New Britain herald., 1919-06-21
AMERICA FIRST, IS
 SPANISH WAR VETS
 FIRM DECLARATION
Go on Record as Opposing Any Organization SaVoring Of BoI- ShOViSm or That Is Anti-
 American
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED;
 AUXILIARY ALSO MEETS

NOA1AJAIAAt 1AUU uLu U Theodore Johnson of This City De-
 fCs:tcd For Junior Vice Commander
 By y, F. Quinn of Stamlord-NiI-
 Departmcnt--NIrs. Murply of New
 London Heads Womcn'e Branch.
 At the session Of the United Spanish War Veterans held in Junior Mechan- les hall today, the veterans went on record as opposing any society or or lSanization whose prnciples in any way favor Bolshevisnl, and a unanimous vote placed the department On a basis of strict Americapism. Dopartm ent Commander Houston, now past com~ mander, was in the chair duling the business meeting.
 Officers Are Elected.
 The election of officers was the principal item of business of the day. William Baseley of New London hay Fig been chosen for the office of de- partmeEt commander for the year and Percy Sautelle of Meriden and J. B. Quinn of Stamford to fill Shc. other chief office; of t!,2 departmcnt- t-sen- fer and jUDior vice comn,anders re- &nlctiVoIy. Mr. Quinn Was. opposed by :.I"GCant IT eodore Johnson of this ci'S for the office of Juuor vice con- Nund9r
 Trustees For PcrSninG Fund.
 
 over 1ftcr the tribution of the Gen. 2ral Pershing fund fer Connecticut units was discussed at length. 1t was decided that the practical way to dis pose of the matter would be to appoint a committee of five merlbers, one from each ol the five congressional districts of the state, to form a board of trustees. These delegates were ap- pointed for terms varying in length the first for five years. Each year a new trustee will be elected by the congressional district from which the S retiring trustee was chosen and it will be the duty of the board to find the best means Of investing the surplus s about SIS, ,000--or deposit the money A to be drawn as necessity demands for Hthe relief of veterans or their fam # ilies
 M LdOlcS AuXiLiary SCSSiOn. &w The closing session of lIe Ladies SAuxiliary to the Spanish War Veterans &took place this morning in the audi 8 torium of the Grammar school with 3 Past President Pearson presiding. The 8 newly elected officers were installed 8b by Mrs. Ellen Berry of Rockville They ware: President, Mrs. Murphy, New & London; senior vice president, Miss JHiY of 1,io "a dent, Mrs. Breckland of Meriden; eha plain, Mrs. Quinn of Stamford; 8 jud ge advocate, Mrs. Peabody of New 8 Haven; conductor, Mrs. Kay of New 8Iondon: assistant conductor. Mrs 8 Hitchcock; guard, Mrs. Morse of New @Haven; outside guard, Mrs. Strause Of # Bristol; historian, Mrs. Cannon of &MIew Haven; patriotic instructor. Mrs. VoIff of Bridgeport Eight council- ors were chosen IS follows: Mrs Kane, Mcdonald, Nichols, Gricarney, Henderson, Manne and Henninger.
 National Delegates Chosen. # Delegates to the national conven- ion at San Francisco in September Aare chosen with Mrs. Iioach as dele 1E&sa ate-at- large. The four named for #l,is commission were Mrs. Kane, Mrs &smith, Mrs. Wolff and Miss I7lnney.
 The joint cc1Yention closed with a rouet at JudH's hall this afternoon nd the meeting was addressed by enator George w. Klctt, Mayor Geo.
 ouicicy. Judge Bernard F. Gafney
 v J. Leo Sullivan and number of
 or prominent speakers.
 Convention Opens
 # With nearly 200 delegates in at
 donce. the sixteenth annual en- opment of the United Spanish War
 atarans and Ladies auxiliary to
 aa,,isb War Veterans opened last
 f,.4 with a session in Junior Me.
 nics, hall on Hungerford court,
 = +be delegates were formally vel
 a,,,e ed to the city by Mayor George A.
 .SIav Paul Finance, head of A. c.
 ,s, ,,,ond camp, presided at the
 'ai,,o of the meeting and following |I|s nref1minaries of the convention
 ccontinued on Tsnth Pageo