Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-09-17
BATTLE At MEADE
DRAWS VETERANS
TOSCENE TODAY
Senior Vice Commander
Observation-Disclosures
Site Not Chosen.

After electing Capt. Raymond L
senior vice commander-in-chief Of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars. and voting
to leave the question of moving ma
tional headquarters to Washington in
the hands of the council Of adminis-
tration. the delegates to the national
fencannment OF that order adjourned
shortly after noon today to witness
the big sham battle at Camp Meade
this afternoon, given in their homer
by the War Department.
The election of q senior vice COM
mander was left over from yesterday
afternoon, when Capt. Robert q.
Woodside of Pittsburgh was elected
tion. but division of the votes among
three candidates for the next highest
office prevented any from receiving a
majority. The final vote today was
1,433 for Capt. Murray and 723 for
John J. Singer of New Jersey, the in
cumbent.
Delay Vote on Quarters.
Delegates 20 the encampment who
represented local posts had been in
structed to vote to bring national
headquarters of the order to this city
from New York, but early in the week
1t became apparent that such motion
could not carry at this time. They
the matter left in the hands of the
council of administration, the highest
tribunal of the order.
The encampment today took action
on the status of men who served
abroad in the Army or Navy after the
armistice was signed, as the point
had been raised that this country still
being at war with Germany those now
going atross might be eligible. 1t was
decided that only those having a bar
on their victory medal ribbons or a
badge for a foreign campaign should
be admitted to membership.
Quartermaster General Voted Salary.
salary of $4,000 a year to its quarter
master general. and not to exceed that
sum to the chairman of the national
legislative committee. 1t was voted to
be the opinion of the encampmerit that
no national officer should be an officer
of any local post or a member of any
permanent post committee.
The convention passed a resolution
thanking the local press for the pub
!lcity it had given the encampment
Turing the present week.
Meade Battle Most Spectacular.
Today's reproduction of the attack
on Montfaucon was the most spec
tacular thing of its kind seen in the
vicinity of Washington in recent
years.
Zero hour" the time of the at
tack. was fixed at 2 pm. and the first
event was an air battle in which the
attacking planes drove off the defend
ing aircraft At H plus So which
means ten minutes after the zero
hour. star rockets were sent up from
the front line of attack calling for
bomb barrage, and the defending
troops sent up rocket signals for pro-
tective fire. A few minutes later the
infantry moved forward toward the
French village, preceded by tanks and
scouts. and at H plus IS" the de-
fense opened up on the attackers with
all arms.
Ten minutes later the barrase fire
was lifted to the village proper which
crumbled under the explosions. and
half an hour after the attack started
the tanks and infantry entered the
village. following the explosion Of a
huge mine.
None of the thousands of SPECTATORS
who went to Camp Meade for the
avent was allowed in the battiefieId
during the action, but safety zones"
were placed at points of vantage. from
which the whole maneuver could be
seen. After the battle the visitors