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D4 K. OF C. TOMEET ATKENWOOD CLUB Ladies’ Night Will Be Part of Session on August 24. Carmine Garofalo, grand knight of Washington Council, Knights of Co- lumbus, announced the next meeting will be held at Kenwood Country Club August 24 at 8:15 o'clock. At 10 o'clock Lecturer Ted Moseley, with his committee, will hold & ladies’ night. Joe Pricci presided at a meeting of the Knights of Columbus Athletic Association Jast Thursday evening in the club house, where plans were de- veloped for a moonlight excursion on the steamer City of Washington Sep- tember 8 at 8:30 o'clock. Arrangements were also made for 8 golf tournament at Georgetown Prep School on August 28. There will be a soft ball game at Galesville August 15 under direction of the athletic association. John O. Allen, grand commander of Alcantara Caravan, Order of the Alhambra, presided at a pre-conven- tion meeting Friday evening. Henry ‘Wagner, grand commander of Alcala Caravan, Baltimore, led a large dele- gation of members to the meeting. Details regarding the Washington delegation to the seventeenth biennial convention of the Supreme Divan of the Order of the Alhambra at Atlan- tic City September 10. 11 and 12, were discussed. Roy M. Perry, past grand commander, is in charge of arrange- ments. Members of the order and their friends desiring to make reser- vations have been requested to com- municate with Mr. Perry at the Knights of Columbus Club. The Wazshington delegation will be housed on one floor of the President Hotel. Rev. John S. Spence, assistant pas- tor of the 8hrine of the Sacred Heart, haz been elected chaplain of Spalding Council. Francis J. Malloy, grand knight, presided at the meeting Thursday. Grand Knight Charles J. Consi- dine will preside at the meeting of Potomae Council tomorrow evening. The Knights of Columbus Band will hold & ball at the club August | 18 at 9 o'clock. Keene Council will hold an *old- timers' night” Thursday evening in the club. Rev. John Burns, sassistant pastor of St. Paul's Church, has been elected chaplain of the District of Columbia Chapter. Faithful Navigator of Washington General Assembly, Fourth Degtee, ‘Thomas F. Carlin, announced there will be no Summer meetings. The next meeting will be held at the May- flower Hotel September 20. Y. W. C. A. NEWS The Summer program of the Busi- ness and Professional Depariment of- fers an opportunity of seeing “The Haunted Mill” at the Roadside Thea- ter on Tuesday. Tickets may be procured from the information desk of the Y. W. C. A, and they must be ordered by August 10. An evening of informal singing is planned for the residents at Vaca- tion Lodge tomorrow night, with Miss Mary M. Burnett directing. The last in the series of “Sum- mer sings” will be held Tuesday at 8 o'clock on the roof under the direc- tion of Miss Burnett and Miss Kathryn Latimer and is open to the public. The Theta Mu Cluwb and the Son of Pericles Club will meet at a joint | reception in Barker Hall Tuesday IL: 8 o'clock. There will be a program. The Health Education Department announces the opening of new classes for beginners in swimming on Tues- day at 10 o'clock. This class will meet every Tuesday and Thursday there- after. The Intermediate group will meet at 10:30 on Tuesdays and Thurs- days. Adults are afforded the op- portunity in the class held each Tues- day and Thursday at 6:30. The campers at Kamp Kahlert are now looking forward to the opening of the new Barn Theater on Suu- day. Three short plays will be pro- duced under the direction of Miss Amy Veerhoff. Parents are invited. Under the guidance of Helen Mor- phey, the girls are learning much sbout weod carving. Mrs. J. H. Wingfield will be hostess to the Wednesday Club of 614 E street 8t 3 o'clock. Mrs. Millicent Yarrow, who has spent much time in Con- stantinople, Turkey, will speak. On Saturday morning the Sewinz Class of 614 E street will meet with Miss Wickey and Mrs. Barger of the Girl Reserve Committee. SONS OF PERICLES ‘The Washington Chapter of Sons of Pericles, the junior order of Ahepa, announced its annual open meeting next Tuesday evening at the Y. W. C. A This chapter was the winner of the national membership drive sponsored by the Supreme Council. Several na- tional officers will speak, among them V. 1. Chebithes, supreme president of the Ahepa; Christ J. Petrow, su- preme president of the Sons of Peri- cles: C. G. Paris, supreme adviser; George Anderson, supreme treasurer; John F. Davis, president of Keystone OChapter of the Ahepa, Scranton, Pa.; ‘William Peratine, supreme governor, 8ons of Pericles, and Constantine Poulos, supreme vice president, Lynn, Mass., who will act as toastmaster, ‘The feature of the evening will be the presentation of the national and district awards to the Washington Chapter for winning the national membership drive. Dancing and entertainment will fol- low. WOODMEN CIRCLE Morris Sheppard Grove met July 27. The charter was draped for Mrs. Itasca Young, a national officer and State manager of Pennsylvania. It ‘was decided to change the next meet- ing from August 24 to August 17. Rummage sale, September 8. ‘The Officers’ Club will meet Thurs- day evening at the home of Mrs. Ethel Doherty, 4126 Thirteenth street. Final plans for the picnic and weiner roast in Rock Creek Park will be made. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, * Civic Problems, Civic Bodies District Bills Come Up in House Tomorrow Unless Sidetracked for National Business. BY JESSE C. SUTER. NOTHER District day is due in the Fouse of Rep- resentatives tomorrow ard it 15 understood that the chairman of the District Commit- tee has been promised the right of way. This may or may not mean that the few District bills on the calendar will be considered, as the voteless District frequently is re- quired to give way for other busi- ness considered of greater impor- tance. The three liquor bills and the proposed new adoption law which were expected to be con- sidered two weeks ago will be called up by the chairman for considera- tion and action by the House. . The Senate made a big spurt in the dispatch of District legislation on Friday afternoon, Nine House bills and five Senate bills were passed in short order. Three of these House bills and one Senate bill were to permit the licensure of certain individuals to practice the healing arts. The passage also of House bill 6696, which amends the healing arts practice act will ob- viate the necessity for the time of Congress being taken up with in- dividual private bills for the pur- pose. Other House bills passed were H. R. 4536—a private bill authorizing an optometric examination for an Individual; H. R. 6446—preventing the use of slugs in automatic vend- ing machines and telephones; H. R. 6242—protecting the bujers of potatoes: H. R. 6388—amending the D. C. Code through more clearly defining grand and petit larceny and H. R. 5462—increasing the age for marriage to 18 years for males and 16 years for females. The more important bills passed were S, 2194, requiring the semi- annual inspection of automobiles and §. 1835 which establishes a small claims and concilliation branch of the Municipal Court. This last-named bill carried the committee amendments and repre- sents the local concensus, The other two Senate bllls passed were S. 1547, relating to the harboring of persons charged with crime, and S. 2281 to regulate proceedings in adoption At the District Building annual reports of the various departments and agencies of the District gov- ernment as usual disclose the need for increased expenditures which threatens additional taxes in the near future. The airport problem apparently is no nearer solution. The report of the Airport Commission has been placed by some critics as in about the same class as the Jacobs re- port and the expenditure as equally wasteful. A number of airport proposals are pending and these inciude the temporary enlargement of the present port and the develop- ment of Gravelly Point. Dredging operations in the Potomac will soon raise much of this submerged site above the surface of the Potomac. When this site becomes actually visible as to location and extent it is expected to increase the number of its supporters. Water System Survey To Determine Rates. 'HE appropriation act for the current fiscal year included an item of $20000 to employ necessary personnel and defray other costs of a survey of the District water system and a report as to whether any change should be made in existing rates. Under this authority, the Commissioners have named a committee con- sisting of Riley E. Elgen, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission; Lieut. Col. Raymond A. Wheeler, representing the War Department, and Capt. Don A. Shingler, As- sistant Engineer Commissioner. The committee met for the first time on Wednesday. Under this legislation the com- mittee is to “determine the re- production cost and historical cost of the water system of the District of Columbia and the proper water rate to cover not only operating expenses but also depreciation re- serve.” Designed to determine the fair water rate to be charged con- sumers, it is proposed to have such rate produce a surplus for ex- pansion of the system and a re- serve for depreciation. The idea is to make a financial operating set-up similar to any privately- owned and operated public utility. This survey is a matter of deep interest in civic circles as there have been marked differences in the available data regarding the cost of the plant and its operation. There is special interest in the Tespective equities of the United States and the District of Columbia in the water plant. Another vital question involved is that of the inequity of the United States Government getting its water free and thus throwing the entire burden of the cost of the operation, extension and main- tenance upon the private con- sumers. Among the civic organi- zations there is a hope that the committee will consider these factors which are of vital impor- tance to District taxpayers. Regardless of any future legis- lation based on the survey, there will be a material increase of the rate effective immediately. The 25 per cent reduction which has obtained for several years has been eliminated by the 1938 appropria- tions act. District's Additional Taxes Almost Stern Reality. ASSAGE by both House and Senate of the compromise District revenue bill and the ex- pected early approval by the Presi- dent will definitely fix upon the voteless and unrepresented District additional taxes made necessary through the failure of the Federal Government to meet its equitable share of the expenses of running and developing its own National Capital. As enacted, the bill provides an increase in the real estate and tangible personal property tax from the present rate of $1.50 to $1.75 for each $100 of assessed value. A gross receipts tax of 25 of one per cent is exacted of all persons doing business for profit in the Dis- trict of Columbia who are required to pay a registration fee of $10. Ex- empted from the gross receipts tax are businesses whose gross receipts do not exceed $2,000. The tax on net premiums of insurance companies is increased from 1.5 to 2 per cent. A provision is carried by the bill intended to put “teeth” into the existing intangibles tax law and i thereby materially increase the yield from that source. Inheritance and estate taxes and a weight tax on motor vehicles are clso in- cluded in the act. - Authority is given for the com- missioners to obtain advances of funds from the United States Treasury pending the collection of current revenues. The entire pro- gram is estimated to yield new additional revenue during the cur- rent fiscal year of $8,075,000 and will produce a larger amount later. Five thousand dollars is authorized to be appropriated to enable the Commissioners to have a study made of the local tax situation— to report to Congress in January next. ‘The revenue bill as passed, by no means solves the District's fiscal problem. The legislation while not nearly so bad as was feared in civic circles, is far from being a model tax law. It also completely fails, as did the 1938 appropriations act, to recognize the primary obligation of the Federal Government to bear its equitable share of running the District of Columbia. Regulation of Brokers and Salesmen Engaged in Real Estate Business. [{OR more than a decade Con- gress has had under consid- eration proposed legislation for the regulation of real estate brokers and salesmen in the District of Columbia. Several times such a bill has been passed by the Senate, but failed to get through the House of Representatives. The House recently passed the bill, the Senate committee has concluded a hearing on the proposal and it is expected to receive favorable consideration by the Senate early this week. This bill is said to be similar to the law already existing in 30 States. It is designed to protect the public and reputable rea] es- tate brokers and salesmen by pre- venting unscrupulous persons from engaging in the real estate busi- ness. Applications for license will be passed on by a three-man commis- sion, which is charged with the duty of protecting the public against fraud in real estate trans- tions. This commission would pass on the “honesty, intelligence and competency” of all applicants for license. An annual license fee is required of $50 for a broker and $10 for a salesman. The commission will continue to police the individuals licersed to do business under this law, which regulates the individuals engaging in such business without regulating the real estate industry jtself. While the bill creates a new gov- ernmental agency which will cost something to operate, it is com- pletely financed from the license fees collected from the industr; The bill has been supported by the Washington Real Estate Board and other groups. The only op- position developed has been from a few individuals. Commissioner Allen's Referenda Proposal Is Revived. LANS for advisory referenda on District of Columbia problems put out by Commissioner George E. Allen in the Winter of 1935 for local discussion. have been revived. During the past week bills provid- ing for zuch a system were intro- duced in the House by Representa- tive Palmisano, Democrat, of Mary- land, and in the Senate by Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of North Carolina. These bills clothe the Commis- sloners with the authority to hold Not more than two referenda elec- tions in any one fiscal year. They are to be only advisory and the Commissioners in no way bound by the results. A board of elections of three members appointed by the Commissioners for a four-year term would conduct such elections. Referenda would be either city wide or would poll any particular sec- tion on as many questions as se- lected by the Commissioners for submission to the residents, All citizens 21 years of age or over who have lived in the Dis- trict at least one year prior to an election would be eligible to vote. Persons with a voting privilege elsewhere would be denied the right of taking part in any local refer- enda. Commissioner Allen, an ardent advocate of national representa- tion for the District of Columbia, has believed for a long time that the referendum would be of great value in the voteless and unrepre- sented District of Columbia. He succeeded in getting the other two Commissioners to join in approving & plan for a referendum on the liquor license question in the Ta- koma community. There was keen civic interest in seeing this pro- posal worked out in the Takoma section. Every step of the proce- dure was followed closely, but on the eve of the referendum elec- tlon those favoring the granting of liquor licenses in that section ob- tained a temporary restraining order from the court, which stopped all of the proceedings. The plans involved in this bill are fundamentally sound and its provisions appear capable of be- ing molded into a form acceptable both to the residents of the Dis- trict of Columbia and to Congress. In its present form its chief weakness is due to the fact that the Commissioners are clothed with entirely too much discretion 8s to the use of the referendum. It should be modified so as to pro- vide the residents with a legal procedure whereby a referendum might be initiated by the people or additional items included in those originating with the Commis- sioners. In the absence of such Pprovision for resident participation, the local community might be de- nied completely the advantages of the referendum law through the failure or refusal of the Commis- sloners to call such elections. There might be a question raised in some quarters as to the advisa- bility of excluding from the local referendum electorate local resi- dents who have the right to vote in the States. It may be contended that this being merely an “ad- visory,” any such persons who are local taxpayers should have the privilege of voting on the ques- tions at issue. When this matter was up for consideration in 1935, there were some civic groups which failed to approve the idea because of its be- ing simply “advisory”—the result of which would not be binding upon the Commissioners. Such | guests at the weekiy | Economics in the Department of Agri- VETERANS PLAN TOHONOR MEANS Set of Embossed Resolu- tions to Be Given for Work in Legislation Group. Past Comdr. in Chief Rice W. Means of the United Spanish War Veterans will be honored by Victor L. Woolridge, commander of the Dis- trict of Columbia Department, and his staff at national headquarters, 40 G street, next Tuesday, at 2 p.m. He will be presented a set of embossed resolutions, the gift of the depart- ment, in appreciation of his work as chairman of the National Legisla- tive Committee. Mr. Means has moved his permanent residence to Denver, Colo. Comdr. Robert Burg convened Col. John Jacob Astor Camp Monday eve- ning in Stanley Hall. Department Adjt. Robert E. Washburne, Depart- ment Junior Vice Comdr. Thomas F. Donovan and Willlam E. Barnes of the Military Order of the Serpent spoke. Gen. Henry W. Lawton Camp met Monday evening at Pythian Temple. Comdr. Claude L. Pickens presided. It was decided to hold the next meet- ing on Labor day. Past Comds. Rich- ard Lemb and Department Comdr. Woolridge spoke. Admiral George Dewey Naval Aux- iliary was presided over by President Mary Burke. Elsie Kimmilbugh was elected to membership. Department President Myrtle E. Moxley and her staff were guests. A bingo party will be held August 16. Plans for the special train to Co- lumbus, Ohio, to the convention have been completed. The delegation will leave here August 22 at 8:50 am. Members of the camps and auxiliaries desiring to travel on this train should notify Secretary Joseph J. Harvey, 428 Fourth street northeast, or Travel Di- rector George F. Cook, 2631 Woodley place. NEWS OF THE CLUBS Curley Club members will be the guests today of Miss Adrienna Mont- gomery at her cottage in North Beach. Members will go by machine, leaving the Continental Hotel at 1:30 pm. The next meeting of the club will be held at the home of the Misses Conners in Alexandria, Va., on Thurs- day evening. Members will meet at the Continental Hotel at 7:30 p.m., where machines will be available to take them to Alexandria. There will be a watermelon feast. American Asseciation of University Women.—An exhibit of photographs will be shown to members and their tea tomorrow at 4 o'clock at the club house. This program has been arranged by Mrs. John B. Walker, who will be assisted in receiving the guests by Dr. Louis Stanley. head of the Bureau of Home culture. Edwin Locke will present the exhibit of documentary photo- graphs of the Resettlement Admin- istration. and will discuss briefly the significance of this kind of record of contemporary American life. Presiding at the tea table will be Mrs. Robert Delvin. Mrs. Colin Whit- taker will assist her in serving re- freshments. Women's City Club.—Informal “get- | together” evenings are held during | the Summer on Thursdays. Members are invited to dinner in the coffee | room next Thursday. Mrs. Dorothy | K. Butler will be hostess. Delta Zeta Sorority.—Mrs. Leight C. Kenyon will entertain a group of Washington Delta Zeta alumnae at bridge Friday at her home. The guests will include Mrs. M. L. Parler, president of the Washing- ton Chapter of Delta Zeta: Miss Myra Hall, Mrs. Paul Lerman, Mrs. G Leland White, Miss Mary Curran, Mrs. D. F. Edgerton, Miss Marjorie Neuman, the Misses Peggy and Ann Monroe, Mrs. Theodore C. Osterhaus, | Mrs. L. S. Jomes, Miss Loretta Cun- | ningham, Miss Helen Martell and Miss Eunice Woodward.. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE Columbia Lodge will meet Tuesday at 8 pm, in the Moose Home 1414 Eye street, to elect a prelate to succeed Benjamin Harris, who resigned. ‘The board of officers will be enter- tained Thursday night at a dinner to be served by the Women's Committee of the Annapolis Marching Club, in the lodge hall. Women of the Moose. The Mooseheart Committee of Co- lumbia Chapter met Monday evening at the home of Chairman Mrs. Emil Rada, made formal recommendation that Dixie Hall at Mooseheart be “re- adopted” as the specific project of the local chapter for the coming years. A garden party will be sponsored by this committee at the home of the chairman, 2217 ‘Thirty-first street southeast, the afternoon of August 29, with Mrs. Rada as hostess. The Executive Comimttee met Au- gust 5 at the home of the senior re- gent, Mrs. Robert Baldwin. The next annual conclave of the Maryland and Border States Moose Association will be at Annapolis, Md. The chapter is forming a Marching Club for that occasion. with Past Re- gent Mrs. George B. Clark in charge. Her committee met Friday with the Annapolis Marching Club Committee of Columbia Lodge and plans were made for starting the activities of the club early in September. The Homemaking Committee will meet tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Mae Sine, 506 Eighth street northeast, at 8 pm. The Membership Committee will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m., at Moose Hall, The chapter will meet August 13 at 8 p.m. at Moose Hall and on Saturday at 5 pm., will have its annual picnic supper at Glen Echo. Call It Day of Dupes. Frenchmen call November 11, 1630, the Day of Dupes because it was the day Cardinal Richelieu foiled the en- emies who nearly had succeeded in re- moving him from royal favor. groups expressed a preference for a law which would compel the Com- missioners to abide by the result. Proponents of this measure see in it a vast improvement over exist- ing conditions and a possible op- portunity for giving Congress, through the Commissioners or in apite of the Commissioners, an ex- preasion of the public opinion on our local the Koran. . Beetlelike charm, . A Tibetan monk. . Spring harvest in India. . Racing horseshoes. . An exodus. . Amusing stories. . Explosive noise. 104. . A wandering knight. 106. . Exceedingly rich person.107. . Wreath. 108. . A King of Israel. 110. . Number. 112 . Compact. 113, . To cut off. 115, . Openwork fabric. 117, . Jug. 119. . A Greek commune 121. . Social occasion. 122 A mound: Archaeol. 124, . Squalid distriets. 1327, . Presently . An obligation. . Separate. . 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Types of aircraft. citable nature. 80 82. Inventor of the sewing machine. . Heal. 7. Quote. 9. The forehead. . Units, . Small self-governed dis- | tricts. i Omelet ingredient. . A mathematical ratio. 100. Salt pits. 101. A silver coin of Morocco. | 103. Footless animal. | 105. Topic. i 109. A salver. | 111. Smart. The smooth breathing. 114. Withers. Brazilian timber tree. A laboring man. Misplays at baze ball. Vast Asian tract. 116. Disencumbers 118. A sharp report. | 120. Gloomy covering. | 123. Haunt. 125. Sporting assemblage. 126. Musical group. 128. Spring. 130. Feeling of doubt. 133. Ultimatums. 135. An opinion holder. 136. Lining of a judicial robe | 137. Of that which occasions | resuit. 138. Period of time. 140. Indian prince. 142, Lurid. 144. Doubletree. | 145. Type of engine which | turns on its axis. 148. Admits. 150. Badgerlike animal. 152. Nasal apertures. 155. Small barracuda. 156. A dueling sword. very ex-158. Swamp. | 160. But. | 163. Wine vessel. 164. Plague carrier. 165. Eskimo. 166. Letters of the alphabet. 168. Tawny. RIFLE TEAM GOES T0 CAMP PERRY Engineers Selected in Trials at Fort Belvoir, Va.—Offi- cers Promoted. The Corps of Engineers rifie team, headed by Maj. James D. Andrews, jr.. left Washington yesterday for Camp Perry, Ohio, to participate in the 1937 national matches. The team was se- lected in tryouts at Fort Belvoir, Va. Members of the team include Staff Sergt. C. Divonis, 6th Engineers, who won the Engineer individual cham- pionship match; Staff Sergt. E. O. Lovette, 1st Engineers, who won the Fort Belvoir trophy match, and Corpl. E. L. Williams, Company F, 5th En- gineers, who won the Edgar Jadwin Trophy match, A number of medical, dental and veterinary officers on duty in Wash- ington and Fort Belvoir, Va. have been promoted. Of the group of med- ical officers all have been advanced in rank from major to lieutenant colonel, with the exception of First Lieut. Lewis C. Shellenberger, who has been advanced to captain. He will begin & course at the Army Med- ical School, this city. The new lieu- tenant colonels of the Medical Corps include Charles G. Souder, in the surgeon general’s office; Stanley G. Odom, Frank W. Young and Arthur H. Nylen, on duty at the Army dis- pensary; Henry W. Grady, Earle D, Quinnell, Oral B. Bolibaugh and Wil- liam W. McCaw, serving at the Army Medical Center; Harold D. Rogers, on duty in the office of the Assistant Secretary of War; Douglas H. Mebane, at Walter Reed Hospital, and Logan M. Weaver, on duty at Fort Belvoir, Va. Dental officers advanced to the grade of lieutenant colonel include Harold E. Albaugh, Leroy P. Hartley end Lynn H. Tingay, all on duty at the Army Medical Center, and Wil- liam C. Webb, jr, at the Army dis- pensary. The single veterinary officer on duty in Washington advanced in rank is Lieut. Col. James E. Noonan, who is on duty at Fort Belvoir, Va. Navy. Due to retirements that occurred on August 1, the following officers became due for promotion: Capt. David M. Le Breton, Comdr. Holbrook Gibson, Lieut. Cordr. Thomas L. Sprague, Lieuts. Tom B. Hill and John M. Higgins and Lieuts. (J. G.) Bern- hardt A. Fuetsch, Christian L. Engle- man and Jack 8. Dorsey. Rear Admirals who were placed on the retired list on account of age on August 1 were Rear Admiral Thomas T. Oravan and Rear Admiral William P. Robert, DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA Friendship Council was presided over by Councilor Charlotte Kauffman. Deputy State Councilor Cora Jones installed officers, as follows: Associate vice councilor, Cora Borey; junior past councilor, Charlotte Kaufiman; asso- ciate junior past councilor, William Ghelimini; vice councilor, Bernardine Lewis; associate vice councilor, Flor- ence Burger; treasurer, Rose Lanham; financial secretary, Mabel Newman; recording secretary, Jessie Lowe; as- sistant recording secretary, Marie Jones; outside sentinel, William Lan- ham, and inside sentinel, Howard Lewis. The newly elected councilor, Ina Courtney, was presented with her councilor's pin by Mrs. Jones. Mrs. Lowe indorsed Mrs. Ada Syl- vester for State trustee. Esther Council elected Mrs. Emily Higgs as inside sentinel and Mrs. Ruth Strother was installed as councilor, with Mrs. Rock officiating. At the meeting of Fidelity Council State Vice Councilor Viola Henley was guest of honor. Miss Frances Casa- lege has been indorsed by this council as a candidate for State Council out- side sentinel. The representatives have been authorized to place her name in nomination at the eoming State sessions. EASTERN STAR Matron Isabel Titlow announces Martha Chapter will join several other chapters and lodges in religious serv- ices today at 4 p.m. at Temple Heights. Columbia Chapter will join with representatives of other chapters in the religious services on Temple Heights today at 4 p.m. Ruth Chapter will meet today at 4 pm. at Temple Heights to attend the services which will be conducted by one of its members, Rev. Horace E. Cromer. The Endowment Committee is plan- ning a garden party at 805 Bonifant street, Bilver Spring, Md., about Aug- ast 24, ( Improvements costing more than | $5,000 are being made at the Eks' | Club. A new ladies’ parlor for the Thursday and Saturday night dances, which open September 9, is being | furnished and decorated. New equip- | ment for service in the rathskeller also is being added. The Entertainment Committee, | headed by Fred L. Berger, has com- pleted arrangements for the old- fashioned German picnic, to be given | at Griffith Farms next Sunday. Sports, | games and food. Applications are being received from members of other Elk lodges for reservations in the Bedford Club, which will make a pilgrimage to the | Elks' National Home on September | 19. The party will go on a special train leaving Union Station at 7 am. More than 100 members of Washington Lodge have already signed up. The next meeting of the lodge is | August 18. CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA Court District of Columbis Ilast| Tuesday evening voted to establish a | clty resident scholarship of $250 a year | at the National Catholic School for Social Service, 2400 Nineteenth slreet_; This scholarship will be available for the coming year to a Catholic girl living in Washington who desires to be trained to enter the fleld of social service work. i The Ways and Means Committee is making plans for a lawn party at the home of Mrs. Bertha Clawson, 1023 Irving street northeast, August 31. Mrs. Lillie Fitzgerald is chairman and has| called & meeting of her committee on ‘Wednesday evening at the home of Miss Augusta E. Uhl, grand regent. NATIONAL UNION Preparations have been completed by Congressional Council for their annual river excursion next Thurs- day evening. Harry Selinger is chairman. The steamship Potomac will leave the wharf at 8:30. Bowling teams in the various coun- cils are being organized for the Na- tional Union League. Joseph F. Boni- fant is president of the league. District Manager Arthur S. Brown is preparing a large class of candi- dates for the Fall ceremonial. The initiatory work will be held in Pythian Temple, followed by an entertainment and refreshments. National President Henry C. Smale of Chicago will be Ppresent. Scott Councll will meet Friday at 938 G place. RESERVISTS PLAN FORTARGET TESTS Gun Crews Being Selected for Annual Summer Cruises. Well satisfled with their progress made during the armory drill last Year as evidenced by the fine marks given them by the Board of Inspection, members of the 1st Battalion, United States Naval Reserves in the District of Columbia, are preparing to take further honors on the annual cruises, These voyages, which they are re- quired to take annually aboard ships of the active fleet, give them an op- portunity to test the results of their theoretical and practical training of the armory under actual service con ditions. One of the most important features is the target practice with big guns aboard the destroyers. It is in this phase of the preparations that they are devoting considerable time now, co-ordinating the work of the gun crews at the drill gun at the armory. While there is no opportunity for actual firing. the time is devoted to so traine ing the crews that they will work as & unit in loading the guns and keep= ing them ready for service. The most important part of this work is the training of gun pointers. In order ta get the best marksmen for these key positions, they are holding indoor rifle practice in the Navy Yard. The best men in these practices will be tried out in the positions of gun pointers and the best will be selected for these positions. While all of the Reserve units use the same method in firing their an- nual strings st the guns. nevertheless A Jarge group are striving to have their system changed to conform as nearly as possible to that in use for the regular establishment. They point out that under the two systems there is no opportunity for comparie son between the work of the Ree servists and the gunners of the regue lar establishment. Under the Reserve £ystem, a small target is set up by the firing ship, and the gunners are given credit for a hit for any shot within & prescribed radius. On the other hand, when the regular gunners fire. thev say. a standard Navy target is towed to the scene of operations, and the gunners have to make a hit in the target ‘to get credit. From remarks made to Naval Reserve officers attending a conference at the Navy Department it might be taken that the Reservists will have to eut down on their demands for funds with which to increase their activities during the current year. In the con- sideration of the naval budge!. it was indicated that primary consideration will be given to obtaining as much money as possible for the maintes nance and operation of the regular establishment and the purchase of new equipment and ships They were told in the formulation of naval policies, certain general prin- ciples shouild be kept in mind, and these were said to include & clear understanding of the relationship of the Naval Reserve to the regular estab- lishment; no proposal should be con= sidered which will in any way intere fere with the efficiency or morale of the fieet; all changes recommended should show positive advantage and Naval Reserve expenditures should be kept as low as is consistent with the development of an adequate Naval Reserve. It was pointed out that the Reserve should be so organized and diilled in peace time that in case of an emer- gency it will be ready to take its place in the active Navy with as little fric- tion as possible. Due to the high state of readiness that must be maintained in the fleet, it was explained to the Reservists, it is desired that the personnel be the most skillful available. It is for that reason the Navy desires to have its combatant vessels of the fleet manned with 100 per cent regular officers and men. But failing in this the Reserve must consist of the most highly trained and experienced personnel that can be produced. This, it was added, means that Naval Reserves generslly will be required for the pur- pose of aiding and supplying and maintaining the fleet. They probably | Will be sent to sea in vessels employed im supplying the fieet and in com- batant vessels employed in the pro- tection of these supply vessels. Further, they will be assigned to com- baiant vessels, and vessels protecting district and shore bases. It was pointed out the principal role of the Regular Navy in time of peace is not, as many Reserve officers seem to think, to train civilians to operate the Navy in time of war. The fact that some Naval Reserve officers, principally those belonging to naval militia units, are more closely as- sociated with the Army organization through the National Guard of the various States, than they are with the Navy Department, is believed to be at the root of certain recommendations that have been made by Reservists for adoption of the Army system of ad- ministering Reserves in the Navy De- partment. It was asserted, in explaining the Navy's stand against the Reserves' proposal, it should be realized that the relationship between the Regular Army and the Army Reserve is very different from that existing betwesen the Regular Navy and the Naval Re- serve. The Regular Army has as jts principal task the organization and training of civilians to be expanded and to fight as individual commands, it was explained to the Reservists seek- ing a change, and it is the eivilians who will be employed in the main battle on the front line. The relative importance of the Army Reserves to the success of the Army is much greater than that of the Naval Re- serves to the Navy. The Navy, the experts say, will never need any great numbers of civilian components in the Naval Reserve in time of peace . It is estimated that the Navy, expanded to the limit of its present poliales, would never require more than 77,000 eivilians in its peace-time Reserve, exclusive of the assigned and transferred ex-Navy men and merchant marine reservists following the sea. ‘The high command told the Naval Reservists that, considering the Navy's experierice in the World War, of ad- ministering a total force of some 550,« 000 men, it is not admitted that it requires any superhuman efforts for the administration of this relatively small number of men in peace time. This was the Navy's shot at those in the Naval Reserve organization Wwho have been striving to have a sepa- rate administrative unit for the Re- serve set up in the Navy Department, to follow somewhat the Separate Na- tional Guard Bureau in the War De- partment. However, the Reservists also wanted an Assistant Secretary of the Navy who would have nothing to do but handle the affairs of the Naval Reserve,

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