Evening star., 1921-12-11
Veterans of Great War

The election Of officers for the year
1929 for George Washington Post. NO
l, the American Legion. Will take
place Wednesday. January :, at
o'clock in the boardroom. District
nesday night the following were
nominated for the position of post
commander: Charles B. Hanford, Paul
V. Collins. T. v. Walker, John Thomas
Taylor. Albert E: Ham. William F.
Mahony. stephen F. Tillman, ]. Bent
ley Milford and Guy Withers.
The election will be by ballot.
which will be opened the night of the
meeting. The member receiving the
highest number of votes will be de-
highest. according to the number of
votes received. will be designated as
first, second and third vice command
ers. The committee arranging the
details for sending out and counting
the ballots is composed of Z. p. Ellis,
chairman; P. B. Castle and G. T. Rude.
1t was voted that all officers below
The commanders should be nominated
and elected at the meeting on Janu-
AIRY 4. The adjutant and finance Off
GERS are appointed by the incoming
commander.
Delegates and alternates to repre-
sent the post at the department con-
vention. to be held at the G. A. r.
Hall. 1412 Pennsylvania avenue, De-
cember 10. were elected at the last
meeting. as follows: elegates-Past
Post and Department Commander E.
Lester Jones. Past Post Commander
Kenneth A. McRae. Commander How
ard S. Fisk. Charles B. Hanford, +. V.
Walker, Lew S. Mohler. John Thomas
Taylor. William F. Mahony. Paul V.
Collins. Percy B. Mccoy. Stephen F..
Tillman, Joseph r. Mcdonald and H.
AlfarnafaS-A r.,
Giacomini. w. ]. Hoffman. William
Lawier. Frank Platz. n. ]. Cosel. +. A.
Royce. A. w. Brashears. E. p. Ellis.
n. E. Kane, J. Bentley Mulford. T. F..
Stewart. W. Z. Ballard and l.. o. Col
bert.
The name of Frank Platz. color
bearer for the post. will be sent to
department headquarters with the re-
quest that it be forwarded to National
Commander Hanford MacNider. rec
ommending his appointment as color
bearer on the national commander S
staff The following committee was
appointed to audit the books of the
post: L. p. Ellis, chairman: E. L.
Weber and Frank E. Frazier.
c. H. Harris of the organization
division and F. A. Awl. liaison officer
from national headquarters, were
guests of the post and made brief
remarks. ]. Bentley Mulford was in
dorsed as walking delegate for the
post to San Francisco.
A smoker and business meeting will
be held Saturday evening, December
II. at the National Guard Armory.
4I2 L street northwest. at which time
the veterans of the I'd Division, of
the District Of Columbia and vicinity.
Branch No. /. will hold the regular
nominations for officers for the en-
suing year. Following the business
meeting there will be refreshments.
A number of prominent speakers will
be present.
The Equality Walter Reed Post of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars will
hold it's annual election Thursday
evening, December is, at the Pythian
Temple, 1912 9th street northwest.
While Capt. John Henry Dykes. the
local vocational officer of the fourth
district of the United States Veterans
Bureau, appears to be the only nomi-
nee for post commander. keen interest
Is expected in the elections for the
other Offices, for which of each there
are two or three nominees.
The membership committee has re-
ported favorably upon a number of
applicants. who will be initiated at
that meeting. The post will take up
the matter of contributions and en-
ttertainment for ex-service men in
hospitals. and the committee on the
annual military ball will make its
report.
George Vivier, formerly of the Ant
werp (BelgiumD Post and recently
transferred to Equality Walter Reed
Post, will make his report. Plans
for the Equality Walter Reed par
ticipation in the Y. F. w. week at
Belasco Theater will be outlined and
tickets will be distributed.
L. S. S. Jacob Jones Post. No. 2,
American Legion. gave a dance and
Christmas sale at the Elks' Club Sat
urdaS December g. which was well
attended. Edith Warren was chair
man of the sale. The next regular
meeting of the post will be held at
the Y. w. c. A, 1899 F street north
west, tomorrow at 8 pm. Margaret
McMichael will give a reading. Dele
gates will be elected. and all are
urged to attend. Election Of post
officers will take place at the regular
meeting of the post January 9, 1922.
Rehabilitation of the vocationally
handicapped veterans in United States
Veterans Bureau vocational schools is
an insured success" declared Col.
Charles r. Forbes, director of the Vet
Grams Bureau. Although I was con-
fident in the beginning that rehabili-
tation under government supervision
would be a great improvement over
the former placement system, I was
not prepared for the enthusiastic
manner in which the trainees started
their schooling at our first institution
at Chillicothe, Ohio.
II have never been so pleased over