Evening star., 1923-01-21
VETERANS OF GREAT WAR

AZ the last meeting OF Takoma
Post No. $50. Veterans of Foreign
WARS of the United States. the new
officers were installed, as follows:
John E. Donker. commander; Cleo LIE
Nano Redman, senior vice command
er; Harry H.. Millard, Junior vice
commander: Rev. Hollis w. Andrews,
chaplain: Mai. William F. Fischer.
Quartermaster: Lester A. Zinn, ohcer
of the day, and trustees, John L. Nc
Kenny and Joseph w. Shade.
On the same evening Mrs. Martha
jacobson. past president OF the
Ladies' Auxiliary to National Capitai
Post OF the Veterans or Foreign
Wars installed the newly elected OF
ficers of the William Frederick Red-
man Auxiliary to Takoma Post. NO.
800. They were: Mrs. Nina e; Fsch-
or. president; Mrs: Irene Harries,
fraser, junior vice PRESIDENT; Mrs.
Helen Donker, secretary; Miss Mar
garet Burdette. chaplain. Mrs. Leafy
Redman, treasurer; Mrs. Grace NJ.
Mabel McDormand; Mrs. Florence
Burdlne, guard, and Mrs. Martha j.
Redman. trustee.
Among those who made brief ad-
GTCSSeS were department NiS0
Commander Walter L. whitney, Mrs.
Margaret jacobson, Past Commanders
j.. D. Day and DR.. A L. Miller and
the officers of the post and Ladies
Auxiliary.
Commander Donker announced the
following appointments: Kenneth H.
Jfarries, adjutant; Harry n. silver
3nan. sergeant major; DR.. Harry J.
Jermain; 9partermaster serseain1s;t 1s eil1st,Ie u;
committee; c. L. Redman, chairman
entertainment committee; H. II. Mil
lard, chairman publicity committee;
Rev. Hollis w. Andrews, chairman
relief committee.
James E. Walker Post, No. rs. the
american Legion. Department OF the
District of Columbia, at its last meet
png was addressed by Commander
west Alexander Hamilton. who out
lined his plan of administration for
tho ensuing year. Past Commander
Arthur C. Newman will submit sur
Sey OF his administration, covering
the organization Of activities of and
che prospectus of the post at the next
sueeting, January 25. This post meets
svery second and fourth Thursday
night at the Grover Cleveland School,
Sth and T streets northwest, at $3.50
pm.
Sergt. Jasper Post, American Lee
gion, recently installed its new off,
p streets northwest. Commander
Fraiiey spoke of tho program for a
greater post in 1923 and outlined a
schedule of athletic activities during
Commander Watson 5. Miller INSTALL
ed the officers and addressed the
members.
ed and will compete in contests with
other legion teams. Messrs. Pritch-
erd, Marks. Peek, Baker, O'Neill.
Long and Brown make up the per
fonne1 of this team basket ball
team was organized and j. Paul Rad
clife placed in charge OF the team
with r. IT. Roetschi as assistant. and
in it's schedule il hopes to arrange a
series OF games with George wash
ington Post Of this city.
The following officers wero Install
vic; Vice Ia5aa" leommander, j. W. baker: Sec
ond vice commander. J. L Brown;
third vice commander, E. B. Thomp-
finance officer. r. ]. O'Neill: public
sty oficer, L. T. Collier: welfare Of
f4cer. F. n Nolte; sergeant-at-arms.
II. c. Guy; color bearers. Ray Cum
ningham and r. J. Walsh; physician.
Rev. Hugh *. Fulton; historian +.
J. Smythe.
oficers and chairman OF various
committees Of National Capital Post.
held their first executive committee
sneeting last Monday evening in the
Metropolitan Bank building. Com
mander Val N. Brandon presiding.
Annual reports OF officers suggest
iug various changes and recommenda-
tions as follows were taken up: Re-
vision OF post bylaws, practic1ng or
economy. plans for celebrating the
zation day early in April. 1t was
suggested that the anniversary ana
Arnericanization day be converted into
o purely District Of Columbia affair by
5nyiting all District officials and ex-
ecutive heads OF civic bodies in order
that these gentlemen may become
acquainted with the men representing
the District and having served their
The "On to Norfolk committee
announced that the dates Tor the
twenty-fourth national encampment
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Will
be August 81 to 81. inclusive. The
committee was empowered to charter
n steamer for the purpose or carrying
the Washington delegation to Nor
folk. and to make complete arrange
,uents with the steamship company.
Pensions for mothers received the
Endorsement Of the committee; also
setting the age at sixty as minimum
for retirement Of all federal en-
ployes or thirty years Of service.
The American Legion finished the
Year 1922 with membership OF
T45.oO5 ex-service men enrolled In
sl.067 posts, according to Lemuel
Bolles. legion national adjutant. New
York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio and
massachusetts, In relative order, have
the greatest number of legionaires.
The legion is now organized in all
states. Alaska, Canal Zone, Hawaii,
philippines and the following foreign
countries: Argentina, Belgium.
1yrazil, British Isles. Canada, Chile.
China, Cuba, France. Germany, India,
Guatemala, Japan, Korea. New Zeal
and, Peru, Poland, Porto Rico, Portu-
Euese West Africa. Santo Domingo,
Spanish Honduras, Turkey and Vene-
Eucla.
Gen. John A. Lejeune, the major
remmandant of the United States
Marine Corps, has transferred his
quasi membership from q New York
post in the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars to active membership in the
District OF Columbia. Gen. Lejeune
has been enthusiastic about the
Veterans OF Foreign Wars ever since
their national encampment, which
was held in Washington in 1921.
Gen. Lejeune, I'm his letter to Gen.
Anton Stephan, the department COM
mander of the Veterans of Foreign
Ama1n