Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1936, Page 43

. Legionnaires to Observe “Go-to-Church Sunday” Department Commander Issues Proclama- tion Saying World Situation Clearly Indi- cates Need for Vigorous Spiritual Activity. €« 0-TO-CHURCH Sunday” will be observed today by members of the District of Columbia Department, the American Legion. Department Comdr. Horace W. Lineburg last week issued a proclama- tion setting forth that “the present world situation clearly indicates the need of vigorous church activity.” He therefore called upon the members to worship in the church of their choice. Department Comds. Lineburg and Department Adjt. Thoma Mason, jr., Jeft here yesterday to attend the an- nual telegraphic roll call to be held at national headquarters, in Indianap- olis, Ind., starting at 11 a.m. tomorrow. In launching its 1937 membership drive the department got off to a flying start, with its 2,250 membership cards carried to the roll call to be presented to the national commander, Harry W. Colmery. Last year this department was one of the big ten departments im the United States, ranking seventh in the line of march in the national parade at Cleveland, Ohio, recently. The commander has set for this year's geal a membership 1.000 better than was attained last year or 7,650. Officers of the Jane A. Delano Post, No. 6, were installed at the home of Mrs. May Lee Reinoehl, 1406 Decatur street. This post is composed of nurses who served with the armed forces dur- ing the late war. Department Employment Officer Oscar Jones asks that any veteran knowing of a position vacant in com- mercial work make every effort to have the employer to fill it with a veteran. He also asks that you notify | him of the action taken. Bunker Hill Post, No. 31, will meet at the Hayloft Club, 1326 Massachu- setts avenue, Tuesday at 8:15 pm., Comdr. Grover W. Tribble presiding. The first issue of the Bunker Hill | Post News has been released. William | R. Brennan is editer, L. J. P. Fich-| thorn, associate editor; Maj. 8. D.; Ashford, business manager, and| Charles C. Wolfel, advertising man- ager. | Membership Officer Mack Myers an- | nounces the following new members have been accepted during the last month: Edwin M. Schlegel, Joseph P. | Brown, George F. McCandless, Carroll G. Van Slyke, Oscar W. Martin, Ralph | A. Randall, Joseph J. Marshall, George | L. Bower, John E. Bensley, Anthony J. Stanley, Martin C. Snyder, Paul W. Coffey, Eddie Watts, Gamble Daniels and Morton C. McGowan. | Entertainment Officer William Leo Collins and his committee are making plans and arrangements for a stag | party in December, and the past com- | manders' dinner and dance in Janu- | a | ry. Welfare Officer Herbert F. Audas announces plans are being made fol distribution of baskets of food to sev: eral needy families at Thanksgiving. Officers of James E. Walker Post, | No. 26, were installed by Department | Comdr. Lineburg as follows: Louis R. Russell, commander; Dancy E. Jones, Fred D. Hilllard, senior and junior | vice commanders, respectively; Earnest | M. Gould, adjutant; William H. Bur- rell, finance officer; Joseph Hawkins, sergeant at arms; Cecil Butler, his- | torian; Hual Smith and John Wood, | color bearers; Rev. W. H. Brown, chaplain; Dr. G. L. Johnson, surgeon, and S. S. Sweetney, quartermaster sergeant. A program was rendered as follows: Poems by Rev. Bundrant, S. B. Doute and Sergt. Harrison Smith. Vocal solos by Lieut. J. B. Lomax, accom- | panied by Miss Fairfax H. Greene. i A membership campaign is under | the leadership of Lieut. E. Dancy Jones, assisted by Ennis Syphax, James Lomax, Petty Summerville, Delaney Fantroy, Louis Williams, Joseph Hawkins, Guy Tinner and Daniel Pittman. Dr. T. Edward Jones was guest speaker at the Armistice night smoker. The U. 8. 8, Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, met Monday, when the following new members were admitted: Isabel Kumel, Sadie Bradburn, Isabel Mc- | Main, Mary Silverberg, Nonie Bloom and Lila May Loenhardt. Department Membership Officer Dixson gave & short talk on increasing membership. Historian Drake presented to the post a bound post history of the preceding | year. Maude C. Wilmuth of Leslie Krepps Post, No. 62, of Salina, Kans., extended greetings from her post. At the last meeting of the Sergt. Jasper Post at the Pythian Temple it was reported that the paid-up mem- bership of the post for the year 1937 45 now 170. -The department com- mander made a short address, as did the department membership officer, Edward Dixon. A committee was formed composed of all past post commanders to revise the present constitution and by-laws of the post and to report at the meeting December 2. Past President Anna Elliott of the post auxiliary presented to Past Comdr. Frank McCarthy a token of her esteem for the co-operation re- ceived during her year in office. First Vice Comdr.. Edgar Baker and Comrade Mullins offered a prize to be given to the member who turns in the most new members by Decem- ber 15. Additiona]l appointments made by the post cammander, Fred Money, include: Daniel M. Goodacre, athletic " officer; James White, Sons of the Legion; John Orlosky, judge advocate; Dr. Chester Brady, post surgeon; Wil- liam P. Kershner, veterans’ prefer- ence and membership; Joseph J. Idler, resolutions. Vincent B. Costello had the mgnest paid-up membership on November 11 in its history. Vice Comdr. John Fitzgerald, in charge of membership, and Capt. Charles B. Buck, finance officer, will conduct a special rally for recruits in conjunction with next post meeting. Past Comdr. John H. O’Connell has been appointed chairman of a com- mittee to complete arrangements for inaugural supper dance January 19, the eve of second inauguration of President Roosevelt. ‘The next post meeting will be held ‘Tuesday at Pythian Temple at 8 p.m. and the following members, John Long, A. Millar, Frank Blum, Frank Howard, Henry Goodfellow Warbur- ton and William Hays Hargraves made a report on accommodations for the coming year. The post has issued a new four- pase monthly, the Fort Stevens Sen- tinel, edited by Charles J. Warren, past vice commander of the depart- ment. Quentin Roosevelt Post will meet tomorow night at the Potomac Boat Club. An address by National Historian Thomas Owen of Alabama featured the last meeting of United States Department of Agriculture Post, No. 36, presided over by Fred Grant. First Vice Comdr. Phil Blake is in charge of a dance in the near future, the proceeds of which will go toward furnishing colors for the post auxiliary. Membership in the post has been increased by 25 new appli- cants, Vice Comdr. Blake. Chairman Nicholas Pagnotta of the Sons of the Legion Committee an- nounces two more members are needed to organize a post squadron. Capt. Edward Gage Gaston, Offi- cers’ Reserve Gorps, addressed mem- bers of George Washington Post, No. 1, last Tuesday night at a “ladies’ night” meeting in the Club Admiral, Seventeenth street and Rhode Island avenue, Rev. Howard E. Snyder, chaplain, extended an invitation for members and their friends to attend a war memorial service at the Atonement Lutheran Church, North Capitol street and Rhode Island avenue, tonight at | 8 o'clock. Comdr. Harry Coope announced the following committee appoint- ments: Resolutions, Past Comdr. Wal- lace Streater, chairman; Past Comdr. John Thomas A Taylor, Halleck P. Long; auditing, Charles 8. Beilman, chairman; George Hooven, - Donald A. Pippenger; Memorial day, Past Comdr. Bernard C. McGee, chairman; John F. Dull, George Hooven; pub- licity, Past Comdr. Howard S. Fisk; welfare, Rev. Howard E. Snyder, chairman, Dr. M. H. Darnall, Charles Alexander, Walter A. Armstrong, Jud- son J. N. Knappen; entertainment, C. Cassard Schroth, chairman, J. K. Stacey, F. H. Dreyer, D. C. May, John F. Dull; membership, John F. Dull, chairman; Past Comdr. Howard S. Fisk, secretary; Hugh A. Kerwin, Past Comdr. Bernard C. McGee, John J. Devine, Harry A. Brown, Samuel M. Crump, Paul O. Tucker; execu- tive, Harry A. Coope, Wallace Streater, Howard E. Snyder, Charles 8. Beil- man, John F. Dull, C. Cassard Schroth, Past Comdr. James J. Mur- phy; Americanization, Past Depart- ment Comdr. Amos A. Fries. James S. Kimball, United States and Charles Harden Gray, United States Marine Corps Aviation, were elected members. The James Reese Europe Post, No. 5, met Tuesday evening, with Comdr. R. P. Shea presiding. Department Membership Officer Edward Dixon spoke. Welfare Officer John R. Anderson reviewed the work which he had done in the service of the welfare for vet- erans, their widows and orphans. RAINBOW REVEILLE EDITOR APPOINTED Cortez Souter Will Be Associate | Official, Aiding Harold B. Rodier, Chief. Cortez Souter was appointed asso- ciate editor of “The Rainbow Reveille,” the national publication of the Rain- bow Division Veterans, last week by Harold B. Rodier, editor. Mr. Eouter was national secretary in 1927 of the 42d Division's veterans’ organization. William H. Kay, president of the District of Columbia Chapter, an- nounced “The Rainbow Laison,” the local organization’s publication, now has the largest circulation in its history. The November issue announces & dinner meeting Wednesday evening at 6 o’clock at Schneider’s Restaurant, 427 Eleventh street. Elmer F. Neagle, executive chair- man of the Rainbow reception and dance at the Broadmoor, 3601 Con- necticut avenue, December 5 at 10 o'clock, announced many reservations being made. For tickets or table res- ervations during business hours call National 1122, and in the evening, North 2459. Carlton L. Wax has been elected to membership in the local chapter. Dance Chairman JOSEPH M. COHAN, Who is assisting in arrange- ments for the 19th annual Midwinter reception and dance of the District of Co- lumbia Chapter, Rainbow vision Veterans, to be held December 5, at the Broadmoor, 3601 Connecticut avenue. It Fort Stevens Post, No. 32, held its Armistice dance Wednesday at Indian Springs Country Club. The post met Friday night at the will start at 10 r.m. The hotel room, for the occasion, will be known as the m of. World War fame in Baccarat. —Bachrach Photo. according to the report o(] T DOLL FOR FIDAC SESSION TONIGHT Would Represent Washing- ton Life in Display From All States. Mrs. Mary Klaphaak, chairman of the Fidac Committee of the District of Columbia American Legion Aux- iliary, is searching for a doll here, to be dressed to represent a typical fig- ure in the life of Washington today. The doll will be sent to the National Conference of presidents and secre- taries of the auxiliary at Indianapolis, Ind, November 23. Mrs. Mary K. Lilleen, department president, will represent the District of Columbia. The dolls from all States and the District of Columbia will be sent to Paris, France, to interpret to Eu- ropean countries present features of American life. The District doll must be 16 inches high and will be dressed as “Happy Child.” Washington stores are asked to donate their en- | tries, Plans are being made by the aux- illary to distribute baskets to needy families for Thanksgiving by the| various units of this department. Washington Police Post Unit No. 29 met at the Y. W. C. A. Building on E street last Friday evening with | the president, Mrs. Thelma Strohman, | presiding. New amendments to the constitu- tion and by-laws were read for the first time and deferred until the December meeting for final action. | Sergt. Jasper Unit No. 13 met at the La Fayette Hotel last Monday night with President Dorothy B. Harper in the chair. Reports were given by Child Welfare Chairman Mrs., Mildred Bell; ways and means, | Mrs. Mary Gardner and Mrs. Helen Hetzer, and junior activities, Mrs. Virginia McCarthy. Mrs. Ada Riley, department reha- | bilitation chairman, presented plans for Christmas in the hospitals. Mrs. Mary McMillan is general chairman | for the annual Christmas party to be | given for a number of the Legion department proteges. The second regimental colonel, Mrs. | Helen Ware, won the prize for having the most members at the November meeting. Sixteen applicants were | voted into membership with one transfer from Iowa. Mrs. Mary Gardner invites the post and unit members and their friends to a dance Tuesday at the Broad- | moor. Honor guests will be Depart- | ment Comdr. Horace Lineburg, De- | | partment President Mrs. Killeen, | | Grande Chef de Gare and Mrs. Chail- let, Sous Chef de Chemin de Fer Passe Fred. G. Fraser, National Committeeman and Mrs. Jos. J. Mal- loy and Post Comdr. and Mrs. Fred | Money. A bingo party, under the direction of Mrs. Anna Seiders, rehabilitation chairman, was sponsored by Kenneth H. Nash Unit at Mount Alto Hospital, for the benefit of the disabled World War Veterans on November 12. The | unit, under the direction of the child welfare chairman, Mrs. Lillian K. Urban, will distribute baskets of food | among needy veterans’ families at | Thanksgiving. | ‘The November meeting of thei United States Department of Agricul- | ture Unit will be held Tuesday eve- | ning at the War Mothers’ Home, 1527 New Hampshire avenue, at 8 o'clock, | with Mrs. Perna Zott presiding. Plans | will be made for Thanksgiving and | Christmas welfare work. The juniors met Saturday at the home of their president, Miss Suzanne Montgomery, and re-elected the fol- lowing officers: Suzanne Montgomery, president; Olivia Boyd, secretary; Francis Boyd, treasurer; Twila Fank- houser, chaplain, and Phyllis Blake, color bearer. Mrs. Frank E. McMillin, | department chairman of juniors, out- | lined the work of the juniors. Stephen P. McGroarty Unit, No. 27, | met at the Gordon Junior High School with the president, Mrs. Adeline L./ Holleran, presiding. Committee chairmen were ap- pointed as follows: Membership and bulletins, Mrs. Lillian Trueworthy; juniors, Miss Faustine Dennis; Ameri- canism and national defense, Miss | Gertrude Orr; child welfare, Mrs. Marie 8. Ingling; rehabilitation, Mrs. W. B. Fuller; Fidac, Mrs. R. R. Ralph; unit activities, Miss Anna May Stam- baugh; ways and means, distinguished guests, Mrs. Edna M. Theiander; con- stitution and by-laws parliamentarian, Mrs. John F. Bethune; poppy, Mrs. | Mary A. Howell. Plans were made for a joint social | meeting of the post and unit Novem- ber 20. The next meeting will be held at Gordon Junior High School Decem- ber 7 at 8 o'clock. The juniors of this unit met at the home of Mrs. C. N. McGroarty in Falls Church. The new officers are Nancy C. Holleran, president; Jane Ingling and Jane Ellis, vice presidents; Florence Bakefelt, secretary, Mary Elizabeth Lane, treasurer; Mary Louise Ralph, chaplain; Frances Mc- Cartney, sergeant at arms; Virginia Louise Bfowning, historian. ‘The next meeting will be held No- vember 21 at the home of Jane Ing- ling, Falls Church. l EIGHT AND FORTY Le Chapeau National Mollie E. Averill paid her official visit to the District of Columbia Salon, No. 14, on Monday evening. The officers of the salon met her at the station and escorted her to the Washington Hotel. On Tuesday Mrs. Averill was the guest of the District of Columbia Department of the American Legion and placed & wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. There was & luncheon at Gadsby Tavern, Alexan- dria, Va., and later the party attended the services at the tomb of the war-time President, Woodrow Wilson, at the Washington Cathedral. On Wednesday evening a banquet was held at the Army and Navy Club with Gen. James A. Drain as toast- master. Col. Lemmuel Bolles and Judge J. C. Pischer were hosts. Le Chapeau Averill will leave Thursday to make her official visit Virginia. At the meeting Tuesday evening the District of Columbia Salon plans were made for the annual birthday dinner December 12 at the Washing- on in of arranging & Thanksgiving the children at the Glenn Dale Tuber- culosis Hospital. Entertainment will be furnished by the Giee Club of the Sergt. Jasper Juniors and the Sons of American Legion. A _ Cup awarded at recent Cleveland promenade to grand voiture here jor lead in American Legion membership drive is presented to Cheminot National Martin Dyer by Grand Chef de Gare Jess Chaillet. | IMILITIA OFFERED [Guard Medical Units To Get Special Training RESERVE VESSEL HELD NEED HERE Local Citizen Sailors Point to Lack of Training Facilities. Officers of the 1st Battalion, United States Naval Reserves in the District of Columbia, are making efforts to have assigned here for training pur- poses a vessel commensurate with the size of the organization. They also want a vessel which they can use effectively during the Winter months, when it is impossible to leave the | small launch now at their disposal in the water because of danger from damage by ice forming in the Ana- costia River. It was reported that they have made efforts to have assigned here one of the 100-foot patrol boats turned over to the Navy Department some time ago by the Coast Guard because that service had no further use for them, since prohibition enforcement problems were wiped out by the pas- sage of the liquor amendment. It was sald that a number of these boats had been assigned to Naval Reserve organizations throughout the country, but that so far the District Reservists have been unable to exert enough pressure to have one of the vessels assigned here for training purposes, although it is one of the greatest needs of the organization. Except for the two weeks’ training that the local Reservists receive aboard a destroyer of the active fleet during the Summer months their training aboard surface craft is practically nil, as the small latnch is inadequate to accommodate a sufficient number to give much practical use except for the teaching of certain phases of sea- manship. At some periods a destroyer | is sent here for several weeks which the Reservists are permitted to use for drill purposes while tied up to a dock at the Washington Navy Yard, but not for cruising purposes. The assignment of a vessel here, it was said, would permit the local Re- servists to keep at the highest point of training, because cruising on the Potomac would materially improve their morale and keep them in con- stant knowledge of their important duties aboard a cruising ship. While they formerly had a destroyer here, it was taken away when the department found it necessary to cut expenses of Reserve funds in order to have enough to pay for the training of the units in the armory and at sea during the two weeks’ annual training period. . FIFTH BATTALION ALLOWED INCREASE Gen. Russell Authorizes 15 Per Cent Increase in Enlisted Personnel. Maj. Gen. John H. Russell, U. 8. M. C, commandant of the Marine Corps, yesterday authorized a 15 per cent increase in the allowed enlisted personnel of Fleet Reserve Battalions. This order allows the enlistment in the 5th Battalion here of nine privates in each of the companies, increasing the total allowed enlisted personnel from 480 to 522. There will be no increase in the allowed strength of officers and non-commissioned officers, the total strength of the 5th Battalion, commissioned and enlisted, jumping from 504 to 576. Line Companies A, B, C, D, E, F and G are increased by nine pri- vates each, making the total allowed strength of the companies 69 enlisted men and two officers. Headquarters Company also gained nine privates, distributed four to the band, three to Headquarters’ clerical section, two to the medical section and one to the 1 section. Applicants for enlistment in the battalion are examined every Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at 458 In- diana avenue. Age limits are from 18 to 35. No previous military train- ing is necessary. Commissions as second lieutenants for duty have been issued to former Technical Sergt. John S. Messer and Pvt. Joe M. Bentley. Lieut. Messer has been assigned to Headquarters Company as officer in charge of the recruit training platoon, with addi- tional duties as assistant adjutant and assistant range officer. Lieut. Bentley has been assigned as company officer to Company C, FORTY AND EIGHT A promenade of the District grand voiture Forty and Eight will be held FREMEN'S SHIFT OF HOURS URGED Veterans of Foreign Wars, in Resolution, Favor Change in System. A resolution favoring an eight-hour, | or three-platoon system, for members of the District of Columbia Fire De- parment, was adopted last week by Veterans of Foreign Wars. It was set forth in the resolutions that policemen average eight hours a day for six days a week, while fire- men average 12 hours a day for the | same period. | National Capital Post had as spe- cial guest of honor at its meeting last | Tuesday night Sergt. Edward P.| Younger, who was the representative | of all the armed forces in choosing | the one who was to be designated “The Unknown Soldier.” Commander-elect De Mayo an- nounced the following appointments: Adjutant, Claude E. America; officer of the day, James A. Mitchell: sergeant major, Willlam Cronin; quartermaster 'serlunt. Floyd V. Patterson; guard, | | Walter I. Bowman; sentinel, W. F. Stausbury; historian, Harry Clements; { | patriotic instructor, Capt. E. J. Sul-| livan; relief officer, Oscar W. Hollings- worth; employment officer, Col. Harry Coope: service officer, John L. Strong; color bearers, John Waldron and H.| J. Creedon; bugler, Tony Rosetta. Committee chairmen: Resolutions and by-laws, O. W. Hollingsworth; de- | | gree team, Roy D. Hopgood; grievance, | C. L. Burton; recruiting, A. B. Quack- | | enbush: ways and means. Walter J. | Yebens; entertainment, William Plikas; | hoepital, Ernest Wickstrand; memo- | rial, O. W. Hollingsworth; reception and wecloming, Capt. E. J. Sullivan; membership, William Cronin. The post voted to dispense with meeting on November 24 and join with the other posts in the department joint installation at Pythian Temple. " The H. L. Edmonds Post met at the Hamilton Hotel November 5. The fol- lowing officers were installeg: C. A. Lowman, commander; W. A. Oley, | senior vice commander: D. H. Barn- hart, junior vice commander: F.| M. Stevick, quartermaster; T. Daly, adjutant. Past Comdr. Wilson announced a turkey shoot at Camp Simms rifie | range, Alabama avenue southeast, this | afternoon. The newly elected officers of Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards Post, No. 2135, will be installed by Past Depart- ment Comdr. Daniel E. Campbell at the Hayloft, 1326 Massachusetts ave- nue, next Thursday. 'DISABLED VETERANS' ACTIVITIES PLANNED Executive Committee to Meet Wednesday for Adoption of Program. ‘The District of Columbia Depart- ment of the Disabled American Veterans is prepared to launch a num- ber of activities as a result of the meeting of the Department Executive Committee with National Comdr. M. Froome Barbour last week, according to State Comdr. C. H. Anderson. The Department Executive Com- mittee will meet Wednesday evening in the board room of the District Building to adopt a program to be moulded around the recommendations of Comdr. Barbour. Oscar G. Jones; United States Veterans' placement representative for the District, will be the principal speaker, National Capital Chapter met at the Moose Hall last Thursday eve- ning with Comdr. William B. Covert presiding. Nomination of chapter officers was made and the election is to be at the next meeting. Comdr. A. Stuart Burch announced & meeting of Ace-Rasmussen Chapter at the Soldiers’, Sailors’ and Marines’ Club next Friday evening for election of officers. National Comdr. Barbour accepted an invitation to attend the annual banquet of the D. C. department at the National Press Club, January 18. He will be accompanied by Vivian D. Corbly, national adjutant, from Cin- cinnati. The annual department, convention will be held January 16. Purple Hearts. Mount Vernon Chapter, Military Order of the Purple Heart, will meet tomorrow at National Guard Armory -at 8:15 p.m. Several items of busi- | more, it was added, that parking facili- area. | the matter, but was merely seeking ness will be considered, among which will be the resolution relating to the reduction of dues. An invitation to in in membership with this chapter extended to all who have received the Purple Heart decoration from the ‘War Department. Gen. Hines Honored. At its recent meeting in Detroit, Mich., the Association of Military AIDFOR ARMORY Suggestion Made Project Be Combined With Audi- torium Plan. In the movement to obtain adequate armory facilities here for the National | Guard of the District of Columbia to recejve its training, the militia offi- cials have received during the week offers of support from various civic groups. Some of these suggest that the plan for an armory be combined with a project to obtain an auditorium here suitable for use in handling large | conventions. It was pointed out that this is one of the greatest needs of the District, and that by joining forces on a combined armory and auditorium that some headway might be obtained on a project which has been confront- ing the citizen-soldier officials for more than a quarter of a century. While the local officers working for | better training facilities would rather have a building devoted solely to the training activities of the militia, they nevertheless are giving serious con- sideration to the combined project in | the hope that that might be an answer to their efforts to obtain funds to adequately house the local troops. However, the suggestion has been made that if the combined project is decided upon it should be in the down- | town area, whereas the project for the Guard was proposed on the banks of the Anacostia River at the eastern terminus. It was pointed out that it would be difficult and even very ex- | pensive to find a site. On the other | hand it was pointed out that a site, | such as has been proposed by the | ‘Guard, would not prove any disadvan- | tage because of the use of the automo- bile in transportation, and further- ties for large numbers of cars could be provided better on such a site than would be possible in any site that might be selected in the downtown Col. John W. Oehmann, command- | ing the local Guard, had conferences | during the week with a representative | of the committee which is making the | fiscal relations study with the Dis- | trict. It was said that the Guard commander pointed out the status of | the local troops as a federalized unit, and the difficulties it had because of this in getting any united support funds with which to inaugurate the armory project. It was pointed out that in the States which were granted public works funds with which to construct armories, the States con- tributed funds. But that here the same agency which would provide funds for the grants also would have to provide specifically for the money to share the grant. In other words, Congress provides the public works funds. In order for the District to accept a part grant for an armory, Congress would specifically have to appropriate the money. The machin- ery has proved so cumbersome from the Guard standpoint that they are just where they were a quarter of a century ago, while many of the States have seized the opportunity to get Pederal funds for armories and have gone ahead and built fine build- | ings which will prove adequate for their troop training for many years to come. ‘While the District officials have not yet received any indication of what aid will be given them by the Na- tional Guard Association of the United States, which recently directed its officials to give assistance to the Guard, they nevertheless look for defi- nite aid and support when a program is mapped out. So far no bill has been prepared for presentation to Con- gress, and one will not be prepared until some indication has been re- ceived as to what, if any, action will be taken by the Fiscal Relations Com- | mittee. At the conferences this week | it was said that the committee con- feree did not indicate any stand on information to report to the whole committee. As a result of the conferences it is expected that by the time Congress | convenes that Col. Oehmann and his | aides will have formulated a definite Third Corps Medical Officer to Make Four Special Instruction Trips Here. EDICAL units of the National Guard of the District of Co- | lumbia are to receive special attention from the 3d Corps Area headquarters during the current armory year, it was announced at brigade headquarters during the week. The regular routine instruc- tion is to be punctuated by special instruction to be received from an officer of the Regular Army on the staff of the commanding general of the 3d Army Corps Area at Balti- more, Md. Maj. Leon A. Fox, Medical Corps, United States Army, and medical in- structor of the 20th National Guard Division, which comprises the troops of this city and the States of Mary- land and Virginia, is to make the visits and Col. John W. Oehmann, commanding the local militia, pointed {out that it is desired to use the time he spends here for the instruction of as great a number of medical units |as is possible. It is possible that all assembled in one place for the in- | struction. In order to make the arrangements, a board of officers was appointed by ! the board president, to recommend to the brigade headquarters the dates for the four visits and to co-ordinate the assembly of medical units to provide instruction for all. The board is composed of Maj. Stewart M. Grayson, commanding the the 260th Regiment of Coast Artillery; Maj. Joseph J. Greenlaw, command- ing the Medical Department Detach- ment of the 121st Engineers; Capt. Robert M. Bolton, commanding the Medical Department Detachment of the 29th Division Special Troops. The 29th Division Headquarters Company is attempting to recruit a number of young men for this im- portant branch of the divisional ac- tivities, which is centered in this city. First Lieut. Cooper B. Rhodes, com- this is an important part of the divi- sion organization, adding that the functions of this organization in com- the division headquarters and to fur- sage centers. Some of these messen- gers are mounted, others are bicycle messengers and others are dismounted or runners. into two groups, which are designated as for- ward echelon and rear echelon. Two command posts are set up, a message center is established at each and certain staff officers have their offices and enlisted assistants at each com- mand post. Likewise the headquarters company is divided into two platoons, which are known as forward echelon platoon and rear echelon platoon, re- spectively. The war strength of the headquarters company is three offi- cers and 100 enlisted men. In time of peace, he points out, the training of the headquarters company has for its object the development of | individual soldiers of intelligence, | having a high degree of basic training. Smartness of appearance and pro- ficiency in military courtesies are stressed. Excellent personal appear- | of the local medical units will be | | Col. Oehmann, to meet at the call of | Medical Department Detachment of | manding this unit, pointed out that | bat are to move, mess and quarter | nish messengers for the division mes- | He says that in the fleld the division | | headquarters is divided ance and conduct of individuals is required of all members of the head- quarters company because of the fact that their duties in the field require , them to work right under the eyes of the division commander and his staff, The headquarters company is sta- tioned in this city and has its head- quarters at Room 334, National Guard Armory, Sixth street and Pennsylvania |"avenue. Lieut. Rhodes says that it is | composed of an enthusiastic group of young men of high caliber who have a keen interest in military affairs. Its weekly drills are held each Tues- day evening at 8:15 o'clock. Its offi« cers, non-commissioned officers, ad- ministrative and supply personnel also meet at the armory each Friday evening. Young men desiring to apply for enlistment in this organization and those who would like to obtain further information concerning it are invited to visit the company any Tuesday or Friday evening between the hours of 8 and 10. Besides Lieut. Rhodes, the other offi- cers of the command are Second Lieut. Charles L. Rust and Second Lieut. Malcolm T. Powell. Walter C. Hand is first sergeant. Sergt. Robert L. Van Swaringen, Company A, 104th Quartermaster Regiment, has been ordered trans- ferred in the grade of sergeant to the quartermaster section, State Detache ment. Pvt. Wiliam J. Furmage, jr, has | been ordered transferred from the in- active to the active list of Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery. Pvt. John H. McCarthy, because of business intereference with the per- formance of military duty, has been ordered transferred from the active to the inactive list of the Headquarters | Detachment, 29th Division. Pvt. Harold C. McCallum has been ordered transferred from the inactive | to the active list of Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery. Pvt. Clarence H. Eaton, Battery P, 260th Coast Artillery. has been or- dered honorably discharged because |of membership in the Civilian Con- servation Corps at the time of his enlistment. | Examinations for the eligible list | from which qualified enlisted men are | selected to fill vacancies in the com- missioned ranks as vacancies occur, | were begun last week and will be con= |tinued for several weeks, under the | direction of a board of officers headed “by Maj. Sidney Morgan, inspector | general's department. About 20 enlisted men of the Guard are taking these examinations to de- termine their educational qualifica- | tions to receive commissions. When | vacancies occur in any particular | branch of the service, then these suc- cessful candidates must take the technical examination for that branch | before their commissions are issued. | It was said at the brigade headquar- | ters that the examination consists of | many parts and the group takes one ‘!pnn each drill night, so that it will | be several weeks before the tests will | be completed, and several weeks more | before the candidates will know | whether they successfully passed. MEDICAL LIBRARY 15100 YEARS 0LD Sir Humphry D. Rolleston to Deliver Oration Tomorrow. Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston, Bart., G.C.V.O.K.C.B, D.Sc,D.C. L, LL. D, of Haslemere, Surrey, England, will deliver the oration tomorrow eve- ning upon the celebration of the cen- program which will be written into | tennial of the founding of the Army the form of a bill for presentation to Congress. When this is done the mat- ter will be brought again directly to the attention of the officials of the National Guard Association of the United States, dnd it is expected that the political aid of that organization will be thrown behind the measure. PHYSICAL TEST WILL BE WAIVED War Secretary Approves Change Affecting Reserve Re- appointments. The approval by the Secretary of ‘War of changes in existing reserve regulations which will permit the re- appointment of reserve officers at the end of their first five years of com- missioned service without the physi- cal examination heretofore required, will be a welcome announcement to all reservists. In view of the fact that second lieutenants are physically examined as Reserve Officers’ Train- ing Corps trainees, also upon their being commissioned as reserve officers and on each occasion of active duty training thereafter, it is believed that ample information exists as to their physical condition. The requirement of physical examination as a condi- tion for the first reappointment only has therefore been removed. Members of the 428th and 429th Infantry regiments will hold their conference tomorrow evening, at which will be taken up offensive combat. Combat orders will be the subject of the 320 Infantry confer- ence Tuesday evening under Maj. C. L. Johnson. Field artillery communi- cations (wire and radio) and a pmac- Medical Library, Seventh street and Independence avenue. During his stay in Washington he will be the guest of Maj. Gen. Charles R. Reynolds, surgeon general of the Army. The musical program will be rendered by the United States Army Band. Compiled on the basis of known vacancies, the following officers of the Navy will be promoted on the dates indicated: Capt. Charles A. Blakely, January 1; Comdrs. William R. Purnell, January 1, and Frederic T. Van Auken and Thomas C. Kin- kaid, February 1. Lieut. Comdrs. Humbert W. Ziroli, December 1; John S. Roberts, January 1, and John D. Price and Richard E. Webb, Febru- ary 1. Lieuts. J. C. Cronin, December 1; Wyatt Craig, January 1, and C. H. Sanders and F. O. Johnson, February 1. Lietus. (j.g.) Matthew Radom, December 1; J. K. McCue, January 1, and J. H. Brett, jr., and F. C. B. Jor- dan, February 1. Dr. Thomas B. Magath, Mayo Foundation, University of Minnesota, will be the principal speaker at a special meeting of medical and dental officers of the Navy at the Naval Medical School next Friday evening. He will speak on “A Comparison of the Epidemiology in North America of Two Human Tapeworms.” Dr. Ellis H. Hudson, late of the American Mission, Deir-ez-Zor, Syria, will speak on “Bezel,” a non-venereal form of treponematosis (syphilis) en- demic among the Bedouin tribes of Mesopotamia. Thanksgiving ceremonies were held by Victory Council. Senator Arthur 8. Brown announced a class cere- monial November 25. Harry O. Clem gave a recitation. Silent tribute was paid to the council's oldest member, Francls M. Hosler, aged 87 years. Morris J. Hole presided at the Ex- ecutive Board meeting. A Committee tation was received from J. Morris Harrison to attend a class cere- monial in Baltimore on November 18. ‘The meetings this week are: Mon- day, Potomac, Pythian Temple; Cen- tral, Woodmen of the World Hall ‘Tuesday, » Northeast Masonic Temple; State, War and Navy, room 723, Colorado Building. Wednesday, Congressional, Typographical Temple. COAST ARTILLERY PLANS ROAD TRIP Local Militia Unit to Go Overland to Fort On- tario, N. Y. Brigade headquarters of the Na- tional Guard of the District of Co- | lumbia announced during the week that the 260th Regiment of Coast Artillery, commanded by Lieut. Col. Walter W. Burns, will have one of the most interesting fleld training assign< ments of any of the local units during | the coming Summer. Tentative plans | are being made to send this unit, an | anti-aircraft outfit, on a road hike of approximately 1,000 miles to Fort On- tario, N. Y. It was said that while a definite date has not been set for the training period, that it would be subsequent to July 1. The time depends, it was said, on when sufficient motor vehicles to carry the force can.be obtained from Regular Army and other militia units, as the outfit does not have sufficient motive equipment of its own to carry out such a project. This movement will be quite a change for the organiza- tion, which usually takes its field training at Fort Monroe, Va., although a couple of years ago it did participate in a road maneuver which extended . through Maryland and Virginid It was indicated as being unlikely that the local organization would take any of its anti-aircraft guns and searchlights, as these were said to be mounted on equipment which was turned out during the World War, and it was doubted whether it would sus- tain the straim of a 1,000-mile trip over the road. Furthermore, the or- ganization will have an opportunity to use the equipment at Fort Ontario. The equipment now used by this organization is said to be obsolete, as the modern equipment now used by the Army has many features unheard of at the time the present National Guard equipment was turned ofit. Sufficient funds have not been pros vided by Congress to provide the milie tiamen with the modern equipment, which includes larger searchlights, smaller and more powerful generators and sound direction equipment. However, the proposed maneuver will provide a test of the mobility of the organization in time of war, de- spite the fact that it will not have its guns and searchlights along. American Women's Legion. The George Baldwin McCoy Unit met at the Hotel Mayflower. The president, Mrs. Acheson Hassan, pre- sided. Following reading of reports from the officers, a special report was made of the successful co-operation of the unit with the Red Cross roll call. Plans were discussed for the usual Christmas party for the patients at Mount Alto Hospital, where members of the McCoy Unit have visited woekly since the opening of the hogpiied . )