Evening star., 1922-03-12
VETERANS OFGREAT WAR

The Washington branch Of the
Transportation Corps, A. E. F.. Asso-
ciatioh held It's first meeting Tuesday
night at the Army and Navy Club
with a dinner. Maj. r. G. Bliss made
a short address in which he outlined
the aims and purposes of the associa-
tion. while Col. F. d. Peek. who COM
manded the 21st (Light Railways)
Engineers in France. recounted many
. interesting incidents during the war.
a letter from Gen. w. w. Atterbury,
president of the association and who
was director general of the Trans
purtation Corps, A. E F., was read. In
which he expressed regret at not
being able to be present.
ofticers Of the association were
elected as follows: President, Col.
T. A. Delano: vice president and
secretary Mai Z. q. Bliss. and second
vice president and treasurer. Capt.
Il. f. MacMorland. In addition to
those named above the following were
present: Lieut.. Col. F. G. Robbins.
Maj j. X. Thompson. Capt. d. w.
MacCormack, Capt. w. L. McMorris,
Capt. r. 5. Jennings and Lieut.. l.. h.
Brodic.
Twenty-one members of Costello
Post. No 10, District of Columbia
Department Of American Legion. have
been commended for duty performed
in connection with the knickerbocker
Hurney. chaplain; Joseph p. Pc
trowski, Thomas Sliminski. Herbert J.
Mcdonald. Henry Jett, w. p. AIS.
Arthur Scrivener. Hugh Higgins. Lois
j. Krus, Charles Keller, Ivan J. Beers.
NJ. J. Tanning. Daa..r Leahy. f. M.
Lusky John Jasinowski. J. J. Gates.
W. W. Chambers. Alfred Worsnop,
Walter Kendrick. DIR. J. j. kilroy and
John F. Nolte.
Communications are contained in
letters sent the members by John j.
Moriarity, adjutant of the post. which
read: 1T has been brought to the
attention of your commander and
through him to your post that dis
rendered by you in rescuing the
wounded. dying and dead from the
ruins of the knickerbocker Theater.
Vincent b. Costello Post Is proud
of you. and men such as you make
it worth while belonging to the
American Legion.
Your valiant services to God and
man will always shine In the annals
of your post. and as years roll on we
will look with pride to your full test
of citizenship, given when our city
was visited by one Of the greatest
catastrophes that could ever have
befallen it,
At meeting to be held at the City
Club next Friday night the permanent
organization Of the District of Columbia
unit in La Societe National des 40
Hommes ct s ChevauX will be perfected.
ship list will be closed and the play.
ground organization officially indorsed
. by the American Legion will take It's
iIace in the life and affairs OF the
nations capital.
The call for this meeting was made
, by Guy Withers, acting chef de gare
: of Local Voiture No. 174. as the Dis
trict of Columbia unit has officially
been designated and chartered by the
rational headquarters of La Societe.
Paul j. McGahan, the acting corre-
spondent. announced that all arrange
ments were practically complete for the
effecting of the permanent organization.
The organization, while having fun
making Tendencies. has also serious
purpose in providing central group
where representatives Of all the Amer.
lean Legion posts in the city who have
been prominent in legion activities may
meet together.
Prominent legionaires have taken
an active interest in its development
here. under the leadership OF the
temporary leader. Guy Withers. In
the interval committees from the
ranks of those who have Joined have
been appointed. and each will furnish
a completed report on It's work at
the meeting this week.
The principal business will be the
selectioa OF the permanent officers.
bers of the new organizations: E.
Lester Jones. John Thomas Taylor,
Bernard G. Mcneil. ]. w. Rixy Smith.
Kenneth A. McRae, H. L. Wilson. VIII
-: Bernard S. Buscher. c. N. Win
bigIer. G. T. Rude. Thacker v. Walker,
j. Bentley Mulford. William ]. Nc
kenzie. William Wolff Smith. Guy
withers. James A. Drain. Charles B.
Ter. Paul ]. McGahan. Austin S.
Imirie, William F. Franklin. r. S.
Jones. Alexander NJ. Bremen, Nathan
J. Cose1, H. Walter Hummer, Thomas
J. Erailey. T.; Norman Templeton: p.
D. Adams. George L. Tate. George G.
Ahern, r. E. b. McKenney. Maj.
James A. Buchanan. +. W. Jordan.
Charles E. Johnston. Gen. Anton Ste
Byrne. Charles L. Curtiss. jr.: Edward
Barlow, f. A. Frost. Ralph G. Ehres-
man. James B. Jones. Charles Swan.
Joseph A. Giovannoni, Lew S. Michler,
o. =. White; Walter Berry. J. G.
f'railey and Royal G. Johnson.
The Veterans of. Foreign Wars of
Seattle, wash, nave asked freSloent
. Harding to attend their national en-
campment there August II to 10. AS.
sistant Secretary of the Navy Roose-
Welt also has been invited.
Equality Walter Reed Post, No. 2s4.
Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet
at Pythian Temple. 1912 9Th street
northwest. Thursday evening. and
delegates will be elected to represent
this post in the third annual depart
ment encarpment. The quartermaster.
L. Z. Donaldson. 632 Princeton place
northwest. will forward his quarterly
report to headquarters after this
meeting.
The membership for the spring drive
will consist of William Bunt. Walter
Reed Hospital. r. B. Handy. 31S
metropolitan Bank building: L. E.
Donaldson. 632 Princeton place north
west, and w. G. Jameson, I'll Mount
Vernon place northwest.
national committee of 500, COM
posed of volunteers in the Veterans of
Foreign Wars pledged to undertake
the establishment of new posts. re-
i -rTH nCApw