Evening star., 1923-04-01

I With the officers of Peary Shl,
! being practically all stationed in tn,
Navy Department Peary Ship is il
a position To be the ideal post for III,
! active service man. Tho Navy arr
Marine Corps men stationed abou
/ Washington are also Joining. Mos
! every meeting sees from twenty Il
! nifty new recruits holding up thei
! right hands.
The anniversary North pole dane,
| of Peary Ship is TO be held at IL,
! City Club Thursday. The guests .
/ honor VIII be the members of Jacol
Jones Post, American Legion, com
/ posed of women who served in til,
| world war as yeomanettes and Nav.
nurses.
In addition to the officers. the execu
! tive committee meeting of the Sergeau
Jasper Post, No. l3, the American l..
| gion, held in the law offices of the ad
| lutant, Edward L. l.. MarthilL IL,
Evans building, Ray j. Cunningham
J chairman Of the social committee. al
( tended, in order TO make a final repor
/, Of the spring dance 10 be held at TIL
! Franklin Square Hotel April H. Plan
TO finance the base ball team We're ais
| approved. The matter relative to tn,
I change in the civil service preference
! law will be presented TO the members q
! the post for further consideration at th'
regular meeting April -.
A number of members have cXprceS,t
| their intention to attend the American
! Legion ball TO be given at the New
! Willard Hotel April 6. the sixth ami
yersary Of the entry Of the United
| States into the world war AsSistau
manager Of the base ball team Georg.
! 5. Kilgour 1905 18th street northwest i.
completing the schedule of games TO l.,
! played. Among the new members - b,
| admitted at the next regular mcatut
| April IL. to be held at 1!O1 + streer
northwest, are Chester r. Price, VII,
served during the war as first lieu
tenant, Ilth Infantry. y. r. r, in m
Vosges Mountains, and John f. Dona-
! hue. formerly Of the field artillery. CAM
! Zachary TAYLOR, Kentucky. FiuapC,
! Officer Hugh J.. Perry reports large
number of reinstatements and paymen'
! of dues this year than was disclose,
| by the records Of any previous year.
The sixth anniversary Of the 81
/ trance Of the United States in th'
world war viii be commemorate
! with a benefit ban at the Now WI
! lard Hotel next Friday by the De
parIment of the District Of Columbia
the American Legion The Init1'
States Marine Band Will entertain I
guests with q concert preceding tn
dancing which will start at o 'cloch
! The band will also furnish the musl'
for dancing which will continue unit
l o'clock. During intermissi"n seV-
eral artists will be introduced VIII,
will entertain the guests on this oc-
caSion.
The reception committee will b.
composed Of Department Commands
John Lewis Smith. Past Department
Commander James 4. Drain. Nationa
Vice Commander Watson =. Miller
! department vice commanders Alexan
! der NJ Bremen Charles L. L3dSOn am
! Mrs Kenneth A. McRae, representing
the American Legion; DR. Kate Wal
Ter Barrett national president II.
American Legion Auxiliary; Mrs !.
| +. FawCett. state president, American
Legion Auxiliary. District of Colum
/ bia: Mrs. William +. Franklin, past
state president: Mrs. Leon Arnold.
| first state vice president. Mrs. Doug
! las White. second state vice presi-
dent: Miss Alma Moore. state secrc-
tary: Mrs. Miles W. Bell, state treas
urer: Mrs. Norman Templetun, state
historian. Mrs Mary Il. Smith. state
chaplain: Mrs. Anton Stephan. presi-
! dent. Henry q. Spengler Unit; Mrs.
I William +. Shanahan. president, Vim
cent 3. Costello Unit; Mrs George +.
FraiIey, president Tank Corps Unit.
ley y. Evans Unit; Mrs. Charles l..
Ralph, president Stuart Walcott
Unit; Miss Eunice G. Dessez. com
mander. L. S. 5. Jacobs Post The
American Legion; Miss Anne X.
Harkins. commander. Jane a. Delauo
Post, the American Legion.
Mrs. Charles .. Walcott will he the
guest of the members Of the Stuart
WalCott Post in a box; Mrs John G.
! Costello. the Vincent l.. Costello Post.
Mrs. John killetn. the George l.. Kill
! leen Post, and the box purchased by
Commissioner Cuno II. Rudolph will
I be occupied by veterans from Walter
Reed Hospital.
The campaign of 1000 employees Of
the Veterans Bureau in Washington.
who have thus far been denied the
bonus to obtain additional compensa
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American Veterans in letter q
Judge W. w. Worrick, chairman OF
the federal personnel Redistribution
| board.
The wounded mems organizatior
takes the stand that their problems
arr an emergency matter that re
! quircs the best help obtainable and
they feel that the employees of the
bureau should receive at least the
same salaries as are paid those iu
more routine governmental work.
The y. a. Y. contend that under the
present arrangement there are in
ducements to the more expert work
erS to foresake the bureau for some
ether department where the annual
returns are greater.
Of the so. 600 employees in the whole
bureau throughout the country nearly
two-thirdS are denied the bonus and
/ Congresses has made no special pro
vision for them. The present plans
| of the dissatisfied force is to take tht
i matter up with Congress when it re-
assemblies in december
Intercity basket ball betw.cn
! picked teams of Washington and Bal
| timore and dancing will be the fca-
| lures of the former service mems car
nival at the Arcade. 18th street and
| Park road, next Friday evening uu-
der the auspices of the District of
| Columbia Department of the Disabled
! American Veterans. The carnival
! Friday night is under the direct
| charge of the District department
| No salaries for promotion are to Ia
paid and the sale Of tickets thus far
| is said to indicate a large crowd be
ing in the auditorium.
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