Evening Star Newspaper, October 4, 1936, Page 39

LEAVE ATTACKED Abuse of Privilege Called to Attention of National Guard Units. Apparent abuses of the muilitary Jeave provisions of the law have been called to the attention of the Dis- trict of Columbia National Guard of- ficlals as well as heads of other mi- litla organizations throughout the country by the chief of the Military Bureau of the War Department. Under the law employes of the Federal Government who are mem- bers of the National Guard must be given leave without loss of status and in addition to their annual leave to attend regularly ordered assemblies and fleld training. However, it ap- pears that some officers and men of the guard have been taking advan- tage of this and have been receiving military leave for attending more than one encampment, with the re- sult that the officials of the executive departments have found it necessary to ask !f this must be done, because of the fact that long periods of ab- sence of such employes upsets their civilian organizations in many cases. Some of the men undoubtedly prefer their militia service to working at their civilian jobs and use the mili- tary leave to get away when the op- portunity appears. In some cases it is a matter of pecuniary advantage. A man having a position in the Gov- ermment which pays him compara- tively small pay when compared to his military pay if he happens to be an officer of some rank. The National Guard Bureau in- formed the guard organizations that numerous complaints have been re- ceived at the War Department during the past two years from officials of the executive departments and agen- cies of the Federal Government that civil employes who are members of the National Guard of the various States are making requests for ex- tended periods of military leave for the purpose of attending fleld train- ing encampments. In some instances it is stated that requests are received for a second extended period of mili- tary leave within the year, and the bureau has been asked whether under law and regulations such second re- quests must be granted. The bureau sald that in each instance it has been necessary for it to reply to the inquiry stating that under the exist- ing law and regulations permanent civil employes of the Government who are members of the National Guard are entitled to leave of absence from their respective duties without loss of pay, time or efficiency rating on all days during which the¥ shall be en- gaged in field or coast defense train- ing duly authorized under the pro- visions of the statutes. The letter to the unit commander pointed out that an examination of the records of the bureau on the sub- Ject disclosed the fact that in numer- ous instances members of National Guard organizations who are l-"edeuli employes have many requests for, and have been granted, two or more ex- tended periods of military leave during one calendar year for the purpose of attending authorized field encamp- ments with their own and other or- ganizations, The additional field train- ing is generally requested for officers and enlisted personnel engaged in ad- ministration of supply of training camps. The result is that, in some in- stances, such employes receive 60 or more days of leave with pay from their civil duties during the year, ir- Tespective of whether such leave at| the time is inconvenient to the Fed- eral civil authorities or whether it works an unwarranted expense to the | ‘Government by reason of the necessity of supplying substitutes for the absent employes during such periods. ‘The bureau announced that in view of these numerous complaints and the desir® of the National Guard Bureau to co-operate with the executive de- | partments and agencies of the Federal ‘Government in meeting the require- ments of the law with the least pos- sible inconvenience and expense to the public service, it is requested that hereafter the National Guard authori- ties of the several States, territories and the District of Cclumbia limit fleld training of those members of the National Guard ‘organizations who are employes of the Federal Government to one period, preferably not exceeding 15 days each calendar year. The bureau added that only in very exceptional cases hereafter will the National Guard Bureau issue training authorities for such personnel to at- tend more than one 15-day period of field training. . Praise for both the National Guard and the civilian team from the Dis- trict of Columbia was contained in a letter received at brigade headquarters last week from Col. Jay L. Benedict, 12th United States Infantry, executive officer of the national matches recent- ly held at Camp Perry, Ohio. “In this year’s national matches which have just closed,” the letter said, “the District of Columbia has been well represented by both a Na- tional Guard and a civilian team. I wish to congratulate you upon your National Guard team making class A with a score of 2,716 in the national rifle team match and also being the high National Guard team in the Rou- manian team match. “It is & pleasure to infrom you that the interest, conduct, co-operation and sportsmanship of these teams while &t Camp Perry have been most grati- fying. They have contributed ma- terially to the success of the matches. “I trust that future matches will find the District of Columbia as ably mnwd." The 29th Division Signal Company led the list of divisional units in the matter of attendance last month, according to figures made public here last week. This unit had a per- centage of 96.66 for the month. The other division units and their standings for the month follow: Head- quarters Detachment, Special Troops, $3.75; Medical Department Detach- ment, 91.89; -29th Military Police Company, ' 91.89; Headquarters De- tachment, 29th Division, 91.58; Head- quarters Company, 29th Division, 88.57; 20th Tank Company, 84.97. Pvt. Ross O. Brewer has been or- dered transferred from the 29th Di- vision Military Police Company to the Medical Department Detachment, Special Troops, 29th Division. The following’ schedule of foot ball games of the team representing the 260th Regiment of Coast Artillery was announced by Lieut. Col. Burns: Prederick Athletic Club, at Prederick, ~.Md, today; , Va., Oc- tober 11; Quantico Marines, at Quan- tico, Va., October 18, and Fort Mon- roe, at Fort Monroe, Va, October 25. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Important Fiscal Research Underway—Motor Vehicle Taxation Analysis—The Question of Non-Residents in D. C. Schools. BY JESSE C. SUTER- HE District Building has pro- duced little news of out- standing interest during the past week. There is a great deal of important research work under way for the submission of important facts to the director and Advisory Committee, appointed by the President, which is making an inquiry into the fiscal relations between the Federal and District governments. These studies are developing information of value in establishing the heavy cost to the District of Columbia in rendering various municipal services to the United States. They also show material losses in revenue by rea- son of the exemption of the vari- ous United States agencies from the usual license fees and taxes which apply to others. The Commissioners rejected the recommerrdation of Chief Engineer Schrom of the Fire Department that Congress be asked for an ap- propriation to establish a three- platoon system in that department. The Commissioners recognize the reasonableness of working the fire- men in three eight-hour shifts, but the total additional cost in salaries and uniforms for 528 men of $1,143,760 makes such change out of the question at this time. The Public Utilities Commission heard the petition of the Wash- ington Gas Light Co. for permis- sion to purchase the assets of the Alexandria and Hyattsville gas companies at & total cost of $1,375,- 000. Despite the plea of the peo- ple’s counsel, William A. Roberts, that the request of the company be granted, it was promptly rejected by the commission as not being in the public interest. Roberts based his plea on the belief that, in the long run, it would be of advantage to the public to permit the pur- chase at even the exorbitant figure named than run the risk of having a giant utility holding company entering the local field. Several additional civic bodies resumed meetings during the week, but few matters, aside from imme- diate neighborhood needs, were considered. Local taxation was under discussion at some of these meetings, with the prevailing sen- timent against any new or increase of existing taxes. The Federation of Citizens' Associations met last night for the first time since June. The call for the meeting was ac- companied by the usual calendar of business, covering several pages of items pending before the Stand- ing and Special Committees. A number of these items relate to bills which died with the adjourn- ment of the Seventy-fourth Con- gress. None of the calendared busi- ness bears date later than May last. A report of the federation meet- ing appears elsewhere. Several important civic jobs are under way or just ahead. The anaual toll call of the Red Cross is going strong and the member- ship campaign of the Washington Criminal Justice Commission. is just getting off to & start. Plans are well in hand for the annual campaign for the Community Chest. The Chest drive this year will be a joint affair, including Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties, Md.; Alexandria City, Arlington and Fairfax Coun- ties, Va. Motor Vehicles As a Source of Taxation. ‘TAXATIONISTS" continue to have their mouths water for more and greater taxes on motor vehicles. In some official and other quarters there is almost in- cessant demand for increase of present taxes or the introduction of new varieties. Motorists’ or- ganizations and civic bodies have registered their objection to these proposals, but they continue to be advanced. A brief review of the history of automobile taxation locally is im- portant for a fair understanding of the subject. When the automo- bile first made its appearance in the District it, of course, became subject to the personal tax law in the same manner as that law cov- ered horses and carriages and wagons. As the early motor cars were steamers and electrics, the steamers were required to have their boilers examined and the drivers were required to take out a steam engiaeer's license after being duly examined and passed by the Board of Steam Engineer Examiners. Tbe drivers of the electrics and the early gasoline cars were not required to take out any kind of a permit. As the number of motor vehicles grew it was found necessary to have some kind of an identification system. At first on application at the District Building a number was assigned to each vehicle and the owner then purchased from some dealer a leather tag with metal numbers and this he at- tached to the rear axle. In 1903 this system was changed by the furnishing by the District of the metal tags for the front and rear of cars. The charge was fixed at $1 and was designed to simply cover the cost of the tag, its issue and the keeping of the required records as a means of identification. This has fre- ‘quently been referred to as a tax, but it was never intended as such. At this same time the police regulations were amended by the Commissioners requiring all drivers to take out operators’ permits. The first of these were issued in August, 1903, and had no time limit and no fee was required. The present system of operators’ permits for three-year periods, with the fee of $3, corresponds with the registra- tion-of-vehicles provision and is designed to cover only the cost of the service. When the gasoline tax was first proposed it was offered as a sub- stitute for the personal tax. It was sald to be a much fairer tax, as it imposed the burden upon those who were using the high- ways. Congress ignored the idea of this new tax replacing the per- sonal tax on motor vehicles and enacted it as an additional tax and ear-marked the resulting fund for street and *highway truction and maintenance. The fund has [ways exceeded in amount what amnu would appropriate for the purpose for which it was legally collected. At various times it has been proposed that there be substituted ), for the personal tax a horse-power tax, or a weight tax, and in some instances such taxes have even been advocated as additional taxes. ‘Very general community opposition succeeded in pre- sage of any of these proposed measures. The weight tax iz regarded by many as very unfair because it completely ignores the question of use of the vehicle and the further fact that the heavier the vehicle the greater its gas consumption and consequent greater gas tax. ‘The horsepower tax is consldered as equally inequitable. The persistence with which the motor vehicle is advanced as a source of additfonal taxation seems to point to it as the victim if and ‘when new taxes are required. But the first step in the solution of this part of our fiscal problem is to learn just what part of the Capital burden the United States is to bear. Without this knowledge all questions of tax revision are impossible. Non-Resident Children And the District Schools. vaxc interest is renewed In the old problem of the free edu- cation in the District public schools of non-resident children through the action brought by a Virginia resident against the superintenaent of schools. This matter of the non-resident pupil is not nearly so serious as it was some years ago. The fine schools built during tne past decade by nearby Maryland and Virginia have relieved the District of a large part of its non-resident load. The large growth in popuiation of the District of Columbia since 1933, however, once more has made the situation acute in the matter of school accommodations. This s particularly true as to the junior high schools, where it has been necessary to bar outsiders until resident children are taken care cf. About 100 non-resident pupils have applied for admission in the Junior high schools and been turned down. The father of one of those refused enrollment now seeks by writ of mandamus to require Dr. Ballou to admit the child. The law in question provides that “all pupils whose parents are employed officially or otherwise in the Dis- trict shall be admitted and taught free of charge in the schools of the ‘The point at issue seems to hang on whether the law is mandatory or permissive. Other very inter- esting angles, which probably have no legal bearing on the case, are none the less worthy of consider- ation. The first is that when; in 1915, the law quoted was enacted the United States paid a much larger proportion of the cost of running the District, including the schools, than at present. The sec- ond is that the compulsory edu- cation law of Congress imposes an obligation on our schools first to take care of our own, who are re- quired by law to go to school. There is & third, which is an off- shoot of the first, and that is that Congress has failed to provide the class room, teachers and other fa- cilities, to take care of these out- siders who it has provided shall have free tuition. School authorities fear that should the writ issue the over- crowding will become far more acute. However, it may be a bless- ing in disguise as a means of awakening the Bureau of the Budget and Congress to the neces- sity of expanding the school facil- ities to meet the demands which Congress has placed upon it through the compulsory education law as well as the non-resident pupil law. National Representation Citisens’ Joint Committee. Two civic leaders were accosted the other day by & prominent local banker and asked to explain just what are the aims of the Citi- zens' Joint Committee on National Representation and how does it stand as to the matter of the elec- tion of the officers of the local government. The gentleman in question is probably not a reader of this column or the question would never have been asked. As there are probably others who lack this information an explanation follows. This citizens’ joint committee has been created by the action of most of the civic and business or- ganizations and organized labor of the District for concerted action to obtain for the residents of the District of Columbia voting rep- resentation in the Senate and House of Representatives, the vote for President and Vice President, and the same rights as citizens to sue and be sued in the courts of the United States as possessed by the citizens of the State. This can be brought about only through an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Con- gress the power, by suitable legisla- tion, to confer such fundamental American rights upon the voteless and unrepresented residents of the District of Columbia. This citizens’ joint committee was created and exists solely for this purpose and consequently has no atttitude as to the question of the local government. The organiza- tions composing the committee stand together solidly on this pro- posal to grant these national rights to the District people. Some of these organizations are opposed to an elective form of local govern+ ment and some are in favor of such a change. ‘The two propositions are sepa- Tate and distinct and are obtaina- ble through two entirely- different channels. The national citizen- ship must come through amend- ment to the Constitution and the local citizenship simply through act of Congress. In civic circles there is a firm conviction that the District ‘will never have a square deal at the hands of the United States until the District is represented in the councils of the Nation on & parity. with the other States of the Union. Ladies’ Oriental Shrine. At the October 6 meeting of Su-Zu D. INSTALLS LEADERS Executive Board Holds Ses- sion—Mrs. Mary Killeen President, ‘The Executive Board of the Amer- jcan Legion Auxiliary, Department of District of Columbia, met at the Kil- leen Club rooms Wednesday evening. Installation of department officers was conducted by Mrs. T. V. Walker, past department president, ‘The following officers were installed: President, Mrs. Mary Killeen, Killeen unit; vice presidents, Miss Irene Sheehan, Costello unit; Mrs. Ruth ‘Turner, Nash unit, and Mrs. E. Louise ‘Warren, Sergt. Jasper unit; chaplain, Mrs. Evelyn Copeland, Treasury unit; sergeant at arms, Mrs. Blanche Crory, Victory unit; historian, Mrs. Ada Carver, Police unit; property custo- dian, Mrs. Harriet , James E. Walker unit; color bearers, Mrs. Sara Johns, United States Government Printing Office unit, and Mrs. Emma Warren, United States Agriculture unit, Mrs. Killeen is the first Gold Star Mother to serve as District of Colum- bia Auxiliary department president, and is the mother of George E. Kil- leen, after whom the George E. Kil- leen Post of the American Legion and the unit of the auxiliary are named. Her son was the first American boy to be killed in Italy during the war. Miss Nicle B. Perrell, junior depart- ment president, becomes the national executive committeewoman to repre- sent the District of Columbia Depart- ment. Lieut. Horace Lineburg, com- mander of the District of Columbia Department; Mrs. Lucy B. Ficklen, a past national president of the Ameri- can Legion Auxiliary, and Mrs. Dor- othy B. Harper, le chapeau national passe, 8 et 40, were guests, together with many past department presi- dents. ‘The Kenneth H. Nash Unit, No. 8, will hold installation of officers at the Raleigh Hotel next Wednesday at 8 pm. Mrs. Mary K. Killeen, depart- ment president, will install the officers. Sergt. Jasper Unit, No. 13, will hold installation ceremonies Wednesday at the Raleigh Hotel at 8 p.m. Presi- dent Anna Elliott will preside, with Mrs. Lucy R. D. Ficklen, past national president of the American Legion Auxiliary, as installing officer. The new officers are Mrs. Dorothy B. Har- per, president; Mrs. Mary Gardner, first vice president; Mrs. Mary Mc- Millin, second vice president; Mrs, Helen Ware, sergeant at arms; Mrs. Mildred James, historian; Mrs. Maudie Brunson, chaplain; Mrs. Muerl White and Mrs, Loretta Smith, color bearers. Following installation the members will join Sergt. Jasper Post at Pyth- ian Temple for the post's installation and dance Delegates and alternates from the unit to the national convention at Cleveland were Mrs. Ellen Louise War- ren, Miss Ethel Hodges and Mrs. Vir- ginia McCarthy. Mrs. Rachel Koch was officially with the National Re- habilitation Committee. At a special meeting the constitu- tion was amended, in conformance with the action of the annual mw=eting in June, with President Anna Elliott in the chair. Vincent Costello Unit No. 6 will have installation of officers next Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. at the American War Mothers’ Home, 1527 New Hamp- shire avenue. All members of the organization are invited. RAINBOW RECEPTION PLANS COMPLETED Annual Event to Be Held at Wil- lard Hotel Late in January. The District of Columbia Chapter, Rainbow Division Veterans, through William H. Kay, president, is com- pleting arrangements for the nine- teenth annual reception and dance January 23 at the Willard Hotel. Members of the society participated in the exercises of the American Gold Star Mothers last Sunday at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Ar- lington Cemetery. A wreath was placed on the tomb by President Kay. It is planned to make this an annual event. A meeting of the chapter will be held October 17 at the Willard Hotel. Logan J. Purcell has been appointed chairman of the Welfare Committee and Capt. Roland E. Packard, chair- man of the Resolutions Committee. At the next session of Congress the Rainbowers plan to urge' enactment for a national holiday on Armistice day. Members have been invited to at- tend the annual party of the Vir- ginia Chapter next Saturday night at Richmond, Va. Members who will go are requested to telephone National 1122 to arrange transportation, ‘ EIGHT AND FORTY | | District of Columbia Salon Departe- mental, Eight and Forty, will install officers at the Washington Hotel next Friday at 8 pm. Those to ' be installed are Mrs. Bess Faine, le chapeau; Mrs. Helen McCabe 4hd Miss Marle Leubkert, les demi| - chapeau; Mrs. Anna Elliott, T'aumonier; Miss Ann Nevitt, la su- rintendante; Mrs. Ellen L. Warren Delegates attending la marche na- tionale at Cleveland were Mrs. Ellen Louise Warren, Mrs. Virginia Me- Carthy, Miss Ethel Hodges, Miss Edna McIntosh, Miss Irene” Shechan and Mrs. Mollie Averill, unopposed, was elected chapeau national and will make an official visitation to District of Columbia Salon on November 10 and 11. Mrs. Ellen Louise Warren, 1936 chapeau departemental, was appointed national chairman of public relations. Third Division Society. Branch No. 7 will meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Hall's Tavern, Seventh and K streets northwest. Plans for the 1937 convention in Washington will be brought up. Former Third Di- vision men, mail your address to the secretary, Willlam A. Shomsaker, 3811 Twenty-ifth *place northeast, 80 you can receive notices of the meetings, C., OCTOBER 1936—PART TWO. 3 Seated, left to right: John F, Hillyard, jaithful admiral; F. J. Rafterry, faithful navigator; T. F. Carlin, faithful pilot. Standing, left to right: John W. Grambo, faithful outside sentinel; Thomas K. Gallaher, jaith- Jul who for the last two years has served in this city as inspector- instructor of the local Reserve bat- talion, as well as the naval head of all Reserve activities in the city, was honored last week by the 1st Battalion when a formal review was presented in his honor. Comdr. Crouter left for Norfolk, Va., last Wednesday, where he will report for duty as chief engineer aboard the U. S. S. Enterprise. Comdr. Crouter has been one of the most popular offi- cers ever to serve with the Washington battalion, according to the officers. l IEUT. COMDR. MARK H. CROUTER, United States Navy, Lieut. James E. Sullivan, battalion commander, - detailed Lieut. (jg.) ‘Winston S. Brown and Ensign H. Ar- thur Lamar of the local battalion to | serve as naval aides to the court of Miss Leila Peoples, Queen of the President’s Cup Regatta. Lieut. W. Croft Jennings, president of the Washington Chapter of the United States Naval Reserve Officers’ Association, has set the night of Thursday, October 8, as a tentative date for a meeting and dinner of the meinbers of the chapter. This will be the first Fall meeting of the chapter. It is expected that a short business | meeting will precede the dinner, under the chairmanship of Ensign F. W. Lemly, secretary-treasurer of the chaper. Lieut. Jennings, whose term | of office expires in January, is also commanding officer of the 1st Fleet Division of the Washington battalion. With one bulletin already in the hands of members, the national office of the Reserve Officers’ Association now is making plans for the publica- tion of an issue which will come out in December of this year. Inasmuch as the national convention of the asso- ciation will be held here early in January, this issue of the bulletin will be devoted to plans for the conven- tion, it was announced. Lieut. G. A. Raiche of Springfield, Mass,, is editor of the bulletin this year. Associated with him is Ensign H. Arthur Lamar of the local battalion. With the number of transfers in- creasing each week, the Washington battalion now has drilling with it the largest class of candidates for the Naval Academy through the Naval Reserve it has ever had. The class probably will have more than 50 members before the end of the year. The Washington battalion, local officers report, gets more candi- dates for the Acadeny than any other in the country, inasmuch as so many men come to Washington to take pre- paratory work in the schools here. Each year the Naval Reserve holds an examination for men who have made at least 27 drills with an or- genized Reserve unit and who are recommended by their commanding officers to compete for the 25 appoint- ments which the Naval Reserve has available for the highest qualifying men each year. It has been decided that the Naval Communication Reserve will hold its assembly each Thursday evening and that over-the-air drills will be held Sunday mornings from 10 until 11:30 o'clock. “All units of the division will drill at the same time and two mili- tary training periods will be held each month., Weekly bulletins are to be issued. A local competition between units 1, 2 and 3 will be held this year to end with the national competition season. Some changes in the rules are beign made. In considering proposals for the changes in the present act under which the Naval Reserve is organized, it is proposed to change the name of the present Fleet Reserve to the Na- tional Naval Reserve. It is recom- mended that this branch include the existing civilian component of the Fleet Reserves. It was expiained that the task of this branch is to furnish trained organizations for service afloat in the theater of operations. They are to fill vacancies on board combatant ships ‘or vessels of the train. The present mobilization quota of this branch is 1400 officers and 12,000 men. The Marine Corps quots, it was said, should be 485 officers and 6,500 men, It was recommended that the quotas be kept filled at all times. The Volunteer Reserve was recom- mended to include officers and men who volunteer to perform certain general duties in the event of war, according %» the qualifications or specialty of the individual, and, it was added, should also ‘be composed of individuals _transferred from other branches of the Naval Reserve who are not able to meet the required qualifications for mem- bers of those branches, but who are capable and willing to perform ocea- sional training duty or other duty to familiarize themselves with their mobilisation duties, This branch, it ‘was said, should also be s reservoir n are earried certain sppli- L cants who desire to enroll in other branches in which there are no va- cancies. The recommendation was offered that no attempt be made in time of peace to fill the enlisted quota of this branch. However, it was said that naval districts should keep fillad the assigned quotas for officers. The limiting maximum for this branch in time of peace was suggested as 9,600 officers and 40,000 enlisted men. The Volunteer Marine Corps Reserve limit was recommended as 2,155 officers and 16,050 men. It was pointed out that the Fleet Reserve should be organized by the commandants of districts into units for sea-going stations, and into other units, or individually, for short sta-| tion mobilization. The Merchant Marine Naval Reserve should be or- ganized, it was said, by units and divisions on vessels on the approved list issued by the Navy Department. The unit for this group was described as & gun’s crew, a communication or- ganization or.an engineering group. A dlv!shw plied to the Merchant Marine N%e* serve should be com- Pposed of ‘onle.gr more gun's crews and either a communication or engineer- ing unit, or both. In this connection it was suggested that all members of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve organized into units or divisions and performing drills and other prescribed training should be considered as an active class of the Reserve. All other Merchant Marine Naval Reservists enrolled for occasional training duty and for cor- respondence courses only should be | considered as an inactive class. was urged that no member of the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve should be assigned to an active unit | or division unless he meets certain physical, mental qualifications prescribed by the Sec- retary of the Navy and is of an ap- propriate age in grade. Merchant Marine Naval Reservists who have received naval training and who are otherwise qualified may be trans- ferred to the Volunteer Reserve upon ceasing to follow the sea or otherwise disqualified to be in the Merchant Marine Naval Reserve. As for the National Naval Reserve, now known as the Fleet Reserve, it was recommended that it be organ- ized into sea-going and aviation classes. The sea-going class should consist of divisions and battalions and the aviation class consist of squadrons as at present. It was urged that the National Naval Reserve and the National Ma- rine Corps Reserve should be kept filled to allowed complement as pre- scribed by the Navy Department. Volunteer officers and men should be used as replacements to keep the organizations filled to quota. It was pointed out that the num- ber of divisions of the National Naval Reserve was apportioned to the naval districts in accordance with the pres- ent fixed policy, which has proved sat- isfactory, and it was recommended that no changes be made except for good and sufficient reasons. ‘The Volunteer Naval Reserve, the experts said, should consist of both organized units and unorganized in- dividuals assigned to special mobiliza- tion stations. The following special- tles should be organized into units as far as practicable: Naval Academy and R. O. T. C. graduates should be assigned to Na- tional Naval Reserve divisions as su- pernumeraries and replacements where possible. A replacement group of enlisted men should be associated with each National Naval Reserve organization. Communication personnel chould be organized by districts into sections @nd units for training purposes, as at present specified by the Bureau of Navigation and chief of naval oper- ations. Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 22, Mil- itary Order of the Purple Heart, will meet tomorrow night at the National Guard Armory. Several matters of im- portance will be discussed, including the selection of a suitable uniform. Thig chapter invites any one upon whom the War Department has con- ferred the Purple Heart decoration to identify themselves with the chapter and to aid in carrying out the aims of the order, which are primarily his- torical and maintenance in perpetuity of the honor conferred upon it by its founder, Gen. George Washington. Wakefleld Chapter, No. 48, will meet in the board room, District Building, Thursday evening, Reports of the delegates to the national convention will be given. The Ladies’ Auxiliary of Wakefield Chapter will meet in the hew Colonial Hotel Thursday evening. Delegates to the national convention will report. i It | and professional | urser; J. Fred Brady, faithful controller; Michael J. Raci aithful scribe; A. W. M luttg]ul inner sentinel. Alfred A. McGarraghy is faithful captai‘r’t’.,m' d 4 e —Star Staff Photo, Naval Reserve Instructor|[J A ‘Honored By D.C. Battalion Mot Lieut. Comdr. Mark H. Crouter Departed During Week for New Assignment. ARMISTICE DAY Group to Participate in An- nual Services at Na- tional Cathedral. The principal observance of Armis- i tice Day by the Disabled American Veterans will be participation in the annual services at the National Cathe- dral at St. Albans, pians for which are being made. National Commander M. Froome Barbour will make a spe- cial trip from Cincinnati to be the | principal spesker and later will visit | Arlington to place a wreath on the | Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. All| local chapters will be represented by details with colors. ‘The Executive Committee will re- ceive the first reports on the plans for | the annugl department convention at | a meeting in the board room of the | | District Building, October 14. Dr. Walter Hess is chairman of the com- | mittee. As the representatives of the Dis- | abled American Veterans, Joseph A.| Ashi, past national executive commit- teeman, was one of the speakers at| the services under the suspices of the Gold Star Mothers at Arlington last Sunday. Department Commander C. H. An- derson is making arrangements for a! dinner about the middle of October | in honor of National Commander M. Froome Barbour, when he makes his first official visit to Washington. In | addition to representatives of the chapters in Washington, it is expected | there will be representation from Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, | | the three States which, with the Dis- | | trict of Columbia, make up the fourt} | district of the D. A. V. | | Ralph L. Chambers, formerly na- tional rehabilitation chairman, and {now a member of the Board of Vet- erans’ Appeals in the Veterans Ad- ministration, was the guest speaker | before Rea Chapter in Moose Hall last Thursday night. Commander Howard Starr presided. National Capital Chapter will meet at Moose Hall next Thursday evening, while Federal Chapter will meet Oc- tober 12 at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club. — DEWEY AUXILIARY TO SERVE DINNER Event Will Be Held October 21 in Northeast Masonic Temple. Meetings This Week. Monday: Col. John Jacob As- tor Camp, 7 p.m. Stanley Hall, United States Soldiers’ Home. Henry W. Lawton Camp, 8 p.m., Pythian Temple. Admiral George Dewey Auxil- iary, 8 p.m., Northeast Temple. Tuesday: Col. John Jacob As- tor Auxiliary, 8 p.m., 921 Pennsyl- vania avenue southeast. Thursday: Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp, 8 pm., Pyth- ian Temple. Friday: Gen. Neison A. Miles Camp, 8 p.m., Pythian Temple. General Nelson A. Miles Aux- iliary, 8 p.m., Pythian Temple. President Mabel Hesen presided at the last meeting of Admiral George Dewey Auxiliary, Spanish War Vet- erans. ‘The auxiliary will serve a dinner October 21, in Northeast Ma- sonic Temple, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Ethel Garner from Pledmont, W. Va., transferred her membership to this auxiliary. President Emma Neal presided at the last meeting of Gen. Nelson A. Miles Auxiliary. Louise Terrien was mustered into membership.* The auxiliary will have a Halloween dance in Stansbury Lodge Hall on October 29. Memorial services will be held by United Council for Donald E. Whit- man the evening of October 16 in Pythian Temple. Stephien J. Driscoll presided al the meeting of Potomac Council. Dis- trict Manager Arthur S. Brown re- ported on the class ceremonial when 50 candidates will be initiated by the United Council degree team. The National Union .Duck Pin League opened the season at Conven- tion Hall alleys. Teams from eight councils have entered the contest for the President’s Silver Trophy. Meetings this week are: Tuesday, Executive Board, room 502, Washing- ton Loan & Trust building; Priday, Scott Council, Woodmen of the World Hall; National Capital Council, 409 Eighth street southeast. { 1 NEW QFFICERS Local Organization Plans Second Birthday Party for Next Week. Officers were nominated by Washe ington Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, at a meeting last Monday night, with Comdr. John J. Reardon presiding. They are: Commander, John J. Keehan; senior vice commander, Roy Keesee; junior vice commander, Fred W. Wacker; quartermaster, Charles E. Jarboe; chaplain, Paul Gray; advocate, Archie Turner; surgeon, Earl G. Schryer. Nomination will be held open until the next regular meeting, when elec~ tions will be held. The post’s second birthday party has been tentatively set for next Sat- urday evening. There will be a class Initiation, followed by refreshments, entertainment and dancing. Past Comdr. Walter P. Boehm was appointed laison officer for the Sons of Washington Post unit, and. along with Capt. Roy Keesee and the quarter- master, will administer the affairs of the boys unit, including the Sons of Washington Post special fund. ‘Thomas N. Fenwick Post, No. 749, of Hyattsville, Md., is planning to ate tend the Armistice day dance Novem- ber 11 in Baltimore, under the ause pices of the Maryland Department. ‘The post will nominate and elect officers next Friday night. New members obligated at the iast meeting were Capt. Vinton D. Cockey, Laurel, Md.: Robert F. Burnette, Branchville, Md.; Marvin D. Jones, Berwyn, Md.; Jose J. Arisso, College Park, Md,, and Horace Daniels, Bere wyn, Md. The department will hold its annual Armistice day ball at the Willard Hotel November 11. Phillip R. Belt, chairman of the General Committee, assisted by Vice Chairmen Oscar W. Hollingsworth, Leonard J. Bacon and Roberta W. Fawcett, representing the auxiliaries, are now working up a pro= gram. The Council of Administration of the Ladies’ Auxiliaries met at the Soldiers, Saflors and Marines’ Club on September 25. The resignation of Mary Guillermain of Auxiliary 1401 as council member was accepted. ‘The department met September 25 at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club, with President Roberta Fawcett presiding. Her report of the national | convention at Denver, Colo., was read. Plans for the get-together masquere ade party on Halloween night for the posts and auxiliaries were discussed by Adelaide Grant, chairman. Edith Denbroder outlined the plans for the Armistice ball. The resignation of Dorothy Depro as department hose pital chairman was accepted. LEGION MEMBERSHIP DRIVE IS LAUNCHED 40 and 8 Voiture of District Opens Campaign to Retain Laurels. Forty and Eighters of the District of Columbia grand voiture, eager to | retain national honors won the past year, have launched their drive for American Legion members. Voyageurs here, bettering by more than 700 per cent their 1935 efforts, were awarded highest honors and a cup at the re- cent national promenade of the Forty and Eight in Cleveland for recruiting Legion membership The present drive will be directed by the grand chef de gare, Jess Chaillet. ‘The voiture's oyster roast, originally scheduled for today, has been poste poned until November 1. A meeting of the voiture will be held | October 21 at Potomac Boat Club. Grand Conducteur Cassard Schroth is making plans for the “wrecking” of a large class of candidates for ad- mission to the organization early in December. CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA Many activities have been planned by Court District of Columbia during October. A business meeting will be held at the Willard Hotel next Tuesday eve- ning. Members will attend an evening of recollection October 8 at the Wash- ington Retreat House, 4000 Harewood road. The Converts' League of Court Dis« trict of Columbia has planned a pro- gram of meetings during the year to celebrate the tenth anniversary of its formation. The first public meeting will be held at the Willard Hotel, Oc- tober 21, Msgr. Fulton J. Sheen will be the principal speaker. The membership drive will termi- nate October 25 with a reception of a large class of new members. The meeting and reception will be followed by a banquet and program. The Rev. Louis O'Leary will speak. W. C. T. U. NEWS West End Union met at the home of Mrs. A. M. Cooper, 816 Twenty-first street, last Monday evening. The fol- lowing officers were elected: President, Rev. Alice Allen; first vice president, Mrs, A. M. Cooper; second vice presi- dent, Miss Flossie Street; recording secretary, Miss Grace Wanstall; core responding secretary, Mrs. F. S. Boor= man; treasurer, Mrs. Lillile Kleuber, and assistant treasurer, Miss Bessie Taylor. Mount Pleasant Union met Tuesday in Priends’ Church, Thirteenth and Irving streets, the first vice president, Mrs. J. A. Edgar, presiding. The devo- tional was led by Mrs. Edgar. Annual reports were given by Mrs. A. B. Carty, flower mission; Mrs. R. T. Stout, medal contest; Mrs. J. E. Hiatt, program and representative to related organizations, and Mrs. J. A. Edgar, evangelistic. The following were named as of- ficers: President, Mrs. A. C. Watkins; first vice president, Mrs. J. A. Edgar; second vice president, Mrs. A, B. Car- ty; corresponding secretary, Mrs. W. E. Andrews; treasurer, Mrs. M. C. Ben- nett; recording secretary, Mrs. C. H, Hall; assistant recording secretary, Miss Ruth Perkins. Delegates appointed to attend the annual W. C. T. U. convention, Octo- ber 20 and 21, were Mesdames Brown, Easterling, Hunt, Raymond, Frommelt, Hiatt, Staubly, McDougall, Birtwell, Foster, Gardner, McGinniss and Con- ger. . [