Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-10
soldier and sailor retirement measure
are among those to be considered.
Big Celebration Planned.

| Armistice day, November II, and the
! two following days promise to be crowd
| ed with interest for members OF the
legion and their friends, for the big
| celebration to be held at the American
| League ball park is attracting more at
| tention every day. On each day the
| gates will be opened at pm. and will
| remain open until midnight. There is
| to be plenty of music and dancing. and
! the celebration will be combination
carnival, athletic tournament and con-
! cert.
| Former members of the 312th Ma
chine Gun Company. through the Is-
gion post organized by men who
served in that comma I'D have ar
! ranged for a big company reunion
on the first day of the celebration
! Efforts are being made to get /:
touch with men in other cities Whc
! served with the 312th and to brirG
them to Washington for the occas:"H
| The committee in charge of the ~ =
engagements reports satisfactory g..
vance sale of tickets.
Veterans Elect Delegates.
Overseas veterans at Walter Reed
Hospital. members of the hospital
post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
| held most enthusiastic meeting in
the gymnasium there last week, and
elected ten delegates to represent the
post at the convention to be held in
Carroll Hall on October Il. whcn a
state department will be organized
by the posts of the order in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Commander w. G. Jameson invited
Past Commander Cornelius O'Rourke
to preside. but the former officer said
he was not physically able to do so
Brief addresses were made by Edward
Fl. Hale, chairman of the national
legislative committee of the order
and by Commander George l.. TAFT of
National Capital Post, No. 127.
Post Elections Soon.
Within a few weeks the time for
post elections in the American Legion
will be at hand, the constitution of
the Department of the District of Co
lumbia requiring that such elections
pc held between the dates of Deem
Der Is and January Is. Hardly more
than half of the post elections were
held during that period last winter,
as some of the posts had been newly
organized and. therefore, allowed
their original officers to hold over for
the entire year of 1920.
During the last ten months the
posts as well as the departmental or
ganlZation have become more settled,
and the holiday period will be most
busy one. Indications are that many
of the present post officers have given
such satisfaction that their reelection
will be practically unanimous Some
officers. however have said that their
duties are so heavy that they will be
compelled to take a less active part
in legion work during 1921.
Report on Encampment.
A report on the work accomplished
at the recent national encampment of
the order by Commander T.. S. Bettel-
helm was the principal event at the
meeting of Equality Post, No. 2S4
Veterans of Foreign Wars. last week.
There were seventeen new members
of the post initiated at the meeting.
Delegates to the coming state de-
partment convention were elected at
the recent meeting of Fred Barrack
Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
last week. The membership of this
post is made up largely of former
members of the District National
Guard, and it now numbers more
than 100.