Evening star., 1922-05-14

ent condition of the sick and wounded
men of the world war iss to be com
piled at the fourth national convention
of the American Legion. at New Or
leans this fan. This survey will com,
bine the reports Of the Interallied
Veterans Federation with the reports
of the Geneva conference held, IN
March. under the auspices of the -in-
ternational labor office.
The 1nterallied Veterans Fedora
tion Is made up OF the Veterans' assoc
Citations Of all the nations allied IN
the world war. The international
labor office, fin which the Unified
States Is not officially represented,
was created under the terms or tine
treaty of Versailles and includes nfty-'
four nations in it's personnel at pres
ent. 1t is financed by thetleague of
nations '--.
At the conference> of this body in
Geneva, representation was accorded
to Germany and Austria, as we'll as
to the ex-seryice men of. the allied
nations. This, was practically the
first occas sion on which; the soldiers
who faced each other on the field
have met in conference for the solu-
tion of their common problems, ana
it was hailed in Europe, as, an event
OIL StedC Sl&nlncance.
The reports of this organizat tion to-
gether with those of the Interallied
Veterans Federation. which inclgdes
the American Legion, Will make up
the first complete summary OF what
the civilized world Is doing for the
disabled veterans. The results OF the
survey will be made available at once
in all the countries that took part In
the war Se.. x q, ~ - =
For year. Of devosion we, have. set;
aside a. day of recognition, $50 long
as man lives not by bread alone. so
fiong shall this word mother remain
the strongest and sweetest word in
any language" said Hanford Mac
Nider. national mmander of the
American Legion, in his Mothers day
(today1 message to posts of the-soS--
working away at the building Of
high castle of patriotism on the rock
of sacrifice the message, continues.
I'VE offer, and dedicate the work OF
our hands to the mothers of. Amer
ica."
FORMER President Wilson has been
elected to honorary membership In
the Equality Walter Reed Post of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars of this
city. The resolutions. adopted unani-
mously, explained the desire of the
chief of the American fofces during
the war a member of the, organiza-
ton. and the special bond between
the men and their great chief be-
cause most of the members of the
post were disabled in service during
the war.
Equality-walterR Reed Post. No. 2s4.
Veterans of Foreign Wars, will meet
next THURSDAY evening; at Pythian
rJN ~.~,1~ uk~ N~f hun n0f
when another large class Of new
members will be obligated, the ads
jutant already having received six
applications.
S. P. Cannon, room 3s1. Treasury
Department. has been appointed
| mittee. and members are requested to
forward all news Items regarding the
activities of the post direct to him.
They should be received by him not
later than Tuesd4y for the following
Sunday.
The organization "trip to Fredericks-
burg. Va. made by W. G. Jameson
and A. L. Millmore of this post, proved
a great success, and they appointed
Mercer Limrick. Fredericksburg. who
recently became member OF the or
ganiZation. to act as the official local
representatives of the Veterans of
! Foreign Wars for the purpose of or
ganizing a post. and seventeen pros
| pective members were secured.
The post has appointed a commit
| tee to devise ways and means for the
| organization Of a ladies' auxiliary
! in order to be better able to look
after sick and disabled comrades
A circular letter, with return post
card, has already been sent odt1to
each member, requesting him tosbe-
come a booster for this constructive
move. -
Messrs Ogle. Clooney and E. ]. cafl=
non have been appointed as a COM
mittee to represent this post in max
ing plans for Memorial day exercises.
| The mem mbership campaign Will con-
tinue until June 80.
National Capital Post, No. 1877, yete-
rams of Foreign Wars. will meet next
Friday evening. at which time the
delegates of the post will receive their
instructions for the department en-
campment, which will be held June 13.
The encampment this year Is expected
to be one Of the most important ever
held.
1t is felt world war man should be
placed as commander of the District
veterans 1t Is the desire of National
Capital Post to place men in the de-
partment that can produce some work
and make a good showing at the end
of their term.
The National Capital Post. Veterans
of Foreign Wars. base ball team is
making good progress. and it is ex-
pected that the team will challenge
the American Legion in the fall for
the veteran championship of the Dis
trict At present the team is in full
practice, with Joseph B. Gardella as
manager.
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