Evening star., 1922-08-08
VETERANS OUTING
PLANS COMPLETED
District Patriotic Societies
Will Give Excursion to
Marshall Hall August 20.

grand excursion Of patriotic So
cieties. including the Grand Army of
the Republic. Spanish War Veterans
and World War Veterans to Mar
shall Hall will be held Tuesday. Aug
ust 2s. Arrangements were effected
at a meeting last night in Grand
Army Hall.
Proceeds from the affair will be
used toward the construction of a
permanent home for the widows and
orphans of war veterans here.
Maj H. L. Dean, commander of the
Department of the Potomac. G. A. R.,
is chairman of the committee on ar
rangements and Past Division Com
mander Frank A. DeGroot of Sons of
Veterans. secretary-treasurer. An
other meeting to perfect arrange
ments will be held next Monday
night
Other members of the general COM
mittee are: Mrs. Myrtle .Loebsack,
president Woman's Relief Corps. vice
chairman; Department Commander
Harry F. Patterson of Spanish Amer
lean War; Department Commander
Watson B. Miller of American Legion,
Department Commander Samuel H.
Jacobson Of Veterans of Foreign
Wars. Commander John F. McIlree of
Army and Navy Union, Past Division
Commander ]. Clinton Hiatt of Sons
of Veterans. U. S. A: Mrs, Emma
Hempler. president Ladies of Grand
Army of the Republic: Mrs. Lizzie w.
Women; Mrs. S. w. Coulter. presi-
dent of Lineal Society of Spanish
War Veterans; Miss Katie Guiton.
president of Daughters of Veterans.
L. S. A.: Miss Augusta B. Palmer,
past president of Sons of Veterans.
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Reed of National Disabled Soldiers
League. Mrs. Margaret Jacobson. de-
partment president Ladies' Auxiliary
of Foreign Wars, and Mrs. A. Ford.
department president United Spanish
War Veterans.
The following committee members
were also announced:
Program and entertainment-Mrs
Myrtle Loebsack, chairman; Mrs.
Sophie ]. Bergner. Mrs. Lydia B. Toll
son. Miss Alice Cauffman. S. G. Nav
son. Claude Brown. Charles B.. Han
ford and Lemuel Warner.
Music-E. c. Dillard. chairman; W.
B. Wells, E. Albert Lang, James W.
Lyons, Mrs. Hermoine Sutton, Miss
Jennie L. Hamilton and A. ]. Schip-
pert.
Publicity-J Clinton Hiatt, chairman
Col E. c. r. Humphries, Howard S.
Fisk and John A. Hart.
Tickets-Frank A DeGroot chair
man; Commander Corbin. Birch OF Hard
ing Camp, Commander Adelbert A. Tay-
lor of Cushing Camp and Commander
Victor L. Carrigan of Lincoln Camp,
Sons of Veterans. U. S. A; Commander
Francis C. HUM of Harden Camp, Span
ish-American war; Commander W. ].
Harrington of American Legion. and
Capt. C. o. Howard of Army and Navy
Union.
After the $50 pm. boat arrives at
Marshall Hall games and sports will
take place. and prizes have been offered
to the lucky winners in the various con-
tests. An interesting feature will be the
prize waltz.
The following officials have signified
their intention of going on this ex-
cursion: DR.. Henry A. Johnson, junior
vice commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic. Brig. Gen. Anton
Stephen, department commander of Vet
Grams Of Foreign Wars; Department
Commander Miller of the American
Legion, Department Commander Patter-
son Of Spanish-American' War, Repre-
resentative Clifford Ireland. commander
in-chief Sons of Veterans, U. s.. A: Rep
resentative A. E. B. Stephens, and Harley
v. Speelman, register Of the Treasury,
both past commanders-in-chiefs of Sons
Of Veterans, U. s. A.