was said that it is probable that those from the Stafl Corps will be given preference, such as civil engineers, physicians and others with special training which would fit them particularly for super- vising the work to be performed by the men in these camps. The ordering of naval officers was urged by the Naval Reserve Officers’ Association, who pointed out that there were a number of such officers out of work and that the duty should not be restricted to those holding commis- | sions in the Army Reserve. In view of | the fact that many of the officers or- | dered to the various camps from the Army Reserve were line officers, it was said that it is possible that some line officers of the Naval Reserve might be given these assignments. Although the commandant says that of correspondence course completion in lieu of examination for promotions in the Naval Reserve. The circular states, in effect, the department says, that the satisfactory completion of the Naval Reserve cur- respondence course in engineering may, under certain conditions, be ac- cepted in lieu of examination for pro- motion in that subject. In certain in- stances this has been interpreted to include examination in electrical en- gineering, as well as marine engineer- ing. The provisions of this paragraph, it was pointed out, do not excuse any one from taking the examination in electrical engineering. In some cases, it was explained, the Supervisory Examining Board has as- sumed the authority of excusing can- didates from taking examinations in accordance with the instructions with- out first obtaining specific permission from the Bureau of Navigation. Each individual case must be considered by the Naval Examining Board in Wash~ ington and permission must be ob- tained from the Bureau of Navigation before a candidate will be excused from taking the examination. Attention is further invited to the fact that the instructions apply only to examinations for promotion. It do_es not apply to examinations for original appointment or change in classification. In all such cases where examinations are required, candidates must take examinations in all sub- he has no information as to where the | | officers would be assigned if ordered | to active duty, the formal application | blank which accompanies the letter contains a part in which the apolicant may state the areas in which he has a preference for serving The volunteer officers of the Reserve do not have to attend drills rezularly and also do not have to particirafe in annual sea cruises, so that it is probable that the assignments will be restricted to those in the volunteer class, although it is also possible that any Fleet Reserve officer who might desire to avail himself of the oppor- duties of executive for Reserve af- | tunity of serving with the civmani corps might be permitted to do so and at the same time be transferred to will relieve Brig. Gen. Charles D. | Herron, U. S. A, who will relinquish these duties on June 27 and proceed ' Ito Chicago, where he will take com- | | mand of the 6th Field Artillery Bri- gade. | Col. W. W. McCammon, Infantry, | | senior instructor of the Organized | Reserves in Washington, announced | 1ast week the 1935 active duty sched- | | ule for District Reserve officers. Two | training camps will be held for Dis- | trict officers of the 320th Infantry, Field Artillery, and Coast Artillery. Three field officers and eight captains of the 320th Infantry will receive active training in the school of tactical exercise at Fort George G. Meade, Md., from July 21 to August | Sailors and Marines’ Club, Eleventh 3 and L streets. In connection with the party there | will be a pinochle tournament. Cota- | rade Uhlaric is in charge of the tour- “mmem and will receive entries. C. Sweeney, William Winter and Herman Kech were initiated at the | last meeting. The Dug Out is the title of a pub- | lication being issued by Washington Post, with John J. Keehan as editor. At the meeting last Monday night an entertainment was given. Past Department Comdr. Joseph F. Beattie gave several numbers. ment Comdr. Oscar W. Hollingsworth and Mrs. Clay Keene Miller, depart- ment president Ladies’ Auxiliary, were ' presented gold host and hostess cards in recognition of their acceptance to attend the post’s “Derby day ball” at the Potomac Boat Club next Saturday night. Dr. Matthew W. Stirling, chief of the Bureau of Ethnology, Smithsonian Institution, gave a lecture on the Jivaro Indians of Eastern Ecuador at | the last meeting of Equality-Walter | Reed Post. | Top Notch Tent, No. 1. M. O. C., | held a “shavetail scratch” at Soldie: }Safloxs and Marines Club, last Tues- day night. Pinal plans were formu- | lated for the banquet at Allen's Cafe, | 1412 New York avenue, next Tuesday. | Victor B. Galloway of Dearborn, Mich., supreme commander of the Cooties; William J. Crehan of Pitts- | burgh, Pa., senior vice commander; B. F. Gambrill of Norfolk, Va., first past supreme commander: Nathan D. | Golden, D. C. Department command- er; George K. Brobeck, National Legislative representative, and William I. Snyder, of national headquarters staff, will be in attendance. Americanization day was observed by Front Line Post with appropriate ceremonies, at Musicians’ Hall, last Monday evening. The program Wwas in charge of Eli Busada, patriotic in- structor. Mark Wooding, entertained with a memory test. Solos were ren- dered by John Lawrence and Don Buckley, radio stars, accompanied at the piano by Miss Elena Page. Reci- tations were given by Emory O'Berry, jr., and Mary Francis Masters. Ad- dresses were made by Past Depart- ment Comdr. Daniel E. Campbell on “Americanism” and the V. F. W. seven-point program; Mrs. Mary Guillermain, patriotic instructor of the auxiliary, on the American flag; Past Senior Vice Comdr. Edward K. Inman, on_ “Veterandom in America,” and Post Comdr. Wal- ker H. Colston on the “Experiences of a Rainbow Division Soldier.” A buffet supper was served. The annual Memorial day services will be observed May 27 at the Post Hall, 1105 Sixteenth street northwest. Star Spangled Banner Council met, with Councilor W. D. McBee presiding. The Picnic Committee reported progess. The council is planning a rally night. Councilor Sidney Haas presided over Edward J. Ross Council. An invita- tion to the degree and drill team to confer the degrees on a class of can- didates for Anacostia Council tomor- to row was accepted. The session of Anacostia Council was called to order by Councilor W. L. Wheeler. E. C. Manery and B. F. Leoffler were elected to membership. The applications of J. L. Tally, F. H. Ways, R. H. Tally, C. H. Willilams and 'W. M. Surmdells for membership were received. At the conclusion of the council meeting the Wampus Oriental Court met. Benning Council met with Vice Councilor E. Froshlick presiding. D. C. Moldy of Patriotic Council of Penn- sylvania was admitted by transfer card. The application of H. G. Fire- shete for membership was received. The council went on record to sup- port the Representative Dies bill re- garding the restriction of immigra- tion. The council will hold a dance in Anacostis Temple May 4. K , while the 2d Infantry camp, | composed of 28 company officers, will I train in the School of Infantry Arms at Fort Meade, beginning August 4 and concluding August 17. i Seven field officers and five: com- | pany officers of the 155th Field Ar- tillery Brigade, composed of the 313th | Fleld Artillery, 315th Field Artillery itnd the 305th Ammunition Train, | | will train at Fort Meade from July | 121 to August 3. The unit training | of this Field Artillery brigade, com- | | of 1 fleld officer and 45 com- pany officers, will be conducted at Fort Hoyle, Md., from July 7 to 20. | One field officer and 21 company | (anti-aircraft) will train Citizens' | | Military Training Camps at Fout| Monroe, Va., from July 7 to 20, and immediately following this camp one field officer and 21 company officers | of the 622d Coast Artillery (harbor defense) will be used in thiz same capacity at Fort Monroe from July 21 to August 3. ‘Two company officers of the 462d Armored Car Squadron will receive training at Fort Myer. Va, from August 4 to 17. Three field officers. 37 company offi- cers, one medical officer, one dental and one chaplain of the 428th and 429th Infantry regiments, will receive | active duty training from July 7 to | 20 at Fort Howard, Md. Appuca-‘ tions for active duty training this Summer from other District officers must be made by written request &nd | be on file at District Reserve head- quarters by May 20, 1935. i | District officers of the 313th Field | | Artillery will hold their conference | at headquarters Wednesday svening | under Maj. Irwin. Lieut. Col. H. C. Dagley will conduct the cavalry con- | ference Thursday evening. Med:ical | officers of the District will meet Fri- | day evening under Col. Woolley. Lieut. Col. H. C. Dagley will conduct cavalry officers next Sunday in the riding hall at Fort Myer at 9 am. ° The following District Infan.ry officers have been assigned to the 320th Infantry: First Lieut. John E. Cudd and Second Lieuts. Henry R. Dame, Alfred W. Lewis, Allan C. Schieck, John H. Scott, Sanford S. Davis, Herman M. Haag, Paul P. Byrne, Richard Seawell and George ©O. Weber. Other District officers as- | signed include Maj. Grover C. Davis, Cavalry, to the 307th Cavalry; Second Lieut. Donald B. Williams, Field Ar- tillery, to the 305th Ammunition Train, and Second Lieut. Charles A. Graham, Field Artillery, to the 315th Field Artillery, AMERICAN WOMEN'S LEGION. ‘The Spring breakfast of the Ameri- can Women's Legion was held at the Willard Hotel last Wednesday, follow- g the regular monthly meeting of the executive board in the same hotel. Mrs. Edmund P. Ellis, retiring presi- dent, presided. Others at the president’s table were Mrs. Carroll McGuire, first vice presi- dent; Mrs. John B. Hird, second vice president; Mrs. Egbert E. Corwin, third vice president; Mrs. Peter A. Hazes, treasurer; Mrs. Raymond B. Dunn, recording secretary, and Mrs. Benjamin S. Gantz. Arrangements for the breakfast were in charge of Mrs. Robert Coe, Mrs. Edward C. Shields and Mrs. Raymond B. Dunn. ‘Woodmen Circles. Morris Sheppard Grove will meet Thursday night at 935 G place. Plans of the combined District meeting to be held here June 21 will be re- ported. A bingo party by the com- bined groves will be held in the W. O. W. Hall May 31. Willow Grove will meet May 6 at 935 G place. Capitol Juniors No. 1 had an Easter party. sgu Manager Rosa L. Canada of ore presented each child with & basket filled with Easter candies. The next meeting of the circle will be Saturday 3 May & A the Volunteer Reserve. It is designed | to provide work for officers who are unemployed | Three enlisted men have been or- dered to duty for a perind of two we=ks as station keepers in the Reserve sec- | tion of the Naval Air Station at Ana- costia. They are Charles V. Moran, apprentice seaman; William J. Ken- non, seaman, second class, and Donald E. Golladay, apprentice seaman. They reported for duty last Tuesday. Lieut. Comdr. Sidnie A. Greenleal has been ordered to active duty for training and has been assigned to the Navy Department for a period of 14 days. He is a member of the Com- munications Reserve. Lieut. Charles H. Williams has been ordered to 15 days of duty for train- ing. He will report aboard the United States destrcyer Avlwin, at the Phila- delphia Navy Yard. The ship..one of the latest type of destroyers which has just been completed and turned over to the Navy. is to make a shake-down cruise up the North Atlantic coast. Rear Admiral Defrees conducted a formal inspection of the Aviation Di- vision in its quarters at the val Air Station yesterday. It was the last drill prior to the annual inspection by a board of regular offi~ers from the avy Department, which is scheduled Past Depart- | officers of the 913th Coast Anil]ery‘::, B held at the air station on the afternoon of May 3. Ensign John R. Watson, 2121 New York avenue, and Lieut. Comdr Joseph T. Hartson, Racquet Club, have been commissioned in the Naval Reserve. Following a crill in a battle problem Monday night, all divisions were mustered for inzugnration of the new class room instruction system which has been mapped out under the direc- tion of Lieut. J. D. Sullivan, battalion commander. The instructors prepared lists of the men in their respective classes and made certain that the students were supplied with the ap- plicable Bureau of Navigation train- ing courses. These instruction courses are to be made an important feature of the new training system of Lieut. Sullivan, and each man will be required to pass each course before he is even eligible for advancement in rating or to the | next c'ass. It is the announced pur- pose of Lieut. Sullivan to build up an organization in which every man will understand his particular duties as well as those in the regular establish- ment who are required to perform their tasks daily. For action in standing radio watch at Naval Reserve radio stations and | assisting to establish and maintain communication with Salisbury, Md., | | during the period of severe weather from January 25 to 27. when no other means of communication with that city were available, the commandant | of the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, Va.. has issued letters of commenda- tion to the following: Ensign Louis A. Harrison, jr., Salis- bury, Md.; Ensign Albert W. Phil- brick, Portsmouth, Va. D. Powell, Salisbury, Md.: Ensign Ed- Lyman M Rundlett, Norfolk, Va.; Lyman M Rundlett, radioman, first class, U. S. S. Oceanographer; Thomas C. Sharpe, printer, third class, Portsmouth, Va. The following separations from the Naval Reserve have been announced by the Navy Department: Resignations—Lieut. Comdr. Walter H. Kerby, Lieuts. Harold M. F. Behne- man, Harton I. Booker, Robert O. Gil- more, Joseph P. Gundry, Harrison Hoblitzelle and Francis M. Kimball; Lieuts. (Junior Grade) Davis T. Har- per and Ellis B. Lineberry; Ensigns H. | Dickson Ash, Carleton W. Bacon, Lewis S. Collins, Max F. Gohla, Carl W. Handy, Larry W. Le Vone, Howard R. Sisson and Milo W. Utterback. Discharges—Lieut. Comdrs. Frank A. Dean and Albert S. Robinson, Lieuts Charles E. Booth, jr.; Law- rence A. King, Michael J. McLaughlin, Robert J. Sullivan, Gus W. Swanson and Charles G. Vogell; Lieuts. (Junior Grade) Robert P. Goodman, Ora T. Mahany and Frank S. Saunders; En- signs Cyril S. Adamszeck, Robert F. Bannon, Achille Bechonnet, Hubert Brown, Thomas J. Carman, Oswald H. Dodkin, Daniel D. Ewing, jr.; Walter B. Frothingham, Joseph A. Gillis, Prederick H. Given, Thomas J. Haugh- ton, Philip C. Hoyt, Frank Isola, Baker E. Hellman, Willlam H. Mason, Everett E. Newcombe, Lawrence J. Noble. Harold A. Norman, William C. Rudiger, Joseph P. Paterson, Sol Schwartzberg, Arthur G. Stanford, Evan H. Wild and Harry Wohenberg. Transfers to honorary retired list— Lieut. Comdrs. James L. Freeborn and John M. McNulty. The Navy Department announced that there appears to be a misinter- pretation, in some instances, of the instructions the acceptance L) Ensign Levin | Jects, regardless of completion of cor- respondence courses. MARINE RESERVES HEARCOL FEGAN Tuesday Evening Series of Lectures for Officers | Is Continued. Continuing the series of Tuesday evening lectures for officers and senior non-commissioned officers in the 5th Battalion, Marine Reserves, Lieut. Col. Joseph C. -Fegan, U. 8. M. C, ad- dressed this group last Tuesday. Other Marine Corps officers stationed at headquarters and scheduled to make addresses include Lieut. Cpls. Charles D. Barrett and Karl 1. Buse. Second Lieut. Reed M. Fawell, at- tached to Company C, 5th Battalion, has been designated to appear for ex- amination for commission in the Regu- lar establishment. Company D is at Quantico over thi week end, firing .22 and .30 caliber courses for record. Company E, basing at Alexandri and Indian Head, is scheduled to fir at Quantico over the next week end. Drill formations of the Battalio: during May will take place the evc nings of May 1, 8, 15 and 22 and th afternoon of May 25. The last-namec formation will be for inspection pur- pose, battalion drill and will include the battalion band. With the date for the 1935 trainin: camp set for August 4 and 15 days’ camp, under canvas, ordered for Quantico, a board, consisting of Maj. Harvey L. Miller, Lieut. Comdr. Don S. Knowlton, Capt. Ralph B. De Witt. First Lieut. William W. Stickney and Second Lieut. James A. Hennessy, has been appointed to draft a training schedule for submission to Headquar- ters, Marine Corps. It is understood the plans to be submitted will lean heavily toward Infantry combat and landing force problems and that no hike will be on the program this year. In order to disccurage the enlistment of men who are interested only in the 15-day training camp and to reduce the turn over of discharges and enlist- ments, the deadline for recruiting has been set for June 30. There are several vacancies in the battalion band and also vacancies in rifle companies A and B. Ap- plicants for enlistment in the band should apply on Sunday mornings and | for rifle companies on either Tuesday or Wednesday evenings at the armory, 458 Indiana avenue. Recent promotions from private to private first-class—Norval E. Ball, Headquarters Company; Nelson L. Heward, Company E; Blaine Lowry, Headquarters Company; John F. Robey. Company E: Alfred E. Savage, Headquarters Company; James W. Walker, Headquarters Company, and Charles E. Junkin, Company C. Lancaster Lowry, battalion band, was promoted from private to corporal. The following joined the battalion from the Eastern Reserve Area—Pvts. Ned S. Kline, Headquarters Company; Charles R. Kissinger and John B Stepper, Company A, and Raymond J Clarinval, Company B. Second Lieut. Robert H. Adams, jr., was detached from Company C to the Eastern Reserve Area at his own re- quest. The vacancy in the battalion thus created was filled by Second Lieut Reed M. Fawell, jr., who joined from the Eastern Reserve Area. SHEPHERDS OF BETHLEHEM ‘The meeting of Hope Lodge was called to order by Comdr. Mart V. Copeland. Guests were Supreme Comdr. Edwin T. Huston of New Jer- sey, Supreme Vice Comdr. Mrs. Millie Hardwick of New York, Past Supreme Comdr. Miss Blanche Noble of Penn- sylvania; Member of Supreme Lodge Law and Appeal Committee Mrs, Mar- tin, New York; Supervisor of Deputies of Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia Mrs. Dorothy R. Twaddell of Pennsylvania, and Deputy Supreme Comdrs. Mrs. Edwin T. Huston, Cam- den, N. J.; Mrs. Ellen C. Langley, Alexandria, Va.; Mrs, Margaret J. Walters, Mrs. Eva R. Green, Mrs. Mazie L. Domdera, Mrs. Margaret Deegan, Mrs. Floda M. Reagan and Mart V. Copeland. The next meeting {will be Wednesday evening at 7 Fourth street northeast. National Lodge will meet May 6 at 808 I street. Star of Virginia will meet May 7 at 8 o'clock. The State Good of Order Commit- tee will give a bingo party tomorrow at 743 Twelfth street southeast. ‘The sixth annual State session of the District of Columbia will convene Wednesday at the Continental Hotel. Hope Council will meet May 14 at Naval Lodge Hall. A card party will follow the meeting Thursday of Jus- tice Council at Northeast Masonic Temple. Washington Council will meet May 13 at 935 G place. Colum- | bia Council will meet May 2 at 7 | Fourth street northeast. True Blue Council will meet May 9 at 7 Fourth street northeast. A measuring party will follow the meeting of Potomac Council May ¢ at 935 G place. LY