The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-10-30
SPANISH WAR VETS
INSTALL FOUR INTO
R. ]. HARDING CAMP
Department Commander
And STAFF to Pay Body
Visit November 8.

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J. Harding Camp ffty-three COM
the following: Andrew s Bundy,
Ralph Chapman. Frederick Beres-
lford and George L Humphrey.
Comrade Past Commander Gala
CHER. chairman OF the relief COM
mittee, reported the following
sick: Comrade John Konitz at Ma
tional Soldieys Home, Va, has re
covered sufffeiently to do light
work: Comrade Eugene Smith has
not improved, and Is now In bed;
Comrade Carl Won wedel. who Is
well along in years. 10 very low,
and comrade Chappell was reportec
as sick.
As the department. commander
and stan viii pay the camp an Of
fetal visit on the third of Novem-
Der. the camp directed Chairman
HUM OF the entertainment COM
mittee to provide entertainment
and refreshments for the occasion.
Comrade Thomas A. wilkinson has
been invited TO have the q. s. w.
V. band present that evening. The
regular meeting will be held in the
ledge room, and Immediately there
after all will retire TO the banquet
Temple for a social evening.
Past Commander, Hull OF Scout
Young. No. 2, department Of Ore
gon, Portland, visited the camp
and spoke OF the condition OF the
orga nization on the coast He noted
that while his camp exceeded ours
by about 200 In membership we
excelled them In the panner OF
performing the muster-in ceremony.
The big indoor circus TO be held
in convention from November 2S to
December II under the auspices Of
the Department of District of Co.
lumbia is a 60. Contracts for con-
cessions are all taken and the
Spanish War Veterans will have
nice treasury to assist our COM
rades out of work. The Coney Is
land over the Sea Review Will be
the main attraction. Commander
Cox, of Dewey Camp, Past Depart
ment Commander Weber of Miles
Camp and Past Department Com
mander Wilson. of Harden Camp,
are members of the executive COM
mittee- A sure success
Department Commander Charles
W. McCarrey accompanied by his
official stan will begin a series Of
visibltions to the several camps
by visiting Gen. Nelson A. Miles
Camp Tuesday evening. Gen. M
Emmett Urel Camp Wednesday
evening and Richard j. Harden
Camp Thursday evening. While a
large turnout to these visitations
is expected, the one to Miles Damp
will be of unusual interest as IL is
the home of the department COM
manhAF nano FtrNa
and Department Quartermaster
Belknap. These camps are making
extraordinary efforts for the en-
tertainment of the department ON
GERS. The department commander
! invites all comrades to join him in
these visItations.
The meeting OF Col. James s.
Petit Camp last Tuesday evening
was Of special interest as 1t Col.
Charles II. Dsnforth, Of the Avia-
ton Corps and a charter member,
was present after many years alb
sence. Comrade Danforth is now
in command of Langley Field and
promised to. fly up often to attend
the camp meetings. United States
/ Senator II. o. Bursum was unanI-
mously elected to honorary MEM
hership and will be mustered into
the camp No vember by the de-
partment officers.
Chairman Nolan of the entertain
ment committee announced that a
fine program had been arranged
for the reception OF the department
| officers on November s. which pro-
| gram would include music by the
department band, patriotic music,
patriotic address, by Senator Bur-
sum, and the probable attendance
of Commander-in-Ch Carlstrom.
who will be In attendance at the
exercises at Arlington on Armis-
| tice Day.
Comrade Hays. who was dis
charged from the Naval Hospital
as well, is confined to his home by
a relapse, and Comrade Harry J.
zimmerman Is not improved.
The order of President Harding
instructing the efficiency commits
| SIGN to put into effect at once the
Get of August rs. 1919, is in har-
mony with the efforts of the veter-
| ans organizations covering ten
years pleading to deaf ears. Had
this law been enforced during the
recent heavy discharge of govern
ment workers, the slaughter OF ex-
service men would have been pre-
vented and thereby an outrage not
lperpetrated on a worthy veteran.