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


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Employment agencies maintained
| by the legion posts Will cooperate
with many of the largest corpora lions
and other employers with d view of
obtaining work for the world war
lighters which will be in conformity
with the training they have under
gone.
Approximately one-tenth of those
taking training are to be rehabili-
J tated within the next six months. &C
cordfng to recent announcement of
Maj. Gen. Frank T. Hines director of
! the United States Veterans Bureau
The annual state convention of the
District of Columbia Department OF
the Disabled American Veterans OF
the World War will be held Monday
and Tuesday. May % and 90.
About twenty-five delegates from
the different chapters here are ex-
! pected to present proposals for con-
sideration by the national convention
at Mlnneapolls the last week OF June
Each chapter here has decided to
send representatives to the national
gathering, and 1t is now expected that
the largest Washington delegation
| that has ever attended a convention
| OF the ID. A. V. will be at Minneapolis
Frank j. Irwin. national rehabili-
| tation chairman of the Disabled
American Veterans. is at Buffalo at
! tending the New York state conven-
ton. where he will be one of the
| speakers.
| During the week national officers
| of the American Red Cross, Ameri-
| can Legion and Disabled American
Veterans have held a series of con-
/ ferences with Maj. w. w. Smith and
] other members of the legal division
| of the Veterans Bureau working out
/ new plan of cooperation between
! the bureau and these recognized or
1 ganiZations.
The L. S. S Jacob Jones Post. No. Q
the American Legion. will celebrate
| the fourth anniversary of the organi-
/ 8ation of the post next Tuesday eve
| ming at $50 o'clock at the United
states marine barracks hall. Sth and
I A brief program will occupy the
| early part of the evening after which
dancing will follow. The program
includes a brief address by Miss Eu-
post: address by Admiral Robert f
| Coontz. chief of naval operations
history of the post. by Mrs. Viola
Benedict; solo by Miss Cecilia Barnes
United States Marine Band. member
/ of George Washington Post, No. /
| the American Legion; selections by
] the United States Marine Band; read
! -. s. "A. vi
Claggett, past commander of the post
| will act as master of ceremonies
THE American Legion" march. com.
posed by H: u. Pryor of the United
dancing. The dance music viii b,
furnished by the Marine Band.
4 dance for the benefit Of the bas,
10. the American Legion. was hell
last night at Mrs Dyer'S. A schedul,
is now being arranged for the team
The post has vacated its quarter!
in the Perpetual building. 18th and /
streets northwest; Post Commands
i next meeting will be held June /"
at the Mills building. Members O.
be Eeld for eX-service men at Cedar
Hill cemetery next Sunday.
officials of the Veterans of For.
Kansas City. recommended that the
offer of that city to furnish suitable
national headquarters for the V. F. W
be accepted. The national offer o.
the Quarter-century- old veterans or
ganiza ton have been located in New
York city for number of years. TIL,
Kansas City quarters will be in tn
new half million dollar Memoria
building now under construction. IL
addition to spacious headquarters TO,
the V. F. w. the building, when com
pleted will contain an auditorium
seating approximately 5000 people
| rest. rooms and meeting rooms TO
the local posts of veteran organiza
tions.
The recent announcement that Brig
Gen. Anton Stephan, commander o
the Department of the District of Co
lumbia. Veterans of Foreign Wars
had been recommended for appoint
ment as major general TO command
the 29th National Guard Division wa:
received with much enthusiasm b.
his comrades in the gold-stripe or
ganization, many of whom had served
under the popular commander in thu
world war. The recommendation fol
lowed a meeting here of the adjutan
| generals of the District of Columbia
Maryland and Virginia, and has beer
| forwarded through military channel
by way of the Sd Corps area, EN-
bracing the aforementioned terri
| tory.
George Washington Post. No.
| American Legion. held it's regula
monthly ladies' night last Tuesda::
l street. Maj Thacker v. Walser
commander of the post, presiding:
Dr. D. C. Main, clinical director a
ST. Elizabeths Hospital, was tn
principal speaker and emphasized
the thought generally held that 'hos
ward containing patients. the at
| tending doctors and some nurses
The talk showed the institution to b.
a community of 5000 persons. main
tanning its own facilities, such as
carpenter shop, electric plant. ic
plant and cold storage, storerooms
dairy, shoe shops, sewing rooms. laun
dry bakery, poultry plant and farm
There was dancing and refresh
ments following the address. An
nouncement was made that the Obi
girls had sent a contribution to TIL
graves endowment fund through tn
post. Rev. DIR. George F. Dudley, rec
tor of ST. Stephens Episcopal Church
is to be the speaker at the memoria
exercises for the comrades buried Il
Rock Creek cemetery next Sunday a
3 o'clock. This post has been desig
| the Grand Army to have charge o
the exercises at this cemetery. w. F
Mahoney is to preside.
The American Legion Auxiliary
| Robley D. Evans Post, will hold
dance May 20 at Pythian Temple.
The unit of the H c. Spengler Post
No. II, is to hold box party a
National Guard Armory May "a. Ad
per couple. Dancing and other enter
tainment will follow.
The unit of Stuart Walcott Post
No. 10. held a poppy meeting" at TIL
home of Miss Williams. chairman o
unit poppy committee, the evening o
! May IA. Many peoples were mad
for decoration purposes for Memoria
day. Another meeting will be hel,
at the home of Mrs. Ralph, presiden
of the unit. eos Rittenhouse street
| next Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Mamie Palmer Dorsey, chair
| man of the department auxiliar.