Evening star., 1923-09-02

| imously voted to support Past Com.
mander toward 5. Fisk for the posi-.
tfon of first vice commander of the
| department at the election on Sen,
tember and at the convention
Past Commander Fisk was the firsI
post adjutant In the United States
and served in that capacity both witt
! General Pershing and George Wash.
ington Posts. He also served one yeaI
! as department adjutant, being the
| first department adjutant of over H..
f, 600 posts. In addition he served as
! Junior vice commander in 1920. an0
1 as commander of his post during the
+, year 1921. The present year he ha.
/ been serving as department historian
! under Department Commander Johr
| Lewis Smith.
! A number of members of the post
| are planning the trip to the national
convention at San Francisco, leaving
! this city over the Baltimore and Ohio
| railroad on a special train on October
! 10. accompanying the District dele
! cation.
| At the meeting of the post Septem-
! ber Is a vote will be taken relative
! to changing the meeting night from
| Tuesday nights to Monday nights III
! each month.
! During the past week the work OF
/ remodeling the clubhouse was COM
! menced and is now well under way.
! 4 large stage is being constructed in
! the rear of the meeting room on the
| ITSt IOOT. WUI1e OlfeT improvements
| include new heating plant cleo
/ trical equipment and interior deco
| rating up-to-date in every respect.
y tall flagstaff is also to be erected
on the grounds in front of the new
/ home. The building will he furnished
| and equipped as Il club and the dcdi-
cation take place during the early
winter.
James \. Mcfarland. national COM
| mander Of the Disabled American Vet
Grams. paid flying trip TO Washing
| ton during the last week to confer
/ with Judge Barton Payne of the
American Red Cross and Maj. Davis
Arnold. representative of the sena-
! tOrial committee that is to investigate
J the Veterans Bureau. Commander
Mcfarland wanted to arrange closer
cooperation with the Red Cross and
! has several plans whereby the service
to the disabled by both organizations
| may be improved.
/ The chief Of the disabled men eN-
| planned to Maj. Arnold that the men
are becoming restless over the failure
of the committee to start open hear
] ings. Senator Reed of Pennsylvania.
who is chairman OF the board. will re-
! turn from a European trip the middle
I of the month. and then. il is expected.
| a decision will he made concernln.;
| the opening Of the hearings at tn.
Capitol.
Commander Mcfarland Of The T..
| A. V. made d strong plea in his adj
dress before the national convention
! of the Veterans of Foreign Wars IA
Norfolk during the week for priority
of Legislation for the disabled at III"
coming session of Congress.
He explained that while the -. A.
Y. had stood consistently for adjusted
compensation the members realized
| that neglect of the disabled had been
one of the strongest arguments
against bonus for the able-bodird.
and he furthermore pointed out that
if the bonus were enacted the legis-
lation for the disabled would later
have little chance. His argument was
that giving right of way to the dis
abled in December would enhance
the chances of the adjusted compensa-
tion later.
He further warned that he had been
inundated by his convention to obtain
priority. and that he intended to use
every power in the organization to
prevent further sidetracking Of the
disabled.
| West y. Hamilton and Sylvester II.
| Epps We're chosen delegates from
James L. Walker Post, the American
| Legion. to the department convention
at d meeting Thursday night. John
/ II. Anderson and James p. Lomack
were selected as alternates.
The annual department convention
of the American Legion in the Dis
| trict of Columbia will be held in the
boardroom of the District building
on the nights Of Friday and Saturday.
September and s. All of the twenty
six posts of the American Legion in
the District have designated their
delegates and alternates to these se~-
sions. the total number being sixty
eight delegates and sixty-one alter
mates
| The principal business of the con
vention will be the election of a sue
cessor to the present department com
! mander. John Lewis Smith, and the
other department officers as we'll a.
| the election of not less than eight,
and probably nine. delegates and an
! equal number of alternates'to the ma
! tional convention of the American Lc-
gion at San Francisco next month.
! For some weeks past the post com
| manders have been holding a series
| of conferences to discuss the avail
/ ability of a number of veterans tor the
| department commandership. And Il
number of the posts have given in
| dorsement to one of their members
for some one of the various offices
which will be filled BY election.
!. Final reports on the activities OF the
past year will be presented at the
, convention sessions and there doubt
/ less Will he very thorough discus
sion OF the lines of activity to be fol
lowed during the next twelve months
by the American Legion units in the
! District of Columbia.
A number of the posts have already
submitted resolutions which they de-
| sire the department convention To
act upon. And other posts have in
| structed their delegations to present
matters to the convention which will
probably arouse an earnest and com
! prehensive discussion. Several of
these resolutions are expected to be
| sent forward to the national convn-
tion at San Francisco.
! In connection with the election by
| the District legionaires of dele
cation to represent them at San Fran
! cisco, h. w. Jordan, chef de gere Of
| Noiture Locale ia of La Societe Ma
| tlonal des 40 HommeS eS ChevauN.
! has announced that d delegation OF
| five delegates and five alternates will
| be chosen to represent the voiture at
| the promenade rationale. The Wash
Ington voiture is the only one entitled
! to this size delegation and contest
| Will be carried on in San Francisco To-
get for it Grande Eoiture status. the
| same as in other states in the Union.
I In addition TO the delegates the Vol
tageurs Militaire will have to elect Il
| successor to Guy WitherS as cheminot
national, or national executive com
mitteeman from the District of Co
[ lumbia.
! Extra effort is to be made during
| the next week by those engaged in
/ the membership campaign under way
| to recruit members for the American
| Legion in the District of Columbia to
/ bring into the organization not less
| than zoo additional members. Behind
; this move is desire to carry the total
| membership in the District of Colum-
/ bia to point which will entitle 1t to
| send nine delegates to the national
convention at San Francisco in Octo-
! Der. On the basis of the present men,
| berSip the department can send but