Evening Star Newspaper, July 7, 1935, Page 31

Assistance in Finding Jobs For Veterans Here Urged Legion, Oscar G. Jones, in Detailed Report Requests Full Co-O Employment Officer of SCAR G. JONES, employment O officer of the Department of | the District of Columbia, American Legion, made an appeal last week to decrease the num- ber of unemployed veterans here. In| this connection he requested members of the Legion to assist in contacting the Public Employment Center. In a detailed report to the Executive Committee of the local department, he says the problem of placing vet- erans in positions needs for its suc- | cessful consummation the closest c operation between the organized vet- erans’ groups and the Public Employ ment Center. He is requesting all members of the American Legion who are employers to assist in this work and place veterans in positions wherever possible. Used to Advantage. During the last year Mr. Jones h: contacted a large number of the B ness Men's Association in the District, with the result that they have used the employment service to great ad- vantage and many veterans have been placed. “While there are still many unemployed veterans in this city," | says Mr. Jones, “the steady increase in placements by the Public Emplo; ment Center has been very gratifyi Announcement is made that the District of Columbia National Guard is in need of 23 male stenographers who can type 40 words a minute and take shorthand at the rate of 90 words & minute. Mr. Jones says that in or- | der to secure these positions it will be necessary to enroll in the National Guard for three years and those who enroll will be compensated at $1 a day and subsistence while in camp | two weeks each Summer. Eligibles | must have had former military train- | ing. such as the Citizens' Military | Training Camp or Reserve Officers’ | Training Camp. Men between 18 and | 33 are preferred, although the age! limit may be extended. | 1,000 in One Branch. In one branch of the Federal serv- {ce there will be appointed about 1,000 employes, Mr. Jones announces, and he expects that many veterans will qualify for these positions. A recent survey made by him elicits the infor- mation that 90 per cent of the persons employed under the new work-relief program will be from relief rolls. The placing of all people on relief, Mr. Jones states, will tend to create posi- tions in private industry for those not on relief. In connection with the C. C. C. camps, he announces that the selec- tion of veterans has been modified and that those on public relief rolls with dependents are given first pref- erence and those on public relief rolls without dependents next choice. There are at the present time 78 vacancies for white veterans and 83 vacanci for colored veterans who are resi- dents of the District of Columbia. Unemployed veterans #ho are on ri lief and desire to enroll should app! to Logan Purcell, room 134, Veterar Administration, Preminent among the 125 veteran organizations which will hold annual | reunions during the Seventeenth Na- tional Convention at St. Louis in Sep- tember will be members of the Balloon Corps. It was in St. Louis on the day war | was declared against Germany that Albert Bond Lambert, a veteran bal- loon pilot, called together several pilot friends and established the first Arm; balloon school, organized as the Mis- souri Aercnautical Society. American balloon companies took part in every | major engagement. Membership in the National Asso- ! ciatlon of American Balloon Corps Veterans is not confined to observers, as enlisted men frequently served in the baskets. One, Sergt. Harold O.| Nicholls of the 7th Company. was | awarded a Distinguished Service Cross. | ‘The regular meeting of Bunker Hill | Post, No. 31, will be held Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Hay Loft Club, 1326 Mas- sachusetts avenue. Delegates and alternates to the de- Ppartment convention, to be held Au- gust 8, 9 and 10 at the Mayflower Hotel, will be elected. The voting | strength of the post will be based on | the current paid-up membership as of July 23. ‘The post colors were in the proces- sion of colors July 4, Senior Color Bearer Harry Charles Bair and Acting Junior Color Bearer Thomas P. Roys- | ton in charge. There will be an important meeting of the Executive Committee tomorrow | at 8 pm. Past Department Comdr. Amos A.| Fries, of George Washington Post, | has been elected chairman of the | delegation representing the post at the seventeenth annual department; convention of the American Legion to | be held at the Mayflower Hotel, August 8, 9 and 10. At the meeting of the post last ‘Tuesday night in Musicians’ Hall, 1105 Sixteenth street, the following were elected to attend the conven- tion: Delegates, Post Comdr. Howard E. Snyder, Past Department Comdr. Amos A. Fries, Past Comdr. Howard 8. Fisk, present Department Adjutant and Past Comdr. James J. Murphy, post adjutant. Alternates: Past Comdr. Wallace Streater. First Vice Comdr. Ray M. Lanigan, Past Comdr. Charles Demonet and Second Vice Comdr. Harry A. Coope. Cenvention Committee assignmentsi were announced as follows: Rules, | Snyder; credentials, Murphy, and resolutions and constitutional amend- ments, Fries. One of the most important matters Teceiving the attention of the mem- bers was the decision to reduce the annual dues from $10 to $5 per year starting with the new 1936 member- ship year on October 20 next. The reduction was voted in view of the recent disposal of the club house and a drive will be started to round up former members of the post and new eligibles. Several amendments were adopted to be presented for action in con- nection with the department consti- tution and by laws by Past Comdr. Fisk and were sent to depart- ment headquarters for the attention of the Convention Committee on resolutions and constitutional amend- ments. The post voted its indorsement of Past Comdr. Joseph J. Malloy for the office of department commander, to be voted on the final day of the con- vention. William Meirs, chairman of the department convention, outlined plans for the supper dance which will follow in the ball room of the May- flower Hotel, the election of officers for the coming year. Department Adjutant Fisk, who hfl:. ~ | gare, | The peration. Meetings This Week. Monday: U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post No. 2, Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue, 8 p.m. Bureau of Engraving and Printing Post No. 23, Red Men's Hall, 713 D street, § p.m. Tuesday: Outing Disabled Vet- erans, Liverpool, Md., Potomac River Line Wharf, 12 noon. Victory Post No. 4, Odd Fel- lows’ Hall, 419 Tth street. 8 p.m. James Reese Europe Post No. 5, Y. M. C. A, Twelfth and T streets, 8 p.m. National Press Club Post No. 20, National Press Building, 6 p.m. United States Department of Agriculture Post No. 36, Board Room 2050, South Building. United States Department of Agriculture, 8 pm. Thursday: Jane A. Delano Post No. 6, 1218 Delaficld place. 8 p.m. Sergeant Jasper Post No. 13, Themas Circle Club, 1326 Massa- chusetts avenue, 8 p.m James E. Walker Post No. 26, Y. M C. A, Twelfth and T streets, 8 p.m, been appointed national chairman for the seventeenth annual national. convention in St. Louis, September 23 to 26, spoke on plans for housing the District delegates of both the American Legion and Amer- ican Legion Auliary in the Lennox Hotel, together with railroad rates and many other features in connec- tion with the convention. He was a delegate to the caucus held in St. Louis in May, 1919. when the Ameri- can Legion was founded and served as secretary of the delegation repre- senting the District at the caucus First Vice Commander Henry M. Lanigan has been appointed chair- man of the subcommittee on Seating Arrangements for the department | convention next month in the May- flower Hotel. ‘The disabled veterans in the various | local hospitals will participate in an outing Tuesday, as the guests of the Potomac River Line and local veteran organizations to Liverpool. Md. The start will be made from this city at noon Tuesday and city on the return trip at 6:30 o'clock. Through the courtesy of the Royal Blue Line the veterans will be trans- ported to and from the boat in busses. The assisting organizations include the American Legion, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Eight and Forty and the Forty and Eight Societies of the National Capital. E. P. Van Hise is general chairman of the Committee on Arrangements, with Miss Anne D. Pryde, director of welfare and relief of the American Legion, vice chair- man. Those assisting in the enter- tainment of the veterans and serving of refreshments will be Miss M. Edna McIntosh, president of the American Legion Auxiliary; Miss Emily J. | Carey, national and department child | welfare officer: Miss Mabel F. Staub, la chapeau, Eight and Forty Society; John H. C'Connell, grand chef de Forty and Eight Society, and Porter L. Bush, detachment com- mander, Sons of the American Legion. Sons of the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps will play dur- ing the boat ride and on the grounds. Members of the U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, composed of yeomen (f); Bel- Ilr‘au Wood Post, marinettes and the Jane A. Delano Post of Army and Navy nurses, have arranged the re- freshment feature of the outing. Columbia Post No. 34 met last Monday at Soldiers, Sailors and Marines' Club. The commander re- ported as to arrangements made for the department convention, to be held at the Mayflower Hotel and Vice Com- mander Opitz gave a report, how the department plans to raise money for sending band and drum corps to St. Louis. Delegates and alternates elected to represent this post at the department convention are: Delegates, Workman, Burke and Burhnam; Opitz, Russo and Frere. The post went on record as placing past commander and past president of the drum corps, Raymond A. Burke i0o be nominated for department commander. Vincent B. Costello Post No. 15 met last week at Musicians Hall, Sixteenth street prior to the recess | which will extend to the first Tuesday in August. A citation ceremony was held. J. O'Connor Robe®k, department col mander, opened the ceremonies with a short talk. Among the guests were Comdr. Post and Paul McGahan, department chairman of trophies and awards who made the report, awarding the Wat- son B. Miller cup to the post. Gold legion emblem buttons were presented to Al Picchione, Henry S. Heine and William Franklin while a citation in the form of a plaque was awarded Picchione for meritorious, uselfish ser- vice to the department for the year. The following delegates and alter- nates to the department convention were elected: Chairman, John H. O'Connell; Norman R. Grant, George D. Frye, Richard A. O'Brien, Henry S. Heine, Elliott Mc. Clark, Thomas A. Costello, Charles Kohen, Raymond J. Queenin, Frederick H. Thuee, James A. Pistorio, and Alfred A. Picchione. Alternates: Vernon F. Daley, Bernard Beard, Maurice McGrath, Mathew G. McIntyre, Patrick A. Sugrue, Floyd D. O'Brien, Henry 1. Pahlow, Gregory Cipriani, George W. LeDane, and Leslie H. Browne. Fort Stevens Post No. 32 met in their hall, 306 Kennedy street, last Monday, Comdr. W. H. Hargrave pre- siding. Unanimous endosement of the can- didacy of Past Comdr. Joseph J. Mal- loy of Sergt. Jasper Post No. 13 as department commander of this dis- trict for the coming year preceded the endorsement and sponsoring of Charles J. Warren, incumbent senior vice commander Fort Stevens Post No. 32, as junior vice commander of the department in the coming elections. Delegates and alternates to be seated at the convention August 8, 9 and 10 were elected as follows: Delegates, A. W. Tucker, Joseph N. Purks, George H. Smith, Charles J. Warren, John T. Long and John D. Kiley. Alternates, Richard H. Viancour, Leo J. Reel, Frank Howard, M. Lyons, A. C. Har- mon, Floyd Caskey, John H. Frishett and Joseph Walker. Comdr. Hargrave will lead the delegation. The post passed a resolution to in- quire into the propriety of re-estab- lishing a seventh and eighth grade in the Keene School, those students being compelled to attend the Paul Junior r | convention | arriving in this | alternates, | 1105 | King of Kenneth H. Nash| THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, DR. S. B. DAUGHERTY, Pastor of the Memorial United Brethren Church, who will be the speaker at the first of the open-air services today at Lincoln Park at 4 o'clock, under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion, CAMPOFY.W.C.A OPENED AT FETE Mark Program Closing With Worship Service. Kamp Kahlert of the Y. W. C. and sing. Amy Veerhoff, Mrs. Alice Sigsworth, Inge Von Lewinski and | Doris Tucker were in the parade of | i of the bird-naming contest. The eve- | ning closed with a worship service “Finding Happiness,” led by the pro-| gram director, Miss Mary W. Gwynn. Y. W. C. A. Triangle Tours, under | the direction of the Industrial and Educational Departments, is sponsor- ing a bus trip to Shenandoah Caverns, Va, July 14, leaving Seventeenth and K streets at 9 a.m. Registrations must be made by Friday -evening. Miss Saida L. Hartman and Mrs. Irving W. Ketchum of the Y. W. C. A. will con- ! duct the trip. The Y. W. C. A. Triangle Tours has | also planned a six-day tour to Boston with a special sightseeing program in that city. The tour leaves Washing- ton at 11:30 a.m. July 27, returning 7:25 a.m. August 2. The children’s recreation hour at | 614 E street will meet Monday at 4 | pm. with Miss Virginia Griffith. The children’s music hour will meet Friday at 4 pm. with Mrs. R. E. Espy as hostess at 614 E street, The Wednesday Afternoon Women's ‘Club has planned a boat trip down the Potomac July 10, via the Wilson | Line at 5:30 p.m. The group will meet | at 614 E street at 4 p.m. | ROYAL ARCAN Oriental Council last Tuesday ex- tended congratulations to Grand Re- | gent James C. Dulin on his election | as grand regent. The meeting was conducted by Regent Roger L. King, assisted by [his officers. Honored guests were Past Grand Regents Frank V. Marsh, John H. Grubb, E. G. King and |J. E. Swaine. The council meets July 16. | | District Council, Loyal Ladies of | {the Royal Arcanum, announce through their regent, Mrs. Dorothy R. | Hess, for the Summer season they | have suspended their regular semi-, | monthly meetings. Regular meetings will begin September 4. | Councils meetings this week are| | Municipal, Monday; Kismet, Tuesday: | District, Wednesday, and Capitol, | Thursday. | High School Annex at the old Bright- wood School at present. George Houff again appears as golf | champion of the post, having played off the tie with Doc Dudley and won by cne stroke, 77 to 78. Comdr. Gene Costello, Killeen Post, | Past Comdr. Richard O'Brien, Costello | Post, and Comrade Finnan. Stanley Church, Depue Post, were guests. The Drum Corps appeared in con- cert at Nativity Church carnival last | Tuesday and will appear in the St. Gabriel Church carnival parade to- morrow evening. Tentative plans have been made for a ceremonial service on the occasion of the anniversary of the Battle of Fort Stevens on July 12, the name of the post having been taken from this historical incident. ‘The post colors participated in the July 4 celebration on the Monument Grounds. Government Printing Office Post No. 33 will meet tomorrow night at 7 o'clock in the green room, Harding Hall, G. P. O. Delegates and alter- nates to the approaching department convention will elected. The carnival, which is being spon- sored by the post, will be held on the lot on the east side of the Union Sta- tion, July 10 to 20, inclusive. Bene- fits derived from this affair will go to payment of band uniforms and help to defray expenses in sending the post band to the national convention in St. Louis. The moonlight excursion on the S. S. Potomac will be held July 26. The boat leaves Seventh and Water Street Wharf at 8:45 p.m., returning 11:45. This post is still leading in the paid-up membership drive of the de- partment. Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13, will meet at the Thomas Circle Club next Thurs- day evening. The election of delegates to the de- partment convention, to be held at the Mayflower Hotel August 8, 9 and 10, will be held. Past Comdr. J. J. Malloy was elected as chairman of | the delegation and Comdr. W. A. Mc- Callum was elected a member by ac- climation. Past Comdr. Malloy was sponsored by the post for the position of depart- ment commander for the ensuing term. Comdr. Gaudett of the Government Printing Office Post pledged the sup- port of his post to Mr. Malloy and since that time the 2d Division Post and Stanley Church Depew Posts have gone on record for him. Thirty-seven new applications for membership were received. » “Bird Party” and “Sing” | jopened last week with a bird party | birds. Mabel Vierling was the winner | D G, JULY T, 1935—PART TWO. DS Guard Coast Artillery in |[ Grand Regent || Naval Reserve Enthused Training Camp Today 260th Regiment, in Fast Motor Trucks, Left Yesterday for Fort Monroe, Va., for Annual Encampment. MOTOR caravan of giant trucks rumbled out of the city Wednesday morning, loaded with heavy Coast Artillery equipment to be used by the 260th Coast Artillery of the National Guard of the District of Columbia during its arnual field training encampment, ! which began today at Fort Monroe, Va. The main body of trocps, under ccmmand of Maj. Walter W. Burns, left the city yesterday in speedy, light trucks, and after spending the night between Richmond and Fort Monroe, will move into their barracks at the Virginia coast defense station today. The greater part of last Tuesday night a detail of 16 enlisted men worked far into the night loading tht heavy equipment on the great trucks, and by midnight they were finished. Along about daybreak, before Wash- ington’s population awoke to begin the day's task, the trucks moved out Water street and over the Highway Bridge on the long trek to the Virginia post. As this equipment only moves at about 10 miles an hour, it was allowed two days, with two overnight stops to make the trip, and arrive in time to have everything in place by the time the main body of troops under Maj. Burns turns up today. Shortly before the schedule time for the departure of the main troops yes- terday, a caravan of light trucks as- signed to the Virginia National Guaxjd | moved up to the armory, and they will be used to transport a part of the bat- talion to the Virginia post. These trucks were loaned because the Dis- | trict outfit does not have enough mo- tor equipment to move its entire force in one movement. The Coast Artillerymen, who belong to the anti-aircraft defense, will put in two weeks of strenuous training at | | the Virginia post, and then will return to their home station, a short time before the large contingent of District troops moves into Pennsylvania for participation in the gigantic war game which the Army is planning for its East Coast Regulars and Militia. The | Artillerymen are not a part of the 29th | National Guard Division which will | participate in the mianeuvers. | The advance detachment of Artil- lerymen, which moved the heavy equipment, was in command of First Lieut. A. B. C. Graves. Capt. Samuel R. Taggart, medical officer, was as- signed to the caravan to look after the health of the men during the trip to Old Point Comfort. The camp supply detail is composed of Second Lieut. Carl Santilli, Sergt. William B. Gates and Pvt. (First | Class) A. E. Herl. Capt C. Earl Smithson, adjutant of | the 121st Regiment of Engineers, and _ D. Reich, Special Troops, | | 29th Division, have been designated by | Col. John W. Oehmann, commanding the local National Guard, to represent | the units in a conference to be held | with other officers of the divisional | units to make preparations for the | athletic competitions and entertain- ment of the men of the various units | of the division during the period | which they will be in the field for their | maneuvers. The time and the place for the con- | ference has not been selected, but it | was said that Maj. Gen. Milton A. | Reckord, commanding the 29th Na- tional Guard Division, is taking a | great deal of interest to assure that| the members of his large command | will have considerable recreation dur- ing their periods of relaxation from the more strenuous field problems which will be involved in the war | games which will take up a large part of the two weeks the troops will be in the field. It was announced at headquarters | last week that the strength of the| Special Troops of the 29th Division, | stationed here had been increased by | 36 men. In order to permit new en- | listments in this group, the provision | | prohibiting men from being enlisted | within a period of 60 days prior to the | time the organization is scheduled to| go to camp has been waived. i There are said to be a large number of applications for these vacancies, as the young men seem to be particularly interested in going to camp to particl- pate in a big war game, which seems to appeal to them more than the mere rcutine camp training which is fol- lowed from year to year. Men interested in joining this de- tachment of the division, it was said, should apply to the armory at Sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue Tues- day evenings, when they will be promptly put through physical exami- nations under the direction of Maj. George J. Allen. There are also said to be a few va- cancies in the band of the 121st Regi- ment of Engineers which the officers | are anxious to fill before the unit goes into the field. In announcing plans for the assign- ment of military officers to the service school of the Army, a War Depart- ment statement says that allotment of vacancies to States for courses at the various service schools, except field officers’ courses, will be made annually by letter to the adjutant general. These allotments represent the number for which it is definitely known funds are available. Applica- tions sent in from States allotted vacancies will be considered as prin- cipals, when so designated by the State authorities and the officers and enlisted men will be authorized to at- tend, if otherwise eligible. It is de- sired that States allotted vacancies send in the applications of alternates equal to the number of principals and other States send in applications not to exceed one for each course. All applications should be received in the office of the chief of the National Guard Bureau, at least one month prior to the opening of the course. No definite allotment of vacancies | to States for field officers is contem- plated. Cancidates recommended by States for these courses will be con- sidered from the point of view of the National Guara as a whole. To receive consideration applications for field officers’ courses must be forwarded so as to reach the National Guard Bu- reau not later than a month prior to the opening dates of the course. In this connection, it was said that commandants of Army service schools and chiefs of arms and services, rec- ommend tha: candidates for Army service schools prepare themselves by completing certain sub courses of Army extension courses. Their spe- cific recommendations on this mat- ter are concurred in by the National Guard Bureau. Steps should be taken immediateiy to have individuals pre- pare themselves as required so that when an allotment is made to a State for a school it will be possible for that State to fill the vacancy al- lotted it. v The extension courses indicated for each course sre those of the corre- sponding school. The satisfactory completion of these sub courses listed under “required” is mandatory, and those listed under “desirable” will ma~- terially assist the student at the school. The department points out that the importance of proper and thorough preparation for the courses | at the service schools cannotbe over- emphasized as an aid to the student by enabling him to secure the maxi- mum benefit from the course and to obtain passing, or better, grades at the schools. It was announced that all the spe- cial service schools have discontinued the field officers’ course for the Regu- lar Army an? most of them have discontinued the course for the Na- tional Guard. The policy of the Na- tional Guard Rureau is to send officers to only one course at the special serv- ice schools. In the future this course will be in general and company and battery officers’ course. The following is a list of the courses at the Army special service schools to which National Guard personnel will be sent when funds are available, with approximate dates of opening, length of courses, etc.: Infantry School, Fort Benning, Ga., stnr(‘.s fourth week in February and continues for 13 weeks. Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, Okla,, battery officers’ course, Fall ses- sion starts first week in September and lasts for 13 weeks; Spring session starts first week in March for the same period. Cavalry School, Fort Riley, Kans., troop officers’ course starts first week in March and lasts for 12 weeks. Coast Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Va, starts third week in September and lasts for eight weeks. Medical Field Service School. Car- lisle Barracks, Pa.. starts second week in October and lasts for six weeks. School of Aviation Medicine, Ran- dolph Field, Tex.: Langley Field, Va., and Marcn Field, Riverside, Calif,, starts first week in October and Feb- ruary and lasts for six weeks. Engineer School, Fort Belvoir, Va.. starts first week in March and con- tinues for 13 weeks.” Signal School, Fort Monmouth, N.| J.. National Guard and Reserve offi- cers’ course starts last week in Feb- ruary and continues for 13 weeks Quartermaster School, Subsistence School, Chicago, IlL, starts first week in March and runs for 13 weeks. Ordnance Field Service School, Raritan Arsenal, N. J. starts first| week in March and lasts for 11 weeks. | Chemical Warfare School, Edge- | wood Arsenal, Md., starts second week in October and lasts for six weeks. Air Corps Technical School, Chanute Field, Il starts September 3 and lasts for 12 wee Pvt. Jack W. Pryor, Company A.| 121st Engineers, has been ordered | honorably discharged to enable him to | enlist in the United States Army. First Sergt. C. B. Leek, Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery, has been or- dered honorably discharged to enable him to take examination for commis- sion in the Reserve Corps. Pvt. Frank Dixon, Battery E. 260th Codst Artillery. has been ordered drop- ped as a deserter as of May 2 last, he | having failed to report for drill on or after that date, and all efforts to lo- ! cate him having failed. Pyt. Clarence S. Tucker has been | ordered transferred from the inactive | to the active list of the 29th Division Military Police Company. AMERICAN WAR MOTHERS | | The District of Columbia State Chapter, American War Mothers, held a joint meeting of the chapters at| the national headquarters, 1527 New Hampshire avenue, Friday evening, with Mrs. Mary T. Shanahan, presi- dent and also convention chairman, presiding. Mrs. Eleanor C. Wagner is associate chairman. Plans for the convention to be held in Washington the last week in Sep- tember were discussed. Many benefit card and bingo entertainments are taking place during the Summer to aid the convention fund. Mrs. Clara L. Doocy and Mrs. Permilla F. Carll of the District of Columbia Chap- ter entertained at the home of the latter Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Eleanor C. Wagner, president of the Admiral Countz Chapter, gave an evening party at national headquar- ters, and Mrs. Emol Walter gave a card and bingo party at her home on Thirty-eighth street Tuesday afternoon. - Mrs. William E. Ochiltree, national president of the American War Mothers, has returned to headquar- ters after an extended trip by motor to the Southwest and the Pacific Coast. At the joint meeting resolutions were read by Mrs. Clara L. Doocy on the death of Mrs, May D. Light- foot, president of the District of Co- lumbia Chapter and chairman of Sightseeing and Local Transportation of the Convention Committee. They were adopted and a copy sent to her husband, J. Jerome Lightfoot. The American War Mothers were represented at the Jewish War- Vet- erans’ exercises at the amphitheater in Arlington July 4 at 11 am. and at the Monument grounds in the eve- ning at 7:30 o'clock with their colors. An important meeting was held ‘Wednesday night at headquarters by the Convention Committee. Mrs. Ochiltree was present with Mrs. Mary T. Shanahan, chairman, and Mrs. Eleanor C. Wagner, WOMEN OF THE MOOSE Columbia Chapter held installation of officers at the Moose Hall, 1414 I street. Mrs. Grace Clark was grand installing officer; Mrs. Anna Sabate, grand chaplain; Mrs. Pauline Miller, grand guide; Wade H. Miichell, grand pianist. The officers installed were: Mrs. Frances Mitchell, senior regent; Mrs. Margaret Deegan, past regent; Mrs. Susie ’Sorenson, junior regent; Mrs. Betty Whitehouse, chaplain; Mrs. Ethel Pythian, recorder; Miss Dorothy Ferguson, treasurer; Mrs. Pauline Miller, sentinel; Mrs. Leona Blanken- ship, argus, and Mrs. Prances Baldwin and Miss Margaret Bates as guides. Mrs. Margaret Deegan was presented with a past officers’ jewel, also a hand bag and roses. The newly installed senior regent was presented with a hand bag and a bouquet. Co-worker Mrs. May Poland of Oregon, who was Over Plans for Armory FFICERS and men of the 1st Battalion, TUnited States Naval Reserves of the Dis- trict of Coluinbia ate en- thusiastic over the prospects of ob- taining a new armory i supplant the old commercial building, which new is dignified under th2 name of an armory, 2nd under the shelter of which the men must obtain their naval training under the most un- JAMES C. DULIN, Who was installed as grand regent of the Royal Arcanum at the forty- first annual session of the Grand Council, last Monday night at the Raleigh Hotel. Other officers installed were: Grand vice regent, L. B. D'Orsay; grand orator, Dewey Shaw; grand chaplain, Mark G. Horn; grand guide, Homer L. King; grand warden, Herman Welthall; grand sentry, W. C. Souleret; grand secre- tary, Stephen H. Talkes; grand treasurer, Guy F. Allen; grand trustee, G. S. Brown; supreme rep- resentative, Charles A. Bell; alter- nate supreme representative, J. H. Grubb. VETERANS SEEK WELFARE PLANS Foreign War Group Holds Conference to Boost Employment Here. Meetings This Week. Monday, 8 p.m.—Front Line Post, No. 1401, and auxiliary, 1105 Sixteenth street; Washing- ton Post. No. 2364, 1508 Four- teenth street and Internal Reve- nue Post, No. 2464, Hamilton Hotel. Tuesday, 8 p.m.—<National Cap- ital Post, No. 127, and auxiliary, Soldiers. Sailors and Marines’ Club, Eleventh and L streets; Federal Post and Follow Me Post Auxiliaries, Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue; Ad- vance Post, No. 2194, Continental Hotel, and Admiral Robert E. Peary Ship, No. 427. Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club. ‘Wednesday, 8 p.m—Columbia Post, No. 833, Thomas Circle Club; Defense Post, No. 2357, 2030 Rhode Island avenue northeast; McKimmie-Catterton Police-Fire Post, No. 2979, National Guard Armory, and Overseas Military Band, Drum and Bugle Corps, National Guard Armory. Thursday, 8 p.m.—Herbert L. Edmonds Post, No. 2464, Ambas- sador Hotel. Friday, 8 p.m.—United States Treasury Post, No. 2400, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club, and Military OrdeY of the Cootie, 935 G place. satisfactory conditions. Secretary Claude Swanson of the Navy Department, nas approved the proposal for an allotment of $500,000 for the construction of a building on the Anacostia River water front to particularly suit the needs of the citizen sailors, and also the Marine Corps Reserve organization which is taking its training in old buildings n the Municipal Center area. Every naval official who considered the proposal, which originated with | Lieut. Sullivan, commandant of the | local battalion, gave ni: stamp of ap-i proval to the project, as all realized | the importance of the Capital Re-| gervists having an armory which| would serve as a model for other | Reserve units throughout the country. | The site selected for the pmposed; | building is on the north bank of the | Anacostia River, within the Navy ‘Yard Reservation. It will be south of the present Seaman Gunners’ quarters eand just to the west of the present Eleventh street bridge over the river. There will be ample facilities for docking any vessel which might be assigned tc the unit foc training pur- poses, and besides there would be facilities for handling, docking and hoisting small boats which are used by the Reservists from time to time | for training purposes. | At certain intervals the department | sends a vessel from the regularly commissioned fleet here to lay over for several months for drill purposes | for the Reserve. However, the armory | is located so far from the mooring places assigned to such ships that the Reservists lose much of their drill time between the armory and the| ship. They have only two hours of drill one right a week. The placing of a new armory right on the water front will save them much valuable training time, it was pointed out by the officers. While the armory project has the approval of Secretary Swanson it still must be considered by the author- ities having charge of the disbursing of the work relief fund. However, the officers of the local battalion are hope- ful that ti will receive the approval of the fund-dispensing authorities. The hope was expressed in local Reserve | circles that the Naval Secretary will | | do everything possible to expedite the | progress ci this local naval buudmg’ program. | | Only general design plans have been | | drawn for the building, including the | front elevation and floor plans, spe- | cially designed to suit the demands of | the Reservists for training facilities. It | | was indicated that detailed plans and | specifications would soon be drawn for the project, and that several local architects were interested in submit- | | ting plans. It has not even been de- | termined what the exterior facing would be, but it was said by some that | very likely it would be of light brick to conform to the exterior appearance of | the Seaman Gunners’ quarters, which are located nearby. ‘The present quarters occupied by the Reserve Battalion are quite crowded. The drill hall is nothing more than a | lean-to, built along two sides of the! brick structure. While this was small | | and particularly to Naval Steps to Have Details Drawn Follow Ap- proval of Project by Secretary of Navy. U. 8. N, has been ordered from duty on the U. S. S. Nevada to duty as officer in charge, Naval Reserve Edu- cational Center, New Orleans, La. Comdr. Charles E. Reordan, U.S.N., has been ordered from duty at ‘the Naval War College, Newport, R. I, to duty as officer in charge, Naval Reserve Educational Center, San Francisco. Lieut. Ralph E. Hanson, U. 8. N, relieved Lieut. E. D. Graves, jr., 1 U. 8. N, as officer in charge, Naval Reserve Educational Center, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department. Lieut. (J. G.) John Bailey, U. S. N., relieved Lieut. (J. G.) R. R. Ransom, U. S. N, as assistant to the officer in charge, Naval Reserve Educational Center, Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department. The Navy Department has called attention to the fact that requests from enlisted personnel for corre- spondence courses should contain an indorsement from commanding of- ficers as to whether or not the man is prospective officer material. The Bureau of Navigation gives these courses in cases of men who probab! will in a short time prepare for com- mission. Attention also is called to the fact that the Naval War College has avail- able for issue to officers of the Naval Reserve correspondence courses in in- ternational law and strategy and tac- tics. During the month of April, it was announced, a total of 202 courses were completed by officers in all districts, said to be an unusually large number. The Government Printing Office has informed the Bureau of Naviga- tion that the stock of 1933 Nautical Almanacs is fast diminishing. There Wwill be no reprint of this edition. The bureau announces that it would ap- preciate having officers return to the educational centers all the 1933 Nautical Almanacs for which they have no further use. These books wil be used for reissue in connection with the navigation “A” courses. The chief of naval operations has invited attention of all naval per- sonnel to provisions of the naval reg- ulations and naval general orders, Reserve personnel who may be called to active | service for brief periods, concerning the publication of articles about the service, “The chief of naval operations, through the office of naval intelli- gence,” says the chief of naval opera- tion’s letter, “will, upon written re- quest, review the manuscript of any article on professional subjects which may contain matter upon which the author desires advice as to suitability for publication under existing policies and regulations, provided that such manuscript shall be submitted to the chief of naval operations prior to sub- mitting it to the publishers. “The foregoing order shall not be construed as in any way altering article 113, Navy Regulations, 1920 nor restricting the privilege accorded to naval personnel by general orders No. 46 of publishing articles on pro- fessional subjects at their own discre- tion and on their own responsibility A selection board convened by the Secretary of the Navy on May 1, 1935 it was just announced. selected the below-named officers of the Naval Re- serve for promotion to the next highe grade to fill existing and future va- cancies: For promotion to captain—Comdrs E. K. Inman, commander District | iy the beginning some of the space has | Theodore Nelson and Marion Eppley of Columbia Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars, held an informal con- ference with his council of adminis- tration at the board room, District Building, last Monday night when sev- eral constructive programs for the pro- motion of the welfare of the organiza- tion were discussed. . Comdr. Inman announced he will! appoint chairmen of committees withir: the next few weeks. Oscar G. Jones, chairman of the Veterans’ Employ- ment Committee, submitted a report concerning preference rights of vet- erans in securing employment under governmental supervision. At the last monthly meeting of Ad- miral Robert E. Peary Ship Frazer Edwards and John J. Gallagher were nominated for honorary memberships. Until further notice, all meetings will be held at the Soldiers, Sailors and | Marines’ Club. The meetings for the Summer months will be held August 5, September 11 and October 7, with following meetings on the first Monday of the succeeding months. ‘The second moonlight excursion will be given July 19. The Cooties of Top Notch Tent, T. N. T, No. 1. held a “scratch” last Tues- day at 935 G place, with Seam Squirrel L. J. Bacon presiding. The “Degree | of Transformation” was conferred- on P. B. Quacken, G. M. Mattingly, V. Borris, C. L. Burton and W. E. Lock- lin. The “delousing crew” will hold a rehearsal every Wednesday. An ex- ecutive meeting will be held at the home of Messrs. Bryskn and Topash next Friday. At the meeting of Washington Post, No: 2364, it was formally presented with its official charter by Department Comdr. N. D. Golden. Past Depart- ment Comdr. Maj. H. L. Miller also presented a certificate of honorary membership in the V. F. W. to James Duffy, host at Washington Post’s club rooms. Past Department Comdrs. C. B. Jennings and Oscar W. Hollings- worth also spoke. Entertainment was provided by Archie Turner with his Hawaiian music. Refreshments were served. A group of members and friends of Washington Post met last Saturday evening at Jensen’s Spanish Loft for a farewell dinner to John S. Tudor, one of the founders of the post, who is leaving for a two-year tour of duty in the Panama Canal Zone. Past Department Comdrs. Jennings and Hollingsworth and Senior Vice Comdr. Holland of Washington Post made ad- dresses. Comdr. Boehm of Washing- ton Post presented a gift on behalf of the post. The dinner was fol- lowed by dancing and entertainment, in charge of Archie Turner, assisted | by Jean Miller. Comdr. R. H. Jami- son of Internal Revenue Post also contributed to the entertainment. John J. Keehan was master of cere- monies. The post meets tomorrow at 8 p.m. in the club rooms over Duffey’s Sea Grill. Heavy Water Found. Heavy water, which contains a higher proportion of hydrogen than ordinary water, has been found at a been taken up with the installation of | heavy equipment including a fully | equipped machine shop. a large drill | 'gun, and a bridge and fire control | gear, which is used by the officers and | | men in working out their battle prob- {lems, one of the important training features of the Reservists. Only after | ! diligent work by the Reservists, a dark | and dingy cellar has been brightened | up, and turned into an engine and | fire room for the training of the Re- servists, where each week they go| through the motions of lighting fires | in boilers and tending the various parts of marine machinery which | have been installed there for drill pur- | poses. The local Reservists have been without a satisfactory armory since | they were moved out of the old Naval Militia Armory at Water and O streets southwest, to permit a unit of the| | National Guard to have a building. This structure was built especially for | | naval training purposes when the {naval unit was a part of the local militia. But now it is a United States | | force, and when the District Militia | needed the space which had been loaned to the Reservists. they moved them out. This structure also had nearby facilities for docking a large | ship and facilities on the dock !or‘ the storage of small boats used for training purposes. From there they were moved to the Eleventh Street Armory, which is in the Navy Yard reservation and have been struggling along under drill difficulties for a number of years. President Roosevelt is an ardent supporter of the local Reservists. ‘When he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy he made many visits on drill nights to the local armory and watched the men drilling, and gave lem material aid in getting equip- ment which he found they needed on his various inspections. When the Reservists went out on their training launch yesterday for a week end of training and drills on the lower Potomac River they were furnished funds for their subsistence. The money became available with the beginning of the current fiscal year. While the trips they have made heretofore were at their own expense, so far as food was concerned, Con- | gress provided funds in the current appropriation measure for the pur- chase of food for officers and men who voluntarily make these week- end training cruises. They do not receive any pay for this work. It was said by the Reserve officers that the demand for permission to participate in these training trips is so great that all cannot be accom- modated and the officers are hopeful that they will be able to have a For promotion to commander— Lieut. Comdr. Albert Swenson, Jasper Thomas Kane and Robert F. Gross. Comdr. Nelson commands the 1st Battalion of New York Naval Re- serves. Comdr. Eppley resides at Newport, R. I, but is not attached to a unit. Lieut. Comdr. Swenson is in- structor in navigation, seamanship, pilotage, etc., to the 7th Reserve Dis- trict, at Duluth, Minn. Lieut. Comdr. Kane commands the 2d Battalion, New York Reserves. Lieut. Gross com- mands the 2d Battalion in the 11th Reserve District, at Los Angeles, Calif. DISABLED VETERANS The War Council of Federal Chap- ter met in the office of the com- mander last Monday evening and outlined the plans for the chapter for the second half of the year and for the meeting of the chapter tomorrow evening at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club. Junior Vice Comdr Ira Simpich will have charge of the meeting. E. Claude Babcock, former national commander, will have charge of the delegation from this chapter, which will consist of Harold Sothoron, a member of the Maryland State Legis- lature; Hugh Kerwin of the United States Employment Service, Depart- ment of Labor, and Earl Hendricks, local rehabilitation representative of the D. A. V. The Washington Trench Rat Dug- out met Tuesday night at the Y. M. C. A. Among those present were Capt. | Tom Kirby, national legislative chair- man of the D. A. V.: Teddy Lindstrom, national rehabilitation chairman: Joseph Ashi, national executive com- mitteeman of the fourth district; Senior and Junior Vice Department Comdrs. Beal and Crim, John Chedes- ter, commander of National Capital Chapter, D. A. V.; Comdr. Purvis and Vice Comdr. Lenhart of Federal Chapter; Earl Hendricks, Ralph Cham- bers and Logan Purcell, commander of Rea Chapter. Junior Vice Department Comdr. John J. Crim was elected acting “golden rodent” and Capt. Kirby was elected “holy rat.” ‘The dugout will be represented by “Golden Rodent” Crim and a large delegation from Washington at the National Convention of the D. A. V. at New Haven, Conn., this month. —_— LAWYERS PLAN RALLY Chapter Caucus in Indiana. L. J. P. Fitchorn, president of the Alumni Announces larger vessel assigned here. Prior to the ' Government’s economy program there was a destroyer regularly as- signed here which was available for week-end trips, but the expense was considered too great at the time the | Government was seeking to cut its expenses. The following changes in officer personnel attached to Naval Reserve activities were announced by the Navy leaving town, was presented with a | depth of 5000 feet in Lake Baikal| Department: hlndblllryflmchlwe;. near the Russian border. L) Lieut, Ound.hfiumn‘ B. Robinson, Washington Alumni Chapter, con- sisting of about 250 lawyers here, of the national legal fraternity of Gamma Eta Gamma, announced the 25th national convention will be held at Indianapolis, Ind., October 24, 25 and 26. ‘The legal fraternity has a chapter roll of 46 throughout the leading university law schools in the United States. Local chapters are maintained in George Washington, Georgetown, and the Catholic University law schools, L