Evening star., 1923-06-24

side also wears French Legion Of
Honor.
The War Department has on hand
Z.lls.ooo victory medals for which
no claimants have appeared. The
medals were authorized by Congress to
De issued to every man who partici-
great war. Up to date 1.223,0o Of these
decorations have been given out, and
| War Department officials are wonder
ing how many years 1t will take to clear
the victory medal account IL It took
nearly five years to dispose of about
J one third OF the decorations.
| delegates from theE District Of
Columbia to the annual encampment
et eo,nr the " Vetsra9s Sn.9, Of Foreign Wars arc
press purpose Of having Brig. Gen.
Anton Stephan, department com
mander. elected national commander.
With the reelection OF Gen. Stephan
IL was proposed that the District
oeiegat1on make an effort to have him
selected to head the national organi-
zation.
| At the department encampment
Lieut.. Kenneth l. Coontz, United
states Navy was selected senior vice
commander. and DR.. j. l. Hall Junior
| vice commander Oficers re-eiected
We're Adjutant, Edwin S. Bettelheim
Jr.; quartermaster, George Neuner:
chaplain, Arthur L Smith; surgeon
Lieut.. Commander George B. Triblex,
Maj. Robert P. Parrott. Samuel Ber-
I'm was elected a member of the coun-
Gil OF administration until 1928.
One way to get a soldier or
sailor saiip out is to blow chow" call.
| Brandon of the National CAPITAL Pos,
| lzf, Veterans of Foreign Wars hi,
upon the scheme Of serving "eats" at
tne regular meeting of the post. III
you @ are hungry we will feed you, if
you thirst drink lemonade" az
slogan he called the last meeting Of
the organization together. Five re-
cr4its were taken into the post.
Deiegates to the annual encamp-
ment at Norfolk. Va, in August
Clements. D. H. Leahy, ]. B.
Gardello, G. H. Statsburg and v
brandon as delegates; j. Harrin1-
ION, 3 II. Jocobsen and E. WICK
strand as alternates
Last Sunday the National c.n;..,
Post ball club crossed bats with t%a
larry Springs aggregation. the vat
coming out at the long end of
% 100 score Today the team goes
Plans areic1 are p to play the Marines
post for the annual excursion to
chesapeake Beach July 20. After
the regular business was disnensed
frn rm interesting talks We're heard
pHeary py shop, Senior Vice Comman6av
WoId OF the department and 90
ues Sox and Berlin. The NEXT meet
~. .s OF the post will be held ,JuIv 8
@' Drano Army of the Republic Hall
Equality Walter Reed Post NJ
Ss4, Veterans of Foreign wsSs NO. no.
nn,, an active committee of post
merKers tier er carrying on v. F. w. activi
heed HOSPITAL under the leadersbir
OF W. u. Jameson. past commandalp
commander Howard Z. Chase has re-.
eneiy uay appointed Sam Berlin chair
man OF similar committee to tale
up and carry on similar actjvities
among the patients located in Nonnf
Alto Hospital. ouH'
tertalnments and an automobile ont
ing were given by the post for the
1enett of the patients in Walter Reed
MWoSpital; MoSpt .,.a and the initial effort al
outing, TO be held today, starting from
Mount Alto Hospital at 2:3O D. m. AZ
whlch time a number of badly dis
aoied comrades will be taken for a
ori'e through the park drives.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Equality
walter Reed Post. under the leader
president, presented Department % Come one
mander Anton Stephan with a clus-
ter of beautiful flowers, along with
the best wishes of the Ladies' Auxil-
iary, during the recent encampment
OF the District Of Columbia Depart
ment. The members invite the wife,
mother. sister or daughter OF ali
V. F. w. members to join the auxil-
iary and assist in the necessary ac-
tivities for and in behalf of the ex-
service men and their dependents.
For the present the auxiliary will
continue to meet at the home of Mrs
James Reed, 1928 B street southwest
The "On to Norfolk Boosters" un-
der the leadership Of Comrade Gar
della of National Capital Post and
Comrade Millmore of Equality
| Walter Reed Post. desire the name
and address of every comrade, also
the name and address of relatives
and friends, who propose to attend
the annual encampment of the v. +.
the last week In August.
Comra0e Gardella has made ar
rangements for advance reservations
on one of the Norfolk steamers, and
| those who make their reservations in
| advance through his committee will
be able to make the ideal water trip
with several hundred others.
| Comrade Millmore desires the name
and address of all who desire to
make the trip by train, via Richmond.
and If a sufficient number will make
! reservations in advance a special
! train will be secured; otherwise, those
| who decide to go by train will be able
l TO take any of the regular trains