The Washington herald., 1922-06-11
SPANISH WAR'VETS
OPEN ENCAMPMENT
NEXT SATURDAY
District Delegates Meet
At Pythian Temple for
Annual Assembly.

The twenty-third annuaf depart
ment encampment. Department Dis
trict OF Columbia, United Spanish
War Veterans, will be held on Sat
urday afternoon and evening, June
II, 1922, in Pythian Temple. 1912
Ninth street northwest. The COM
rades in encampment assembled will
be called to order by Department
Commander McCaffrey at 2:3O d. m.
All resolutions. legislative motions,
reports from chairmen of differen,
committees and department officers
must be presented at this encamp-
ment in writing. and read under
the head of Reports of Officers ana
Committees" By this means the
routine business of the encampment
will be expedited. These reports
should cover any work they have
done In the. many activities fnci-
dental to the welfare Of the camps
of the department, and include .
statement Of visits maue to the
camps, addresses given at patriotic
or other functions, as we'll as rec
concentrations. II any, in their re-
spective branches for the improve
ment., of conditions that will result
In the advancement Of the depart
ment.
- Flag Day Observation.
Wednesday, June Il, will be OBJ
served in this department as FLAG
Day. As another anniversary of
Flag Day approaches every veteran
of 1SsS-1s02 should remember its
significance and be sure that Old
Glory is prominently displayed from
his residence. Although June IA is
not the anniversary of a great ma
tional victory on the field of arms.
II is OF special Importance to al,
patriotic Americans as 1t ,commem-
crates the day on which the Con-
tinental Congress in 1777 adopted
Betsy Ross design for our National
Emblem, which with some modi-
ficattons is used to this day. Dept
Comdr. McCaffrey will at later
date assign speakers from this de-
partment to give short talks in the
public schools. Camp comma nders
will forward to him the name and
address at once of e good speaker
OF their respective camp.
Encampment Committees.
The department commander an
nounces the following appointments
on committees for the encampment:
On credentials: Past Comdr. Clai-
born S. Close. department adjutant
(Miles Camp): Senior Vice Com
-mander Clarence A. Belknap. de-
partment quartermaster miles
Camp).
/ On resolutions and enactments:
Past Dept. Comdr. william L. Mat
tocks (Harden Camp; Past Dept
Comdr. Charles ]. p. Weber miles
Camp: Past Dept. Comdr. Samuel
G. Mawson (Pettit Camp).
On auditing: Past Comdr. Richard
L. Lamb Nawton Camp: Past
Comdr. Harry Coulter (Harden
Camp: Past Comdr. Louis E. Fell
ton Pettit Camp. The chairman
of the auditing committee is hereby
instructed to call a meeting of his
committee for the purpose of audit
ing the records. books and supplies
of the department quarterma ster,
and the department adjutant as
soon after June 10. 1922, as con-
venient, and will submit to the de-
partment commander his report in
writing.
On legislation: Past Comdr. James
]. Murphy (Harden Camp): Past
Dept. Comdr. Gustav z. Rausch
(Miles Camp); Past Dept. Comdr.
Samuel G. Mawson Petit Camp;
Past Comdr. Robert E. Cox dewey
Camp; Past Comdr James E.
Byrnes (Astor Camp; Past Comdr.
John Murphy (Urell Camp.
Activities of Campo,
Richard J. Harden Camp, No. ,.
Francis C. Huhn. commander, will
assemble for muster Thursday
night, June Is, in Pythian Temple,
1912 Ninth street northwest
Department Band will hold a re-
hearsal Monday night. June IL, at
the old Naval Hospital.
The Department Band will fur
nish music for the flag raising up
at Great Falls. Va. on Sunday after
noon, June IL. at 1870 o'clock, and
while there will be the guest of
Dept. Comdr. McCaffrey and the
members of the Fishing and Hunt
ing Club.
Past Commander-in-C Chief charles
w. Newton and Comrade william
L. Mattocks, official editor, have
been assigned as representatives of
the commander-inLchief and ma
tional headquarters to the nine
teenth annual encampment OF the
Department OF New York.
National headquarters reports
that the Passenger Associations
have authorized and rendered to
our organization a rate of one fare
for the round trip to the national
encampment at Los Angeles, August
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