Evening star., 1923-10-14
SPANISH WAR VETERANS.
Calendar.


Monday night Admiral George
Dewey Naval Ladies' Auxiliary, Nora
Albers, president, s21 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast.
Monday night-Col. John Jacob
Astor Camp, Dennis F. Cooney, COM
| mander, Stanley Hall, United States
Soldiers Home.
Monday night - Department band
rehearsal, Claiborn S. Close, director,
Wednesday night-Gen. NJ: Emmet
Urell Car4p. Frederick A. Deller, COM
mander, Pythian Temple.
Wednesday night-Gen. M. Emmet
UrelI Ladies. Auxiliary. Catherine
Wednesday night-Widows and Or
phans' Home, United. States War Vet
erans' Association, Harrison L. DEAN,
president, Grand Army Hall.
Thursday night-Richard J. Harden
Camp, Clarence p. Brewer, COM
| mander, Pythian Temple.
Thursday night-Gen. Henry W.
Lawton Camp. William II. Barstow,
commander, 921 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast.
A business session OF the depart
ment council of administration was
held at department headquarters Sat
urday night. James ]. Murphy, de-
partment commander, presided. Re
ports We're received and read OF the
national encampment by the depart
ment delegates.
Department Adjt. Harry 2. Coulter
and Department Quartermaster Jo-
seph Harvey reported that the end
| of the first quarter of the admins
tration Of Department Commander
James ]. Murphy found the seven
camps working in harmony, with a
largo increase in membership. The
official visitation by the department
commander and his staff to the camps
Will take place in the near future.
and the camp commanders are getting
busy brushing up and speeding up
! the work in their respective camps.
I Past Commander Bob Wallace of
Crell Camp reports his camp as hav-
| ing splendid meeting Wednesday
night. Past Commander Charles Cur
rier rendered an official report of the
national encampment as their dele
gate. Comrades Harbus and WiIkin-
son spoke on the high spots of the
convention not recorded in the Off
/ cial report. Past Commander Zulch
and Department Inspector Close of
Miles Camp were visitors and spoke
| on some of the incidents connected
/ with the national encampment
! The following committee. to be
! known as the department band COM
mittee. was appointed by Department
man, William ]. Sammond. Harden
Camp; Adolph Graef, Petit Camp;
| Richard II. Sweeney, Miles Camp:
John Farmer. Lawton Camp: Dennis
i F. Cooney, Astor Camp; Frederick A.
! Delier. Urell Camp, and John II. Ford,
Dewey Naval Camp.
| Adjt. Farmer says that Gen. Law
: ton Camp expects to have a big meet
| ing Thursday night and invites the
members of other camps to visit
| them. Business pertaining to the
| winter program as mapped out by
Commander Barstow will be taken
| up. and the recruiting committee will
/ make q report. A number OF appli-
| cations have been received, and 1t is
hoped to have some floor work for
this meeting.
The department band has been fur
nished a music cabinet by Superin-
tendent Tom ludlow, where Assist
ant Manager Graef has a place for all
the new music recently arrived. Com
rade Taylor of Harden Camp, who
has been in the Soldiers Home Hos
/ pital for the last three months, was
back on the job at Monday nights
rehearsal on the bass drum.
Adjt. Simond of Astor Camp, who
was a delegate to the national en-
campment recently held in Chatta-
| nooga. will make a full report at their
! meeting Monday night. Commander
Cooney hopes that a large crowd will
turn out, as the report will be quite
| interesting.