Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1937, Page 33

Legion Auxil iary Session Open§ Tomorrow Night Mrs. Mary K. Killeen, Department Presi- dent, Will Address Meeting in Evening. HE annual convention of the District of Columbia Depart- ment, American Legion Auxil- iary., will convene tomorrow night in the chapter house of the American Red Cross, 1720 E street, for a two-day session. Mrs. Mary K. Killeen, department president, will call the members to session at 8 o'clock. An address will be delivered by Mrs. Oscar W. Hahn of Wayne, Nebr., national president. Assistant Secretary of War Louis Johnson will make the address of wel- some. Mrs. Helen Hunt Deane will be the voloist of the convention. The mu- sical program will be given by the Fort [Etevens Drum and Bugle Corps at tomorrow’s session, and the James Reece Furope Band will furnish the | [music for Tuesday's session. A memorial service will be held for a]1 deceased Auxiliary members during e 1936-7 term, under the direction | 3 Mrs. Lillian Urban, memorial chair- an, The Sons of the Legion and | he Juniors of the Auxiliary will pass In review for the national president, both groups wearing their new uni- orms. A selection will be given by the Sons’ Drum and Bugle Corps and the Junior Guard of Honor will be the official escort for Mrs. Hahn and Mrs. illeen. Election of department officers will | the feature of Tuesday evening's | program, and installation will follow, f department officers, also the offi- ers-elect of the 16 units. Delegates | nd alternates will be named to at- end the national convention, to be eld in New York City September 0-23. Mrs. Killeen becomes the na- ional executive committeewoman, as provided in the constitution, Mrs, Killeen will be honored with a finner at the La Fayette Hotel today t 7 pm. Many distinguished guests have accepted invitations. Mrs. Marie E. Dyer, past drmrh‘ ent president, was elected president of Henry C. Spengler Unit, No. 132, Other officers elected were: Mrs. Elizabeth Lavender and Mrs. Edith Landvoigt, vice presidents; Mrs. Hattie Byram, chaplain; Mrs. Blanche Brow treasurer; Mrs. Naomi Painter, his. torian, and Mrs. Jennie Knight, par- liamentarian. Mrs. Helen McCabe, past president, was indorsed for department vice president on Mrs. Harper's ticket. Delegates to the department con- vention are: Mrs. Mrs. Naomi Painter, Mrs. Marle Gor- such, Mrs. Edith Landvoigt, Mrs. Blanche Brown and Miss Lillian Rea- gan; delegates at large, Mrs. Roberta Fawcett and Mrs. Marie Dyer. Al- ternates are Mrs. Elizabeth Lavender, Mrs. M. Pence, Mrs. K. Gross, Miss | E. Downey, Mrs. J. Thomas and Mrs. H. Byram. Sergt. Jasper Unit's delegates and alternates met Monday evening for final instructions. Mrs. Dorothy B.| Harper, president of the unit, is a | candidate for department president. | Other units supporting Mrs. Harper are Victory, Nash, James Reece Europe, Henry E. Spengler, George E. Killeen, Government Printing Office, United States Treasury and United States Agriculture, Candidates on Mrs. Harper's ticket are as follows: Vice president, Miss Minnie May Hardy, Treasury Unit; | Mrs. Catherine Waters, Killeen Unit, nd Mrs. Helen McCabe, Spengler | Unit; sergeant at arms, Mrs. Ethel | V. Clark, Treasury Unit; chaplain, | Mrs. Alice Smith Carpenter, Nash | Unit; historian, Miss Doris McLane, Helen McCabe, | THE INDUCTS OFFICERS Activities for Coming Year Will Be Mapped This Week. Meetings This Week, Monday — Quentin Roosevelt Post, No. 11, Potomac Boat Club, 8 pm. Guard of Honor, Na-, tional Guard Armory, 8 pm. Columbia Post Drum and Bugle Corps, registrar's office, 8 p.m. Tuesday—RBunker Hill Post, No. 31, Hayloft, 8 p.m. Costello Post, No. 15, 8 pm. Second Division Post, No. 28, New Colonial Hotel, 8 p.m. National Press Club Post, National Press Club, 6:30 p.m. Fort Stevens Drum and Bugle Corps, Old Brightwood School, 8 pm. Wednesday — Stanley Church Depue Post, No. 30, Hayloft, 8 p.m. ‘Thursday—Police Post, No. 29, 8 pm. Kenna-Main Post, 2407 Minnesota avenue southeast, 8 p.m. Cooley - McCullough Post, No. 22, Departmental Bank Build- ing, 8 p.m. Friday—Agriculture Post, No. 36, room 1039, Agriculture De- partment, 8 p.m. ‘The new officers of the District of Columbia Department, the American Legion, who were installed at the clos- ing session of the annual convention last night at the Mayflower Hotel, will begin laying plans for the year's ac- tivities this week. Appointments of & number of offi- cers as well as committees will be the first act of the new department com- mander, James Reece Europe Unit; propert: | custodian, Mrs. M. Brown, Victo | Unit; colorbearers, Mrs. Isabell Stein- | ing the past year under the leadership | breaker, Killeen Unit, and Mrs. Helen | of Comdr. Horace W. Lineburg was | Ware, Sergt. Jasper Unit. | the greatest in its history. The total Mrs. Harper entertained members | membership one week before the open- of the Executive Committee at a | ing of the convention was 6,794, more luncheon last Saturday at the Army | than 200 better than the previous year. l'and Navy Club. The membership of each post in the | The growth of the department dur- DAV PARLEY TOBEHELD HER Session on Rehabilitation and Employment Is Slated ON SPECAL TRAN Jacob Jones, 447; Belleau Wood, 17; Spanish War Veterans to Leave at 7:50 A.M. August 22 for Convention. for Early Date. A conference on rehabilitation and | mployment of Disabled American r Veterans will be held here soon Maj. Maple T. Harl of Denver, 0.. newly-elected national com- mander, and Thomas Kerby, Theodore om and Mahlen C. Eard, in harge of those activities in Wash- ngton. | At a meeting of National Capital hapter last Thursday at Moose Hall rlegates to the national convention ubmitted reports. It was announced he 1938 convention would be held t Grand Rapids, Mich. Claude Kemp f San Francisco was elected imperial golden rodent of the National Order of Trench Rats, Mrs. Dolly Secord of Denver, Colo,, | aas re-elected national commander of he Women's Auxiliary. She appointed frs. Marie Anderson of this city na- ional executive committeewoman of the fourth district to serve her fourth erm. Mrs, Anderson served on the | Resolutions and Educational Com- ittees. Mrs. Suzanne Miller of the | local unit served on the Membership ommittee. William R. Beall of National Capital hapter was elected permanent chair- | an of the fourth district caucus, | hich elected Edward C. Worley of | Weet Virginia national executive com- itteeman and Mrs. Mary Anne Ken- nedy, senior vice commander of the ocal department, alternate. Committee appointments assigned | (Washington delegates were: Hugh A. [Kerwin, assistant director of the Vet- ns' Placement Service of Federal | hapter, employment; John Spears, ce-Rasmussen Chapter, finance; Wil- iam B. Covert, National Capital | “hapter, rehabilitation: Ear] Hendrick, | ederal Chapter, publicity; Mrs. Mary nne Kennedy, Rea Chapter, resolu- ions, and Charles Toms, jr., Col. harles E. Young Chapter, emblem d ritual. Past National Commanders Joseph McQueen, E. Claude Babcock and Mar- vin A. Harlan argued for retention of the D. A, V. employment office at Washington after abolition of this department had been recommended. The delegates voted in favor of an amendent to the report which opposed abolishing the employment agency. CHAPLAINS AIDED May Now Advance to Rank of Colonel. To place the promotion of chap- tains of the Regular Army on a parity with officers of the Medical Corps, a change has been made in Army regu- jlations. Chaplains who now enter the reg- | ular military service in the grade of first lleutenant will be promoted to the grade of captain after three years' wervice, will advance to the grade of major after 12 years’ service, to lieu- tenant colonel after 20 years’ service | and to the grade of colonel after 26 years' service. This is the first time | in the history of Army regulations | that provision has been made for the | promotion of chaplains to the full grade of colonel. In the past, and prior to the act of June 30, 1935, the highest grade attainable by Regular Army chaplains was that of lieu- tenant colonel. —_— 40 AND 8 GROWS on Society Reports Member- ship of 35,919, The 1937 membership of the Forty and Eight, the honor and fun society of the American Legion, reached 35,919 on August 4, according to a report re- ceived here from national headquar- ters. It represented a gain of 974 mem: bers over last year. Chef de Chemin de Fer Harry E. Ransom of West Allis, Wis., said the Increase was obtained without depart- ing from the organization’s policy of making no membership solicitation. It eame through the reinstatement of former voyageurs and the extension of their The special train bearing the mem- bers of the local Spanish War Vet- erans, auxiliaries and a delegation Culture, 134; Kenna-Main, 128: U. S. ' ser: from Baltimore. Md., to Columbus, Ohio, will leave Union Station at 7:50 am. August 22, Tickets will go on sale August 16. Those desiring to travel on the special train are urged to send names to the travel director. Department Comdr. Wcoldridge and the entire staff will travel with the delegation | Department President Myrtle Mox- ley presided at the meeting Wednesday in Pythian Temple. The death of Past Dpartment President Janet Sik- ken was announced and the charter was ordered draped for 30 days. National President Martha Hart has designated Past Department President Ella Ford as chairman of the Sesqui- centennial Committee, and in that capacity she will supervise the plant- ing of a tree on August 24 at Colum- bus, in the State House grounds. Past President Gertrude Miles of Col. James S. Pettit Camp of this department has been chosen to recite a poem, “Trees,” by Joyce Kilmer. { Col. James S. Pettit Auxiliary met Monday evening, with President Marie Lucas in the chair. Mary E. Bowen, department president of the Woman’s | Relief Corps, was admitted to mem- | bership. i The meeting scheduled for August | 23 has been canceled and a water- | melon party will be held. i Capt. Gertrude Stoll, u!’compumed} by a delegation of Daughters of '98, | ent to Fort Meade, Md.. Saturday, where she presented a gold medal to Michael Frederick Wolfe of Water- ville, Pa., who was adjudged the out- standing basic trainee of his camp. The next meeting will be held Thursday at the home of Dorothy Al- ford, 1435 North Veitch street, Arling- ton, Va. REGULAR VETERANS' ASSOCIATION Department Comdr. David Friesel called a meeting of Gen. Winfield Scott Post and Washington Post Mon- day night at 1032 Seventeenth street. Capt. James E. Nieman gave advice on the enroliment of new members. National Councilman John C. Chaille praised Chief of Staff Walter P. Boehm for handling the organiza- tion's publication, The Regular. Past Comdr. Walter Johnson, Judge Advocate John S. Hoffman and Na- tional Comdr. Roy D. Hopgood also spoke. Honor Guest ° MRS. OSCAR W. HAHN, National president, American Legion Auzxiliary, who will be an honor guest of the Dis- Victory, 176; James Reese Europe, 329; Jane A, Delano, 130; Kenneth H. Nash, 279 Lafayette, 17; National Cathe- dral, 107, Quentin Roosevelt, 196; Henry C. Spengler, 94; Sergt. Jasper, 743; Vincent B. Costello, 535; Lincoln, 326: Augustus P. Gardner, 102; Tank | Corps, 37; National Press Club, 70; Cooley-McCullough, 82: Bureau En- graving. 224; George E. Killeen, 57; James E. Walker, 220; Stephen P. Mc- Groarty, 63; Second Division, Washington Police, 147; Stanley Church Depue, Fort Stevens, 379: Government Print- ing Office, 433; Columbia, 52; U, S. Treasury, 185: Department of Agri- s Grant McAlexander, Revenue, 146: Potomac. partment of Justice, 76. 126; Internal 51 and De- Past Dept. Comdr a guest of the Pennsylvania conven- tion, to be held in York, Pa., on August 19. and also will represent the depart- ment at the convention of the Dela- ware Department, to be held at Reho- both Beach on August 20. Lineburg will be Sergt. Jasper Post at its last meet- ing nominated officers as follows: For commander, Daniel M. Goodacre and Harold McLaughlin; first vice com- mander, Douglas O. Reed and James T. White: second vice commander, Harry Ware; third vice commander, Harry Bell, and chaplain, Charles Koenig. Columbia Post will continue to hold practice sessions every Monday at the rigistrar's office, Fourteenth street and Independence avenue southwest, at 8 pm. Fort Stevens Post's first annual carnival will be opened at 5722 Georgia avenue tomorrow nizht, fol- lowing a short parade along Georgia avenue, which will be led by the post’s drum and bugle corps. Twenty concessions will be operated by mem- bers of the post for the week of August 16 to 21, inclusive. John T. Long is general chairman. At the last meeting nomination of | officers and executive committeemen were made: Commander, John T. Long; first vice commander, George L. Norton; second vice commander, Lewis | K. Hile and Roy Ponton; third vice commander, Clarence Brittain and Jerry Graham; chaplain, Don M. Long and Carl Rittenhouse; sergeant at arms, Harry Hungelmann and Arthur A. Connelly; Executive Com- | mittee, Leo J. Reel, W. H. Hargrave, | Alfred C. Harmon, | John D. Kiley, Nathan Cosel, Ernest Pullman, R. H. Viancour and Harold Friend. Elec- tion will be held September 2. Bunker Hill Post, No. 31, will meet Tuesday at 8 p.m. at 1326 Massachu- setts avenue, Comdr. Grover W. Trib- will be nominations of officers. Elec- tions will be held September 14. The regular meeting in September has been changed from September 21 to September 14, on account of the American Legion National Convention in New York City. At the last regular meeting of the L-31 Club, at the home of Mrs. Helen Dodge, 4212 Thirteenth street north- east, President Dolly Ball Altman pre- siding, the club admitted John Henry Walsh as an honorary member for his outstanding work. The next meet- ing of the club will be held at the home of Mrs. Bertha W. Fichthorn, 1650 HarvArd street, on September 14. Members of the Entertainment Committee of the post are making plans for the annual family outing September 12 &t Selby-on-the-Bay, Md. The monthly meeting of the James Reese-Europe Post, No. 5, was held at the Twelfth Street Branch of the Y. M. C. A. Tuesday evening. Comdr. Robert P. Rhea presided. The drum and bugle corps, under the leadership of Frederick Dawes, has been equipped with new uniforms. The drill team, under the leadership of Maj. Hunt, has also acquired new equipment. WILL BE HOSTESS Mrs. Agnes Giles Newman will be hostess for the Women's City Club dinner at.the club house next Thurs- day. A week-end trip is being arranged for August 21 and 22 to Sandy Cove, Md. The party will leave the club at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday and return the next day. Reservations are being made at the club and a 81 deposit left to trict of Columbia Depart- membership to men who had qualified by signal service in the Legion. ment at the annual conven- tion, opening tomorrow night. 1 hold your place. The price will be §5 in the cabing and $5.50 for,a stay in the lodgs. ) Bunker Hill, 277; | ble presiding. The principal business | SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTOM D. C, AUGUST. 15 DISTRICT LEGION | Will Inspect arine Reseef Marine Corps Board appoi period at Quantico. Left to right: Maj. Eugene F. and Maj. James=D. Waller. nted for 15-day field training . C. Collier, Maj. Jesse L. Perkins ARINE RESERVES LEAVEFORCAMP 5th Battalion, Under Maj. Miller, to Entrain This Morning. Commanded by Maj. Harvey L. Miller, the 5th Battalion, Fleet Ma- | rine Corps Reserve, will leave the Union Station this morning at 10:30 o'clock for Quantico, where it will un- |dergo 15 days' intensive field train- | | ing. Maj. Eugene F. C. Collier, Maj. Jesse L. Perkins and Maj. James D. Waller, | United States Marine Corps, have been | designated members of the Board of Observers. Mai. Lewis B. Reagan is the inspector instructor. Besides Maj. Miller the other offi- cers of" the battalion are Capt. William W. Stickney, executive officer, plans | | and training; First Lieut. William J, | Burrows, adjutant; First Lieut. Leon Brusiloff, temporarily in command of Headquarters Company and officer in charge of the band; First Lieut. Rex R. Hill, quartermaster; First Lieut. Earl | E. Holmes, supply and mess officer; First Lieut. John E. Fondahl, tem- | porarily attached to Marine Corps Re- | serve rifle team. g Naval Reserve officers attached to | the battalion are Lieut S. Knowlton, Lieut | sanitary officer; Lieut. Howard H.| Strine, Lieuts. (j. g.) A. M. Palmer, | Francis J. Fabrizio and J. Gillespfe Armstrong, 3d. ‘[ In addition to the Headquarters | Company of eight officers and six(y | men, there are seven line companizs officered as follows Company A, Capt. John M. Augu tine, Second Lieut. James T. Patterso | Company B, First Lieut. James A.| | Hennessy, Sccond Lieut. John S. Mes- Compary C, First Lieut. Justice M. Chambers, Second Lieut. Joe M. | Bentley; Company D, First Lieut. Otho L. Rogers, Second Lieut. Henderson Melville; Company E. First Lieut, Al- fred H. Marks, ond Lieut. George M. Rice; Company F, Capt. Ralph M King and First Lieut. William R. Via. In addition to the officers of the battalion the following officers are at- tached for training at Quantico: Capt. Don R. Hyland, First Lieut. Benjamin Stern, Second Lieut. Neil G. Payne. The senior non-commissioned offi- cers of the battalion are Sergt. Majs. Robert L. Jenkins and Harry F. Volk- man; Qm. £gt. James G. Nefl, First Sergts. Harry W. Warner, Myron E. Thompson, sr.; Morris J. Lichtenberg, Leon E. Gever, George W. Damewood James W. Crawford., James R. Miller and Dewey C. Graham. | Gunnery Sergts. William M. Eger, | Robert T. Eicholtz. Paul L. Lawson and Julius H. Lanham; Drum Major William E. Freeman. Supply Sergt. David Bloom, Platoon Sergts. Lewis L. Dollman, jr.; Walter W.*White end | Leighton B. Hastings; Stafl Sergt. ! Horace Butterworth, jr. The first week at camp will consist almost entirely of rifle firing and in- structions in Infantry auxiliary weap- ons. The second week is devoted to combat exercises and terminates with a full battalion in attack maneuvers on the last Friday in camp. Close order | drill, parades and formations take up only a small part of the schedule. ! Visitors’ day will be August 18, when | the final parade will b> held and the 18 awards, trophies and medals will be made. | Comdr. Don | W. L. Schafer, | | 8 ET 40 WILL HOLD MARCHE SEPTEMBER 1-2 “Wreck” of New Partners Al- ready Admitted Into Salon Will Be Conducted. The annual departemental marche of the 8 et 40 will be held September 1 and 2 at the Washington Hotel. At a meeting held recently at the Washington Hotel, with Le Chapeau Bess Faine presiding, plans were made for the marche program. September 1 will be devoted to executive session, reports of the va- rious committee chairmen will be pre- sented, with resolutions and constitu- tional amendments to be read and passed upon. September 2 will be given to the| “wreck” of new partners previously admitted into the salon. Le Demi Chapeau Helen McCabe will be in charge of this ceremony. Under the direction of Entertainment Chairman Lois McRae, a buffet supper will be served following the election of offi- | cers and installation. Election of | delegates to the national marche to be held in New York September 20- 23 will be a part of the evening’s ses- sion. Heading the delegation will be the delegates at large, Dorothy B. Harper, le chapeau national passe, and Ellen Louis Warren, le Pourvoir national member. Le Chapeau De- partemental Bess Faine will be chair- man of the delegation. 22 TO TAKE COURSE Navy Medical Corps Lieutenants Are Assigned to School. Lieutenants (junior grade) of the Medical Corps of the Navy who will undergo the next course of instruc- tion at the Naval Medical School in- clude Jerome F. Smith, James B. Shuler, Francis L. Phillips, Charles F. Le Comte, Roy R. Powell, John F. Foertner, Gordon K. Lambert, Eu- gene P. Harris, Robert S. Poos, Mar- shall Cohen, Thomas Ferwerda, Ma- rion T. Yates, Murray W. Ballenger, Harold R. Berk, Emanuel Rollins, James G. Buigrin, Thomas P. Con- | Altus G. Moore and David G. Tyler, | | Jr.i Capts. Joseph P. Moore, Alvin T. | | William H. Burns, and Walter S. Fos | clude Capts | | S. Biscoe, Harold F. Harding, Jesse | {J. Hinson and Royden K. Whitford; | ner to the 2d Coast Artiller: TRAINING IS BEGUN BY INFANTRY UNITS Members of 1322d Service Group at Fort George G. Meade. Members of the 1322d Service Unit and the 421st and 425th Infantry Regi- | ments began last Monday at Fort | George G. Meade, Md, 14 days of active unit training. ‘They are Majs. Robert H. Stevenson, Basford, Harry L. Detwiler and Cecil | R. Dobson; First Lieut. Stepnen E. 1937—PART TWO SENATOR TO TALK AT ENCAMPMENT Vandenberg to Be One of Principal Speakers at V. F. W. Meeting in Buffalo. Meetings This Week. Monday—Equality-Walter Reed Post, No. 284, W. O. W. Hall, 935 sday—Military Order of the Cootie, W. O. W. Hall. Wednesday—Maj. Gen. Clar- ence R. Edwards Post, No. 2135, 815 Fifteenth street. Overseas Military Band, National Guard Armory. Drum and Bugle Corps, National Guard Armory. Thursday—Advance Post, No. 2194, Soldiers, Sailors and Ma- rines’ Club, 1015 L street, Federal Post, No. 824, and Follow Me Post, No. 1830, moonlight excursion, City of Washington. Friday—Armistice Committee, Department quarters, 1624 H street. Day Ball head- Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan will be one of the principal speakers of the thirty-eighth annual national encampment of the Veterans | of Foreign Wars of the United States, August 29 to September 3, at Buffalo, N. Y. According to word received here by Comdr. David B. Herman of the De- partment of the District of Colum- bit, Senator Vandenberg is expected to speak on “Peace for America.” Because of other duties which have become too burdensome, Stephen T. Jones of Advance Post resigned as department inspector. Comdr. Her- Crick and Second Lieuts. Thomas W Otto, Juseph E. Johnston, Stanley W. Dinwiddie, Alton B. Harper, Alvin A. Swenson, jr.; Marion G. Bright, Isaac | Hoppenstein, Carlisle H. Humelsine, | Francis W. Lanard, Joseph H. Riley, ter, Those of the 421st and 425th Infantry taking the training at Fort Meade include Capts. John L. De Witt, jr., and Thomas J. Holmes, 2d, nnd; Second Lieuts. Alfred Cottrell and Charles J. Riley, jr. District officers beginning training | at Fort Monroe, Va, last Monday in- | Lyman E. Morris, John | First Lieuts. James E. Cook, jr.; James C. Ladd, Wallace R. Leek, Lloyd B'i Kidwell, Floyd R. Benny. John R.| Perrine, Justine A. Shook, Wheeler T. | Thompson, Alan G. Weil, and Second | Lieuts. John B. De Hoff, Lehman C Hutchins, Willlam R. Gifford and Morris A. Miller, |low Me Post to fill the unexpired | bost chairmen for public disiribution man appointed Selby C. Harr of Fol- term. Comrade Harr is now prepar- ing & schedule of inspections of the 16 posts in this department as well | as the Overseas Military Band. Tickets for the annual Armistice day | ball to be held at the Willard Hotel | are now in the hands of the various Columbia Post, No. 833, met in| ‘Thomas Circle Club last Wednesday evening. Col. Wallach A. McCathran and Maj. Thomas E. Fawcett were elected delegates to the national en- campment to be held at Buffalo, N Y. Alternates are Stanley R. Nash | and Forrest W. Schroyer. A number of other members will attend. A resolution of condolence was adopted to be sent to the family of Henry F. Keegan, who recently died. The meeting was presided over by Comdr. Herbert C. Davis. District officers have been assigned | to units as follows: Ma). William G Weaver, Capt. George W. Teegarden, First Lieut. Gilbert E. West and Sec- ond Lieuts. Clyde W. Smith, Sidney A. Snyder and Virgil G. Hall to the 1322d Service Unit: Capt. Earl C Sanford and Second Lieut. Downing B. Jenks to the 376th Engineers; First | Lieuts. Max A. Lett and Ralph C. Wis- district; | Second Lieuts. George R. L. Cole, Jr., | and Le Roy A. Coffin to the 1316th | Service Unit; Second Lieut. Peter R. | Lavezoli to the 1317th Service Unit; | Second Lieut. Joseph J. Lister to the | 1318th Service Unit: Second Lieuts. Harold L. Colvocoresse, Frank B. Row- | lett, Henry E. Moore, Edward M. Jones and Willard Webb to the 1319th Serv- ice Unit; Second Lieut. James R. Mor- rison to the 1320th Service Unit; Sec- | ond Lieuts. Benjamin H. Pears and Emil St. Eimo Schnellbacher to the 1321st Service Unit: Second Lieut. Wil- | | liam B. Richardson to the 1323d Serv- | ice Unit; Second Lieuts. John E. Berg- ener, Alfred L. Dorf, Malcolm Hay, Jjr., and Charles M. Trammell, jr.. to the 1325th Service Unit; Second Lieut. Richard Ackroyd to the 343d Engi- neers; Second Lieut. Mountford H. Smith to the 3d Cavalry; Second | Lieuts. Horace R. Higgins and James P. McMillin to the 16th Infantry Bri- gade Headquarters; Second Lieut. | Robert F. Richardson to the 34th In- fantry: Second Lieut. Charles B. | O'Neill to the 16th Field Artillery; Second Lieuts. Robert E. Gordon, John | Snure, jr., and Robert W. Tucker to | the 1326th Service Unit; Second Lieuts, Eugene B. Daniels and Edwin B. Haak- inson to the 1327th Service Unit; Sec- ond Lieut. John P. Baynard to the | 429th Infantry; First Lieut. Cyril L. Slown and Second Lieuts. Kenneth Akin, Henry S. Brooks and Aiden R. Gierasch to the 343d Engineers; Capt. Alston W. Burleigh and Second Lieuts. James H. Carpenter, James H. Carr, Theodore H. Elliott, Roger G. Kyles, William A. Pierce, Phillip C. Randall and Jasper E. Raynor, jr., to the 428th Infantry. Second Lieut. John T. Sinclair, having been promoted to the grade of first lieutenant, will remain assigned to the 1322d Service Unit. First. Lieut. Raymon M. Peak has been relieved from asignment to the 320th Infantry and is assigned to the 12th Infantry. | Candid Speaker. Britain's House of Commons was in the midst of a discussion of a bill making sheep stealing in Ireland a highly penal offence. This was, of course, in the long ago. Stood up an Irish member, and said: That if he saw a sheep.on the other side of the road, and if he happensd to be starv- ing at the time, he should say to that sheep. “T'll take care, my friend, that I live longer than you.” Historian EDITH WARREN QUINN, Historian, District of Colum- bia Department, American nelly, Herbert H. Eighmy, John F. McMullin, Richard R. Rall, Stephen J. Rysn and Walter Welham. > Legion Auxiliary, who 1will make her annual report at the convention.—Star Staff Photo. | new club house at Seventeenth and L | will proceed to Cascade, Md., where Washington Post met last Monday evening in its club rooms at Duffy’s Sea Grill. with Comdr. John J. Kee- gan presiding. A large class of re- cruits was obligated Dept. Judge Advocate George G. McLeish spoke on the national en- campment to be held in Buffalo, and took reservations for the special De- partment of the District of Columbia train to Buffalo. Frank V. Van Houton was elected to the board of governors of the Wash ington Post Club, vice past Comdr. John S. Reardon, resigned. Walter P. Boehm, president of the club, an- nounced that it is hoped to have the streets ready for the next meeting, August 23 Naval Reservists Begin Training Program at Sea HILE one division of the 1st Battalion, United States Naval Reserves in the Dis- trict of Columbia, is steam- ing southward aboard the U. S. de- stroyer Badger, two other divisions are getting their seabags and equip- ment in condition for a voyage in a northern direction. With the 2d Fleet Division aboard, the destroyer left the Washington Navy Yard yesterday, headed for St. ‘Thomas, Virgin Islands, where they will have their midcruise liberty and recreation period, but not before they have been put through six days of strenuous exercises and drills, to say nothing of the attendance at schools, to learn to increase their efficiency as sailormen to handle this same type of ships should they be called into active service in time of a national emergency. The division, commanded by Lieut. (J. G.) Winston S. Brown, assembled | in the Navy Yard Armory early yes- terday. After boarding the ship they were assigned their messing and living quarters and they were given an op- portunity to study the watch, quar- ter and station bill, which gave them the details of where they were ex- pected to be for each drill and exer- cise, battle stations, abandon ship and routine duties. Each of the men were assigned the duties of their various rates, and in these they will be thor- oughly drilled during the two-week period they will be away, so that they will have full knowledge of the work that will be expected of them in time of a national emergency. Each day will be a full one. There will be watches to be stood and lec- | tices of the naval establishment. One Division Now Cruising, Two Others Pre- paring for Voyages in North Atlantic. cers and men, and they enter tt with a zest, striving to obtain from the Rege ular naval officers those marks whica will put them at the top of the list among the divisions of the country. The contacts made between the Regulars and the Reserves during these cruises is of decided benefit to both components, it was said, as this practically is the only contact of the year with each organization. The 1st Fleet Division lead in at- tendance last month. Its percentags was 92.8, a 1 per cent increase over the previous month. The 3d Flest, Division had a percentage of 81.7, but with 1.9 per cent increase, and the 2d Fleet Division had 83.7, with an increase of 1.8. Figures made public by the Navy Department show there were 194 en= rolled in the various correspondenca courses available to Naval Reservists. There are 32 engaged in the navi- gation course, 9 in seamanship, 8 in gumnery, 97 in Navy Regulations; 8 visual-communications courses, 11 {n engineering, 3 in international law, 9 in military law and 17 in naval in- telligence. Rotation in the active duty assign- ments of Naval Reserve officers is being sought by the younger element, in the Naval Reserve commissioned personnel, on the ground that this will give & larger number of them to establish closer contact with the prace It was pointed out the practice is now to keep some officers on an indefinite | active duty status for long periods, | Whereas in the Army National Guard officers called to cuty in the bureau are required to rotate. In this cone nection, it was pointed out that the tures and most important of all will be the preparations for target prac- tice, one of the big events of the sec- ond week of the cruise. All during the first week and part of the second, | ProPosed amendment, to the naval re- up until the time the ship goes on the | $€rVe act provide that officers upon range, the gun crews will be drilled | FaNSfer to the honorary retired list ntly at the guns, for the local ;ma'\' be paid a reduced rate of re- are out this year to cap- | ifed Pay, provided they have served a ture one of the coveted trophies. Tar- | C'{8in minimum of active service im- get practice results also count high ;medmte!y prior to transfer to this list | There are two ways of looking at this in the annual inspection marks, and as the local units made such great strides in their marks this year, they are going o try to bring them con- siderable higher for the next annual inspection through the results of their target practice this Summer. The Badger is expected to arrive at St. Thomas next Friday. But even before the local Reservists are put ashore for this midcruise recreation period they will have had their fill of movies, for the ship loaded & num- | ber of reels of the largest shows, and | a show will be given each night, wather permitting. All men off watch are permitted to attend these shows Ashore in St. Thomas there will be sports, sightseeing, swimming parties | and other entertainment During the target practice period the Reserve division is expected to take full charge of the vessel, maneuvering on the range to give the gunners the | | best advantages possible, for in time of national emergency these Reserve divisions will be expected to form the nucleus of crews of the destroyers now tied up and out of commission in | the navy yards on the Atlantic ana Pacific Coasts. The 2d Division is scheduled to re- Capt. Roy Keese, commander of the | Sons of Washington Post, announced the junior auxiliary will hold its an- | nual Summer encampment at Fort Foote. Md., from August 23 to Sep- tember 1. Jesse W. Snyder, liaiton officer, said it was hoped to defray the entire cost of the encampment through the sale of tickets for a boat ride. Equality-Walter Reed Post, No. 284, will hold a social tomorrow evening in | W. O. W. Hall. with Comdr. Paul | Nordquist presiding. All members are | urged to be present as business of great importance will be brought up. | A crab feast was held by Follow Me | Post. No. 1830, last Tuesday evening | at Sears' Restaurant. Dancing rol~| lowed. GUARD DIVISION STAFF GOES TO FORT DEVENS Militiamen to Cover Wide Area in Field Training Program This Year. Some of the members of the 29th | | National Guard Division staff will | have about & month in the fleld this | vear and their operations will take | them from all parts of Maryland and | Virginia to as far as Fort Devens, | Mass. This division is composed or‘ the Militia of this city and the States of Maryland and Virginia and a por- tion of those in Pennsylvania. How- ever, the troops will not participate in this long siege of training, it being confined to the staff officers, who will participate with the Regular Army in working out some of its divisional war problems in the Massachusetts | area. The first contingent to go into camp will be headed by Lieut. Col. Peyton G. Nevitt, assistant adjutant general, and Col. Herbert L. Grymes. They they will perform some preliminary work at Camp Albert C. Ritchie. They will be followed into camp on August 15 by a second group, headed by Col. John A. Cutchins of Richmond, Va. After working over their war maps and programs at Camp Ritchie for several days the entire commissioned personnel of the 29th Division staff, headed by Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reck- ord of Maryland, will go to Fort Dev- ens, Mass. They will take with them only & small detachment of enlisted men, the greater part of the division headquarters troops remaining at Cas- cade until their 15-day period of fleld training is completed, when they will return direct to their home stations. FLEET RESERVES Branch No. 4, Fleet Reserve As- sociation, and Unit No. 4, Ladies’ Auxiliary, will hold a joint installation of officers tomorrow evening et North- east Masonic Temple. National President Carl Viker will install as officers of Brance No. 4: President, Gus Maurer; vice president, R. H. Childers; secretary, Alexander Steele. Mabel Sally, past president of Unit No. 43, Long Beach, Calif., will install | the following officers in Unit No. 4: President, Nellie Fuller; vice presi- dent, Ruth Troy; secretary, Alma Fuller; treasurer, Elva McGregor, and chaplain, Laurs Mayoock. A program has been arranged and refreshments will be served. turn here August 20, following which there will be an interim of two weeks, then the other divisions composing the battalion will sail from the Navy Yard, | each aboard a destroyer. The names | of the ships on which these two divi- | sions will cruise has not been an- nounced. But it is known that they will head northward when they clear the Chesapeake capes and will op- | erate in the waters off the New Eng- | land Coast, probably going into Bos- ton, Mass, for the midcruise liberty period. Members of the battalion look for-J ward to these training cruises with pleasure. While the work is neces- | aarily strenuous because so much has to be crowded into the two-week period. nevertheless it is a change from the civil occupations of the offi- il e i question, it was explained. Officers nearing the time for retirement could seek one of these coveted appoint- ments which ‘would give them the minimum period, and then, upon re- tirement, would continue to collert compensation from the Government, On the other hand, the Navy Depart- ment would have it in its power to prevent bolstering up this paid re- tired list by declining to order to | active duty any officers who were nearing the retirement age. The provision, 1t was asserted, might be the medium of favoring certain officers, whereas there might, be other officers who haie spent ail of their useful life in the Reserve, but never were successful in getting the indefinite duty, and thus would be barred from the retirement provision, There are hundreds of Naval Reserva officers who give unstintingly of their private, civilian time in the work of operating the Reserve. They get paid only for a certain number of drills & year, and any extra time they give in fostering the work of the Reserve is at their own cost. If all of these | officers were to be given the indefi nite duty status just prior to retire- ment, it would not be long before g reserve retired list almost as large as that of the Regular establishment would be built up. 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