Evening Star Newspaper, February 7, 1937, Page 34

'To Be Held February Past Commander Ma 24 lloy and Mme. Opitz to Extend Invitation to President and Mrs. Roosevelt. g HE annual military ball of the District of Columbia Depart- ment, American Legion, will be held February 24 at the Mayflower Hotel, beginning at 10 o'clesk. %he committee in charge of ar- nn'gcmems has planned for Past De- partment Comdr. Joseph J. Malloy, chairman of distinguished guests, and Mrs. Helen Opitz, chairman of patrons | and patronesses, to visit the White House and extend an invitation to President and Mrs. Roosevelt to attend the ball. U. S. Department of Agriculture Post, No. 36, announces a dance at the | Gingham Club, 1423 Pennsylvania ave- nue, February 13. The procec ', ac- cording to Vice Comdr. Ray McCurry, will be turned over to the local chap- ter of the American Red Cross for the relief of victims in the flood-stricken areas. Dancing will be from 10 to 1. Fort Stevens Post, No. 32, met last Thursday, Comdr. George W. Phillips presiding. Under the child welfare program the post will continue the daily donation of milk. Judges met in the post club rooms Friday, determining the names of the boy and girl in the sixth grade of the graded schools of the Northwest area who will receive the Fort Ste- vens Legion Medal at the community patriotic exercises to be held under the auspices of tiie post and Sons of the American Legion Squadron in Paul Junior High School the night of February 25. Buglers are needed in the Drum and Bugle Corps, which meets in Old Brightwood School each Tuesday might. Fathers are requested to see that their sons attend the meetings and effairs of the Sons' Squadron. Com- rade Carrico is head of the ad- visory council and is lending every eéffort to the success of these boys. There will be a meeting of the staff of the Sentinel in the club rooms Tuesday evening, commencing at 7:30 q'clock. The club rooms are open each | Tuesday and Saturday evening. U. 8. 8. Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, will have a joint meeting with the post squadron tomorrow at Pythian Temple. Invited guests are depart- ment officers and all captains of the Sons of the Legion. The drum and bugle corps of the Sons of the Legion will render selections, and several dis- tinguished speakers will address the meeting. American Legion school award med- els will be presented February 16 to the most outstanding girl and boy in Meetings This Week. Monday — Department Ball Committee, headquarters, 5 p.m. U. 8. 8. Jacob Jones Post, Thomas Circle Club, 8 p.m. Bureau of Engraving Post, Red Men's Hall, 8 pm. Government Printing Office Post, G. P. O., 8 pm. National Press Club Post, Press Club, 6:30, pm. Costello Post Drum and Bugle Corps, National Guard Armory, 8 pm. Columbia Post Drum and Bugle Corps, Fourteenth and B streets southwest. Tuesday—Victory Post, Colonial Hotel, 8 p.m. James Reese Europe Post, Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A, 8 pm. Columbia Post, 1015 L street, 8 pm. Treasury Post, 1326 Massachu- setts avenue, 8 p.m. Fort Stevens Drum and Bugle Corps, Old Brightwood School. Wednesday—Kenneth H. Nash Post, 915 Pennsylvania avenue southeast. Thursday—George E. Killeen Post, Fishers’ Hall, 8 p.m. James E. Walker Post, Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A, 8 pm. Saturday—Flood relief benefit dance, Agriculture Post, Gingham Club, 10 to 1. New resolution opposing communism Wwas passed by the post. Treasury Post, No. 35, will meet at the Hayloft, 1326 Massachusetts ave- nue, February 9. All members who have not recelved the membership obligation are requested to be present to take the Legion oath. This cere- mony will be conducted by the 40 and 8 ritual team. ‘The annual Lincoln day banquet of Lincoln Post, No. 17, will be held February 12 at the Shoreham Hotel at 7 pm. There will be a floor show and dancing. The post will take part in the exer- cises at the Lincoln Memorial at noon, February 12. The post will have a wreath placed at the Memorial. U. S. Bureau of Internal Revenue Post, No. 39, at the last meeting with Comdr. Charles Wolfe presiding, com- pleted the selection of the post ex- ecutive committeemen. ‘They are John A. Long, Charles Sidney Forbes, Charles W. Garhart, Arthur D. Con- don, Edwin Niggli, Keith T. Wood, Daniel G. Rice, James C. Rogers and John F. Maney. the February graduating class at| Stuart Junior High School. There will | be a bronze plaque presented to the | school, with the names of those award- | ed the medals inscribed thereon. This | plaque will be placed in the school | auditorium, and the names of the | pupils winning this award at future sune and February graduations will be added for a number of years. ! Shellacking of Braille at the Red Cross headquarters will be discon- tinued temporarily, due to the in- creased Red Cross relief work. The advisory council met Thursday kight at the home of Comrade Quinn, with Blanche Sinclair and Lilian Bawyer a8 cohostesses. Buker Hill Post, No. 31, will meet February 16 at the Hayloft Club, 1326 RMassachusetts avenue, at 8 p.m. The Executive Committee met last | Tuesday at the home of Comdr. G. W. Tribble, 4214 Twelfth place northeast. dt voted to take a box at the an- nual ball, Americanism Officer Zeb. Hamilton | presented the American Legion school eward medals, donated by the post to the boy and girl of Taft Junior High £chool outstanding in scholarship and citizenship of the graduating class of that school, last Wednesday. The next meeting of the L-31 Club will be held at the home of Mrs. Mary L. Tribble, 4214 Twelfth place north- east. Vinoent B. Costello Post, No. 15, will hold a special entertainment and jmembership rally February 16. Past Commander Charles Kohen is chair- jman. Past Commander Mack Clark will Biscuss arrangements with O. A. Reed of Costello Post with a view of con- ducting several bingo parties at the Dept. Comdr. Horace W. Lineburg and members of his staff, attended by the Department Guard of Honor, in command of Capt. Guy A Nadeau, installed officers of Cooley-McCul- lough Post at the Broadmoor Hotel last Monday evening. Al Sugrue, commander, made ap- pointments as follows: Adjutant, John D. Clarke; finance officer, George R. Toth; sergeant at arms, Thomas A. Helan; Americanism, Capt. Guy C. Nadeau; membership, Bernard Beard; quartermaster, Wellsley M. Sheard; historian, Walter C. Burns; constitu- tion and by-laws, Robert M. Zacha- rias; athletics, Perry C. Milner; chap- lain, Joseph Mauro and graves reg- istration, John D. Clarke. Comrade Parish, under the direc- tion of Comdr. Van Hise of Kenna- Main Post, No. 37, is arranging a pa- triotic pageant and parade of flags to be presented with the flood relief and ladies’ night dance in Hitchkok Hall, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, on Wash- ington’s birthday. Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13, met at | Pythian Temple last Wednesday eve- | ning. spoke. Vincent Graziani, who is ill at the Veterans' Hospital at Castile Point, N. Y., requests that all members of the post write him informing him of the activities here and In return he promises to answer all letters prompt- ly. This is his sole diversion. Ad- dress him care of Ward E-3 at the above hospital, Plans have been completed for the organization in this department of a Past Post Commanders’ Association. A number of departments of the Ameri- can Legion have these associations, the Bilver Spring Hotel within the near |'most notable being the one of Cook future. Among those recently accepted for membership were Samuel K. Whit- ney, 140th Aero Squadron; Earl Ah- may, U. 8. 8. Osborn, and Harry Manno, 315th Infantry, 78th Division. Post finance officer is Charles B. Buck, 2136 Thirty-seventh street. At the last meeting of the Depart- Iment Executive Committee $100 was ordered sent to the Department of Kentucky to aid that department in the work in the fiooded area. Department Americanism Chairman Lloyd Birkey announced a meeting of the Americanism Committee will be held at department headquarters February 15 to discuss the American Legion school awards, which are now being contested for in the junior high schools and the graded schools. George Royal announced a turkey ehoot will be held on Washington’s birthday starting at 10 a.m. at Tuohy’s Inn on Conduit road at Cabin John Bridge, just beyond the firehouse. The bowling team from Baltimore will be entertained at the Lucky Strike elleys on Fourteenth street February 25, rolling the last set of & home-and- home match with the Washington 20-man team. Past Dept. Comdr. Julius I. Peyser bt Costello Post presented a resolution drawn up by that post prohibiting the employment in the District government of persons who are non-residents of the District of Columbia, while the committee also went on record of being in favor of the repeal of the “red pider” bill now pending in Congress. Col. Rice W. Means attended the ¥ecent meeting of the Veterans’ Prefer- ence Committee under the direction of Joseph A. Ashi and spoke on sev- erdl bills affecting veterans which are now being considered for presentation to Congress while Dr. Ray F. Guynn, chairman of Advisory Committee, and Benjamin Aronshon, a member of the committee, reported on the activities of that committee. At the last meeting of Tank Corps, No. 19, George Fox was installed as commander for the second term. Howell H. Thomas and Earl E. Lip- pard were admitted to membership. ‘The Committee on the Revision of the Constitution and By-Laws will re- port at the next meeting. The Legion's County, 1. Department Membership Officer, Ed- ward R. Dixon believes that an or- ganization of this kind here in the District not ohly will benefit the de- partment in every way, but also mate- rially tend to increase membership. He has contacted past post com- manders of the department for an organization meeting on Thursday at 8 at Duffy’s Grill, 1508 Fourteenth street. The eighteenth anniversary of the founding of George Washington Post, No. 1, will be celebrated March 2, it was voted last Tuesday night at the meeting in the Club Admiral. La- dies’ night will be held in conjunction with the event. Members of the post will make their annual pilgrimage to Mount Vernon and Comdr. Coope will place a wreath on the tomb of Gen. Washington, after whom the post is named. The motor caravan will form at Connecticut ave- nue and H street, opposite the United States Chamber of Commerce Building, on February 22 at 10 am. The post has under consideration the compiling of the history of the post in book form, with illustra- tions and full details of the formation of the post on March 7, 1919, in the music room of the Cosmos Club. Comdr. S. L. Holston of the Gen. Ulysses Grant McAlexander Post, No. 38, has appointed Anthony Sigillito chairman of the Membership Com- mittee, who made plans for a mem- bership drive beginning February 15 and ending April 15. The post henceforth will meet on the first and third Wednesdays of each month and a committee has been ap- pointed to arrange for a permanent meeting place. Government Printing Office Post will observe Americanism night tomorrow. The post band, directed by Lieut. F. Wilken, will play patriotic numbers. The school awards to pupils of Eliot High School go to Norman Hodkinson, son of Detective Sergt. and Mrs. N. S. Hodkinson, and to Grace Petrie. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Petrie. National Committeeman J. Malloy and Department Comdr. H. W. Line- burg are also on the program. This is an open meeting for all veterans. Veterans or members of other posts are invited to & dance-at the Soidiess, D—6 THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FEBRUARY 7, 1937—PART TWO. R Legion’s Military Ball |[FGION AUXILIARY ADS FLODDFUND National Organization Re- ported to Have Contrib- uted $25,000. Meetings for the Week. ‘Today—Sergt. Jasper Unit, spe- cial initiation and reception, 4 pm. Monday—United States Treas- ury Unit, Mayflower Hotel, 8 pm. ‘Tuesday—Sergt. Jasper Unit, La Fayette Hotel, 8 pm.; James Reece Europe Unit, Garnet-Pat- terson School, 8 pm.; Vincent B. Costello Unit's birthday dinner dance, La Paree, 7 pm. ‘Wednesday—George E. Killeen Unit, Killeen Club Rooms, 8 p.m. ‘Thursday—Victory Unit, Cen= tral High School, 8 pm. Friday — Washington Police Unit, department staff visitation, Y. W.C. A, 614 E street. Saturday—Sergt. Jasper Valen- tine dance, Broadmoor Hotel, 10 pm.; Government Printing Of- fice dance, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club. ‘The national organization, Ameri- can Legion Auxiliary, has contributed $25,000 to the flood relief fund, Mrs. Bernice Bromley of Springfield, Vt., national vice president of the Eastern Division, told members of the District of Columbia Department Executive Committee at a meeting last week. Mrs. Mary K. Killeen, District presi- dent, made a report of the activities here. Government Printing Office Unit, No. 33, will meet February 10, at 8 pm, at the Government Printing Office. A Valentine dance will be given by the unit February 13 at the Soldlers, Sailors and Marines’ Club, Eleventh and L streets. Dancing and refresh- ments from 9 to 1 o'clock. President Perna Zott of United States Department of Agriculture Unit No. 36 is expected back from Towa this week and has asked that the vice presidents, the chaplsin and the sergeant at arms meet with her at the home of Mrs. L. Estelle Stone, 3524 Davenport street northwest, Thursday evening, to make plans for the mass initiation of all unit mem- bers at the War Mothers’ Home, 1527 New Hampshire avenue, February 16, at 8 pm. At the last meeting of the unit Alma O. Boyd, child welfare chair- man, was commended for the work she has done. Members of the unit are requested to attend the valentine dance of the post, February 13, at the Gingham Club, 1423 Pennsylvania avenue, to raise funds for flood relief work. Washington Police Post Unit No. 29 | will meet at the Y. W. C. A, 614 E street, Friday at 8 pm. The unit will | celebrate its second anniversary. Mrs. Mary K. Killeen, department presi- dent, and members of her official staff, will make their official visita- tions. Past Department Commander Har- lan Wood has been invited to recite Lincoln’s celebrated Gettysburg ad- dress. ‘The juniors of the unit, recently organized, are making scrapbooks for presentation to the Children's Hos- pital. Mrs. Killeen installed the officers of the James E. Walker unit Tues- day evening at the Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A. Mrs. Harriet Eppes, de- partment historian, is unit president. A wreath, presented by the United States Agriculture Unit, will be placed by the department president at the Lincoln Memorial on February 12. That evening the department president, Several members of Congress | with her staff, will make her official | | visitation at the Washington Police | Unit, at the Y. W. C. A, 614 E street. Mrs. Catherine Hood, department chairman, requests the units present Americanism and national defense pro- grams at their February meetings in accordance with the national calendar, Sergt. Jasper Unit No. 13 will meet in special session today at the La Fay- ette Hotel at 4 o'clock to officially initiate its many new members. There will be an informal reception. A business meeting will be held Tuesday at the La Fayette Hotel, 8 pm. Americanism and national defense will be featured, with Past Presidents Anna Elliott and Clara Humphries co-chair- men. There will be a social presen- tation of birthday greeting gifts and the January attendance prize to Col. Ethel Hodges, commanding the 1st Regiment. The unit will be in a contest for the Edna McIntosh $5 cash award for the most new members brought in by March 15. The Clara Humphries $2 prize is for a contest between the senior and junior groups of Sergt. Jasper Unit. A Valentine dance will be held at g:etmxoulmoor February 13, dancing 0 1. AMERICAN WAR MO The State Chapter will be permitted by the Trees and Parking Depart- ment to honor several of their mem- bers by planting trees next Thursday, at 1:30 p.m., on Independence avenue between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets, in front of the new Depart- ment of Agriculture Building. Mrs. Sarah E. Deeds, State Memory Tree chairman, and Mrs. Amelia Thiele will have charge of the program. Members to be honored are two State past presidents—MTrs. Roscoe L. Oatley, organizer of the first chapter in the District of Columbia, its first presi- dent and the first president of the State Chapter; Mrs. Mary T. Shana- han, national custodian of recordsand w president of the State organiza- Mrs. Howard C. Boone, national president; Mrs. Virgil Stone, national corresponding secretary, and Mrs. Florence Latham will attend these ceremonies. The District of Columbia Chapter will meet at national headquarters, 1527 New Hampshire avenue, Friday at 2 pm. ————————— Sailors and Marines’ Club, Eleventh and L streets northwest, sponsored by G. P. O. Auxiliary, next Saturday. ‘The James Reese Europe Post, under commandership of R. P. Rhea, con- ducted special funeral rites for the late Alexander Mann in the funeral parlors of Malvan & Schey. He or- genized this post in 1919 and was its fizst commendes. A President’s Own Garrison D. C. COMMANDER Annual Testimonial Party Officers of the Army and Navy Union recently installed were, left to right, seated: Thomas H. Harvey, paymaster, Ralph N. Werner, commander. Standing: Edward H. Livingston, senior. vice commander,; Frederick M. Dryden, adjutant. AOUGALIAY 0 TORENERAL BOARD Brigadier General Is Under Consideration for Ap- pointment. Brig. Gen. Douglas C. McDougal, commanding the Marine Corps base at San Diego, Calif, and the Fleet Marine Force, is under consideration at the Navy Department for possible appointment to the General Board, which advises Secretary Swanson on service matters. Gen. McDougal is well known here, having served as assistant commandant. For several years the Marine Corps has been without a representative on the General Board. Formerly, it was the practice to have such a spokes- man among the cabinet officer’s ad- visors. Lieut. Col. Lewis C. Lucas, United States Marine Corps, retired, whose home is here at 1710 Thirty-seventh street, was the last member of the “First to Pight” force on the General Board. Because of the provisions of the economy act, Col. Lucas was forced to relinquish his position on the board, as retired officers generally, on active duty, were required to assume inactive status. Col. Lucas was considered ex- ceptionally well informed on service matters and was a member of the board for a number of years. Difficulty Is Over Vote. Latterly, the major general com- mandant has been called in to sit with the General Board, whenever matters pertaining to the Marine Corps were under discussion. The difficulty, as observers see it, is that the Marine | Corps member of the General Board would have a vote as do the naval members. Should some matter, not peculiarly of Marine Corps import, be under discussion, the Marine mem- ber’s vote might swing the decision, in case of a close division. Whether Gen. McDougal will re- turn to Washington as a member of the General Board will depend upon the recommendation of Admiral Wil- liam D. Leahy, chief of naval opera- tions, and Secretary Swanson. It 1s considered significant that Gen. McDougal, alone of the senior officers of the Marine Corps, has not been ordered to other duty. The hold-up is represented as being be- cause the heads of the Navy Depart- ment, including Maj. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, the new commandant, are in a huddle, deciding just what should be done about the whole situation. Keyser Gets Commission. Gen. Holcomb had a particularly personal duty to perform at head- quarters the past week, when he handed to Col. Ralph S. Keyser his commission as a brigadier general on the retired list. Gen. Holcomb and Gen, Keyser were old buddies in France, The officers on duty at Ma- rine Corps Headquarters assembled in Gen. Holcomb's office to witness the brief ceremony. On Pebruary 1 Lieut. Col. Charles D. Barrett became a colonel, Maj. W. T. H. Galliford became a lieutenant colonel, Capt. Otto E. Bartoe became & major and First Lieut. R. F. Crist, Jr, became a captain. Tst DIVISION VETERANS The 1st Division, A. E. F., members elected the following officers: Col. A. J. Cooper, War Department General Staff, president; Maj. Virgil O. Bar- nard, first vice president; Talbot T. Speer, Baltimore, Md. second vice president; Technical Sergt. Charles F". Kenney, third vice president, and Master Sergt. David Priesel, secretary- treasurer. Board of directors—Maj. Gen. Hanson E. Ely, retired, chair man; Gen. Washington Bowie (Mary- land National Guard), retired: Cal. Dunlap P. Penballow, surgeon, O. R. C.; Master Sergt. Fred Lind, chief clerk, 0. C. F. A, and Col. John A. Crane, February 22 at the Broadmoor. Ladies’ Oriental Shrine. 8u-Zu Court, No. 21, voted to con= tribute through The Evening Star & cash donation to the Red Cross relief fund. High Priestess Edith Parsons requested members having clothing to be forwarded to flood sufferers to no- —Star Staff Photo. DAV HEADSTAL 0F FLODD RELE Chapter Commanders Also | Consider Other Emer- gency Measures. A meeting of chapter commanders of the District Department, Disabled American Veterans, was held at 1502 Meridian place last Monday night to consider emergency measures, particu- larly flood relief. Other discussions centered around child welfare, employ- ment, civic relations, membership, pub- licity and finances. John T. Chedester, commander, pre- sided. The following chapter com- manders were present: Dr. Walter Hess, Ace-Rasmussen; William B. Co- vert, National Capital; Amos Heimer, Federal; Philip R. Belt, Rea, and Theodore Hall, Col. Young. Mrs. Dorothy Covert, acting depart- ment child welfare officer, submitted & report on the conference recently held at Wardman Park Hotel and urged that the D. A. V. co-operate with other organizations in consider- ing the problem of the child. Department Senior Vice Comdr. Mary Anne Kennedy recently was hon- ored with a testimonial from D. A. V. admirers in appreciation of her work in building up the membership. She was praised by national officers for her efforts in behalf of the organiza- tion. Department Junior Vice Comdr. Burr Lenhart is studying the problem | of eliminating persons who are said to be using the name of the D. A. V. in unauthorized promotion schemes. Philip R. Belt, commander of Rea Chapter, presided at the meeting at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club last Tuesday night. Department Comdr. Chedester outlined plans for the year. Entertainment was under direction of Past Comdr. Joe Idler and Chaplain Louis Zanoff. ‘The Ladies’ Auxiliary met at 625 Seventh street northeast last Wednes- day evening, with Mrs. Mary Holt, president, presiding. Mrs. Marie An- derson, national committeewoman for the fourth district, stressed the need of the auxiliary taking a part in child welfare work. Lafayette S8quadron. No. 1, Sons of the D. A. V., met at Thompson School Friday night. Past Comdr. C. Hamil- ton Anderson spoke. Refreshments and entertainment followed. Mrs. W. W. Husband, chairman of the Americanism Committee of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, will address the next meeting of Na- tional Capital Chapter. She will ex- plain the work the federation is doing in the interests of disabled veterans confined to hospitals. Mrs. Edward Clark, Mrs. Horace ‘Wood and Mrs. P. B. Ashburn will be hostesses for the at-home today at 4 pm, preceding the music hour at 5 pm. Dorothy Wurtsbaugh and Ann Jesperson of the Education Council will be hostesses for the music hour. Cleveland Park Chapter will meet Monday at 2:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. George Richardson, with Mrs. J. E. Lapham and Mrs. William J. Peters assisting hostesses. Committee meetings this week in- clude: Monday, 11 am., at 614 E street, and at 7:45 pm., business and professional, Seventeenth and streets; Tuesday, 11 a.m, public af- fairs; Wednesday, 11 a.m., rooms regis- try, at 614 E street; Priday, 1:30 p.m., indumnl. preceded by luncheon at pm. Girl Reserve Committee will meet ‘Tuesday at 4 pm. Benior High School Girl Reserves will have a Valentine club supper Fri- day at 6 pm. Reservations must be in by Wednesday. Business women are invited to visit the Business Women's Club Tuesday at 7:15 pm. Supper will be served at pm. ‘The women’s clinic will have charge of the Wednesday Women's Club at 614 E street February 10 at 3:30 pm. Virginia Griffith and Mrs. R. E. Espy will entertain the children of the folk dancing and music hour February 13 at 2:30 pm. ‘Theta Mu Club of the Industrial and will to Be Held Here Feb- ruary 15. Meetings This Week. Monday—Front Line Post, 1414 I street; Washington Post, 1508 Fourteenth street. Tuesday—National Capitol Post, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines' Club. ‘Wednesday—United States Treas- ury Post, Soldiers, Sailors and ‘Marines’ Club. Defense Post, 2021 Rhode Is- land avenue northeast. Columbia Post, 1326 Massachu- setts avenue. Friday—Follow Me Post, North- east Masonic Temple. The annual testimonial party in honor of Comdr. Wallace A. McCath- ran, District of Columbia Department, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will be held February 15 in conjunction with the national “Hello, America,” hour at the Jewish Community Center, Six- teenth and Q streets. A program of entertainment begins at 9 p.m., to be followed by dancing from 10 pm. to 1 am., with a pause at 11:45 pm. to permit participation in the obligation ceremonies of candidates for member- ship, which will originate from the Hotel Astor in New York City. All members of the V. F. W, the suxiliary, their friends and eligibles for membership are invited. Refresh- ments will be served. Commanders of all posts are re- quested to have their post colors at | the Jewish Community Center by 8:30 pm. Department Comdr. McCathran has received word from national headquar- ters that the dates for the national en- campment at Buffalo have been set for August 29 to September 3, inclusive, At the last meeting of Defense Post John Koester was appointed chairman of the Poppy Committee and William H. Ghodey was appointed officer of the day. The next meeting of the post will be held on February 10, at 2021 Rhode Island avenue northeast. Defense Auxiliary met at the home of Patriotic Instructor Genevieve In- man, 4519 South Dakota avenue north- east, when the following committee chairmen were appointed: Ways and means, Geneva Kane; national home fund, Jane Wangner; entertainment, Katherine Koester; publicity, Julia Kelly; welfare and relief, Elizabeth Johnson; flags and decorations, Jane ‘Wangner; poppy, Ellen Phillips; mem- bership, Rose Mastin: by-laws and legislation, Edna Thiele; hospitaliza- tion, Edith Whitcraft; sick, Mary R. Shepherd; patriotic instructor and sician, Edith Whitcraft, and council member, Geneva Kane. to function until March, when the annual election is held by all auxil- iaries: Katherine Koester, Elizabeth Johnson and Mary S. Oley. The fourth anniversary dinner of the Montgomery County Post will be celebrated next Saturday at the Ken- wood Country Club, Bethesda, Md. The affair will be in tribute to Past National Comdr. Paul C. Wolman. Among the distinguished persons invited are Gov. Harry W. Nice, At- torney General Herbert O'Conner, Senators Millard Tydings and George Radcliffe, Representative David J. Lewis, State Senators Stedman and Prescott and Frank Carn, president of | the Board of County Commissioners. The chairmen of the committees on arrangements, under the direction | of O. E. Ryan, commander, are: Ed Fox, entertainment: L. J. McCullough, | tickets; L. J. Bell, distinguished guests, | and R. A. Burgess, publicity. Joseph Cantrel, member of the post and of the House of Delegates, will be toastmaster. Department President Roberta Faw- cett announces the annual visitation for the department president afid her stafl as follows: Follow-Me Auxillary, March 2, Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue; Federal Auxil- fary, March 8, Thomas Circle Club; ‘Walter Reed Auxiliary, March 9, place to be designated by the auxiliary; Na- tional Capital Auxiliary, March 11, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club; Potomac Auxiliary, March 12, Soldiers, Sallors and Marines' Club; United States Treasury, March 16, Soldiers, Satlors and Marines’ Club; McKimmie Catterton Auxillary, March 17, Sol- diers, Sailors and Marines’ Club. Department President Fawcett will place a wreath on the mast of the Maine in Arlington in memory of all deceased Spanish War veterans cn February 15 and on February 22 a wreath in honor of the national aux- iliary will be placed on the tomb of George Washington. The department will participate in the ceremonies of the G. A. R. at the Lincoln Memorial on February 12. The regular monthly meeting will ‘be held February 26 at 8 p.m. at the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club. Thomas N. Fenwick Post, No. 749, meets in the Hyattsville Armory, Hyattsville, Md., Friday evening. Emile Richards, Hyattsville, has re- cently been elected to membership 1 the post. The post will hold its first annual card party tomorrow at 8:15 p.m. in the Lord Calvert Inn, Baltimore Boule- vard, College Park, Md. REGULAR VETERANS' ASSOCIATION Gen. Winfleld Scott Post No. 3 met Wednesday night. Comdr. Daniel R. McKay presided. The following new. members were obligated: William Ellis, W. E. Ackerman, J. P. Duffey and Herbert R. Jones. J. F. Wyckliffe made suggestions for increasing the post fund. These sug- gestions were referred to the Ways and Means Committee, headed by Comrade Albert D. Clark. < Walter P. Boehm, commander of Washington Post, made an address in which he declined to be & candidate for national commander. The next regular meeting will be held February 17. ‘Washington Post No. 20, Comdr. Walter P. Boehm presiding, met at 1508 Fourteenth street Tuesday night. He explained the progress of the legis- lation under the joint sponsorship of the Regular Veterans’ Association, the Army-Navy Union and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The next meeting will be held Peb- b3 VF.W.WILLHONORINaval Reserve Officers To Attend Lecture Series Destroyer Hardling to Be Subject of Course by Lieut. Comdr. Charles B. McVay. Officers of the 1st Battalion, United States Naval Reserve, District of Co- lumbia, this month will attend a serles of lectures at the armory in the Washington Navy Yard, to be de- livered by Lieut. Comdr. Charles B. McVay, 3d, United Gtates Navy, offi- cer in charge of Naval Reserve af- fairs in this area. Officers of the volunteer class of the Reserve also have been invited. The lectures and conferences will include instruction in ship-handling and the operation of destroyers. They are designed to supplement the train- ing of the fleet officers of the Naval Reserve and to increase the efficiency of the volunteer officers who do not drill regularly with the Fleet Reserve unit. Comdr. McVay, who also serves as inspector instructor of the local battalion, is ranked as one of the ex- pert ship handlers in the regular establishment, and battalion officers, in particular, are looking forward with enthusiasm to receiving the benefit of his experience on the sub- Ject. Members of this battalion are hold- ing themselves in readiness to move into the floor area on short notice to assist in rellef work, if it is found that additional help is needed. Al- ready a large number of rated men in the battalion, particularly coxswains, boatswains mates and experienced small boat operators have volunteered | their services to the Red Cross. Division commanders are handling the collection of funds for the flood relief. ‘The 1st Fleet Division held a smok- er at the Naval Reserve Armory last | week. A number of races and other contests were held and prizes awarded to the winners. A pie-eating con- test between a team of enlisted men | and the officers was won by the for- mer. Divisions of the battalion now are drilling aboard the United States de- stroyer Leary of the Atlantic Train- ing Squadron, now at the Washing- ton Navy Yard for several weeks in | connection with the training of the Washington Reservists. A division drills on the destroyer each Tues- day night, together with members of the Recruit School. Preliminary drills have been de- voted to famillarizing the personnel with the ship and holding emergency drills. Already the first and second divisions have staged complete man overboard drills, lowering the ship's whale boat into the Anacostia River for trial trips. It is expected that the Leary will remain here for the use of the Reservists until early next month. Harold E. Hartstack has been pro- |moted to a rank with a commission Americanism, Genevieve Inman; mu- | as ensign in the Supply Corps of the Reserve. He received his commission from Lieut. Sullivan at the drill last The following were elected trustees | Tuesday night. He formerly was & seaman, first class, of the Fleet Reserve, and at- tached to the Second Fleet Division. | He is said to be one of the few men in the history of the battalion who has made officer rank after enlisting in the unit as a seaman. He has been with the battalion since early in 1932. Chairman WILLIAM A. WEISE, Honorary chairman for the fifth annual Rainbow Tri- State Reunion, to be held at the Harrington Hotel the night of February 22. It will commemorate the 19th anni- versary of the 42d (Rainbow) Division’s taking over the Lor- raine front, France. RAINBOW REUNION T0 BE FEBRUARY 22 District Chapter Will Be Host Here to Maryland and Vir- ginia Chapters. Plans are being completed for the fifth annual tri-Statr reunion of the 42d (Rainbow) Division, to be held the night of February 22 at the Ziar- rington Hotel The District of Co- lumbia will play host to Maryland and Virginia Chapters. The event will mark the nineteenth anniversary of the taking over of the Lorraine front, France, by the Rainbowers. Willlam Andrew Weise, president of the Maryland Chapter, is honorary chairman. B ‘The local executives preparing for the meeting are: President Kay, hon- orary chairman; Harold Barnhart Ro- dier, executive chairman; Maj. A. L. Smith and Col. John J. Reinhard, executive wice chairmen, and the fol- lowing chairmen: Paul A. Sebastian, banquet; M. Manning Marcus, speak- ers; Elmer F. Neagle, guests; Maj. Ivy Albert Pelzman, entertainment; Oscar Avelon Jackson, registration; Walker H. Colston, attendance; Bentley Mul- ford, publicity; Cecil J. Wilkinson, di- rect mail; Joseph J. Saunders, radio, and Huber B. Schultz, posters. At the last meeting of the District Chapter, with President William H. Kay presiding, the following were ad- mitted to membership; Schumpert M. Garner, formerly of the 117th (South Carolina) Engineer Train, Company A, Joseph C. Pettit, who served in Com- pany A, 165th (New York) Infantry Regiment, and Maj. John L. Tun- stall, U. 8. A, who during the World War was with the Divisional Head- quarters of the 434 outds He graduated from McKinley High School, attended Emerson Institute and later graduated from Benjamin Franklin University’ with an account- ing degree. He now is employed as & junior auditor in the Internal Rev- enue Bureau. ‘The national competition drill of the Naval Communication Reserves has been postponed on account of com=- munication facilities of the organiza- tion being in operation for emergency flood relief. ‘The quarterly scores made by units throughout the country have been received at the local headquarters, and the local division made second place, with a score of 8230, which is just 12 point behind the leader. Although Lieut. J. H. Nicholson, commanding the division, said this showing is very good, he added that there are one or two men in the division which is pre- venting it from obtaining that addi- tional !2 point needed to be in first place, and he urged these men to assist in putting the organization on the top in the next quarter. ‘Today at 2:30 o'clock, members of the division have been requested to assemble at the Navy Building, where they will be conducted through the | Navy's radio central. Lieut. Weinstock | will meet the men and identify them | for admission. Following a conference last week between President Roosevelt and a number of prominent local radio opera- tors, Lieut. Nicholson was made a member of a special committee to draft plans for the handling of emer- gencles such as have occurred in the ©Ohio River Valley. Lieut. Nicholson said numerous amateurs have taken part in the emergency relief work but the Naval Communication Reservists have not been as active as anticipated. Changes in the commissioned per= sonnel of the Reserve have been an- nounced as follows: Resignations—Lieut. Otto A. Razim, Lieuts. (J. G.) Joseph Cellino and Gerald W. Fox, Ensigns William H. | Cuzner, Angell Johnson, Harry E. Klein, Floyd L. Pittard and Willard M. Salter. Termination of commissions to ac- cept commissions in the Regular Navy: Lieut. Eric D. Pearson, Lieut. (J. G.) Richard R. Rall, Ensigns Norbert C. Brady, Edward Wilson Durant, jr.. Willlam M. Huey, H John D. Hyerle, 2 3 Marcus A. Pell, jr, and Elton W. Sutherling. Discharges—Lieut. Comdr. Richard Olaf West, Lieuts. Louis A. Pedersen and Estes Park Taylor, Lieuts. (J.G.) Julian B. Burnside, Theodore Carlson, Dean Curtis and Edward Vincent Webster. Ensigns Edgar Cosby, Louis Foss, Frank C. Jones, John A. Kaufman, John Joseph McCarthy and Thomas Nickerson Rogers. Aviation cadets—Rynear C. Allen, Harry R. Bogusch, Charles W. Ed- wards, jr.; Joseph J. Guarini, Louis W. Hall, Eugene F. Moretta, William | E. Resag, George V. Sargent, John A. | Steinmeyer, Paul E. Wagner and Kene neth G. Woodford. RANGE PROGRAM IS BEING PLANNED Schedule for Summer Firing at Camp Simms to Be Prepared. Plans are being formulated by the District National Guard for allocat- | ing the facilities of its rifie range at Camp Simms, Congress Heights, during the impending target season. While the reservation originally was purchased for the exclusive use of the | Guard, and it was available to its | officers and men at any time, the de- mands for its use are now so heavy that even the Guard units have to be allocated a particular time for prace tice., Col. John W. Oehmann, command- ing the militia, has sent letters to the various units who have used the range heretofore, asking them to forward to him the dates which they desire for | their units, so that a list may be made I:up for the Bpring, Summer and Fall. In addition to the firing facilities, the housing and kitchen facilities have to be made available, as many of the units spend several days on the res- ervation. Letters have been sent to the com- mandant of the Washington Navy Yard for the naval personnel in the yard; to the Marine Barracks for the Marines on duty here; the Field Ar- tillery and Cavalry at Fort Myer; the local police department, Capitol police, Treasury guards and numerous civilian rifie clubs which are entitled to use the range. The facilities have been considerably improved during the past year with W. P. A. funds which were allocated to the Guard, and it is expected that further improvements will be made during the Summer months, even while the range is in use by the or- ganizations. It is expected, however, that the demands for its use will be so heavy that there will not be any free days, even including Sundays, during the period that the reservation is open to practice. ARMY AND NAVY UNION State Department Comdr. Orille C. Gaudette called a meeting of the De- partment of Potomac for February 14 at 6 p.m. at 1015 L street. Department Adjt. Howard L. Newkirk will read department general order No. 1, con- cerning the policles to be carried out for the ensuing year. Department Paymaster William G. Valine will make a report on the inspection of the books of the various garrisons. Officers of President’s Own Garri- son, installed by National Senior Vice Comdr. C. John Russel, are as follows: Ralph N. Werner, commander; Edw. Livingstone, senior vice commander; John T. Chedester, junior vice com= mander; Frederick M. Dryden, adju- tant; Gustave Stevenin, judge advo- cate; Thomas H. Harvey, paymaster; George Payne, officer of the watch, and “Dusty” Rhodes, officer of the day. Past Comdr. Maj. Robert L. Elkins will be presented with a past commander jewel at the meeting Feb- ruary 21 at 1015 L street. Gen. Guy V. Henry Garrison No. § will hold & military ball at the Colored Elks' Home February 11, at Third and !.bod. Island avenue.