Evening star., 1923-12-09

the west coast. A few days after his
90 ,1 .ai,"namely, on April 20-his ship
hnr. san Tor south Pacific waters to
SSunt and destroy the German raider
oeeauIer. Later his ship touched at
various South American ports ON
uthsplolnatic missions and proceeded
enrougn the canal to the Atlantic
ocean in time to convey seven con-
rnEents OF jamaican troops bound for
europe, after which his ship made
nine round trips conveying troops
Iuross the Atlantic. After the armi-
Slice he was assigned to the u. S s.
~ ~Sahnoe and was given the special
I,oihisslon of conveying the Presi-
Ssnt or Brazil on the Versailles con-
ference to Rio Janeiro
ne was nnally transferred from the
laciic coast and assigned to DUTY in
.ne bureau of navigation in wa ash
lngton in May, 1922
commander Coontz joined the Vet
1a9n % foreisn Wars in Seattle in
S ~ ana immediately upon his ar
rlEal In Washington became active In
an aHairs, which eliminated this
fall a IN his election to the highest Of
4t'o Vi that order in the District.
department Commander coontz of
ne ne. veterans of Foreign Wars has
iose, issued a general order to the
Joca! posts in the District and 70 his
stan announcing the dates on which
ne VIII make his annual visit TO the
local posts under his jurisdiction for
me me purpose OF installing the annu-
any elected officers and for maEine
his annual inspection. A -
Ihe list of the visftations arc .s
IottowS: January 3, Equality-Walter
1reea Io,o Post. No. 2S4, Pythian Temple.
Hatiop, S.n street northwest; January 4.
nauonai Capital Post, No. 1e7 Odd
feLlows Temple, 419 eth street north
NEST January s, Admiral Perry Shin
.No. 4s1, Odd Fellows Temple, 41S 7th
aeef bia northwest: January 8, Colum-
ermory, 472 L street northwest. Ian
vary ~. the East Washington post.
go; go, s95, Northeast Masonic TemnIe
tbo 9sn street northeast: January II,
Naval Hospital. e21 Pennsylyania ave-
nue. southeast; January %. the FED
eTal Post. No. S24. Odd Fellows Tenn
p4e' 4Is 9TH street northwest.
senator Hiram johnson of Califor.
nave been invited to address shs
.neeting of Sergeant Jasper Post No
70 the American Legion, to be held
az the City Club next Thursday at 5
will preside.
The annual election of officers is TO
pe 1slo at this meeting. The post
SosIng SSowiing team team met the Henry c.
ning at the King Pin Alleys and con-
tinued the good work maintained
since the opening of the American
legion legion Bowling League. Joseph l.
away honors with a final score Of 12s
pins: John T. Baker was substituted
Inthe N the game against the McGroarty-
2C1nneli Post in the place of Thomas
=. walsh. The schedule of games to
ne played after the Christmas season
has not yet been published.
The post history, written by Walter
G,:.r,hmtdi ~: smith; @ post historian has been
tory contains complete roster of the
POST, the officers, two photographs,
cne OF the first commander. Joseph
Y. Reeves and one Of the present
commander. Thomas J. Frailey. and is
an accurate record of the divers ac-
fivities of the Sergeant Jasper Post
since its formation on September 10,
1919, including an interesting sketch
OF the life and courageous deeds Of
the revolutionary hero, Sergeant Jas
Per William Jasper. in honor Of whom
The post was named.
Under provisions of new eIigibil-
fty class in the American Legion.
hundreds of allied soldiers, heretofore
unable to join the veterans organiza-
ton are becoming members. Lemuel
Bolles, national adjutant OF the legion
has declared.
Men who served with the allied
forces. whether at time of entry
American citizens or later becoming
naturalized. arc now eligible to the
legion, according-to a change in the
constitution made at the San Fran
cisco convention. This has particu-
larly applied to Canadian veterans.
ship since the world war. and scores
of such men are aff1liating with the
legion, declared Mr.. Bolles as well as
making eligible the thousands Of Amer
Of other nations during the war. but
who were previously barred from the
legion because Of foreign service.
Announcement is made by the
Washington office of the Disabled
American Veterans of the World War
regarding the soldier bonus In vari-
Gus states. 1t is stated the follow
ing nineteen states have voted bonus
es to veterans of the world war and
these bonuses have been paid or are
in process Of being paid. A brief
statement Of the terms. conditions
and amount provided to be paid to
each veteran is also given:
1llinois-Ffty cents for each day
Of military service. with a maximum
Of 5000.
Iowa-Fifty cents for each day of
Kansas-one dollar for each day Of
military service.
800 for each exAservtce man.
. Massachusetts-Paid a cash bonus
Of 500 to each ex-service man. Also
a. bonus or $1O nontn waS p1Iu 1os
Michisan-s15 for each month Of
Military service.
Minnesota-$15 for each month OF
h'ilitary Wtsssur,~s1S sery,se' for each month of
military service.
Nav Hampshire-A fiat payment OF
800 to each ex-serv1ce man.
New Jersey--Bonus Of $40 Tor eacn
b.onth Of military service with max
i'lStn Nnrtb h 1akota-Paid s25 for each
month Of service to be used TOT GER
Ohio-s1O for each month. with
maximum Of $3.50. .,,,
Oregon-$15 month ior GOWN
Rhode Island-Cash bonus OF $loo
TO each ex-service man.
South Dakota-Basis or pay Was
SIS for each month OF service. Win
VermontNs1o for each month OF
service. with a maximum or SlIo.
Washington-s15 for each month
OF wgefseonsin-s1o gess,ni for each month Of
y;au of bonus veterans may choose
Educational benefits of larger
Tn the following states bonus meas
pres have been passed py sne iesis. n
referendum Of the electorate: Col Col.
orado. $4,000, 900: Montana, $4'ooo,ooo'
psnnsylvania, $4,000. 600;
The bonus was defeated In the Loi-
,owing states: Arizona, Deiaware,,n-
diana, kentucky. NenrssKa a,ss. nos.sd
hv New York, Maryland and Montana
have been declared unconstitutional
Nv the courts Montana Will vote 70