Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-12
WOULD GIVE RESIDENTS
OF DISTRICT THE VQTt:
Mr.. Dyer EXPRESSES Views at
Spanish War Veterans
Installation.

An address by Representative Dyer
of Missouri. a member Of the House
District committee, in favor cf suffrage
for citizens OF the District marked tho
installation OF officers OF the United
Spanish War Veterans in Eagles Hall
last night He promised to do all ne
could to secure the franchise for
Washingtonians.
The District OF Columbia" said Rep
resentative Dyer. ought to be repre-
scented in Congress the same Is Porto
Rico. the Philippines, Hawaii and other
parts of the United States.
Department Commander Daniel w.
Chisholm installed the officers. who are:
department commando. Capt. John J.
Knapp. /. S. N, of III. w. I.awton Camp;
senior vice commander James T. Gree
ley of r. ]. Harden Camp: Junior vice
commander, William Exener OF J. J.
Aston Camp: chaplain. John Mahoney OF
r. j. Harden Camp: judge advocate.
Judge Blount of IL. w. Lawton Camp.
department surgeon, DR.. S. Clifford Cox
OF FL. W. Lawton Camp; inspector. :.
Wilson of Miles Camp; marshal {. J.
Wilson of r. J. Harden Camp: delegates
to the national encampment r L. Lamb
Of Lawton Camp and Comrade Shurtlef
of Petit Camp.
Appointments Made.
The following appointments were an
nounced:
Chief of staff, Comrade Joseph Milton
Heller Of Henry w. Lawton Camp No 4:
adJutant. Comrade Joseph Lyon King
of Henry w Lawton Camp No. I: GUAR.
termaster, Comrade III. IL. Coulter OF
Richard j. Harden Camp No. 2: historian.
lComhade Homer j. Locking OF Col.
James S. Petit Camp No. 3. mastering
officer. Comrade G. Leyburn Shorey OF
Col. John Jacob Astor Camp No. e. aid,
dp-ca ~
Nelson \. Miles Camp No /: aid-de-
camp. Comrsde Joseph l.. May OF Col.
James S. Petit Camp No 3: a!d-de-camp,
Comrade Sheridan Ferree OF Henry W.
Lawton Camp No. 4; aidde-cemp. Com
rade John s. NJ. Zimmerman of Col John
Jacob Aston Camp No. q; aid-de-camp,
Comrade Richmond Pearson Hobson OF
Admiral George Dewey Naval Camp No. Z.
The camp fire was presided over hv
Past Department Commander s. Clifford
Cox, and among others who spoke were
Department Commander Ross of the c.
A. r.. Commander Jurgensen and Judge
Blount.
During the course of his remarks Mr..
Dyer suggested that preference should
be given to soldiers and sailors applying
for positions in the government service.
He said that the civil service commission
ignores the soldier or sailor who has
served his country. unless he was dis
charged for disability.
Tribute to Speaker Clark.
Mr.. Dyer paid high compliment to
Speaker Clark, who was to have spoken.
but had not returned from Atlantic City.
IF this country should be overcomo
with the fatality of a democratic Presi-
dent" he said, AZ cannot see anything
better, next to a republican President.
than a democrat from Missouri occupying
the presidential chair
Capt. John ]. Knapp. L. s. N, newly ms
stalled department commander OF the
order. suggested that jealousy existed boz
tween the army and navy.
Although all the branches OF the serv~
ice, army and navy, work for tho glory
of the United States and the Stars and
Stripes" he said, jealousy always sx-
lists between these two arms Of the serve
ice, sometimes neutrazing to great exc
tent the good work performed by either"