Evening star., 1923-07-29
Veterans of Great War

Plans are being perfected, under the
direction of Col. c. d. Davidson as
chairman of a committee OF citizens
Of Norfolk, Va, for the annual en-
campment of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, SOth Division Veterans and the
Ssth Infantry, "Rock of the Marne'
there next month.
Nine months have been spent by the
various citizens committees in pre-
pairing for this event, and they nave
welded, by their very earnestness.
the entire community into one gigan-
Ito reception committee, ready and
waiting for the coming of the vet
Grams.
Assisted by the American Legion
and by large Industrial establisn,
ments the United States Veterans
Bureau has been able to place aimost
all of the 19,401 men rehabilitated
between July l, 1922. and June l.
1923. according TO information re-
ceived by legion national headquar-
ters in indianapolis. Corporations
are adding veterans trained by the
bureau to their lists of employees,
Director Hines has announced.
bers as il had last year. the Georgia
department of the American Legion
is leading all other states in member
ship increase over 1922, accordlhS 70
the most recent report of the legion $
national treasurer in Indianapolis.
Other states that have exceeded the
total for last year. according to
standing, are: Arizona. Idaho. Utah
and New Jersey. Legion departments
which have achieved nine-tenths or
more of their membership for last
year are. in relative order, South
Carolina. New York. Arkansas; Wash
ington. South Dakota, Iowa. Alabama,
New Hampshire, Ohio and West Vlr-
ginia.
After an extensive interview and
the thrashing out of both sides or the
question, Veterans Bureau officials
have advised Capt. L. s. Bettelheim
jr., that the policy or charG.ns
trainees excused from work on Fri
day (either for sickness or other
causes) with loss of pay Saturday
and SUNDAY. would be discontinued in
cases where the man reported Tor
duty on Monday or the first business
or school day thereafter. The annual
leave granted government empio!es
was cited as an example Tor the
Washington officials to follow by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars represent
ative. who urged that liberal inter
pretation be applied TO the laws In
DSndlI VI SA-SttNlSS iiiSh'
Rhode Island. Delaware and West
Virginia, in relative order, lead an
other states in contributions TO the
American Legion's fund to decorate
the graves of overseas dead, despite
the fact that they are among the
smallest deparements of the organi-
zation. Total contributions for the
fund received at legion national head
quarters in indianapolis are now
s12S.S70.12.
During his visit here last week.
National Commander Mcfarland OF
the Disabled American Veterans
instructed j. K. Mcdonald, resi-
dent national commit zee Iit.ll. 10 start
an intensive organizing campaign
here to get more chapters function
ing here to absorb scores oil men
drawn into the order during the re-
cent national membership drive.
Lew s Monier. first vice commander
of George Washington Post. No l,
was elected commander last week
at largely attended meeting.
Vacancies in the other three vice COM
manders caused by the advancement
of Mohler will be filled at the meeting
of the post on August when a gen
eral election to fill dll further vacan-
cies will take place.
offices were as follows: First vice
commander. Percy B. Mccoy; second
vice commander. J. w. Brashears;
third vice commander, Nathan j.
cosel: Sergeant-at-armS. Theodore =.
Howe. The post confirmed the ap-
pointments of +. II. Hardy as finance
officer and d. A. Pippenger as ad-
tjutant Percy b. Mccoy was elected
10 represent the post on the depart
ment executive committee.
Amendments to the bylaws of the
post were presented at the meeting
and were referred to a special com
mittee composed of Past Commander
Howard S. Fisk, chairman, Wallace {.
Streater and Percy b. Mccoy. Copies
of proposed amendments will be sent
to the post membership and adoption
will take place August Il at regular
meeting.
Commander Mohler. the new COM
mander, has served in various capaci-
ties in the post and is considered one
of the best posted members on the
activities of the organization. He
served two years as adjutant and last
December was unanimously elected
first vice commander of the post s
reward for his efforts. He will fill
the position of post commander until
the next regular election of the post.
At the present time he is department
adjutant to Department Commander
John Lewis Smith. Several new vet
Grams were elected to active member
ship,
The next meeting of the post will
he at the club house. 1929 I street
northwest. August at o'clock p. NJ
The date of the department conven-
tion of the American Legion in the
District of Columbia, at which the
District delegation to the national
convention of the American Legion
at San Francisco will be selected. will
he decided upon at a meeting of the
department executive committee to be
held at department headquarters, 1923
New York avenue northwest, tomor-
row night. The call for the meeting
has been issued by John Lewis Smith,
department commander, whose sue
cessor will be chosen at the annual
convention which will be held early
in September, the exact date to be
fixed at the meeting.
At the same time, the department
executive committee will discuss the
matter of the appeal taken to it in
behalf of Maj. Thacker V. Walker,
who was recently ousted as COM
mander of the George WASHINGTON
Post of the American Legion.
During the past week Mai Gen.
Milton j. Foreman of Chicago COM
mander of the National Guard of
Illinois and past national comman-
der of the American Legion, was in
Washington and discussed with De-
partment Commander Smith and Paul
J. McGahan, premier historian ma
tfonal, La Societe des 40 Hommes ct
Chevaux. the official playground
organization of the legion, a proposal