Evening star., 1922-01-15

National and district officers Of
new veteran association, to be known
as the American Veterans of the
World War, are to be elected at
meeting tomorrow night in the as
sembly hall of the Y. NJ. c. A.. 18th
street northwest. All coloreH ex-
service men are requested to attend
the meeting.
The organization will be made UP
of men who served In the world war
between April 16. 1917, and November
IL, 1918, in any of the military OF
naval forces, including the student
training camps. A permanent bureau
is to be maintained in this city.
Its officers will be a national CHAIR
man, eight national vice chairmen.
secretary. national treasurer;
national publicity director, national
historian and a national organizer
The entire United states will be
divided into eight national districts.
with headquarters at New York city:
Houston, Tex; St. Louis, Mo-: Chi
cago, ILL.,: Los Angeles. Calf; New
Orleans, La. and with local chapters
throughout the several districts. :,
The sponsors for the formation and
of this association ln-
clude members of James e. walker
and James Reese Europe posts OF the
American Legion, Veterans Of For.
eien Wars and the Grand Army OF
The District of Columbia Depart
ment of the American Legion mas re-
ceived from Marshal Foch an auto
,.h- nf l..
taken Just at the close Of the war.
The marshal. upon leaving America,
inscribed the photograph
and sent 1t to the American, Legion In
=" Il nI"ss Is Understood that those who
made up the Foch party in its tour
Of the country were signiy gycis piisaHIsn : ISn
voiced by the marshal following his
visit to Washington. He Is said to
have been extremely impressed by
the ceremonies for "the unknown
dead" on November IL. and to nave
been greatly pleased by his reception
at the hands of the American Legion
in the District of Columbia.
BY q resolution of the executive
Of the District of ~Cofum-
bla Department of the Aperican Le-
gion, the Foch photograph will be
framed and hung in department head
quarters as a memento OF the mare
shars visit. ~.
With 1O,754 posts in forty-eight
states, five territorial possessions and
twenty foreign countries. the 7Ameri-
cfn Legion enters upon the year l922:
the, past twelve months 40
posts were added to the organization,
according to a repers given out oy
Eleven of the posts added during. 1921
were outside the boundaries Of the
United States These were Fort GID
hon. Tanana, Alaska; Andernach,
f;ermany: Guatemala City. Guatemala;
Luke Field. Hawaii; Ensenada. Lower
Mexico: San Juan. PORTO
Rico: Loanda. AnSoia: Portug4ese
dnras. @ Maracaibo, Venezuela: War
saw. Poland, and constantinople,
-. .t
Eighteen hundred cigars were dis
eributed among former soldiers now
patients at st. Elizaoeth's Hospital by
the District of Columbfa department
of the American Legion on Christmas
day, according to q report just receiv-
adj by the legion from Its CHRISTMAS
committee. The report
by Austin S. Imirie. chair
man of the conmittee. says That every
soldier hospital In the city was aae
duately looked after ON Christmas
With the approval and co.operation
Of the fourth district of the United
states Veterans Bureau, which mas
charge of the former service patients;
the committee visited also the Naval
where service men were
Alto and at Walter Reed the Christ
mas decorations were furnished, thus
relieving .other funds. SO that they
might be spent on Christmas dinners:
A contribution was also made toWaru
the Christmas dinner furnished needy
a locai home for the RELIEF Of such
men. Coal and cigars were also FUR
rrfshed the Stepping Stone.
Funds for the Christmas RELIEF work
were supplied by voluntary contribu- :
ton from local members OF the Amer
lean Legion. augmented by gifts from
various local social and charitable OF
eanizations. = a.
The first organization meeting for
the new year was held "Wednesday
evening by the Veteran Third. Dis
trict Of Columbia Infantry Drum
Corps at 1919 New York avenue Forth
west. More than twenty former
members Of the organization attended.
Sergeant Busler Henry Loveless pre-
aided. It was. voted to affiliate with
Capital Post. No. 121 Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars. -There are
about six members of the drum corps
whose military service does not en-
title them to membefship in v. F. W..
and these men will be taken In as
honorary members. A dance will be
given by the drum corps in the near
future. The committee appointed by
the sergeant bugler to aErangS for
the dance Is composed Of Mcconnell.
tickets; Hughes and Tom Murray,
dance place. Sergt. Loveless is chair
man of the general dance committee.
Oficers of the drum corps elected for
the new year are Henry Loveless,
Stephen F.. .Tillmafi, execu-
tive oficer or secretary. and Tom
Murray, treasurer.
AT the last meeting of spengler
Post. held at the National Guard
arrnory, Department Commander Wat
son b. Miller installed the officers for
the current year. as follows: Anton
stephan, commander; Alexander Sum-
iners, Junior vice commander George
q. TAFT, senior vice commander: DR..
Douklass A. White. surgeon;. Arthur
I. Smith, chaplain; Harry; F. Richard
son, adjatant; James B. Jones (re-
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