Evening star., 1920-10-17

Armfstice day, November /, will be
marked with impressive exercises in
memory of those who died in the
service, in accordance with plans to
be perfected Monday night at meet
ing of the executive committee of the
local department of the American
Legion. 1t is the intention of oftl-
cials of the legion to make Armlstice
day a second Memorial day
Austin S Imirie. commander OF
Quentin Roosevelt Post, chairman of
the committee arranging for services,
will report his plans at the meeting
Monday night, which viii be held IN
department headquarters, SO 18TH
street northwest Col James A.
Drain. department commander. has
announced that speakers of national
prominence will be provided for the
exercises to be staged probably in the
stadium at Central High School.
On the three days preceding Armls-
,A4ice day. number of local posts viii
hold elaborate celebrations COM
memorating the advent OF peace and
: the victory of the allies. The Amer
lean League Park has been engaged
for the occasion. and invitations have
been sent to Secretaries Daniels of the
Navy and Baker of the War Depart
ment.
Ih2t women 40 not lnlt1iu " dlio"
their interests in the affairs of service
men to wane with the advent of peace
is Indicated by the number of auA~-
iares which are being formed TO
veterans organizations. F1fty-eisht
local women joined in the movement
Wednesday night by completing the
formation of a woman's auxiliary to
the Vincent B. Costello Post of the
legion at a meeting in the boardroom
of the District building.
Mrs. Z. A. Mcdonnell, who had four
sons serving with our forces in the
great war, was elected president of
the auxiliary. and Mrs. Nettie Camp
bell Camp. with three soldier sons.
was made vice president. Mrs. Will
liam F. Sheahan was elected secretary
and Mrs. Martha A. Spencer, treas
urer.
A state department of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars for the District of
Columbia was organized last week at
joint meeting in Carroll Hall of the
six local posts of the veterans. Col. G.
S. TAFT was elected department COM
mander. other officers are Edwin S.
Bethlehem, jr., senior vice COM
mander; Lieut.. J. F. Seckelman, ju
main, quartermaster. Rev. Harrison
D. Boyer was made department chap
lain.
So far as is known here this is the
first state department of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars to be organized. 1t
is expected that posts in other states
will emulate the example set by the
District organization.
Approval of the offer of the Knights
OF Columbus of a $5.000,000 war me-
mortal in Washington by the execu-
tive committee of the District depart
ment of the American Legion is ex
pected to bear materially on the de-
cision of the national committee in
this connection. A resolution adopted
the past week by the executive COM
mittee provided that this approval
not only be made known. but that the
rational officers of the legion be
urged to accept the offer. Col. James
A Drain. department commander for
the District, as a member of the ma
tional committee. will take advantage
of the local resolution to advocate
personally acceptance of the proffer,
it is understood
Comma nder Rose Frances Stokes of
o. S. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. g
American Legion, will be hostess at
the first of a series of executive COM
mittee meetings to be held at her
home the Cordova apartments, next
"Wednesday night at o'clock. The
preceding evening the members of the
post will hold a dance at 24D0 18th
street northwest. The new club
house for this post at '4710 Rhode
Island avenue northwest was formally