The Washington herald., 1922-10-01
FOREIGN WAR VETS
TO CONDUCT DANCE
Large Advance Sale of
Tickets for Nov. IL
Is Reported.

man Of the military ball committee.
reports . large advance sale of
tickets for the ball which Is to be
he'd in the ballroom of the Raleigh
Hotel on armistice night. November
IL. for the beneft of the relief fund
of the Department OF the District
OF Columbia Of the Veterans of For
eign Wars.
Col. Tillinghast L. Huston. the
chief of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars md the owner OF
the Yankee baseball team. has sent
word that he and Mrs. Huston ex-
pect to be present on that night.
It is also expected that the District
Commissioners and their wives will
be present and stand in the re-
ceiving line with the commander
in -chief and the Department Com
mander. General and Mrs. Anton
Stephan. Word has been received
from a number OF the department
commanders and other organiza
tions in the District announcing
that they and their staff and ladies
intend to be present on this oc-
casion. The veterans feel sure that
the citizens OF Washington will help
make this ball a success and thus
enable them to continue their usual
work OF supplying Thanksgiving
and Christmas packages and cloth
ing to the needy disabled men and
their families in the District.
Tickets and information can be
obtained from the treasurer OF the
committee. Mrs L. E. Donaldson.
Central Branch of the American
Security and Trust Company.
Sergeant Bugler Henry Loveless.
Of 2407 G street northwest. IS about
to apply for a charter for a post or
the Veterans of Foreign Wars in the
District. to be made up entirely OF
musicians and buglers. Sergeant
Loveless has been made national
trumpeter and hopes to complete a
large organization OF musicians to
attend the next annual encamp-
ment at Norfolk. Va. Musicians,
bandsmen and others who have been
overseas during our wars, are
urged to get in touch with Sergeant
Loveless at the above address with
out delay. so that II they desire
to join they may be included in
the charter membership roll OF the
post.
Equality-Walter Reed Post 2s4
Veterans of Foreign Wars. has ar
ranged to hold an open meeting and
entertainment Thursday evening,
October 5. at Pythian Temple, 1912
Ninth street northwest.
Arthur L. Millmore. Ase z. Finch
Sam Berlin and Z. B. Handy have
I been appointed as committee to
have charge of the open meeting
and entertainment. and II is the
desire of the committee that every
V. +. W. member attend and bring
along either his wife. mother. sister,
daughter or sweetheart.
This post is working hard along
with several of the other posts.
boosting the military ball, and l..
ES Donaldson. 632 Princeton place
northwest, treasurer of the military
ball committee. is anxious to hear
from every comrade.
The entire net receipts OF the
military ball to be held at the
| Raleigh Hotel on the evening of
Armistice Day. November IL. 1922,
will be placed in the department re-
lief fund and every post is natural
" deeply interested in seeing this
fund built up- Get your ticket now,
thereby increasing the advance
sales Of tickets. Further informa
tion regarding the military ball can
I be secured by members from the
quartermaster of their post or by
/ calling at 31S Metropolitan National
Bank Building.
Equality-Walter Reed Post is just
closing most prosperous year,
now having a good-sized reserve
fund and also healthy general
fund. and the post is making plans
to have a ladies' auxiliary organ
lied in order to be better able to
take care of our ever increasing
relief work among our growing
membership and in the several hos
pitals.
The latch-string on our dug
out door will be hanging out for
all visitors Thursday evening,
whether YOU have just Joined the
V. +. w. or not. as we are confident
that our committee will be able 10
show you a pleasant evening. SO
do not forget the time and place.
The membership campaign CT
EGuality-Walter Reed Post is now
going strong and our recruiting
committee has already turned in
numerous applications. also several
transfers from members of far dis
tant posts who are now located
here. II additional application
cards are desired they can be Sc
cured by calling on r. r. Handy.
21S Metropolitan National Bank
Building. or telephone Main 5000
and application cards will be at
once forwarded.
A meeting of the Veteran Drum
Corps. Third d. c. Infantry, was
held at 1919 New York avenue
northwest on September 1S. when
it was decided to organize the
Fuches-Fagan Post of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars. Among those
present was Horace Ackermanr.
Thomas ]. Murray. Ralph P. McCon-
nell. Eddie Stewart. A. A. Hughes,
Corp. James w. Sparrow, U. S. A.:
Albert ]. Sillers. John r. King.
James NJ. Dyer and Henry Loveless.
There will be another meeting at
1919 New York avenue northwest
October at y. m. The charter
Department of n. C., V. F. w. for
approval at that meeting.
There were several entertaininI-
features consisting OF songs and
dances by Tommy" Murray. piano
selections by Ralph Mcconnell and
a huCle duet by BuFlers Lovelezs
and Sillers and a smoker.
1t is requested that all former
members Of the old Third n. c.
Band and Drum Corps who desire to
sfSn the charter he present at this
meeting.