Evening star., 1920-03-21

tlOn 10 tnelr d1Sa ablllty-
The Disa bled Emergency Omcers Oh
the World war, an organization re-
Gently formed to further such an ao-
justment, has opened national head
quarters at the National Guard Ar
mory, 472 l. street. Seven posts OF
the order have been established at va
rious posts and hospitals. one of the
strongest being that at Walter Reed
Hospital. The others are at Fox Hllls,
| n. Y; the Fort McHenry General HOS
pital. in Baltimore. the General HOS
pital. at Oteen. n. C. where the tuoer-
cular patients are treated; the general
hospital a Denver, Col, and the mill
| tary hospitals at Fort Sheridan, ILL.,
and Fort Bayard, n. NJ.
The national officers of the emer-
gency officers, who last week appear
ed before the House committee in the
interest of the Stevenson bill, are:
Lieut.. j. q. Graham, national COM
mander; Lieut.. Col. J. r. Southam. ma
tional vice commander, and Lieut.. A.
b. Donlin, national secretary-treas-
urer.
The Walter Reed Hospital post of
the officers organization last week
adopted resolution which read. in
part: This post of the Disabled
Emergency Officers of the World War
has gone on record as supporting all
/. legislation affecting disabled men and
officers and embodied in the Wason
bill and the stevenson bill. prior to
any other legislation for all eX-serv-
ice men. such as the so-called bonus
bills now before Congress"
Will Discuss Service Men Aids.
The former service mems welfare
committee will hold it's second meet
ing at American Legion headquarters,
S23 18th street, tomorrow afternoon at
4:30 o'clock, and representatives of
the several patriotic and welfare or
ganizations in Washington will dis
cuss the best methods of promoting
the interests of former soldiers and
sailors without duplication of work.
Officers of the committee. which was
that 1t be understood that the COM
mittee Will take over none of the
functions now performed by any of
the organizations, but will conf1ne it
self to co-ordinating the work now
being done. 1t is not intended that
the committee supplant welfare or
ganizations of the American Legion.
the American Women's Legion, the
Y. NJ. c. A. the Knights Of Colum-
bus. or similar groups. Its function
will be to serve as a clearing house"
for information and opportunities.
Lieut.. Col. James A. Drain. senior
vice commander of the District of
Columbia department of the Ameri-
can Legion, chairman; j. c. Brady.
director of the Knights of Columbus
employment bureau, vice chairman.
and George c. De Neale, secretary.
Lieut.. James B. Harten of the service
and information branch of the War
Department, is one of the active or
ganizers of the committee.
Yeomen CD Training School.
Members of u S. s. Jacob Jones
Post, No. 2, of the American Legion,
organized by former yeomen Cd.
will open their own training school
on March 80 at their clubhouse. 1919
K street. Glasses will be organized
in stenography. dressmaking. mill
merry and socia land rythmic dancing
and any other subject for which there
is suficient demand. The term will
cover ten weeks, and all members of
the post and their families may at
tend. Miss Rose Frances Stokes. com
mander Of the post. has called meet
ing of the executive committee for
next Thursday, when the arrange
ments for the classes will be COM
pleted.
A card party will be given at the
clubhouse the evening Of March 30.
when bridge and five hundred will be
played.
Veterans Announce Campaign.
National headquarters of the Vet
Grams Of Foreign Wars has announced
q membership campaign to open May
1 next and continue throughout the
lieved, the total membership will go
beyond 100000. The central com
mittee of the District of Columbia
representing the five posts of the
veterans order in Washington, met
last Wednesday and divided the city
the several posts would not overlap
in making the campaign for new
members. Teams are to be organized
and it Is planned to reach every man
in Washington who served IN the
armed forces overseas.
Walter Reed Hospital Post of the
v. F.. W. admitted fourteen new
members at its meeting last week.
A series of dances. smokers and en-
tertainments is being planned by that
post. to which all the patients at the
hospital will be invited.
General Meigs' Post, No. $50. of the
V. F. w, will give its first dance
as soon as the work of putting in
new floor at the Camp Meigs Service
Club is completed. This post-the
newest one in the District of Colum-
bia-will close it's charter roll on
April 5, and the indications are that
200 membership applications will
have been filed by that date.
Service Man as Police Head.
A resolution to the effect that the
next superintendent of police in Wash
, ington should be a man who had
served in the armed forces of the
government was adopted by George
Washington Post. No. 1. at it's meet
ing last week in Carroll Institute
Hall. The post also voted to ask
the District Commissioners to allow
Eagle Hut to remain at 9Th street
and Pennsylvania avenue until the
end of the coming summer.
The first April meeting of the post
viii be held at the Marine barracks,
Sth and G streets southeast, and will
be known as Marine night" in honor
of the members of the post who serv-
ed in the Marine Corps. J. Donoghue
has been named chairman of the posts
publicity committee. to succeed Ste
phen F. Tillman. who is leaving the
city.
Count Alexander NJ. Lockwitzky, a
native of Russia. who is n&w a nat
uralized citizen of the United States,
Will address meeting of Stuart Wal
colt Post, No. 10, of the American
Legion, in the boardroom Of the Dis
trict building next Tuesday night. De-
partment Commander T.. Lester Jones
also will speak
Though raised in the manner of
other children of the Russian nobil-
ity, Count Lockwitzky became inter-
eSted in the education of all classes
: of his fellow countrymen and eventu-
ally opened free school for peasant
children. He incurred the displeasure
of the late czar and was exiled on