Evening star., 1920-05-30
VETERANS OF THE GREAT WAR
A Column Devoted to the Interests Of the Men Who
Defended the Nation on Land and Sea-

varied program of music and read
ings. concluding with boxing and
wrestling bouts. Music was furnished
by. the I'D Cavalry Band from Fort
Myer.
George Washington Post. No. /, of
the American Legion will meet for
the first time in its new hall. 423 G.
street, where, after a short business
meeting. there will be vaudeville
ranged by the entertainment commit
tee. of which Charles Hanford Is
chairman. Office of the post will con-
tinue to be located in room 730 of the
southern building. where Miss Ruby
west viii be in charge from 10 am.
until pm.
d. C. Speaker Mt Cleveland.
Commander Edward H. Hale OF Ma
tional Capital Post, No. 127. Veterans
OF Foreign Wars. left Washington
Friday for Cleveland. Ohio, where he
memorial service under the united
auspices Of the Grand Army and the
veterans Of Foreign Wars, to be held
IN keith's Theater in that city TODAY.
ne expects to return to Washington
in time for the services at Arlington
tomorrow
Announcement has been made that
special efforts will be put forth dur
ing June to get new members of the
ladies' ladies' Auxiliary of the Veterans Of
wives, daughters and sisters of men
who served overseas are eligible.
open meetings of the auxiliary will
be held in Carroll Hall. s1S 10th street.
the evenings of June and June %.
Hiram F. Cash Post of the AnIeri-
can Legion did the handsome thing
py its sister post. the u. S. s. Jacob
Jones Post OF the American Legion,
when the latter post. organized bv
the former yeoman CD. celebrated its
birthday last week. A large basket
OF flowers was delivered at the club
house OF the fair legionaries, 1919 X
street, with card which read, Birth
Post"
Protest against the sale of govern
ment-owned ships to private corpora
tions or individuals was contained in
q resolution adopted last week by the
national executive committee of the
Private Soldiers and Sailors Legion.
After reciting that legislation now
pending threatened to result "in great
injury to the financial interests of the
united States and in greatly increas-
ing and cementing the power of pri-
vate corporate monopolies over the
transportation business. the resolu-
tion added:
Ano ndeioudt executive committee
Of the Private Soldiers and Sailors
Legion hereby protests against the
passage of this legislation, and
strongly but respectfully urges upon
Congress the elimination from the
pending bill of the provisions author
izing the sale of these ships"
Reinstatement Of Policies.
Attention of former service men ia
being directed to the fact that all of
those who have allowed their gov
ernment insurance to lapse and who
are now in as good physical condition Z
as at the time OF their discharge NAV
reinstate their policies before July /,
no matter how long the lapse has
been. The cost OF such reinstatement
will be but one months back pre-
MUM and one months premium in
advance for the amount reinstated.
After the foregoing date the rule that
reinstatements may be made within
eighteen months after discharge will
still apply, but those who have been
out OF the service longer than that
time and have paid no premiums will
be unable to revive their policies.
A number of men in and around
Washington who served with the I'd
Regular Division overseas will go to
Atlanta next week for the second an
nual reunion under the auspices OF
the I'd Division Association. June s, z
and s. No meetings will be held on
the first day, which is Sunday. but it
will be a general "get-together" oc-
casion. The principal units of the
division were the 9Th and 23d Infan-
try, the 5th and Sth Marines. the 18th,
18th and 18th Field Artillery. the I'd En-
rfneers, the I'd Ammunition Train and
n; AZ Do tfo1f