Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1937, Page 35

D. C. Legion Committee Makes ”P‘lans for VParade Convention Details Being Mapped by Group Under Direction of Benjamin Aronshom, HE general committee in charge | of the annual convention of (hr} MEETINGS THIS WEEK. District of Columbia Depart- ment, the American Legion, is making claborate preparations for the | event. It will open with a large pa- rade the night of August 12 and the sessions being held at the Mayflower Hotel. There will be a business session that night, Friday, and election of de- partment officers the closing night Benmamin Aron man. The general next Tuesday headquarters. committee will meet night at department Grover Trobble, parade marshal, announced at the last meet- ing that the first division of the rade will be composed entirely of 1 tary organizations from the Regular Service, with Col. J. M. Wainwright. commander of Fort Myer, as grand marshal. The parade will form in the area eround John Marshall place and C street at 6:45 pm. and start promptly At 6:45 pm. The route will be down Pennsylvania avenie to north on Thirteenth to New York ave- nue and west on New York avenue to Fourteenth, north on Fourteenth to K street and west on K street to Con- nectic ie, thence north on Con- e to the hotel and dis- e will be nine divisions. tion of each post was de- of increase that of last y lloug the Legion hich showed their date set the pa- Kenna-Main, ker Hill, Vi pe, Lincoln » A. Delano e over last were B James Reese post would be more Costello Post and Cha Tribble has been el th ] on to t n of officers wi from September on account of tion in New Yor Tues- Isiand Arrangem for the d *“American Legion land Club Ga o4 Mary- pike. must be > not later meet presiding. Tuesday President Dolly Fort § in Stans 830 p ington Phillips wi be nom: : committeemen. Election will e September meeting. and Saturday nights he post will celebrate 1l preside ke place of Fort Stevens' club rooms. 5824 Georgia avenue. Novelty enter- tainers will be introduced and the post gle corps will play. ve Committee met last Wednesday and made final arrange- ments for the post’s participation i the department convention parade August Under instruction of Musical Direc- tor Dick Viancour and Drum Major Jack Carroll, the senior drum and bugle corps is practicing each Tues- dav and Thursday night on the Roose- velt High School parade ground in preparation for competitive appear- ances to determine the 1937-8 D. C champion drum and bugle corps. Comdr. The Execu Department Horace W Lineburg will be a guest of Bunker Hill post at their annual affair to be given at the Maryland Club Gardens on August 4 and on August 7 will be a speaker at the Maryland State Con- vention to be held at Hagerstown, Md. The department Executive Commit- tee met at the District Building on July 22. Reports were submitted by Dr. Ray F. Guynn, chairman of the Advisory Committee on Welfare and Relief; Lloyd Burkey, Americanism of- ficer; George Roval, athletic officer; John Maigret, employment officer; Ed- ward Dixon, membership officer; Mary Esther Kolhos, child welfare officer; E. | P. Van Hise. chairman of the Veterans' Boatride Committee; Capt. Guy C. Nadeau, guard of honor; &rnest Camp- | bell, president of the bowling league; George Lee, publicity officer, and sev- eral others. Columbia Post Drum and Bugle Carps will participate in the depart- ment convention. Plans will be dis- cussed at the meeting of the corps| at 912 Michigan avenue northeast Thursday at 8 p.m. Delegates to the convention are: Comdr. Harry Pollock and William Opitz, and alternates, William Bran- non and “Doc” Burnham. The annual crab feast also will be held this same night. Those desiring to attend contact Past Comdr. Joe ‘Workman at Decatur 5853-W or at the meeting of the post Wednesday. For the fourth consecutive year Sergt. Jasper Post has attained the honor of being the largest post in the District of Columbia. This was announced at the meeting at head- quarters in the Bond Building last Wednesday. when the membership closed for the delegates and alternates to the department convention. The post will be entitled to 15 delegates and alternates. The delegates and alternates who Will represent the post will be elected at & meeting Wednesday at Pythian [Y hom is general chair- | ‘Thirteenth, | in Monday—Lincoln Post, No. 17, Arcade Building, 8 pm. Internal | | Revenue Post, No. 39, Hayloft, 8 | | pm. Guard of honor, National | | Guard Armory. 8 pm. Costello | | Drum and Bugle Corps, National ’ Guard Armory, 8 pm. Columbia | | Post Drum and Bugle Corps, Reg- | | Building. 8 p.m Tuesday—George Washington Post, No. 1, Admiral Club, 8 p.m. Costello Post, No. 15, 8 pm. Sec- ond Division Post, No. 28, New Colonial Hotel, 8 pm. Depart- ment Convention Committee, headquarters, 8 pm Wednesday—Sergt. Jasper Post, No. 13, Pythian Temple, 8 pm Columbia Post, 912 Michigan ave- nue northeast, 8 p.m. Thursday—Jane A, Delano Post, No. 6, Nurses' Registry, 8 pm. Fort Stevens Post, 5824 Georgia avenue, 8 pm. Cooley- McCullough Post. No. 22. Depart- mental Bank Building, 8 pm Friday—Agriculture Post. No. 36, Room 1039, South Building, Agriculture Department, 8 pm. Temple. At the same time nomina- tions of officers will be held. The Advisory Council of the U. S, S Jacob Jones Post, No. 2, will meet Al at the home of Florence . 716 Boundary avenue, Silver Md. with Dorothy Graham Shellacking of braille at the District Chapter House of the Red Cross will be discontinued Post Comdr. Mary igh reports 20 comrades work- ing 205 hours shellacked 48 volumes of braille this season. This work is under the supervision of Cora Drake Vincent in the B. Costello Post will meet board room of the District Building day to nominate officers Election of these candidates will be | held at the September meeting. The five delegates from Victory Post, | No. 4. to the department convention tructed to cast their ballots Bush of Lincoln Post for commander and for the nbers of the Bush ticket at held in the New Colonial 1 Tuesday night Nominations for officers, be voted on st 24, found B Michael former commander I tia of the bonus army, commar Other Al Le: senior | vice commander; J. J. } second vice ¢ wder; F. Grav, third vice Albertus Schroeder and 1, chaplain. | who will for A meeting of the Convention Reso- lutions Committee has been called by Mrs. Edith Warren Quinn, department | man, tomorrow at Legion head- rs, Bond Building, at 8 o'clock the last meeting of the Wash- ton Police it delegates and ernates to the department con- 1on were elected and the president, roman. appointed the on the convention s. Ola D. Lee Stroman Elizabeth Kettner; ization, Mrs. Hilda Mrs. Margaret | tution and by-laws, commi credentials, Mrs. registration, Mrs permanent o Christian Carroll, and cof Mrs. Ola D. Lee The last meeting of the Unit Juniors 1 October was held at the home of the president, Miss Alyce Carroll, when officers were clected, as follows: Presi- | vice president, i chaplain, Lillian Thelma Bridges Lorraine Bridges: odian, Anna Marie Kelly. bearers, Betty Jean Wilson | and June Marion Wilson. The secre- tary will be Lillian Stroman and the treasurer Elizabeth McAllister. torian arms, At a evening special meeting Wednesday al the home of Misses Josephine and Anna May Stambaugh in Falls Church, Va. the Stephen P McGroarty Unit elected the following | gates and alternates to the de- partment convention: Delegates, Mrs. Adeline L. Holleran, chairman: Miss Faustine Dennis, Mrs. John F.| Bethune, Mrs. Lulu Bohrer, Mrs. Lil- | lian Trueworthy, Miss Anna May Stambaugh. _Alternates, Mrs. Sylvia Hart, Mrs. Ella Mitchell, Mrs. Cath- e G. Davis, Miss Glenn Newell, Miss Gertrude Orr, Mrs. Keppler Mrs. Sue P. Mims, past department | president, is a delegate at large, | The president niade the following | appointments to convention commit- tees: Rules, Miss Dennis, constitu- tionr and by-laws, Mrs. Bethune; per- manent organization, Mrs. Bohrer; registration, Mrs. Trueworthy; cre- | dentials, Mrs, Mims; resolutions, Mrs, Holleran | On Friday afternoon a party was | given at the home of Misses Stam- baugh, in Falls Church, to 40 chil dren from Neighborhood House, i Washington. Games were held and a | picnic supper served by members of | the unit. This party was arranged by the child welfare ¢hairman, Miss Glenn Newell, who was assisted by Miss Evangeline McGroarty, Miss Betty Styles, the Misses Stambaugh, Mrs. Catherine G. Davis and other members of the unit, RESERVE LAWYERS. MAY HAVE TRAINING Judge Advocate General of Navy Says He Can Use Legal Officers. The Judge Advocate General of the | Navy has informed naval reserve | units in his opinion, short periods of training duty for officers of the naval reserve in the legal branch would be very valuable training. He said prof- | itable use can always be made of a | limited number of such officers in his | office here. He recommended if such officers are willing to serve, without pay, there | being no appropriation available to the judge advocate general for this purpose, that a limited number, not [in excess of four at one time, be | authorized to perform training duty in the office of the judge advocate general, without pay, mileage or other allowances. It is also believed officers of this class may be profitably used from time to tinfe in the various naval dis- Jtricts as counsel for judge advocates | and accused persons before generai courts-martial. Those desiring such | training, it was said, should send their requests to the Bureau of Naviga‘on‘ | siding. | ing at | Mrs | Committee | Agricul | candidate for department chaplain | by her in Grecian costume in the in- | er; third vice president, Mrs. Mable R. THE SUNDAY FOUR LEGION UNITS TOGETCITATIONS Jasper, Killeen, Police and Treasury Auxiliary Groups Get Awards. National Citations for Membership have been received by the Distriet of Columbia Department, American Le- gion Auxiliary, and will be presented to Sergt. Jasper Unit, George E. Kil- leen Unit, Washington Police Unit and United States Treasury Unit. The Departmental Executive Com- mittee met last Monday evening with Mrs. Mary K. Killeen, president, pre- Mrs. Perna Zott, president of Agriculture Unit, was appointed de- | partment chairman for compiling re- ports to be presented to the annual convention. All reports must reach her, the Miramar Apartment, not later than August 5. Miss Edna McIntosh, chairman of convention arrangements, held a meet- her home Thursday to plan the programs of August 16 and 17. Serving on her committee are: Mrs. Mary K. Killeen, ex-officio; Mrs. Marie Dyer, Mrs. Mary Corwin and Mrs. Irene Arnold, past department presi- dents: Mrs. Helen McCabe, Miss Min- nie May Hardy, Mrs. Thelma Stro- mann, Mrs. Mary Schaumleffle and Mrs. Adeline Halloran, unit presidents Mary Robert Klaphaak, Mrs. Marie Gorsuch, Mrs. Lillian Urban, committee chairmen: Miss Margaret Gary, department secretary, and Mrs. Louise Warren, department vice presi- dent and chairman of publicity. Reservations for the dinner on Au- gust 15, honoring Mrs. Killeen, can be made through unit presidents Mrs. Edith Warren Quinn, depart- ment historian, announced the winner of the Mary B. McMillan Junior His- tory Trophy, for the junior group pre- senting the best history for 1936- judged on points: Sergt. Jasper Juniors, percentage, 99 per cent: Spengler Unit Juniors, 88 points: United States Treasury, 85 points, and Killeen, 50 points, Unit Activities Chairman Dorothy B Blake announced the standing of the | units, submitling reports on unit ac- tivities. Reports were judged accord- | ing to points for programs as planned by the national organization, and the first three reports were sent to the national vice president, Mrs. Bernice Bromley, to be judged by the National DISTRICT RESERVE QFFICERS ON BUTY Sergt. Jasper Unit has cent rating, United States e Unit, 89 per cent, and United States Treasury, 85 per cent. 100 per Reservations for the national con- vention in New York Cfty September 20-24 can be made at Legion head- quarters, 518 Bond Building. Three hotels are available for the District of Columbia representatives. The Kenneth H. Nash Unit. No. 8 held a special meeung July 24, with the president. Mrs. Mary B. Cor- presiding. The following were elected delegates and alternates to the department convention August 16 and 17: Delegates—Mrs. Zelda Mulvey Mrs. Lillian K. Urban, Mrs. Sarah Kohen, Mrs. Bob Ell Graves, Mrs Bertha M. Gessford and Mrs. Ethel Wilt. Alternates—Mrs. Ida Mulkey Mrs. Olive Smith Carpenter, Mrs Delle Underwood, Mrs. Ann Seiders, Mrs. Ethel Richardson and Mrs Frances Ellen Hibbs. Mrs. Ruth M ner, department vice president, and Mrs. Mary B. Corwin, past de partment president. are delegates at large. The unit instructed its delega- tion to vote for Mrs. Dorothy B. Har- per for department president and for | her entire ticket. Mrs. Olive Smith Carpenter, member of the unit, is a The following have been appointed | to represent the unit on various con- vention committees: Rules, Mrs. Lil- lian K. Urban: credentials, Mrs. Ruth | M. Turner: resolutions, Mrs. Sarah Kohen; registration, Mrs. Zelda Mu! vey, and permanent organization, . Ethel Wilt. Mrs. Ann Brill Aston, unit Fidac chairman, displayed the doll dressed terests of Fidac Mrs. Lulu Oldham was admitted to membership. Officers-elect will present themselves the second night of the convention, August 17, for installation, ‘The name of Mrs. Catherine Waters, president of the George E. Killeen | Unit, No. 25, was unintentionally | omitted from the list of delegates to the department convention. The dele- | gates and alternates are as follows: Mrs. Catherine Waters, chairman of | delegation; Mrs. Fannie Meeks, Mrs Marie Knott, Mrs. Amy Hammond, Mrs. Viola Fones, Mrs. Anna Waters, Mrs. Anna Hanner, Mrs. Isabel Stein- breaker, Mrs. Rosa Westline, Mrs Nettie Mace. Alternates: Mrs. Blanche Buscher, Mrs. Dorothy Wilding, Mrs. Gladys Jones, Mrs. Delia Barber, Mrs. Evie Kidwell, Mrs. Viola Collins, Mrs. Marguerite Buscher, Mrs. Lucy Lynch, Mrs. Harriett Hurley, Mrs, Martha Whitcomb. Mrs. Mary K. Killeen and Mrs. Irene Arnold are delegates at large. James E. Walker Unit, elected officers as follow. President, Mrs. H. B. Epps; first vice president, Mrs. Mardell C. Bundrant; second vice president, Mrs. Meta Fish- No. 26, Coleman; secretary, Miss Mayme C. Mehlinger; assistant secretary, Mrs. Lillian C. Russell; treasurer, Mrs. Helen B. Wanton; chaplain, Mrs. Annie E. Lucas; sergeant at arms, | Mrs. Anna Sampeon; color bearers, | Mrs. Julia Wheeler and Mrs. Pencie McCauley. Delegates and alternates to the de- partment convention are as follows: Delegates, Mrs, H. B. Epps, delegate at large; Mrs. Mardell C. Bundrant, Mrs. Meta Pisher; Mrs. Annie E. Lu- cas, Miss Mayme C. Mehlinger and Mrs. Helen B. Wanton; alternates, Mrs. Martenia Claggett, Mrs. Pencie | McCauley, Mrs. Lillian C. Russell, Mrs. Esther Taylor and Mrs. Julia Wheeler, Ladies' Oriental Shrine. The patrol of the Ladies’ Oriental Shrine will hold a benefit chicken din- ner at the W. R, F. Hines Cottage at Bay Ridge, Md., today. A card and bingo party also will be given at the Brightwood Masonic Temple Tuesday evening. The proceeds will be used for the brace fund of the organiza- | posts | this C. M. T. C. | va rton W, | Howard, | George W. | tiller tion, which is used to purchase braces for crippled children, Regular Veterans’ Officers Washington Post, No. 29. elected: Seated, left to right—William C. Souleret. commander, and Eugene E. Bishop, senior vice commander R. Walker, quartermaster, and Alfred E. Strehlow, adjutant. | | Standing-—Norman ——Star Staff Photo. Begin Active Training at Five Regular Army Posts. Many Reserve officers of the District | have begun 14 days of active duty | training at five nearby Regular Army h the Citizens’ Military Camp. The posts at which training is being con- How Md: Fort Meade, Md.; Fort M e, | Fort Myer, Va, and Langley | Field, Va | Washington officers undergoing this | training and the posts to which they have been assigned follow Capts. Als- Burleigh, Joseph H. Cooper, Thornton H. Gray, Robert L. Pollard, Robert D. Banks; First Lieuts. John A. Weich, Hayden C. Johnson, Fred- erick O Petite. Herman D. Richard Liovd R. Riley, Harold H. Whitted, Lucius E. Young. and Second Lieuts William K. Collins, Oswald V. Monroe and Benson D. Mitchell, all to Fort d. onroe Col C Lieuts 9 Train ducted are Fort George G At Fort ton, Lieut First Lucioc Harry P. New- regory J. Kessenich, Walter H. McCartha Kilby, Thomas A. Hurney Boys. and Second Lieut Mattern. All are Coast A officers except Lieut. who 15 a dental officer. At Fort Meade Capts. Harry B. Or- leans and El J. Sax, F James E. Keely and Roland A. Linger and Second Lieut. Robert F. Richar son Capt. Guerra Everett and Seconds Lieuts. Ford E. Young and Paul E Mitcheler are at Fort Myer, Va . while | at Langley Field are Capts. Eric K ling and Brintnall H. Merchant, Lieuts. William R. Enyart and Norman L. Barr, and Second Lieut Clifford P. Zieger. The latter group. all Air Corps officers. will engage in both individual and unit training. The above officers will complete their active duty training on August 7. aiiford 1 Second Lieut. James G. Powers will | begin today at Indiantown Gap, Pa., 14 days’ inactive duty training. Sec- ond Lieut. Everett R. Rosenberg be- gan last week inactive duty training at Edgewood Arsenal. Md. District officers have been relieved from assignment to units as follows: Capt. Milton L. Friedman from the 622d Coast Artillery (harbor defense), First Lieut. Donald P. Bush from the 913th Coast Artillery (anti-aircraft), First Lieut. Archie R. Loomis from the 305th Observation Squadron, First Lieut. Regis M. Maher from the 99th Division, Second Lieut. Hugh S. Weitz from the 913th Coast Artillery (anti- aircraft), Second Lieut. William T. James from the 622d Coast Artillery (harbor defense), Second Lieut. How- ard F. Gohrband from the 913th Coast Artillery (anti-aircraft), Second Lieut. William H. Fippin from the 913th Coast Artillery (anti-aircraft), and Second Lieut. Ralph W. Powers from the 306th Cavalry. Second Lieut. John W. Butcher has been relieved from as- signment to the 1322d Service Unit and is assigned to the 428th Infantry. First Lieut. John D. Doerr has been assigned to the 1322d Service Unit. Delegates Mrs. Marie J. Anderson, national executive committee- woman of the Women’s AuZil- iary, D. A. V., and Mrs. Su- zanne Miller, conductress of the local unit, who are dele- gates to the national conven- tion in session at Columbus, Ohio. -—Buckingm‘m Photo. : Keppinger, Floyd B. Parks and John ADVANGES LISTED | IN MARINE CORPS Transfers in Duty Also Are Announced by Head- quarters. Marine Corps Headquarters has an- nounced officers | now that the Senate has given its advice and | the latest list of promoted to various grades consent to Presiednt Roosevell's nomi- | nations. | Maj. John K. Hartenstein's nd‘»ame‘ dates from February 1 last; Maj. Al- | bert W. Paul dates from April 1; Maj A D. Challacombe, from April 22; Maj. William F. Brown, from Ju(‘.eL 1: Capt. Wilfred J. Huffman, from November 1, 1936; Capt. Carson A Roberts. from February 1 of this year: Capt. John S. Holmberg. from June 1: First Lieut. Clyde R. Nelson, from May 31: First Lieut. Joseph L. Dickey, from May 31: First Lieut. Elmore W. Seeds, from May 31; First Lieut. John P. Condon, from May 31: First Lieut. John A. Butler, from May 31; First Lieut. Ralph K. Rottet, from May 31. | Other first lieutenants dating from | May 31 are: Victor H. Krulak, George C. Ruffin, jr. Harold O. Deakin, | Maurice T. Ireland, Samuel R. Shaw, | Robert S. Fairweather, Joseph P Henry W. Buse, jr. Bennet G. Powers, Robert E. Hommel, Prank C. Tharin. Henry W. G. Vadnais John W. Sapp, ir: Samuel F. Zeiler, Lawrence B. Clark. Lehman H thur E. Weber, Capt. William W. Davidson has been detached from the Marine Bar- racks at Quantico, Va. and has gone to duty with the Marine Detachment at the rifle range, Wakefield, Mass. Recently detached from the Basi School at the Marine Barracks at the Philadelphia Navy Yard to the 1st Marine Brigade of the Fleet Marine | Force at Quantico were Second Lieuts. Cliff Atkinson, jr.; Wilfrid H. Stiles, Wade H. Britt, jr; Frderick R. Dowsett, Edward W. DuRant, An- drew B. Galatain, jr.; Robert W. Clark, Ralph Haas, Edwin L. Hamilton, Howard G. Kirgis, Charles L. Banks, Randolph S. D. Lockwood, John H. Masters, Donald C. Merker, Gene S. Neely, Ben F. Prewitt, Richard W. Wallace and Ormond R. Simpson. These are now undergoing rigorous training with the Fleet Marine Force | here and putting to practical test the theoretical lessons learned at the Basic School. Other young officers, who recently graduated from the Marine Corps' primary educational institution, have been transferred to duty at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, the Portsmouth, N, H., Navy Yard; the Boston, Mass, Navy Yard; the Marine Detachment at the Naval Am- munition Deport at Dover, N. J.; the Marine Barracks here; the Naval Powder Factory at Indian Head, Md.: the Naval Operating Base at Norfolk, Va.; the navy yard at Charleston, 8. C, and Parris Island, 8. C., as well as with the Fleet Marine Foroe at San Diego, Calif. Recently ordered to duty with Air- craft 1 of the 1st Marine Brigade of the Fleet Marine Force at Quantico were Second Lieuts. Freeman W. Wil- liams, Fred R. Emerson, Howard F. Bowker, jr., and Gregory Boyington. Shepherds of Bethlehem. Trinity Lodge met Tuesday evening at Phoenix Hall. Mrs. Emma C. Bow- en was received into membership. Deputy William Langley installed officers as follows: Commander, Mrs. Grace Dietrich; vice commander, Mrs. Lottie Gill; marshal, Mrs. Margaret Burton; chaplain, John C. Smith; mistress of ceremonies, Mrs. Mary Wolfe; past commander, Mrs. Emma Brooks; acting past commander, Mrs. Ella Burnley; inside guard, Stephen Powell; outside guard, Lincoln Talia- ferro, Mrs. Gracie Powell, Miss Ruth Domdera and Mrs. Jessie Sebastian, 6, 12 and 18-month trustees; repre- sentative to the supreme session in Philadelphia, Mrs. Hattie Campbell; alternate, Mrs. Mary Wolfe; pianist, Mrs. Hattle Campbell; press corre- spondent, Mrs. Floda Reagan. Past| Comdrs. Mrs. Emma Brooks and Mrs. Mary Wolfe were presented with past STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST 1, 1937—PART TWO. DISTRICT V. F. W, PLANFOR BUFFALO Brig. Gen. Hines Will Be One of Speakers at National Encampment. Meetings This Week. Monday—Council of Adminis- tration, board room, District Building. Tuesday — National Capitol Post, 1015 L street; Military Or- der of the Cootie, 935 G place. ‘Wednesday—Federal Post, 1326 Massachusetts avenue; Overseas Military Band, National Guard Armory; Drum and Bugle Corps, National Guard Armory; Gen. William Mitchell Post, Epstein’s Grill, 421 Eleventh street. —_— Among the major subjects to be dis- cussed at the Thirty-eighth National Encampment of the Veterans of For- eign Wars of the United States, at Buf- | falo August 29 to September 3, will be veterans’ problems, particularly those having to do with disabled vet- erans and the widows and orphans Department Comdr. Herman will make a report tomorrow night on plans for the attendance of the Dis- trict members at the sessions. It is announced Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, veterans' administrator, will be one of the principal speakers Other officials of the Veterans' Ad- ministration who have been invited to attend the encampment are O. W. Clark, Harold W. Breining, Lieut Col. George J. Ijams, assistant admin- istrator; James T. Brady, solicitor; Dr. Charles M. Griffith, medical di- rector, Col. B. K. Cash, director, na- tional homes: R. L. Jarnagin, chair- man of the Board of Veterans' Ap- peals; Luther E. Ellis and O. D. Hol- lenbeck. The last meeting of United States Treasury Auxiliary was held at Sol- | diers, Sailors and Marines' Club, with President Eola Wright presiding. On August 4 a party will be held at the | home of Mrs. Fletcher, 448 Emerson street. Proceeds will go to the flag | fund. The auxiliary was visited by | the post and Cooties. On August 25 a lawn party will be | held at the home of Ethel Ridgway, 2407 Rhode Island avenue northeast The next meeting will be August 17. Follow Me Post, No. 1830. held a | soclal at Klein's Tavern July 23 William E. Melton made & report on the activity of the Relief Committee and Herman L. King announced a moonlight excursion on the steamer City of Washington August 19. Department Junior Vice Comdr Stephen T. Nichka, Department Judge Advocate George G. McLeish and Nor- man A. Pruitt, Mayor of Mount Rainier and also a veteran of the Philippine insurrection and China Boxer rebel- lion, spoke | The next meeting will be held Tues- day evening in Northeast Masonic | Temple. A large group of new mem- | bers will be obligated. National Capital Post, No. 127, held its annual excursion July 24 to Mar- <hall Hall. Prizes in athletic events were won by Thomas Cavanaugh. Bet- ty Cavanaugh. James Stansbury. Doro- thy LaScola. Mrs. Mobley, Elmer Ro- setta, Frances LaScola. Mrs. Dorothy Allen, Mrs. Louise A. Downs, Robert West. Edward Parrish, M. F. Bragg. Rudolph Nielsen, Mrs. Irene Yebbins and Robert Cavanaugh | At the last meeting Comdr. John L. DeMayo reported this post will have one of the largest delegations at the coming encampment in Buffalo Washington Post met last Monday | evening. with Comdr. John J. Keehan presiding. Louis C. Moore, drum in- structor for the Sons of Washington Post Drum and Bugle Corps, was sworn in as an associate member of the post in recognition of his services to the junior auxiliary. Francis J. Kelley, Ned Almond and William Wimer were | initiated as active members. Department Junior Vice Comdr. | Stephen T. Nichka spoke on the Ar- | mistice day ball and Department Judge | Advocate George C. McLeish spoke on | arrangements for the department to | participate in the thirty-eighth an-| nual national encampment at Buffalo, | N. Y. Joseph B. Gardella of Front | Line Post, in charge of the Overseas Band, outlined the tentative plans of the band for participation in the band | contests at Buffalo. The business meeting of Front Line Post, No. 1401, scheduled for last Mon- day evening was canceled, and the members and their families went to| Moran's open-air park in Colmar | Manor, Md., for the annual crab feast | and vaudeville entertainment. Com- | rades Stanton and Simms sang. “Doc” | Bryson, monologue; Joe Lynch and Joe Moran, “Wartime Memories,” and Charley Wolfe, blackface, were the entertainers. One business meeting and one so- | cial will be held each month. Past Comdr. Frank Topash will have charge of the socials Members of this post have planned to make the trip to Buffalo, N. Y., to attend the 1937 national encampment, where they will strive to elect Edward K. Inman as junior vice commander in chief. The Cooties of TNT, accompanied by the Drum and Bugle Corps, will attend the picnic of Dynamite Pup Tent of Baltimore at Bogans Shore on the Chesapeake Bay today. Plans for the picnic to be held at Walsh's Grove, Gambrills, Md.. will be formulated at the “scratch” Tues- day evening. Several ladies have made application for the opportunity to marry a Cootie at this function on | Sunday, August 22. United States Treasury Post, No. 2400, met at the Soldiers, Sailors and | Marines' Club with Comdr. George W. | Ridgeway presiding. Walter C. Ihrie, recently returned from Dallax, Tex., spoke. V. F. W. AUXILIARY UNIT RATIFIES CONSTITUTION ‘The District of Columbia Depart- ment, Ladies’ Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars, met at the Thomas Circle Club, with Department Presi- dent Adelaide M. Grant presiding. Ratification of the department con- stitution and by-laws by the national body was announced. A committee to serve on the na- tional encampment banquet for the District during the Buffalo conven- tion was appointed, as follows: Edith H. Whiteraft, chairman; Rose Lueb- kert and Edith Denbroeder, The next up‘mnem meeting will | partment | recommended that Staff Sergt | gress He | Capt | ferred | Duvall to be sergeants and Pvt 121st Engineers Prepare To Go to Camp Saturday 29th Division Troops Allocated Here Also to Entrain for Camp Albert C. Ritchie. NGINEER troops, divisional quartermaster units and divi- sional headquarters units of the 29th National Guard Divi- sion will leave here next Saturday | morning for their annual encampment, which will be held at Camp Alhert C. Ritchie, Cascade, Md. They will leave | at 6:30 o'clock, which will get them to camp about noon. The troops in this movement wiil be the 121st Regiment of Engineers, commanded by Col. John mann, who in civil life is the District of Columbia building inspector and who also is commander of the District of Columbia militia, and will be com- mander of all the troops in camp; the 104th Quartermaster Regiment, headed | by Maj. Fletcher F. Bernsdorff, and the 29th Division troops, commanded by Maj. William T. Roy. All during this week the armory will be agog with men making preparations, for the heavy equipment and other supplies must be ready by the middle | of the week, when the advance guard will leave for Cascade in a motor caravan with these supplies and with men to make the camp ready for the Saturday arrival of the main body of troops. The advance detachment of the lo- cal troops will be commanded by Capt Waiter 8. Welsh, who also commands the Headquarters and Service Com- pany of the Engineer Regiment. Maj. Just C. Jensen. Ordnance De- in charge of rifle training in the local militia, has submitted to headquarters the names of members of the Guard who are recommended to be named to the rifle team which will represent the local militia at the national rifie matches next mont at Camp Perrv, Ohio. Maj. Jensen will be the team captain. It has been Harry W. Oeh-| Business interference or temporary | Temoval from the city were given g reasons for the transfer of the fole lowing members to the inactive list | of Company A, 121st Engineers; Pvis, : James B. Duvall, Harold H. Knott and | Louis F. True. Charles H. B. Galloway, Headquar- ters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 260th Coast, Artillery, and Pvt James J vin, Battery A, same regiment, haie been transferred to the active lists » Louis Brett Coyle of the Headquarters Detach- ment, 1st Battalion; Cory Henry F Dodson, Headquarters Det ent, 2d Battalion; James Laignal, Grafton K. Wode and Ph p K. Stoe- gerer, the 260th ansferred and Bernard A. ness interference Pvt. Robert E. G transferred from the v B to the act 260th Coast Arti Removal from the city was given as the reason for honorable discharge 1 G. Gansct imes has been Edward M | Headquarters Detach, sion. The follo Company, 29th transferred to the active | Joseph Lapiana Chester and Charles E. Gordon. Promotions have been ordered Battery F, h c follows: Corpls. Robe L. Stroud ; Kenneth R. Ross ing of the Headquarters | Pyt 1 | t E oln, fr. has been honorably discharged from the Head- Y, because B. Parsons be appointed chief coach. | Those recommended for the team at- | tained the highest scores during the try-outs on the local range at Con- hts, under the direction of Jensen Roger @ Mills has been trans- from the Headquarters De- tachment, Special Troops. to the Pyt to the inactis ment of Co: business 1int John A Dona of Robert W Headquarters Detachment, both units | the 29th Division Corp. George A. Mensik has been promoted to sergeant in Company A 121st Engineers In Company Sergt. Thomas R. Padgett has been reduced to private, while Corpl Charles M. Holmes has been promoted to sergeant and Pvt. Floyd R. in C, 121st |10 be corporal Promotion Coast Arti Thomas R. Pond and Pvt. As! (First Class) Melvin T. Pareat to be cor- poral In the Headquarters Battery. Corpls Salvatore F. Ciarratano and Robert L Harriman to be stafl sergeants; Pvts. William B. Gates, Virgil E. Kru- ger and James C. Thomas to be cor- porals. Headguarters Detachment changes were directed as follows: Pvt. Richard D. Davis to be corporal. In Battery B, Sergt. Arnold Sokel was ordered moted to first sergeant; Corpl. K. Lane to be sergeant and Pvts. Wi son H. Clark and James W. Hill to be corporals. Pvt. Hugh T. Myers has been promoted to corporal in Battery E Pvt. Albert C. Johnson, A, 121st Engineers, has been honor- ably discharged. upon his own re- quest, he having completed two years of a three-vear re-enlistment The following have been transferred to the active lists of their respective units: Pvt. George W. Chapman, Com- pany B, 121st Engineers. and Pvt nard J. Gates, Company F, 121s gineers. Company | Engineers t En- | Promo Milita ions Felker and James f to the active ] . 260th Coast Arti, 1ce. taff Sergt. Ordnance Sec- been ist because ce section the State staff are Philip C Geraci 1o be staff sergeant and Py Raymond L. Taylor to be sergeant Pvt. John H. Gowan has been eant Howard A. Hur S d from Company D t Lieut. Edward O. Ham been transferred from Com- v F to Company D, 121st Eng neers. Second L wis A, Jacks has been trans f ompany i to Company F, 12ist Engineers Pyt Albert L. Keeley has been orably rom Battery v. because of mer lian Conservat DEVANEY NAMED HEAD OF CATHOLIC VETERANS Succeeds Thomas Cullen as Act- ing Commander of Hurney Post. Patrick Devaney was elected act- ing commander of the Father Francis J. Hurney Post, No. 112, Catholic War Veterans, a meeting last Wednesday evening in the Knights of Columbus Building. He succeeds Thomas Cullen, who resigned, The following temporary were appointed to serve until regular elections in September: John J. Moriarty, first vice commander; Hen; F. Hodges, second vice com- mander: Andrew L. Oehmann, treas- urer: David L. Gilsinn, adjutant Charles J. Dean, judge advocate John V. Dean, historian: Michael A Casey, warden, and Joseph A. Droney, membership. The post has just completed & scholarship at the Immaculate Con- ception Academy, to be known as the officers | Father Francis Hurney Catholic War | Veterans' scholarship, in memory of the late Father Hurney, after whom | the post has been named The post entertained Vice Supreme | Comdr. Joseph Muldoon and Supreme Adjt. Miss M. E. Nevins, both of New York. who were in Washington to present the Catholic War Veterans' wreath at the Cardinal Gibbons statue on July 18 in connection with the Knights of Columbus celebration of the 103d anniversary of the birth of the late James Cardinal Gibbons. They were entertained after the ex- ercises at the club rooms of the local post. The post will meet Wednesday eve- ning at the Columbus Club, where a campaign for new members will be launched. be held August 25 ay the Thomas Circle Club. Defense Auxiliary will sponsor a bingo in the garden of the home of Conductress Helen Phillips, 823 Har- rison avenue, Riverdale, Md., next Wednesday at 8 p.m. The next meeting of the auxiliary will be held August 18 at the Odd Fellows' Hall, 202" Rhode Island ave- nue northeast, at 8 p.m. Defense Post Auxiliary held a bingo in the Star Hall. Mount Rainier, Md. The next meeting will be at the Odd Fellows’ Hall, 8 pm., August 25. United States Treasury Post Aux- iliary will have a benefit for the flag fund—a Monte Carlo night—at the home of Mrs. John B. Fletcher, 448 Emerson street, Wednesday, and a lawn party at the home of Mrs. George W. Ridgeway, 2407 Rhode Island ave- nue northeast, August 25. Mrs. Joseph Perron is chnt&mln. the | MARINE UNIT HOLDS DINNER ON FRIDAY Fifth Battalion to Have Event in Brooke Johns' 0ld Barn. The annual pre-field training dinner of the officers and ladies of the 5tn Battalion, Fleet Marine Corps Re- serve, will be held next Friday at Brooke Johns' Old Barn, in honor of the director of the Marine Corps Re- | serve. Col. Willlam P. Upshur. and Mrs. Upshur. They will be accompan- ied by his assistant, Capt. Merlin F. Schneider, and Mrs. Schneider, The 5th Battalion departs for ity 15-day field training period at Quan- tico August 15. Only men with previous military service or previous | military training suffictent to enable | them to pass examinations in the school of the soldier. school of the squad, military courtesy and ‘“the | Marine Corps as a compound part of | the United States Navy" are being ac- | cepted for enlistment. Age limits |are from 17 to 35 and applicants | should apply on Tuesday or Wednes- | day evenings at 458 Indiana avenue Applications are also being received | at Rockville, Alexandria and Indian- | head. \VETERANS' UNIT VOTES TO MOVE HEADQUARTERS | National Offices Will Be Trans- ferred From Press Building to L Street. The National Executive Council of the Regular Veterans' Assoctation met last week, with National Comdr. Roy D. Hopgood presiding. and voted to move the national headquarters from | the National Press Building to a lo- cation on L street Walter P. Boehm was appointed na- tional chief of staff. He will have supervision of the association’s pube lication, The Regular. At a meeting of Washington Post, with Comdr. William C. Soulerett presiding, Arthur Godfrey was initi= atedi The ceremony was broadcast. He will be formally initiated at a meeting Tuesday night at 1508 Four= teenth street. Officers of Gen. Winfield Scott Post were installed by Department Comdr. David Friesel as follows: Commander, Frank Conner: senior vice command= er, George 8. Waller; junior vice commander, Henry Leh; quartermase ter, Thomas Livesey; adjutant, Harry Smith, and service officer, Ellis East