Evening star., 1920-09-12

Everything IL set for the twenty
FIRST annual encampment Of the Vet
erans Of Foreign Wars, to be held
in Washington from tomorrow until
next Saturday. The Washington
Chamber of Commerce is taking
charge Of the convention and has se-
cured the Central High School sta
dium for the business sessions Of the
veterans. Should the weather be in
element. the high school building
win be used.
One Of the biggest features Of con-
Vention week will be the parade on
Tuesday night. Plans for the pro-
cession as they have been hnalIy
agreed upon include. besides the 5000
veterans who will be present at the
Convention, contingents of soldiers.
sailors and marines, descriptive
floats, legation guards from the vari-
Gus embassies and bands galore.
cinity of 18th street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue. from which point the
parade will start at Z o'clock. A
troop of cavalry from Fort Myer will
ately be followed by the United
States Marine Band.
The 7. NJ. C. A., Red Cross and
Community Service will each furnish
4 noat descriptive OF their war work
and another float will be prepared
sent the United States. Mrs. Marie
Moore Forrest, pageant director OF
Community Service. has described the
hoat by that organization.
At one end of the float will be
soldier on guard before a tent; a
sailor will be seen leaning upon an
anchor. and a marine, with his rife.
will represent the armed forces of
the United States. These three men
will be before the gates Of a city.
which are thrown open for their re-
ception. Three girls are framed in
the gate. offering to the warriors
three kinds of hospitality.
Ono girl has a musical instrument,
another a basket Of fr0t and the
third carries a banner signifying
Mrs Forrest designed the noat.
BESIDES the numerous bands and
ffe and drum corps which will ar
rive with the delegations of V. F. W..
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing. Interior Department. War Risk
and the Boy Scouts bands win fur
nish martial music.
The parade. after leaving 18th
street, will march down Pennsyl-
vania avenue, around the south end of
the Treasury and then down the Ave-
nue. to the east front Of the Capitol.
A reviewing stand there will con-
tain Secretary of War Baker, Secre-
tary OF the Navy Daniels Gen. Per.
shing and other notables.
After the marcherS have assembled
IN the piaxa the National Community
Chorus Of 500 voices, led by Charles
3 Wengerd. will open a short pro-
gram by the singing Of patriotic
songs.
Politics to he Made Issue.
Washingtonians who are members
of the American Legion are interested
in the report that one Of the principal
issues which will be raised at the
next national convention OF the le-
gion, in Cleveland on September 81,
win be the attitude of the veterans
Organization toward politics.
The American Legion Weekly, which
has just made canvass of members,
asserts that there is a strong senti-
ment throughout the country in favor
OF a reconsideration of the political
restrictions clause in the constitution
Of the legion"
The sentiment Is Widespread. the
weekly says. that a too narrow in
depreciation Of the present political
restrictions clause will work injury
to the legion by excluding 1t from
in public affairs OF the
country. Many prominent legion
members believe that the existing
clause should stand as it is, but that
a more liberal Interpretation be
agreed upon. Persons actively en-
gagged in promoting the legion's in
terest assert that the demand has
ment of policy on the attitude of the
orHauizatiOn."