Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-12
VETERANS OF THE GREAT WAR
ii Column Devoted to the Interests Of the Men Who
Defended the Nation on Land and Sea-

Defended the Natiol
Christmas Is to be q merry time In !
the hospitals, where service men, =.
those who have been discharged Oo'
are still under treatment. are con-
a.Aa. IL George washington Post. NO. !
1. Of the American Legion can maAe
Il 20, for at the last meeting OF tna'
most 500 was raised as a hospitai
Christmas fund and other posts oi
thA District of Columbia have oeeh
invited to Join with his one In making
the holiday program more extensive.
The motion to take such action was
made by Capt. John Murphy, ana 1hs
money was pledged in a rev minutes
NV those present A committee was
anpointed to take charge of the ceie-
bration, the chairman being John
Thomas Taylor and the other mem
bers being Fred Royce, Joseph r. NC
Donald, Paul v. Collins, stephen r:
TilIman, Earl T. Mutersbaugh anu
Charles B. Hanford.
II was agreed that this committee
might cooperate with a slm,la.
wished to follow the same pian' 'ano
action by additional posts Is expected
this week. -
The name Of Mr.. Taylor was added
to the list Of nominees for the once
of post commander and post caro-
ballot will be sent to every memner
of the post. Ballots bearing the
names of the other hve nominees ~
ready have been cast. but as the elec-
tion will not be finished until Decem-
Der 81 there Is still opportunity TOT
those who desire to change their vote
TO do So The other nominees are
Howard s. Fiske, LfeuttSH. M Peter'
r. ". walker. w. F. Mahony ana Ho0-
ert Williams
The nominee receiving the ereates'
number Of votes will be post com.
unanders and tho next three. ngnest
Will be drst. second and third Woo
commander. respectively.
WIN Fax Territorial Lanifs.
Territorial limits for each post Of
Che Veterans OF Foreign Wars In the
District Of Columbia will be hxed
BY q committee appointed at the
xation of that order last week, at
which Commander George L TAFT
presided. The entire department. win
be arranged SO that each post may
meet In the most convenient locality:
and dates Of meetings which are OF
more than ordinary importance win
not conflict. This Is deemed neces-
sary, rs several new posts Will DC
organized during the coming year.
Tho department ofacers met Win
Community Service building last
Tuesday night and occupied the sew.
eral stations jointly with the post
oficers. An intensive membership
campaign has been instituted by thar
post. which expects to snrcn every
former member of the District Ma
tfonal Guard who saw overseas serv-
ice In the. war with Germany
Short addresses were made AZ the
meeting last week by Depa 1ttaIh ai,n
and Departmental Junior Vice Com.
rnander Seckelmann> and by Edward
AZ Hale, chairman OF the national
legislative committee. The follow
ing nominations were mace LOT I.
sHsIse (incunbent, and Eros: for
ssenior vice commander, Marsh and
Manning; for junior vice commander,
C1ugstop. and for quartermaster. NIL III
The post, by unanimous vote, re-
solved to ask Congress to designate
Armistice day. November H. as = ma
tional holiday.
~ Vs. y
vincent. B. cosf4Iio Post, No y. e1
the American Legion. organt5ed byf
elnpIoges Of the District s6f .Celumbia, /
lssf SeSk elscted William - Tfank-
iii 10 tha once ~ post comrtander,
.succssdiIr Hi. q ] DonoxAns Who
withdsswsss : nominee Tor rs-eiee-
Milis.m p .sIryin YIN be the senior |
vice e0rnfnander OF the post during |
the coming year. the other ner Of
new. chaplaiu: DR.. w. r. ODonnell,
surgeon: II, l. Taylor. qnartermas-
ter: Thomas e. Pyne, historian: John
p. Coyle, sergeant-at-arms y. Pfg-
none, master-at-aFms. and sfatrick 81
Curtin and Charles s. Aartin, color
bearers. !
OBTAINS E5eaassarters-:
Headquarters for Admiral Peay
Post, No At, of the Veterans OF For
eign Wars, have been obtained In the
navaLreserve enrolment building, S21
Pennsylvania avenue southeast, tand
the post will hold all meetings there.
beginning December -. The change |
Of meeting place from the Naval Hos- |
pital was made in accordance with the |
request of a large part OF the member |
ship, who live in the southwest quar- |
ter of the city.
Regular meetings OF the post Will |
be held on the second and fourth Mon
day Of each month. and the meeting |
tomorrow evening will be attended |
by the departmental officers of the |
order. A large class Of recruits will
be initiated at that time. Post Com |
mander Heiee expects to make this |
"afI navy organization one Of the |
most influential Ia the national or |
gsnfzation.
GoinE t. C0nveBtisn.
More than seventy delegates will
represent the twenty-four Washington
posts of the American Legion At the |
state convention OF that order, which
win be held In the boardroom Of the
District building next Tuesday even /
ing.
Indications are that there will be |
three nominees for the. ONCE Of de- |
pSftmeufal commander. and probably |
more. Interest will be divided be-
tween the election of officers and a
humber of amendments TO the state
convention, which have been passed
COMMITTEES.
The incoming admin istration will
nnd az one Of It's principal duties the
Iaunchtng Of the proposed depart
mental publication, which has been
approved by the executive commit
tee This has been put forward AZ
the best method Of keeping the sew
erai posts In iiaison with each other,
and though It will mean some addf-
itonal costs. its proponents point out
that 1t VIII also have several eco
nonlfes
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