Evening star., 1923-09-02
SPANISH WAR VETERANS.

Monday night--Department Band, 92l
Pennsylvania avenue southeast; Sergt.
Georges Berry Camp, Grand Army Hall.
Wednesday night-Gen. Urell Camp.
Pythian Temple; Lineal Society,
Pythian Temple.
Thursday night-Richard J. Hardin
Camp: Pythian Temple
Saturday night-Meeting of the
delegates. alternates and the Chat
tanooga Club, 921 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast.
Dan Leahy, Frederick Zulch and
John Kirk. the committee appointed
by Commander Belknap of Gen. Miles
Camp to look for new quarters, re-
ported back to the camp at it's meet
ing held in Grand Army Hall that
they had succeeded in getting quar-
ters in the Odd Fellows Temple. The
camp. by unanimous vote, accepted
mendations and will meet hereafter
on the second and fourth Friday of
each month. beginning September IA.
Department chief of staff. Edwin
j. Nolan, reports that the birthday
party celebrating the first year of
Ladies' Auxiliary will be given on
Thursday night. September IA. at the
Potomac Bank building in George
town. The ladies are making prepa-
rations to entertain large crowd.
William O'Brien. secretary of the
Grand Lair. Military Order of the Ser
pent. addressed the members of Gen.
Miles Camp last Friday. Past Com
mandcr Currier of Urell Camp. Past
Commander John II. Ford of Dewey
Naval Camp and Senior Vice Depart
ment Commander Arthur II. League
of Dewey Naval Camp spoke on the
duty and work that was before the
organization. and the success due
from such result.
Past Commander Francis c. Huhn
of Hardin Camp. secretary treasurer
of the Chattanooga Club. calls atten-
ton to the final meeting of. the club
before leaving on the special train for
the encampment. The delegates and
alternates and all going to Chatta-
nooga are requested to meet Septem-
Der in department headquarters, 921
Pennsylvania avenue southeast. De-
partment Commander James J. Murphy
Will preside at the meeting. All
transportation and reservations will
be closed after the meeting. Depart
ment Adjutant Harry b. Coulter will
issue certificates TO all entitled to same
John Farmer. adjutant of Gen. Law
ton Camp, reports that it will hold
a big meeting September 20. Com
mander William III. Barstow and his
staff will put on the military degree
OF freedom, patriotism and humanity.
'Adjutant Farmer invites all members
of other camps to pay Lawton Camp a
visit on that night.
Department Adjutant Harry E.
Coulter announces that the following
officers and delegates will compose
the District of Columbia delegation to
the twenty-fifth national encampment,
to be held at Chattanooga, Tenn,
September 16 to 20: National officer
Gustave r. Rausch. judge advocate
general. Past commanders in chief
Lev nd no ,in1 f1
holm. Department officers-James j.
Murphy, department commander: Ar
thur IA. League. senior vice department
commander; Clarence A. Belknap.
JUNIOR vice department commander.
Past department manders-George
II. Harries. Fred II. Hodgson. S Cliff
ford Cox. Samuel G. Mawson. James p.
Greeley. Jere \. Costello. Henry c.
wilson. j. .. a. Braden, Lee II Harris.
James r. May Nard. Charles J. +.
W eber. William i. Mattocks. Charles
w. McCahrey. Harry F. Patterson
Delegates at large-John A. Gala
CHER. Frank +. Platz. Bernard S.
Busher, Alfred T.. Simonds; alternate,
John A. G. Shuster. Camp delegates
Claiborn ). Close and Frederick Zulch.
Miles Camp; Daniel Foley. Joseph j.
Harvey, Harry b. Coulter. Francis G
Huhn and William L. Rink, Harden
Camp: alternates. J. Allison Baxter,
George II. Solbach. Bernard II. Lee.
John A. Chisholm. Charles w. Gwynne.
James j. knibbS, Samuel H. Jacobson
James w. Dean. Philip p Quinn, Ed
win VI. Lawton. Oscar Fielder, Albert
w. Dubois. John W. kimmerling. Or
lando Ducker. Charles L. Currier.
Camp delegates-Adolph Graef and
L. ID. Jones. Petit Camp; John j.
kiley. Lawton Camp; William p Cog
gin. Astor Camp: John Fl. Ford and
George B. Parker. Dewey Camp; Rob-
ert r.. Wallace and Thomas A. Wilkin-
son, Crell Camp.