Evening star., 1921-03-06

| Post Commander William Wolff Smith,
! who has been working for two weeks
to insure the success Of the meeting,
will preside.
| Legion Two Years Old.
/ The American Legion will be two
| years old tomorrow. and George
| Washington Post, No. ]. will cele-
brate the occasion by holding large
| meeting in the auditorium of the
Cosmos Club, where that pioneer post
| was organized on March 7, 1919.
| A program of more than usual in
| terest will be followed by an old
| fastened supper, and appropriate mu-
| sic and decorations will add to the
| occasion. Post Commander Howard
| S. Fisk will preside.
! The principal speaker will be Maj.
Gen. Wendell c. Neville. who com.
manded the 4th Marine Brigade or
! the I'd Division overseas, who Wall
| tell the story of From Paris to COD
lenZ" Past Department Commander
| f. Lester Jones will review the early
| history of the post, of which he was
| the first commander. and Department
| Commander James A. Drain will dis
| cuss the legion and its organization
| as they now exist.
! There will be placed on exhibition
| a leather-bound book. containing
more than a thousand signatures OF
! charter members OF the post. The
| sixteen former service men VINO oo
! tanned the charter from the national
| organization included Col. Jones
| Howard NJ. Peter. Commander Fisk,
NJ G. Greenfield. J. Bentley Mulford'
| Henry Leonard. Charles f. Johnston
(deceased, L. Clarkson Hines. Don
aid McGregor, Prentiss knut. Ralph
A. Wolfe, n. c. Turnage, Lewis P.
| CIephane, John Lewis Smith. William
| G. Glenn and Frank A. Connolly.
The original cablegram sent to Gen.
Pershing announcing the tormatlon
| of the post, which was at first named
| after him. also will be shown, to-
, gether with other interesting me-
mentos of the first days of the or
ganiZation
| At the regular meeting of the post
last week Representative Thomas ID.
Schall, the blind member from MIN
! nesota. related his experiences on the
| western front during tho war, ana
the torpedoing of the Mount Vernon;
on which he and his wne re.u.neo
from France. He paid high tribute
to the American soldier, sailor and
| marine.
| William G. Glenn. field representa-
! tive for the District of Columb bla LOT
| the war risk bureau, explained pro-
visions of the regulations relating TO
compensation and insurance. 1. V:
| Walker was appointed chairman OF
| the finance committee.
l VIII DISCUSS war DeOtS.
| Discussion of the proposal to can
| eel all international debts out OF me
| war will engage the attention OF the
! District of Columbia Chapter of the
Rainbow Division veterans at their
| regular meeting in the "dugout" at
| 1904 f street tomorrow night.
! M. Manning Marcus. an officer OF the
chapter. has announced that he will
| ask the organization to go on record
J against any such plan. and an in
! teresting time is looked for:
Harold Rodier, who served with the
! count of his experiences and observa-
! tions while with the graves regis
tratjon commission last year, and
| report will be made by Edwin Stubbs
| on progress made in finding site on
| which to hold the Rainbow carnival
| next month.
| AS the membership Of the chapter
has now grown to such an extent that
| the quarters in the basement OF the
! Service Mans Club at 1904 Z street
| are not large enough. the question OF
! finding a larger meeting place VIII
! be brought up by Edward J. Mahan,
| president Of the chapter. c. E. Har-
! rington. in charge OF the CLUB. mas
| done everything possible to aid the
chapter, but it has recently outgrown
its first home.
Department Has New Home.
Headquarters of the District of CO.
, lumbia department of the American
Legion were moved on March l from
s23 18th street to Room 400, 1923 New
| York avenue.
| Although the new quarters are not
| so large, they are more centrally To-
Gated. and the elevator service makes
it unnecessary to climb the stairs to
! reach them. The rent on the new
place will be less than that which the
department has paid during the last
year.
At the last meeting of the depart
| mental executive committee, held in
the old rooms, il was decided to send
to national headquarters a report
of the recent speech, in this city.
| made by Robert Minor. who said
that the legion was responsible for
the riot that marked the armistice
day celebration in Centralia, Wash
| year ago.
The committee also confirmed the
appointment of Charles r. Ladson as
department quartermaster, and ap-
| proved the cap which has been de-
| signed for members of the Vincent B.
Costello American Legion Band.
| Arranging New Films.
Late this month or early in April
the District Of Columbia department
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