Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-05-20
Veterans of Great War

/ telio.. 21O S street northeast. next
tuesday evening at o'clock
AS a result of the recent elections
conducted by the District of Columbia
department council of administration
Following is the list of officers of the
department who will serve until their.
successors have been elected:
department commander Anton
STEPHAN: department senior vice com
| mander, George A. Void; department
Junior vice commander EdSard
sullivan; department adjutant, Edwin
,. Bettelheim, jr.; department uuar-
| termaster. George ]. Neuner dpast
ospartnent commander) department
San ei OF STAN, George L. TAFT (past
department commander); department
Inspector, William l. Rolf; depart
| meht historian, Alvin d. Hathaway.
| 1epartent judge advocate. Robert =
| Z, department surgeon, George
| -. TRIBE; department chaplain. Ar
thur L. Smith; past department com
| mander, Samuel Jacobson.
| , Iounc1l of administration: Francis
| ny, hunh, term ending 1927; w. T..
Hickstrand, term ending 1926; Myron
| smith term ending 1925; Frank Heise
| term ending 1924; William Fl CarrnIl
| Term ending 1923; aided -canp. Fred
n. Livingstone; color sergeant Cfun
W ei otatsperg; color guards. w. 1.
,y' John w. Davis; department
tFunpeter, Thomas j. MURRAY.
Equality Walter Reed Post Veterans
| OF Foreign Wars will hold it's NEXT reg
nlar meeting June Z, at which time
preparations will be made IN entertain
number of veteran Shriners Tba
| dutomoolle outing for disabled com
/ RACES Will be held TODAY AT Walt,
| reed Hospital, starting from dn front
al snd ihe Red Cross building at 2:15 pm,
Il
| nave already been donated, adrIitionaI
| alachines can be used, and all machines
| are requested to report to w q
mittee. s 0ol"-
. me chairman of the post colors com
mlttee presented to the post stand ~
posi- colors. which will be used for tho
! tivities ii'oiu0i udF &C
John G. Robbins has been appointed
chairman of the post euuiprent nr,,,
| Hhttee, to have charge OF nrocurinc,
necessary equipment for the degree
, Fan now being organized by Com
has been "a ela e: Chase: Myroi D. Smith
garment council of administration ia
M the vacancy caused by the resirna.
non OF l.. Z. Donaldson. Tie proposed
b bu'o caravan aTi,, that is being organized
10 norfolk, Va. during the annual en-
Iainpnent' which Will be held in
august is growing daily.
| The Ladies' Auxiliary NJ E-c,,,.,;.,.
AFTER Reed Post will. for the present
| meet at the home of Mrs James Reel
| iEZo Is street southwest, and the ree,,-
. NJ meetings are held on the first and
| lhiiu thursdays of each month At &
=. m. The auxiliary has charge az
Cne poppy campaign that is now being
| conducted for the post, and aIraade
] made. Dee"
watson Il. Miller, national vice
| commander of the American I,eeion
ana John Lewis Smith. department
pia are Indianapolis. Ind. attend
| ing Inc meeting of the national exc
| curve committee Of the Legion. Many
| important questions pertaining to the
~ a.; OF former service men will
be discussed at the meeting, The
| grave endowment fund will alec he
| under consideration.
A membership camnaiqn will bo -
| augurated shortly by the local Ieoin,,
| department 1t will be under tbr
general direction of the department
headquarters. and all of the local
6 9oSts VII! cooperate in individual
drives for membership in a particu
lar post. The department execu-
tive officer. Joseph Idler will soon is
sue instructions to the members Of
| Ihe membership committee of tht.
department and posts.
| The Robley D. Evans Post of ~.
Legion, which is composed of former
| service men who were in the nay-aI
service during the war. will conducf
special memorial service at Hams
Point. on the Speedway next sun
day afternoon. """
Flowers will be strewn over The
| waters OF the Potomac to nemorilze
| those veterans who lost their lives
al sea during the war. Several aero
| planes will be utilized by the post me
| mortal committee and participate in the.
ceremony. - ''''
The memorial service will com
mence 1T 4:30 p. M Among the
speakers will be Admiral r. F
Coontz. DR.. Thomas E Green of the
American Red Cross. past department
chaplain, Rev. DR.. Hurney; Watson b
Miller, national vice commander of
the Legion, and John Lewis Smith
department commander
| The aeroplanes will leave tha
naval air station at 5 d. m. and
VIII strew flowers on the waters Of
the Potomac. Immediately off Hams
Point on the lower end of the Speed
way. An invitation has been issued
to all of the Legion posts to partici-
pate in the ceremony and the public
Is also cordially invited ]. W. Rab-
bitt, commander of the Evans post
will officiate