Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-11-28
LEGION POST SEEKS
HOSPITAL UNIT MEN
No. 4o5 Would Take in Veterans
OF All Bases and
ColIegains
1900 ENROLMENT IS SEEN


Service mon in Roso 11osrito, M ~
h,,.o J..,1., 10
nav uc'lueu 10 JON iost NO 4Vo ol
the American Legion as Il group. This
addition to the present
c,aensSs. membership of the post
SzSzNSSM will increase its num-
fkEsttSSANk bers TO approximately
AWSWsGNyHk 800 and will make II one
MSElsXW Of the largest posts in
NSSs5LsSP the county organiza
ton,
A movement has also been started to
enroll in Post 405 the service men of
Base Hospital No 3S, Of the Jefferson
Hospital. 4 meeting has been called
by DR.. j. Howard Gaskill. Of the JEFF
ferson Medical College. to place the
proposition before the members of the
unit.
There is also n possibiiitv thot Post
go. of the Twenty seventh Ward which
Includes in its membersbin n large MN.
ber of JTniversitv Of Pcnnsvlvania
alumni and undergraduates. will anal
gamate with Post No 4o5, thus adding
loo members to the University post.
May Enroll 1900
II is the purpose of Post 405 milf.
matelv to include S'' in " IFS 0T membershin % J,ir
if possible. ali the service men in each
of the fivn base hosnitnl units orpanized
in P5iiadcInhio endasTo "l,,S =" IL HaGso aiso
being made 70 interest undorgraduates
of all The institutions of Scarninr in
pbiladelnhio and service mon from
among The various college and mi
versity alumni associationss anu UNI
hott cne Juusment OF Dr; a. - Ap,
uo't' conlmander OF foSC 4oo, II ought
70 oe op0 opp0ssloie 10 enroil between Iooo
nnu IIoo nnd nInnedInoers IN tne post Dy Jan
iTy usry !, I9zo: II thls can De done II
VII risal N lne,nDersnip the herman
to"h fost no. ., whlch was the third
~ pe Vrsunl1eq IN fennSylvania ana
me III. nrst 70 De formed IN Philadeiphla.
;nS;otp nG aapIulLy OF CROWN OF fost foo is
Just half as large as the first post es-
'"gTilsneu mere
oSt 40 Is planning smoker some
e;,, oinie III necemqer, at winch It VIII be-
hnrsbi,s itpus p emort 70 uouele ltS mem
nitai ,rnits thto ,.aaid . oa a.. tiie nos
1aerninn 80 III .L NaIious Ii INSTITUTIONS , Oh
alumni anu otle ColiefE ana university
"'0N ''''ionS VIII oe ln'l'eu'
Broad Policy Adopted
A broad policv has heen established
by the post in regard to bospital units.
A hospital unit will ho nermitted If II
so desires, to maintain it's own unit
organization. provided, of course, it's
activities shall not in any way conflict
with the post activities
Base Hospital No. 20, for example,
has organized the Base Hospital 20
Association, with the following officers :
Or, !. B. Carnett, president; Ralph
!; toniiinson' vice president; Dr VIII
treasurer. Doctor Carnett was the di-
reetor OF I'm tne unit ana lts commanding
omcer' Inc ASSOCIATION was organized
st az lts nrst reunion IN tne Bellevue
Stratlord, an occasion Whlcn attracted
10 cpmraues. Inc nurses OF the unit M
have neeh utstu 10 y4in rost ~ - OIL Ine
p'|'
Oak Lime Post 263 of the Amer
loan Legion at its last meetinq held
Iu1nuay' ,r,sa NoVenoer - az Cah E i1ane
Hlorary' lweith sI.eeI n anu oah Lane
arenue' etecteu tne lolioMIhs pernahnI' tri
omcers t3r tne ensuing year III III
% Woon d. so'an, voniiianuer 49,, t>ogIo TT
ph eenui wee tnnt Eo,ianqfn ManoId n anS S. 10
aDroaupensa.' n. auJu."ht' S; iaroiu y "'Tne'
@nnahce @ o,hceL 5u II; SnI'eni, ~, 81, MS