The Washington herald., 1921-06-12
SPANISH WAR VETS
TO HOLD ANNUAL
ENCAMPMENT HERE
ID. C.. Members Will Meet
At Pythian Temple
Next Saturday.

The twenty-second annual en-
campment of the department OF the
District of Columbia, United Span
ish war veterans. will be held Sat-
urday, June IS, 1921, in Pythian
temple, 1912 Ninth street northwest.
The encampment will convene al
$3.50 p. m sharp.
The following committees are
hereby appointed:
Crede James j..
Murphy. department adjutant- chair
man; Comrade James Z. Byrne, as
sistant department adjutant; Com
rade George 3. Parker. Dewey camp.
Resolutions-Past Commander G..
<. Rausch, chairman; Past Com
mander W. /. Jenkins. Past Depart
ment Commander r. H. Wood, Past
Department Commander Lee H.
Harris. Commander II. NJ. Knight,
Commander r. Z. Cox, Past Com
mander John Murphy.
Three typewriter copies OF all
resolutions to be submitted to the
encampment should be in the hands
of the committee on resolutions
prior to the converting of the en-
campment
ON June IA, flag day. short talks
are given in the public schools of
Washington on the subject of the
flag under the auspices of the wom-
ans relief corps. This year, to a
greater degree than ever before.
they will look to us to furnish
speakers Patriotic Instructor Har-
vey ]. Zimmerman, 1907 Twentieth
street northwest, will assign the
speakers for the United Spanish war
veterans, and comrades willing to
assist in this work will communi-
cate with him.
Commander Fred Royse will pre-
side over the meeting of Colonel
James S. Petit camp. Tuesday even
ing. at which time he expects to ex-
empIify the military degree upon a
class of recruits
The camp has unanimously in
dorsed Commander Royse for junior
vice commander of the department.
Commander Goldblatt has called a
meeting of Gen NJ. Emmett Urell
for Wednesday evening to initiate
recruits, instruct delegates. and Sc
lect a comrade to nominate Past
Commander Harry F. Patterson as
senior vice department commander.
The following will be presented to
the encampment as candidates: Com
mander, Charles W. McCaffrey;
senior vice commander, Past Comdr.
II. E. Cox. of Admiral Dewey camp I:
junior vice commander Comdr. Fred
A. Royse, Of Petit camp. A new
chairman Of the publicity commit
tee will be appointed.
The sisters OF Gen. NJ. Emmett
CreH auxiliary are arranging a mu-
steal program, including refresh
ments. for the meeting to be held
Wednesday evening. 1t is expected
that the initiatory degree will be
conferred.
Col. John Jacob Astor camp has
resumed its summer schedule of
meeting only on the third Monday
in June. July and August.
At a meeting of Gen. Nelson A.
Miles camp Tuesday evening the fol-
lowing comrades were elected dele
gates to the department. encamp-
mcnt June 1s: VI. Donnelly, John
NJ. Watts. James Wright. Frank
Parrish, Robert Culin, the Rev. Tell
A. Turner. Arthur VI. Berthiaume.
The neA recruits mustered in
We're James II. Mccoy. William d.
Krebs and Frank W. Sampalik.
Comrades Barclay c. Marshall,
John ]. Coffee and Joseph Kann-
giesser were reported on the sick
list.
The visitors who spoke were Past
Comdr John y. Ford. Chaplain Eu-
gene Doleman and Past Comdr. Har-
riman. Of Dewey camp, and Past
Dept Comdr. Frank Ludwig. of the
Department of Alaska and Wash
ington-