Evening star., 1921-12-18
Veterans of Great War
For the third consecutive time,

For the third consecutive time, H.
L. Wilson was elected commander OF
Lafayette Post, No. 9, the American
Legion, at the last meeting OF the
post at 1923 New York avenue. Other
officers elected were: Senior vice COM
mander, Frank A. Frost; junior vice
commander. Forest +. Bartl; post sur
geon. B. c. MacNeil; post chaplain,
John Paul Tyler; sergeant-at-arms,
W. c. Crane; historian, w. H. Betzler;
athletic officer. T. II. Ridgate, jr.;
color bearers, T. c. Adams and
Charles Peters; finance officer, Frank
3. Clayton. and post adjutant, S. L.
Harp
The following were elected dele
gates and alternates, respectively. to
the department convention, to be held
December 10: H. l.. Wilson, b. G. Mac
Neil, DR.. Harrison and 3. K. Perrin.
T. w. Jordan was elected to head the
312th Machine Gun Battalion Post of
the American Legion for the third
consecutive time at the annual cleo
ton Tuesday night. He was the first
commander of the post.
Other officers elected were: Ray
NJ
der; ]. Harry CLANCY, junior vice
commander; Jesse S. MCDANIEL. finance
officer; Charles +. Fowler, quarter
master; William Jones, sergeant-at-
arms, and Joseph w. Morgan and
George V. Armstrong, color bearers.
The post will hold a smoker and in
stallation of officers at the meeting
January 9.
Bernard S. Buscher was elected COM
mander of George E. killeen Post No.
IS, the American Legion. at its last
meeting. Other officers elected were:
Senior vice commander, Harvey +.
Mitchell; junior vice commander,
Julian Poore; judge advocate, Paul A.
Sherier: surgeon, DR.. Charles l.. Dugan;
sergeant-at- arms. James Conlon;
master-at-arms, Lawrence T. Sawyer,
and color sergeant. J. V. Lovett.
The following delegates and alter
mates were elected to represent the
post at the department convention In
December: Delegates, Bernard S.
Buscher and T. Bailey Brewer, with
A. G. Probey and Norman J. Lips
comb as alternates.
An adult committee was appointed
to review and audit the books for the
past year. Several changes are also
to be made in the bylaws, it was an
nounced.
Two former enlisted men are can
didateS for the office of commander OF
the George Washington Post, No /, of
the American Legion. One candidate.
however, is for the Office of vice COM
mander. Charles Z. Hanford, who
has been called Americas foremost
ShakeSpearean actor, and VINO served
his country in the Navy. as an en-
listed "gob," and who has been chair
man of the entertainment committee.
is the popular candidate for the office
of commander. The other enlisted
man on the. ticket is Stephen r. TILL
man, who has the honor of being the
youngest veteran of the world war
and also the youngest lesionaire
Tillman enlisted when he was four
teen years old with the District of
Columbia National Guard. He has
served as sergeant-at- arms of the
post for the past year and has served
as chairman of the press committee
for several terms. He is former de-
partmental publicity officer and the
first publicity officer of the George
Washington Post; reporting the nrst
meeting OF the old John J. Pershing
Post. now known as the George
Washington Post. Tillman is a can
didate for vice commander but Is
running on the ticket for post COM
mander.
The election will be held January
4. Nine men are on the ticket for the
office The man receiving the high
est votes will be elected commander:
the next three highest will be elected
first, second and third vice comman-
der, respectively
The monthly meeting of L. S. S.
Jacob Jones Post, No. 2. American
Legion. was held Monday at pm
at the Y. NJ. c. A. building. The
meeting was called to order by the
commander, and the reports of the
various committees were given. The
chairman of the Christmas sale and
dance reported s115.15 had been
derived.
The following delegates and al
ternates were elected to the election
of the District department commander.
The delegates are: Misses Claggett,
kohlis. Luekirk. Steele, Beach and
Marshall. Alternates: Misses Warner.
Warren, Rife, ONeil, Wilson and
After the business meeting Col.
Drain, District department COM
mander, and Col. MacNider. national
commander of the American Legion,
gave interesting talks. Miss McMichael
gave several readings and Mrs. Nam
ME S. Heartsell gave a group of
songs, with Mrs. Gavin at the piano.
Mr. Gavin also gave two piano mono
logues.
big Christmas tree and presents, is
to be provided for the children at
Camp Humphreys the night of De-
cember 23 by Post No. Az. Veterans
of Foreign Wars, of which Capt.
George A. Spaulding is commander.
day night plans for the entertain
ment were discussed. The post held
a cabaret dance and entertainment
last night, the proceeds of which
will be used to purchase the Christ
mas presents. The post has recently
opened its new cluhhouse and DlanS
are being made for a number of en-
during the winter
months.
medical authorities and industrial
chiefs of the country will gather in
here December 29 at the
invitation of Col. Forbes, director OF
the Veterans Bureau. for the pur-
pose of discussing the present sys-
the rehabilitation of men
who were disabled in the world war.
John Finley, associate editor of the
New York Times, is to preside. Maj
A. D. Dean, assistant director of the
bureau, is in charge of the arrange
ments for the conference.
Regulations of the Veterans Bu-
reau limiting the time for reinstate-
ment of war risk insurance for ex-
service men to December 81 OF this
year have been amended, effective
January 2. 1922, so that men who
have allowed their policies to lapse
may reinstate them at any time be-
fore March 4, 1926, according to an
of Col. Forbes, direc-
the attention of the bureau, it is
stated, that a great number of men
have allowed their insurance to lapse
because they do not realize their