Evening star., 1922-11-12
Spanish War
Veterans

Department Ad1t. Coss announces
tho calendar Of muster for the week:
Monday night, department band re-
hearsal, s21 Pennsylvania avenue
| southeast; Tuesday night. Col. Pettit
Camp. e. Nolan, commander. S21
| Pennsylvania avenue southeast:
Wednesday night, Gen. n Emmet
Urell Camp. Orlando Ducker. COM
mander. will celebrate its tin ami
versary. Department Commandsr
Patterson. who is also past COM
| mander of the camp. accompanied by
his entire staff in uniform. will pay
an official visit to the camp. This
will conclude the itinerary Of tho an
| nual fall visitation. Tho ladies aux
| iliary Of Urell Camp will also meet.
Both camp and auxiliary sessions Will
be held in Pythian Temple. 1o12 9Th
| street northwest. Thursday night
Richard J. Harden Camp. Francis
| Huhn. commander. will convene in
| Pythian Temple, and Cen. LAwton
Camp. William Davis. commander.
| will hold its first muster in its new
| quarters. 921 Pennsylvania avenue
| southeast.
Past Department Commander Lee
| Harris. chairman of the Maine memo
rial committee, will call q meeting OF
his committee and begin arrange
| ments for the twenty-flfth memorial
| anniversary Of the sinking Of the
United States battleship Maine. This
| year since the beginning Of the Span
| ish-American war, President Harding
has been sent an invitation to be
| present on this occasion, THURSDAY
afternoon. February 1b. 1929. in the
reading hall at Fort Myer. Va.
N
liams. commander. entertained De-
! partment Commander Patterson and
! staff by presenting an athletic exhf-
| bition for their entertainment follow
| ing their official visitation last Non
| day night in Stanley hall, at tho Sol
| diers' Home. Department Commander
! Patterson commended the members
on the splendid condition OF the camp.
A large number were present at the
regular monthly session held by the
Wednesday night Mrs. Bessie Nc
Caffrey. chief adviser, reports that
social will be held At the home Of
Mrs. S. w. Coulter. supreme chief
ruler of the National Temple.
! Wednesday evening. November %. at
! 911 Crittenden street northwest.
| Nelson A. Miles Camp. J. Allison
| Baxter. commander. met Tuesday
evening. Thomas r. Mechem of Mer-
rill W. Allen Camp. Department OF
I pennsylvania, became q member by
transfer, and Recruit VIII W. Ste
phenson. Connersville. Ind, was elect
ed to membership. The board of trus-
tess made it's report Of the inven-
tory Of camp property. The next
muster, November 21. the nomination
/ of camp officers for the ensuing year
will take place. Harry Joseph Stahl
| was accepted by transfer from Har-
den Camp. Department Commander
| Patterson gave an interesting talk
| along the lines of cooperation and
attendance at camp musters
Harden Camp met Thursday even
ing. November 2. coupled with the Of
| fetal visitation by Department Com
| mander Patterson and staff The fol-
| lowing recruits were mustered: Ed
ward McDevitt. George B. Grady.
Walter b. Richardson, S. c. Fritz
| John J. Colbert. George Neuman,
! George B. Maher. Harry ]. Stele, Har-
| ry J. Wilson. Alfred G. Geist, Nor
J man A. Pruitt. Edward F. Simpson.
Frederick c. Lucas. Charles Carey.
+ Clarence Q. Wilson and John A. Gal
iagher. Department Commander Pat
| terson dwelt on the subject Of COOP
(; Grafton of membership. and in CON
! nection with kindred veteran bodies.
All staff officers made brief addresses.
Charles Virgins Ayars was elected
and mustered into membership Of
/ Crell Camp at its last muster. Past
| Commander Ford of Dewey Camp.
! Commander Baxter of Miles Camp
| and Comrade Anton Holman of Law
| ton -Egbert Camp of Manila, =. L.,
| were the visitors OF the evening.