Evening star., 1922-11-26

The Henry &. SPENCER Unit, No. 12;
American Legion Auxiliary. gave
tea dance at the home of Brig. Gen.
and Mrs Anton Stephan, Monday
evening program included piano
solo by Miss Katherine Dawson,
chairman of the hospital and welfare
relief committee of the uni: vocal
solos by Miss Roman and Mrs. Wall
Ter, president of the Robley ID. Evans
Unit No. 4. After refreshments,
dancing was enjoyed The welfare
fund was substantially benefited from
the proceeds of the evening: which
were in the form of a silver, Offering;
A dance of the Vincent B. Costello
Post Auxiliary will be held at Pythian
Temple. l012 9th street northwest,
tomorrow, $50 to 12 pm.
A card party is to be given at Per-
petual Life building on December l
by the Department of the American
Legion Auxiliary, O'Clock.
A dance was given last Wednesday
evening by the American Legion AuN-
iiiary of the Stuart Walcott Post, No.
10. Among those present We're Ma
tional Vice Commander Watson b:
Miller: A. NJ. Bremen. commander OF
Mrs r. E. F'awcett, president of the
Department American Legion Auxili- :
airy, District of Columbia. The pro-
ceedS are for the benefit of the well
fare and relief fund. =;
The national commander of the
American Legion. Alvin owsley. will
be in Washington Tuesday. Accord
ing to present plans. he Will stop at
the New Willard Hote!. The object
of his visit will be Il conference with
Pres dent Harding.
Applications by disabled veterans to
secure vocational training must be
made before December Is next. which
Is the last date for receiving such
applications under the law. Notice to
this effec, has been sent out by the
United States Veterans Bureau
through Its branch offices and the
veterans organizations are calling att
tertion to the statute. Capt. r. >.
Rettelheim. jr.. Legislative chairman
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars or
the United States. has advised all
posts of the V. F. W. to canvass their
territory to see that all ex-service
men have been notified.
The appropriation bill passed by
Congress on June Is. 1921, provided
that any person entitled under the
provisions Of the vocational training
act. as amended, to take vocational
training must make application
of the approval of this acts
1t is that enactment which fixes the
time limit for applications for train
ing Unless there should be some
change in the law there will be no
mprs. applications for. training : re-.
ccived after the 10th Of next month";
and the governments training prn-
gram will thereafter consist III com
Dieting the education of thoss Who
shall have applied before the limit
date.
Col. Reese. head of the vocational
training department of the Veterans
Bureau. said the bureau was prepared
to abide by the closing date fixed by
law and had not asked Congress to
alter the statute. He was not aware
OF any definite effort to have the date
extended. but said there might be such
an effort by veterans organizations.
The following members of National
Capital Post. No. 127. Veterans Of
Foreign Wars, were nominated for
officers for the Coming year at the
last meeting of the post: For COM
mander. Commander Val N, Bran
don: senior vice commander. Chap
lain Joseph X. Gardelia: junior vice
commander. Ban j. Leahy: quarter
master. Quartermaster g. Statsberg
and Lorenzo E. Brandoni surgeon, DR..
NJ. L. Turner: officer of the day,
Senior Vice Commander William j.
harrington. and trustee. G. E: Cur
rier The election of these officers
will take place at the meeting De-
cember Is.
The post will have 4 smoker De-
cember 1, to which. all department
commanders of the various local vet
eran organizations have been invited.
A few very prominent speakers will
also be the guests Of the post during
ha TOW
J. Lowder, assisted by George j.!
Nouner and Joseph B. Much have
promised some very interesting fea-
lures for that night.
The post On-to-Norfolk Club is
growing rapidly, and any member
who has not yet joined or made res
ervations for the trip next August
should get in touch Immediately with
the secretary, G. Statsberg. 700 q
street northeast, as there is a limit
of 800 persons for the trip.
The following named members of
the post were mustered into the post
during the last meeting: Lorence Il.
Schaffer. Asa w. de la Vergne and
Rosser o. johnson. Lee f. Owens and
j. r. Money were elected to member
ship. =
The veterans of the I'd Division
of the District Of Columbia and vi
cinity win hold their annual cleo
tions at a meeting to be held Tues
day evening, December 5. at the band
hall. marine barracks. Sth and 1
streets southeast, at 8 o'clock. 1t is
expected a large crowd will partic-
ipate in the elections.
The offices to be filled are presi-
dent, vice president, secretary and
treasurer, the incoming president ap-
pointing chairmen of the different
committees. Refreshments and smokes
will be served. ~----'- .
1t is expected that a large delega-