Evening star., 1922-05-28

Watson B. Miller, department COM
Snander of the American Legion, has
ISSUED orders to all legionnaires for
their participation in Memorial day
exercises next Tuesday
Members are directed to assemble
at the north entrance of the District
building at S:45 O'Clock, where a short
memorial service will be held. I'm
mediately thereafter they will join
the parade and pass in review at the
White House, disbanding at 18th and
d streets northwest. Cards of admis-
sion to Arlington amphitheater will
he distributed to members when they
assemble at the District building.
Legionnaires are directed to wear
their uniforms, if possible.
Eauality-Walter Reed Post, Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars, will have its
next meeting Thursday evening. June
]. The committee having in charge
the organization of ladies' auxiliary
have received the names Of ABOUT
eighteen eligibles, wives, mothers
daughters and sisters of veterans.
glee club has been organized and fu-
turs~meetings will be enlivened by
talented members.
The membership campaign commit
tee urges the members that the drive
will end June Is and that two valua-
BILE prizes will be awarded to those
Two who enlist the greatest numper
of recruits. Applications and fees can
he sent to Adjt. w. G. Jameson, III
Mount Vernon place northwest
Melvin Ryder, a charter memper OF
the post and now national CHIEF OF
staff is a candidate for the posIt.oa
of commander-in-chie at the forth
coming national encampment at Sc
attle. Wash. August IA to 1s. lnciu-
sive. Mr.. Ryder is associate editor
of the Stars and Stripes,
a meeting of the post was heid
Thursday evening, May is. and quite
- number of recruits were mustered
in, notable among them being Repre-
sentative J. Hamilton Fish, Jr,. VINO
later made an interesting and m
stIuctive speech. The Post unani-
mously adopted a resolution to re-
quest the committee on interstate and
foreign commerce, House of REPRE-.
Sentatives, to report the Fish bill out
of the committee. This bill provides
$50 instead of $50 per month for
nurse attendant to each blind COM
STade.
Delegates from the Department of
=
eign Wars, to the annual encamp-
Inent of the District of Columbia de-
partment next month received their
instructions at meeting of the post
Friday night The meeting, which
was held at $50 18th street southwest,
was largely attended.
Memorial services for the sixty
seven employees of the Department OF
Agriculture who lost their lives in
the naval or military service of the
United States in the world war Will
he held tonNht at o1Seck in Epiph-
any Chapel, 80 18th street southwest
Representative Fish is to make n ad-
dress.
The flag will be flown at half-staf
IN July 9 wherever an American
Legion clubhouse is located in MEM
ory of Col. F. W. Gailbraith, jr., who
Gied on this date one year ago, wnlle
serving as national commander of the
legion.
Personal greetings from Commander
Hanford MacNider of the American
Legion are being carried to the Brit
ish Legion in it's annual conference in
London by H. Nelson Jackson of YER
70 mont national vice commander of the
American Legion. Mr.. Jackson sailed
for London May 20. He is official
American Legion representative at
the conference of the British Legion.
recently organized after the model Of
the American Legion
The second pilgrimage to France IS
planned by the American Legion for
July 25-September 8, inclusive. The
steamship President Roosevelt with
a legion captain and a crew entirely
Of legionnaires has been tentatively
engaged for the trip.
The itinerary will cover the old bat
tlef'elds which the American dough-