Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-06-20
RAINBOW VETERANS
T0SHOW WARF|LM
At D. c. REUNION
Chief Justice Mccoy and Maj.
Gen. Wright to Address
Local Chapter.

the Supreme Court of the District Of
Columbia and Maj. Gen. William Ma
son Wright, acting chief of staff Of
the Army. who commanded the S9th
Division at ST. Mihiel and the Argonne
| In the great war, will be the princi-
pal speakers at the patriotic pro-
| gram to be given by the local chap
ter Of Rainbow Division Veterans AS
ISOLATION at the Central High School
Friday evening at 8:15
Elaborate preparations have been
made for the entertainment, which is
the most pretentious affair the local
Rainbow Veterans have attempted
since they organized ten months ago.
| MAJ. Gen. Charles T. Menoher, chief
or the air division, United States
army, who was battle commander of
! the famous AID Division during all it's
engagements. will start the program
with a few brief remarks about the
Rainbow Division.
Show Films Taken mt Front.
Justice Mccoy will speak on The
Place of the Veteran in Civil Life"
and Gen. Wright will take as his
Great War"
The public will then be permitted to
see for the first time six reels of films
taken at the front, which give a
graphic description of certain move
ments of the 1st 3D. 81, 4th, Goth,
18th. 32d, 35th. AID and nth divisions
while in action.
These pictures. according to Col.
Charles A. bravo, chairman of the
committee on arrangements, were Sc
cured under great difficulties, and
clearly show many interesting Incl
dents pertaining to some of the
bloodiest battles of the war.
Included in these is a wonderfully
clear scene of fight in the air be-
tween a boche and a noted French
aviator. The German plane was
downed when at a height of $4,000
feet, and the film plainly shows the
dying top until within several hun
dred feet of the ground, when it
straightens out and shoots to the
ground. The picture Of the French
officer who brought the boche down is
also shown.
Another very clear picture is that
of a balloon being brought down by
boche aviator. who was afterward
killed by guns from the American
aircraft division
Contains Close Views.
American soldiers being blown up
by shell fire during the St. Mihiel
fight are plainly discernable. as is
scene showing our boys throwing
hand grenades in the Argonne.
One picture gives a vivid vietf of
a road packed with boche dead. aThe
point of slaughter in this scene was
near the battle-ground of the Ourcq
river. close to Fere En- Tardenois,
just north of Chateau Thierry.
Gen. Pershing is shown reviewing
Rhine, in 1918, and another scene
reveals Gen. Muir of the 4th Army
Corps inspecting the 2Sth Division.
NJ. w. Marcus, secretary of the
local chapter and veteran of many
battles, will explain the different pic
lures as they are thrown on the
screen.
Admission to the entertainment
will be by invitation, which may be
secured from the officials of the or
ganization.
Col. bravo, who has been one of the
prime movers in organizing the local
Rainbow Division Chapter, was in
command of the 165th Infantry,
which was made up with men from
the famous fighting. Goth" Regiment,
New York National Guard, which left
on the battlefields of Europe, over
so per cent of it's original quota.
VIII Work for District.
In speaking of the chapter last
night; Col. bravo said: 1.-THE purpose
of the local organization is by no
means for social gatherings entirely
The boys have become deeply inter-
ested in civic matters, and intend to
do all in their power to help for the
betterment of the District.
They are deeply interested in Sc
curing national representation in
Congress for the residents of the Dis
trict, and at their last meeting passed
resolution urging most earnestly
the adoption of constitutional
amendment granting, or empowering
Congress to grant, representation in
the House, Senate and electoral col
lege to the residents of the District
of Columbia, and requesting that the
various chapters Of the Rainbow Di-
vision throughout the United States
urge upon their representatives and
senator's in Congress to back up any
measure introduced that will lead to
that end
This resolution will be presented
at the general convention Of the
Rainbow Division Veterans Associa-
ton which is to be held at Birming-
ham, Ala, July II. Representatives
from twenty-seven different states
will be present at the convention.
and the local boys are hopeful that
their plea for support will be
needed"