Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-15
WILL LIST $4,000
MEN FOR MEDALS
Committees to Begin To-
morrow Systematic Regis
tration of D. C. Soldiers.

Washington's war heroes who are
ice in the war are to begin register
ing tomorrow. Plans have been COM
pleted for listing the $4,000 or more
District veterans who are to receive
the badges. according to a statement
OF Brig. Gen. r. D. Simms, chairman
OF the committee on distribution of
war medals, cooperating with the
citizens welcome-home committee
Offices for the registration are to
be opened tomorrow at"the District
building, National Guard Armory, 472
the headquarters of the Washington
Post of the American Legion. Capt
r: II. Groves is to be in charge at the
District building. Capt. P. G. hewitt
the armory and Capt. Groves in the
evening. At the Southern building Of
flee Capt. John Lewis Smith, COM
mander of the Washington Post, will
be in charge. The offices of the Dis
trict building and the Southern build
ing will be open from am. to 4:3O
pm. The Office at the armory will be
open from am. until II pm.
Every Eligible Man to Register.
Every man eligible for a medal
must register, and he should register
at once" said Gen. Simms yesterday.
1t obviously is impossible for the
committee to get in touch with the
$4,000 men who are entitled to medals
unless the men take 1t upon them
selves to make themselves known We
Will make 1t as easy and as convenient
as possible for them to register. They
must be registered before Saturday.
June 81, however"
The medals will be presented to
the men at the big Fourth of July
celebration that will be staged on
the Washington Monument grounds:
registration will be listed, with his
name. address and branch of the
service. He will then receive an
Identification card, which will assign
him a place in the big formation of
medal candidates July 4. This card
will entitle the holder to q medal.
r. N. Harper, chairman of the citi-
zens committee in charge of the
Fourth of July celebration, declared
yesterday that no man will receive
medal unless he has first secured
his Identification card.
Outline of Requirements.
Enlisted men of any branch of the
Army or Navy who have been dis
charged will be required to present
their discharge papers. or certified
copies of their discharge papers, when
they register. Enlisted men who are
still in the service will be required
to present credentials from a COM
missioned officer, showing that they
are in active service. Officers, whether
discharged or in the service, will be
registered upon their own statement
as to their war record. Registration
will begin promptly at o'clock to-
morrow morning and will be con-
tinued throughout the week, closing
Saturday night at IL o'clock.
Regulations Announced.
The medal distribution committee
Is anxious that every man entitled to
a medal shall receive one. With this
in view. the committee yesterday an
nounced the adoption of the follow
ing regulation governing the awards:
"All officers and regularly enlisted
members Of the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps and coast guard services resi-
dents Of the District Of Columbia who
have had honorable service during the
world war, shall be entitled to receive
the medals presented by the citizens of
the District of Columbia.
1.-The term resident, as applying to
eligibility to receive medals, shall be
construed to include residents of the
District Of Columbia serving in any
branch OF the service and those who
were residents of states or territories
other than the District of Columbia
whose sservices were credited to the
District"
This regulation will enable men who
make their homes in the District while
maintaining voting residence else
listed or were drafted from the Dis
fricf