The Washington herald., 1920-05-23
Patriotic Activities
Foreign War Veterans

The Women. Auxiliary Of the
Veterans of ForGign Wars will
launch a nation wide membership
movement among Washington
women now are underway. They
expect to obtain throughout the
country 1900 new members. about
twenty-five to post. The Wash
ington members now are grouped
in one pos. Wives. mothers. sis
ters and daughters of men who
served overseas under the Stars and
Stripes are eligible to membership.
Representative Royal c. Johnson
was the chief speaker at a mass
meeting of a. E. F. veterans in Car
roll H2fl under the direction of Ma
tional Capital post Tuesday night
He told the veterans the opponents
of adjusted compensation for ex-
service men had established the
most perfect system of propaganda
he ever had seen in operation. He
assured them the bonus bill is not
dead issue and that some COM
pensation is bound to come. He
urged against veteran opposition to
radical thought so long as the fol-
lowers of that system obeyed the
laws and honored the flag and said
all present political parties were
cor sidered dangerous radicals when
they were founded.
Col. Rivers, new commandant of
Fcrt Myer. made a favorable i'm
when he told of his impressions
overseas and a brief resume Of his
life in the army. Col. Rivers praised
the value of veterans organizations
in keeping alive the spirit of war
days.
For the first time in the history
of the District organization Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars will take
part of the Memorial day exercises
this year. There are nearly 1900
members of this society in Wash
ington now. 1t is planned to meet
at Carroll Hall an hour before the
parade is scheduled to start and
form the line behind the society
flag.
Memorial services for American
soldiers buriel on foreign soil and
for dead members of the society
will be conducted at Carroll Hall
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. A
representation of all posts in the
district is expected.
A new post of the V. F. W. was
organized last week at the navy
yard. This will be known as Ad-
miral Peary post in memory of the
discoverer of the North Pole, who
died recently. A large number of
employees and S tilors stationed here
served in foreign waters during the
World War.
Camp Meigs post, formerly CO. .
4
enlisted men stationed at Camp
Meigs, plans to secure a hall near
the center of the city. and open the
post charter. Most of the original
members have been transferred
from Washington to other stations
and the new members are mostly
civilians living in the northeast Sec
tion of the city. 1t is planned to
make the post one of the largest in
the district.
Commander Charles H. Lettsow
of Equality Post was in charge of
one of the liveliest meetings held by
V. F. w. post this year in Pythian
Temple Thursday night. This was
an open meeting for A. E. F. vet
Grams in connection with the mem
bership drive. Rep. Crago, of
Pennsylvania, past commander-in-
chief of the national organization,
addressed the meeting. Members of
the post furnished the entertain
ment.
Commander Lettgow has appoint
ed David r. Derge adjutant of
Equality Post.
At the meeting of the Central
Committee of the Veterans of For
eign Wars May 10 committee con-
sisting of Colonel George L. TAFT,
Commander Charles r. Lettow. and
Saul Goldberg. was appointed to
complete arrangements for a re-
union of the v. F. Y's of the Dis
trict of Columbia and Maryland at
Chesapeake Beach. A committee on
baseball was appointed. consisting
of Commander Frank r. Heise.
Charles r. Lettow and Saul Gold
berg, with instructions to recruit
several baseball teams, and arrange
far 1amAR.