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AUXILIARY OFFERS ESSAY CONTEST Topic, “The Spirit of Fidac as Exemplified by Tomb of Unknown Soldier.” “The Spirit of Fidac as Exemplified by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” is the subject for the American Legion Auxiliary's 1938 National Fidac essay contest, according to announce- ment of Mrs, Florence Campbell, Fidac chairman. Rules governing the contest will be announced tomorrow night at a meeting of the District of Columbia Department Executive Com- mittee at the Y. W. C. A, 614 E street N.W. Department Comdr. Mason, National Committeeman Joseph J. Malloy, P. A, Sugrue, chairman of the Armistice Day ball, and Donald Wakefield Smith will address the meeting. The department vice presidents, Miss Minnie May Hardy, Mrs. Helen McCabe and Mrs. Catherine Waters, will visit the units in their respective divisions during November, empha- gizing the functions of the major programs of the organization. The junior group of the Kenneth H. Nash Unit, No. 8, met at the home of the unit president, Mrs. Zelda Mulvey, October 23 to discuss the year’s work with the junior chairman, Mrs. Anne Brill Aston. The juniors plan to assist with the child welfare chairman in her Thanksgiving pro- gram. The following officers were elected: President, Isobel Doherty; vice presi- dent, Leona Seiders; secretary, Dor- Totten; treasurer, May; chaplain, Evelyn Underwood, and historian, Jean Mulvey. At the last meeting of United States Treasury Unit, No. 35, Mrs. Margueriie B. Hicks, president, announced the chairmen of the various committee: Mrs. Ruth Tunis acted as hostess 8t a bridge party on October 21 at her home, in Silver Spring, Md. This was the first of a series of bridge parties to be given to raise funds. At the October meeting of the United States Department of Agriculture Unit, the president, Mrs. Dorothy M. Blake, announced comimttee appoint- ments. Mrs. Mary Fern Graham was accept- ed as a new member. A card party will be given November 13 at the parish hall of Our Lady Vic- tory Church, 4827 Conduit road, at 8 o'clock, by Potomac Unit. ¢ Miss Sheehan, president, is offering a prize to the member securing the largest number of new members up to November 30. The Sergt. Jasper Juniors met Sat- urday at the Hayloft Club. Mary Catherine Ware, junior president, pre- gided. Papers were read commemo- rating Navy Day and Columbus Day by Margaret Lavin and Rita Fletcher. The juniors will present a wreath to be placed on the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier on Armistice Day. Their colors will be among the massing of the colors in the amphitheater. A Halloween party was given Fri- day evening in the Fort Stevens Club Room, Entertainment and refresh- ments featured. SPANISH WAR VETERANS Meetings This Week. Camps. Monday—Gen. Henry W. Lawton and Col. John Jacob Astor. Thursday—Richard J. Harden. Auxiliaries. Monday—Admiral George Dewey Naval and Daughters of '98, Capitol City Fort. Tuesday—Col. John Jacob Astor. Wednesday—Department meeting. Friday—Gen. Henry W. Lawton. Gen. Henry W. Lawton Camp will meet tomorrow evening. Department Comdr. Vietor L. Wooldridge and his staff will be guests. It will be past commanders’ night. Richard J. Harden Camp had as guests the department commander and staff. Comdr. Herbert M. Man- ning presided. Two new members were added by transfer were Past Comdr. Charles G. Shipe from Gen. ‘William S. McCaskey Camp, Depart- ment of Pennsylvania, and Hugh W. Fisher by transfer from Benjamin L. Jones Camp, Department of Tilinois. | Owing to the absence of Comdr. J. W. McDonald Gen. M. Emmett Urell | Camp was convened by Senior Vice | Oomdr. J. W. Smith. The meeting was addressed by the department commander and other department | officers and also Grand Gu Elvin Luskey and Secretary William T. Barnes of the Military Order of the Serpent. Col. John Jacob Astor was presided over by Comdr. Robert Burg. John R. Dillard, United States Army, re- tired, and Walter Perry, Company K, 10th Infantry, were admitted to mem- bership. Junior Vice Department Comdr. Thomas F. Donovan, assisted by Past Comdr. James E. Byrne, in- stalled Junior Vice Comdr. James M. Benner and the newly appointed chaplain, John Hill. Gen. M. Emmett Urell Auxiliary eelebrated its twenty-fourth birthday enniversary with a supper in Stans- bury Masonic Temple. The guests were welcomed by President Margaret Binnix, who introduced Past Depart-- ment Comdr. Samuel G. McWilliams as master of ceremonies. At the meet- ing Wednesday evening Department President Myrtle Moxley and her staff made an official inspection. The fifteenth anniversary of Cot. James B. Pettit Auxiliary was cele- brated Monday evening in Naval Lodge Hall with a banquet. Those present included Department Comdr. Wooldridge and department officers, Department President Moxley and the members of her staff, National Secre- tary Louise Williams, National Treas- urer Virginia Murray, Past National Presidents Minnie Lenhart and Mamie B. S8chmidt and also the presidents of the various auxiliaries and command- ers of the camps. Past Department President Charles A. Strobel was mas- ter of ceremeonies. President Alice Luskey convened the meeting of Gen. Nelson A. Miles Aux- iliary in Pythian Temple. She an- nounced the official inspection will be made by the department president on November 12. It was decided to hold a rummage sale on November 10 at 1101 Fourth street B.W. Daughters of '98, Capitol City Fort, will meet tomorrow evening at the home of Cadet Louise Shaw, 2803 Q street B.E. ~ » Margaret | | adjutant, Charlotte Berry; finance of- | | the home of Comdr. Belle K. Graves, T Annual Armistice Day Service L egion and Auxilia November 11 to Be Broadcast ry Chief Will Place W reaths on Unknown Soldier’s Tomb . Preceding Amphitheater Rites. The annual Armistice Day service of the Araerican Legion at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery, will be broadcast over N. B. C. from noon to 1 p.m., November 11. Preceding the American Legion pro- gram at the National Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington, will be the laying of wreaths on the Tomb by National Comdf. Daniel J. Doherty and by Mrs. Malcolm Douglas, national president of the American Legion Aux- iliary. This ceremony will be held from 11:15 to 11:30 a.m. The United States Marine Band will play at 11:45 am. Under the tentative program the speakers will include a high represent- ative of the United States Govern- ment, National Comdr. Doherty, Na- tional Auxiliary President Mrs. Doug- las, and the national chaplain, Dr. Frank J. Lawler. There also will be a soloist of national prominence. President Franklin D. Roosevelt will place a wreath on the Tomb at 11 a.m. The program is being arranged by special committee representing the national organization. Theodore R. Cogswell, jr., ef Washington, is the chairman of this committee. The Armistice ball will be held at the Mayflower Hotel starting at 10 pm. and lasting until 2 am. At the meeting of George Wash- ington Post, No. 1, next Tuesday night at the Club Admiral plans will be out- lined by Comdr. John F. Dull for par- j ticipation by the post in the Armistice Day celebration at Arlington National Cemetery and at the National Cathe- dral the same afternoon. | Members, accompanied by the post | colors, W assemble November 11 at |3 o'clock at the tomb of the late |sWoodrow Wilson, where Comdr. Dull will place a wreath in the name of the post. i - | Installation of officers of Bunker | Hill Post was held at the Broad- { moor Hotel last Tuesday. Department | Comdr. Thomas Mason, jr., and his | official staff, escorted by the National | Guard of Honor, under the command of Capt. Guy C. Nadeau, conducted | the installation. The officers are: Commander, William Leo Collins; first vice commander, Maj. Sanford D. Ashford; second vice commander, Charles Francis Malloy, and third | vice commander, William Reginald | Brennan. | Comdr. William Leo Collins appoint- ed as adjutant George A. Wilson; finance officer, William Aloysius Hans; chaplain, Rev. R. C. Fitzgerald; judge | advocate, David Tony Simol histo- rian, John Ravmond Weitzel; senior color bearer, William Barry Ludwig; junior color bearer, Guy M. Dodson; quartermaster, A. J. Gezelle; sergeant |at_arms, Thomas Popham Royston; surgeon, Dr. Joseph Francis Manley. | The L-31 Club will hold its annual fall dance at the Beaver Dam Country Club November 19 for the benefit of the post. | | | in Stansbury Hall next Thursday at preside. Final plans for the post's Armistice Day exercises in the memo- rial chapel of Walter Reed will be an- nounced by Joseph A. Walker. ‘The Senior Drum and Bugle Corps will hold election of officers Tuesday night following the drill in Roosevelt High School Armory. A dance and card party will be held | in Stansbury Hall on November 24. | | | | has appointed officers and committees. Fort Stevens Post No. 32 will meet | 8:15 pm. Comdr. John T. Long wm} Meetings This Week. Monday—Lincoln Post, Arcade Building, 8 p.m.; McGroarty Post, 8 pm.; Guard of Honor, Na- tional Guard Armory, 8 pm.; Costello Post Drum and Bugle Corps, 8 p.m.; Armistice Night Ball Committee, department headquarters, 8 p.m. ‘Tuesday—Treasury Post Exec- utive Committee, 1508 Four- teenth street N.W. 8 p.m.; Fort Stevens Post Drum and Bugle Corps, Roosevelt High School, 8 pm.; George Washington Post, Admiral Club, 8 p.m.; Costello Post, District Building, 8 p.m.; 2d Division Post, New Colonial Hotel, 8 pm. Wednesday — Sergt. Jasper Post, Pythian Temple, 8 p.m.; Columbia Post, 8 p.m.; Cooley McCullough Post, installation of officers, Broadmoor Hotel, 8 p.m. Thursday -— Jane A. Delano Post, 8 p.m.; Fort Stevens Post, Stansbury Hall, 8 p.m. Friday — Agriculture Post, Room 1039, South Building, Agri- culture Department, 8 pm.; G. P. O. Post, G. P. O., 8 p.m.; Sons of Legion Drum and Bugle Corps, National Guard Armory, 8 p.m. loft Ciub last Wednesday night, with Comdr. Charles E. Wolfe presiding. Comdr. Charles E. Wolfe announces he has instruments for any musicians who would like to join the post band. Call District 5050, branch 555. Cooley-McCullough Post No. 22 met Thursday, when plans were formulated for the opening, in the near future, cf the first American Legion Clubhouse in the District of Columbia. Comdr. P. A. Sugrue and Adijt. George Toth, re-elected for the second year, with the newly elected first vice | | Foreign Wars at the Willard Hotel, commander, Guy C. Nadeau; second vice commander, Bernard Beard, and third vice commander, Edward C. Cruse, will be installed a* a dance at the Broadmoor Hotel next Wednesday by the department commander and his official staff, escorted by the guard of honor. James Reese Europe Post met Tues- day evening at the Twelfth Street Branch Y. M. C. A. Comdr. Robert Williams presided. Membership Of- ficer Frederick Dawes initiated a drive for new members. The annual sermon for the post will be held at the Metropolitan Bap- tist Church next Sunday at 8:30 p.m. The Armistice Day dance will be held at the Elks’ Home, 301 Rhode Island avenue N.W., November 11. Lincoln Post will meet in Arcade Hall at 8 pm. The American Automobile Associa- tion will show films and talkie pic- tures. Comdr. Charles W. Garlock The 2d Division Post will have a dance in honor of Past Comdr. John Petrie at the Hotel La Fayette next Saturday. All Legionnaires and their friends are invited. Jane A. Delano Post will meet at the home of Comrade Stewart, Com- modore Apartments, on November 4 at 8 p.m. Officers of Bunker Hill Post held an executive meeting October 26 at the home of Comdr. Collins. The post will attend Armistice Day services November 7 at the Lang- Plans for the American Legion’s first | | annual musical concert and variety | show were discussed yvesterday at de- partment headquarters. It was decided to hold the first of a series of these concerts at the Government. Printing | | Office in Harding Hall November 23 lat 8 pm. Any member of the Legion who has exceptional talent and who wishes to appear in these shows should contact the department. headquarters office {and a list of such applicants will be | turned over to the department musical director, Herbert Teed. These concerts are being held- to raise funds to outfit and equip all musical organizations in the Legion | on a pro-rata basis. U. S. 8. Jacob Jones Post No. 2 held its installation at the Washington | Club October 23. g Comdr. Belle K. Graves appointed as adjutant, Estelle R. Ruby; assistant ficer, Dorothy Brunken. The Advisory Council will meet at 3012 Cambridge place N.W., tomorrow at 8 pm. Braille will start for the winter on | November 2 at 6:30 p.m., Red Cross Chapter House, 1730 E street N.W., and will continue throughout the winter on the first and third Tuesdays of, each month. | Thomas Masom, jr., department com- mander, and his staff installed offfcers of Columbia Post No. 34 as follows: William H. Opitz, commander; Edward P. Frere, first vice commander; Wil- liam Brandon, second vice command william W. Kirby, third vice col mander; John W. McVey, adjutant; Anthony Russo, finance officer; Dee Hammer, chaplain. Kenneth H. Sheelor gave a per- formance in magic. A buffet supper was served, followed by dancing. The next meeting will be held at Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Club November 3 at 8 p.m. George E. Killeen Post will hold open house on Armistice Day in its clubrooms, 3204 M street N.W., at 1 pm. Sergt. Jasper Post will meet in the Pythian Temple next Wednesday, un- der the direction of Comdr. Daniel M. Goodacre. The Executive Committee met st the home of the commander Tuesday evening following the reception to the national head of the Forty and Eight, who is a member of the post. A meeting of Treasury Post Ex- ecutive Committee will be held at Duffy’s Sea Grill next Tuesday at 8 pm. At the last meeting of the post Comdr. Willlam T. Slattery named several committees. Agriculture Post will meet Friday in Room 1039, South Building, Agri- culture Department, at 8 p.m. Officers of the McAlexander Post were installed at the Broadmoor Ho- tel last Friday evening., Entertain- ment and dancing followed. United States Bureau of Internal Revenue Poat, No. 39, met at the Hay- L don M. E. Church. The Vincent B. Costello Post will | meet at the club house of the Wash. ington Post of the V. F. W, Seven- teenth and L streets N.W. Tuesday at 8 pm. Comdr. Julius I. Peyser, who has returned from a journey through France, will preside. Enter- tainment and refreshments. Government Printing Office Post will hold installation of officers on November 5 in Harding Hall at 8 p.m., followed by dancing. Those to be installed are: Com- mander, Massie W. Blankinship; senior vice commander, Roy S. Musick; junior vice commander, Edward R. Newman; chaplain, Joseph Toussaint; finance office, Harold Hampshire; historian, Penn Howard; adjutant, Lawrence Trumbull; sergeant at arms, Peter Stretz; colorbearers and guards, Frank Bruder, Al Clarke, Peter De Rosselli and Claud Wood; Executive Committee, William J. Cassiday, Ed- ward R. Dixon, Louis C. Vogt and Mary N. Wright, ITALIAN UNIT SETS BALL Legion Auxiliary Event to Be At- tended by Ambassador. The Italian Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary will hold its annual | ball next Thursday at the Mayflower Hotel with Mrs. Frances Sorivi as general chairman. Dancing will be from 9 to 1 o'clock. Italian Ambassador Fluvio Suvich and Donna Matilda Suvich head the honor guests. Others on the committee are: Mrs. M. Ricciadelli, vice chairman; Mrs. A. Puchetti, vice chairman; Mrs. B. Gia- netti, secretary; Mrs, M. Battaglini, treasurer; Mrs. Cefala, Mrs. Vavero, Mrs. Ferrari, Mrs. Vechietti, Mrs. Gal- lotti, Miss Mollari, Miss Fioramont{ and Miss Palermo. Purple Hearts. Mount Vernon Chapter, No. 22, will meet at 1414 I street N.W. tomorrow at 8 pm. Maj. J. Stewart Richardson, who was executive officer of the Secret Service Unit, General Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, will be initiated as & member of the chapter and will speak about his experience in connec- tion with his official duties in France. An invitation is extended to all vet- erans who have received the Purple Heart decoration to attend. CATHOLIC WAR . VETERANS Thomas Cuilen, organizer and first commander of the Father Francis J. Hurney Post of the Catholic War Veterans’ was presented with a past commander’s jewel last Wednesday by & committee consisting of Joseph Droney, commander-elect; Henry F. Hodges and John L. King. ‘The members of the post have formed a small group with friends for the purpose of procuring post colors. The next meeting will be Wednes- day evening in the Knights of Co- lumbus Club, when officérs will be - stalled. 5 » | will American Legion body heads: William H. Opitz, commander, John W. McVey, adjutant; Edward F. Frere, first vice commander. W. W. Kirby, third vice commander; William Brandon, second vice commander, and Anthony Russo, finance Seated, left to right: Stending: officer. —Star Staff Photo. President and Mrs. Roosevelt Will Head Pa Armistice Day Event, Given by Veterans of Foreign Wars, to Be Held at Willard Hotel. President and Mrs. Pranklin D. Roosevelt have consented to head the| list of patrons and patronesses of the Armistice Day Ball of the Veterans of November 11. Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring is the honorary chair- man. The ball is given annually to raise funds for needy veterans. Depart- ment Comdr., David B. Herman, in a message last week to the local posts, stressed the increasing need for rellef for veterans. Mrs. Cecelia Stephan, whose birth- day was October 19, and Mrs. Frances Kelly, whose birthday occurs later this month, were guests in whose honor Mrs. Hattie Byram entertained Tues- day evening at her home, 1000 Jack- son street N.E. The guests were mem- bers of the Ladies’ Auxiliary to Fol- low Me Post. They showered Mrs. "Stephan and Mrs. Kelly with hand- kerchiefs and birthday cards. The auxiliary meets the first Tues- day of each month at Thomas Circle | Club. At the October meeting Mrs. Louise Downs was re-elected president. She and her officers will be installed In November. Mrs. Blanche Melton, hospital chairman, has arranged for a party for the veterans at Mount Alto Hospital on December 14. An entertainment for | the veterans was held under Mrs. Mel- ton’'s direction October 14. Follow Me Post will have installation of officers Tuesday evening in North- east Masonic Temple. Department Comdr. Herman, assisted by his staff, will officiate. Following the ceremonies the dance will be held, to which all members of the V. F. W. and their | | families are invited. At the meeting of Fquality-Walter Reed Post next Thursday at Pyvthian Temple officers will be installed bv Past Department Comdr. Daniel E. Campbell. Advance Post will meet at the ‘Washington Post clubhouse, Seven- teenth and L streets N-W., Saturday evening, when the following officers be installed by Department Comdr. David B. Herman: Jerome S. Kauffman, commander; Dwight D. Carleton, senior vice commander; Garrett J. Fitzgerald, jr., vice com- mander; Earl W. Ezell, quartermaster; Joseph J. Goliwas, post advocate; James W. Burkhart, chaplain; Wal- ter A. Lyons, surgeon; Frank L. Gar- rison, officer of the day; Herbert Bor- chargt, adjutant; Jay R. Shea, pa- triotic instructor; Curtis C. Batsoh, historian; Lloyd Graham, service offi- | cer; Steven B. Jones, legislative offi- cer; Charles O. Guillot, sergeant ma- jor; James C. Humes, quartermaster sergeant; Bert J. Berg, guard; Arthur L. Jacobs, sentinel; George W. Fraser and Herman Goldstein, color bearers, and Irving H. Silverberg, bugler. William Snyder, rehabilitation offi-| cer of the V. F. W. will speak on “Re- | habilitation.” United States Treasury Post was presided over by Comdr.- George Ridgeway. Officers elected were: James M. Stewart, commander; F. R. Ihrie, senior vice commander; George P. Kinghorn, quartermaster; George Newman, chaplain; Henry C. Barron, surgeon; Wilbert E. Locklin, judge ad- vocate. The second meeting in November has been postponed until November 27 for public installation of officers in conjunction with the post dance at Joppa Hall, 4215 Ninth street N.W. Washington Post met Tuesday eve- ning at 1700 L street N.W. with Comdr. John J. Keehan presiding. The fol- lowing officers were elected: Com- mander, Fred W. Wacker; senior vice commander, Jess W. Snyder; junior vice commander, John W. Ashley; quartermaster, J. M. Landers; advo- cate, Archie U, Turner; chaplain, Paul Gray; surgeon, J. B. McDaniels. A public installation will be held November 10, with Department Comdr. David B. Herman and his official staff officiating. The regular stated meetings of ‘Washington Post will be held on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month instead of on the second and fourth Mondays as heretofore. Top Notch Tent, Mo. 1, met at 935 G plagce N.W. Tuesday with Seam Squirrel Peter J. Rosch, presiding. Past Seam Squirrel Joseph B. Gar- della installed officers as follows: Jo- seph Perron, seam squirrel; Garnett M. Mattingly, blanket bum; Asbury H. Hammond, hide gimlet; Edward T. Spedden, keeper of the crummy duffle bag; Dr. A. Victor Cercell, bill pusher; James E. Sheehan, sky pilot; Frank Topash, hungry nit, and Past Seam | and Department Secretary Luebkert. Squirrel Peter J. Rosch as tightwad, to fill the unexpired term of Cootie Sped- den. An executive meeting was held at the home of Frank Topash, 1760 Columbia 4 trons of Ball Meetings This Week. Monday—Counsel of Adminis- tration, District Building. Tuesday — Follow Me Post, Northeast Masonic Temple: Mili- tary Order of the Cootie, 935 G place NNW. ‘Wednesday—Federal Post, 1326 Massachusetts avenue NW.; Gen. William E. Mitchell Post, 421 Eleventh street N.W.; Overseas Military Band, National Guard Armory; Cootie Drum and Bugle Call, National Guard Armory. Thursday Equality-Walter Reed Post, Pythian Temple; Armistice Day Ball Committee, 1624 H street NW. Friday — McKimmie-Catterton Police-Fire Post, District Build- ing; Bowling League, Recreation Alleys. Saturday—Advance Post, L street N.-W. 1700 road N.W., last Tuesday and the fol- lowing were appointed: Frank Bene- detto, shirt reader; Charles Wolf, pro- vost marshal; James M. Stewart, jimmy legs, and William Joyce, wind jammer. A meeting will be held Tuesday and plans will be ararnged to attend the annual oyster roast of Dynamite Pup Tent No. 1, Baltimore, Md., at Wash- ington boulevard and Dorsey road, next | Sunday. Department Auxiliary President Adelaide M. Grant presided when the following department officers were | installed: Patriotic instructress, Ethel Sendlack; assistant conductress, Hazel Perron; assistant banner bearer, Bon- nie Moore, and assistant guard, Gene- vieve Inman. National President Laura Schertle was entertained at the Hotel May- flower by Department President Grant A joint installation of officers will be held by the auxiliaries, at Joppa Hall, on November 30. Miss Margaret Grant is being spon- sored by the ladies’ department as a contestant for the corwn of Miss V. F. W. She will be known as “Miss Aux- iliaries.” Meetings this week are: Tuesday—Follow Me Thomas Circle Club, 8 p.m. ‘Wednesday — Federal Auxiliary, Thomas Circle Club, 8 pm., and Mc- Kimmie-Catterton-Police-Fire Aux- iliary, No. 2979, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines’ Club, 8 p.m. HEARST NATIONAL MATCH ANNOUNCED Firing Designed to Give Training in Landscape Target Shooting. Local National Guard officials have received notice of the plans for the William Randolph Hearst Musketry Competition, which is to promote the training of rifle fire units by so pre- paring them through landscape target firing as to enable them to derive the maximum benefits from fleld firinz. The hope was expressed that all rifle companies will enter the matches. The competition” will comprise a regimental and separate battalion match. Company A, 372d Infantry, of the local Guard, and the 1st Sep- arate Company of the Maryland Guard, having no company with which to compete, are authorized to enter the national match. With these excep- tions, only teams which will have won their respective regimental or bat- talion matches will be eligible to com- pete in the national match. The dates on which the companies may fire their respective regimental or separate battalion matches will be prescribed by the authorities of their respective States. There is no limit on the earliest date, but the latest date must be sufficiently early to al- low time for completing the firing of the national match, which must be not later than March 31 next. If a team fires after this date it will be disqualified. Each team will consist of the in- dividuals who constituted the team at the time it competed in its regi- mental or separate battalion match, notwithstanding a promotion or de- motion of one or more of its members since that date. It is provided, how- ever, that in case any member is pre- cluded by sickness or other un- avoidable cause from participating in Auxiliary, the national match the regimental or separate battalion commander may make substitutions, but they must come from the same company of the man whose place they are to take and must be of the same rank. HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., OCTOBER 31, 1937—PART TWO. Columbia Post Elects Officers (Destroyer Is Assigned Here For Naval Reserve Training U. S. S. Leary Is at Washington Navy Yard for Several Weeks—To Be Used for Weekly Drills. Altiough in the midst of their preparation for the coming annual in- spection before a board of regular offi- cers from the Navy Department, the 1st Battalion, United States Naval Reserve, in the District of Columbia, has been forced to rearrange its pre- paratory schedule in order to take advantage of the presence here for training purposes of the United States destroyer Leary. While 41l of the tests in the course of the annual inspection are held under armory training conditions, and the officers and men, it was sald, were desirous of stressing this training, it was indicated the training scheduled will be rearranged so as to use the Leary for drill purposes as much as possible. However, it was said that it will not be possible for the local Re- servists to get as much use of the ship as would be so if it were sent here in the early fall or late spring. During the period that the ship will remain here it will be used entirely for emergency drills, such as battle quarters, collision and abandon-ship drills. Although handicapped by not having a large boat here the year around, the Naval Reservists expressed belief when spring arrives a larger vessel will be sent here to supplement the small launch which the local outfit has been struggling along with for several years. Although willing to give up the launch, if necessary, when the larger boat arrives here, the officers expressed the hope both vessels would be allowed to remain so that all forms of training could be given, particularly to seamen and men in the deck force, who could be assigned to her to perfect their work in handling small power boats. Lt. Paul Kerst, formetly attached to the 1st Fleet Division, as executive of- ficer, has returned to duty with the battalion and has been - ssigned to the 2d Fleet Division in a similar capac- ity. He voluntarily cause of pressure of private business. in the class of 1928. Promotions are in the offing for a number of enlisted men. Lt. John F. Fewell, senior member of the enlist- ed men's examining board for the local battalion, is formulating plans for con- ducting examinations of a number of enlisted men who have been recom mended for promotion by their divi- sion commanders. ‘These examinations will be conduct- ed as rapidly as possible, as it is the announced policy of the battalion commander rapidly as they are qualified for more important duties. The exami- nations necessarily require a great amount of time, because of the many specialist branches which are in the Navy as well as the Reserve. Each man has to be examined separately in his | particular line and no group examina- tions can be held. When the board convenes it will sit almost continuously for the next several months, in order to complete the list of recommenda- tions. In addition to his duties as execu- tive officer, Lt. J. B. Cleland, jr.,, has been given the additional duty of edu- cational officer of the local battalion. He is to co-ordinate the duties of the various instruction classes to make certain that the instructions of the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy De- withdrew from | the Fleet Reserve about a year ago be- | to advance all men as| |in some cases, to their He is a graduate of the Naval Academy | partment are being carried out in the educational work at the local bat- talion, He will begin his new duties im- mediately so that the classes will be functioning perfectly by the time of the annual inspection, as the board Roes very thoroughly into-the manner in which this instruction of both of- ficers and enlisted men is carried out. Further attention is being given this year to the training of the divisions in battle problem work. The Inspection Board has let it be known that during the coming inspection it will have two of the divisions execute a battle pro- blem, whereas, in the past, because of the time required to carry out this im- portant naval function, only one di- vision has been selected. However, the board does not permit the local officers to designate the divisions which will conduct the problem, so each of the three divisions will have to spend sometime in this work. The entire battalion will be marked on the showing made by the two divisions which will be selected after the board apears in the armory on inspection night. With this in mind, it was said that at least one of the divisions will be given a battle problem drill between now and the time of the inspection. The series of the lectures for Re- serve officers which have been inaugu- rated here by Lt. Comdr. Charles B. McVay, U. S. Navy, officer in charge of Naval Reserve activities here, ‘is attracting a number of volunteer Re- serve officers, and it is hoped that as the series progresses a larger num- ber will attend. s High tribute to the Naval Reserve | was pald by Rear Admiral Charles | R. Train, president of the Naval Ex- amining Board, here on Navy Day. He formerly was director of Naval Re- serves, and during that period visited | all of the organizations in the country. | Any group of civilians, he said, that, after the day's toil is completed, go | whole-hear to their armories, and, vessels, dnni their uniforms and drill for two hours, | must have the admiration of the Navy | and the public. To have built up suc- cessfully an organization that will per- form efficiency service in time of war| in armories far from United States| seaports indicates, he continued, the | splendid spirit that exists. | At the end of the World War, he | went on, the Navy had 21,000 officers and 270,000 men in the Naval Reserve. Any future emergency, he pointed out, may demand twice that number, and added that no nation could survive the maintenance of such a naval force | during peace time. It will take sever-| al months before the naval training | statiops and schools can begin to| turn out trained men for the fleet. It is for this period that the Navy trains, during peace time, a Naval Reserve ca- | pable of taking its place in the fleet on | the very day of mobilization. He said | that it occupies a most important | place in the plans for the national de- fense. Definite places and definite duties are assigned them which can- | not be filled or executed by the regu- | lar Navy within its peace-time strength. He said there are now 1,100 officers and 10,000 enlisted men in the active- ly drilling fleet reserve. In addition there is a volunteer reserve consisting of specialists and 7,000 officers and 11,000 men in the communications branch. RESERVES SHIFTED BY ASSIGNMENTS Troop School Schedule Is Announced—Several Are Relieved From Units. With the beginning of the 1937-8 Troop School schedule, a number of District officers have been given new assignments and likewise quite & few officers have been relieved from units. Those given new assignments in- clude Lt. Col. Lawrence Clayton, to the 1321st Service Unit: Capt. Fred W. Zuerl and Second Lt. Allen M. Welch, to the 1327th Service Unit; First Lt. Robert McGinn and Second Lt. Robert A. Bitch, to the 627th En- gineer Battalion; First Lts. Clyde F. Clark and Julius W. Neeley and Sec- ond Lts. John A. Baker, John E. Beebe, jr.; George M. Hope, 3d; Jo- seph S. Lann, Ralph W. Lowe, Har- old B. Shill, Charles H. Cooke, Oliver H. Folk and Earl M. Richardson, all to the 1322d Service Unit; Second Lts. Hector C. Cothron and Wilfred S. Mc- Claren, to the 3d Cavalry; Second Lts. Robert H. Aranow, Robert R. Mc- Martin, jr.; Frederick J. Weis, jr., and Joseph W. Stanley, to the 16th Field Artillery; Second Lt. Fred A. Broomall, to the 1320th Service Unit; Second Lts. Ellis K. Allison and An- thony R. Bayer, to the 3d Coast Ar- tillery District. The following local officers have been relieved from units as indicated: Capts. P. Leslie Ebersole, jr.; Willlam A. Roberts and First Lt. is Klein and Second Lt. Gregory J. Lock, from the 913th Coast Artillery (anti- aircraft); Capt. Everett M. Pershing, from the 425th Infantry (light tanks); Capt. Walter Atkinson, from the 1303d Service Unit; Capt. Milford J. Bamber and Second Lt. Levan R. Fleck, from the 622d Coast Artillery (harbor defense); First Lieut. Harry Bender and Second Lts. Virgil G. Hall and Charles S. Furtney, from the 1322d Service Unit; Maj. James R. Arnold and Second Lt. Douglas O. Baird, from the 376th Engineers; Capt. Ed- ward M. Welliver, from the 80th Divi- sion, Judge Advocate General's Depart- ment; First Lt. Jaye J. Grollman, from the 306th Cavalry; First Lieut. William G. Belser, jr, from the 34th Infantry; Second Lt. Ernest Gam- brill, from the 429th Infantry; Second Lt. John D. Ridge, from the 343d Engineers, and Second Lt. Carl A. Voss, from the 74th General Hospital. A tull conference schedule confronts District Reserve officers this week. Sound film and map-reading will be the subject of the 428th and 429th In- fantry meeting tomorrow evening. In- fantry and signal officers will meet Tuesday evening, the infantry officers taking up instructions on the conduct of inactive duty training, while the signal officers will discuss training methods and planning. Meeting Wed- nehday evening, fleld artillery officers will discuss practical problems in or- ganistion. 4 PYTHIAN SISTERS. Rathbone Temple met Friday eve- ning. Mrs. Nellie Sheetz, chairman of the delegates to the Grand Temple session held in Fredericksburg, Va. | gave a report. She said the Supreme Temple convention will be held in| ‘Washington August, 1938. The fol- lowing officers for the Grand Temple were installed: Past Grand Chief Lo- rena Meyers of Roanoke, Va.; Grand | Chief Jeanette Baker of Fredericks- burg, Va.; Grand Senior Estelle Gray, | ‘Washington, D. C.; Grand Junior Annie | M. Furlow, Norfolk, Va.; Grand Guard | Fred Stine, Washington, D. C.; Grand Protector Alonza Sweringen, Peters- burg, Va.; Grand Mistress of Records and Correspondence Lolo V. Marks, ‘Washington, D. C.;: Grand Guard, Mar- guerite Duncan, Crewe, Va.; member of board of governors, Meta B. Moore, Newmarket, Va.; Grand Mistress of Finance Julia M. Hill, Richmond, Va.; State Organizer Carrie Davis, Wash- ington, D. C.; Grand Trustee Ida M. Crown, Washington, D. C., and State Press Correspondent, June Woolridge, Roanoke, Va. Rathbone Temple is sponsoring a turkey dinner at Pythian Temple No- vember 18, 8 to 7 pm. L. 0. 0. F. NEWS Grand Master Linwood E. Donald- son, Grand Representative Wilfred E. Lawson and other officers of the Grand Lodge, with a delegation from the vari- ous subordinate and Rebekah lodges, will go to Binghamton, N. Y., Novem- ber 6 for a huge degree demonstration and rally. The grand sire, Thomas G. Andrews, will be in attendance to wit- ness the conferring of the initiatory degree on 1,000 candidates in his honor. There will be a parade and other activities of interest to all Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. On November 10 the grand officers will make an official visit to Harmony Lodge. o ‘The grand officers will accompany Mrs. Cora H. Kincer, president of the Rebekah Assembly, on her official visit to Miriam Rebekah Lodge November 5. A special call has been issued by the grand master to all branches of the order to support the appeal of the Cit- jzen's Emergency Committee in its drive for donations toward tlLe “feed- ing of hungry school children.” RIS WILL INSTALL OFFICERS Lafayette Squadron, No. 1, Sons and Daughters of the World War, will hold installation of officers at the Thomson School Thursday at 7:30 pm. Col. George E. Ijams, past na- tional commander, Military Order of the World War, will officiate. The officers are: Commander, Robert Davids; captain, Harland Harris; first lieutenant, Hart Sanguinet; second lieutenant, Louis Davids; adjutant, Anthony Marmo; chaplain,” John Prather; sergeant at arms, Prancis De Paul; treasurer, Charles Episcopo, who is also the color sergeant. Comdr. Davids will lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Armistice Day. 4 | 70.00; | master | Engineers, C—5 COAST ARTILLERY PLANS MANEUVER 260th Regiment to Make Road March to Bruns- wick, Md. Caissons, trucks, rolling kitchens, reconnaissance wagons will roll from here into Maryland next Sunday when the 260th Coast Artillery, District Na- tional Guard, will hold a field probe lem as a part of its training program. It will be commanded by Col. Walter ‘W. Burns. As this is a mobile anti- aircraft unit of coast artillery, C: Burns, in order to keep them in train- ing and give them more than they can obtain within the armory, has decided to take them on the road. ‘The caravan will leave early in the morning and head for Brunswick, Md., where a short stop will be made for lunch and then will come back to the armory. Much of the organization and oper- ation of the Halloween parade fell on the shoulders of members of the Guard, who were mustered into this service because of their training in this regard. The 121st Engineers had 5 officers and 125 enlisted men assigned to the procession; the 260th Coast Artillery, 5 officers and 125 men; 29th Division Special Troops, 3 officers and 75 enlisted men, and the 104th Quar- termaster Regiment, 1 officer and 25 enlisted men. As a result of the action of Col. John W. Oehmann, commanding the local Guard, to keep only active pere sonnel in the various units under his command there has been a noticeable improvement in the attendance rec- ords, as evidenced by the September drill attendance report. Two organie zations had 100 per cent attendance during the month. They were the Headquarters Company, 104th Quare termaster Regiment, and the Head- quarters Detachment, 2d Battalion, 260th Coast Artillery. The other units in their rela order, with percentage: cal Department De! ‘Troops, 29th Divisi quarters Detachmen: 20th Division, 96.87; Military Police Company, 92.11; Head- quarters Detachment, 29th Division, 8750; Headquarters Company, 28th Division, 83.41; Company A, 104th Quartermaster Regiment, 82.16; Head- quarters and Service Company, 121st Engineers, 81.64; Company B, 121st Engineers, 78.13; State- Detachment, 77.77; Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, 76.07; Battery B. 260th Coast Artillery, 173.66; Battery F. 260th Coast Artillery, Company B. 104th Quarter- Regiment, 60.79; Headquar- ters Battery, 260th Coast Airtille: 69.53; Battery C, 260th Coast Artille; 69.47, Band, 121st Engineers, 68.75; Medical Department Detachment, 260th Coast Artillery, 65.90; Com- pany A, 121st Engineers, 63.93; Medi- cal Department Detachment, 121st Engineers, 63.83; Company F, 121st 62.43; Company C, 121st Engineers, 60.00; Battery E, 260th Coast Artillery, 60.00; Headquarters Detachment and Combat Train, 260th Coast Artillery, 57.69; Company E, 121st Engineers, 55.41; Company D, 121st Engineers, 55.40. ‘The Special Troops. 29th Division, stood at the top of the list in the larger units with a score of 87.64, the others being Company A, 372d Infantry, 82.60: 260th Coast Artillery, 69.45; 1st Battalion, 104th Quartermaster Regi- ment, 69.16; 121st Engineers, 64.49. Special Troops, 29th Division Pvt. Herbert Groomes, Battery F, 260th Coast Artillery, has been hon- orably discharged because of removal from the city. The following have been placed on the inactive lists because of business or | educational interference with the per- formance of military duty: Battery B, 260th Coast Artillery: Pvts. Herbert F. Gardner, William G. Howard, Robert C. Hays, Richard T. Meyer, Raymond L. Robey, Frank A. Ochsenreiter, Jay | W. Jeffries and Edward E. Proudfoot Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery | Pvts. Robert E. Arnold, Richard L. | King and George W. Coffey. Headquarters Detachment, 2d Bat- talion, 260th Coast Artillery: Pvt. | Owen W. Heflin. Battery F, 260th Coast Artillery: Pvt. Charles P. Schuettler. Personnel changes in Company D, 121st Engineers, are as follows: Sergts. Edward A. Bates and Richard P. Gra- ham and Corpl. Howard E. Whitsell to be privates; Corpls. Frank R. Coleman and Taylor A. Marsh to be sergeants and Pvts. William T. Allen, Martin D. Buxbaum and Ted W. Maloney to be corporals. ‘The practice of some members of the Guard who are Government employes of taking more than 15 days of fleld training each year has been prohib- ited by the War Department, except on certain conditions, and this addi- tional time can only be taken with the approval from the War Depart- ment and the head of the Govern- ment department or independent bu- reau in which the soldier is employed. Because of this practice, some of the departments and bureaus have complained to the War Department, pointing out that it takes men away from their civillan employment for long periods of time, and many times disrupts the vacation schedules of other employes in the offices con- cerned. If the Guard finds that a member of its command in the Government employ is needed in the fleld longer than the allotted period, before it re- quests approval from the department it must first obtain from the head of the office concerned a statement approving the plan. The plan, ac- cording to the War Department, will apply equally to te ry, as well as permanent, employes of the Govern- ment. AMERICAN WAR MO' The District of- Columbia Chapter held installation of officers October 21 at the War Mothers’ National Home, 1527 New Hampshire avenue N.W. Mrs. Roddy, past president, opened the meeting; the chaplain, Mrs. Barrows, offered the prayer. Mrs. Roscoe L. Oatley acted as installation officer. The new officers are: President, Mrs. Catherine Eckert: first vice president, Mrs. Pernille Carl; second vice presi- dent, Mrs. Marian Barrows; record- ing secretary, Mrs. Laura Behrens; cor- responding secretary, Mrs. Florence Walters; treasuer, Mrs. Bahia Scor- dos; chaplain, Mrs. Ada Watts; his- torian, Mrs. Florie Barr, and recorder of deeds, Mrs. Mary Shanahan. The State pesident, Mrs. Thiele, and the Washington delegates to the nae tional convention in Detroit, Mich., gave reports.