Evening star., 1920-02-22

Roosevelt Post, No. IA, OF the Ameri-
can Legion. at it's next regular meet
ing. With the departure of former
Commander Benjamin Jablons for
California. Percy Freeman became
commander and Earle LIE Roy Mitzel,
the junior vice commander, succeeded
Mr.. Freeman as senior vice COM
mander.
The post will hold a dance at Elks
Hall the evening of March 2. having
organized Il number of successful
meeting last week the post adopted
resolution protesting against "the
proposed sale of ex-German ships to
the International Mercantile Marine
Corporation or any foreign con-
trolled organization"
Commander at Walter Reed.
Cornelius O'Rourke has been elect
ed commander of the new post Of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars or
ganized this month at Walter Reed
Hospital, this being the fourth post
of the order in the District. The
other officers are: Terry ]. O'Connor,
han. junior vice commander; George
J. Cline. chaplain: Charles MacLean,
quartermaster. and Eric L. Poff, adju-
tant. The post will meet the first and
third Mondays of each month, with
special meetings every Sunday aft
ernoon.
Dance MT ElI<s' Hall.
An invitation dance will be held at
the auspices of National Capital Post.
No. 127, of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, to which all members of the
order will be welcome. Hughes or
chestra. every member OF which is
an overseas veteran, will furnish the
music. The ladies' auxiliary Of the
post will hold a dance and reception
at Pythian Temple the evening of
March Il.
|. A musical program given at the
New Masonic Temple last Monday
night under the auspices of the local
organizations of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars was well attended. The
program included numbers by Miss
Laurie Merrill sDpIano nss,Jn Miss Ereids
Koelbel, pianist, and Angelo Capo-
bianoco, violinist.
Will Take Up Base Ball.
Members of Barrack Post of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars are plan
ming to get back in uniform, but this
time it is going to be a base ball out
| fit. and not the o. D. garments handed
out by the supply sergeant. This
post, but recently organized, has a
| large quota of live amateur players
| and Commander Frank r. Heise asks
| that all players who are members OF
| the order communicate with him al
81 F street northeast. He expects
! to call a meeting Of players some
| time soon.
! This post will hold an open meeting
! and smoker at the Community Serv-
! ice Hall, 14th street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue, on March 3. to which
| all men who have served their coun-
| try overseas are invited.
Jasper Post to Meet March 4.
Sergt.~ Jasper Post, No. 13, Of the
American Legion. is increasing its
membership steadily, and Commander
! Fl. l.. B. AtkisSon has sent out a notice
/ of an unusually important meeting
to be held at the National Guard
Armory, Az l. street. the evening OF
March 4. A dance given by the post
at the New Ebbitt last week was
we'll attended.
| This post is one of the few in the
legion which has a membership eX-
| clusively of those who served as en-.
listed men. 1t was named in honor
of hero of the revolutionary war
who, when the British navy was bonn
harding Fort Mouitrie, in the harbol
of Charleston, S. c., June 2S. 1876
sprang over the walls of the fortifi
cations and picked up the revolution
ary dap which had heen shot away