Evening star., 1922-07-30

be appointed to iegislate the work
Of the bureau.
Representative Lamar sJsffers Of
Alabama praised the work Of the post
in establishing permanent headquar-
membership drive, which 10 expected
to increase the membership to 1900
BY Labor day.
Cooley y-McCullough Post, No. %. the
American Legion. met Tuesday night
and decided to hold mess calls in
| stead Of assembly calls during the
next two months. The post voted to
| suspend the regular meetings and to
hold pichics and feasts. The August
gathering is to be held at Fort Wash
| ington, where many members of the
post served In the District Coast Ar
tillery before going to France. 1t
was announced that in September .
dinner will be given 1t one Of the
local hotels.
ing ONCE Union. No. /. United vetef--
ans Of American Wars IL to be held
Tuesday night At o'clock.
The first new post Of the Veterans
Of Foreign Wars to be organized
under Gen. Anton Stephan. new head
Of the District department, Veterans
of Foreign Wars. is East Washing
I tcH : ool, fwHiVii Will organize 68LuT-
day. August IL, at the Northeast Ma
sonic Temple. sth and F streets
! northeast. In response to repeated
| and urgent demand for an East
! Warrington post centrally located.
The new post starts out with every
/ dicted by many that 1t wifi quickly
become oHe Of the largest and most
popular posts under the Jurisdiction
Of Gen. Stephan: E. 8. Grant. deputy
chief Of stan. sl4 sth street north
mander, Barrack Post, All F street
northeast. and James NJ Harrigan,
| 6S7 9Th street northeast, are the COM
mittee placed in charge OF the organi-
zation OF the new post.
Applicatione for membership will
be received by any member Of the
| organization committee. The charter
will remain open for the entire month
Of August.
All members Of the G. A. r. are en-
titled to honorary membership in
this post.
| Capt Robert B. Handy, director OF
the national service bureau Of the
| veterans Of Foreign Wars. has been
erans' bureau that a certificate of in
| jury must Be obtained by all veterans
Of the world war. who sustained an
injury or contracted a disease in the
| service which 1s likely to result in
! disa bility or death. The certificates
are being issued by the veterans bu-
reau under section 800 Of the war
risk insurance act as amended to
August 9. 1921. Application for this
| certificate must be made prior to
| August 8. 1922 Ali that 10 nee
| essary to obtain the certificate is to
write to the director of the United
States veterans bureau, Washington,
d. c., giving name, rank, organiza-
tion. date of enlistment and discharge
| and stating the circumstances under
! which the disease or injury in Ques-
| tion was Incurred
| New Orleans will be the center Of
national interest during the American
Legion national convention, October
| 16 to 81, as a result Of the presence
| OF numerous famous political and mill
tary leaders.
| President Harding has written con-
vention headquarters that he will at
tend II the pressure Of public affairs
does not interfere. Similar reply has
| been received from Gen. John ]. Persh-
Ing, who led the legion men in France,
and who met with them in Kansas
City last fall. Maj. Gen. John A. Le-
teune. commandant of the United
States Marine Corps and q former
resident Of New Orleans, has definite
~ accepted the convention invitation.