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Camp Training Orders Issued for National Guard THE SUNDAY AUXILIARY MARKS [6TH ANNIVERSARY Employment. ORMAL orders for the partici- pation of officers and men in Officers and Men Directed to Make Plans For Leave From Civil F the fleld training activities of | the National Guard this year | were issued by headquarters this week. Personnel of the various commands are instructed by the order to at- tend the exercises prescribed for their Tespective units and to make arrange- ments of their business affairs and | with their employers to be in lb“ tendance. The order says that failure to obtain leave of absence to attend camp must be reported to head- quarters. Under the provisions of the order the following units will proceed to Indiantown Gap, Pa. on August 8: Headquarters and Headquarters De- tachment, 29th Division; Special | Troops, 29th Division: 29th Division | Military Police Company, 121st Regi- | ment of Engineers; 104th Quarter- | master Regiment; State Staff and State Detachment. The 260th Coast Artillery will leave for Fort Monroe, Va., on July 18, while Company A, 372d Infantry and the Medical Department Detachment of that regiment will leave for Camp Albert C Ritchie, Cascade, Md., July | 11 The greater part of the troops | will participate in the first mobili- | gation of the 29th National Guard Division at the Pennsylvania camp. | This division is composed of all the | militia troops of this city, and in the States of Maryland an® Virginia, and a Field Artillery unit from Pennsylvania. At the time set for the encamp- ment in August, highways in Mary- land and Virginia will be thronged with troop trains wending their way to the theater of operations, as the movement of practically all of the units is to be made by motor train instead of by railroad, to test the ability of the militia troops to handle themselves by this mode of trans- portation. After concentrating in the Pennsyl- vania camp, the troops will spend the first week in routine drills and then will engage in a gigantic divi- sional maneuver in attack and de- and Pvt. Warren B. Bell, Battery A, both 260th Ceast Artillery. Pvt. Elmer R. Noyer, Company A, 104th Quartermaster Regiment, has been ordered transferred from the ac- tive to the inactive list of that unit because of business intereference with the performance of military duty. Branch examinations for the estab- lashment of an eligible list, from which second lleutenants of Coast Artillery will be selected, were held last week at the Pennsylvania avenue armory. The following promotions have been ordered in the newly organized Com- pany A, 104th Quartermaster Regi- ment: Corpl. Sam Meyers, Pvt. (First Class) Donald S. Lusk and Pvts. Nor- man L. Holst and Gilbert L. Johnson to be privates. Pvt. (First Class) Louis J. Brienza and Pvts. Charles W. Simms and | Clarence Stauffer to be corporals. Harold L. Friend, a former Regular Army man, James L. Ray and Paul Torregrossa have been enlisted in Company B, 121st Engineers. Samuel | Jones has re-enlisted for the third time in this unit. In the Headquarters Company, 29th Division, the following promotions have been ordered: Sergt. Walter C. Hand to be first sergeant, Pvts. (First Class) Robert Donaldson and Stephen Lang to be sergeants and Pvts. (First Class) Dan- lel C. Pollock and John F. Oertel to be corporals. K. OF C. INSTALLS SLATE OF OFFICERS fense. State Deputy Among Those . Inducted at Ceremonies Preparations are being made to | prepare members of the local guard | who wish to enter West Point via the | Wednesday. militia for the coming examinations, | Walter Ignatius Plant, State deputy and headquarters has issued a new | of the Knights of Columbus, together order outlining the percentages and | with the officers of Washington. the method of figuring them. | Keane, Carroll, Spalding and Potomac The order says that the examination | Councils was installed into office at Victory Unit, American Le- gion, Holds Social at Clarendon, Va. The sixteenth anniversary of Vic- tory Unit, No. 4, District of Columbia Department, American Legion Aux- iliary, was celebrated with a social at 3208 Fifth street, Clarendon, Va. Mrs. Blanche Crory, the president, pre- sented a birthday cake, ‘The application of Mrs. Lettie Bara- nowski for membership was accepted. Committees were appointed to ar- range for the annual meeting this month: Credentials, Mrs. Eula Hollis (chairman), Mrs. Huey and Mrs. Beal; rules, Mrs. A. N. Schroeder (chair- man), Mrs. Laddbush &nd Miss McIn- tosh; auditing, Mrs. Claudia Hansen (chairman), Mrs. Grafton Brown and Mrs. Emil Gillieart. The unit will hold an ice cream fes- tival July 31. The unit participated in the Fidac program on June 27, featuring an essay on the history of Poland and a Polish dance in native costume. | Mrs. Mary K. Killeen was indorsed | | for the office of department president at the coming convention. Mrs. R. W. Bywaters and Mrs. Marion Martin were co-hostesses and were assisted in serving by Mrs. Wind- | sor B. Stroup and Mrs. M. A. Scott. Kenneth H. Nash Unit, under the direction of the Americanism officer, Mrs. Ruth M. Turner, and in co-oper- | ation with department Americanism | programs of the Legion and auxiliary, awarded good citizenship medals to the following graduates of local schools: Miss Roberta L. Wealthall, | Eastern High School, and Miss Sara| Lou Summers, Hines Junior High School. The unit, through the donation of cakes and funds, will assist in the en- tertainment of the disabled veterans on a boat ride July 7 to be sponsored by | the welfare department of the Ameri- | can Legion. James Reese Europe Unit met June 23 at the Garnett Patterson School, with the president, Mrs. Pearl D. Smallwood, in the chair. Election of officers was as follows: President, Miss Doris McLane; presidents, Mrs. Eleanor Reed, Mrs. Lucille Almond and Miss Rosa Hill; chaplain, Mrs. Ella M. Gibson; ser- geant at arms, Mrs. Martha Norris; historian, Mrs. Amanda McCloud; color bearers, Mrs. Louise Patrick, sr., and Mrs. Ida Lovett, jr.; treasurer, Mrs. Willle Mae Gaskins; recording secretary, Mrs. Beatrice Hayden; vice STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JULY 5, Scene of Legion Drama John A. Crawford (right) s hows how the stage will be set for this great dramatic spectacle, “The Drama of America,” School in Cleveland, whose class which will be the scene of the Hurley of the courenhnnfist{lfl. which will open the American Legion Convention in Cleveland on September 20, to L. H. Miner, instructor in Collinwood High made the model of the stadium spectacle, and to Miss Frances Legion Commander Issues Call for 18th Convention Attendance in iReports From Headquarters Indicate Record Cleveland on September 21 to 24. ATIONAL COMDR. RAY MURPHY of the American Legion, has issued an official call to the 58 departments for N | be held in Cleveland. Ohio, September 21 to 24 held in the $15,000,000 public audi- torium. A report from national headquarters is to the effect that the attendance this year will be the largest in the his- tory of the organization. summoned the National Executive Committee into session in Cleveland the eighteenth annual convention to The opening event will be | Comdr. Murphy, in his call, also | Meetings This Week. Monday—Costello Post Drum Corps, National Guard Armory, 8 pm.; Columbia Post Drum Corps, Fourteenth and B streets southwest, 8 p.m. Tuesday—George Washington Post, No. 1, Seventeenth street and Rhode Island avenue, 8 p.m.; Costello Post, No. 15, Broadmoor Hotel, 8 p.m.; Columbia Post, No. 34, 1015 L street, 8 pm.; Fort Stevens Drum Corps, Old Bright- wood School, 8 p.m. Friday—Guard of Honor, Na- 1936—PART TWO. WILL TAKE POSTS Col. McCathran to Preside at First Meeting of Coun- cil Tomorrow. Col. Wallach A. McCathran, com- mander of the District of Columbia Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will preside at the first Council of Ad- ministration meeting of the new year tomorrow night in the board room, District Building. The following newly-elected depart- ment officers also will assume their posts: Senior vice commander, Leon- ard A. Bacon; junior vice commander, Philip Belt; quartermaster, David B. Herman; judge advocate, Philip F. Biggins; surgeon, Dr. John B. De Mayo; chaplain, Rev. Howard B. Sny- der. Col. McCathgan has announced the | appointment of Homer C. Kelso, past post adjutant of Washington Post, as department adjutant. Additional ap- pointments to the department staff | will be announced at the meeting to- | morrow evening. | Col. McCathran has announced he | will establish the department com- mander’s office in department head- quarters, 1624 H street, where he will devote his time to the affairs of the V. F. W. and be available at all times to the members of the organization. Washington Post met last Monday evening in its club room at Duffy’s Sea Grill, with Comdr. John J. Rear- don presiding. | Charles G. Vass and Edward J. Ab- | bott were obligated. Comdr. Reardon announced this post was awarded the cash prize offered by the retiring department commander, | Edward K. Inman, for the post show- | ing the greatest per capita gain dur- | ng his term of office. The post was| also awarded the cup offered by the | Central Business Men's Association for the best V. F. W. marching unit in the encampment parade. Capt. Roy Keesee, commander of the | post's Sons of Veterans unit, an-| nounced the boys will go to Camp Hol- | lingsworth for their annual Summer | s D$§ V.F. W OFFICERS [Pre-Cruise Inspection Is Given Naval Reserves Local Citizen Sailors Begin Active Prepara- tions for Cruise Beginning Jul 1st BATTALION, United States Naval Reserve, here, held its final battalion inspec- tion prior to 1%s coming two weeks' (raining cruise aboard de- stroyers of the Atlantic Training Squadron. The three fleet divisions of the battalion, now drilling on Mon- day, Tuesday and Wednesday eve- nings, were mustered at 7:30 o’clock last Tuesday evening at the armory at the Washington Navy Yard. Even the Recruit School and the Medical Department were called in to take | part in this inspection and review. Subsequent fo the inspection and | the routine manual of arms and In- fantry drills, the divisions were tuyned over to their respective commanders, who delivered preliminary instructions to their men on arrangements for the y 25. and other essential features before ac- tually sailing on destroyers for the training cruise. While the officers ar.d men of the fleet divisions of the United States are making preparations for their traine ing cruises, the officers of the volune teer reserve, many of whom drill ac- tively with the fleét units, have been keenly disappointed over the lack of training opportunities for them this year. With the failure of Congress to appropriate funds for the training of volunteer officers this year, the train- ing activities of the volunteer officers have been severely restricted and only a very small percentage will be able to do any training work at sea this year, it was said. Capt. R. E. Cassidy, U. S. Navy, commanding Destroyer Squadron 10 of cruise. The cruise will start from the | local Navy Yard on July 25, when| three destroyers will come here to take the divisions aboard for a voyage to the West Indies, which will con- tinue for two weeks. the Scouting Force, has completed the ship assignments for the three fleet divisions. The 1st Fleet Division, under command of Lieut. (J. G.) W, ‘Croft Jennings, will cruise aboard the | U. S. Destroyer Tarbell; the 2nd Fleet Members of the divisions were Put | pjyision has been assigned to the De- through a regular sea-bag inspection | i;oyer Upshur and the 3rd Fleet Di- to ascertain that each had sufficient uniforms and equipment to carry him | through the cruise period. The bat- vision has been assigned to the De- stroyer Ellis. Lieut. John Cleland commands the 2nd Fleet Division and talion medical officer, Lieut. J. L. Cardwell, and his staft of Hospital | 40t (J- G) F. 5 Kirk in command Corps men have been busy for several | o weeks inoculating and vaccinating all| Lieut. James H. Nicholson, com- men of the divisions who did not|manding the Volunteer Communica- make a training cruise last vear.|ion Reserve Divisic t The inoculations will be completed by | ¥ E00, 388 Jnt Desy { notified that the Washington unit was the time the officers and men embark | gwarded third place in the national on the ships for the cruise. | cogapetition of Communication Reserve Division platoon officers have al- | details throughout the United States. ready posted watch, quarter and sta- | The Washington communicators have tion bills for the men in their platoons. | been in the upper bracket of the com- With the preliminary .raining which | petition for the last three years. The the divisions had aboard the U. S.| Communications Reserve in Washing= Destroyer Leary while she was tied Up | ton is composed of volunteer officers at the Washington Navy Yard, battalion | and men who drill on Thursday officers are confident that their com- “ evenings at the local armory for train- mands will be able to take over the |ing iy Navy communications. It num- routine destroyer duties and detall | pero 5 great many radio amateur opere much faster than usual. This year| = ators and several communication exe the battalion has had the advantage perts. During the recent flood trage | encampment during the last two weeks | o¢ having every man of the battalion [ e | familiarize himself with the construc- | tion of destroyers, the location of all Roberta Fawcett of Follow Me Aux- | iliary, District of Columbia Depan-!'q“'pmm Snd; five) confrol | SEReTENS ment Auxiliary, Veterans of Poreign | | Wars, was elected president at the re- | cent convention. Other officers, all of whom were in- stalled by Mrs. Clay Keene Miller, re- tiring president, are: Senifor vice president, Edna Mc- Cutcheon, Front Line; junior vice MAL VANCE GETS edies the Washington outfit was able to maintain communications with the deluged areas most of the time. With the demand for space aboard still far ahead of avaliable accommo- dations, week-end cruises aboard the 50-foot motor launch assigned to the Naval Reserve for training purposes is proving a very popular part of the Naval Reserve training in Washington. The launch leaves the Washington POST IN DISTRICT Navy Yard every week end with a this year will consist of five Parts |a ceremony in the Knights of Colum- |financial secretary, Mrs. Julia C.|at3 p.m. September 20, the day before | | tional Guard Armory, 8 p.m. | president, Ethel Sendlak, National as follows: | Theoretical examination as | ducted by the United States Civil| Service Commission Attendance at armory drills. Attendance at field training camp in the then current calendar year. Length ot service in the District of Columbia National Guard. Length of residence in the District of Columbia. Rating of the examination will be determined as follows, the order spe- cifies: The percentage given in each sub- ject by the United States Civil Serv- ice Commission and the number of subjects will be multiplied by four, that 1s, six subjects, total percentage | of 540, will become 24 subjects, total | percentage of 2,160. | Percentage of two for each armory drill attended by the candidate for one year immediately preceding the date of examination, or date of enlist- | ment if that be later, but not to exceed | 50 drills; that is, 36 drills attended; one subject, percentage 72. Percentage of attendance at field training camp, not to exceed 15 days; | that is, present in camp 12 days of a | 15-day camp; one subject, percentage of 80. i Percentage of 10 for each month or major fraction thereof of service in the District of Columbia National Guard, immediately preceding the date of examination, but not to exceed 12 months; that is, 12 months service; one subject, percentage 120. Recruits, that is, enlisted men with- out previous military service, in order to be eligible for the preliminary ex- amination, held annually about No- | vember 1, must have enlisted in an or- | ganization of the District of Columbia | National Guard at least 60 days prior | to the first day scheduled for that | Summer’s training camp of his organ- jzation, for the year in which the | examination is held. | Twenty points will be deducted from | the net competitive standing of all | candidates who have enlisted in the | National Guard of the District of Co- | lumbia subsequent to the then current | ear. i % Percentage of 100 for each complete | month of actual bona fide residence within the territorial limits of the Dis~ trict of Columbia, continuously, and immedistely preceding November 1 of | then current year, but not to exceed 18 months. Residence will count as 18 subjects; that is, 18 months resi- dent; 18 subjects, percentage 1,800. The order defines actual bona fide residence within the territorial limits of the District of Columbia as only that residence whereby the soldier has actually lived, and intends to continue living indefinitely in the District of Columbia. Residents of Maryland and Virginia living in the suburhs adjacent to the District of Columbia, and persons who come to the District | of Columbia for the purpose of attend- ing school, are considered not actual bona fide residents of the District of Columbia within the meaning of this part of the examination. Competitive standing of candidates will be arrived at by dividing the total percentage by the total number of subjects; that is, from the above examples, 45 subjects, total percentage 4,235, competitive standing 94.11. The result of the new order for the examinations will have the effect of preserving the appointments to the academy to young men who are actual residents of the District of Cdlumbia. Every year young men from the States come here to attend local pre- paratory schools, ‘and join the local Guard for the purpose of seeking one of the coveted West Point appoint- ments. con- | Because of removal from the city | the following have been ordered hon- orably discharged from their respec- tive units: Battery F, 260th Coast Artillery— Pvts. Charles M. Ash, Harold E. Forbes, Oscar L. Trainer, Allen R. Williams and Owen P. Wray. Company A, 104th Quartermaster Regiment—Sergt. Sam Meyers. Having completed one year of a three-year re-enlistment period, the following men have been ordered hon- orably discharged upon their own re- quest: Bvt. James T. Boott, jr., Bestery F, A | grand knight; bus Club on Wednesday evening. James P. McKeon, past grand knight of Keane Council, was reappointed deputy for district No. 2, and Francis A. McCann, past grand knight of Car- roll Council and chairman of the Knights of Columbus Kermess, was ap- | pointed deputy for district No. 3. Dis- trict Deputy McKeon presided over the first half of the installation cere- monies and District Deputy McCann was in charge of the final ceremonies The following were installed: Washington ~ Council—Julian T. Cromelin, grand knight; Carmine Garofalo, deputy grand knight; Dr. John G. Bowen, chancellor; Dr. A. D. Wilkinson, financial secreiary; Paul McGovern, recorder;: Richard Field, warden; Harry E. Brooks, treasurer; Robert F. Handley, lecturer; Cecil Mears, trustee; Alfred Paul Neff, advo- cate; John Crown, inside guard, and John Grambo and Daniel O'Connor, | utside guards. Keane Council—Dr. George R. Ellis, Frank J. Rafterry, deputy grand knight; James Kehoe, chancellor; secretary: Edwin P. Goodwin, re: corder; William Mulligan, warden; Ralph Collins, treasurer: Charles Dean, lecturer; Richard Lamb, George Sauer and Michael Casey. trustee; C. D. Boone, advocate; William Voge® son, inside guard, and M. Hennessy, outside guard. Carroll Council—Joseph A, O’Con- nell, grand knight; Raymond F. Mary- man, deputy grand knight; Thomas o J. Myers, chancellor; Harry J. Kane, | financial secretary; Louis D. Kelly, recorder; John Albers, warden; Clar- ence R. Gorman, treasurer; Roydon J. Dixon, lecturer; John F. Maney, trustee; James B. Flynn, advocate; L. Rosenberger, inside guard, and William Phelan, outside guard. Spaulding Council—Thomas F. Car- lin, grand knight; Frank J. Hanra- han, deputy grand knight; John Car- mody. chancellor; John M. Tabler, recorder; warden; F. H. Huneke, treasurer; Clarence J. Ouradnik, lecturer; Mat- thew J. O'Callaghan, Thomas M. Walsh and Harry Stathan, trustees; Frank J. Malloy, advocate; W. J. Kelleher. inside guard; H. N. Whalen and F. E. Hipp, outside guards. Potomac Council—Charles J. Con- sidine, grand knight; Maurice Keane, deputy grand knight; George King, chancellor; Francis J. Hamelt, finan- cial secretary; John J. Slattery, recorder; Raymond W. Caldwell, ward- en; A. W. Neale, treasurer; Frank A. Pearson, lecturer; Thomas P. Calla- han, trustee; P. A. Nelligan, advocate; Joseph T. Dawson, inside guard; Michael J. Griffin and John J. Kelly, outside guards. The State deputy outlined plans for the coming year, which included a Columbus day celebration, a continu- ance of the Knights of Columbus Radio Guild, 2 memorial service for members and a proposed inter-council publication and the formation of a committee of civic affairs. An innovation will be an inaugural ball to be held at the Indian Spring Country Club July 15, with dancing from 10 to 1 o'clock. Dr. Stephen McCarthy, president of the Athletic Committee, will hold & meeting Wednesday evening. Mem- bers of the order desirous of taking part in the elaborate program pro- posed for the Summer and early Fall are invited to attend. The band will entertain members of the Douglas White Council of the Knights of Columbus a¥ Clarendon, Va., tomorrow evening, and will par- ticipate in the parade incident to & carnival starting that evening. Edward 8. McGrath, leader of the band, will be in charge of a com- bined rehearsal on Wednesday evening in the Knights of Columbus Club. Crickets Burned in Pits. POCATELLO, Idaho (#).—When their best crops in years were threst- ened by a cricket invasion, farmers hereabout were not satisfied with the slow poison spray methods. W. P. A, control groups obtained 20 miles of metal fencing, went to the worst- infested areas, herded the crickets intp pits and burned them. There's hardly & cricket left. D J. Niland, financial | Ralph J. De La Vergne, | Brown, and Executive Committee, Mrs. | Pear] Smallwood, Mrs. Kate C. Good- loe and Mrs. Prancis Wedge. Delegates to the annual department convention were elected as follows: Mrs. Pearl D. Smallwood. chairman; | Mrs. Ione Z. Monroe, Mrs. Beatrice Hayden, Mrs. Amanda McCloud, Mrs. | Elenore Reed, Mrs. Julia Brown, Mrs. | Cornelia McLane, Mrs. Louise Craw- ford, Miss Doris McLane and Mrs. | Ratie Goodloe. | Alternates are: Mrs. Margaret Chap- man, Miss Rora Hill, Mrs. Louise Pat- | rick, Mrs. Lucille Almond, Mrs. Pran- | | cis Wedge, Mrs. Ruth Rustin, Mrs. Ida | Lovett, Mrs. Ella Gibson, Mrs. Willy | Mae Kimmey and Mrs. Willie M. Gas- kins. | The juniors met at the home of Mrs. ! Dorothy Perry, when a junior glee club was formed. Mrs. Adaline Halloran, | department junior chairman, spoke. | | | [ Henry C. Spengler Unit met at the Thomas Circle Club last Wednesday with Mrs. Kate Gross, vice president, | presiding. Election of officers was as follows: | | President, Mrs. Helen McCabe; vice president, Mrs. Hattie Byrum; vice| oresident, Mrs. Mae Manger; historian, | Mrs. Rita Callahan; sergeant at arms; Mrs. Brown; parliamentarian, Mrs. | Roberta Fawcett: color bearers, Mrs. | | Naomi Painter and Mrs. Gladys Neil- | son; chaplain, Mrs. Elizabeth Laven- | der; treasurer, Mrs. Edith Landvoight; members at large, Mrs. Kate Gross, Mrs. Madelyn Pence and Mrs. Amos Fries. The unit indorsed Miss Lillian Re- gan for department president. ‘The eleventh annual convention of the District of Columbia Auxiliary will be held at the District Chapter House of the American Red Cross, August 17 and 18, it has been announced by the | department president, Miss Nicie Per- rell. Mrs. Adaline Halloran, chairman of the juniors, reports a junior glee club is being formed in the Sergt. Jasper and the James Reese Europe units. Miss Minnie Mae Hardy requests all unit welfare chairmen submit their final reports in triplicate to her by July 10. The department will participate in the annual boat ride sponsored by the American Legion for the veterans in the several veterans’ hospitals on July 7. The steamer Potomac will leave the wharf at 12:30 pm. and will return at 5:30 p.m. Each unit is requested to send their assessment to the department treas- urer at the earliest possible date. Government Printing Office Unit met at the Government Printing Office, with the president, Mrs. Sara Johns, in the chair. The unit voted to reconsider the indorsement of Miss Lillian Regan for the office of department presi- dent for the year 1936-1937 and went on record to indorse Mrs. Mary Kil- leen for that office and also indorsed its president, Mrs. Sara Johns, for the office of department color bearer on Mrs. Killeen’s ticket. The following delegates to the de- partment convention were elected: Mrs. Sara Johns, chairman; Mrs. Agnes Dixon, Mrs. Margaret Ham- shire, Mrs, Edith Whitcraft, Mrs. Mary Schaumlefle and Mrs. Reba Johns, while the alternates elected at the same time were Mrs. Walthea Chapman, Mrs. Anna Poindexter, Mrs. Mary Johns, Mrs. Helen Ma- honey, Mrs. Edith Braxil and Mrs. Helen Luckeritz. SORORITY NEWS Beta Mu National Sorority held its first national convention last week end, opening June 26. It began Fri- day evening at the Kennedy-Warren, with installation ceremonies for a new chapter in Alexandria, Va., and one in Hartford, Conn. = and darice at the club in the evening. The members left for their homes Sunday. afternoon. the convention opens. Also that day the Committee on Credentials, Com- | mittee on Permanent Organization and | Will meet Tuesday at 8 pm. in the Committee on Rules will meet. board room, District Building. Fifteen Because of the increase in member- | delegates and 15 alternates will be ship it is expected the number of | elected to the department convention official delegates will be near 1,250, as | to be held at the Mayflower Hotel | municate, as soon as possible, compared with 1,207 at the St. Louis August 13, 14 and 15. | The largest class in the history of | the post will be admitted to member- | ship at this meeting in the final round-up, led by Vice Comdr. Heine. Following the meeting Vincenzo | Demartino, 404 Thirteenth street, will be host to the members with enter- | tainment and a buffet supper. In recognition of his initiative in organizing the Legion Guard of Honor and his devotjon to this outfit throughout the year, the post has unanimously indorsed Capt. James A. Pistorio, commander of the Guard | of Honor, for the award of the Watson B. Miller Trophy, arded annually to the legionnaire rendering the most distinguished and unselfish service to the District of Columbia American Legion. convention. The national commander has re- quested department adjutants to com- with Hotel and Housing Committee of the Cleveland Convention Corp., to report the exact number of delegates and alternates, committeemen and officials, newspaper men and others who will make the journey with their official ‘dele(mons. and the estimates of gen- eral attendance from their respective departments. This information must be received not later than August 22. At its meeting, June 26, Henry C. Spengler Post was informed by Dr. Royal, department athletic officer, that in furtherance of its Americani- | zation program a junior base ball league, limited to boys 17 years of age and under, would be organized and start play on the 1st of July. The post then voted a substantial donation in support of the league in the District of Columbia. Comdr. Thomas E. Fawcett an- nounced election of delegates at the July meeting to the annual encamp- ment of the Department of the Dis- trict of Columbis, to be held at the Mayflower Hotel, August 13 to 15, in- clusive. James Reese Europe Post, No. 5, celebrated its seventeenth anniversary June 27, at Odd Fellows’ Hall. The principal speaker was Dept. Comdr. Joseph J. Malloy, who was presented by Comdr. Clifton C. Anderson. Dept. Americanism Officer Lineburg, Senior Vice Comdr. William Haley and Junior Vice Comdr. Albert L. Dunlap also spoke. Dept. Adjt. Thomas Mason, jr., and Dept. Americanism Officer Horace W. Lineburg are arranging for the local department to participate in the dra- matic spectacle, “America,” to be pre- sented at the national convention in Cleveland. Present plans call for the presenta- tion of a skit dealing with the placing of the corner stone of the Washington Monument. The Bureau of Engraving Post and the Government Printing Office Post are also planning floats to be entered in the department and na- tional convention parades. ‘The department Executive Com- mittee indorsed a resolution authoriz- ing the department commander to present a medal to the 5th Battalion, Fleet Marine Corps Reserve, in con- nection with the military competitive activities held by that unit in August. The Department of Agriculture Post | has arranged a moonlight excursion | for July 15. Athletic Officer Royal announced the schedule for the Department Jun- for Base Ball League has been are and that teams from Costello, Nash, Fort Stevens and Washington Police Posts would start playing in the local competition this week. The se- ries will continue until August 15. Play will take place on one of the diamonds in Potomac.Park and the teams will be composed of juniors ranging in age up to 17 years. Teams representing Sergt. Jasper Post, Lin- coln, Government Printing Office and Bunker Hill Posts are also expected to in the m. The winner of the District of Columbia championship will play in a contest with the winners from Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Vir- ginia to determine the sectional cham- pionship. ‘The Advisory Council meeting of U. S. 8. Jacob Jones Post will be held Thursday ‘at the home of the chair- man of Ways and Means, Lillian Caldwell as hostess and Jennie Plunkert as co-hostess. Past Comdr. Elsie Pinney, post travel officer, announced she is ac- cepting names for reservations for those desiring to attend the national conventlon in Cleveland, Yingept B. Costello Posb Mo, Uk 4 | | Department Child Welfare Officer invitation to the post commanders to assist the Child Welfare Committee in sponsoring a picnic to be given | | | | at Haines Point at 2 o'clock. s The legion will sponsor an outing in the form of a boat trip next Tues- day on the Steamship Potomac to veterans from Walter Reed, Mount Alto, Naval, St. Elizabeth’s Hospitals and the Soldiers'’ Home and the Soldiers and Sailors’ Temporary Home. The use of the boat is being donated by B. B. Wills, president of the Poto- mac River Lines. The boat will leave at 12:30 p.m. from the Seventh Street Wharf and return at 5:30 pm. Transportation to and from the boat will be furnished by the Forty and Eight, under the direction of Martin Dyer. Refreshments will be furnished in the form of ice cream and cake by the American Legion Auxiliary, under the direction of Miss Nicie Perrell, department president. Drinks will be furnished by the Eight the American Legion. Maj. Edwin P. Van Hise is chair- man of the General Committee ar- ranging the trip and Miss Anne D. Pryde, director of welfare and relief for the American Iegion, is vice chairman. Music will be furnished during the trip by the Army Band Orchestra and the Sons of the Legion Drum and Bugle Corps. Honored MISS LOUISE NICHOLS, Chairman, Library Commit- tee. Columbia Chapter, Wom- en of the Moose, who receives jeweled lavalier, as an award Jor the best committee work during: the fiscal year ended June 30, 1936.. Presentation was made by ‘Retiring Regent Mrs. Frances Mitchell, at the meeting June 26th, at Moose Hall, 1414 Bys sreel Mary Esther Kolhos has extended an | for the children of veterans July 18 | and Forty in charge of Louise Warren, | while cigarettes will be furnished by | | Capital; secretary, Rose Luebkert, Po- tomac; treasurer, Lucille Bernard, Na- tional Capital; chaplain, Adelaide M. Grant, McKimmie-Catterton; parlia- mentarian, Pearl Menks, Equality Wal- ter Reed; conductress, Florence V. Morris, Potomac; guard, Sally Clem- ents, National Capital; chief of staff, | Edith Denbroeder, McKimmie-Cat- | terton; patriotic instructor, Bonnie | Moore, Equality Walter Reed; flag | bearer. Rose Reilly, McKimmie-Cat- | | terton: council members, Katie Uhlarik, | Potomac; Carrie Irving, Federal; ban- ner bearer, Ethel Fowler, Potomac; musician, Isobel O'Berry, Front Line; color bearers, Dorothy Lohmann, Fed- eral; Dorothy Allen, National Capital; Alice Walthrop, McKimmie-Catterton and Hazel Phelps, Potomac; historian, | Hattie Byram, Follow Me. | | | At the recent Sixteenth State En- campment of the Department of Maryland Veterans of Foreign Wars in | Baltimore, Md.. the following officers were elected: H. C. Bowers, depart- ment commander; C. J. Peters, depart- | ment senior vice commander, and | James H. Arther, department junior vice commander. George Forrester, post commander of Strawn Turner Post, was elected department councilman. Mrs. Wililam L. Manning, Bladens- burg, Md.. a member of the Thomas N. Fenwick Auxillary, was appointed | color bearer in the department auxil- iary. ‘The following attended the encamp- | ment as delegates from the Fenwick | Post Auxiliary: Mrs. George Phillips, | Mrs. William L. Manning and Mrs. Elwood Bonsell, as president. | ‘The following named men attended | the encampment as delegates from the | Thomas N. Fenwick Post; Elwood Bon~ sell, Albert Du Berger and Robert Ba- ker, as well as William L. Manning, | present commander, and Clinton L. Mattingly, post commander. The next meeting of the Thomas N. | Fenwick Post will be held Friday eve- ning in the Armory, Hyattsville, Md. The post will meet on the second Fri- day of each month until September, then will go back on the Winter sched- ule of the second and fourth Friday | of each month. -— WOMEN OF MOOSE WILL GET REPORT [ Mrs. Deegan to Supply Data on| Conference at July 10 Meeting. Mrs. Margaret Deegan, past regent. | Columbia Chapter, Women of the | Moose, who attended the annual na- tional conference last week in Chicago, will make her report at a meeting, July 10. at Moose Hall, 1414 I street. Mrs. Betty Whitehouse, junior re- gent; Mrs. Margaret Bates, Miss Elnora Shaw and Mrs. Lavina Plait also attended the sessions. The hon- orary degree of the College of Regents was conferred on Past Regent Deegan. Senior regent, Mrs. Susie Sorenson, recently installed, has appointed com- mittee chairmen for the year. A meeting of these chairman will be held Tuesday night at ihe home of Mrs. Sorenson, 5401 Sherrier place. NATIONAL UNION Morris J. Hole, chairman of the Executive Board, was the special guest at the meeting of United Council. A musica! program was rendered, fol- lowed by refreshments. Stephen J. Driscoll presided at the meeting of Potomac Council. Joseph 8. George was elected a delegate to the Executive Board, McKinley Council voted to hold sessions during July and August. One application was received for member- ship. Frank Jones, vice president, pre- sided at th® meeting of Congressional Council. Meetings this week are: Tuesday, Executive Board, room 502, Washing- Building: ton Loan & Trust Co. 3 Prie day, Scott Councll, Woodmen of World Hall: National Capital Council, 400 Eightp stxset sousieast. | 4 full crew aboard for an overnight trip down the Potomac River. Lieut. (J. G.) W. Croft Jennings, commanding officer of the 1st Fleet Division, with his executive officer, Lieut. (J. G.) Winston S. Brown, was in charge of the launch trip last week, when the boat made a trip to Colonial To Succeed Maj. Irwin as, Field Artillery ‘ Instructor. Maj. Preston T. Vance, who has been on R. O. T. C. duty at the University of Chicago, will succeed Maj. S. Le Roy Irwin as unit instructor of the 313th and 315th Pield Artillery Regi- ments, both District organizations. Maj. Irwin will remain here, as he has been assigned to duty as a student officer at the Army War College. Maj. E. W. Leard, instructor of the 428th and 429th Infantry, will accom- pany those units to Fort Howard, Md., beginning July 4 and terminating Au- | gust 8. Lieut. Col. Gorman De F. Larner last Wednesday began 14 days’ training at Bolling Field, D. C. Beginning to- day, Maj. Everett M. Ellison and First Lieuts. Earl H. Christian, William M. | Hover, jr., and William P. May will be on 14 days’ duty at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. Beginning next Sunday, Capt. | Arthur J. Dunlap and First Lieut. Roy W. Nelson will undergo 14 days’ train- ing at Fort George G. Meade, Md. The following officers of the 428th and 429th Infantry will begin 14 days of active duty on July 16 at Fort How- ard, Md.: Capts. Ernest R. Welch and George McDonald,, First Lieuts. Emerson W. Browne, William B. Ede: lin, John M. W. Greene, Robert J. Madison, Frederick O. Petite and James H. Robinson, and Second Lieuts. William D. Brooks, jr.; Osceola T. Thornton, Avon B. Collins, Charles L. Lomack, Robert W. McDaniel, Tunis D. Randelph, James L. Thompson, George W.Webb, Robert W. Wilson, Otis J. Wynne and Roger G. Thurs- ton. Maj. Clarence S. Jarvis will undergo training at Fort Belvoir, Va., begin- ning July 19; Capt. Jerome J. Ruppert and First Lieut. Richard L. Cory will be on duty at Fort George G. Meade, Md., from July 5 to 19; and beginning July 19, Capt. Donn V. Smythe, jr., and PFirst Lieut. John M. Leach will be on duty at Indiantown Gap, Pa. Maj. Altus G. Moore, Capts. Clifford L. Johnson, Albert C. Reed, Granger G. Sutton, Pirst Lieut. Desmond H. O’Connell, and Second Lieuts. Joshua H. Holland and August M. Tolzman, jr.. will participate in the test mobili- zation conducted by the 34th Infantry at Fort George G. Meade, Md., begin- ning July 19. District officers have been assigned as follows: First Lieuts. Alfido E. Bri- guglio, John F. Dominick, William G. Magee, Dalbert J. Richard, Charles G. Spicknall, and Alfred J. Suraci to the 305th Medical Regiment; First Lieut. Vern M. Smith and Second Lieuts. John A. Livingstone, James P. Schick, jr. Thomas A. O'Callaghan, Dale E. Taylor, John A. Peckham and Lonnie O. Phillips to the 320th Infantry; | Lieut. Col. Hart G. Foster, First Lieut. Benjamin F. Smith, and Second Lieuts. Courtney R. Draper, Lewis C. Knight and Henry L. Miller to the 315th Field Artillery; Second Lieut. William E. Andrews to the finance section of the 80th Division; Second Lieuts. Howard L. Beurle and John Y. Lonon to the 313th Field Artillery. Capt. Altus G. Moore, 320th Infan- try. promoted to the grade of major, will remain assigned to that regiment. Second Lieuts. John M. Mitton and Wilber A. Stevens, 320th Infantry, pro- moted to be first lieutenants, will like- wise remain assigned to that regiment. District officers have been relieved from assignments as indicated: Lieut. Col. Charles L. Dasher frcm the 80th Division finance section; Capt. Brower B York from the 80th Division as as- sistant G-2; Oapt. John W. Olcott from the 320th Infantry; First Lieuts. Eber T. Le Gates and Albert T. King from the 320th Infantry; Second Lieuts. Everett D. Lybbert, George B. Douglas, jr., Frank W. Rose and Wil- liam C. Weldon from the 305th Am- munition Train and 313th Pield Artil- lery; Second Lieuts. Walter Bonnet and Valentine R. Sobieralski from the 320l Infanty. A Beach. All of the enlisted personnel were from the 1st Fleet Division. Lieut. Com. Mark H. Crouter, U. S. Navy. officer in charge of Naval Reserve affairs in Washington, and inspector instructor of the local battalion, as well as aide to the com~ nandant of the Washington Navy Yard, was the ranking officer aboard t launch when it lett the Yard Priday for a week-end voyage. This is the first time that Com. Crouter has made a trip during his tour of duty here. Lieut. James E. Sullivan, bat- talion commander, with Ensign H. Arthur Lamar, battalion recruiting officer, were in charge of the launch. Lieut. Sullivan planned this to be one of the longest cruises of the sea- | son, the vessel not being scheduled to return here until this evening. ‘The Navy appropriation bill for the fiscal year 1937 as finally enacted con- tains $7.868.469 for the Naval Reserve, which is an increase of $515,634 above the appropriation for the current fiscal year. Of the total amount appro- priated, $3.974,132 is to meet the ex- penses of the aviation cadet program and $351,090 is for Marine Corps Re- serve flying expenses. Of the total appropriation $5,334,303 is required to be used exclusively for and on ac- count of Naval and Marine Corps Re- serve aviation, including the aviation cadet program. It was explained by the Navy De- | partment that the increase above the | current appropriation is intended to | cover the following activities: Certain additional personnel and material for properly maintaining floating equip- | ment, increase in the number of P-1 | men allowed in the aviation divisions | from 16 to 23, 30 additional volunteer | aviation officers allowed training duty, | pay and allowances for one Naval Re- | serve officer in each Naval Reserve dis- trict for a conference at the Navy De- | partment and other increases inci- | dental to the aviation cadet program. It was pointed out by the Navy De- | partment that the approved budget as | presented to Congress contemplated a | number of additional items which were not allowed. Among these were: Two | weeks’ training duty for approximately one-fourth of the officers and men on the roils of the volunteer Naval Re- serve, two weeks of training duty for | & specified number of officers and men of the Merchant Marine Naval Re- | serve, salt water cruises for one-fourth | of the ninth naval district fleet divi~ | sicns, subsistence for week-end cruises, | 45 days’ training duty for a specified number of college students to be en- listed as seamen second class for a special course of instruction. } Those making the week end cruises | after July 1, it was explained at the local battalion headquarters, will have to pay their own subsistence charges while on these voyages. Capt. W. O. Spears, U. 8. N., director of the Naval Reserve in the Navy De- partment, is recovering from an emergency appendicitis operation at the Navy Hospital here. Comdr. W. I Causey, U. 8. N, mem- ber of the Naval Reserve Inspection Board, also is convalescing from an operation. It was sald that upon his release from the hospital he will be detached from the bureau here and will go to the next class at the Naval ‘War College at Newport, R. I Comdr. C. C. Davis, U. 8. N, head of the administration section, Naval Re- serve Division, Navy Department, has been detached from this detail and order to command of the U. 8. 8. Ramapo. Comdr. Davis has been re- lieved of his duties in the department by Lieut. Comdr. L. E. Kelly, U. 8. N, who was a member of the last class at the Naval War College. Lieut. Comdr. E. F. Ely, U. 8. N, member of the Naval Reserve Inspec- tion Board, has been detached from that duty and ordered to Pearl Harbar, Hawaif, as commander of Submarine 4+ Division 7.