Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-09-05

| sixth district. c. +. Cooke. Roanoke;
seventh district, }. S. Graves. Char
lottesvllIe; eighth district. a. a.
iieardon. Alexandria: ninth district.
w. j. Perry, OF Staunton.
Hopkins and Cooke Rc-Islcctsd.
Hopkins and Cooke were tho only
ones reelected to their posts.
The choice OF delegates to the ma
tional convention n few weeks hence
at Cleveland. resulted as follows:
:, First district, John +, Bentley,
Of Goueest Ta"S os WI n,rna m "s s.eer
district. Z. ii. Causcy, OF Suffolk. with
Charles Pickett, OF Portsmouth, as
alternate; third district. Brance John
son. OF Richmond. with bernard
Meredith as alternate: fourth dis
trict' j. ID. Bryson. OF Chase City.
with j., T.. Berry as alternate: fifth
district, Clark -. Hopper, OF Rocky
Mount. with William Whipplc, OF
irict X. IL. Adams. OF Roanoke. with
DR.. George s. Kolncr. OF Salem. as
alternate; seventh dia rict. s. l.. Mil
Ter, Jr.. From; Royal. with II. l..
ate: eighth district. c. *. Carlin, OF
Alexandria, with G. w. Hoffman of
i.eesburE, as alternate; ninth district.
Martin Williams, Jr.. of Bristol. with
district, ii. l.. Opic, S;aunton, with
j. W. Stevenson. OF Hot Springs, as
alternate
With Past Commander Stuart as
DELEGATE at large WAS chosen Peyton
X. Owens. OF Amherst. ex-committce- :
man in the Tenth District. Their al
,.rnatcs are Horace l.. Hall and
MAJOR Clark. OF the regular service
mems post 1T Fort Monroe. Rev -.
\. cambridge. OF Petersburg. was re-
elected chaplain, and X. f.. Byrne, Of
ihEhmond. serSeant-at-arms.
when the convention assembled
ttN.r H.. =
the War Camp Community Service.
lGd mem In quarter hour of spirited
| singing.
Dues ST 81 Year.
After motion had been passed maxi
inG the dues 81 a year. Department
Finance Officer l.. II. Harris. am
nouhced that recommendation for
nSSu years expenditures would run
aoeut as follows: salary of adjutant.
Ss'auu: salaries OF his office assistants
SE.o0o; salary OF field secretary. a new
olhre to be created this year. $4,000;
general travelling fund. $1,000; apDro
priation to war risk officer. $50.
general advertising, $1,000: expenses
OF national convention delegates, ST.
SuV, lssl convention expenses at Nor
lo!K. $1,000: woman's auxiliary $500
The Amcricanism committee rcport
was featured by 4 resolution that tho
IsEion take a stand against all
iIpuseS OF the military uniform OF the
dressed by Dr. w. y. Brumiield Of
INC United States Public Health Sery
Ice VINO is CO. operating with the Fcd
eral Board for vocational trainint-
ana Charles s. Riggs. Of the AincrIcn n
itrd Cross, who outlined the fight that
the greatest mother Of them nll'' 10
about to make to see that in event Of
another call to the Colors throu.-h
the selectivc draft there will not
again arise the necessity TO reject
9pproSimately one-third of the mcn
because OF physical defects.
various constitutional amendment.
We're moved and passed deaIinr
chicny with minor details of the cleo
non OF delegates from the posts nn6
the congressional districts to the State
convention.
Good roads and higher paw for
school teachers, both city ana rural
were next indorscd Tho feature al
the forenoon session was the debate
on resolution proposing that tho
national convention lie asked to admit
70 membership in the womcn's aux
iiiarleS such women war workers who
performed actual overseas services nc
are not eligible 20 membership he
cause or the present requirement that
they must have had Il father, brother
or husband in the military or naval
service. This was defeated on n ne :
convention.
resolution thanking Mrs. A. p.
girls who. established a cnntccn in
the convention hall Friday noon and
Yesterday noon was enthusiastically
put through,