Evening star., 1922-07-09
VETERANS OF
GREAT WAR

National Capital Post, No. 127. Vet
Grams Of Foreign Wars. met last FRI
day night at 1912 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. with full attedance.
The following members were named
on the department staff at the de-
partment convention of Veterans of
foreign Wars: Val n. Brandon.
junior vice commander: Robert p.
Parrott. department judge advocate:
Dr. q. b. Tribe. department surgeon.
and E. ]. Sullivan and Francis c.
Huhn. members Of the council of ad-
ministration.
bers of the National Capital Post
were approved as mark of appre-
clation for their efforts in building
up the organizations: Harrison ID.
Boyer George J. Neuner, Francis G.
Huhn, Henry Loveless. William j.
harrington and Joseph B. Gardella
Post Commander George ]. Neuner.
i, newly elected department quarter
, master, was presented with the rank
OF past department commander at the
convention.
The recruiting drive which will
open in September will be handled by
National Capital Post. which is get
ting batch of recruiting propoganda
in shape.
Henry Loveless has been appointed
department bugler.
OF interest to practically every par
ticipant of the world struggle are the
stories now appearing in the Ameri-
can Legion Weekly by Marquis James
regarding the operation of the Vet
Grams Bureau.
The batch distributed during the
past week especially have timely in
terest because of the fire al Balti-
more, which threatened the destruc-
tion of the wooden buildings of the
Fort McHenry Veterans Bureau Hos
pital there.
DR.. H. D. Luse. medical officer in
charge Of the hospital. is authority
/ for the statement the day following
the fire that had not heavy down
pour of rain suddenly taken place the
wooden hospital ward buildings would
have been destroyed.
Hospital officials apparently met the
situation energetically. since they re-
ported that all but one of the 400
patients were evacuated from the
building within thirty minutes fol-
lowing notification from the acting
fire chief of Baltimore that the build
ings were in danger The James ar
ticle tells of the inexcusable suffer
ing, insanity and death among ex-
service men while government hos
pital building is delayed.
The officers meeting of Richard J.
Harden Camp, No. ., United Spanish
War Veterans, was called last week
by Commander Francis c. Huhn to
plan committee assignments for the
Santiago day excursion to Chesapeake
Beach Monday, July IL.
The following committees will CO.
operate with and under direct orderi
from the department committee
Executive, Commander Francis e
HUM; tickets, William ]. Jenkins:
finance. Thomas A. ludlow and AL
bert Michaud: athletic. Clar. nee l..
Brewer and Steve Harder; arrange.
ments. William F. Rink. Daniel Fole,
and James J. Knibbs: entertainment
John A. Gallagher, William ]. Sam
mond and William T. Heritage;
press, George J. Neuner.
A program has been arranged. with
prizes for winners in contests which
include sports for all persons, regard
less of age, sex. size or shape.
Tickets are being mailed to all mem
bers of the camp for personal use or
sale. The proceeds may be sent TO
the committee on finance. Albert
Michaud, 432 Manor place northwest.
termaster.
While the excursion is being held
under the auspices of the Department
Of the District of Columbia, all camps
will participate in the profits from
the sale of tickets disposed of by the
camps. 1t has been suggested that
the matter of inviting the Department
of Maryland to participate in cele-
brating Santiago day be taken up at
the department committee meeting.